“Correct!”
Wu Ming nodded solemnly, looking at the stunned faces. “The previous great calamity was the world’s upheaval after the Creator God departed… Since that time, haven’t you felt what has happened to your Phantom Spirits?”
Hou Yong’s face immediately turned grim. “Indeed, my Fudi Demon Ape’s power has been continuously weakening. In fact, all the phantom spirits in Giant Stone City have been like this. I thought they had contracted some disease… I never imagined the real root cause was this!”
Wu Du Lang Jun beside him bitterly smiled, still somewhat disbelieving.
“Moreover… here’s another vivid example!”
Wu Ming pointed at Zuo Linling. “Linling, how’s your cultivation of ancient immortal arts going?”
Your servant has recently been practicing ancient martial arts and felt a sensation while strengthening her body and bones. It seems that cultivating both ancient martial arts and ancient immortal arts has become much easier than usual, especially the immortal arts. The success rate of casting Daoist techniques has increased several times compared to the past, making it completely incomparable…
Zuo Linling softly said.
This sentence was undoubtedly the final weight that broke the balance.
“The glory of the Spirit Tamer… is about to end?”
Dongfang Dieyu leaned back, closing her eyes. When she opened them again, her pupils were shining with sharp light. “Aming, since you know this, do you have a solution?”
“An individual going against the tide might be a hero or a fool, but a family going against the tide is definitely foolish!”
Wu Ming calmly said, “Linling is already here. The collapse of the Spirit Controller will still take some time. Dieyu, you should know how to choose!”
“Hu…”
Dongfang Dieyu let out a deep sigh. “Selecting martial artists and immortal arts prodigies within the clan for cultivation… changing previous resource allocation and business models, abandoning illusory spirit resources, shifting focus toward martial arts and immortal techniques… Such a massive transformation—you truly trust your elder sister that much…”
The Dongfang family was large and powerful, even could be said to be a small prince ruling dozens of nearby cities. A strategic transformation could easily become a disaster if slightly mishandled!
It’s like a person walking can easily change direction, but if it’s a speeding carriage or a massive ship of dozens of carriages speeding forward?
“I will order Zuo Linling to fully assist you…”
Wu Ming smiled slightly. “Moreover… before this, I will also thoroughly deal with some loose ends. In short, I won’t leave any trouble for you…”
For some reason, Dongfang Dieyu suddenly felt a very ominous premonition from her heart. “Are you leaving?”
Although Wu Ming often traveled and secluded himself around the world without notice, she had a premonition that this departure might become a permanent farewell!
“Jiu jiu!”
Wu Ming didn’t answer. He just went outside to the courtyard, summoned the immortal bird, and soared into the sky…
…
Jun Family Mountain City.
This was the stronghold of the top family in the Flame Continent – the Jun family.
A gigantic city with various complete living facilities and resources, plus defenses formed by relying on several perilous locations, made Jun Family City one of the few cities on the entire continent in terms of defensive and concealment capabilities. Most of the residents here were Jun family clansmen!
Even though the Jun family patriarch had perished, their influence was still formidable enough to ensure they suffered no damage during the previous great calamity.
At the very center of the city stood a magnificent palace fortress, where mostly resided the core members of the Jun family and gifted Spirit Tamers from the collateral branches.
Jun Xuanming had also risen from here, making it the sacred land of the entire Jun family.
“Jiu jiu!”
One day, a firebird trailing a long tail of flames suddenly descended over the castle.
Jun Family Mountain City really made me search hard… They even placed several fake traps outside as a cover…
Wu Ming looked down at the mountain city and the swarming crowds below, a gleam flashing in his eyes.
“Who is the esteemed visitor gracing our Jun family?”
Ao wu! Hou hou!
In an instant, four fourth-grade phantom spirits flew out, with distant roars indicating several large aerial units.
Of course, they couldn’t detect Wu Ming’s divine-level Spirit Tamer status, but even a king-level would be enough for them to treat with caution.
“So many Jun-grade Spirit Tamers… It seems that although your Jun family patriarch has died, your foundation is still quite strong. With accumulated strength, there’s still a chance for a comeback!”
Wu Ming lightly laughed, speaking to an elderly man riding a golden-eyed flying leopard.
“Although our family patriarch perished, among the younger generation there is still Xuanming, a prodigy whose talent surpasses others. He is not only the leader of the Resistance Army in the Forest Alliance but also has contracted the Golden-maned Roarer left by the patriarch and has already ascended to the King Grade!”
The coldness in Wu Ming’s words made the elder shiver, but he still quickly brought up their greatest trump card.
“Oh? Jun Xuanming died too quickly, you haven’t received the news yet?”
Wu Ming shrugged. “As for the Resistance Army? I came from Bright City earlier. All the high-ranking members of the Resistance Army, Xuanming’s confidants, should have turned to ashes by now…”
“What? Xuanming is dead?”
The elder was greatly shocked. Even if the entire Resistance Army was annihilated, the loss to the Jun family wouldn’t be as significant as the loss of Jun Xuanming alone.
After all, a King-grade Spirit Tamer was enough to ensure the Jun family’s continuation. Now that there was a gap, it would be a serious problem, inevitably requiring them to give up a large portion of their interests.
“What grudge do you have with the Jun family?”
At this point, if he still didn’t realize that Wu Ming had come to cause trouble, the elder might as well find a block of tofu to bump his head on.
Although his tone was respectful, he still had some confidence. After all, as the stronghold meticulously cultivated by the Jun family, they could barely defend themselves even when facing a King-grade Spirit Tamer.
“Jun Xuanming was killed by me, how’s that for a grudge?”
Wu Ming waved his hand, and a surge of bluish-purple flames rose. Before the elder could even react, he and his golden-eyed flying leopard were engulfed in flames.
“Great Elder?”
Several monarch-grade spirit tamers nearby immediately turned red-eyed. “Avenge the Great Elder!”
Activate the formation, command all the Falcon Knights and Dragon Controllers to launch immediately, the enemy is a King-grade Spirit Controller!
Mr. A, a muscular man, quickly blocked the enraged members of the Jun family and issued orders.
“Resisting stubbornly? It’s useless…”
Wu Ming shook his head disinterestedly. Even with the weakened Fenghuang, annihilating the entire city wouldn’t be much of a challenge.
Of course, he wasn’t a crazed killer. As long as he eliminated the core and direct lineage within the Jun family castle, the vast Jun family would only end up scattered and disbanded.
Boom!
As the Jun family urgently mobilized, a terrifying formation appeared in the sky above the city. At its center were densely packed aerial Spirit Tamers, surrounding Wu Ming in layer upon layer. Many Jun-grade Spirit Tamers were among them, their breathing and energy fluctuations gradually merging as if they were becoming a single entity.
The entire formation was like a living spirit master.
The battle was about to erupt at any moment!
…
Half a day later, a raging fire turned the entire Jun family castle into a wasteland.
The gates of Jun Family Mountain City were wide open. Civilians who witnessed the terrifying battle quickly fled, spreading the news of the Jun family’s total annihilation across the entire continent.
…
Girl’s Cliff.
“Brother, do you really have to go?”
Dongfang Suoyin looked at the celestial dragons and lovebirds on the cliff, very reluctant.
These spirit beings will gradually lose their powers soon and become ordinary beasts… unable to protect the Girl’s Cliff anymore…
Wu Ming shook his head. “If you have deep feelings for them, you can try to persuade them to migrate with you. Don’t worry, I’ve already chosen a good place for you. You can live together with the Dongfang family…”
“Mm!”
Dongfang Suoyin obediently nodded, her eyes full of admiration for Wu Ming.
In fact, unless Wu Ming had demonstrated his divine power of Spirit Taming and had the Illusory Spirits themselves testify, how could it have been so simple to persuade a matriarchal clan, so deeply rooted in tradition, to undertake a collective migration?
…
With the news of the Jun family’s destruction spreading, almost all the spirit tamers on the Flame Continent were in an uproar.
An astonishing message spread: that the continent’s strongest genius, who had ascended to the King Grade before even turning twenty and possessed the Wolf Eagle King幻灵, had entered an unfathomable new realm of power.
One major consequence of this was the complete split of the Righteous Rangers Association. After several hardline factions, still muttering about avenging the old guild master, were ruthlessly eliminated by Wu Ming, the remaining forces all swore to distance themselves from the Righteous Xia King, never daring to make another sound of protest.
Dongfang Suoming’s sudden rise and ruthless methods became a hot topic among the Spirit Tamers of the Flame Continent, but that was all. Soon, their attention was drawn to an even greater anomaly.
The decline of the power of the Phantom Spirits and the weakening of the Spirit Tamers themselves was a monumental event that hadn’t occurred in ten thousand years!
Compared to this, although King-grade驭灵shis were rare, they weren’t unheard of in history and were ultimately insignificant.
No one knew exactly when it started, but Spirit Tamers across the world began to fearfully notice that the power of all Phantom Spirits was steadily deteriorating, with progress that was truly shocking.
Many spirit tamers, who normally relied on their formidable strength to suppress everything, suddenly losing their powers was like a tiger losing its claws and teeth, and what would happen was predictable.
Almost the entire world plunged into terrifying chaos.
The surviving spirit tamers tried every means possible, but ultimately in vain.
“The Great Calamity” – no one knew exactly when this term originated, but as a commemoration of the decline of the Spirit Tamers’ power, it gradually gained widespread acceptance.
During the ten-thousandth anniversary celebration of the Creator God’s calendar, the disintegration of several驭灵shis’ empires and families further seemed to announce the end of the old era and the arrival of a new age.
The post-Great Calamity era was a time when martial arts and Daoism gradually revived!
Ancient martial arts and Daoist sects that had not lost their lineages began to slowly recover, developing at an unbelievable speed and once again pushing world civilization to new heights.
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