Chapter 437: Clash of Good vs Evil |
Rays of light spread outwards, suppressing the demonic energy, monstrous energy, and most importantly, poisonous aura. Even while engaged in battle and deploying spiritual techniques, the cultivators of Xianxia Island maintained their grand formation.
“The scale of this earth vein poison is too large. Even though the ruptured earth vein is the source of this evil aura, it’s still a murky mess. Fortunately, the branch sect cultivators have suppressed it with formations. After so many days, the earth vein should have been stabilized.”
As the leading elder of Xianxia Island muttered to himself as he used hand seals and divine powers to sweep away a demon that was flying over the mountain peak. He looked at the numerous fissures of varying sizes across the landscape, covering a distance of several li. The largest fissure had been blocked by the immortal cultivators of the branch sect using an array, while other places still occasionally emitted poisonous energy.
Those demons who disliked orthodox cultivation lacked the mindset and understanding to comprehend the Tao of Heaven. However, this kind of evil energy from heaven and earth was their best elixir and external aid. It could not only help them break through cultivation bottlenecks, but also help them learn various demonic techniques and supernatural powers.
It could even delay their own potential calamities to some extent, but this delay was likely to snowball. If their cultivation was insufficient at that time, a minor calamity would turn into a major calamity, and a major calamity will turn into a death sentence.
“Hmph, let’s kill all these bastards first!”
There were indeed far more demons than expected, but this time, it wasn’t just a matter of good versus evil, but also a matter of the reputation of Xianxia Island. Even at the cost of casualties, they had to eliminate these demons.
The old man, riding on the colorful clouds, had already flown over a hundred li in total distance back and forth across the center of the Xianxia Island cultivators’ formation. The other five elders did the same, forming a standard hexagonal shape with a diagonal range of over two hundred li.
With their superior cultivation and special protective techniques, they killed the demons along the way if they could, and didn’t linger too long on those they couldn’t kill. They used their speed to travel quickly and directly fought their way to their current positions.
As the new grand formation activated, streaks of colorful light swirling around it, and a scorching heat gradually rose from within.
Many demons, whether still hiding among them or engaged in fierce battles with the immortal cultivators, became enraged, recklessly unleashing their demonic powers.
One demon unfurled its wings formed of demonic energy, leading a horde of demons soaring through the sky, battling four or five cultivators from Xianxia Island. It even held aloft a beating heart in its hand. It was unclear which cultivator had been slain.
As his agitation grew and his emotions became increasingly volatile, he finally noticed that the distant glow of the sunset had already risen like pillars of fire, extending in all six directions.
“Not good! Everyone, we have to break out of here quickly! That old bastard from Xianxia Island has set up a double formation. We can’t stay here any longer. Once the Radiant Light and the Blazing Fire ignite, no one will be able to escape!”
“Roar… Demons are demons, sneaking around and cowering. What use is the formation if we just kill all these so-called immortals! Awooo…”
A huge gray wolf howled to the sky, and the dark clouds that had originally been roiling with suddenly lightning parted, revealing a phantom bright moon.
The moon wasn’t real, as it was still daytime outside this mountain range, but the power of the moonlight indeed manifested. In an instant, the moonlight swept across the large valley, and the restlessness and burning sensation in the minds of the demons and monsters subsided considerably.
Then the enormous wave of demons roared, and the wolf’s head transformed into a phantom form, instantly leaping dozens of li to the left and right, like a wolf-shaped ghostly mist, darting among the immortal cultivators and demons. The next moment, without distinguishing between friend and foe, it directly swallowed up the creatures in an entire area.
However, just before the wolf-headed ghostly mist materialized, several colorful beams of light flew out from inside it.
“Hahahaha… Is this Xianxia Island, hidden deep within the clouds? Is this Jian Mountain,1 famed for its unmatched strength? They’re nothing special! Awooo~!”
Many demons were initially still observing, but now that the six elders of Xianxia Island had unleashed a second formation, clearly intending to lock the gate and trap all the demons inside, they could no longer sit still.
In an instant, a large number of dark clouds of demonic energy rose up throughout the entire area of radiant light, with demonic energy soaring into the sky and demonic flames raging.
Some powerful demons and monsters even used their supernatural powers to try to reverse the thunderclouds in the sky. Although they could not completely strip away the power to control the thunder, they tore open gaps of varying sizes in the clouds, making that part of the thunder useful to the demons.
“Crack… Boom…”
“Crack…crack…”
“Boom…”
“Boom…”
At that moment, at least dozens of lightning bolts struck the mountain peak where Ji Yuan stood. Clearly, many demons shared the same opinion as the handsome young man from before, believing that Ji Yuan was definitely the key figure of this campaign from Xianxia Island.
Ji Yuan, with his sword still clasped behind his back in his left hand, waved his hand toward the sky with his right, effortlessly absorbing the bolts of lightning into his sleeve. These bolts were then absorbed into the still-recovering Edict Lightning Talisman, without leaking a single spark.
Although he couldn’t use the lightning talisman at the moment due to that last heavenly tribulation, he had no problems absorbing the lightning controlled by these demonic arts.
At this moment, Ji Yuan stood on the mountaintop and surveyed his surroundings. Although the sky was still filled with radiant light and colorful clouds, it was clear that the number of demons far exceeded the number of Xianxia Island cultivators. Moreover, due to the power of the earth vein poison, the demons’ arrogance was still rising.
The initial fear the demons had shown toward Xianxia Island seemed of have lessened, especially after several powerful demons and monsters that had been lying low made their move, and were able to fight off many immortal cultivators on their own.
“Hmph!”
With a cold snort, Ji Yuan kept his left arm still, but grabbed the hilt of the Green Vine Sword with his right arm behind his back. The very next moment, he drew his sword.
“Shiiiing…”
The clear, resonant sound of a sword echoed across the land, followed by a fleeting but brilliant flash of sword light.
“Awooo…ugh…”
The giant wolf that had been roaring atop the mountain fell silent, caught off guard by the sudden and fatal blow from the Immortal Sword, is it joined the a fierce battle alongside the three cultivators from Xianxia Island.
A line of blood appeared on the giant wolf’s neck. Then its massive head slowly slid off, plunging into the abyss below. Immediately afterwards, the huge wolf carcass followed alongside it, crashing against the mountainside with a thunderous roar.
Ji Yuan knew he couldn’t act rashly, not only because his spiritual power was ultimately limited, but also because he knew that many demons probably regarded him as the person in charge of Xianxia Island’s efforts here, and were secretly wary of him.
But that didn’t mean he couldn’t take action. On the contrary, he not only did he have to take action, but every time he did, he had to do so with thunderous force, otherwise it wouldn’t be enough to intimidate the demonic forces. He was currently looking for “key targets” on the battlefield; once he discovered a powerful demon who happened to be entangled with the cultivators from Xianxia Island, he would be ready to act.
Then, in the next moment, Ji Yuan would gather all his spiritual power, channel it into the Immortal Sword, and draw it to unleash a devastating strike. With this charged power, the Immortal Sword’s sharpness was unmatched.
Ji Yuan attacked several times in succession, each strike landing with unparalleled force. The demons struck showed no signs of injury; instead, they were utterly annihilated, body and soul.
To some demons who were filled with apprehension, this scene made it seem as if Ji Yuan were still holding back, as if he were merely observing out of boredom, occasionally swinging his sword to take a life.
This immediately dampened the demons’ arrogance, particularly the powerful ones. After fighting for so long and calming down, they began to have second thoughts.
The lightning that had initially targeted Ji Yuan was merely a small test. Then, seeing how casually Ji Yuan absorbed the lightning, and seeing how he occasionally began to attack from then on, it seemed as if he was only doing so because he was being annoyed by the lightning.
From then on, demon directed an attack towards Ji Yuan. This was an invisible, unspoken fear, as if everyone naively believed that this would prevent them from provoking Ji Yuan.
Meanwhile, in the outer perimeter, a little further away from Ji Yuan, many powerful demons roared and unleashed their demonic power. Aside from resisting the supernatural powers and spiritual treasures of the immortal cultivators, their main purpose was to break Xianxia Island’s formations.
The six elders of Xianxia Island began to use their supernatural powers from the outermost edge of the boundary inwards, slowly advancing and accumulating a radiant and auspicious aura of fire.
Across every battlefield, they wielded wind, fire, lightning, and earth… The sunlight illuminated the collapsing mountains…
For hundreds of li all around, battles raged between immortal cultivators and demons. Some leaped and darted across the mountainside, while others flew and chased each other through the sky. Radiance and sharpness entwined, and roars and furious shouts echoed everywhere.
A demon, seemingly possessing a pair of bat wings billowing with smoke, glided swiftly between the mountain ridges, engaging in combat with the cultivators of Xianxia Island while exchanging simple conversations with some demons.
“Those six cultivators who left are on the outermost edge. As long as they disrupt and shatter the inner formation, and then concentrate our efforts to break through in one place, they can escape.”
“That is, provided that the man in the middle doesn’t make a move. Rather, let’s deal with that person in the middle first!”
A female demon, her entire body radiating a blood-red mist of demonic energy, flew down to their side on a demonic wind. She looked at the place where she knew Ji Yuan to be standing in the distance with slight apprehension. This far away, they could only see the mountains and not Ji Yuan himself, but they all knew that the swordsman was standing on that mountain peak, motionless from beginning to end.
At this point, the female demon seemed to have just remembered something.
“Where is the Northern Demon? Why hasn’t he made a move at this crucial moment? Didn’t he say he’d lure in the immortal cultivators so we could take them down together? Now that Xianxia Island has arrived, where is he?”
The demon who had sprouted bat wings sneered.
“If he hasn’t made a move now, he’s either hiding and waiting for us both to be exhausted, or he’s already run away. You can only trust the Northern Demon’s words so far!”
“And what about you? How much of what you say can I believe?”
The demon sneered but did not answer. Instead, he continued to channel his demonic energy towards the cracks in the ground.
“It’s not only immortals who can set up formations!”
At the same moment, it seemed that several demonic figures had already circled around to the vicinity of the various earth veins. Then, in the very next moment…
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
…
An enormous portion of the earth’s evil energy, which had been gradually calming down, suddenly exploded into the sky, like a volcano erupting and spewing black smoke.
“Boom…”
The Plum Blossom Array from the branch of Xianxia Island was instantly swallowed up by the exploding malevolent energy, and the formation was shattered.
Many cultivators from Xianxia Island were using their spiritual techniques to slay demons and resist their counterattacks, but when they heard the violent tremor in the earth, as if an earth dragon were turning over, they instinctively looked down.
“Not good!”
“Get out of the way!”
“Get out of the way…”
Whether through the use of immortal techniques or life-saving supernatural powers and methods, streaks of light vanished in an instant. A few immortal cultivators with low cultivation and slow reaction, as well as the vast majority of demons who were entangled with them, were all swallowed up by the detonated poisonous energy at this moment.
It tore through the radiant light of Xianxia Island’s inner formation and pierced through the thunderclouds, continuing its ascent into the sky.
“Rumble…”
A ripple spread across the entire sky, as if it were vibrating constantly. Amidst the surging, malevolent energy, several beams of light emerged, alongside demonic lights. However, it was clear that those who had survived the impact—immortals, demons, and monsters alike—were all significantly affected, so much so that they did not engage in combat even when flying side by side.
“Now’s the time! Let’s go!”
Some demons and powerful monsters who had been waiting for this moment fled upwards along the pillar of malevolent energy…
T/n: JY: *chilling & eating popcorn*
Demon: haha lightning go brr
JY: … so you have chosen death.
JY: I’mma sit this one out. Spectating is fun.
*Earth explodes into evil*
JY: right in front of my salad??
- Lit. “Sword Strike Mountain”
Like Loading…