Chapter 859: Blood Pearl and Earth Ring
Chapter 859: Blood Pearl and Earth Ring
Roar! Roar!
Countless green-feathered flying beasts, like vultures, shrieked and swarmed around Tianyuan City.
Strange insect eggs fell from between their wings, transforming into various grotesque demonic insects in mid-air, landing on the array formations and restrictions.
Puff! Puff!
These demonic insects possessed extremely fragile life forces; they immediately exploded upon contact with the restrictions.
But then, an eerie corrosive sound echoed.
Deep within Tianyuan City, in a 'Heavenly Secrets Chamber' that could shield against divination and prognostication.
Several white-robed elders sat at five points, while a circle of formation masters surrounded them, each holding different array plates.
Seeing this scene, she scoffed:
"Demon insects breaking restrictions, giant beasts charging arrays, earth demons burrowing. . . the demon race truly are a bunch of blockheads, haven't they grown tired of these same old tricks?"
"Change array. . . Five Elements Heavy Fire! Rise!"
She issued the command, and the formation masters immediately imbued their array plates with different incantations.
Beneath Tianyuan City, countless complex and profound array patterns lit up.
Outside the city's restrictions, streaks of fire emerged, completely incinerating the myriad demonic insects into ash.
Sizzle! Sizzle!
Not only that, crimson runes flickered in the void, suddenly transforming into sharp arrows of flame.
A dense volley of arrows rained down, causing many of the demonic birds in the sky to erupt into fireballs and plummet, as if a shower of flaming meteors were falling.
Before the Heavenly Demon Guards, the Divine Consciousnesses of the five Great Sages observed this scene with calm expressions, showing little surprise.
"The human race. . . though they lack the innate demonic arts, formidable physiques, and long lifespans of our demon race. . . possess natural spiritual wisdom, and their accomplishments in the hundred arts of cultivation far exceed ours. . . truly enviable."
The Nine-Tailed Great Sage exhaled a smoke ring, sighing faintly.
It was only at her level that she understood even more profoundly that the hundred arts of cultivation, especially formations, alchemy, artifact refinement, and talismans. . . when cultivated to profound depths, were all connected to the laws of heaven and earth, practically pointing directly to the Great Dao. They provided countless conveniences for comprehending the laws of power.
Although the demon race had a great advantage before, they encountered some difficulties in comprehending the laws of power during the Integration and Mahayana stages.
It was precisely for this reason that the Ancestral Dragon and Phoenix comprehended the 'Dragon Rune Phoenix Seal' and imparted it to the demon race.
"Enough talk. . . how shall we break the array now?"
The Tongbei Great Sage scratched his ears and cheeks, growing a little impatient.
He wanted to quickly break through Tianyuan City's tortoise shell and challenge Qing Hezi to a fight.
"It seems. . . we'll still have to reveal a trump card first."
The Nine-Tailed Great Sage exhaled another smoke ring.
The swirling smoke transformed into a small, fiery-red fox, which used an escape technique to arrive underground.
"By order of the Nine-Tailed Great Sage. . . the Heavy Earth Army, halt!"
Underground, an unusual army of demonic beasts was arrayed, mostly earth dragons. They were fully prepared for battle, but at this command, they obeyed strictly and stopped their movements.
Following this, the Heavenly Demon Guards spread out, revealing a series of high altars.
These altars were piled with white bones, appearing extremely bloody.
At the top of the altars were several blood pools.
One by one, demon shamans, cloaked in human skin and adorned with skull necklaces, raised their bone-white staffs, continuously chanting:
"Myriad Souls Blood Pearl!"
"Myriad Souls Blood Pearl!"
Gurgle! Gurgle!
The blood pools boiled, bubbling up fist-sized spheres, within which faint, grotesque faces could be seen.
These faces belonged to humans, demons, and even desolate beasts. . . a collection of all spirits from the Earth Immortal World.
Then, a bloody light abruptly appeared, like a crossbow bolt, piercing towards the outermost restriction of Tianyuan City.
Whoosh!
Five-colored restrictions emerged, like chains, blocking the path of the crossbow bolt.
A flash of lightning across the sky, a bolt struck down, hitting the bloody light directly!
The bloody light scattered slightly, revealing a human-head-sized pearl within, entirely crimson, seemingly imprisoning countless spirits.
At this moment, a large number of spirits poured out, forming a vile bloody light, like a grand canopy.
Rip! Rip!
Bolts of lightning struck the bloody canopy, yet eerily vanished without a trace.
The Myriad Souls Blood Pearl struck the restriction, causing more vile bloody light to appear, seemingly on the verge of turning into a sea of blood!
Sizzle! Sizzle!
Numerous restrictions let out unbearable wails, collapsing and dissipating one after another.
As the demon race's primary treasure for breaking formations, the Myriad Souls Blood Pearl displayed impressive might from its very first appearance.
Then, amidst the convoluted chants, the second and third 'Myriad Souls Blood Pearls' appeared consecutively, transforming into bloody radiance, shooting towards Tianyuan City's grand array!
"Finally, it's here."
Ji Feixue's eyes brightened, and she chuckled, "Heavenly Demon Blood Transformation. . . rise!"
Upon the five-colored restrictions, a layer of demonic light suddenly appeared!
Streaks of demonic qi converged, employing the'stacking array' (stacking array) method.
Myriad (zhang) of demonic light flickered, its momentum awe-inspiring, suddenly transforming into a ferocious demon head.
This demon head was entirely black, with six winding and twisted horns, its face covered in strange, bizarre scales.
The Heavenly Demon's head opened its maw, and a crimson long tongue swirled, making a Myriad Souls Blood Pearl vanish, seemingly swallowed alive by the demon head!
"Good!"
Seeing this, the human cultivators on Tianyuan City's walls were greatly invigorated.
This 'Myriad Souls Blood Pearl' was clearly a formidable array-breaking method prepared by the demon race. If even the first layer of the formation couldn't be breached, then this defense seemed to hold great hope.
"Heh heh. . . it really is the Heavenly Demon Blood Transformation Array. " The Nine-Tailed Great Sage, seeing this, a peculiar smile flashed across her face.
"Ooh!"
The Heavenly Demon's head emitted a secret demonic sound, its tongue sweeping again, swallowing the second and third Myriad Souls Blood Pearls.
But as it swallowed the third Myriad Souls Blood Pearl, an unexpected change occurred!
The surface of this 'Myriad Souls Blood Pearl' flashed with light, suddenly transforming into a Buddhist rosary emitting a faint, pleasant sandalwood aroma!
The Heavenly Demon bit down on the rosary, and golden Sanskrit characters flowed from its mouth.
Then, a golden light flashed!
A small golden sun seemed to appear in its place!
Within the sun, under intense Buddhist power, the Heavenly Demon shrieked, dissipating into wisps of black qi.
Crack!
Inside the Heavenly Secrets Chamber.
Ji Feixue looked at the shattered array plate in her hand, her expression extremely grim: "Myriad Buddhas Relic? ! Immediately tally losses, repair the grand array. . ."
"Not good. . . the outer grand array is connected to the Heavenly Demon Blood Transformation Array, and losses exceed fifty percent!"
A white-bearded old Daoist calculated with his fingers, then stamped his foot in distress.
...
"Heh heh. . . the Myriad Buddhas Relic is a condensation of pure Buddhist essence, inherently clashing with demonic qi. . . combined with those two Myriad Souls Blood Pearls, the first layer of Tianyuan City's formation is finished!"
The Nine-Tailed Great Sage chuckled.
"Nine-Tails, you truly have courage, using your trump card directly to seize the upper hand."
The Xuanlin Great Sage praised.
They had lived for so long, they had seen too many who hid their trump cards, only to keep them hidden until their death without ever using them.
Or those who constantly played the pig to eat the tiger, playing it so much that they genuinely became a pig!
To achieve the status of a Heavenly Demon, one must possess demonic nature!
"It's just a pity. . . The refinement of these Myriad Souls Blood Pearls has always been Lu Xing's responsibility. Even after his demise, though this concubine immediately took over, there was still a slight mess in the handover, leaving only two Myriad Souls Blood Pearls. . . Fortunately, this concubine still had a 'Myriad Buddhas Relic', which, after a bit of refining, could also pass off as the real thing."
The Nine-Tailed Great Sage slowly puffed on her pipe: "This concubine anticipated that the human race would definitely use a Heavenly Demon array to counter the Myriad Souls Blood Pearl, so I sent them a Buddhist relic. . . Buddhist essence clashes with demonic qi, coupled with infinite blood essence, heh heh. . . we can advance!"
She exhaled a puff of smoke, which transformed into a small fox and scurried away.
Not long after, a sensation of earth-shaking tremors arrived.
The extremely thick five-colored light barrier in front abruptly crumbled and disintegrated.
Seeing this scene, a large number of low-tier demon races let out cries of joyous celebration.
But the expressions of the high-tier demon cultivators above the Divine Transformation stage suddenly grew solemn.
Whoosh!
The five-colored restrictions, shaped like an inverted giant bowl, collapsed with a roar, revealing towering Wutu Puppets behind them.
These puppets were immensely tall, clad in stone armor, wielding stone axes and stone spears. . . with various runes flickering on their weapons.
Behind the puppet army, the walls of Tianyuan City could be seen.
From the crenellated battlements, spiritual cannons emanated terrifying pressure.
Layer upon layer of restrictions, like incredibly complex chains, stretched across the heavens and earth.
On the highest chessboard, Fang Xi stood calmly on the white jade platform, suddenly letting out a sigh: "The truly fierce battle is about to begin. How many cultivators from both sides will die this time, I wonder. . ."
Buzz! Buzz!
A yellowish-brown light flashed, and the Wutu Puppets all performed earth evasion techniques, sinking into the ground to battle the demon army.
From time to time, long spears would fly out, skewering the corpses of earth dragon demons.
Or shattered puppets would be thrown out from underground. . .
"Go!"
On the city wall, a teleportation array glowed.
Outside Tianyuan City, streaks of silver light flickered, from which various types of puppets flew out.
Some of these puppets were shaped like falcons, and as their wings flapped, streaks of green wind blades appeared.
Others were shaped like apes, roaring and beating their chests, spiritual patterns flickering, then casting spells that made the earth crack. . .
The remaining ones were pangolin-like earth-element puppets, using earth evasion techniques to join the melee.
Somewhere in Tianyuan City.
Tianchenzi, looking like a burly man, clad in a thick yellowish-brown robe, activated the 'Sumeru Thick Earth Ring', continuously muttering incantations.
On the ground around him, Wutu Puppets sprouted like bean sprouts from the earth, continuously forming an army that joined the battlefield. . .
And in another location, there were several puppet houses. Dong Qiuzi also sat in one such house, gathering the divine senses of several puppet masters, amplified and diffused by these special 'puppet houses'. . . controlling the puppets outside the city to engage the enemy.
Outside the puppet houses, Wang Lingying and Li Rulin, clad in rune-covered talisman armor, guarded on either side, exchanging glances, both feeling somewhat fortunate.
The cultivators of Moonlight Immortal City had followed Zhai Xingzi without hesitation to pledge allegiance to Senior Qing Hezi.
As one of the Human Race Five Sons, he wielded immense power, granting the cultivators of the Starry Sky Domain some 'good assignments'.
For example, guarding these 'puppet houses'; unless the demon race managed to break into Tianyuan City, theoretically, no matter how fierce the fighting on the city walls became, they would not need to participate in battle.
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