Chapter 860: A Single Blow
Chapter 860: A Single Blow
Three days later.
For cultivators, this fleeting time was but a flick of a finger.
Outside Tian Yuan City, the brutal war between puppets and demon beasts had just concluded.
The various human puppets were all creations built from resources, while the demon beasts nurtured by the demon race were mostly low-level, serving as cannon fodder and probes.
By this point, Fang Xi knew that the truly brutal war was about to begin!
Thwack!
On the chessboard, it was as if a large hand, reaching out from the darkness, placed a black piece.
"Heavenly Demon Guards?"
"Heavenly Demon God-Slaughtering Battle Formation!"
Heavenly Demon Qi surged skyward, transforming into grotesque demon gods, one after another.
Some of these demon gods had human bodies with snake heads, while others were purely in the form of demon beasts. Their figures seemed substantial, emanating fluctuations of Integration-level magic power.
Thump-thump!
Amidst the war drums, a dozen ancient war beasts roared first, urged by their beast-controlling cultivators, charging towards the human Tian Yuan City!
Boom!
As these ancient war beasts galloped, layers of restrictions landed upon them, yet they barely left a mark.
Whether it was lightning, fierce fire, or poisonous water. . . all seemed to be blocked by the thick hides on their bodies.
And as the ancient war beasts rampaged, coupled with the demon cultivators on their backs casting spells, array after array was barbarically shattered by them.
Rumble!
On the battlements of Tian Yuan City's walls, a colossal spirit cannon roared.
Fang Xi discovered that the power of that cannonball ought to even surpass a full-force strike from the Kyushu Mechanized City!
And at this moment, it wasn't just hundreds or thousands of cannons rumbling?
Under the simultaneous firing of ten thousand cannons, several ancient war beasts were torn apart in violent explosions, countless flesh and bones mixing to fall as a bloody rain across the sky.
However, a Heavenly Demon God-Slaughtering Battle Formation, following close behind the ancient war beasts, had already approached Tian Yuan City.
Heavenly Demon Qi converged, forming a grotesque demon god with a human upper body and a snake lower body. Wielding two water-fire flood dragons, it suddenly raised a hand. The two water-fire flood dragons roared, their bodies growing immense, and slammed into the city wall.
Rumble!
On the walls of Tian Yuan City, an exceptionally dense barrier of light emerged, blocking the water-fire flood dragons.
But waves of residual magic power still vibrated outwards, causing the gun carriage of a giant cannon to shatter with a crash. . .
Roar! Roar!
Subsequently, as more Heavenly Demon Guard formations approached, demon gods roared one after another, all charging towards the city wall!
"That's enough."
On the chessboard, Jin Gangzi's expression was calm as he witnessed this scene. He pointed a finger.
Thwack!
A white piece landed.
On the city wall.
Huo Cangzi, leading a group of disciples, was operating the spirit cannons.
On his person, a milky white jade pendant suddenly lit up with a circle of three-colored light.
"Has it begun? Scheme Beta!"
Huo Cangzi roared, as streams of magic power channeled into the formation beneath his body.
From the crenellations of the city wall, a spirit cannon pulsed with runes all over its body, suddenly letting out a roar.
Only this time, it was slightly different from before.
The 'cannonballs' were not fireballs or spells, but rather. . . golden thunder pearls?
These thunder pearls were the size of water vats, suddenly exploding mid-air into countless golden thunder orbs, raining down like raindrops.
Crackle!
Golden lightning flashed wildly, and the Golden Brahma Demon-Exterminating Mother-Child Divine Thunder Pearls transformed into a massive golden lightning net, enveloping the demon god wielding the water-fire flood dragons.
The golden lightning seemed to greatly restrain the Heavenly Demon Qi; wherever it passed, countless threads of demonic qi disintegrated.
The demon god roared, its body enveloped by the golden lightning net, instantly turning into a wisp of green smoke and vanishing without a trace.
Not only that, the lightning descended straight down, transforming into countless tiny arcs.
Even the weakest trace of an arc carried the power to easily obliterate a fifth-order demon race member, causing heavy casualties among the Heavenly Demon Guards in the formation below!
Rumble rumble!
There was more than one Golden Brahma Demon-Exterminating Mother-Child Divine Thunder Pearl; their number seemed to have depleted all of Huo Cangzi's entire stock.
Near Tian Yuan City, thousands upon thousands of golden lightning bolts danced wildly, as if transforming into a golden forest.
After the golden lightning vanished, a vast number of Heavenly Demon Guards had strikingly disappeared. . .
Only some remnants of the defeated army remained, those with profound cultivation or extremely good luck. Unable to maintain their battle formation, they all transformed into streaks of light, fleeing for their lives to the rear.
"Golden Brahma Demon-Exterminating Bamboo?"
The Nine-Tailed Great Sage's pipe clinked, a rare sign of her losing composure: "There are still so many? ! This must be Jin Gangzi's doing!"
Wei Tong Ya said coldly, "Our army's momentum has been bled dry. . . Either we retreat and regroup, or a seventh-stage being must step forward."
After speaking coldly, he immediately transformed into a yellow light and arrived on the battlefield.
Puff-puff!
Three streaks of yellow light erupted with astonishing spiritual energy, landing within Tian Yuan City's grand array.
Whoosh!
The yellow light and the restrictions dissolved into each other, revealing three crystal-clear claw marks.
The array rumbled, then was pierced by one claw.
Bang!
A hazy yellow demonic qi erupted, turning a giant cannon on a crenellation and the nearby cultivators into dust.
A single strike from this demon race Great Sage had actually temporarily breached the array.
But immediately, the array glowed, and the small gap quickly mended itself.
"I am Toothless Great Sage! Where is Jin Gangzi?"
Toothless Great Sage sneered and bellowed.
"Amitabha!"
Upon the jade platform, Jin Gangzi clasped his hands together, his figure instantly appearing above Toothless Great Sage.
A golden Buddha phantom immediately emerged, producing thousands of palms that descended with a rumble.
"Escape!"
Toothless Great Sage sneered repeatedly. The ground within a hundred-mile radius instantly turned ethereal, causing him and Jin Gangzi to sink into the earth and vanish in a flash of yellow light.
Most cultivators could perform earthen escape arts, but this type of earthen escape divine ability, which allowed one to vanish with an enemy, was truly miraculous.
Whoosh-whoosh!
Within the demon army, high-level demon cultivators emerged, all seventh-stage beings or higher, and began fiercely assaulting Tian Yuan City's formation.
For them, as long as they carefully avoided the Golden Brahma Demon-Exterminating Mother-Child Divine Thunder Pearls, other attacks were generally negligible.
Shriek!
Fang Xi even saw a seventh-stage Kunpeng, its wings spread wide, as numerous green tornadoes descended.
"This Kunpeng. . . it feels so familiar."
He sighed with emotion, thinking of the Great Kun in the Xuanming Abyss, feeling a touch of melancholy.
As the seventh-stage demon race members appeared, the human Integration stage cultivators also took action, one after another.
"Impudent beast!"
Accompanied by a clear voice, a figure met the Kunpeng head-on.
His entire body was enveloped in a layer of crimson light, and he suddenly formed an incantation hand seal, conjuring an unassuming black fire furnace.
But the next moment, even the laws of heaven and earth were faintly stirred.
Qianyang True Fire, Nine Dragons Blazing Fire, Samadhi True Fire. . .
All sorts of flames converged, transforming into the shapes of true dragons and phoenixes!
This person was none other than the Grand Elder of the Yan Yu Sect, using a replica Immortal Abode Rare Treasure—the Nine Dragons Cauldron!
Of course, this replica Immortal Abode Rare Treasure had many rare materials added to it, making its power almost comparable to a damaged Immortal Abode Rare Treasure.
Roar! Roar!
The fire dragon, formed from Qianyang True Fire, nearly burned heaven and earth, easily suppressing the Kunpeng.
"That Grand Elder of the Yan Yu Sect is a bit shameless. . . choosing such a low-grade, seventh-stage Kunpeng. . ."
Fang Xi mildly commented in his heart.
Next, he saw an array diagram emerge, with ten suns suspended in mid-air within it.
The array diagram shimmered with light, encircling several seventh-stage demon race members, seemingly intending to refine them alive.
"The Ten Suns Spirit-Empty Diagram. . . the Pure Yang Demon Refining Sect's Grand Elder—Yanri Venerable."
"Although this Semi-Immortal Artifact is mainly aimed at demonic cultivators, its power is still considerable."
Fang Xi secretly nodded.
"Hehehe. . . is Sister Mo Yun Zi here?"
As Fang Xi pondered, the Nine-Tailed Great Sage, riding on pink smoke, arrived on the battlefield.
She exhaled from her red lips, and the pink smoke spread, instantly covering tens to hundreds of miles. If she were allowed to continue, the human race's high-level cultivators might suffer severe casualties.
"Nine-Tailed Great Sage. . ."
Mo Yun Zi formed incantation hand seals with both hands, transforming into a vast expanse of black demonic clouds. Within them, phantoms of divine demons emerged, coiling around the pink smoke.
The two masses of mist continually intertwined and dispersed. . . eventually stabilizing at around ten miles, with roars of divine demons occasionally echoing out.
"Qing Hezi. . . where are you?"
The Arm-Reaching Great Sage walked step by step. His entire body was covered in monkey fur, resembling an upright walking giant ape, clad in golden chainmail, with a section of a jet-black staff slung over his shoulder.
This staff seemed to be broken at one end, but it still retained most of its original body. Strange patterns circled its shaft, and it appeared extremely heavy.
"It's actually the Arm-Reaching Great Sage. . . this one is hailed as the foremost in combat, wielding a damaged Immortal Abode Rare Treasure. It's said that this Immortal Abode Rare Treasure perfectly complements his cultivation method, allowing him to unleash more than half of its power!"
The Five Elements Child exclaimed.
Fang Xi was somewhat speechless. Riding a streak of demonic light, he met the Arm-Reaching Great Sage.
"You are Qing Hezi?"
The Arm-Reaching Great Sage's monkey eyes fixed on Fang Xi, sneering, "The one who killed Lu Xing?"
"Indeed. . . How about we switch battlefields?"
Fang Xi chuckled lightly, then rode his escape light towards a corner of the battlefield.
The center of the battlefield was too prone to concentrated fire; he intended to change his position.
He felt that bearing the brunt of a demon race Great Sage for the human race was already a sufficient contribution in this war.
As for the formation?
That was the last trump card, not to be used lightly.
As he left, his Divine Consciousness swept out. He saw the Five Elements Child conjure his 'Five Elements Bell', confronting the demon race's Dark Scale Great Sage!
The last remaining Flood Dragon clan Great Sage, as it charged into the battlefield, was intercepted by three human Integration stage cultivators who looked exactly alike.
These three human cultivators were all at the mid-Integration stage. The 'Three Immortals Rings' they wielded—one red, one yellow, one blue—all shimmered with spiritual light, clearly rare treasures.
"Hmph, courting death!"
The Heaven-Overturning Great Sage sneered, forming an incantation hand seal with one hand. Dragon scales appeared on his body, and his cold eyes turned towards the Gao family three brothers. . .
...
"Where do you think you're going?"
As the Arm-Reaching Great Sage walked and leaped, a yellow light flashed on his feet, as if he had cast the divine ability of Shrinking the Ground into an Inch!
Not only that, his escape speed was astonishing; he caught up to Fang Xi at the edge of the battlefield.
This demon's body surged with demonic qi. With a sudden leap, the hairs on its body stood on end, its monkey face contorted with rage, and the black staff in its hand smashed down from above:
"Taste my staff! !"
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