Chapter 255: Chapter 43: Sudden Killing Intent
The eight Grand Arrays erupted with intense light, crashing against the Celestial Demon army. In an instant, countless Celestial Demons fell.
But a ceaseless stream of Celestial Demons still flew out from Ao Mountain Island.
Within the Seven Kills Array, starlight swirled. Fang Cheng and the six others sat within seven dazzling clusters of starlight, each unleashing their Divine Techniques to slay the Celestial Demons.
All seven were seasoned veterans of slaughter. Faced with the battle before them, each remained calm and composed.
They fought for less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
Suddenly, a colossal, deep footstep echoed between heaven and earth.
A three-headed, six-armed giant emerged from the Demon Fog, strode through the air, and arrived before the Netherworld Prison Suppression Array.
This giant was a hundred zhang tall, its body as massive as a mountain. It was ferocious and terrifying, emanating a destructive, oppressive aura.
A Tier Three Celestial Demon.
Its six giant eyes radiated a malevolent light as it scanned its surroundings, its gaze filled with greed and bloodlust.
A hundred Tier Two Celestial Demons and innumerable Tier One Celestial Demons swarmed around it like stars orbiting a moon, their demonic intent flooding the sky and unnerving all who felt it.
The Three-Headed Celestial Demon moved. A pillar of roiling Demon Smoke lifted its massive body, carrying it straight into the sky toward the array’s core at Celestial City Peak.
Atop the Demon-Suppressing Stake, the Elders of Celestial City Peak wore grim expressions. They joined forces to activate the Array, and rings of dark golden light shot out from the stake’s base, sweeping toward the Three-Headed Celestial Demon.
The Three-Headed Celestial Demon sneered. With a wave of its six arms, the sky filled with pitch-black phantom fists that smashed violently against the dark golden light.
A continuous, deafening roar echoed as a violent torrent of energy surged within the Grand Array. Countless Tier One Celestial Demons in its path were instantly pulverized.
The two sides were locked in a stalemate. From each of the eight surrounding Grand Arrays, a streak of light shot out to strike the Three-Headed Celestial Demon.
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「Yinluo Island, Demon Lion Peak.」
Sun Fugai sat cross-legged on a Jade Couch, regulating his breath. Within his Qi Sea, his Life Talisman had undergone a peculiar transformation.
The upper half of the Life Talisman had transformed into a blurry, humanoid shadow, its Sword Intent ethereal and indistinct.
The lower half of the Life Talisman retained the appearance of a Sword Talisman, within which thousands of sword-lights seemed to flicker.
’It seems it won’t be long before this Life Talisman completely evolves into a Life Soul!’
However, he suddenly sensed something and slowly opened his eyes.
"Daoist Child, where are you?" he called out in a deep voice.
The Daoist Child entered and bowed. "Master, what are your instructions?"
"Go open the gate to my Cave Mansion and invite the Sect Leader in," Sun Fugai said faintly.
The Daoist Child immediately complied. When he arrived outside the Cave Mansion, he saw a thin paper man standing at the gate, its face etched with sorrow.
’So it’s the Sect Leader’s incarnation...’
The Daoist Child bowed respectfully. "Sect Leader, please come in."
The paper man nodded and followed the Daoist Child into the Cave Mansion, arriving at the Quiet Chamber.
Seeing the paper man, Sun Fugai smiled faintly. "Junior Brother, what brings you here?"
The paper man gave a bitter smile. "Senior Brother, you are unaware. A great calamity has suddenly befallen our Yinluo Sect. One misstep, and I fear the entire sect could be annihilated."
Sun Fugai raised an eyebrow. "How has it come to this?"
The paper man explained, "That Tier Three Demon Fiend from the depths of the Earth Abyss has emerged again. Wo Yun Peak is struggling to hold it back, so I’ve sent the Lotus Peak Master with the Netherworld Banner to suppress it."
Sun Fugai said nothing in response.
’The Yinluo Sect possesses two Fourth-rank Magical Artifacts that serve to anchor its destiny. One is the Bone Daoist Palace, left behind by the founding patriarch.’
’The other is the Netherworld Banner, collaboratively refined over generations by the Hundred Weapons Pavilion of Lotus Peak!’
’The Lotus Peak Master hails from the Chixia Wang Family. He achieved his enlightenment many years ago, his methods are shrewd, and he is a Late-stage Life Talisman Peak Cultivator.’
’With him wielding the Netherworld Banner, there shouldn’t be a major issue.’
’But the Netherworld Banner is one of the Yinluo Sect’s trump cards; it is not brought out unless absolutely necessary.’
Sun Fugai knew there was more.
The paper man continued, "Someone from the Ao Mountain Dong Family suffered a cultivation deviation and attracted a Tier Three Celestial Demon. The Nine Peaks have already sent personnel to lay down the Netherworld Prison Suppression Array and trap it."
Sun Fugai frowned. "Someone must have been plotting this for years, yet we were completely unaware!"
The paper man nodded and went on, "And that’s not all. The Heaven-Reflected Insects I deployed around the Abyssal Marsh have reported back. The Flame God Palace’s Fourth-rank Magical Artifact, the Red Sun Divine Tree, is currently flying toward Yinluo Island. That treasure has always been wielded by Xu Tianci. I suspect Old Monster Xu is coming because of what happened with the Haihan Feng Family a while back."
Sun Fugai sneered. "What a brilliant scheme by the Flame God Palace!"
’An Abyssal Demon Tide, a Celestial Demon invasion, and an inter-sect war... all three at once. They’ve truly schemed against the Yinluo Sect down to the last detail.’
The paper man’s expression was grave. "Senior Brother, with the Flame God Palace attacking, our sect’s Elders are split between the Earth Abyss and Ao Mountain Island. We can only defend Yinluo Island; we have no strength to counterattack. I need you to take the Bone Daoist Palace to Ao Mountain Island to take command and provide support, to prevent any further disasters."
As he spoke, the paper man extended a hand. A small, exquisite White Bone Palace rested in its palm.
It was the Yinluo Sect’s other Fourth-rank Magical Artifact.
The sealing power of this treasure was unparalleled in the world. It also had the miraculous effect of storing Magical Power and accelerating one’s Magical Cultivation. A Cultivator who refined the Bone Daoist Palace into their Lifebound Treasure would essentially gain a second Qi Sea, their Magical Power far surpassing that of their peers.
Sun Fugai already possessed the combat strength of an ordinary Life Soul Cultivator. If he wielded this Magical Artifact, he could even contend with a Life Soul Cultivator from a major sect.
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