Chapter 592: Chapter 374: Netherworld Martial Emperor
Qu Qiancheng grasped the control flag of the Eight Trigrams Sealing Demon Array, transforming it into a stream of light that quickly disappeared into the horizon, merging into the Mountain Protection Formation of the Vajra Sect. Soon after, a roar akin to that of a wild beast echoed from within.
Although Qu Qiancheng set up the array repeatedly, the roar still made Scar, Golden Roc, and the others roll their eyes, struggling to stay awake, causing the power of the Eight Trigrams Sealing Demon Array to be intermittently disrupted.
Qu Rong did not stand idly by. After she entered, she also infused power into the array flag.
She appeared young, yet she was also shockingly a powerhouse at the Martial King Ninth Layer. After she joined, the power of the Eight Trigrams Sealing Demon Array significantly increased.
Wei Fan’s eyes revealed a strange light. His golden primordial spirit could resist the influence of that terrifying sound. A snowy white radiance emanated from Feng Hua, and she was also unaffected. It seemed the gem on her body, tainted with Martial Saint Essence Blood, indeed had a great resistance to such bizarre phenomena.
The others, even Qu Rong, occasionally rolled their eyes. They looked at the two with a peculiar gaze. Everyone could see that Feng Hua had an exotic treasure on her, but Wei Fan resisted the strange roar with his own strength, indicating his will power was certainly terrifying.
"Nether Fire, I remember this name. Are you the Nether Fire who killed multiple Demon Kings in Yun Jin City?" Qu Rong suddenly spoke.
Wei Fan nodded slightly.
The Territory Guardian War General named Scar was taken aback, "I can’t believe I didn’t recognize you!"
Clearly, he had heard of the name Nether Fire. After the battle in Yun Jin City, the code name of this Demon Hunter had gained considerable fame.
"Roar..."
The next moment, another roar came from the Vajra Sect, making several people roll their eyes again.
That direction was filled with holy might, with essence qi in the heavens and earth surging like a tide. Wei Fan and the others felt that the power of the Eight Trigrams Sealing Demon Array was continuously pouring in that direction. The gigantic Eight Trigrams Diagram in the sky was constantly trying to press down but was being held back by an invisible, terrifying force.
"You should all seal off your five senses, otherwise we might not be able to suppress that thing!"
Wei Fan suggested.
The incessant influence of the roar prevented the Eight Trigrams Sealing Demon Array from maintaining its peak state continuously. Without the interference, the array’s power would remain stable.
It was uncertain if sealing their five senses could block the roar’s effect entirely.
Scar and the others ceased their discussions and quickly sealed off all their senses, focusing their power on the array flag.
While the roar’s influence wasn’t fully isolated, the power of the Eight Trigrams Sealing Demon Array became more stable compared to before, slowly pressing downward.
Now, out of the seven people, only Wei Fan and Feng Hua remained conscious.
"This might not be an evil spirit, but a forbidden existence!"
Feng Hua gazed solemnly in the direction of the Vajra Sect.
Eight squads, each with six people, plus Qu Rong and Qu Qiancheng, made a total of fifty Martial Kings. The lowest among them had a Martial King Seventh Level Cultivation. Forming the Eight Trigrams Sealing Demon Array with so many experts, in cooperation with a Martial Saint, yet they still hadn’t succeeded. The entity inside the Vajra Sect was undoubtedly terrifying.
"At this rate, we won’t hold out much longer!"
Wei Fan frowned. They were in a constant state of high-intensity power output. Even though a Martial King’s power is vast as the sea, it couldn’t be endless.
If the grand array ran out of power, and the entity inside the coffin awakened now, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The two could not see the situation inside the Vajra Sect and had no idea how Zhou Shen and Qu Qiancheng were confronting the entity in the coffin. However, judging from the situation where the massive Eight Trigrams Diagram could not press down, the battle inside must be incredibly fierce.
"That thing might not have fully awakened. If it were awake, it wouldn’t allow us to set up the Eight Trigrams Sealing Demon Array. If it awakens, it will definitely be more intense."
Upon hearing Feng Hua’s words, Wei Fan couldn’t help but take a cold breath. With so many Martial Kings supported by a Holy Array, even with a Martial Saint’s assistance, they couldn’t prevail. Was the forbidden existence truly that terrifying?
"Roar..."
Suddenly, an even louder roar rang out, akin to thunder, deafening. Even with their senses sealed, Scar and the others couldn’t help but sway.
The gem on Feng Hua’s body emitted more intense brilliance and began to distort, as if it would shatter.
This time, even the golden primordial spirit couldn’t withstand it, rolling its eyes. Fortunately, at the critical moment, he activated the Ten Thousand Spirits Bell to block the sound’s influence.
A burst of blinding light shot out from within the Vajra Sect, as if something was forced out. The next moment, even without using the Qi Observation and Demon Identification Technique, one could see black smoke soaring skyward from inside the Vajra Sect, lifting the massive Eight Trigrams Diagram that had pressed down several hundred meters, almost breaking it apart.
The terrifying counter-force transmitted through the array flag caused Wei Fan’s body to tremble. The power he output almost rebounded back into his body. Only the frantic operation of the Scripture of the Three Emperors prevented the power from returning.
"Pfft..."
Though Wei Fan was fine, Scar and the others weren’t as fortunate. They couldn’t help but cough up large quantities of blood, their aura in disarray.
Feng Hua didn’t cough blood, but her face nonetheless flushed crimson.
That was because she suppressed most of the backlash. Otherwise, at that moment, they might have been shattered by their own rebounding power.
"That thing has awakened!"
Feng Hua’s body trembled, an aura that sent shivers down one’s spine erupted from the Vajra Sect, causing an involuntary feeling of despair and fear.
It wasn’t that he was afraid, but that aura penetrated deep into his heart, bringing an instinctive sense of dread.
"I will fight you with everything I have!"
A towering apparition, several hundred meters tall, appeared in the heavens, holding a big banner, frantically channeling the power of the Eight Trigrams Sealing Demon Array downward.
"This is the Dharma Aspect, Elder Zhou is going all out!"
Feng Hua was moved.
The Dharma Aspect is a unique technique of a Martial Saint, the projection of will power. Once a Martial Saint powerhouse manifests the Dharma Aspect, it essentially means they are fighting desperately.
Zhou Shen’s hair and beard stood on end, like a god descending from the heavens. The several hundred meters tall Dharma Aspect was majestic and imposing, almost collapsing the void.
The main banner of the Eight Trigrams Sealing Demon Array had already appeared in the hands of his enormous Dharma Aspect, transforming into several hundred meters long, merging with the huge Eight Trigrams Diagram in the sky.
With the blessing of his Martial Saint power, the divine and holy aura surged exponentially, dissolving the dark smoke that filled the sky, pressing down with the force of thunderbolts.
"It’s not a solution to go on like this!" Wei Fan murmured.
Zhou Shen, this Martial Saint powerhouse, had already begun to fight desperately, yet even so, they still could not see where that so-called forbidden entity was. It was very likely that it had not truly awakened.
If this matter is not resolved swiftly, if something happens to Zhou Shen, few of these Territory Guardian War Generals would likely survive.
With a thought, the Divinity-Sealing Seal appeared in his hand, and he intended to leave the array and head to the Vajra Sect. The next moment, something that made his hair stand on end occurred.
Almost like a flash, a silhouette silently appeared dozens of meters away.
He was dressed in exceedingly ancient attire, the kind of coarse cloth garments that even the lowest-ranked commoners in today’s Five Great Domains no longer wore.
Feng Hua’s hairs stood on end, "Be careful, I’ve only seen this kind of clothing in texts from tens of thousands of years ago, very ancient."
Her face was pale, and the gem on her body was pulsating wildly, urging her to leave quickly, the white glow trembled, as if something terrifying and invisible had rushed in.
"Is he the one from the coffin?" Wei Fan was puzzled.
If it was something from the coffin that had awakened, why didn’t it seek out the old man Zhou Shen, but came to them instead?
"Perhaps it wants to break the Eight Trigrams Sealing Demon Array, or maybe it hasn’t truly awakened, just existing in a muddled state." Feng Hua said uncertainly.
Though she knew quite a bit, it was also the first time she encountered such a thing and didn’t understand why it came to them first. Evil spirits and forbidden entities, strictly speaking, are not normal life forms, they’re eerie existences, and their actions couldn’t be viewed with normal logic.
"It may very well not be the true thing from the coffin!"
Feng Hua forced herself to suppress the fear in her heart, analyzing that it might not yet be the thing from the coffin.
It appeared clothed in coarse fabric, some parts already torn, marked by the passage of time, yet the entity before them likely wasn’t a corpse.
Because over there, Zhou Shen and Qu Qiancheng were still breathing, continuing to battle the invisible presence, the fight hadn’t ended, nor were they dead.
Wei Fan’s gaze was fixed on this entity. Indeed, it didn’t seem like a tangible presence, floating ethereally in the air. He could even feel the air flowing right through it.
"Have you seen the emperor’s body? If you can help the emperor find it, the emperor may grant you the Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations Technique!"
It slowly walked over from a distance, immediately stating its search for its body, revealing a mouthful of black, pointed teeth.
This wasn’t the most terrifying aspect; what was more horrifying was that he looked like an ordinary person, yet half of his head had been blasted apart, exposing snowy white brain matter.
"Pfft..."
Scar and a few others, their five senses sealed, rolled their eyes furiously, almost cutting off the power flow, while the white light on Feng Hua’s body twisted and barely resisted the demonic sound, only Wei Fan remained unaffected.
"Countless years have passed, your physical body long decayed, why not let dust return to dust and earth to earth?"
Feng Hua suppressed her inner fear, her voice resounding like a grand bell.
"I am the Netherworld Martial Emperor, the supreme of the Emperor Dao, a peerless powerhouse, eternal and immortal. How could my physical body be destroyed? Did you hide my body?"
He wasn’t affected by Feng Hua’s words, believing himself eternal and undying, incapable of death.
As if enraged, his aura surged, raising a storm in the heavens and earth, causing the plants and trees all around to wither rapidly.
Martial Emperor, a supreme existence surpassing a Martial Saint.
Before, Feng Hua was not mistaken; the thing within the Vajra Sect was indeed a forbidden entity.
Though it may have died tens of thousands of years ago, a sliver of its obsession still remains, eternally unextinguished, constantly seeking its body when encountering others.
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