The huge creature had a humanoid body, however, it’s lower body was submerged within the shallow waters near the East Coast. It’s appearance from the neck up was covered by a thick veil of mist, making it impossible to see how it looked like.
A red glow emanated from it’s eyes, landing on the cultivators below. All of them instantly froze in place at that moment, particularly those with weak willpower and mental capacity.
"Who...no, what in the heavens is even that thing..."
Lin Qiyuan couldn’t help but mutter, his voice filled with a sense of unease as he looked up at the humongous creature.
Lu Qingfeng was also slightly panicked as he tried to see the true appearance of the creature, but his Divine Sense was blocked by the same aura from before.
By this time, the creature had already come in a 700 hundred mile range of the East Coast, and it’s extremely large figure was finally visible, being over ten thousand feet tall excluding the head.
The mist covering its head slowly started to dissipate, revealing a horrifying face which could potentially cause any mortal to lose their mind for their entire life till they died if they gazed upon it.
It had red eyes and countless tiny but long tentacles wriggling from its mouth, along with two long, curved horns at its head.
The moment Lu Qingfeng and the others saw its face, they felt as if a great karmic power was trying to infiltrate their minds and Sea of Consciousness, but it wasn’t perfectly operated, thus not having the chance to really cause any real damage.
But it surely caused unease among the cultivators as they were extremely sensitive to such things.
However, despite this, it did not undermine the fact that the creature slowly making its way towards the East Coast wasn’t something they could deal with.
"Brother Qingfeng, what should we do now?"
Sun Hao’s voice sounded from the side as he gritted his teeth. He felt extremely powerless at the moment, feeling that his title as a great genius was completely useless in the face of such a situation.
On the other hand, countless thoughts ran through Lu Qingfeng’s mind in mere seconds as he tried to figure out what to do right now.
As a supreme genius of the younger generation and the Great General who had almost never lost a battle before, he felt utterly helpless at the current moment. It was a great blow to his pride.
He felt extremely frustrated, that he was not able to do anything in the face of such an adversary. He felt that he had betrayed all of them who had placed their trust in him, be it his friends, subordinates, or those who were not fighting yet still praying for him and the righteous path to win so they could get back to their normal lives as soon as possible.
Ignoring his ridiculous self blaming thoughts, he slowly opened his eyes and looked up at the giant creature again, having finally come to a conclusion.
"...Back off, you all. Only those above the Golden Core Realm can stay. We’ll deal with this thing."
He finally said as he took a deep breath, running his Divine Sense through every cultivator present who was above the Golden Core Realm.
Sixty-seven. All Void Refinement Realm cultivators.
He calculated mentally.
There were tens of thousands of Void Refinement Realm cultivators who had already entered the Righteous-Demonic War. However, most of them were busy dealing with other places in the battlefield.
After all, there were many battlefields spread throughout the entire State of Feng and not just the Qingyun Region or Jingchen Region.
At the main battlefield of the Jingchen Region where Lu Qingfeng and the others were at, there were over a thousand Void Refinement Realm cultivators, but not a single Nascent Soul Realm or above cultivator in sight.
Not to mention the Void Refinement Realm cultivators currently active in the Jingchen Region were also fighting in other places. Only some of the strongest among them were fighting alongside Lu Qingfeng and the others right besides the East Coast, which led them to come here.
Listening to Lu Qingfeng’s commanding, firm words, the sixty-seven Void Refinement Realm cultivators, including Mo Qingxuan, nodded solemnly and prepared to go all out right at the beginning.
Even though they knew they were no match for the creature before them and their numbers weren’t great either, sixty-seven experts at the later stages of Void Refinement Realm, with a few of them having attained its peak, greatly boosted their morale.
This was including the fact that the situation wasn’t completely hopeless and they didn’t feel a sense of dread from the creature, meaning the gap probably wasn’t that of too many major realms.
However, all the cultivators below the Void Refinement Realm standing there were extremely dissatisfied with Lu Qingfeng’s words.
"Great General, it’s not fair!"
"We’ve been through fire and water, having fought alongside the Great General for many years and won many battles together! We can’t leave the Great General and the other seniors to fight alone now!"
"Exactly! We’re not afraid of death!"
More and more subordinates of his spoke up one after another, expressing their dissatisfaction and willingness to fight alongside him.
Listening to their words, Lu Qingfeng couldn’t help but feel extremely touched deep down.
He had always tried to help those around him in some way or another, never expecting anything in return, but unexpectedly, what he obtained in return was undeserving loyalty for him.
Before he could rebuke them or even say anything, a familiar voice sounded from behind.
"What they’re saying is true indeed, fellow daoist Lu. Had they been afraid of death, then they wouldn’t have joined the war in the first place. You saying those words is equivalent of having stripped them of their chance at either glory or death."
Lu Qingfeng turned around, only to find out that it was Mo Yuxin who said that.
In their circle, it was well known that Mo Yuxin was good friends with the Master of Eternal Peak, otherwise known as the Eternal Lord. She held great prestige among them and her words weren’t to be taken lightly.
Lu Qingfeng and Mo Yuxin both respected the other very much. Despite both of them being at the Ninth Stage of Golden Core Realm, Lu Qingfeng referred to her as senior because of her being friends with his master, and thinking that this was wrong, Mo Yuxin referred to him as fellow daoist.
Hearing her words, Lu Qingfeng was slightly stunned as his gaze wandered around himself.
He was surrounded by all of his comrades and friends, people who were willing to fight alongside him for the rest of their lives.
Such a situation was extremely rare in the cultivation world where one’s life was the most valuable thing to them. It was the whole point of their cultivation.
Seeing his wandering gaze, Lin Qiyuan came forward and patted his shoulder before speaking in a helpless tone of voice, though the small smile on his face betrayed his voice.
"It’s alright, brother Qingfeng. At least listen to me. We’re sworn brothers, after all."
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At his words, Lu Qingfeng finally showed a helpless smile as he shook his head.
"Who thought I would find such trustworthy people when all I was doing just to become stronger?"
As he said this, he slowly moved forward, the Radiant Dawn Sacred Fire burning on his skin as it slowly formed an armor of divine flames around his body.
The True Yang Body activated at its fullest, producing an intense heatwave which caused the temperature nearby to increase multiple times over.
The next instance, the Mystical Flame Bow appeared in his right hand and churned with the sacred flames, as if daring any evil energy to come out before it.
At this moment, the Supreme Archer truly looked like a bow wielding solar deity who had descended down the mortal plane to provide salvation for all beings.
Seeing him like this, the others activated their Dharma Artifacts and treasures as well, all of their gazes fixed on the huge creature looming over their heads.
It was already within a radius of a couple hundred miles of the East Coast, being even more so visible than before.
It’s huge body attracted the attention of the other battlefields as well, while the demonic cultivators and Demons for some reason started to fly towards the East Coast, who of course were followed by the righteous path experts.
Seeing the swarm of demonic cultivators and Demons heading towards them, the cultivators at the East Coast braced themselves, waiting for the Great General and the Supreme Archer’s orders.
Lu Qingfeng, on the other hand, stared deeply at the behemoth before his eyes.
Despite all of that talk before, he had a feeling that even if all the righteous path cultivators currently present in the Jingchen Region gathered together, they might not stand a chance against this monstrosity.
This led to a single conclusion; they would all be buried here, including him.
Of course, that was if there was no outside help.
As he was thinking of this, a smile suddenly appeared on Lu Qingfeng’s face.
*Buzz!*
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*
Repeated sounds of loud booms echoed throughout the battlefield as everyone’s attention shifted towards the blackened sky, from where a great flying ship emerged under their gazes filled with countless emotions.
*Swoosh!*
*Boom!*
At that exact moment, a dark light similar to the night sky rushed forth from the flying ship towards the huge creature below before striking it, causing it to slightly stumble.
Seeing this scene, countless cultivators of the righteous path’s breath caught in their throat from the excitement they felt.
Even Lu Qingfeng was slightly amazed by the sheer power that single strike contained.
He slowly clenched his fist, taking a sigh of relief as the flame armor around his body burned even brighter than before.
"Finally, the reinforcements are here..."