Chapter 425: Chapter 243: The Nine Tripods are Missing One
BOOM~!
RUMBLE~~
THUD! THUD! THUD!
The earth trembled as countless clouds of dust billowed up, swept into the sky by gale-force winds.
Tens of thousands of Demon Fiends swarmed toward Stone Mountain from all directions.
Some Demon Fiends were like mountain peaks, towering over Stone Mountain itself. As they ran, they crushed the smaller Demon Fiends beneath their feet, each step making the earth quake and the mountains shake.
Other Demon Fiends opened their massive mouths, unleashing roars so loud they seemed tangible. The sound formed sonic waves that spread out in rings, indiscriminately sweeping over friend and foe alike as they rippled toward Stone Mountain.
Still others flickered and leaped, phasing through the void. They shot out streams of black energy like sharp arrows, which pierced the air with a strange sound as they too descended upon Stone Mountain.
In mid-air, Flying Demon Fiends shrieked and swarmed, hurling Bone Spears and bone spikes. From the invisible ones, only the sounds of their attacks could be heard, their forms unseen.
In the brief moment the Defense Array was deactivated and then rebooted, the Demon Fiends launched a frenzied assault.
"SHOO SHOO SHOO~"
Atop Stone Mountain, the Zheng Family’s forces, who had been lying in wait, fired dense volleys of arrows into the sky without needing to aim.
Some waved great banners, unleashing gales. Others beat massive drums, producing tangible sonic waves that they could condense into a single force and project outward. Still others shimmered with light, illuminating Stone Mountain like giant searchlights. This light transmitted feelings of excitement and courage, helping everyone stand firm against the terrifying might of the tens of thousands of Demon Fiends.
SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH!
Those at the Heroic Body Realm leaped into the air, unleashing Fist Seals, Sword Qi, Sword Gang, and Spear Auras...
All kinds of attacks, also without need for aiming, were simply fired straight ahead.
However, the Rank-4 existences among the Demon Fiends immediately made their move.
An avatar of an Evil God, as tall as a mountain but covered in hundreds of different, densely packed faces, stood in the void, wreathed in black energy, and let out a strange laugh.
Among the hundreds of faces were men and women, old and young, and even members of the Demon Race. Every mouth was open, either muttering to itself or screaming wildly.
BUZZZZ~~!
The void roiled. Hundreds, even thousands, of different auras shot through the Demon Fiend army, pierced Stone Mountain, and swept across the sky and ground.
Zheng Weiyang, Zheng Jiuyang, and the other King’s Body experts of the Zheng Family all soared into the air. They blasted the Flying Demon Fiends and confronted the charging Rank-4 Demon Kings.
"BANG BANG BANG~"
BOOM! BOOM!
The thunderous noise shook the heavens. The space above Stone Mountain rippled like a boiling lake.
Gu Zheng’s targets were the Nine-Headed Serpent Demon Fiend and the Flame Demon.
However, ’What could those two be doing? They still haven’t shown themselves.’
Since they hadn’t appeared, Gu Zheng wasn’t about to just wait around.
"SHING SHING SHING~"
He took out the Chaotic Heaven Shield, which split into 360 blades, and unleashed the Ultimate Skill, Ten Thousand Blades Heaven Slaughter.
In an instant, countless streaks of blade light shot through the void, plunging into the endless army of Demon Fiends.
SHLICK! SHLICK! SHLICK!
"PFFT~" "PFFT~" "PFFT~"
The strange sound of sharp blades slicing through flesh, like the tearing of cloth, spread across a vast area.
Spirit Capturing!
[Demon Points +5]
[Demon Points +13]
[Demon Points +8]
...
Gu Zheng’s figure flickered, weaving through the ranks of Demon Fiends, continuously reaping Demon Points.
Everywhere he passed, he cut down the Demon Fiends like chopping melons and vegetables, felling them swath after swath.
The moment they fell, their limbs were torn asunder, and all kinds of demon blood splattered everywhere.
SHLICK~ SHLICK~ SHLICK!
Lines of Sword Gang crisscrossed through the air.
With every pass, hundreds of Demon Fiends died.
Spirit Capturing, Spirit Capturing, Spirit Capturing!
[Demon Points +23]
[Demon Points +19]
...
He charged a thousand meters straight forward, then turned back, moving in arcs, passing through swaths of Demon Fiends and cutting them down one after another.
At the King’s Body Realm, Gu Zheng didn’t even need to use his full power to carve his way in and out of the Demon Fiend army.
Whether they were Flying Demon Fiends, invisible ones, or those as large as small hills.
Rank-1, Rank-2, Rank-3.
Any that came within Gu Zheng’s range of movement could not escape the slicing Sword Gang and ended up contributing their Demon Points.
When collecting Demon Points, Gu Zheng didn’t bother with individual counts, but with round numbers—tens of thousands at a time!
Ten thousand, twenty thousand, thirty thousand...
In less than half a minute, Gu Zheng had harvested fifty thousand Demon Points.
"HISS~"
"ROAR!!"
A sharp screech and a furious roar rang out right on cue, shaking the area for several miles around.
Wreathed in black energy and accompanied by roiling clouds and mist, the Nine-Headed Serpent Demon Fiend appeared. Alongside it was the Flame Demon, seventy or eighty feet tall and engulfed in blazing flames. Treading upon the void, they flew through the sky, charging from two different directions toward... Stone Mountain.
This time, their target was Stone Mountain, not Gu Zheng, who was on a rampage, indiscriminately slaughtering Demon Fiends.
But they were Gu Zheng’s targets.
SWISH~
A streak of ice-blue light shot across the sky. Sen Taibai had activated his Frozen Domain to face the Flame Demon.
WHOOSH!
Gu Zheng changed direction and charged straight for the Nine-Headed Serpent Demon Fiend.
The latter manipulated the surging black energy, revealing nine ferocious, enormous, and terrifying heads from within the mist.
WHOOSH~
SHLICK!
Cold Arrows, Poisonous Fog, Fire Snakes...
The Nine-Headed Serpent Demon Fiend’s nine heads each unleashed a different attack to intercept Gu Zheng, while its massive body continued to charge straight for Stone Mountain.
But before it could get close, it was enveloped by hundreds of streaks of Sword Gang that began to slice at it.
Gu Zheng controlled the 360 blades, striking the Nine-Headed Serpent Demon Fiend from a distance and producing a series of sharp "CLANG CLANG CLANG" sounds.
It turned out the Nine-Headed Serpent Demon Fiend’s scales had blocked the blades’ assault.
However, that didn’t matter.
Gu Zheng focused half of his Spirit and continued to control the blades with his mind, having them slip into the void and reappear directly inside the Nine-Headed Serpent Demon Fiend’s body.
SHLICK SHLICK SHLICK~!
Caught completely off guard, the Nine-Headed Serpent Demon Fiend was shredded from the inside. Its shocked and enraged roar sent ripples trembling through the void.
Its giant tail swept out, crushing and killing thousands of surrounding Demon Fiends.
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