Chapter 1656
The Great Battle Begins, the Formation Displays its Power
In the depths of the ancient ghost realm, in the shadowy secret realm.
Inside a cave dwelling filled with ghostly energy in the fifth-grade superior ghost land, Shadow Valley.
A middle-aged man with an icy expression sat cross-legged here.
He closed his eyes to meditate, and from time to time, wisps of sword intent would emanate from his body, like a living sword immortal, with an extraordinary aura.
'The path of swordsmanship is truly difficult.'
'At my current rate of understanding swordsmanship, I fear it will be extremely difficult for me to reach the fifth-tier top-grade level.'
'However… the upcoming conflict between my Cangxuan lineage and the Vajra Demon Rock Sect might just be an opportunity.'
Ling Pengxing slowly opened his eyes, a hint of coldness appearing in his expression.
Although he was far away in the ancient ghost realm, Ling Pengyun had left a special communication restriction on him with the Netherworld Blade, and Ling Pengyun often communicated with him.
He was extremely clear about the situation on the other side of the Milky Way.
As far as he knew, the Vajra Demon Rock Sect had quite a few powerful members.
The path of sword cultivation is inherently a path of killing and warfare; fighting with the strong can accelerate the honing of one's swordsmanship.
He desperately wanted to get involved in that kind of chaos.
However, he does not plan to set off for the time being.
The chaos in the Heavenly River Realm is only just beginning.
During these periods, it is mostly a war of attrition, and it is extremely difficult to find a suitable opportunity to fight against the Vajra Demon Rock Sect.
He then began to wait quietly and told the Ghost Immortal Lamp, who was also meditating in the Shadow Valley, about the matter.
"Great chaos?"
"That's a good thing."
The spirit of the Ghost Immortal Lamp, upon learning of this, also felt some anticipation.
In recent years, it has successively cultivated many Nascent Soul Spirits by using the top-grade fifth-tier mid-grade 'Stone Spirit Cultivation Method'.
It has more confidence.
It even intended to kill several demonic cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage during the ensuing chaos.
And using their divine souls as a source, they quickly cultivated the transformed spirit ghosts.
In addition, the Vajra Demon Rock Sect is a major sect of the demonic path, and therefore possesses more demonic resources.
It also intended to collect some high-grade Ghost Path Iron to temper itself and try to break through to a higher realm.
……
at the same time.
Heavenly River Boundary.
The forces of various righteous Nascent Soul cultivators also set off, heading towards the territories of the major demonic Nascent Soul cultivators as arranged by the Radiant Star Immortal Sect.
After the demonic forces subtly noticed this, they dared not take the initiative to attack because they feared Yaoxing Daojun of Yaoxing Immortal Sect, and instead guarded their respective territories.
In an instant, the atmosphere in the Heavenly River Realm became extremely tense.
Soon after.
The Cangxuan Flying Boat fleet of the Cangxuan lineage traversed countless miles and finally arrived at the Western Ghost Domain of the Heavenly River Realm.
This place is located in the western part of the Heavenly River Realm, and its area is extremely large, roughly one-fifth the size of the Heavenly River Realm.
Moreover, this place has been managed by the demonic path for countless years, and it is now filled with traces of demonic veins and demonic cultivators.
The world was filled with boundless demonic energy, making it a paradise for demons.
In addition, this group of demonic cultivators also had some long-term vision; like the righteous path, they vigorously developed the mortal population.
But those demonic cultivators did not act with good intentions; they merely regarded those mortals as cattle and sheep to be slaughtered at will to refine treasures.
Moreover, due to the presence of demonic energy between heaven and earth, the land is extremely barren, making it difficult to grow crops, and even if crops are successfully grown, the harvest is meager.
The lives of ordinary people in this region were extremely miserable.
There are even instances of people exchanging children to eat them.
This is truly a wild and untamed land.
Ling Pengyun glanced at the scene of ordinary people, his brows furrowed slightly, and his gaze turned toward the Vajra Demon Rock Sect, revealing a look of disgust.
Without the Vajra Demon Rock Sect, the mortals here would never be living such a miserable life.
In addition, although the mortals here are in a terrible state, there are quite a few of them. If we could bring back the Cangxuan lineage and give them some fertile land, that would be a good opportunity.
They are likely to bring many individuals with spiritual roots to the Cangxuan lineage.
Therefore, Ling Pengyun also had some ulterior motives regarding those mortals in this place.
Soon, the Cangxuan Flying Boat fleet arrived at "Jinqian Demon City," one of the four border spiritual lands of the Vajra Little Demon State.
It was an enormous magical market, but because of its large size, it was transformed into the shape of a city.
It contains not only numerous demonic veins, but also a top-tier fifth-order mid-grade demonic vein, making its demonic energy extremely dense.
In its early years, the Vajra Demon Rock Sect also used those demonic veins to set up a fifth-grade superior "Vajra Qian Yuan Demon Array".
It contains two top-tier, mid-grade fifth-order array artifacts: the Vajra Shuttle and the Vajra Demon Shield.
Once activated, the Vajra Shuttle will unleash an incomparably powerful force capable of breaking through enemy defenses, and it may even shatter a fifth-grade high-level defensive technique in a short period of time.
The Vajra Demon Shield can greatly enhance the defensive power of the demon array.
In addition, the Vajra Demon Rock Sect had long since noticed that the Cangxuan lineage was heading towards the border spiritual land, Jinqian Demon City.
They then concentrated nearly 70-80% of their troops in the Golden Qian Demon City.
That place is now teeming with countless demonic cultivators; at a glance, it is densely packed with them, their numbers terrifying.
The defensive intensity there also increased dramatically.
"However, this small number of demonic cultivators alone cannot stop us."
Ling Pengyun glanced at the situation in the distant Golden Qian Demon City and smiled disdainfully.
Afterwards, he and the Star Sea Ancestor and others saw that the nearly 50 million righteous cultivators and elite soldiers carried by the flying boat group were somewhat tired due to the long journey, so they arranged for the flying boat group to hover in the air.
Those elite troops rested for half a day.
Half a day passed quickly.
"Follow us to destroy the Golden Qian Demon City."
"..."
As Ling Pengyun and other Nascent Soul experts raised their arms, the entire Cangxuan Flying Boat fleet pounced directly towards the Golden Qian Demon City like fierce tigers.
Although their mission this time was only to hold off the forces of the Vajra Demon Rock Sect.
But they were all ambitious and determined to make a name for themselves.
They intended to take advantage of the chaos in the Heavenly River Realm to destroy the Vajra Demon Rock Sect and use its power to reach a higher realm.
Once the flying boats had traveled several miles from the Golden Qian Demon City, they were within range of the cultivators' attack capabilities.
'Form battle formation!'
Elder Xingqing, a fifth-tier superior array master from Xinghai Pavilion, along with Ling Penglin and other high-level array masters, took the initiative and unleashed a series of unique and high-level battle arrays.
'We obey your command!'
The nearly fifty million cultivators in the flying boat group immediately obeyed the order and channeled all their spiritual power into those battle formations.
However, the number of those cultivators was relatively large.
Each battle formation then had sufficient spiritual energy as backup.
They immediately opened.
Moreover, it is blessed by the special array techniques of high-level array masters such as Elder Xingqing.
Their power is even greater.
They immediately unleashed terrifying power, including many battle spirits at the Nascent Soul stage.
There were even two battle spirits at the late Nascent Soul stage among them. Their skills were not much worse than those of cultivators of the same level, and their aura was extremely powerful, suppressing all the creatures nearby so much that they could not raise their heads.
'Escort flying boat.'
"Open it for me too!"
Elder Xingqing displayed her power, quickly casting a special array technique into the protective formation with a flick of her fingers. The powerful protective formation then unleashed a power far exceeding that of the past.
The "Starry Sea Tide Array" array artifact, the "Starry Sea Bronze Bell," immediately appeared, transforming into a huge trap-shaped light screen that covered the Golden Qian Demon City to prevent the demon cultivators inside from escaping.
Moreover, its attack array 'Star Sea Mirror' was like a bottomless pit, with countless streams of water surging out from within, converging into a colossal wave that crashed towards the Golden Qian Demon City.
I'm afraid even veteran late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators would have a hard time stopping it.
'The methods of Senior Uncle Xingqing, a fifth-tier high-grade array master, are truly terrifying, even though her cultivation is only at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.'
'I fear that, with the aid of those powerful formations, they already possess the power to kill ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, even those of higher levels.'
Ling Pengyun, who was in the flying boat group, was slightly surprised to see that Elder Xingqing had extraordinary skills. He then quickly made his move as well.
"Great supernatural power... Ancient Pine, Morning Glow, Thunder Dragon!"
"The Five Elements and a Hundred Treasures River!"
"go with!"
Ling Pengyun successively unleashed four powerful offensive spiritual treasures: the fifth-grade superior-quality Azure Pine Pearl, the Morning Gourd, the Nine Heavens Thunder Banner, and the Five Elements Treasures River.
The Five Elements Treasures River is just a five-colored water droplet the size of a fist.
But as it spun around, it suddenly grew to tens of thousands of feet long, like a Milky Way in the sky, descending from the heavens with tremendous force.
Meanwhile, the three spiritual treasures, including the Pine Tree Pearl, unleashed various special powers.
It eventually condensed into an enormous three-colored thunder dragon.
"Roar!"
Its domineering aura was unparalleled; with a roar, it shook the heavens.
Then it swung its body and soared into the sky at an extremely fast speed.
'Starry Sea Dragon Banner!'
'Great divine power... Star Sea Seal!'
"Starry Sea Flying Sword!"
"..."
The Star Sea Ancestor also used various methods in succession.
The spirit of the fifth-grade superior spiritual treasure, the Star Sea Dragon Banner, manifested directly, transforming into an enormous sea dragon, whose power was not much weaker than Ling Pengyun's great divine power, the Thunder Dragon.
The Star Sea Seal is the Star Sea Pavilion's supreme offensive divine power, containing immense power and extraordinary might.
The Starry Sea Flying Sword was recently refined to the fifth-order superior level by the Starry Sea Ancestor, and its aura is extremely sharp.
It contained immense sword intent, which manifested into numerous sword beams, forming a torrent of sword light.
"The True Origin Flying Sword!"
"out!"
At this moment, the old Taoist Zhengyuan summoned his Zhengyuan Flying Sword, which had just been reforged to the fifth-grade superior level.
Although this sword is of the same grade as the Starry Sea Flying Sword, its power is more extraordinary because its mastery of swordsmanship is stronger than that of the Starry Sea Ancestor.
As soon as he had this thought, the Zhengyuan Flying Sword condensed into a vast torrent of sword light, its sharpness shining brightly, its power directly approaching the strike of a Nascent Soul Perfection expert.
The other powerful members of the Cangxuan lineage also took action.
In an instant, a barrage of attacks surged forth, overwhelming the Golden Qian Demon City.
The countless demonic cultivators within the Golden Qian Demon City did not sit idly by and wait for their doom, but quickly resorted to various means to retaliate.
The "Diamond Shuttle," an attack weapon of the Demon City's defensive array, then appeared.
Countless objects collided instantly, creating countless roars.
Boom! ! !
Terrifying waves of spiritual energy swept in all directions.
Dust was kicked up from all around.
Yellow sand rolls in.
The battlefield was suddenly filled with a chilling atmosphere.
Even with all its demonic cultivation techniques, it was still somewhat unable to withstand the offensive of the Cangxuan lineage.
After all, their numbers were many times greater than those of the Cangxuan lineage's participating cultivators.
However, their cultivation level was simply no match for those cultivators of the Cangxuan lineage.
The cultivators from the Cangxuan lineage who participated in the battle were all carefully selected, each one an elite, with even the weakest possessing the cultivation level of the late Qi Refining stage.
Furthermore, because they are not skilled in array formations, they not only lack a fifth-tier high-grade array master like Elder Xingqing to oversee them.
Moreover, the number of battle formations is significantly less than that of the Cangxuan lineage.
Indirectly, this created gaps in their defense.
At least 20-30% of the Cangxuan lineage's offensive force shattered a large number of demonic counterattacks, ultimately landing on the protective formation of the Golden Qian Demon City.
Boom boom boom! ! !
Although the city's protective formation was strong, it could not withstand such a fierce attack and was blasted into countless waves.
The remaining forces also converged and subsided, and the flickering light grew dimmer and dimmer.
I'm afraid it will be breached in just a few months.
'Just as I predicted, the advantage lies with my Cangxuan lineage.'
'Now, all that's left is for time to tell.'
Looking at the scene before him, Ling Pengyun's face lit up with joy.
'These demonic beasts are easy to deal with.'
The powerful figures, including the Star Sea Ancestor, were secretly delighted.
'Given the current situation, the chances of making a significant contribution this time are extremely high.'
'...'
The more than 50 million cultivators on the flying ship were filled with anticipation and their enthusiasm was even greater. They continuously channeled their spiritual energy into the various battle formations.
……
And this moment.
The Golden Demon City was in complete chaos.
"It's over now."
"How can the Cangxuan lineage be so powerful?"
"We've only just started fighting, and we're already being overwhelmed. This is a complete dead end."
“That Vajra Demon Rock Sect truly deserves to die. If it weren’t for this sect, I would have run away long ago and wouldn’t have encountered such a calamity.”
"..."
Countless demonic cultivators summoned here by the Vajra Demon Rock Sect were filled with resentment upon seeing the unfavorable situation before them, and they cursed the Vajra Demon Rock Sect in their hearts.
Most of them did not come here voluntarily, but were forcibly captured by the Vajra Demon Rock Sect.
Under such circumstances, if they weren't lacking in strength, they would have already skinned and dismembered the Vajra Demon Rock Sect.
Deep within the Golden Qian Demon City, atop the top-tier fifth-order mid-grade demonic land, 'Golden Qian Demon Mountain,' stood three figures.
Two of them were the two late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators from the Vajra Demon Rock Sect.
The other person was the late-stage Nascent Soul Blood Demon, whom the sect had secretly recruited to help them.
"Fellow Daoist Jin Gang, Fellow Daoist Jin Yan, how come the Cang Xuan lineage has produced a newly advanced late-stage Nascent Soul sword cultivator and a fifth-tier high-grade array master?"
"In this way, in addition to the Five Elements Dao Lord who has already entered the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, there is also the Star Sea Dao Lord."
"That Cangxuan lineage undoubtedly contains a full four late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators."
"Such strength is extremely terrifying. Agreeing to help your sect this time has truly been a huge misfortune."
While using various methods to fight the enemy, the Blood Primordial Demon Lord frowned deeply and complained to the Vajra Demon Lord and the Golden Rock Demon Lord.
He was an obese old man.
He exuded an air of wealth and privilege, like a rich patriarch, and looked down on even a trace of demonic nature. (End of Chapter)