Chapter 1685
Purple Abyss Valley
The "Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan" has three important border areas under its command.
They all contain top-tier fifth-order mid-grade ghost veins, as well as countless ordinary ghost veins, with extremely dense ghost energy, making them sacred places for ghost cultivation.
The Purple Miasma Demon Clan further transformed these areas into various demon markets, attracting a large number of demons to reside there.
In addition, given the current special circumstances, the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan took advantage of this to quickly recruit a large number of evil ghosts, and even some affiliated evil ghost forces, to help guard those important border areas.
Moreover, the Purple Mist Demon Clan has been sending a large number of powerful individuals to guard the area year-round, and even the current late-stage Nascent Soul Demon of the Purple Mist Demon Clan is among them.
Upon closer examination, those places contain at least hundreds of millions of evil spirits, as well as a dozen or so evil spirits at the Nascent Soul stage or above.
Most importantly, the ancestors of the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan had also set up fifth-order mid-grade and even fifth-order high-grade ghost formations in those important areas.
They are surrounded by ordinary ghost lands of varying sizes, forming a defensive perimeter.
Indirectly, the defenses of those three key locations became extremely formidable.
Even for ordinary, high-level Nascent Soul cultivators, it would be very difficult to conquer it.
These, along with those ordinary demonic lands that resemble acropolises, effectively surrounded the entire Purple Miasma Demon Clan, making the territory within the Purple Miasma Demon Clan extremely safe.
Even though the rest of the Ghost Realm was in complete chaos, the inner territory was developing in an orderly manner, just like usual.
In addition, although with strong concealment techniques, there is a chance to bypass those important border areas and directly enter the inner territory of the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan.
However, this move could easily be used by the Purple Mist Demon Clan to trap and kill them in various border strongholds and other demon lands.
Therefore, to be on the safe side, the Cangxuan lineage planned to proceed step by step, gathering its forces to first attack one of the three important border areas of the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan, and then deal with the remaining important border areas one by one, and even the Guardian City Demon Land.
Finally, they broke into the inner territory of the Purple Miasma Demon Clan.
The first important border area under the control of the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan that they had their eyes on was "Purple Abyss Ghost Valley".
Ghost Valley was a vast valley that stretched as far as the eye could see, and it was firmly protected by a powerful, top-tier, mid-grade fifth-order Ghost Dao formation, making it extremely safe.
The numerous evil spirits remaining inside constantly patrolled the surrounding area, adding to the chilling atmosphere of the place.
Moreover, it is rumored that the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost King, who is at the late Nascent Soul stage, is currently in the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan due to some special reasons.
That place was considered the strongest point among all the important border areas.
Ordinary creatures dared not approach that place easily, lest they incur the wrath of the Purple Miasma Demon Clan.
……
Soon after.
The Cangxuan lineage's fleet of flying boats arrived silently near Ziyuan Valley.
"The information about the Purple Abyss Evil Ghost King of the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan, as well as the other defensive forces, is indeed similar to that of the Ghost Immortal lineage under Brother Pengxing's command."
"It seems that the Ghost Immortal lineage has quite good information channels in the Ghost Realm."
On a high-level flying ship, Ling Pengyun gazed at the Purple Abyss Valley from afar, a slight smile on his face.
As early as one or two thousand years ago, Ling Pengxing, a ghost cultivator in the family who had transformed into a god, concealed his identity and openly occupied a large area of land in the Ghost Realm with the help of the family.
And established the Ghost Immortal lineage.
As time went on, and with Ling Pengxing entering the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, the Ghost Immortal lineage gained a particularly good reputation within the Ghost Realm.
It even became a disciple of the "Rock Demon Clan," the top evil ghost force in the Ghost Realm, and became its right-hand man.
Moreover, for the past few hundred years, the "Five Great Superior Evil Ghost Alliance" has been trying to destroy the Rock Evil Ghost Clan and dominate the entire Ghost Realm, but they are not capable of doing so in a short period of time.
They had been secretly trying to win over the Ghost Immortals to help them deal with the Rock Demon Clan.
While the Ghost Immortal lineage has not yet agreed to this matter for the sake of their family's plans, they have not refused either.
Gradually, the Ghost Immortal lineage became very well-known throughout the Ghost Realm, maintaining good private relationships with various forces within the Ghost Realm.
They are also particularly knowledgeable about the situation of all parties involved.
Furthermore, they even provided the Cangxuan lineage with detailed information about the important border areas of the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan, as well as other evil ghost forces.
This also made the Cangxuan lineage more relaxed during this trip.
In addition, although the other righteous forces in the Heavenly River Realm are not aware of the relationship between the Ghost Immortal lineage and the Cangxuan lineage, some powerful righteous forces have already set their sights on them.
Even their "leader," the Rock Demon Clan, has been targeted.
However, Ling Pengxing, the late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from the family, had already returned to the Ghost Immortal lineage to take charge.
The Ghost Immortal lineage was temporarily free from worry, and they even frequently assisted the Rock Demon clan in their fight against the righteous path.
His actions greatly pleased the Rock Demon Clan.
The relationship between the two sides has also become closer.
During this time, Ling Pengxing also concealed his aura using some special methods.
In addition, since he rarely made a move in the Heavenly River Realm, the righteous path in the Heavenly River Realm was not particularly familiar with his methods.
Those righteous forces in the Heavenly River Realm who had their eyes on the Ghost Immortal lineage failed to discover Ling Pengxing's identity.
In this way, from the outside perspective, the Ghost Immortal lineage and the Cangxuan lineage appear to have no connection whatsoever.
……
now.
A group of boats sailed on the ancient pines.
"Once we get close to the Purple Abyss Valley, we will go all out and must break through it as quickly as possible."
"Otherwise, once the other border ghost lands of the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan, or even some powerful evil ghost forces in the vicinity, arrive to provide support, it will probably take a lot of effort for us to annihilate the Purple Miasma Evil Ghost Clan."
"In addition, those who perform outstandingly in this battle will receive rare spiritual items such as Foundation Establishment Pills and Golden Core Spiritual Items as rewards, in addition to the normal battle merit rewards, and will be distributed free of charge."
Ling Pengyun and other high-ranking members of the Cangxuan lineage thoroughly searched the four directions of Ziyuan Valley using powerful methods. Finding no unusual activity, they then directly commanded the heroes.
Upon hearing this, nearly tens of millions of cultivators within the entire Cangxuan Flying Boat fleet were overjoyed.
"As long as one makes significant contributions, one can obtain Foundation Establishment Pills and Golden Core spiritual items free of charge. This is in line with the generous style of the higher-ups in my Cangxuan lineage."
"However, there are many direct descendants of my Cangxuan lineage participating in the war, so it may be difficult to obtain those spiritual items."
"We must give it our all later, otherwise we'll be overshadowed and miss out on a great opportunity."
"..."
Those tens of millions of ordinary Cangxuan lineage cultivators were all filled with fighting spirit, as if they were not afraid of the crisis of a great battle and only wanted to fight.
In addition, rewarding rare spiritual items is a consistent practice of the Cangxuan lineage, which also helps to motivate the participating cultivators.
Moreover, the Cangxuan lineage has a profound foundation and is not lacking in such things.
They also intentionally cultivate disciples recruited from all over the Tianhe Realm, and they will bring out a larger number of rare spiritual items in each major battle.
Indirectly, after experiencing various great battles, many outstanding disciples of the Cangxuan lineage gained a great deal and reached higher realms.
This matter also benefits the Cangxuan lineage in the Tianhe Realm, as their overall strength has been growing rapidly.
Even the Cangxuan lineage, which was only established in the Tianhe Realm, has only been around for a short period of one or two thousand years.
The ordinary cultivators under his command in the Heavenly River Realm already possessed a remarkably strong foundation, comparable to established, high-level Nascent Soul forces. If one were to add Ling Pengyun and other high-ranking members of the Cangxuan lineage, the force would be even more terrifying.
It was precisely for this reason that all the cultivators from the Cangxuan lineage were full of confidence, and as soon as the Cangxuan flying boat fleet approached the Purple Abyss Valley, they immediately took action.
"The array masters of my Cangxuan lineage will follow me to set up various battle formations and condense the power of all the cultivators participating in this battle!"
Elder Xingqing immediately called out to the large group of Cangxuan lineage array masters behind her.
Immediately afterwards, they summoned numerous battle formations.
Moreover, due to the accumulation of the Cangxuan lineage over the years, the quality of those battle formations is extremely good.
In addition, the Cangxuan lineage has a large number of cultivators participating in this battle, and their cultivation levels are all quite good, making them the elite of the Cangxuan lineage.
As they continuously channeled spiritual energy into those battle formations, the formations were activated perfectly.
Buzz! ! !
A series of muffled sounds gradually rose up.
Immediately afterwards, one after another powerful battle spirits emerged.
There were even quite a few battle spirits at the Nascent Soul stage among them.
Moreover, it includes fierce tigers, giant elephants, and phantom images of demonic corpses, among other things.
They each have their own strengths and weaknesses; some are skilled in physical strength, while others are skilled in magic and other techniques. They can compensate for each other's weaknesses by working together.
With the enhancement of array formations by Elder Xingqing and other array masters, their strength increased even further.
Most importantly, it is due to the special nature of battle formations.
The combined power of all the participating cultivators of the Cangxuan lineage was concentrated, directly increasing their overall strength several times over, and their morale soared.
"on!"
As Elder Xingqing and other array masters of the Cangxuan lineage moved their divine thoughts, the spirits of the battle arrays charged directly towards the Purple Abyss Valley.
During this time, some cultivators with relatively strong cultivation levels, who still had a lot of energy left to activate the battle formation and were eager to make contributions, used many magical artifacts or spells to fight against the enemy.
In addition, Elder Xingqing also activated various protective formations of the Cangxuan lineage's flying boat fleet.
The current Cangxuan Flying Boat fleet is, after all, composed of smaller flying boat fleets under the command of various forces within the Cangxuan lineage.
That makes the situation particularly special.
The core of that fleet of flying boats was the group of small flying boats that Xinghai Pavilion had obtained from the Yinming Demon Sect.
It contains many high-level flying boats, and even an extremely rare fifth-tier top-grade flying boat.
The ancestors of the Yinming Demon Sect even used those flying boats as the base of the formation, connecting many flying boats together to set up a powerful fifth-order top-grade protective formation called the "Yinming Demon Shadow Formation".
Its effects are comprehensive; it can not only make the overall flight speed of the Yinming Flying Boat Group comparable to that of a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator in a special way.
Moreover, it also possesses formidable defensive power and excellent offensive capabilities, capable of conjuring a demonic phantom at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm to fight against enemies, enough to temporarily block one or two peak Nascent Soul realm cultivators.
Furthermore, although this formation is a demonic formation, the small flying boat group is composed of many demonic flying boats, making it difficult for the righteous path to fully unleash its power.
However, Xinghai Pavilion is skilled in array formations, with a fifth-tier high-grade array master like Elder Xingqing in charge, as well as several other fifth-tier array masters.
In addition, they were quite familiar with fifth-tier high-grade array masters like Ling Pengyun.
They also have a strong foundation.
In recent years, they have spent a great deal of righteous resources to refine all those flying boats and protective formations into righteous items.
In this way, they can activate those things at will.
They also renamed the fleet of flying boats and the protective formation as Starry Sea Flying Boats and Starry Sea Grand Formation.
At this moment, as the Star Sea Protector Array was activated, its array artifact, the "Star Sea Protector Banner," flew out from within the array.
With a slight tremor, countless streams of water surged forth and converged into a gigantic humanoid phantom. Its aura was extraordinary, its physique powerful, and its strength immense. It was a formation spirit that excelled in close combat and possessed immense power.
Among the other small flying boat fleets, the Ling family's fleet is the second strongest.
The flying boats under its command mainly originated from the old, superior Nascent Soul demon clan, the Blazing Sun Sparrow clan, which was destroyed by the Cangxuan lineage.
This clan excels in weapon crafting, and their fleet of flying ships is quite powerful. In addition, the Ling clan contributed significantly during the extermination of this clan, and thus received a considerable number of flying ships from them.
Moreover, the Ling family is skilled in crafting weapons, and in recent years they have crafted quite a few flying boats.
The number of Ling's flying boats is particularly impressive, not much less than the flying boat fleet of Xinghai Pavilion, except that there are no fifth-grade top-quality flying boats to guard them.
As for the protective formation of the Ling Clan's flying boat fleet, it is a fifth-grade superior blazing sun firebird formation, which can summon a blazing sun firebird formation spirit at the late Nascent Soul stage to fight the enemy.
The Firebird Array Spirit was a type of array spirit skilled in fire magic, and it hid within the various arrays of the flying boats, constantly spewing out billowing flames.
While the other forces had fewer flying boats, they still had a decent number, with at least five-tier high-grade flying boats and five-tier high-grade protective formations to protect them.
Moreover, the protective formations on those ships were quite powerful, unleashing some impressive techniques.
Immediately afterwards, Ling Pengyun and other powerful figures also made their moves.
The most dazzling among them was the Star Sea Ancestor, who had just reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.
His strength was already formidable, and as he reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, his power surged even further.
As he continuously channeled his spiritual power into the favored fifth-grade "Starry Sea Dragon Banner," a dragon spirit, nearly at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, suddenly emerged from within.
Moreover, he unleashed a fifth-grade high-quality Star Sea Flying Sword, summoning a powerful torrent of sword formations.
He also continuously performed hand seals, activating powerful divine abilities such as the Star Sea Seal.
In an instant, its combat power reached its peak, and it was feared that ordinary early and mid-stage Nascent Soul demons would not even be able to withstand a single blow from it.
On this battlefield, it was like an invincible being.
'Our ancestor's current strength is truly terrifying.'
Upon seeing this, Ling Pengyun was secretly alarmed.
And his current strength is not bad either, not much weaker than that of the Star Sea Ancestor.
In an instant, a barrage of attacks surged forth, directly bombarding the top-tier fifth-grade protective array of Ziyuan Valley.
Meanwhile, the numerous evil spirits remaining in Ziyuan Valley reacted promptly, employing various tactics and even activating the attack array of the valley's protective formation.
However, the two sides are significantly different in strength.
Moreover, the Cangxuan lineage also has a Nascent Soul stage expert like the Star Sea Ancestor overseeing it.
They were no match for them.
In the instant of the exchange, the attacks launched by the evil spirits in Ziyuan Valley were crushed.
The massive attack launched by the Cangxuan army landed on the valley-protecting formation, creating countless ripples.
Boom boom! ! !
A series of booming sounds rang out continuously.
Waves of spiritual energy spread in all directions, stirring up countless specks of dust.
...(End of chapter)