Chapter 1328
A Comeback, the Great Battle Ends
On the "altar" in the valley.
Looking at the numerous figures that had disappeared ahead, a look of satisfaction immediately appeared on the "woman in black's" face.
After successfully forcing everyone back with one blow, the "woman in black" did not choose to press her advantage, but instead focused her attention on the rune array that appeared in front of the altar.
The next moment, the woman in black's eyes turned cold, and she raised her hand, urging the giant axe in her hand to unleash a streak of blood.
The rune array, which had been dim and lifeless, was suddenly attacked by the blood-red light. Countless golden runes immediately appeared and blocked the blood-red light outside the array.
However, the golden light above the rune array had already been weakened considerably and was quickly suppressed by the blood light, which then invaded the runes below.
The entire formation immediately began to shake violently, and the surrounding valley also began to tremble.
Below the altar, the "Six-Wheel Star Demon," already covered in wounds, saw this scene from afar, and a hint of anger flashed in his eyes.
He was powerless to stop her and could only watch helplessly as the "woman in black" continued to wield the blood axe.
"Xie Yue, you said you would leave the Blood Axe to me!"
Forcing it like this will deplete the Blood Axe's essence, causing its grade to drop. The Holy Venerable will certainly not let you off the hook if he finds out.
"It's just a broken Xuan Tian Demon Treasure. What does it matter if it's destroyed here today?"
As long as I can successfully open the spatial passage, refining the origin of this world in the future will make it easy to create a complete Xuan Tian Demon Treasure.
Even if His Holiness finds out later, he probably won't hold it against me.
Despite the warning from the "Six-Wheel Star Demon," the woman in black remained unfazed and increased her magical power, wielding the blood axe in her hand.
Just as she was focused on breaking the "sealing array" in front of her, a streak of cyan sword light suddenly flew in from the distance.
The cyan sword light rushed towards the location of the "woman in black," instantly attracting her attention. She then manipulated her blood axe to create a streak of bloody light.
"Hmph! A defeated and utterly defeated army, yet they dare to come here to die!"
The blood-red light and the cyan sword light collided with a loud bang, sending him flying.
Just as the "woman in black" was distracted by the cyan sword light, another silver spiritual light suddenly attacked from the other side of the sky.
As the newcomer approached, the woman in black quickly activated the blood-red light in her hand, conjuring a barrier in front of her.
But to her surprise, as the silver light approached her, three figures flew out from within it, attacking from different directions.
The visitors were none other than "Crimson Demon Saint," Chen Qingxuan, and Song Qingming.
"Huh!..."
Upon seeing Chen Qingxuan suddenly appear before her, the woman in black's expression changed slightly, and her gaze shot towards the distant sky.
She then realized that the person who had been faking the blue sword light had actually transformed into a "blue Qilin," and had fooled her with an illusion.
Seeing the "woman in black" wielding a blood axe, she was doing her best to destroy the sealing formation.
Chen Qingxuan immediately raised the "Heaven-Slaying Demon-Suppressing Sword" and swung it, landing directly on the blood-red protective shield in front of the opponent.
The two divine abilities that "Red Desolate Demon Saint" and Song Qingming had prepared in advance also followed closely behind.
At such close range, the "woman in black" was caught off guard by the all-out attack of Chen Qingxuan and his two companions, and a crack quickly appeared in the bloody light in front of her.
Just as the "Heaven-Slaying Demon-Suppressing Sword" pierced through the protective barrier, the blood axe in the "woman in black" once again unleashed an astonishing pressure.
Countless streaks of blood-red light materialized and coiled around the "Heaven-Slaying Demon-Suppressing Sword," forcibly imprisoning the spiritual treasure in Chen Qingxuan's hand in mid-air.
Upon seeing this, the "Crimson Demon Saint" immediately opened his mouth and spat out a "Life-bound Golden Core".
A burst of blazing spiritual light erupted from above the golden core, rapidly transforming in mid-air into a seven-colored phoenix blazing with flames, which rushed straight towards the location of the "woman in black" below.
The seven-colored phoenix, accompanied by raging flames, instantly turned the area around the altar into a sea of fire.
Faced with the powerful attack unleashed by the "Crimson Demon Saint," a hint of solemnity flashed across the black-clad woman's face.
The crimson light in his hand split into countless blood threads once more, finally stopping the "Crimson Demon Saint's" natal inner core.
"Fellow Daoist Song, it's your turn to make a move!"
"what!"
Seeing that the "Crimson Demon Saint's" attack had been blocked, the "woman in black" suddenly urged Song Qingming, who was standing to the side, and a sense of doubt arose in her heart.
After the previous battle, Song Qingming had already voluntarily lifted the "True Spirit Disintegration" state.
Even with the support of the puppet array beside him, he was only equivalent to the peak of the second level of the Nascent Soul stage, and his strength was no match for Chen Qingxuan or "Chi Li Demon Saint".
Just as the three suddenly appeared, the "woman in black" focused her attention on Chen Qingxuan, who had the strongest supernatural powers, and the "Chi Li Demon Saint".
They paid no attention to Song Qingming, whose cultivation was only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
It simply conjured a streak of blood-red light, blocking the direction from which the opponent was attacking.
When the woman in black looked over, Song Qingming avoided the bloody light and activated the "Nine Palaces Meteor Escape" technique to flash above the blood axe that was attacking the formation.
"Oh no, could it be?!"
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Just as the woman in black sensed something was amiss, Song Qingming raised his hand and summoned a "Golden Pagoda," from which two more figures flew out.
They are Huo Feng, dressed in a red robe, and Song Qingyu, carrying the "Ten Thousand Swords Box".
Although Song Qingyu was only at the late Nascent Soul stage at this moment, she exuded an aura of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator that was no less than that of Huo Feng and Song Qingming.
As two figures hiding in the "Golden Pagoda" appeared, Huo Feng and Song Qingyu each summoned their two spiritual treasures: the "Dragon Crystal Jade Box" and the "Earthly Origin Flag".
On Song Qingming's side, he also activated the "Yin-Yang Double Rings".
The three simultaneously activated the spiritual light in their hands, and several sealing runes fell, instantly forming a special sealing restriction around the altar.
"You dare!"
Upon seeing that Song Qingming and the other two had simultaneously activated three sealed spiritual treasures, the "woman in black" instantly changed her expression.
He quickly manipulated the Blood Axe to stop attacking the sealing array below, and concentrated the crimson spiritual light to block the sealing restrictions falling from above.
After successfully wielding the Blood Axe, the "woman in black" had already reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, and naturally did not take Chen Qingxuan and the others seriously.
Previously, with just one strike, he had annihilated many cultivators and inflicted a crushing defeat on everyone.
When the woman in black saw Chen Qingxuan and his group appear, she dismissed them as overestimating themselves and did not take them seriously.
Unexpectedly, it wasn't just the "Jade Scale Demon Saint" who had initially charged ahead and attracted her attention from afar.
The two people with the highest cultivation levels, Chen Qingxuan and "Chi Li Demon Saint," were actually providing cover for others, successfully helping Song Qingming and his two companions get close to the sky above the Blood Axe.
Their target from the beginning was not the "woman in black," but the blood axe that could destroy the sealing array.
Both Song Qingming and Huo Feng possessed Nascent Soul stage cultivation, so their ability to activate the sealed spiritual treasure was not unexpected for the "woman in black."
The fact that Song Qingyu, a Nascent Soul cultivator at the eighth level, could wield the "Earthly Origin Flag" truly surprised him.
Upon probing with divine sense, it was discovered that Song Qingyu possessed not only one aura, but also the shadow of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
It was the "White Sun Demon Saint" whose physical body had been destroyed by him before.
At this moment, the "White Sun Demon Saint" was already in his primordial spirit form, possessing the Myriad Swords Box behind Song Qingyu, and fully activating his magic power to help her control the "Earthly Banner" in her hand.
The reason why Song Qingyu was able to successfully take control of the "Earthly Banner" in such a short time is...
Besides the fact that the "White Sun Demon Saint" was the Nascent Soul Ancestor who took the initiative to possess him and help him.
Another important reason is that when Song Qingming retrieved the "Earthly Origin Flag," he discovered that Qin Yuntian had left behind a magic formula for activating spiritual treasures.
With the help of the incantation left by Qin Yuntian, Song Qingyu was unable to refine the spiritual treasure in such a short time, but she could still barely activate it by using the incantation.
In addition, there was Song Qingming, whose magical power was still intact, and Huo Feng, who had recovered considerably.
Now that the three sealed spiritual treasures are activated simultaneously, the power of the Blood Axe is instantly suppressed by more than half.
Chen Qingxuan and "Chi Li Demon Saint," who were trapped to the side, seized the opportunity to immediately cast a spell to forcefully break free from the blood light binding them and once again charged towards the "woman in black."
With most of her supernatural powers suppressed by Song Qingming and the other two, the "woman in black" also had her aura weakened considerably.
He fell directly from the peak of the Nascent Soul stage back to the late Nascent Soul stage.
Faced with the combined attack of Chen Qingxuan, who wields the "Heaven-Slaying Demon-Suppressing Sword," and the "Crimson Demon Saint," she could only continuously manipulate the blood-red light to defend herself.
They also had to be distracted by resisting the sealing runes activated by Song Qingming and the other two above.
The woman in black, now with a solemn expression, no longer had the relaxed look she had before.
Seeing that Song Qingming and his team had successfully suppressed Blood Axe, the "Jade Scale Demon Saint" who had been knocked away by the woman in black not far away also quickly arrived and joined the battle.
Although the "Jade Unicorn Demon Saint" was far less powerful than Chen Qingxuan and the "Red Departure Demon Saint," he was still a cultivator in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
After she joined the battle, the "woman in black" had to share some of her blood, making her situation even more difficult.
Seeing that the "woman in black" was surrounded and struggling to escape, the "Six-Wheel Star Demon" hiding nearby also saw a glimmer of opportunity and secretly transmitted his voice to her ear.
"Xie Yue, please break the seal on my body."
"If you give me the Blood Axe, I can help you deal with them and open a passage to send you back to the Holy Realm!"
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When the "Six-Wheel Star Demon" offered to help, the woman in black merely glanced at him before quickly looking away.
There seemed to be some hesitation; they didn't completely believe what the other person said.
However, being alone and with her blood axe suppressed by the sealing formation, she was unable to find a way to break the deadlock for the time being.
Just as the "woman in black" was locked in combat with the crowd, two more beams of light, each with considerable power, suddenly appeared on the distant horizon thousands of miles away from "Jade Profound Island".
The newcomer's speed far exceeded that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, clearly indicating that he was also a Nascent Soul expert on par with Song Qingming and the others.
Seeing that two Nascent Soul cultivators suddenly appeared around Jade Profound Island, Song Qingming and the others realized that Chen Qingxuan's previous message must have worked.
The fact that these two reinforcements arrived so quickly suggests that they must be Nascent Soul cultivators from the nearest "Falling Star Sea" or "Xihua Prefecture".
Although the Nascent Soul cultivators in various parts of the "Huayang Realm" mainly cultivate within their own territories and rarely take the initiative to interfere in the affairs of the cultivation world in other continents.
However, since it concerns a true demon from the upper realm, it could very likely endanger all living beings in the entire "Huayang Realm".
Even if these Nascent Soul Ancestors didn't want to get involved in this matter, they couldn't completely ignore it for their own safety.
Seeing that reinforcements from the human cultivators had arrived, the woman in black's expression turned somewhat grim. "Xie Yue, what are you hesitating for? Quickly break the seal on me!"
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Despite the constant urging from the "Six-Wheel Star Demon," the woman in black finally made her choice and cast a spell to open the seal on the other party's body.
Once the black light restriction on his body dissipated, the "Six-Wheel Star Demon," who had just looked weak, immediately regained some of his strength.
The next moment, the "Six-Wheel Star Demon" raised its six arms, conjuring six magical treasures, and rushed straight towards the "Jade Scale Demon Saint" who was besieging the woman in black.
Even though the "Six-Round Star Demon" demon soul was extracted by the woman in black, its cultivation aura was no longer what it used to be.
However, even when facing the "Jade Scale Demon Saint" whose cultivation level was only at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage, the "Six-Wheel Star Demon" still showed strong suppression and easily repelled his opponent with a single strike.
Seeing that the "Six-Round Star Demon" was about to kill him, the "Crimson Demon Saint" who was besieging the woman in black had no choice but to abandon his opponent and turn to deal with the powerful enemy.
However, although the "Six-Round Star Demon" came this way with great momentum, its goal was not to help the woman in black get out of trouble.
Instead, they bypassed the "Crimson Demon Saint" who came to block them and went straight for the Blood Axe, whose supernatural powers had been suppressed by Song Qingming and the other two.
Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately activated the "Boundary-Breaking Flag" to try and stop his opponent.
Fire Phoenix also unleashed a crimson flame to entangle the "Six-Wheel Star Demon".
Although their supernatural powers were insufficient to stop the "Six-Wheel Star Demon" with its immortal demonic body, they did manage to buy their opponent some time.
Just as the "Six-Wheel Star Demon" broke free from the flames and rushed towards the location of the Blood Axe, a streak of crimson light arrived just in time and stopped it once again.
It was none other than the Crimson Demon Saint who had abandoned the "woman in black" to come and help.
With the help of the "Crimson Demon Saint", the "Six-Round Star Demon" was unable to break through the crowd's obstruction for a time.
He could only glare fiercely at his opponent, but he was extremely anxious.
On another battlefield, having lost the help of two demon saints, Chen Qingxuan was finding it difficult to suppress the "woman in black" alone.
With the help of the "Six-Wheel Star Demon" to hold them back, the "woman in black" successfully forced her opponent to retreat back to the front of the Blood Axe.
His eyes turned cold, and he raised his hand, releasing a black blade that landed above the Blood Axe.
As the black blade transformed into streams of demonic energy and merged into the Blood Axe, the Blood Axe, whose power had already been largely suppressed by Song Qingming and the other two, suddenly became violent.
Immediately afterwards, the Blood Axe suddenly emitted a terrifying aura, successfully suppressing the sealing runes activated by Song Qingming and the other two.
"Xie Yue! What are you trying to do? Stop right now!"
The "Six-Wheel Star Demon," who was being blocked by the "Crimson Demon Saint" in the distance, suddenly showed an expression of disbelief and terror upon seeing this scene.
He shouted frantically, trying to stop the other party from casting the spell.
But the woman in black's eyes revealed a resolute look, indicating that she had no intention of paying attention to what the other party was saying.
"I never expected that after planning so carefully for so long, I would still be forced to this point."
Even so, none of you can stop me!
"Gentlemen, I will never forget you. If you are fortunate enough to leave this world one day, we may well meet again."
I hope you're still alive by then!
After saying that, the woman in black looked up and glanced at Song Qingming, Huo Feng and the others in front of her. The blood axe in her hand was already emitting waves of terrifying pressure.
In an instant, Blood Axe successfully broke free from the three-person sealing formation.
"Everyone be careful!"
Sensing danger, Song Qingming immediately summoned the "Golden Pagoda" and hid inside with Huo Feng and Song Qingyu.
Just as they took refuge in the pagoda, a loud bang was heard outside.
The "Golden Pagoda" was also overturned by a terrifying pressure, causing Song Qingming and the others to fall into the air.
Hiding inside the "Golden Pagoda," Song Qingming could still clearly feel the aftershocks of the terrifying attack coming from outside, as if a heavy blow had struck his heart.
Seeing this, Song Qingming quickly activated the "Azure Jade Refining Treasure Technique" to enhance the spiritual treasure, helping to alleviate much of the pressure.
Even so, a trickle of blood still escaped from the corner of Song Qingming's mouth, despite him being the owner of the magical treasure.
The people hiding in the pagoda were only able to regain their footing after experiencing a dizzying sensation.
When Song Qingming led Huo Feng and the others out of the pagoda, they discovered that they had landed on a piece of sea, dozens of miles away from "Yu Xuan Island".
The golden pagoda floating in Song Qingming's hand had developed a slight crack.
Even a mid-grade spiritual treasure like the "Golden Pagoda," with its powerful defensive abilities, suffered spiritual damage at this moment, demonstrating that the aftershocks of the previous attack were even stronger than the initial attack.
"Seventh Brother, what exactly happened just now?"
"I'm not sure either, it feels like she forcibly destroyed that Xuan Tian Demon Treasure!"
"What? Why did she destroy the Xuan Tian Demon Treasure?"
Just before Song Qingming hid in the "Golden Pagoda", he clearly sensed a terrifying aura erupting from inside the Blood Axe, far exceeding the previous ones.
The most likely explanation for this situation is that the "woman in black" chose to forcibly detonate the Xuan Tian Demon Treasure.
However, Song Qingming had no clue as to why the other party would do this, and could not confirm the matter.
"The elders don't know what's going on yet, let's go check it out quickly!"
Hearing Huo Feng's reminder, Song Qingming nodded slightly and led everyone back to "Yu Xuan Island".
Only when they returned to the top of the canyon did they discover that the area had been severely damaged once again.
The once bottomless canyon was forcibly blasted into a flat area that was dozens of miles wide.
At the altar in front, the original sealing formation now has an opening.
Several figures stood above, carefully observing the damaged restriction array, among them Chen Qingxuan and "Chi Li Demon Saint".
The "woman in black" and the "six-wheeled star demon" had vanished without a trace.
Only some scattered bodies remained on the ground, and it was not immediately clear whether they were left by the two of them.
"Senior Chen, Ancestor!"
"Oh, I'm glad you're all alright."
Although the two appeared to be unharmed, their auras were subtly disordered.
In the explosion, Song Qingming and Huo Feng were far enough away that they managed to take refuge inside the "Golden Pagoda." Only he himself suffered minor injuries.
Although Chen Qingxuan and "Chi Li Demon Saint" had higher supernatural abilities than them, they were the first to be hit and were affected by the explosion, seemingly suffering equally serious injuries.
They were initially worried about the safety of the two, but now that Song Qingming and Huo Feng had arrived, Chen Qingxuan and "Chi Li Demon Saint" finally relaxed.
Besides Chen Qingxuan and his companion, two more figures appeared above the altar.
One was an elderly man dressed in a gray Taoist robe, and the other was a bald monk wearing a kasaya.
Although the two people had completely unfamiliar faces, their auras had both reached the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, could these two benefactors also be newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivators from the Eastern Phoenix Immortal Continent?"
“What the master said is correct. This Fellow Daoist Song is a disciple of Lingxuzi, and Fellow Daoist Huofeng is a member of the Northern Frontier Heavenly Phoenix Clan.”
"Oh! So you are a disciple of Lingxuzi. I have been disrespectful."
"Greetings, Master!"
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After hearing Chen Qingxuan's introduction, Song Qingming finally learned the identities of the two people in front of him.
The bald monk who spoke was none other than the Moon Worshiping Zen Master from the cultivation world of "Xihua Immortal Continent," and was recognized as the foremost Buddhist cultivator in Xihua Continent.
The other person was a Nascent Soul ancestor from the "Tai Zhen Sect" of Zhongyuan Immortal Continent, namely the Nine Peaks True Man.
"Master Jiuyue" was originally a cultivator from Zhongyuan Continent, so he shouldn't have arrived so early.
However, he had just finished discussing the Dao with "Zen Master Baiyue" in Xihua Immortal Continent and learned about the trouble caused by the True Demon of Donghuang Kingdom, so the two agreed to come over together.
Just as the two of them arrived, the "woman in black" suddenly chose to self-destruct her blood axe, instantly ending the battle.
Ultimately, the sealing array below was destroyed, and they were unable to stop the opponent in time.
Now, a huge gap has appeared in front of the "altar" where the sealing array is located, and terrifying spatial pressure is emanating from it.
Looking at this scene, Song Qingming's expression also became somewhat solemn.
"Senior Chen, has that demon already opened a spatial passage?"
"Hmm! This demon just self-destructed that Xuan Tian Demon Treasure, forcibly breaking the sealing array."
However, don't worry, the sealing array has not been completely destroyed by her; only a part of it has been damaged. The Demon Realm is still unable to pinpoint the location of Huayang Realm through this passage.
We did our best today, but she still managed to escape. It must be fate.
After Chen Qingxuan finished speaking, he sighed.
With everyone working together, they have successfully subdued the "woman in black".
Just when they were about to capture the two, the opponent suddenly detonated the "Mysterious Heavenly Demon Treasure," forcibly breaking the sealing array and causing everyone to fail at the last minute.
Upon hearing this, "Master Jiuyue" nodded slightly and immediately said:
"Fellow Daoist Chen, that demon has now disappeared without a trace. It is highly likely that he has already forcibly entered the spatial passage."
We must quickly restore the seal to prevent the demons from finding this spatial passage and using it to invade Huayang Realm.
"That's right. The most urgent task is to repair the sealing array here as soon as possible."
Otherwise, if information about the spatial passage is leaked and other demons in the Huayang Realm find out, they will surely come running.
"Once they break the sealing formation again, Huayang Realm might be targeted by the Demon Realm, and we might not escape this calamity."
"..." (End of Chapter)