Chapter 493
Is the Righteous Path About to Be Completely Annihilated?
But seeing the approaching demonic soldiers below and Blood Fang's murderous gaze, Jiang Liu gritted his teeth and decided to give the mid-stage Mahayana cultivator a little respect and a shock.
"Consume 100 million spirit stones to build a sixth-tier Demon-Slaying Arrow Tower! Consume 150 million spirit stones to build a sixth-tier Immortal-Slaying Array!"
[System Notification: Consume 1 million spirit stones to construct a Tier 1 Demon-Slaying Arrow Tower]
[System Notification: Consume 1.5 million spirit stones to construct a Tier 1 Immortal Slaughtering Array]
This time, the golden light was more dazzling than ever before!
The light screen of the sixth-order Immortal Slaughtering Formation covered an area of 30,000 meters. The golden sword domain instantly took shape, and countless golden sword energies shuttled through the formation. As soon as the demonic soldiers stepped into the formation, they were cut into pieces by the sword energies. They turned into ashes before they could even absorb the demonic energy.
The sixth-tier Demon-Slaying Arrow Tower rose from the ground, its tower body reaching a height of a hundred feet. It was entirely made of Nine Heavens Profound Gold and engraved with ancient demon-slaying runes. The golden arrow light condensed at the top was ten times thicker than that of the fifth-tier Demon-Slaying Arrow Tower. It carried a terrifying aura that could cut through everything and locked onto Blood Fang!
Three fifth-order Myriad Immortals Formations and six fifth-order Demon-Slaying Arrow Towers were also formed simultaneously. Golden light and sword energy intertwined to form an impenetrable defensive net. The remaining cultivators were enveloped by the formation, their cultivation levels surged instantly, their injuries healed rapidly, and their previously low morale soared instantly.
In one go, hundreds of millions of spirit stones were thrown down!
Oh, you demonic cultivator of the Mahayana stage, let me see your limits!
"What level of defense is this?!"
Blood Fang's expression changed for the first time. He could feel the terrifying power contained in the sixth-order Demon-Slaying Arrow Tower and the Immortal-Slaying Formation, a power that was enough to threaten his mid-stage Mahayana cultivation!
"Kill him! Destroy those arrow towers first!"
Bloodfang roared, wielding the Soul-Devouring Demon Blade, and led four Great Perfection Tribulation Demon Generals as he charged toward the sixth-tier Demon-Slaying Arrow Tower. His demonic energy condensed into a thick shield, and black demonic flames burned fiercely on the demonic blade.
"Trying to dismantle my Tier 6 arrow tower? Did you even ask me for 100 million spirit stones?"
Jiang Liu sneered and pointed his finger: "All arrow towers, focus fire on Blood Fang! Sixth-order Immortal Slaughtering Formation, sword domain fully activated!"
The first to launch an attack was the sixth-tier Demon-Slaying Arrow Tower. A beam of arrow light condensed from ten billion golden rays pierced through the air, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound that tore through the heavens and earth, and shot fiercely toward Blood Fang!
At the same time, the other arrow towers also opened fire, and a dense rain of golden arrows fell like a waterfall, locking onto Blood Fang and the four Great Perfection Demon Generals.
"not good!"
Blood Fang's expression changed drastically as he sensed the threat of death. Without hesitation, he burned his primordial demonic energy, causing his demonic energy to surge fivefold. He unleashed a ten-thousand-foot-long black demonic blade with his Soul-Devouring Demonic Blade. At the same time, four Great Perfection Tribulation Demon Generals also burned their primordial energy, condensing it into four black demonic shields that blocked Blood Fang's path.
boom! boom! boom!
The golden rain of arrows struck the four magic shields first, instantly causing them to crack. The four Great Perfection Demon Generals who had just completed their tribulation coughed up black blood and were sent flying backwards, causing the magic shields to shatter with a deafening roar.
Immediately afterwards, the arrows from the sixth-tier Demon-Slaying Arrow Tower simultaneously collided with the black demonic blade. The collision of gold and black produced a deafening roar, causing the heavens and earth to tremble. The shockwave swept in all directions, and the demonic soldiers outside the city were blasted hundreds of feet away, crashing to the ground and turning into minced meat.
The black demonic blade was instantly shattered, but the golden arrow and sword energy, undiminished in momentum, slammed fiercely into Bloodfang's demonic energy shield.
Click!
Blood Fang's prized demonic energy shield shattered instantly. Arrow beams and sword energy struck his chest simultaneously. Blood Fang spat out a mouthful of black blood and flew backward. His blood-red armor cracked, revealing a hideous wound from which black blood continued to gush out.
"Impossible! I'm a mid-stage Mahayana cultivator! How could I be injured by these broken towers?!"
Bloodfang roared, his eyes filled with disbelief and resentment.
"Is the mid-stage Mahayana stage so impressive? Compared to spending real money, they're all noobs!"
Jiang Liu sneered and tapped his finger again.
"Sixth-tier Demon-Slaying Arrow Tower, attack again! Fifth and fourth-tier Arrow Towers, focus fire on the four Great Perfection Tribulation Transcending Demon Generals!"
The sixth-tier Demon-Slaying Arrow Tower once again gathered arrow beams, this time thicker than before, with a stronger demon-slaying effect, locking onto Bloodfang's head.
The four demon generals, who had just reached the Great Perfection of Tribulation, were locked onto by a rain of arrows from six fifth-tier demon-slaying arrow towers. Golden arrow beams pierced their demonic bodies, and the demon-slaying effects purified their demonic energy. The four demon generals didn't even have time to scream before they turned into black smoke and dissipated.
[System notification: Defeat the Demon General at the Great Perfection of Tribulation Transcending.]
"No! I'm not reconciled!"
Bloodfang roared and unleashed the Soul-Devouring Demon Blade, making a final desperate attempt. He poured all his remaining demonic energy into the blade, causing it to swell to ten thousand feet in length, and slashed towards the sixth-tier Demon-Slaying Arrow Tower.
"late!"
Jiang Liu pointed with his finger.
"Tier 6 Demon-Slaying Arrow Tower, fire!"
A golden arrow, even more dazzling than before, shot through the air and instantly pierced the Soul-Devouring Demon Blade. The black demonic flames on the blade were instantly purified, shattering into countless fragments.
The arrow's momentum remained undiminished, striking Bloodfang's head fiercely. Bloodfang's head instantly exploded, black blood and brain matter splattering everywhere. The massive demonic body crashed to the ground, twitching a few times before ceasing to move.
[System Notification: Defeat Bloodfang, a mid-stage Mahayana Demon General]
With the fall of Blood Fang, the demonic energy of Heavenly Sword City completely dissipated. The sword domain of the sixth-order Immortal Slaughtering Formation continued to purify the remaining demonic energy. Sunlight once again bathed the earth, and the remaining cultivators cheered and jumped for joy. Tears mixed with blood flowed down their faces, and their joy at surviving the calamity was beyond words.
[System Notification: The Heavenly Sword City defense line has been fully solidified. The cultivator casualty rate is 0.3%. The peak durability of the array base has been locked. Mission completion rate is 100%]
[System Notification: Successfully defended three main cities, slaying a total of 67 demons. Reward: 10 Defense Merit Points]
[System Notification: Core Rewards Distributed]
[Realm Advancement: 0.5 Minor Realm (Cumulative 2.0, Realm Pool Saturated, Breakthrough to Initial Tribulation Permission Activated, Player Has Not Triggered)]
[Weapon Evolution: Vast Demon-Slaying Sword (Mid-grade. 75 Immortal Weapon) → Vast Demon-Slaying Sword (Mid-grade. 99 Immortal Weapon), Unlocks Special Effect - Boundary Breaking, When attacking, there is a chance to tear through the attacker's defense, ignoring the difference in realm]
[Bonus Reward: 1000 million Spirit Stones]
Jiang Liu: "."
Jiang Liu stared at the number "Medium Grade.99" on the panel, his face turning black with anger.
Has the game planner gone mad?
Are you out of your mind to be so stingy about something that's only 0.01% below top grade?
So, I'm going to get a top-grade immortal artifact to help you guard eight cities, is that it?
Can I ask my friend to help me cut that 0.01?
No, no, no, helping to cut down prices isn't in the planner's style. I bet they're going to release a '0.01 completion pack' and sell it to me for a billion spirit stones soon?
Damn plan!
Jiang Liu was so angry he laughed. He had no idea what the other NPCs were doing. It was bad enough that he was left to defend the city alone, but the rewards were so ridiculous. It would be better if Zhongzhou just fell.
The next second, he knew where all the righteous forces in Zhongzhou had gone.
Suddenly, a spiritual message came from the sky, and a giant projection appeared in the sky above the city, with the image projected into the air through the spiritual message talisman.
On the screen, the super magic array formed by the self-destruction of millions of demon soldiers resembles a giant black cocoon, covering an area of thousands of miles, and is shrinking towards the center at an extremely fast speed, as if it wants to devour everything.
Meanwhile, a large number of righteous cultivators were trapped in the middle of this super magic array, like cornered beasts struggling against the odds.
On the side of the righteous cultivators, an NPC with the title "[Great Perfection of Mahayana Stage - Vice Leader of Taiyi Immortal Alliance - Shenxuan Zhenren]" above his head floated in the center of the light screen.
His purple robe was already soaked in blood, his once flowing beard and hair were disheveled, and he was surrounded by an inescapable black aura, his Mahayana Perfection aura was extremely chaotic.
Opposite him stood two ancient demon lords who had been asleep for ten thousand years. The demonic NPC on the left had the mark of "Great Perfection of Mahayana Stage - Blood Bone" above his head, wore white bone armor, and had dark red evil blood flowing around him. With a tap of his bone staff, a pillar of blood evil light blasted towards the light screen.
The demonic NPC on the right has the mark of "Great Perfection of Mahayana Stage - Profound Yin" above his head. He is dressed in black robes and surrounded by billions of tiny demonic insects. When he opens his mouth, the demonic insects rush towards the righteous cultivators like a black cloud. Wherever they pass, spiritual energy is instantly devoured and flesh turns into scorched earth.
In order to cope with the erosion of the super magic array, more than thirty Mahayana cultivators on the righteous side formed a seven-star protective array, each of them summoning their natal magic artifacts. The light intertwined to form a net, barely supporting the defensive light barrier.
"Shenxuan brat, stop struggling in vain!"
The Blood Bone Monster laughed wildly, pointing his bone staff downwards: "The blood and remnant souls of millions of demon soldiers have already made the Myriad Fiends Locking Immortal Array as solid as a rock. Your spiritual power will be slowly devoured, your souls will be gnawed by fiend worms, and in the end you will only become nourishment for the array's core!"
Xuan Yin Old Monster chimed in, "The four Demonic Arrays in the middle are mutually supportive, constantly providing us with energy. Your reinforcements? They were already trapped and killed in Meteor Valley, not even their bones are left!" In the scene, another huge crack appeared on the defensive light screen. Two Mahayana cultivators burned their primordial spiritual power at the same time to barely repair the crack, but they themselves were exhausted due to the depletion of spiritual power, and their aura instantly weakened.
Seeing the image on the projection, Jiang Liu was speechless. He finally understood where all the righteous people in Zhongzhou had gone.
They were wiped out by the demonic forces!
Looking at the scene, there are thirty Mahayana stage Great Perfection cultivators trapped in the great formation. I wonder how they were trapped.
Have I fallen into a trap?
"No, why are you showing me these?"
Jiang Liu looked up at the light projection in the sky, his face blank.
Could it be, could it be, could it be that they want me to go and rescue them?
next second.
The voice of the Divine Mystery Immortal came from the light screen.
"Where is Fellow Daoist Jiang! Where is Fellow Daoist Jiang!"
Jiang Liu: "."
Fellow Daoist Jiang isn't here.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, did you see that?"
"We've fallen into their trap. The demonic path has used its millions of demonic soldiers to self-destruct and trapped over thirty of us Mahayana cultivators with the Myriad Fiends Locking Immortal Formation. The old demonic monsters who survived the great war between good and evil tens of thousands of years ago have awakened from their slumber and are entangled with the alliance leader and us Mahayana cultivators at the Great Perfection stage."
"We were careless; we didn't expect so many old demonic monsters to still be alive!"
The voice of the Vice Alliance Leader of the Taiyi Immortal Alliance came from the light screen, his tone filled with regret.
The scene shifts, and the horrific state of their battlefield comes into Jiang Liu's view.
The spiritual veins were completely corrupted by demonic energy, turning into scorched black earth. The reinforcements from various sects were trapped in the valley, suffering heavy casualties.
All the righteous cultivators below the Mahayana stage were covered in wounds, their elixirs long exhausted, and they could only rely on burning their lifespan to resist the siege of the remaining demonic soldiers.
"The reinforcements are blocked outside the Myriad Fiends Locking Immortal Formation and can't break through at all!"
"And we don't have many reinforcements at all!"
The voice of the Divine Profound Immortal was filled with despair: "The demon generals guarding the core of the Myriad Fiends Locking Immortal Formation are all at the peak of the late Mahayana stage. We failed to break through it in four strong attacks!"
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, I've heard you have the skill to quickly build defensive fortifications. Only you can break through this Myriad Fiends Locking Immortal Formation and save us!"
"This is a location talisman. Use it to come to us immediately. I will use my last bit of strength to send it to you through the air!"
As they were talking.
A golden talisman emerged from the spatial rift and floated lightly down in front of Jiang Liu.
Jiang Liu: "."
So how did you know I could build fortifications?
Did the system tell you that?
Jiang Liu glanced at the teleportation talisman in front of him, then at the tragic scene on the light screen, tilted his head, and wondered if it was too late to join the demonic path now.
The NPCs in the Demonic Path have been greatly strengthened!
They even brought out the old monster from the background story who has survived to this day!
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, we know you need a lot of spirit stones to build your defensive fortifications. This is 10 billion spirit stones that we have collected. We hope you can open a crack in the Myriad Fiends Locking Immortal Formation and save us!"
Swish!
Another spatial ring fell out of the spatial rift.
At the same time, a system notification sounded.
[Immediately teleport to Meteor Plains?]
Jiang Liu: "."
Can I not teleport?
You've given me the teleportation talisman and the spirit stones, you've arranged everything, so why are you asking me anything?
Jiang Liu stared at the golden teleportation talisman and spatial ring floating in front of him, his lips twitching uncontrollably.
The moment the fingertip touched the ring, the system notification sounded like a death knell, leaving no room for regret.
[System Notification: Emergency Mission Triggered - Break Through the Formation and Provide Support]
[Mission Requirements: Break through the Myriad Fiends Locking Immortal Formation within 72 hours and rescue the trapped righteous cultivators]
[Task Rewards: Realm advancement of 0.5 minor realms, Vast and Mighty Demon-Slaying Sword (Mid-grade.99 → Superior-grade.01), 50 Guardian Merit Points]
[Failure Penalty: All rewards for this quest series will be forfeited]
"The penalty for failure is so severe?"
Jiang Liu's face darkened: "If the mission succeeds, you get a mid-grade immortal artifact worth 0.1; if the mission fails, you lose all the rewards you've already received. Can you please not be so greedy?"
He was furious, and then picked up the teleportation talisman.
A strong sense of spatial tearing came, and all I could hear were the shrill screams of demons. The scene before my eyes instantly spun around me.
From the sun-drenched Tianjian City, they suddenly plunged into a pitch-black abyss.
"Is this the Meteor Plains?"
The moment Jiang Liu hit the ground, a pungent smell of blood and decay hit him, almost choking him to death.
Beneath their feet lay scorched, cracked, black earth, every inch of which was permeated with a viscous black aura. Stepping on it felt like sinking into a swamp, with a continuous stream of chilling energy seeping into their bodies through their soles.
Looking up, the sky was shrouded in a thick black light curtain, covered with twisted demonic patterns, which was the outer barrier of the Myriad Fiends Locking Immortal Array.
In the distance, the Seven Stars Protective Array formed by the righteous cultivators was teetering on the brink of collapse. The pale purple light screen was covered with spiderweb-like cracks. More than thirty Mahayana cultivators each summoned their natal Dao artifacts, but their light was as dim as a candle flickering in the wind.
With dark red bloodstains at the corner of his mouth, Shenxuan Zhenren's cloudy eyes suddenly lit up with a sharp light when he saw Jiang Liu's figure, as if he had seen a glimmer of hope for life.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang! You really came!"
Master Shenxuan's voice trembled with excitement as he anxiously said, "Quick! The array's cores are located in the northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest, each guarded by a late-stage Mahayana demon general. If any two of these cores are destroyed, cracks will appear in the array!"
Bro, I just arrived and you're already assigning me work? Isn't that treating me like a tool? (End of Chapter)