Chapter 1948

A mournful, piercing howl rang out, and a colossal beast stretching a thousand zhang in length instantly emerged from the pillar of sealing light.

A goat-beast, bear-bodied and bat-winged, its entire form covered in emerald-green 'hair'!

"Oh no, the He Xi beast—it's actually one of the Four Great Ferocious Beasts, the He Xi!"

Not only did the cultivators of Tiancheng who were unaware of the situation fall into great 'chaos' at the sight of this beast, but even the black-armored giant far away, who had been channeling his twin hammers and preparing to counterattack, instantly felt the terrifying aura radiating from the beast; his eyes flashed with black light as he glanced toward Tiancheng, and upon clearly seeing the beast's form from afar, he couldn't help but cry out in shock.

The beast's eyes twitched, and it instantly spotted the nearby white-robed cultivators fleeing in panic; a flash of ferocious light crossed its gaze as it opened its mouth and spat.

A stream of yellow霞 flew out, vanishing in an instant, and immediately ensnared those white-robed cultivators, then in a flash they burst apart into clusters of blood rain, which the beast then sucked entirely into its belly.

The nearby cultivators couldn't help but have their souls fly into terror; in an instant, over a thousand escape lights simultaneously soared into the sky, fleeing in all directions.

Seeing this, the beast let out a low growl, and a massive brownish-yellow 'colored' palm suddenly swung toward a cultivator fleeing in a certain direction, striking him down with brutal force.

A piercing shriek suddenly exploded in the void, and a yellowish haze whirlwind instantly howled and surged violently; with just one sweep, it wrapped up over a hundred cultivators, then tore them into countless fragments.

Following this, the beast swung another massive palm toward another direction, instantly killing dozens of cultivators on the spot.

Qinglong Shangren, watching from afar, saw this scene and his 'color' changed instantly, and he immediately shouted loudly:

"Lin Xianzi, if you don't cast your spell now, when will you wait?"

This great shout clearly contained some divine power of Qinglong Shangren, not only booming like thunder across the entire sky, but also causing some low-ranking demonic beasts to feel dizzy and collapse helplessly on the ground, unable even to stand and fight.

On the other side of the battle group, Lin Huan Xianzi, who had been fighting the white-robed youth, heard this voice; her jade-like countenance instantly darkened like still water, and suddenly she let out a delicate shout, as three gourds exploded with consecutive 'peng' sounds, from which three giant bees, each several zhang in size, flew out, each spewing a different kind of flame as they streaked straight toward her opponent in fierce 'shooting'.

They were actually three Fire Bee Queens!

The flames driven by each bee queen clearly possessed immense power; even the white-robed youth dared not meet them head-on and was forced to retreat a step or two.

Seizing this opening, Lin Huan Xianzi's pair of fire wings flared, and she instantly transformed into a ball of blazing flame, vanishing from her original spot in an instant.

The next moment, in the void over a hundred zhang beyond the white-robed youth, her figure flickered slightly into view; her face flushed with an unusual blood-red hue, one hand swiftly forming hand seals while the other extended a jade finger to lightly touch the space between her brows.

Several runes flashed and vanished, and a small, delicate blood霞 talisman appeared, faint and indistinct, somewhat blurred.

Lin Huan Xianzi immediately let out a delicate shout; the jade finger she had pointed flashed with Bai Guang, and a pillar of pure spiritual energy transformed into white 'color' light immediately poured continuously into this talisman.

The next moment, as the giant beast in Tiancheng was rampaging and opening a killing zone against the many cultivators, it suddenly paused and let out a cry of extreme pain; on its massive goat's head, another blood 'color' talisman flickered into view.

Aside from differing in size, the shape and the floral patterns inscribed on it were actually seven or eight parts similar to the one on Lin Huan Xianzi's brow; likewise, its surface flowed with spiritual light and emitted a faint blood radiance.

"You wretched beast, have you had enough of your lesson? Hurry up and get out of the city!"

Just as the beast writhed in agony, rolling on the ground in the city unable to bear the pain, Lin Huan's icy, stern shout suddenly echoed coldly in its divine sense.

As soon as the words fell, the intense pain in the goat-headed beast's divine sense strangely vanished.

The beast gave a few grunts, then slowly rose to its feet again, but its eyes kept darting around, and it faintly 'revealed' an expression of uncertain surprise, as if it had somewhat regained its senses.

But when Lin Huan Xianzi's cold snort sounded again in the beast's mind, it shuddered, no longer hesitating as it spread its wings—actually transforming into a thousand-zhang-long vast yellow expanse, whipping up a strange wind that rolled straight toward the human-demon battlefield outside the city.

At this moment, high above the city outskirts, the black-armored giant once again entangled with Qinglong, seizing the opportunity to press him downwind with a fierce assault; but as his divine sense detected a massive aura approaching at extreme speed from afar, he couldn't help but feel a twinge of fear in his heart.

Although the He Xi beast ranks last among the Four Great Ferocious Beasts and cannot even be compared to true spirit beings, these evil beasts born from the sources of ferocious qi in each realm each possess several heaven-defying divine powers, enough to match several Body Integration-stage cultivators without sustaining a single hair's injury.

Although he is a late-stage Body Integration great accomplishment demon venerable, he absolutely does not believe that, in a one-on-one situation, he could withstand one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.

"How could there be such a ferocious beast here! How could these human cultivators possibly have subdued it? This is simply too unbelievable! Could it be that we're returning empty-handed again? No—this city's human forces have such great strength, so why would they hold back until now to release it? Could it be that…" The black-armored giant's thoughts raced, and after being startled, he suddenly realized something.

This demon, while shifting his form into a thirty-zhang giant, swung both massive hands in a wheeling motion, instantly creating countless giant claw shadows that, combined with his two giant hammers, tightly trapped Qinglong within; at the same time, he focused his divine sense to carefully envelop the distant beast in a thorough probe.

This is also because the black-armored giant, confident that his divine powers far surpass Qinglong Shangren's, dares to divide his attention in this way; otherwise, facing an evenly matched opponent, he would never dare to be so distracted.

With the black-armored giant's terrifying divine powers as a late-stage Body Integration cultivator, his divine sense naturally reached the monster wind formed by the goat-headed beast in an instant, and he cautiously extended his divine sense to probe within it.

"Indeed so! This beast's aura is so impure, fluctuating between strong and weak—clearly its vital energy is damaged, its magic power greatly diminished. If this is the case, then using that method, it's not impossible to deal with this beast; this battle still holds great promise of victory."

The black-armored giant is also decisive; upon realizing the beast was not in normal condition, he immediately hardened his heart and suddenly opened his mouth to let out a long howl.

The howl resembled a dragon's 'yin' and yet a tiger's roar, but it shot straight to the heavens beyond the clouds, allowing both human and demon forces within a hundred li to hear it clearly and distinctly, and most were somewhat startled by it.

"Hehe, my lord has commanded—now it's our turn to move out." In the depths of the Demon Sea, a high-ranking demon wearing a helmet and armor heard the howl, his eyes flashing with sharp light as he spoke.

Behind him stood a dense formation of a demon army numbering in the thousands!

Most were riding demon beasts as the Wanxiang Demon Cavalry, while a minority were actually those three-headed, six-armed Jia輪 War Demons.

Unlike the other demon elites attacking the city from outside, these demons all emitted a chilling aura that made one's heart tremble, and each had a grayish-white qi swirling and coiling around their bodies, as if they had cultivated some special cultivation method.

These demons had originally been sitting cross-legged in the void, but upon hearing the words of the leading demon commander, they instantly rose silently to their feet—some mounting their steeds, some drawing their weapons from their backs—yet not a single sound was made, like ghosts.

"Cast the spell now, begin demonification!" The leading demon commander glanced back, then issued a stern order.

Upon hearing this, the thousands of demons finally showed some strange 'color' on their faces, but none dared to defy; they immediately took out a purple 'color' pill and swallowed it whole.

The next moment, the demons' faces all showed expressions of pain, as bloody red spirit patterns began to appear on their faces and rapidly spread across their bodies.

Though the purpose of these blood lines is unknown, although the demons' faces still bore expressions of pain, their aura suddenly surged, increasing manifold in the blink of an eye, and still rising wildly.

Moreover, the grayish-white qi that had originally coiled around their bodies had now thickened by several folds, resembling giant serpents writhing chaotically without cease.

At this moment, outside the Demon Sea.

Even if the black-armored giant had fully unleashed his divine powers, released several other secret techniques in one breath, and then unleashed seven or eight treasures against Qinglong Shangren in a storm-like frenzy of attacks,

the Azure Dragon that Qinglong Shangren had transformed into, possessing divine powers truly extraordinary, actually managed to withstand this assault and still emerge unscathed.

However, the Azure Dragon he had transformed into was covered in wounds and scars, appearing as if it could not hold out much longer.

At this moment, the black-armored giant's 'color' suddenly changed; he abruptly withdrew his attack, and with a flick of his form, retreated dozens of zhang backward, then gazed at his opponent with a strange look.

Qinglong Shangren, having seized this chance to catch his breath, naturally felt his heart ease, but then suddenly recalled something; his transformed Azure Dragon shook its head violently, and instantly his entire body scattered with azure light, returning to his human form.

Only his face was deathly pale and abnormal, and seven blood holes had appeared on his chest, from which essence blood flowed wildly and could not be stopped even by spellcasting—a truly disheveled state.

Qinglong Shangren treated the wound on his chest as if it didn't exist, yet he turned his head to look behind him.

Only then did he see that above the distant city walls, the howling of a fierce wind had risen, and a yellowish haze strange wind was rolling across the sky and earth in overwhelming waves.

Wherever it passed, whether human warriors and cultivators or the demon army, they all involuntarily staggered and swayed.

Some who blocked the advance of both races were swept up and then directly fell from the sky, their life or death unknown.

As the wind subsided, a sky-supporting giant beast appeared in the high heavens—goat-headed, bear-bodied, bat-winged, and when its wings spread, it spanned two or three thousand zhang in width, as if it could cover the sky and blot out the sun.

Upon seeing this giant beast, both human and demon beings inhaled a cold breath in unison, most showing fearful expressions on their faces as they trembled with anxiety.

"Combine breaths, kill these demons. After this battle, I will set you free!" On the other side of the battle group, Shi Xianzi, upon seeing the giant beast fly onto the battlefield, immediately activated a blood talisman between her brows. At the same time, she let out a loud shout.

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