Chapter 766: Battle at the Border (IV)

Upon hearing the challenge from the Hehuan Old Demon, the withered old man frowned, but then said as if nothing had happened:

"A battle with the three great cultivators of Tiannan is inevitable sooner or later. However, I must remain here to preside over the great battle and cannot accept your challenge. This will have to trouble Sect Master Fang. I have long heard that Sect Master's Heavenly Brake True Demon Art has reached an extremely high realm, and you can even borrow the True Demon Qi of the Heavenly Brake True Demon to possess your body. I imagine dealing with one person will be an effortless task for you."

"Since it was agreed upon with you, I will naturally make a move. I also wish to see what the supernatural powers of Tiannan's number one demonic cultivator are like!" the black-robed man said coldly. A green light flashed in his eyes, and his body, shrouded in black Qi, slowly rose into the air and flew toward the opposite side.

The Confucian scholar surnamed Zhong and the short man surnamed Bi followed without a word, transforming into a silver rainbow and a ball of red light respectively.

Seeing this, the three, including Supreme Master Brother Zhiyang on the opposite side, simultaneously transformed into startling rainbows and fled toward the high sky.

The black-robed man and the two Mulan Divine Masters pursued them closely.

In the blink of an eye, the six disappeared into the clouds and mist, leaving no trace.

However, the sky nearby began to change color before long. One moment it was fiery red, the next it was pitch black. Thunder-like explosions erupted one after another, and dazzling silver rainbows and colorful clouds flashed past from time to time.

As the six great cultivators fought in the sky, the armies of cultivators and Dharma practitioners on the low ground and the surface also began a great battle.

However, this was not like a duel between one or a few cultivators, where they would immediately soar into the air and approach the opponent to attack with magic treasures.

Instead, separated by such a great distance, amidst the sound of incantations rising and falling, the cultivator and Dharma practitioner camps simultaneously activated various defensive barriers. Huge light shields slowly rose from both camps, shrouding the main forces of both sides within them.

Clearly, the cultivator side completed their defense first.

This was not to say that the cultivators' Five Elements Dao Arts were faster to cast than the Dharma practitioners' spiritual arts, but rather that the defensive magic arrays set up by the Tiannan cultivators were mostly composed of array-setting implements. As a result, they were naturally activated three parts faster than the opponent's spiritual arts.

Seeing this, Long Han, who was presiding over the great battle, gave an order without hesitation and launched the attack first.

The first to launch an attack were over a dozen types of group-attack exotic treasures with long ranges, including the huge bronze gong that Han Li had seen earlier.

At this moment, the stand holding the bronze gong had not only arrived at the very front of the cultivator ranks but also floated lightly into the air. It hovered at a height of over thirty zhang from the ground, with only seven or eight burly men in yellow shirts guarding it nearby. The giant man who had been sitting cross-legged beside the gong stood up at some unknown time, holding a zhang-long iron hammer, and stood silently to one side of the gong.

A little further away, two people erected a triangular black banner five or six zhang high, which flashed with black light, and a black flood dragon was embroidered on it, looking lifelike.

Nine young girls in red, each holding a tray covered with red brocade, were bulging with unknown treasures. But these nine girls formed a strange formation and floated lightly in the air.

Three old men in brocade clothes, each carrying a half-person-high gourd on their backs, also walked to the front of the ranks with their eyes half-closed.

The order to attack fell into the ears of these cultivators responsible for the first wave of attacks in an instant.

The giant man on the bronze stand immediately opened his eyes wide. Yellow light a chi long erupted from his body, and he swung the iron hammer with both hands, striking hard at the center of the bronze gong.

A ball of dazzling golden light erupted, but strangely, only the light flashed, and there was no sound at all.

And the moment that ball of golden light appeared, it exploded, turning into dots of golden stars that shot toward the opposite side.

But after flying only a dozen zhang, "pu pu" soft sounds came, and the golden stars turned into balls of golden mist.

The giant man's iron hammer struck wildly without stopping, and dense golden stars shot out from the bronze gong, with the golden mist surging toward the opposite Dharma practitioner army like waves.

Under the wild shaking of the two cultivators, a black flood dragon transformed from the banner surface, appearing as if it were there and yet not.

This flood dragon opened its demonic eyes, and streams of cyan-black demonic wind sprayed leisurely from its mouth.

The sound of wind roared. Streams of hurricanes turned into a vast black expanse, instantly causing sand and stones to fly, making it impossible for people to see.

The young girls in red lifted the red trays in their hands with their jade arms simultaneously, and pleasant incantations came from their mouths. Red light flashed, and nine red, glistening bronze pieces suddenly flew out from the trays, gathered in the air, and spun rapidly.

A fiery red ancient mirror several chi in size appeared there, with spiritual light flickering on the mirror surface, spraying countless fire birds the size of fists from the mirror, each shrouded in flames and spitting fire tongues. Then, after a clear cry, they shot out directly like arrows.

The three old men in brocade clothes, after standing in a triangle, simultaneously activated the huge gourds on their backs. Icy white cold air mixed with countless snowflakes and hailstones instantly turned the large area in front of them into a world of ice and snow, blowing toward the opposite side at an extremely fast speed.

These exotic treasure attacks were launched almost simultaneously. The Dharma practitioners on the opposite side had only just managed to form their defensive light shields and could not spare the effort to counterattack, so they could only take this round of attacks head-on under the command of the withered old man.

Immediately, the moment the attacks made contact, the golden mist, black wind, and other things exploded on the light shields of the cultivator army simultaneously.

For a time, lights of various colors flashed, and the defensive shields of the Dharma practitioner army trembled slightly.

Seeing this scene, Long Han issued another order without thinking. The cultivators who received the order immediately launched the second round of attacks before the first round had even ended.

This time, the attack was a large-scale offensive secret technique performed by various sects working together.

Light pillars of various colors and heaven-shaking demonic fire were launched one after another from the cultivator camp, instantly merging with the first round of exotic treasure attacks, covering the entire Dharma practitioner camp.

The defensive light shields of the Dharma practitioners were completely under these successive attacks.

The withered old man's face was somewhat gloomy. He never expected that just because the movement to activate the spiritual arts was a step slower than the opponent's, it would immediately turn into a situation of being beaten.

With the opponent's offensive being so fierce, he was unable to spare any Dharma practitioners to counterattack immediately.

Under such a terrifying offensive, if there were no defensive magic array protection, even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator would not dare to take these attacks head-on.

"Lady Lu! It seems we have to use your giant beasts. Otherwise, we won't be able to seize the initiative." The old man suddenly said to the black-robed woman beside him.

"Since the Sect Master has lent those giant beasts to you, fellow Daoist, feel free to use them. There is no need to specifically tell me." The black-robed woman smiled slightly and said indifferently.

Hearing this, the old man nodded with satisfaction and immediately gave the order.

After a heaven-shaking roar of beasts, over a dozen huge figures rushed out from the Dharma practitioner light shields, braving various attacks. They were exactly those wild giant beasts covered in armor.

After these giant beasts came out, they immediately ran wildly toward the direction of the cultivator camp.

At this moment, a portion of the cultivator side's attacks naturally changed direction, aiming at these giant beasts.

The spells attacking the Dharma practitioner camp could not help but slow down slightly.

Taking this opportunity, dozens of high-tier Dharma practitioners hurriedly flew out, simultaneously activating dozens of pellet-shaped objects of different colors, and began to chant incantations.

An incredible scene appeared.

Some of these pellets fell directly to the ground and disappeared. Some spun wildly and were wrapped in cyan light, while others condensed into a ball of clear water or exploded with firelight, wrapped in raging flames.

Then, from the ground, from the cyan light, and from the water and fire, various demonic beasts transformed out of thin air.

There were yellow earth pythons over ten zhang long, giant fire wolves seven or eight zhang high, cyan, blurry strange birds, and blue demonic turtles shrouded in water mist...

Once these demonic beasts appeared, they immediately followed behind those wild giant beasts and also pounced toward the opposite cultivator army.

Because those giant beasts were naturally thick-skinned and fleshy, and were covered in battle armor and various defensive spells, although they roared incessantly from the various spell attacks and were covered in wounds in the blink of an eye, miraculously, not a single one fell.

But the transformed monsters behind them were not so lucky.

Although they also looked imposing, after one round of attacks, most of them had their bodies shattered, turning into dots of spiritual light and disappearing without a trace.

And those pellets also lost their spiritual energy and fell directly into the dust.

But those high-tier Dharma practitioners turned a blind eye to this and raised their hands again. Another batch of pellets was thrown out. After chanting incantations, strange beasts were born again, rushing forward fearlessly.

At this, many cultivators' expressions changed slightly. The spells aimed at these monsters increased by a few parts. And the Dharma practitioner camp side felt their pressure greatly reduced.

Seeing this situation, Long Han's expression sank slightly, and he hurriedly wanted to order something. But it was a bit too late.

The withered old man finally seized the opportunity and gave an order. A small half of the Dharma practitioners had already changed to offensive spiritual arts. Immediately, spiritual lights of various colors rose, and amidst the sound of incantations, giant fireballs with a diameter of a zhang and ice spears as thick as small trees began to condense and take shape in the sky.

"Spiritual Art Magic Array."

Seeing this scene, Long Han muttered to himself. Knowing that he could no longer suppress the opponent, he hurriedly transmitted a sound with his lips moving slightly.

Immediately, the exotic treasures stopped attacking, and their owners hurriedly took the treasures and retreated into the ranks, returning to the protection of the barriers.

At the same time, over a thousand cultivators with not-low cultivation bases flew out from the sky above the cultivator camp, each holding a banner several chi long, quickly forming a magnificent and stern giant magic array, and then everyone threw the banners in their hands into the air.

A large five-colored light curtain appeared above the cultivator camp, like a giant shield, adding another layer of protection to the cultivator army.

At this time, hundreds of giant fireballs were shot out from the opposite side simultaneously, followed by over a thousand giant ice spears.

Immediately, fire waves and ice mist shrouded the entire sky above the cultivator army.

And those giant beasts and the demonic beasts transformed from pellets had already covered more than half the distance, and after a few rounds of spell attacks, they had completely rushed to the front of the cultivator side.

Of the dozen or so giant beasts, only the seven or eight most powerful ones remained, and more than half of the secondarily transformed demonic beasts had also been lost.

However, facing the black-pressed cultivator army, these demonic beasts were fearless and still rushed forward aggressively.

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