Chapter 640: Nine Suns Obscuring the Heavens

The momentum gathered before a war must be unleashed in one go;

otherwise, it will surely wane with the second attempt and be exhausted by the third. This was the state of the cultivators in the Niyue Palace at this moment.

Following the words of the Heir, the voice of Xu Qing, and the fervor of the Captain, the tens of thousands of cultivators in the Niyue Palace each surged with spirit, their eyes revealing determination and a vow to fight to the death.

"Kill!!"

It was unclear who let out the roar, but soon everyone was stirred, instinctively opening their mouths to release a howl from the depths of their souls, as if they wanted to vent all the pain and unwillingness of their lives into this single word.

At this moment, reason was no longer important, and strategy was insignificant in the face of this momentum.

Everyone turned into a commoner; when a commoner is enraged, blood spatters five paces!

The reality was before them: the Red Mother was about to arrive, and it was already a situation of certain death, yet now there was hope—the greatest hope in countless years.

Thus, even the most timid person would find a spark of courage to become a commoner in arms.

Furthermore, how could those who entered the Niyue Palace lack courage? After all, the trial to join the Niyue Palace had already eliminated too many who did not meet the requirements.

The heavens and earth over the Kusheng Mountain Range changed color; the roar from the Niyue cultivators swallowed mountains and rivers, shaking the firmament.

I swung my sword toward the deep crimson blood curtain behind me, my expression blank.

Within the blood curtain, the Sovereign statue became somewhat blurred, revealing its full appearance, as well as its surroundings... countless Red Moon cultivators.

Moreover, from the horizon in the distance, eight long rainbows appeared—they were actually eight artificial suns, responding to the Captain's summons, traveling over from other tribes.

At this moment, the teleportation roared, and the Captain's voice echoed from within the Niyue Palace.

The strongest cultivation bases within were Nascent Soul, there were many Spirit Depository, and numerous Void Returning; most were dressed uniformly in blood-colored Red Moon divine robes.

And in the center of this plain, there existed a massive lake.

They were dense and numerous, their count impossible to calculate at a glance.

Once unleashed, it stirred up destructive power, heading straight for the deep crimson blood curtain; wherever it passed, the void shattered.

Speed is the essence of war!

"Boss, something is not quite right. According to the storybooks I've read, usually, this is the critical moment when the destined protagonist is breaking through, and a villain arrives to stop them."

"It seems we have arrived just in time; the old seven is currently undergoing the god-making ritual!"

"The first thing I did upon coming to the Jiyue Great Domain was to collect suns; all of this was for today!"

This strand of hair was none other than the hair of a High God; it grew larger in mid-air, eventually piercing through the eight suns and stringing them together to form an Eight-Sun Ring.

Only the sword of the old four finally converged, and with a fierce strike, it slashed a crack into the light curtain, but in the blink of an eye, under the blessing power of the Red Mother, the deep crimson light curtain directly recovered.

As for Yuan Zi and the others, they did not need to step into the Niyue Palace; for them, heading to any place in this Great Domain was a matter of a single thought.

Once this sword was unleashed, it covered the heavens and the earth, as if splitting the sky; the firmament trembled, stirring up an infinite storm, the earth roared, and it suppressed the blood lake on all sides, forming a depression.

This nail's divine might shook the heavens; it was the Sovereign's Nail.

"Little Xu Qing, big Xu Qing, little Fangzi, big Fangzi, all Xu Qing and Fangzi, listen to my command, appear!"

As his words fell, the people of the Niyue Palace became even more solemn.

Suddenly, the winds and clouds changed, and the entire world turned dark at that moment.

The Captain looked arrogant and let out a loud roar.

At this moment, their respective cultivation bases erupted again, and the old four raised his hand, his killing intent climbing intensely in that instant; they were preparing to unleash their trump card.

This ring was terrifying, covering the crimson light of the firmament above and burying the deep crimson of the Red Moon below.

The rescued Palace Emperor was also among them, gazing through the blood curtain at the arriving Niyue Palace cultivators.

The Seventh Grandmother closed her eyes, and rings of light rose above her head, expanding in circles to shroud the heavens and earth, then suddenly contracted, crushing downward.

As the iron ball was removed, the Heir's aura roared and erupted; that sense of ease emanating from within and without his body

made his eyes reveal a intense radiance.

While speaking, his body lunged out, approaching the blood curtain in an instant, and he raised his left hand into a fist.

Xu Qing heard this and directly ignored it.

And what they were surrounding and protecting was the Red Mother's mortal shell!

Xu Qing's figure walked out of the Niyue Palace at this moment; he looked at the eight suns in the firmament without any hesitation, directly took the iron ball from his waist, and threw it toward the sky.

As the Captain's voice rang out, the firmament shook; one by one, artificial suns descended upon the clouds, seven in total, some large and some small, each different. "All images, return to your positions!"

Seeing this, Xu Qing took a deep breath, his body stepping into the Niyue Palace, walking into the high hall; the Captain did the same, and the moment the two entered the hall, the Niyue Mirror, which had transformed into a sky screen, began to shine.

The next instant, in the mid-air outside the island, the Niyue Mirror suddenly appeared, floating in the air; after rapidly expanding, gazes fell from within the mirror's surface, the killing intent astonishing, staring at the island shrouded in deep crimson.

As for the ordinary cultivators of the Kusheng Mountain Range, they were not required to participate in this war, so under the gazes of Ning Yan, Linger, and the others, the firmament rippled, and the Niyue Mirror vanished instantly.

The Sovereign's Nail is the same; it is difficult to truly break it.

This is another ability of the Niyue Palace that only the Master of Niyue can master, allowing for large-scale teleportation within the city.

This light curtain was a divine array formed by the power of the Red Mother, containing the Red Mother's blessing; this was one of the foundations of the Red Moon Divine Palace, capable of blocking Spirit Severing on ordinary days, let alone now that the Red Mother's star was in the sky, everything was bolstered, and combined with the cultivators inside...

This sword was pitch black, emitting astonishing killing intent, causing the world to darken.

Waves of divine aura continuously dissipated from within the Red Mother's mortal shell, and coupled with its hideous appearance and the blood light filling the sky, all of this made it extremely eerie.

The Captain's eyes showed pride; he raised his hand and waved it again, and a strand of hair flew out, heading straight for the firmament.

This plain was vast in scope; looking out, there were no undulating mountain ranges, and the earth grew crimson grass; as the wind blew, the grassland rippled like a sea of red.

At this moment, in the highest hall of the Niyue Palace, the Captain's eyes flickered, and the Heir frowned, because the trembling warning voice of the Vajra Sect Ancestor was echoing in his mind.

And logically speaking, with the strike of seven Spirit Severing experts, plus the Sovereign's Nail, and the sharp sword of the old four, there was little in this world that could not be broken.

Head to the Plain of Repentance, head to the Red Moon headquarters. Instantly, erupt!

As the words spread, statues of Niyue cultivators outside, carrying killing intent and determination, headed straight for the Niyue Palace; among them were Li Li Xiaoshan, Shen Quezi, and those unsealed cultivators.

And after that iron ball rose into the sky, it directly circled with the other eight suns in the firmament, instantly igniting, its light at that moment even more intense than before.

This light came from the firmament, from the Red Moon star; looking from afar, under the wrapping of this red light, everything within the island was blurred.

The power of one sword caused ripples in everyone's hearts.

The blood curtain emitted a deafening sound, the blood light within it fluctuated, and it actually became thin for a fleeting moment.

A wave of teleportation erupted within.

It was still wriggling, and beating rhythmically, as if it contained a heart inside.

Furthermore, this place was different from usual; normally, the sound of worship on this island was constant, and the chanting praising the Red Mother rose and fell, but right now... this place was silent.

The Red Mother's mortal shell had already unfolded, its hideous body like a giant intestine, shrouding the head of the Sovereign statue along with the God-Child Palace within it.

All of this made Yuan Zi and the others look grim; it was not that they were weak, but facing the blessing of a god, they could not break through instantly.

Thus, amidst the heaven-shaking sound, the deep crimson light curtain twisted, blocking the old four's punch and resisting the Seventh Princess's divine ability; even when Princess Mingmei's long spear pierced through, it only went in three inches.

The heavens and earth here were crimson, and endless red light gathered on the island, shrouding it into a blood curtain; the aura of the Red Mother was incomparably thick here.

At the same time, the old four beside Xu Qing outside

spoke impatiently.

The red in other areas was light red; only this place was specially cared for, being incomparably deep crimson.

"Watch how I break this divine array!"

Princess Mingmei's eyes flashed with killing intent; she took a step forward, and suddenly the River of Time appeared, transforming into a long spear which she grasped in her hand, swinging it fiercely. This spear traveled through time, descending from the past and present simultaneously.

On the ground, there was no one; all the cultivators of the Red Moon headquarters were currently sitting cross-legged in mid-air, surrounding the Sovereign statue, as if protecting it.

Eight suns appeared in the firmament, shining in unison, burning simultaneously.

"Boss, isn't that just stating the obvious? Anyone can see that; why say such things? To hell with it!"

But the deep crimson light curtain of the Red Moon headquarters was different.

The Captain looked arrogant, and his heart was also excited; he secretly thought that it was finally his turn to perform. At this moment, he was in high spirits, raising his left hand and waving it fiercely toward the firmament.

The lake water was like blood, emitting a thick, fishy stench, looking the same as the water of the Si Yin River; in the center of this lake, there was an island.

The figures of Xu Qing and the others beside him also stepped out of the void at this moment, looking over, their expressions each showing changes.

"Little Junior Brother, lend me the sun on your waist!"

Finally, it landed on the deep crimson blood curtain.

There were also some affiliated tribes and sects, all standing by in full battle array.

But as the red light shone, the teleportation failed.

But the next moment, when everyone saw the scene inside through the thinned blood curtain, their expressions all froze.

At the feet of the giant, a large number of divine palaces were built on the island.

Yuan Zi gazed at all this and spoke in a low voice.

A giant standing between heaven and earth was forcibly suppressed and kneeling there; although it was a kneeling posture, its tall body and thick aura still formed a terrifying pressure.

As for Yuan Zi, he glared at the old four, and with a wave of his hand, his momentum erupted; a nail flew out from his body.

Center of the Jiyue Great Domain, Plain of Repentance.

And just at this moment, the sound of heavenly thunder came from the firmament; that rumbling thunder broke the silence here, and as it stirred up infinite echoes, the void twisted, as if a behemoth was about to teleport into this deep crimson.

"We seem to be walking the path of the villains now; according to the storybooks I've read, villains never succeed; it's always the destined protagonist who breaks through at the most critical moment, walks out, and slaughters everyone..."

"The aura of a god..."

The Spirit Severing fluctuation spread, a world formed, and amidst a loud roar, a punch landed.

Inside, it also included the two that the Heir had seen on the shore that day.

No sound came out, only that thick deep crimson replaced everything.

And just at this moment, the Captain's laughter rang out from within the Niyue Palace, and his figure also stepped onto the firmament while walking.

And the old four, he didn't say a word, walking forward; white long swords containing the intent of absolute killing appeared out of thin air, each one shrouded in baleful aura, continuously converging, and in the blink of an eye, they formed a rain of swords, covering the sky and earth, whistling toward the deep crimson light.

The old four's expression was icy; his left hand suddenly raised, and the phantom of a long sword formed in his hand.

Seeing this, the Imperial Prince within the crimson blood curtain narrowed his eyes and pointed with a hand seal; instantly, the cultivation bases of all the Red Moon cultivators around him erupted, merging with the light curtain to bolster it and resist the outside.

"Grandpas and grandmas, this great divine array does not require you to continue acting; I know this place too well, let me handle it, I have been preparing for this for a long time."

Yet all of this remained hazy, not clearly visible, shrouded by a layer of crimson light.

And in terms of color, it was vastly different from the outside world.