Chapter 239: Demons Attack (Seeking Monthly Votes)

The light screen vanished.

The three Golden Core Cultivators all fell into silence.

"Never have I seen such a monster."

"Could this be the great demon that the old Demon King mentioned, one that has absorbed the power of an Evil Spirit?"

"Do not be nervous!"

The female Cultivator guarding the city noticed that the two guest Elders were not in a good state and hurriedly comforted them:

"If a moment of true crisis arrives, Xueshen Laozu will come to assist."

"I will also arrange to abandon the outer city at the critical moment, and coordinate with an Old Ancestor within the Inner City District... that should be enough to ensure our survival."

Only after the female Cultivator guarding the city said this did the two guest Elders nod.

However, they had already agreed with the female Cultivator in advance that while they had no problem operating the Array, they would absolutely not go to fight against the Demon Beasts.

Not to mention anything about perishing together.

And this had already been agreed upon when they were invited to come and help.

Otherwise, where could these Golden Core Cultivators go to retire; why would they come to wade through this muddy water?

The female Cultivator guarding the city could only smile bitterly and express her understanding.

She returned to the city, glanced at the Auction that was still ongoing, did not disturb the enthusiasm there, and instead turned to mobilize troops and arrange the defensive positions of the outer city.

As the Auction concluded successfully.

The Vice Pavilion Master of the Qianqi Wanfa Pavilion soon discovered some abnormalities.

Many distinguished guests from other Immortal Cities declined banquet invitations and left in a hurry.

The old acquaintance who produced and sold Talismans in the Immortal City did not come to find him for tea and music either.

The Vice Pavilion Master stroked his beard, his heart more or less understanding a few things.

Thinking of that Xueshen Laozu, this Vice Pavilion Master could have left once his business was finished.

Yet he decided to stay.

Thus, early the next morning, the female Cultivator guarding the city, knowing the Vice Pavilion Master had not left, took the initiative to visit him.

This made the Vice Pavilion Master realize the severity of the situation.

"Qianqi Wanfa Pavilion will lend the Immortal City a helping hand."

"I will also request the Pavilion Master to allocate a batch of city-defense supplies."

"I am not skilled in combat, but I can still help operate some puppets and Talismans."

Although it was already known that Zhenshou Xiancheng had once again become a target for Demon Beasts.

And this time, there were demons among the Demon Beasts that had absorbed the power of Evil Spirits.

Unless they were at the point of being unable to hold on, the high-level officials of the Immortal City still had a consensus not to seek help from Xueshen Laozu.

After all, the favor of an Old Ancestor is not something to be used casually by others; it is meant for saving lives!

If one can hold on by oneself and keep this life-saving favor, it is naturally better to hold on by oneself.

With the help of the Heavenly Net Array of the Immortal City.

As soon as the Demon Beasts of the Ten Thousand Mountains left a certain range of the Ten Thousand Mountains, they fell completely into the detection field of the Array.

From time to time, golden lightning would fall from the sky, striking these swarming Demon Beasts.

Every time the thunder roared out, Demon Beasts that could not resist would turn into charcoal and fall to the ground, unable to rise.

However, these losses could not stir up much of a splash relative to the absolute number of the Demon Beast army.

And once the thunder became dense.

Demon Kings would soar into the air, stirring up bursts of demon mist to resist the thunder.

Near the ruins of a small desert city a hundred miles from the Immortal City.

A Sanyan Niumo, a size larger than a large truck, stood upright, its evolved hands gripping a large hammer made of unknown white bone; with one swing, it scattered the thunder falling from the sky.

Just as it let out a roar, leaped high again to shatter the thunder, and, refusing to let up, even blew away the dark clouds.

Suddenly, a giant net formed of golden lightning appeared in the surrounding space, instantly enveloping this Duyuan Niumo Yaowang.

But in just an instant, this giant net was broken by a red light.

Immediately, a large mass of yellow mist turned into dark clouds, covering the sky and shielding the Demon Beast army from the sky's strikes.

It was also when this yellow mist completely entered the range of the Array.

A beam of light suddenly erupted from Zhenshou Xiancheng, shooting straight into the clouds.

Then, phantoms of divine beings, each ten thousand meters tall, appeared in the space around the yellow mist.

These divine beings had various forms, totaling twelve in all, each one being a clone left behind by a Nascent Soul Old Ancestor who had once guarded the Immortal City.

These clones had long since become part of the Array; under the control of an Array Master, they manifested after absorbing a massive amount of Dharma Power, forming an array within an array, and suddenly stood in a stalemate in the sky with the great demon inside the yellow mist.

The yellow mist found it difficult to move.

The Duyuan Niumo Yaowang wanted to rescue it, but was scolded by the demon inside the mist.

The Demon King had to turn and lead the team to continue charging toward the Immortal City.

At the same time, the demon inside the yellow mist, while resisting the pressure of the divine being phantoms, let out a cackling laugh.

Yet strands of yellow mist were constantly overflowing and then disappearing into the ground.

Just as the female Cultivator guarding the city, who was monitoring this demon, was confused about what it was doing.

Her expression soon changed slightly, and she hurriedly threw out a Copper Mirror to hang in the sky, shining it toward the underground.

She saw that in a street not far from the guard mansion, guests were suddenly fleeing in panic from a restaurant.

Accompanied by cries and roars.

A giant black spider monster smashed through the restaurant's doors and walls and rushed onto the street.

It spat out a yellow light that swept past, and several people turned into a puddle of yellow water.

"Evil creature, how dare you!"

Before the female Cultivator guarding the city could strike, an old man rushed over in a hurry and threw out a golden seal.

That golden seal grew in the wind, transformed into the size of a small hill, and smashed toward the giant spider with lightning speed.

The giant spider instinctively wanted to flee, but its body was firmly dragged in place by an invisible force.

Boom!

The next instant, the golden seal fell and smashed the giant spider into meat paste!

But as soon as the giant spider died, a large, visible mass of Evil Qi erupted and began to spread.

This caused the experts who had rushed to the surroundings to change their expressions slightly.

As Cultivators, who wouldn't be fearful upon encountering Evil Qi?

"Gather!"

The old man also hesitated for a moment, but gritted his teeth and cast a spell, causing the golden seal to move and flash with a Golden Light.

Then, it swallowed all the Evil Qi produced by the death of the giant spider into the golden seal.

Seeing the Evil Qi being absorbed, the other experts felt a sense of relief in their hearts.

Before they could even investigate the scene.

They heard that an abnormality had also appeared in a distant block, and before long, a warehouse collapsed with a roar!

"There are more Evil Spirits and demons mixed into the city district!"

"Quick! Quickly suppress these demons that have snuck in; do not let them disturb the morale of the troops!"

Startled back to their senses by the exclamation, the crowd acted one after another.

Beside the female Cultivator guarding the city, the Vice Pavilion Master of the Qianqi Wanfa Pavilion flew over:

"Guardian... in the past..."

"In the past, this kind of thing never happened!"

The female Cultivator guarding the city knew what the other party wanted to ask, and her expression was solemn:

"Under the Heavenly Net array, Demon Kings would be trapped before they could even get close to the Outer City District."

"Furthermore, the more Demon Kings the opponent has, the more energy of the array we can utilize."

"Therefore, the guards of the Outer City District have always only needed to face some Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stage Demon Beasts."

"And we would then deal with those among the opponent's Foundation Establishment stage who were gifted."

"But now, those Demon Kings who have become demons... when trapped by the array, are actually able to split off individual demon Avatars and, using methods we cannot fathom, directly invade our inner areas."

"I have already reported this method to the Immortal Sect, and I believe it won't be long before we can successfully remedy it."

"For now, just hold on for a few days."

For the last few sentences, the female Cultivator guarding the city deliberately raised her volume so that the experts around could hear clearly.

This could also be considered a means of pacifying the people.

Only the Vice Pavilion Master faintly guessed in his heart that this might be related to the Spirit Vein being polluted.

The matter of the True God Avatar sealed within the Spirit Vein of the Artifact Heart Sect hadn't happened that long ago, after all.

It seems that as the invasion of Evil Qi intensified, it reached a certain critical point.

The Spirit Vein had instead become an aid for the invasion of these demons and Evil Spirits.

Yet, none of the major sects could make the firm decision to destroy the Spirit Vein.

After all, the Spirit Vein means the Spirit Vein, and once the Spirit Vein is lost, Cultivators become like trees without roots.

Sighing softly, the Vice Pavilion Master flew to the block where the Qianqi Wanfa Pavilion was located, and with a wave of his hand, thousands of Talismans flew out and stuck onto the doors and windows of the houses.

Accompanied by the sticking of these thousands of Talismans, a flash of Golden Light was emitted.

Inside a small house in this block, beside the bed of a pair of sleeping children, a monkey-like monster had just emerged.

Feeling the surroundings brighten for a moment, this demon turned into a wisp of black mist in the blink of an eye.

Then, this black mist was also quickly sucked away and disappeared by the suction force generated from all directions.

It was as if it had never appeared at all.

Only the thousands of Talismans stuck in the block all simultaneously developed a thin black scratch.

"Amitabha!"

"My Fo is merciful and saves all living beings!"

In another block, a High Monk walked out of a Temple and sat cross-legged in the very center of the street.

As the Fo name was chanted, a circle of Golden Light emerged from the High Monk's body, enveloping most of the block.

Then, accompanied by screams.

The demons within the golden circle dissipated one after another.

On the High Monk's body, however, appeared strands of tiny black energy that could not be repelled by the Fo light no matter what.

"Jiejiejie!"

"Kill, kill, kill!"

"This seat has received the grace of the True God, and my Divine Power is inexhaustible."

"Those Avatars of mine are endless to kill, but how long can you resist the erosion?"

"What Immortal City guarding, what Heavenly Net array?"

"Just slowly be eroded away by this seat!"

The great demon in the yellow mist sensed that the Avatars it had sent out were suffering heavy casualties, but instead of being angry, it laughed.

As a former normal Demon King, it knew how troublesome this Heavenly Net array was.

The thirty-six Zhenshou Xiancheng appear to be independent, yet they are connected like branches of the same tree.

Under the arrangements of Chiyuan Xianren, once a certain Immortal City encounters a siege by too many Demon Kings or even Demon Emperors.

It can borrow the power of those Immortal Cities not under siege to surround the excess Demon Kings and Demon Emperors.

If not for this, if the Ten Thousand Mountains had gathered a large force, they would have long since broken the Zhenshou Xiancheng one by one.

It would not have waited until this moment.

Therefore, after this demon discovered that its Evil Spirit-corrupted self could allow low-level clones to bypass the Array and be deployed.

It conceived the idea of pulling the firewood from under the cauldron, using Evil Qi to pollute the various nodes of the Array within the city.

If it accidentally destroyed an Array node physically... that would naturally be a huge profit!

When problems appeared inside the Zhenshou Xiancheng.

The Outer City District also encountered the first wave of charging Demon Beasts.

The Cultivators guarding here were not panicked by this.

In the last few decades, they have encountered Demon Beast sieges more than once or twice.

Through practice making perfect, they knew how to cast spells to best utilize the Dharma Power on the city walls, and then blow up those charging Demon Beasts.

Under the Outer City Array, the agility of the opposing Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment Demon Beasts would be greatly reduced.

And they would suffer from mental attacks from time to time, interrupting their actions.

Meanwhile, the defending side could borrow a portion of the Array's Dharma Power, making their spells not only more powerful but also less consuming.

"Hmm?"

The Captain of a city-guarding team had just cast a spell to release five fireballs, causing a chain explosion.

He immediately discovered that these Demon Beasts were surprisingly weak.

Normally, there would be over ten thousand Demon Beasts in this attack.

There should have been at least seventy or eighty Foundation Establishment Demon Beasts.

Looking at it now, they were basically all at the Qi Refining stage.

Furthermore, they each looked as if they were malnourished, making the Captain feel that even without the Array's support, they could easily hold this defensive sector.

Several hours later, as the attacking Demon Beasts were completely wiped out.

Several Foundation Establishment Cultivators who led the teams could not help but fly down to the ground of the Outer City.

After checking for a while, the faces of the several Foundation Establishment Cultivators were all somewhat ugly.

After they looked at each other, they all decided to report this anomaly.

But they did not expect that just as they were preparing to leave.

The ground polluted by the dead Demon Beasts suddenly turned into a swamp, causing these few Cultivators to sink in up to half their bodies all at once.

And then, even with their Foundation Establishment cultivation, they were unexpectedly unable to struggle free from this patch of mud.

At the same time, their Essence Spirit and Qi were being rapidly absorbed and devoured by this patch of mud.

Bang!

Suddenly, one Foundation Establishment Cultivator's eyes flashed, and his head actually detached from his neck and flew up.

Then, except for this flying-head Cultivator, the remaining Foundation Establishment Cultivators had already turned into dried corpses, and then from dried corpses turned into black mud, dissolving into the swamp.

…………

Within the Blood God Secret Realm, on a mountainside with pavilions and towers no worse than an imperial garden.

Su Ping, disguised as Baihe Zhenren, was drinking tea and listening to music with Xiao Mu Zhenren.

Partly to catch up on old times, and partly because Su Ping also wanted to hear from Xiao Mu Zhenren how they felt about being in the Secret Realm.

Xiao Mu Zhenren did not feel surprised by the arrival of Baihe Zhenren.

Not long after running away from the Artifact Heart Sect to this Secret Realm.

Xiao Mu Zhenren had already known that his former good friend, the previous owner of this overseas island.

That Loose Cultivator Baihe Zhenren, who had successfully reached Foundation Establishment, had joined under the command of that Xueshen Laozu much earlier than himself.

Regarding the encounter of this fellow traveler, Xiao Mu Zhenren understood very well, and even felt that this kid was someone with good fortune.

Clearly a Loose Cultivator, with no background to speak of and no resources to rely on.

Yet he had not taken any risks, and had smoothly joined the Xueshen Laozu camp, and even entered the Secret Realm.

Xiao Mu Zhenren had already made up his mind that whenever he had to make a decision in the future, he would come to find this person with deep good fortune for reference.

"Little brother, let me tell you."

"You know me; I never lie to those close to me."

"You must fulfill your duties well!"

"Based on my experience as Xiao Mu Zhenren for most of my life, don't look at how few people there are now, the places to live are also expanding."

"In the future, it will definitely be overcrowded!"

"At that time, the competition will inevitably be extremely fierce; for us Cultivators with average talent, if we don't rely on the seniority accumulated now, it will probably be hard to get by later!"