Chapter 409: Harmony Realm Demon Crystals!

After Deacon Xiahou witnessed the combat power of Su Ping's three-person team.

He gritted his teeth and took it upon himself to bring out the Spirit Stone reserves accumulated by the sect.

Worried it wouldn't be enough, he also contacted the Cultivators under his command and managed to obtain quite a few more Spirit Stones from the various large and small families those Cultivators belonged to.

After all, as Spirit Stones were an important strategic resource, everyone possessed a Storage Spirit Tool and would remember to prioritize taking them when fleeing.

Afterwards, having provided this batch of Spirit Stone resources to Su Ping.

Deacon Xiahou further guaranteed that as long as Su Ping could clear out the demons.

Those Spirit Stone resources that were left behind in time could all be supplied to Su Ping to satisfy his needs.

To this end, this Deacon Xiahou informed him of the large number of hidden space coordinates he had collected that were located within the evacuation zones.

Those spaces were all Small Cave Heaven Secret Realms where large and small families, and even sects, had dispersed and stored various supplies to prepare for a rainy day.

Because the demon invasion happened too quickly, many Cave Heavens had not been reached by Cultivators in time to be collected.

Now, it was all to the benefit of Su Ping, who was acting under the banner of a righteous cause.

These space coordinates could be considered an unexpected joy for Su Ping.

Even with a Space Talent, trying to find treasure caches within those dense, small Cave Heaven spaces was still a matter of luck.

Now that he had the coordinates, it was much simpler.

Furthermore, according to Deacon Xiahou, besides Spirit Stones, there were quite a few resources and various inheritances inside.

Su Ping did not care much for those resources.

As for the inheritances... honestly, Su Ping was tempted, and he had already considered copying them over to throw into the Great Library for preservation when the time came.

It could be considered avoiding the possibility of these inheritances being lost forever in the Cultivation World by accident.

Hmm, this was a matter of immeasurable merit; it should be the more the better!

With this incentive, Su Ping became exceptionally diligent in clearing out the demons.

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Inside the core Small World of the Qianling Jie.

As the core of the region, this place had also gathered the most and strongest demons to invade.

At first, these demons held the upper hand, even forcing the most important strongholds of this Small World to relocate and choose to huddle together to defend a single location to the death.

This allowed many demons to occupy resource-rich areas, and by the time Su Ping arrived, they were already feasting.

As soon as Su Ping appeared, he immediately drew a reaction from these demons.

They seemed to feel that Su Ping's Primordial Spirit was even more alluring than those Spirit Veins.

Even those weak demons whose cultivation was clearly only at the Golden Core or even Foundation Establishment Stage.

Each and every one of them rushed over as if moths to a flame.

Su Ping had seen the world, and for these demons that would not burst with Evil Qi to cause pollution after being blown up.

He unleashed the Five-Colored Divine Light.

With one sweep, he wiped out a large area.

Only a few demons above the Return to Void stage required Su Ping's Primordial Spirit Avatar to expend a little effort.

But that was just swinging the Grand Void Wheel or smashing them once or twice with the Heaven-Turning Seal in hand to make their Divine Souls perish completely.

Return to Void demons were slightly more troublesome and required a few more smashes.

But it did not take much time either.

In just the time it takes to burn a stick of incense.

The demons in the core Small World were basically cleared out by Su Ping alone.

Amidst the mountains stretching for one hundred thousand li.

Accompanied by a streak of light suddenly descending from the southeast like a high-speed missile!

Boom!

The entire mountain range shook in unison, and dozens of great mountains collapsed and toppled.

Deep within the mountains, a group of demons that were gnawing on mineral veins, not yet knowing what had happened, vanished into thin air in the blink of an eye.

Immediately, before the massive mushroom cloud could even rise into the air.

The Heaven-Turning Seal escaped back into the high sky and submerged into Su Ping's Primordial Spirit Avatar.

After bullying the small fry within the Small World.

Su Ping's Primordial Spirit Avatar then turned his gaze outside the world.

Over there, two Harmony Realm demons were engaged in a magical battle with Black Dragon Ao Li and the Demon Emperor White Ape.

And they were fighting back and forth.

It stunned the many Cultivators of the Small Thousand World who were hiding in their sect gates watching the battle.

They had never imagined they would see two great demons, who were a full major realm lower, able to fight a high-realm demon to a draw by relying on their innate divine abilities and the strange power on their bodies!

"Not simple, the Cultivators who came to reinforce us this time are absolutely not simple!"

Deacon Xiahou was observing the entire battlefield with the help of the sect's grand formation.

In his mind, he was constantly updating his upper-limit estimate of Su Ping's team.

Outside the Small World.

The two Harmony Realm demons, who had been intentionally lured to the outside by Black Dragon Ao Li and the Demon Emperor White Ape to formally engage in battle.

Were launching attacks frantically.

One was a Hundred-Finger demon with thick white fingers growing all over its body.

The other was an Octopus-Headed demon with a swollen, twisted, giant inflatable human head for an upper body and an octopus-like lower body.

Their bodies were both around a thousand meters in size, and with every wave of their hands, they were imbued with World Power carrying a certain twisted force.

It is also this peculiar power unique to Harmony Realm demons that causes Cultivators of the same realm from the Profound Martial Sect to often suffer losses at their hands; once they fall into a protracted battle, they will fall into a disadvantage and eventually be forced to retreat in a panic!

But now, Black Dragon Ao Li and the Demon Emperor White Ape.

Both have the blessing of the Netherworld's world power.

Not only did it offset the effects of the opponent's peculiar power.

The Yin power even went on to influence the opponent in return.

Causing the opponent to be unable to gain the upper hand despite being stronger in every aspect.

Su Ping silently approached the battlefield.

Regarding these demons of strange origin.

Su Ping expressed that there is no need to talk about martial arts ethics.

When one can launch a sneak attack, one must definitely do it well!

Thus, Su Ping stopped just as he was about to break through the Small World bubble, and after taking out the Heaven-Turning Seal and the Grand Void Wheel.

He began to input Dharma Power to condense a killing blow.

Terrifying Dharma Power fluctuations radiated from Su Ping; although extremely restrained, they could still be sensed by the Cultivators within the Small World close at hand.

This is also the reason why Su Ping only began preparing the sneak attack after clearing out the demons in this area.

If a sneak attack is discovered and warned against in advance, then it loses its meaning.

After all, this is the first time he has used a Primordial Spirit Avatar to deal with a Harmony Realm powerhouse.

Su Ping still had a lot of respect for them.

Not only did he choose to sneak attack, but he also used a large number of Mana Potions from his storage treasure.

To ensure the effect, he even applied two Demon-Breaking Talismans, strengthened with his true self's blood, onto the Heaven-Turning Seal and the Grand Void Wheel to give them a new enhancement.

All kinds of strengthening methods were used up.

Only then did Su Ping use the Five-Colored Divine Light to sweep and lock onto those two Harmony Realm demons.

Then, the Heaven-Turning Seal and the Grand Void Wheel were released separately, striking out with the power Su Ping had condensed!

Boom!

The two Harmony Realm demons currently engaged in battle felt a premonition in their hearts.

Just as they were about to react, the surrounding space had already been locked by the divine weapons, making it impossible to teleport away.

They could only hurriedly abandon their attacks on their previous opponents and turn to defend against this offensive with all their might.

It is just that, with intent calculated against the unsuspecting, divine weapons dealing with physical bodies.

Under the collision in an instant, it was clear that Su Ping's strike held the absolute upper hand.

Under the spatial shock, whether it was the hundred-fingered demon or the octopus-headed demon, their physical bodies had the majority of their torsos directly blasted apart by the divine weapons!

Although they had not yet lost their lives, their auras were clearly declining, and they had suffered heavy injuries that would be difficult to recover from in a short time.

"Is this what a Harmony Realm powerhouse is?"

Relying on the help of the two divine weapons, Su Ping could clearly sense the damage this strike dealt to the opponents.

This was already a strike sufficient to break the world.

Yet it could only achieve a defense-breaking effect on Harmony Realm powerhouses.

What truly heavily injured the opponents was mainly the special power inherent in the divine weapons and the might of the Demon-Breaking Talismans Su Ping had added.

The killing blow condensed purely from Dharma Power.

Instead, it felt as if it had been reduced in damage by over ninety percent.

Even though Su Ping's Dharma Power could be considered refined for his realm.

This also made Su Ping secretly guess that when normal Harmony Realm powerhouses fight each other.

It belongs to a combination where both sides have thick blood and high defense, and without ultimate moves or special foundations to help.

It is highly probable that it is a protracted battle where neither can kill the other.

If that is the case, it explains why so many small factions can maintain normal Order.

As long as there is one Harmony Realm powerhouse backing them, it is very difficult for other small factions to wipe them out.

After all, if pushed to the limit, the opponent's Harmony Realm powerhouse could choose to fight a guerrilla war and trade bases, which would make the stronger side extremely uncomfortable.

Another piece of good news is that Netherworld divine abilities are very useful.

Even if it is one major realm lower, Netherworld power can still make the opponent suffer, giving a feeling similar to how Evil Spirits use evil power to make Cultivators in the Cultivation World uncomfortable.

Su Ping felt that as he gradually grows stronger, the Netherworld power will also become increasingly powerful and overbearing.

In the future, those subordinates who have received the blessing of the Netherworld might truly be able to, like those children of evil gods, use Netherworld power to achieve victory over the strong while being weak!

Everyone could cross a major realm to achieve a counter-attack!

This could also be considered an alternative way to mass-produce top-tier geniuses, right?

On the battlefield, after the sneak attack succeeded, Black Dragon Ao Li and the Demon Emperor White Ape naturally would not let this opportunity go, and they both attacked one after another, not giving the opposite side a chance to catch their breath.

At the same time, Su Ping's Primordial Spirit Avatar also flashed over, holding the Heaven-Turning Seal, which had turned into a brick, in his left hand, and the Grand Void Wheel in his right.

Coordinating with the Five-Colored Divine Light, he specifically broke through the shields the Harmony Realm demons condensed after they reacted.

Qianling Jie, inside the main peak gate of the sect.

After Xiahou Zhishi saw the two Harmony Realm demons being sneak-attacked, he knew the overall situation was settled.

Then he saw the scene of Su Ping pressing the attack.

He was dazed for a moment and couldn't help but mutter to himself:

"This... won?"

"Those are two Harmony Realm demons! They were the ones who had Lu Zhanglao and me in such a miserable state before."

Lu Zhanglao was the Harmony Realm powerhouse who originally guarded this place.

The Xuanwu Divine Art he practiced made him most adept at defense.

Yet even such a Lu Zhanglao, upon encountering a Harmony Realm demon, only held out for the time it takes to burn a stick of incense before being defeated, allowing the opponent's strange mists to so easily attach to the Barrier of the Small World.

Afterward, Lu Zhanglao used the excuse of being severely injured to hide in the Dongtian of the mountain gate, secluding himself and refusing to come out.

This left this mountain gate entirely reliant on Xiahou Zhishi leading the other Cultivators to hold on by force.

By comparison, it made Xiahou Zhishi feel increasingly that Su Ping was unfathomable.

After all, having achieved such a great victory against the enemy with such ease, who knew if this master had hidden his true strength?

Although his Dharma Power fluctuations looked like the early stage of Harmony Realm no matter how one viewed them.

But those revealed divine abilities and methods, as well as those divine weapons... could these really be possessed by someone in the early stage of Harmony Realm?

Impossible, absolutely impossible! It is one hundred percent certain that he has hidden his true strength!

Xiahou Zhishi speculated thus.

However, as if by some strange twist of fate, aside from hurriedly sending a message to congratulate Su Ping.

He did not choose to report the other party's special performance to the Xuanwu Sect.

Instead, after instructing his deputy to handle the celebration work.

He entered a hidden Dongtian deep within the mountain gate.

That Dongtian was very small, roughly the size of an ordinary village.

Inside, however, it was embedded with dense clusters of various gemstones on the surrounding stone walls and ceiling.

The gemstones flickered with a dim light.

Some clearly showed cracks, containing the twisted power of that Harmony Realm demon which Xiahou Zhishi found somewhat familiar.

"Elder?"

Xiahou Zhishi looked toward the only building in this place ahead, a stone house connecting the sky and the earth.

The person inside the house heard Xiahou Zhishi's inquiry and was startled for a moment:

"The mountain gate formation can't hold up so soon?"

"Huh?"

Xiahou Zhishi was startled for a moment, then immediately realized that the other party must have misunderstood.

But this was normal; if it weren't for the sudden arrival of reinforcements, wouldn't he have come to this Dongtian specifically to seek aid?

"Have the demons' strengths grown stronger again?"

"Little Xiahou, it's not that this old man won't help you, it's just that this old man has suffered severe injuries... cough, cough, cough!"

"I am willing but lack the strength!"

"Ah? No, it's not that... Elder, it's that the sect has sent reinforcements!"

Xiahou Zhishi wiped away non-existent beads of sweat and hurriedly explained everything in one breath.

Lu Zhanglao also gradually turned solemn, moving past his initial disbelief.

He stopped coughing, and his body also recovered.

After asking a few detailed questions, he hurriedly left the Cave Abode with Xiahou Zhishi.

And at this time.

Su Ping was also collecting the remains of the Harmony Realm demons.

He discovered some clues.

The most important part of these Harmony Realm demon remains was undoubtedly the fist-sized Demon Crystal emitting a red light.

From this Harmony Realm Demon Crystal, Su Ping sensed the aura of a Small World.

This... should be the Small World used by the Harmony Realm demon for Dao Integration.

However, the main body of the Harmony Realm demon had been shattered.

The Small World inside the Demon Crystal... was actually not damaged much?

Even under the contact of his divine sense, Su Ping could vaguely feel that this thing could be refined like a Demon Core or Demon Soul, and thus used for his subordinates at the Return to Void Great Perfection, allowing them to ascend in one step and bypass the troublesome and long process of merging a Small World.

Directly becoming a Harmony Realm powerhouse!

Of course, Su Ping could feel that the risks of doing so were extreme.

One wrong move could result in death and the dissipation of one's Dao.

Furthermore, those Small Worlds inside the Demon Crystals were, apart from the existence of World Consciousness, barren, without a single Spirit Vein.

Such Small Worlds were only slightly better than the asteroids in the space-time of Water Blue Star.

After merging with such a Small World Demon Crystal, one could indeed achieve Dao Integration.

But the path ahead would be cut off.

However... that was for normal Cultivators who did not have cheats.

For Su Ping.

As long as he planted the Jianmu Divine Tree and the Golden Leaf Bodhi Tree clones there, and then artificially created Spirit Veins for recovery.

He could make those Small Worlds regain their vitality.

Of course, Su Ping believed that it was not as if there were no capable people in the Cultivation World who could do this.

It was just that, without Abundant Spirit Water, it was estimated that those Great Ability who could do this had no interest in cultivating for thousands of years just to artificially create one Harmony Realm cultivator.