Chapter 154

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Green Demon Clan drew closer, the roaring outside the city grew even more intense.

Under Ye Qingxuan's covert control, the fluctuations of the protective barrier of the formation outside the city became increasingly obvious, giving an impression of imminent collapse.

Facing the approach of the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Green Demon Clan, Ye Qingxuan had not done nothing.

He took out several fourth-rank nuclear explosion elixirs and threw them toward the direction from which the Green Demon Clan was attacking.

The fourth-rank nuclear explosion elixirs possessed power comparable to a full-strength strike by a cultivator at the early stage of Nascent Soul.

They could bring some danger to those Nascent Soul cultivators of the Green Demon Clan, yet they would not scare these Green Demons away.

Instead, they would make these Green Demons lower their guard and attack the city with even greater confidence.

Indeed, after easily dodging the several fourth-rank nuclear explosion elixirs thrown by Ye Qingxuan,

a sneer of contempt appeared on the faces of the several early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators of the Green Demon Clan at the forefront, and their speed in approaching Ye Qingxuan's city increased slightly.

Soon, the several Nascent Soul cultivators of the Green Demon Clan at the forefront had arrived not far from Ye Qingxuan's city.

They began to unleash their full power to attack the seemingly collapsing formation shield outside the city.

Dense demonic energy, drawn by the Green Demon Clan, began to envelop the energy shield not far in front of Ye Qingxuan.

Eroded by the demonic energy, the shield began to emit a piercing hissing sound.

Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan chuckled softly and began to fully activate the Great Purification Array set up with the fifth-rank Spirit-Purifying Tree.

He guided the demonic energy drawn by these several early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators of the Green Demon Clan into the Great Purification Array, transforming it into pure spiritual energy to infuse into his city.

At the same time, Ye Qingxuan threw out several more fourth-rank nuclear explosion elixirs, pretending to counterattack.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The explosions of several fourth-rank nuclear explosion elixirs rang out once again.

As Ye Qingxuan had expected, the several fourth-rank nuclear explosion elixirs were easily dodged by the several early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators of the Green Demon Clan outside the city, causing them no effective harm.

After dodging Ye Qingxuan's fourth-rank nuclear explosion elixir, one of the Green Demons frowned, looked at the energy barrier outside the city which remained unbroken, then turned his head and shouted angrily at those behind him:

"What are you doing? A human city with no tricks left; what is there to fear from such a timid approach?"

Upon hearing this, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator of the Green Demon Clan, some twenty or thirty li away from Ye Qingxuan's city, let out a cold snort: "Hmph!"

A massive pressure of spiritual sense descended upon that early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator of the Green Demon Clan who had spoken out to reprimand them.

Even Xie Yin and Xie Wu's expressions changed, and they cast a cold glance at him.

Feeling the powerful pressure of spiritual sense, that early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator of the Green Demon Clan grunted in pain, and finally fell silent with a face as dark as iron.

He began to vent his anger, blow by blow, upon Ye Qingxuan's city.

In the rear, Xie Yin and Xie Wu exchanged a glance, nodded in unison, and decided to delay no longer.

The two instantly arrived before Ye Qingxuan's city at extreme speed and rapidly activated the sixth-rank early-stage talismans they had prepared beforehand.

After testing for so long, the two of them no longer wished to waste time.

A sixth-rank protective formation requires sixth-rank talismans to accelerate the rate of its destruction.

A quick battle and a decisive victory; they still needed to deal with the hidden human Nascent Soul cultivators behind, and had no time to linger at this city for too long.

After the two sixth-rank talismans were activated, two energy fluctuations far exceeding the peak of the Nascent Soul realm appeared, drawing demonic energy from a hundred li in all directions at extreme speed to bombard Ye Qingxuan's city.

At the same moment, Ye Qingxuan rapidly maximized the power of the sixth-rank Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Great Array.

The collision between the two sixth-rank talismans and the sixth-rank formation was accompanied by a crackling roar.

The energy fluctuations directly repelled the several early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators of the Green Demon Clan outside the city, forcing them to retreat several li before they could barely stop their bodies.

The shield outside Ye Qingxuan's city began to waver, and fine cracks had already appeared.

This time, it was a true state of imminent collapse.

However, a formation is, after all, a formation, and moreover, it was the special Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Great Array set up by Ye Qingxuan; naturally, it could not be shattered by merely two talismans of the same rank.

Without Ye Qingxuan needing to activate it, the shield of the wildly fluctuating sixth-rank Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Great Array began to stabilize slowly.

The cracks on the shield also began to heal gradually.

"Is that all?"

Looking at Xie Yin and Xie Wu, the two Nascent Soul peak cultivators of the Green Demon Clan outside the city, Ye Qingxuan, who had been standing in mid-air with his hands behind his back, tilted the corner of his mouth and could not help but mock them.

At the same time, Ye Qingxuan's heart was filled with great anticipation.

If he could hunt down and kill these two Nascent Soul peak cultivators of the Green Demon Clan, then this time he would have made a huge profit.

For a moment, Ye Qingxuan hesitated, wondering whether to seize this opportunity to directly activate the sixth-rank Killing Array to hunt down the two Nascent Soul peak cultivators of the Green Demon Clan not far away.

"Hmph!"

While Ye Qingxuan hesitated,

hearing Ye Qingxuan's mockery, Xie Yin and Xie Wu both let out a cold snort in unison.

However, after seeing the changes in the formation outside Ye Qingxuan's city, the two of them narrowed their pupils slightly.

Xie Wu turned to look back at the other Nascent Soul cultivators of his clan and said coldly:

"What are you still waiting for? Attack together to break the formation shield; do not give the formation shield time to heal."

With matters having reached this point, and with two Nascent Soul peak cultivators of their clan leading the way,

these Green Demon cultivators, who had maintained vigilance, exchanged glances, then began to approach Ye Qingxuan's city at extreme speed and attacked in unison.

However, a portion of the mid- and late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators of the Green Demon Clan, although advancing some distance, did not fully approach the city where Ye Qingxuan was located.

To put it plainly, although breaking a human city would bring considerable merit.

with so many people this time, the merit distributed would not be enough to justify risking a full-out effort.

Compared to attacking the city, this portion of the shrewd Green Demon cultivators in the rear preferred to preserve their strength and, after the city fell, hunt down the human Nascent Soul cultivators in the mountain ranges behind.

At the same time, within the mountain ranges on both sides of the plain,

numerous human cultivators had been silently observing this battle in secret.

Upon seeing that the Green Demon cultivators had attacked for a long time, even deploying sixth-rank talismans, yet the newly established human city on the plain remained unmoved,

The human cultivators lurking at the edge of the mountain range's eyes lit up.

If a human city truly managed to establish itself in this area, the help it would provide them would be immense.

Whether entering the city for supplies or returning to Xuanmu City through it, it would be far more convenient.

Moreover, even if the city fell, given its current performance, it might inflict heavy casualties on the attacking Green Demon Clan before the city was breached.

By then, it would be the best moment for them to strike and hunt down Nascent Soul realm members of the Green Demon Clan.

Before this, these human Nascent Soul realm experts had not recklessly rushed forward to clash head-on with the Green Demon Clan experts.

Now, the enemy outnumbers them, and those inside the city have a teleportation array as an escape route.

But once they got entangled by the Green Demon Clan experts, retreating would not be so easy.

This was the reason these human cultivators had been watching and had not rashly acted.

Regardless of which race's cultivators.

After stepping onto the path of cultivation, those without brains, who relied solely on hot blood and could not maintain reason, had mostly been filtered out and eliminated.

Outside Ye Qingxuan's city.

After more than half of the Nascent Soul realm Green Demon Clan members approached the city.

Ye Qingxuan hesitated no longer and decisively activated the sixth-grade slaughter formation inscribed on the city walls.

Immediately, a fierce killing intent spread from within Ye Qingxuan's city, enveloping the Nascent Soul realm Green Demon Clan members outside the city.

"Not good!"

"Retreat quickly!"

Xie Yin and Xie Wu, the first to sense the danger, immediately shouted out the warning.

As they spoke, the two prepared to flee the area rapidly.

But it was too late; their position was simply too close to Ye Qingxuan's city.

The suppression force inherent in the sixth-grade formation made their movements sluggish, preventing them from escaping quickly.

Meanwhile, the seven or eight Nascent Soul realm Green Demon Clan experts who had been staying behind without approaching, upon noticing the change.

Immediately fled in all directions with lingering fear, not even looking back before vanishing from the area.

However, their direction of escape was not the mountain ranges on either side of the plain. Clearly, they had also guessed a bit about the human Nascent Soul realm experts' plans within the mountains.

Many human cultivators within the mountain ranges on both sides of the plain watched the scene unfolding in the plain and were stunned into silence.

One of the cultivators even exclaimed:

"This Daoist friend is amazing! With both a sixth-grade defensive great formation and a sixth-grade slaughter great formation, perhaps this city can truly stand firm in the Xuanmu Realm."

Many human Nascent Soul realm experts also watched the fleeing Nascent Soul realm Green Demon Clan members with rising excitement.

But upon seeing their direction of escape, they all sighed with regret:

"What a pity! Why didn't they flee towards the mountains?"

This group of fleeing Green Demon Clan cultivators were unharmed, so the pursuit success rate was obviously too low; thus, the human Nascent Soul realm experts did not rashly move.

Afterwards, they turned their gaze back to the great battle in the plain that had not yet ended.

In the plain.

"No!"

The Nascent Soul realm early-stage Green Demon Clan cultivators at the very front were the first to suffer the formation's attack and perished instantly on the spot.

After annihilating the few Green Demon Clan members at the front, the attacks of the sixth-grade slaughter formation did not stop.

Under Ye Qingxuan's control, the blade lights, sword shadows, and spear glares condensed by the sixth-grade slaughter formation began to gather and rotate, forming a tornado filled with destructive power.

This tornado expanded rapidly, sweeping towards Xie Yin and Xie Wu.

Seeing this, Xie Yin and Xie Wu's pupils contracted.

The two exchanged a glance and instantly understood each other's meaning. Xie Yin shouted to the other Nascent Soul realm clan members around them: "Those with trump cards, if not now, then when?"

Having spoken, he and Xie Wu simultaneously produced a sixth-grade mid-grade talisman and, with pained expressions, activated the sixth-grade mid-grade talismans in their respective hands.

At the same time, the other Green Demon Clan Nascent Soul realm experts also triggered their trump cards one after another.

Various mid-grade spiritual artifact shields, fifth-grade defensive talismans, or fifth-grade attack talismans were activated one by one in the field.

Some Nascent Soul realm late-stage Green Demon Clan cultivators even directly used sixth-grade low-grade space teleportation talismans to escape the scene.

For a moment, colorful energy orbs lit up outside Ye Qingxuan's city.

The two sixth-grade mid-grade talismans activated by Xie Yin and Xie Wu.

One headed towards the energy tornado formed by the sixth-grade slaughter formation controlled by Ye Qingxuan.

The other headed towards the formation barrier of Ye Qingxuan's city.

The instant the two sixth-grade mid-grade talismans were triggered, they instantly broke through the suppression force of the sixth-grade slaughter formation in this area.

Several highly alert Nascent Soul realm late-stage Green Demon Clan cultivators noticed the change, their faces lighting up with joy, and they immediately fled the area without hesitation, disappearing from sight.

Seeing this, the other Green Demon Clan members showed excitement on their faces and prepared to flee the area.

But the next second, a suppression force even stronger than that of the sixth-grade formation reappeared, instantly enveloping the entire field.

"Impossible? A sixth-grade supreme-grade talisman?"

"A sixth-grade supreme-grade talisman?"

Indeed, when Xie Yin and Xie Wu triggered their sixth-grade mid-grade talismans, Ye Qingxuan had already sensed it.

Almost the instant Xie Yin and Xie Wu activated their sixth-grade mid-grade talismans, Ye Qingxuan similarly activated his own sixth-grade supreme-grade talisman.

The appearance of the sixth-grade supreme-grade talisman caused both the Green Demon Clan and the human cultivators watching the battle to exclaim in unison.

The higher the realm of a product, the rarer it is, and the greater the gap between items of even a single small grade.

A sixth-grade supreme-grade talisman is already comparable to the full-strength strike of a Soul Transformation realm peak cultivator.

Do not think Ye Qingxuan takes sixth-grade talismans lightly.

That was because within the Xuantian Sect, he possessed the Tianfu Shop, a treasure vault, and lacked no spirit stones.

Furthermore, backed by the Xuantian Sect, he could easily obtain resources of the sixth realm, allowing him to use sixth-realm talismans at will.

Yet ordinary cultivators in the Immortal Cultivation World, whether of the Human Race or the Green Demon Clan,

regarded obtaining cultivation resources one realm above their own as a stroke of immense luck. Who did not hide and hoard such treasures as their strongest trump card?

Unlike Ye Qingxuan, who, even while still in the Golden Core realm, had used fifth- and sixth-realm resources freely.

Thus, the moment the sixth-realm supreme-grade talisman appeared, both Human Race cultivators and Green Demon Clan cultivators were utterly shocked.

With no seventh-realm experts present, the sixth-realm supreme-grade talisman represented the highest tier currently available in the Xuanmu Realm.

As for seventh-realm resources?

Even Ye Qingxuan, backed by the Xuantian Sect, could not easily obtain seventh-realm resources.

Let alone the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Xuanmu Realm?

Perhaps some Nascent Soul cultivators descending to the lower realm for trial possessed seventh-realm treasures for protection, but such cases were exceedingly rare.

Provided Ye Qingxuan did not encounter those few rare individuals, establishing a city within the Xuanmu Realm was still a trivial matter.

"Damn it!"

The arrival of the sixth-realm supreme-grade talisman forced the Green Demon Clan besieging Ye Qingxuan's city back into a suppressed state.

Although the sixth-realm supreme-grade talisman delivered only a single strike, lacking the endurance of a sixth-realm formation,

that single strike was already devastating for a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Sensing the overwhelming crisis of death, Xie Wu disregarded everything else and shouted:

"Xuan Demon Shield!"

A pitch-black Xuan Shield instantly materialized before Xie Wu, firmly protecting him.

Beside him, Xie Yin hastily activated a secret technique:

"Earth Demon Guard!"

In an instant, a torrent of immense demonic energy surged continuously from the earth, completely enveloping Xie Yin and forming a demonic cocoon.

The other Nascent Soul cultivators of the Green Demon Clan likewise displayed their unique abilities, each producing their most trusted means of survival.

Boom! Rumble! Violent roars of energy erupted in succession, deafening to the ears, sending waves of energy tides sweeping in all directions.

First, a sixth-realm medium-grade talisman unleashed by Xie Yin collided with the whirlwind formed by the sixth-realm offensive great formation.

As the whirlwind was shattered by the energy of the sixth-realm medium-grade talisman, various energy weapons scattered in all directions, creating indiscriminate attacks.

Several early- and mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators of the Green Demon Clan, unable to dodge under the suppression, were instantly slain by these flying energy weapons.

Then, the sixth-realm supreme-grade talisman unleashed by Ye Qingxuan clashed with the sixth-realm medium-grade talisman activated by Xie Wu.

Xie Wu's sixth-realm medium-grade talisman attack lasted only a brief moment before being instantly shattered.

However, after shattering Xie Wu's sixth-realm medium-grade talisman, the sixth-realm supreme-grade talisman attack unleashed by Ye Qingxuan was also affected by the explosion of sixth-realm talisman energy, bursting apart instantly.

For a moment, the energies of three sixth-realm talismans and one sixth-realm formation swept across the entire battlefield, nearly annihilating all early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators of the Green Demon Clan present.

Fortunately, at the moment the sixth-realm talisman attacks exploded, the suppression force upon the Nascent Soul experts of the Green Demon Clan had already been lifted.

After withstanding the first wave of energy tides triggered by the sixth-realm energy collision, many mid- and late-stage Nascent Soul experts of the Green Demon Clan spat blood and fled toward the distance.

Even Xie Yin and Xie Wu, both at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm, were no exception.

However, compared to others, the injuries of Xie Yin and Xie Wu were slightly less severe.

Yet most early-stage and some mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators of the Green Demon Clan who had entered within ten li of Ye Qingxuan's city were slain under his counterattack.

Meanwhile, the Human Race cultivators within the mountain ranges on both sides of the plain.

Though still shocked that the city lord of this newly established Human city possessed a sixth-realm supreme-grade talisman, their actions did not cease.

As these injured Nascent Soul cultivators of the Green Demon Clan fled, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Human Race hesitated not a whit, instantly choosing their respective targets and giving chase.

Among them, the Human Nascent Soul peak cultivator holding a long blade, expressionless, fled toward the direction where Xie Wu was escaping.

Within the city, Ye Qingxuan also perceived the movements of the Human Race cultivators in the mountain ranges.

Seeing that Xie Wu was already being pursued by a Human Nascent Soul peak cultivator, Ye Qingxuan turned his gaze toward Xie Yin, a strange smile appearing on his face.

(End of this chapter)