[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship":3,"chapter-grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-chapter-194":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Grinding EXP From a Demon Hunting Ship",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1357962,1796,"Chapter 194: Blood-Light Assimilation, the Immortal City in Crisis","grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-chapter-194",194,"\u003Cp>HUMMM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blood-red canopy covering the sky, a massive hole violently burst open, revealing the outside world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The Nine Nether Blood Sea Array... is broken?’ Bai Xiuying’s heart went cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’No, there’s still a chance to save it!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gritted her teeth and forced herself to rally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Bai Xiuying’s gaze grew solemn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hands gripped the Sea-Breaking Dragon-Slaying Saber, raising it high above her head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HUMMM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An azure light bloomed like a tidal wave!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The terrifying saber intent that erupted even made Navasen glance over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dragon-Slaying!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a stern expression, Bai Xiuying swung the saber down!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, she had truly unleashed the power of the Sea-Breaking Dragon-Slaying Saber!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHIIING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flash of the saber vanished in an instant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that same instant, the several Second-Order demon beasts that had charged into the immortal city through the hole in the blood-red canopy, along with the hundreds of beasts that followed, were all neatly sliced in two, like wheat beneath a scythe!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very air boomed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bursts of bloody light scattered everywhere!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Navasen, in his Deer Demon True Body, was unwilling to face the edge of the Dragon-Slaying Saber head-on and chose to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The saber’s light dimmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sea-Breaking Dragon-Slaying Saber fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bones in Bai Xiuying’s fingers fractured in several places, as if they were fragile porcelain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hsss...\" Bai Xiuying bit her lip, holding back the pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Now’s the time. I have to seal the hole and stabilize the array...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She endured the agony, trying to use her authority to gather the array’s power and mend the hole in the blood-red canopy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nine Nether Blood Sea Array covered an area of over a hundred li and was a Quasi-Fourth-Order formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if such a super-array was breached by an external force, it had room to maneuver and could be repaired!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Don’t panic, you can do this...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xiuying gasped unconsciously, her chest heaving. Beads of sweat formed on her forehead, matting her hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HUMMM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under her efforts, bloody light emerged from the blood-red canopy and converged toward the hole!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bloody light gathered, mending the hole like diligent worker bees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It consumed living souls to perform self-repair!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one of the unique characteristics of the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That’s right, just like this...’ Bai Xiuying’s expression relaxed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a Blood Dao Formation, the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array’s specialties were sustaining itself through battle and self-repair!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its Defense Power was only about average among Third-Order arrays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, during the pioneering wars, the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array had been shattered many times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But each time, it would be broken, only to repair itself and ultimately bury the invaders!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This time will be no exception!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xiuying held this firm conviction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, watching this scene, Navasen’s ferocious Deer Demon face revealed sharp fangs as he sneered coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Naive... Of course I know the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array excels at self-repair...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This characteristic had been discovered long ago over the ages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Navasen to dare to act with such confidence, he naturally had his own assurances!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xiuying raised an eyebrow, a flicker of doubt on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within her senses, the array’s restrictions near the hole seemed somewhat sluggish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What’s going on?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HUMMM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she was pondering, a smear of black appeared within the bloody light gathering near the hole in the blood-red canopy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This black light was murky and dark, like hundreds and thousands of vicious curses stacked together, emanating a repulsive aura!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black light merged into the bloody light as if it were a fish in water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bloody light, tainted by the black light, rapidly transformed into a black-red glow, assimilating and multiplying like a virus!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then... it turned!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood-red light, now turned black-red, began to erode the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array in reverse without any hesitation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, because this black-red light was, in essence, also the power of the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array, it was completely impossible to suppress!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like the human body being unable to activate its immune system to dissolve its own organs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only could the hole in the blood-red canopy not be mended, but it was also expanding continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nine Nether Blood Sea Array near the city walls was even showing signs of paralysis!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HUMMM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The array patterns extinguished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood-red canopy dimmed, and the Sea of Blood Arrows went out...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nine Nether Blood Sea Array was paralyzed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This...\" Bai Xiuying’s eyes were blank, completely at a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using a power source homogenous to the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array, such as the Ten Thousand Souls Blood Sail, as a catalyst to refine a curse and trigger the array’s backlash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Navasen’s method—a method sufficient to paralyze the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Navasen let out a long, triumphant howl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Deer Demon, several zhang tall, was incredibly ferocious. With a single swipe of its beastly claws, dozens of cultivators were killed instantly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With him in the lead, numerous Second-Order demon beasts followed close behind, charging onto the city walls!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The demon beasts have breached the city?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A City Guard Army cultivator felt a chill run down his spine as he watched the surging Beast Tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HISS!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Second-Order demon serpent with cold, cruel, golden vertical pupils flicked its tongue and lunged at him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon serpent reared up, its jaw opening nearly one hundred and eighty degrees, and swallowed the City Guard Army cultivator whole, along with his Magical Artifact!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRUNCH.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sickening sound of bones shattering came from within the serpent demon’s belly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon beasts were bathing the city walls in blood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the high-and-mighty Foundation Establishment cultivators, normally untouchable, were falling one after another!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivators’ morale collapsed like an avalanche!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Run!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The walls can’t be held!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many of the Loose Cultivators frowned, pulling their comrades in front of them to act as shields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn’t just the Loose Cultivators; even the immortal city’s City Guard Army started to flee at the sight of the surging Beast Tide!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rout was unstoppable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it... I...\" Bai Xiuying bit her lip, her hands with their shattered finger bones forcing themselves to grip the Sea-Breaking Dragon-Slaying Saber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the feeling of depletion coming from within her body made her vision go black, and she nearly fainted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Foundation Establishment cultivator activating a top-tier magical treasure consumed a terrifying amount of energy. She had been almost completely drained of her Magical Power and blood qi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had even lost several years of her lifespan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was despite her extremely high compatibility with the Sea-Breaking Dragon-Slaying Saber!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it had been an ordinary Core Formation cultivator with average compatibility, they would have likely been injured as well!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick! Protect Miss Bai and retreat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Back to Canghai Mountain!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ask Canghai to intervene!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, a few of the immortal city’s Honored Guest Elders had a sudden idea and shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted to flee too, but as Honored Guest Elders of the immortal city, their status was a constraint. Even fleeing required the right method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they turned and ran just like the Loose Cultivators, the consequences would be quite dire if the immortal city somehow survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But escorting Bai Xiuying was clearly an excellent excuse!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, not even Canghai himself could find any fault with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Xiuying and the few Honored Guest Elders retreated one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, the city walls, now lacking any stationed Foundation Establishment cultivators, were breached in an instant under the assault of the Third-Order beings and numerous Second-Order demon beasts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ROAR!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The swarming Beast Tide poured in, filled with a craving for flesh and blood, and began to rampage through the outer city in a mad slaughter!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To demon beasts, mortals weren’t very tasty. Their fat content was too low, making them far less palatable than certain wild animals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the flesh and blood of cultivators, rich in Spiritual Qi, was an absolute delicacy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A storm of blood rained down upon the outer city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless cultivators perished under the claws and fangs of the demon beasts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SPLASH.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ocean waves surged, turning the outer city into a flooded marsh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The handiwork of the Thousand-legged Sea Demon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this move, it too could enter the city to fight!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Navasen, the Evil Celestial Auk, the Rock-Crowned Crocodile Dragon, and the Thousand-legged Sea Demon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four Third-Order beings charged menacingly toward Canghai Mountain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Vile beasts!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sikong Xin was jolted from his secluded cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Daoist shimmering with lightning appeared before Canghai Mountain, but... facing four Third-Order beings, the injured Sikong Xin was completely outmatched!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sikong Xin’s Quasi-Technique, the Celestial Vault Thunder Shadow, was crushed by the four Third-Order beings, and he was gravely injured!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the army of the Beast Tide was about to storm Canghai Mountain...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alas...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ancient sigh echoed from within Canghai Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps... this is fate. I am not meant to achieve the Golden Core...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1501,"2026-06-05T21:02:39.313Z",1,"novelbin.me","1e87444da9f1d8a81d5437cd90ebb2ab62c763982d3cec2b21f70efb564db05b","grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-chapter-215","grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-chapter-214",236,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgrinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-cover.jpg"]