Chapter 590

But Xie Yan not only did not release his grip, but instead drove his long sword into its dragon tail, and blood seeped out!

Screech—

Immediately afterward, Xie Yan exerted a sudden burst of force with his wrist, the veins on his sword‑holding arm bulging as he, by sheer human strength, resisted the beast's might and fiercely slashed the embedded sword toward the rear of the dragon tail!

In that instant, a piercing sound like fabric being torn rang out across the battlefield!

That sharp long sword, under Xie Yan's violent infusion of power, sliced the beast's dragon tail—harder than refined steel—as easily as cutting melons and vegetables, carving a vicious wound several zhang long and deep enough to expose bone!

Boom!

Blood gushed out like a burst dam, forming a crimson fountain; foul‑smelling blood rain sprayed everywhere, completely dyeing Xie Yan's originally immaculate white robe red!

Spots of blood spattered his cold, bewitching visage, not making him look disheveled but instead adding a gruesome, blood‑bathed asura‑like fierceness and resolve!

"Howl—"

Feeling the intense pain from its tail, as if its very soul were being torn apart, the World Abyss Beast Lord let out a shuddering howl that shook the clouds, filled with agony and fury!

During this time, the other heaven‑chosen ones kept attacking the World Abyss Beast Lord, preventing it from turning on Xie Yan!

The World Abyss Beast Lord erupted with a terrifying aura of power, sending all the heaven‑chosen ones flying.

Many of the heaven‑chosen ones were shaken so violently that their internal organs ruptured; they crashed hard to the ground, vomiting blood incessantly!

The World Abyss Beast Lord's scarlet eyes, almost dripping with blood, locked firmly onto the tiny yet utterly hateful figure on the ground.

——Xie Yan!

Its reason had been consumed by extreme pain and rage; at this moment it held only one thought: to tear the ant that dared wound it into ten thousand pieces!

"Howl!!!"

The World Abyss Beast Lord unleashed an earth‑shaking roar, its massive body arching violently as it brought world‑destroying might to bear, madly charging, biting, and clawing toward Xie Yan's position!

Xie Yan swiftly retreated and swung his sword.

"Sword art: myriad flames burst forth!"

As his words fell, the phoenix true fire surged along the blade and fiercely assailed the World Abyss Beast Lord!

But this could not stop the World Abyss Beast Lord's advance!

Ying Wuji flashed forward, gripping the Heaven's Mandate Sword, and slashed at the World Abyss Beast Lord's dragon tail!

"Cross‑cut!"

Sensing danger, the World Abyss Beast Lord swiftly swung its dragon tail, viciously sweeping at Ying Wuji's blade!

Boom!

A thunderous blast rang out, and the tremendous impact sent Ying Wuji stumbling back several steps.

At that moment, Hua Chengyan employed a spell.

"Thorn‑blossom bloom!"

Countless thorn‑covered vines and flowers swiftly coiled around the World Abyss Beast Lord's limbs and dragon tail!

Dong Jiao, taking advantage of her petite stature, rushed to the beast's lower half and fiercely hacked at its feet!

The World Abyss Beast Lord sensed the anomaly beneath its feet and grew even more shocked and enraged.

It lifted its foot, about to trample Dong Jiao to death!

Feng Xuanji: "Phoenix Command, one sword to sever the spring mountains!"

Yu Jing: "Six forms of the Heavenly Sword, the Eight Paths of the Great Void!"

Boom boom boom—

Here the battle raged on, while Yuan Yao, having penetrated the core area, used her divine sense and finally made contact with a layer of restrictive barrier.

Yuan Yao rushed there as fast as she could.

At the same time, the borderlands of the Ninth Province of the cultivation world had already fallen, invaded by the demon and monster armies.

The major powers of the Ninth Province dispatched cultivators to render aid!

Now, the ones bearing the responsibility of leading the Ninth Province's allied forces to resist the demon‑monster invasion are none other than the venerable Fan Quan Immortal Venerable and Yue Xian Immortal Venerable.

Inside the hastily erected commander's tent, the atmosphere was so grave it seemed water could drip from it.

Fan Quan Immortal Venerable said in a deep voice: "The demon and monster armies outnumber us; we must request reinforcements from the forces of other provinces."

Yue Xian Immortal Venerable's face grew even graver; she fell silent for a moment, then gave a slight nod.

"Now it's not only the Ninth Province that's been invaded by the demon and monster armies; the First Province, the Fourth Province, and the Infinite Island are also under attack! The demon and monster forces invading the First Province are immensely strong, even the Demon Emperor and Monster Emperor have come. Senior Brother… Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord and the other immortals are guarding the First Province; if the First Province falls to the demon‑monster clans, then our cultivation world is doomed!"

"Therefore, we must hold the Ninth Province, so that they won't be distracted and worried!"

"I will seek aid from the lords of the Seventh and Eighth Provinces!"

As soon as her words fell, the sound of drums beating came from outside.

Fan Quan Immortal Venerable's face changed abruptly: "The demon and monster armies are making another move!"

Yue Xian Immortal Venerable also grew alert.

The two exchanged a glance, needing no words; their forms simultaneously turned into two streams of light and vanished instantly inside the tent.

The next moment, they stood shoulder‑to‑shoulder atop the high defensive wall.

Gazing far into the distance, one sees on the horizon a vast expanse of demon‑monster troops as dark as rolling black clouds, madly advancing toward this place; banners flutter, battle cries shake the heavens, and demonic and demonic qi intertwine, nearly obscuring half the sky.

At the very forefront of that demon‑monster army, a monster general is escorted.

This monster is stalwart, clad in scale armor, his head faintly bearing python features, his triangular eyes flashing with sinister and brutal light.

He is precisely the monster commander, She Chaisi.

She Chaisi is tall and massive, his face covered in serpentine patterns, his whole body exuding powerful monster aura; his icy vertical pupils are fixed on Yue Xian and Fan Quan, then he curls his lip.

His cultivation level is roughly on par with the early stage of the Great Perfection Realm of human cultivators.

Meanwhile, the demon commander Bai Shang is frail, appearing like a pale‑faced scholar, yet his violet eyes betray extraordinary shrewdness, as if able to see through people's hearts.

The number of demon and monster troops that have invaded the Ninth Province exceeds twenty thousand.

And the human cultivators guarding this city numbered only just over thirteen thousand.

Moreover, the opposing demon and monster armies also have many demon beasts and monster beasts.

And the human cultivators on the city walls, seeing this scene, all had extremely solemn expressions, inevitably feeling somewhat tense.

"I'll go meet them!" said Moon Robe Immortal Venerable, and with a light tap of her toes on the city wall's battlement, her figure rose lightly like willow fluff, surrounded by a faint halo of moonlight, she directly pierced the barrier of the city's great formation that shimmered with runic light, and in an instant stood a hundred zhang before the demon and monster armies.

Seeing this, the demon clan commander She Chaisi immediately swirled demonic wind beneath his feet, turning into a black shadow that instantly appeared in midair, facing Moon Robe Immortal Venerable from afar, as two powerful auras began to invisibly collide and intertwine in the air.

"Moon Robe Immortal Venerable, we meet again." She Chaisi's voice was hoarse and unpleasant, like the scraping of a broken gong: "Last time you luckily escaped; this time, do you think you can still make it back alive?"

Moon Robe Immortal Venerable's face was icy cold; she couldn't even be bothered to waste words with this demon, simply slowly raising the sword in her hand.

"Noisy!"

Moon Robe Immortal Venerable lightly twisted her wrist; the long sword hummed, and a strand of sword qi, condensed to the utmost in silver-white, carrying a piercing whistle that tore the air, slashed down toward She Chaisi's head!

She Chaisi snorted coldly, demonic aura surging around his body and condensing onto his right palm; his hand instantly turned black as ink, scales appearing, bearing the terrifying power to split mountains and shatter stone, as he slapped at the sword qi coming from Moon Robe Immortal Venerable!

Boom!

The two powerful forces collided, and the impact surged forth instantly!

Meanwhile, the demon clan commander Bai Yi below laughed and spat out a single word: "Kill!"

One call, a hundred responses!

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"