Chapter 483: The Twelve Celestial Stars Grand Formation Displays Its Might

Geng Metal!

And the "Yi Wood True Fire" driven by the Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python is of the same rank as a treasure.

The only difference is that the Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python's "Yi Wood True Fire" is merely a ball the size of a leather ball; for Yunhe, as long as he avoids the initial sneak attack, the threat is almost negligible.

But the "Geng Metal Divine Light" released by the Five-Colored Peacock is different.

That magnificent display of rosy light filling the sky is not something a small cluster of "Yi Wood True Fire" can compare to.

Moreover, the Five-Colored Peacock's cultivation base is far superior to that of the Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python, and its released "Geng Metal Divine Light" is likewise much stronger.

Screech!!

The Five-Colored Peacock spread its wings and finally took flight, hovering in midair with an icy, stern gaze, locking onto Yunhe as if it wanted to swallow him whole.

Yunhe's expression also turned quite solemn; although he didn't know why the Five-Colored Peacock, which could clearly use the Five Elements' power, would solely refine Geng Metal, its unrestrained power placed considerable pressure on him.

Buzz—

However, before he could obtain confirmation, the Five-Colored Peacock let out another long cry, violently shook its wings, and turned into a pallid white arrow that shot straight at him!

The point is.

The Five Elements overcome each other—fire overcomes metal—but as the Demon Beast Body of a Black Tortoise, it has not mastered particularly powerful fire-attribute techniques or divine abilities.

The Immortal-Seeking Fallen Divine Gift still exerted some effect.

The five-colored light emanating from the Five-Colored Peacock's tail feathers swirled in a cycle; though illusory and faint, it was clearly visible that the originally uniform, mutually generating Five Elements rosy light had undergone a change.

Buzz—

Buzz—

"Then we have no choice but to meet force with force!"

Originally, the claw that had ensnared the Five-Colored Peacock burst forth with numerous fine cracks like a spiderweb, from which countless rays of white light shot out.

His form shifted, once again taking on a human appearance.

Even though it was wrapped in heavenly thunder power and sharp intent, the blow of the phantom giant claw still left the claw riddled with holes.

Yunhe's eyes narrowed.

Moreover, the aura emitted by the Five-Colored Peacock began to fluctuate, its breathing grew increasingly ragged, and a blood-red tint appeared in the depths of its eyes.

The green, black, red, and yellow hues gradually dimmed, and the dazzling golden light had already turned into a chilling white.

But he did not pay attention to his own condition nor the state of the "Law Heaven Earth Manifest" phantom; instead, at the moment the Five-Colored Peacock was struck down, he formed a hand seal.

With such momentum, even Yunhe couldn't help but feel his heart sink.

Immortal-Seeking Fallen Divine Gift!

Mm!

Mm!

The Five-Colored Peacock and Yunhe almost simultaneously let out a muffled groan.

The overbearing Demon Sense stabbed out again.

Seeing this, Yunhe dared not show the slightest contempt, and he thrust a claw forward from midair.

Who would have known.

In a brief instant, the white light engulfed the entire claw.

Seizing the opportunity, Yunhe did not pause; the illusory giant claw came down again with great speed.

His "Law Heaven Earth Manifest" could not be sustained for long; although he had not pushed it to its utmost limit, nor reached a height of ten thousand feet, even with the increase in his cultivation base and the strength of his demonic power, he still could not maintain it for an extended period.

When the phantom was withdrawn, there was not a trace of the claw left!

This Five-Colored Peacock's Five Elements power is indeed not weak, but its strongest aspect is the divine light specialized in the metal element.

Huh?

Yunhe, whose Demon Sense firmly locked onto it, immediately noticed the Five-Colored Peacock's abnormality; as he narrowed his eyes, a speculation involuntarily arose in his mind.

The sharpness of its Geng Metal could actually pierce even Demon Sense!

Merely the gust of wind stirred by the swinging claw turned over the entire ground of the surrounding area.

The huge phantom behind it moved accordingly, a giant claw as massive as Mount Tai pressing down, smashing straight toward the Five-Colored Peacock.

That conspicuous white light seemed capable of cleaving everything—be it air, mountains and forests, or even Yunhe's demonic power and even his Demon Sense!

Moreover, as his demonic power surged, the claw of the phantom that had vanished instantly recovered.

Moreover, this time the giant claw was entwined and wrapped with a layer of golden thunder slurry, as well as the same sharp intent!

Bang!!

Sharp energy suddenly appeared!

Yunhe's complexion turned slightly pale.

The violent collision blasted a vacuum zone in the clouds, and spiritual energy vanished in an instant.

However.

Bang!

The giant phantom's claw struck its body first, and a dull thud echoed through the midair.

But the next second.

He had thought the Five-Colored Peacock should be very adept at Five Element techniques; as someone who also cultivates the Five Elements, he should have considerable experience dealing with it.

But the huge phantom behind it still retained the form of a gigantic Black Tortoise.

Yet facing such momentum, the Five-Colored Peacock had no intention to dodge in the slightest, and continued flying straight toward Yunhe.

A mysterious void power trembled.

The Five-Colored Peacock, which had originally been struck by a claw and was about to fall straight down, actually vanished into thin air right where it stood!

When it came to its senses, it discovered that it was actually lying in Yunhe's palm!

Mysterious spatial power filled its surroundings.

It, a mighty Fourth Level late-stage great demon, the Five-Colored Peacock, was actually captured in the palm?

Cree!!!

The Five-Colored Peacock's anger surged, and it flapped its wings and cried.

The terrifying Geng Metal Qi swept about wildly, and the surrounding spatial power, which wasn't particularly strong to begin with, was instantly slit open in many places.

Ang!!!

But in a corner of this space, a Black Tortoise inexplicably suffered an attack from the Geng Metal Qi; neat cuts appeared on its smooth shell, causing it to involuntarily let out a long howl.

"Big... Big Sis?"

The Black Tortoise had just turned its head when it saw the enraged Five-Colored Peacock, its gaze somewhat dazed.

Even Big Sis was captured by that guy into this strange palm-sized world?

An idea unconsciously surfaced in the Black Tortoise's mind.

Could it really be the old ancestor?

However, the Black Tortoise quickly noticed that, under the Five-Colored Peacock's terrifying Geng Metal Qi, this space that it considered quite sturdy was deteriorating at a visible speed.

The Black Tortoise immediately discarded that prior thought, ignored its own injuries, and showed delight.

As long as it follows the Five-Colored Peacock, it has a chance to leave here!

However, it didn't realize that every move it and the Five-Colored Peacock made was within Yunhe's sight.

"Indeed, trying to trap a late-stage Fourth Level Five-Colored Peacock with just this divine ability is nothing short of daydreaming."

Yunhe thought to himself.

His other hand swept across his waist.

In his hand appeared an exquisite compass.

With the infusion of demonic power, the compass spun rapidly with a "click-click-click" sound.

At the same time.

Hummm—

Within the palm-space, as the Five-Colored Peacock wildly released Geng Metal Qi and the Black Tortoise endured intense pain while waiting to break open this space, pillars of light suddenly rose from all directions within the space.

Although the Geng Metal Qi could also damage these pillars, they repaired themselves even faster after being destroyed.

"A... formation?"

The Black Tortoise exclaimed in disbelief.

The Five-Colored Peacock also noticed these rising pillars of light, its heart inexplicably fluttering.

Cree!!

It immediately gave no thought to anything else and fiercely flapped its wings to take flight.

It felt that if it waited for these light pillars to fully close and form a formation, it might possibly end up dying here!

Boom!!

However.

Just as it prepared to overexert its demonic power and break this space as quickly as possible, a brilliant golden thunderbolt fell from above.

Bang!!

The erupting Geng Metal Qi collided with the heavenly thunder, causing the spiritual energy within the space to rapidly vanish.

And precisely by relying on the slight obstruction of the heavenly thunder's power, the formation successfully activated!

Twelve Heavens Stars Great Formation!

The Five-Colored Peacock and the Black Tortoise within the space only felt their vision suddenly change; when it became clear again, they found themselves in a pitch-black expanse, with only some scattered faint points of light twinkling around.

However, those faint points of light expanded at an extreme speed, soon making them feel as if they were in a starry sky.

"'This is.' The Black Tortoise's heart skipped a beat, an inexplicable sense of pressure making it perhaps slightly stiff."

Cree!!

The Five-Colored Peacock's perception was clearer than its, so it frantically vibrated its wings, shooting white Geng Metal Qi in all directions.

However.

What it never expected was that the emitted Geng Metal Qi, like a stone sinking into the sea, was quickly swallowed by the darkness.

How is that possible?!

The Five-Colored Peacock widened its eyes.

"'Fifth Level? No, a Fourth Level supreme formation?!'"

How could a mid-Fourth Level demon beast possess such high attainment in formations?

When demon beasts cultivate to the Fourth Level and their spiritual intelligence fully opens, they indeed appropriately supplement some immortal arts such as alchemy, talisman-making, and artifact forging, but the vast majority of demon beasts could not possibly choose formations.

Because the path of formations is difficult, success depends more on talent than time and effort.

Moreover, inheritances in the demon beast world are scarce; even if some memories are passed down, few relate to the formation path.

Without foundation or direction, how can one study the formation path?

Yet it never imagined that a demon beast's formation attainment could reach such a level.

Boom!!

Suddenly.

Just as the Five-Colored Peacock still had trouble accepting this formation, the earlier points of light had already transformed into a huge fireball, which exploded with a boom, its terrifying aura nearly sweeping over half the space.

Fortunately, the Five-Colored Peacock reacted fairly quickly; a single wing flap let it dodge.

Just that.

The position it fled to also saw a point of light suddenly enlarge.

The Five-Colored Peacock's expression changed, and it hurriedly dodged again.

But just as it had finally managed to avoid two attacks, its expression stiffened.

Because.

The previously seemingly sparse specks of light had now become densely scattered across the entire dark expanse like a starry sky.

Layer upon layer of starlight brought a faint glow to this area, yet also brought a despairing fear.

The stars revolved, and the starlight glittered.

Countless stars formed various different star formations, which in turn erupted with completely different attacks.

Fire light, water sound, metal clank, earth sink.

Cry!!

Facing such an attack, the Five-Colored Peacock could only wrap itself in Geng Metal Qi, doing its utmost to block.

But as time passed.

The white radiance on its body gradually faded, and together with its already dim five-colored aura, it slowly dissipated.

A hint of despair gradually rose in its heart.

At the same time.

Outside the space, Yunhe's face turned pale, and bean-sized beads of sweat continually slid down his face.

He actually wasn't much more relaxed either, while maintaining the Palm-sized Mini Cosmos he also had to drive the formation, dodging the white rays shooting out from within the space.

Actually this space wasn't as stable as imagined, but the Twelve Heavens Stars Great Formation greatly concealed its shortcomings.

But this great formation was not laid upon a spirit vein; it merely relied on some heavenly treasures refined into formation flags, causing enormous consumption of his demonic power.

The Palm-sized Mini Cosmos is likewise a technique that consumes a great deal of mana.

"'If I did not possess three demon cores, giving me demonic power more than triple that of a demon beast of the same realm, I probably could not withstand this consumption.'"

This was his first genuine use of the Twelve Heavens Stars Great Formation, and he was still unfamiliar with many aspects of its operation and execution.

This time forming the formation gave him a deeper understanding of it.

Of course, for safety's sake, he also laid down within the space the Five Elements Mutual Generation Formation and the Five Elements Inverted Formation; these two formations also count as one of the major reasons for his high demonic power consumption.

If the Five-Colored Peacock had responded as before with its five-colored aura, perhaps the effect of these two formations would have been negligible, but in order to obtain strong Geng Metal Qi it also gave up some things, thereby giving these two formations a role to play.

Furthermore, Yunhe did not initially use this method to suppress the Five-Colored Peacock, also because he was somewhat unsure how long his demonic power could last.

But later, the Five-Colored Peacock's use of Geng Metal Qi proved too powerful in a head‑on clash, leaving Yunhe somewhat unable to hold out, so he had no choice but to resort to this.

"'However, this Five-Colored Peacock being able to wield such powerful Geng Metal Qi suggests it may have taken the first step on the path to transforming into a Five Elements Peacock.'"

If the Five-Colored Peacock could elevate all its Five Elements to the strength of Geng Metal Qi, that would signify it had transformed into a True Spirit Five Elements Peacock.

At that point, its Cultivation Base might already have broken through to the Fifth Level, even the Sixth Level, at least comparable to a human cultivator's Returning Void realm!

"'But solely strengthening the Metal element among the Five Elements will inevitably overload the remaining four, preventing the Five Elements' mutual generation from forming.'"

This is probably also why the Five-Colored Peacock was reluctant to use this move at first.

Moreover, after using it, it displayed an attitude of seeking a quick victory, because it itself well knew it could not sustain it for long.

"'The Black Tortoise belongs to Water and Earth, the Blazing Wind Python to Wood and Fire. Seen this way, the Five-Colored Peacock's choice to shelter the Black Tortoise and the Blazing Wind Python may be for a reason—borrowing their power to suppress its own Five Elements?'"

Yunhe, who had condensed a Five Elements Spirit Body, deeply understood the impact of an imbalance in the Five Elements.

After subduing the Five-Colored Peacock, Yunhe had time to reflect and suddenly grasped many of its key points.

In fact, the Five-Colored Peacock's situation was indeed as Yunhe had thought.

Therefore, when it exerted all its effort to drive the Geng Metal Qi, the luster of its feathers grew dim.

Meanwhile, its internal condition was far worse than its outward appearance suggested.

Golden lightning illuminated its face, revealing a withered, ashen hue.

It never imagined it would be defeated by a mid‑Fourth Level demon beast.

Moreover, it fell victim to its formation.

Golden light devoured the variegated colors, leaving only a rumbling boom.

(End of chapter)