Chapter 572: The Captains' Offensive

Buzz!

When that vast purifying force formed a halo of light, rippling outward wave after wave, until it finally covered the entire city, the prosperity and bustle within Red Stone City faded away, and the towering crimson city walls rapidly became broken and mottled.

In the span of a few breaths, the city that had originally been filled with surging human presence had become a cold, dead city.

Twisted bones filled the city, revealing what a cruel scene had once erupted here.

On the roof of a broken, four-sided-open building, Li Luo watched the changing scenery around him with a complicated gaze. Above his head, a Purifying Spirit Pearl radiated light, connecting with the many Purifying Spirit Pearls scattered throughout the city. As these purifying forces continuously linked together, the purification node was about to take shape.

"They say when Red Stone City was at its peak, it had millions of people," Lu Ming said softly.

Even the thick-skinned Sun Sun Dasheng fell silent at this moment. Those millions—how many of them had become the piled white bones within this city?

These Other Beings truly are cruel and cold-blooded to the extreme.

"Today, this place will also be that beast's burial ground." Li Luo raised his head, looking toward the battlefield high above where the final outcome would be decided. Now, as the purification node took shape, the Huan Jing within the city also dissipated. Under such vast purifying force, even that Great Calamity-grade Other Being would be suppressed and weakened.

This would be the best counterattack opportunity for the eight captains.

Earlier, although the eight of them had been pressed into an extremely sorry state by the Blood-Tailed Other Being, that wasn't because they were completely unable to contend with it, but because they were waiting for the right moment.

And now, the moment had come.

Above Red Stone City.

When the purifying force surged mightily, the Blood-Tailed Other Being immediately let out a furious roar. Its charming face instantly twisted with venom and malice. That originally alluring cherry-like mouth slowly split open, and the cute pearly teeth gradually became dense and sharp, with thick fresh blood dripping down ceaselessly.

That blood-drenched massive tail also seemed to be suppressed by something, instantly becoming much more withered.

"Everyone, we only have one chance."

Lan Lan spoke at this moment. His sharp gaze locked onto the Blood-Tailed Other Being. He pressed his palms together, and his fingertips immediately shifted through hand seals, becoming a blur of afterimages.

"Stop holding back. Bring out your strongest moves."

Hearing Lan Lan's words, the other seven captains in the high sky seemed to breathe a sigh of relief at this moment.

"If we kept dragging this out, I'm afraid I'd soon lose even the strength to unleash my final attack," Qin Yin Yue said with a bitter smile.

"Dragon General Art, Ten Thousand Mountains Spirit Art."

He pressed his palms together and directly unleashed his strongest technique. Vast phase power roared like a flood, and directly in the void above him, it formed a dark-yellow mountain roughly a hundred zhang tall. The mountain seemed to radiate boundless weight

—a force that made even the void tremble.

"Dragon General Art, Mysterious Yang Departing Fire."

Mysterious light flowed across Zhao Zhao Beili's face. Finally, he opened his mouth, and a cluster of deep-blue flames slowly drifted out. Instantly, the temperature between heaven and earth soared.

"Dragon General Art, Lion Demon Fist!"

Qin Lian Zong laughed wildly. Fist shadows shook the air, bringing forth earth-shaking lion roars. Within the fist wind, a massive black lion could be seen striding through the air, radiating overwhelming ferocity.

"Dragon General Art, Qingluan Sword Art."

The Eldest Princess held a jade-green scepter in her jade-like hand. Boundless green light spread out like a tide. Within the green light, a cyan sword lotus slowly formed. As the petals of the lotus rotated, boundless sword qi surged through the void.

Gong Gong Shenjun's expression was calm, undisturbed. He curved his two fingers together. Silver phase power seemed to trace lines at his fingertips, then formed extremely exquisite phase-power runes. This directly caused his two fingers to become as if jade-transformed, crystalline and translucent: "Dragon General Art, Jasper Sea-Splitting Finger."

Every captain unleashed the killing moves they had long been brewing. Of course, the one who could not be ignored the most was Lan Lan, who stood slightly behind the others. Because behind him, that enormous mysterious shadow once again appeared between heaven and earth, carrying a strange and vast pressure.

Facing the killing moves the eight captains had unleashed, even the Blood-Tailed Other Being's pupils contracted violently at this moment. The blood-drenched tail behind it whistled and spun, and a rain of blood began to descend from the sky.

"Attack!"

With the Eldest Princess's sharp cry, the captains' ferocious attacks launched in an instant. Immediately, energy surged between heaven and earth, and sharp, piercing wind-breaking sounds rang out unceasingly.

Shriek!

The Blood-Tailed Other Being let out a piercing shriek. The next instant, the rain of blood in the sky converged and directly transformed into a churning sea of blood beneath its feet. Within the blood sea, countless human figures seemed to sink and float, letting out despairing wails. Judging by their appearance, they seemed to be the citizens of Red Stone City.

The blood sea clearly possessed an extremely terrifying corrosive force. In the region where it existed, even the world's energy was corroded one after another, transforming into a strange blood-red energy.

The Blood-Tailed Other Being swept its tail, churning up towering blood waves that whistled down with a sky-obscuring momentum, then collided violently with the earth-shaking attacks of several captains.

At the moment of impact, the energy between heaven and earth went into violent upheaval.

Unimaginable energy shockwaves swept outward one after another from the high sky. Some aftershocks seeped down from above, instantly destroying this already broken city to the brink of total ruin.

Li Luo and the others quickly ducked behind a broken wall, watching the terrifying battle in the sky with expressions of shock.

So this is a battle between Tian Gang Jiang-grade experts. Such momentum is countless times stronger than us at the Phase Master realm.

"Tian Zhu Jing is all. Wait until I enter the Four-Star Academy in the future, and I might just have a chance to charge into Dao Tian Xiang Jing, leaving a mark in the records of the Holy Academies of the Eastern Region's Outer Shenzhou." Jing Jing Taixu's faint voice revealed

a hint of arrogance.

"Just a Zheng De Jiu Pin, and you dare speak such arrogant words? Where do you put Senior Jiang? She's a proper Grade Nine Light Phase—do you think you can break her record?" Lu Ming retorted without politeness.

Jing Jing Taixu immediately fell silent, feeling somewhat depressed. He had almost forgotten about that.

In this generation's Holy Grail War, there was still a genuine Grade Nine Phase!

"They say Tian Zhu Jing and Tian Xiang Jing are a threshold. Among the many Holy Academies of the Eastern Region's Outer Shenzhou, there has never been a student who broke through to Tian Xiang Jing while still in the academy. From this, one can see what kind of talent and resources are needed to advance into Tian Xiang Jing." Li Luo sighed and said.

"Tian Xiang Jing is, after all, the last realm before Marquis, so it is also called the 'Minor Marquis Realm.' It's normal that it's hard to advance into," Sun Sun Dasheng said.

"I heard that in those Holy Academies of the Inner Shenzhou, peak students who step into Tian Xiang Jing while in the Four-Star Academy seem to appear from time to time," Lu Ming said with some envy.

Li Luo nodded lightly. That so-called Inner Shenzhou was incomparably prosperous and blessed by heaven. The Eastern Region's Outer Shenzhou, compared to it, could probably only be described as barren. Under that level of cultivation conditions and resource support, students' achievements would naturally be greater than theirs.

"My Bingshan Beautiful Wife"

This point is innate; it can't be envied.

But as for Tian Xiang Jing in the Four-Star Academy, given Jiang Jiang Qinge's own talent, even at the Holy Mystic Star Academy, it might not be impossible for her to attempt it. Even he... as long as he steps into the Di Sha Jiang-grade and fills the third Acquired Phase into the last empty phase, with the augmentation of three phases, his cultivation speed probably wouldn't be weaker than a true Grade Nine Phase.

When that time comes, perhaps even he could go try.

Boom boom!

And while they were chatting here, the energy tremors in the sky grew increasingly terrifying. A gale raged between heaven and earth, mixed with violent energy that was as sharp as blades, making one uncomfortable.

The four looked on with startled gazes and saw the raging blood sea in the sky forcibly take on several terrifying attacks. However, the blood sea was not unscathed either—its scale now was clearly several tenths smaller than before.

The Blood-Tailed Other Being's momentum was no longer as overwhelmingly ferocious as before.

"Senior Lan Lan's Bright King Three Bows is about to activate," Jing Jing Taixu suddenly said.

Li Luo's heart stirred, his gaze shifting toward a point in the sky, where the mysterious shadow behind Lan Lan grew ever clearer, an aura of supreme nobility slowly emanating outward. In that instant, it seemed as if heaven and earth themselves would bow beneath it.

The Shadow of a King!

A strand of Lan Lan's hair turned ash-gray at that moment.

Yet his expression remained strangely indifferent, and then, from afar, he slowly bowed toward the Blood-Tailed Outsider.

The supremely noble mysterious shadow behind him bent at the waist along with him, inch by inch.

Boom!

In that instant, heaven and earth trembled.