Chapter 477: Meritorious Service

Four months later.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

One after another, black mists frantically slammed into the barrier, emitting one deafening boom after another.

Under the bombardment of one boom after another, the barrier flashed with light, but it always stood firm, blocking all the black mist attacks.

Long Xuan stood in front of a huge metal pillar. The scorching Sunset Divine Flame burned the gold pillar. Under his powerful soul power, one after another tiny array patterns, invisible to others, were left on the gold pillar.

In just such a small place the size of a palm, the number of array patterns accommodated was more than ten thousand.

And how many palm-sized places were there on this gold pillar, and how many such gold pillars were there here?

How could the great array that could seal a True Spirit be simple? The number of array bases was simply beyond imagination.

It was precisely because the number of split souls Long Xuan could control was simply too many, and he could borrow the power of the split souls to engrave array patterns, otherwise, relying on him alone, he would never have been able to complete such a massive workload.

If there were no help from split souls, even if he spent a hundred years here, it would be difficult for him to walk out of this place.

His split souls, plus the split souls of a group of clones, had actually shortened the hundred-year construction period to four months.

"It's already been four months. How much longer will it take?" Beside him, Zhu Jiuge asked somewhat impatiently.

She couldn't help with any work here, but she had also accompanied Long Xuan here for four months without leaving.

Although she hadn't left, she hadn't wasted her cultivation time. The spirit energy density here was simply too high, far higher than the Room Number One on the ninth floor of the Demon-Suppressing Tower above. For others, this was a dangerous place, but for a genius, this was a holy land for cultivation.

Zhu Jiuge had cultivated here for four months, which could be considered as completely stabilizing her realm as a Gu King.

"It's almost done. It will definitely be finished within today."

Long Xuan's mouth revealed a slight smile. There was less than a day left, and in less than a day, he could leave this godforsaken place.

In this place without light, he didn't want to stay for even one more day.

"By the way, my clones have discovered many Gu Kings outside. The situation might be a bit bad. Something big has happened outside," Long Xuan suddenly furrowed his brows and said gravely.

His Fire clone had been outside refining the Chess Gu for him and could easily know what was happening outside.

At this time, a massive number of Gu Kings had gathered inside the Saint Gu Academy. Good heavens, he took a rough look, and the number of Gu Kings was about to break one thousand. Was this the foundation of an academy during wartime? He couldn't help but click his tongue.

And the other force confronting the Gu Kings of the Saint Gu Academy was also not simple. It looked like an alliance of many Demon Path forces. Although the number of Gu Kings was much smaller than the Saint Gu Academy's side, everyone was not timid in the slightest, with fierce glints in their eyes, clearly having great confidence.

Both sides were confronting each other at the academy gate, in a posture of swords drawn and bows bent. Looking at the situation, a great war was on the verge of breaking out.

He didn't know what on earth had happened outside to attract so many Gu Kings to fight in a melee. Long Xuan was extremely curious in his heart and wanted to rush out to see immediately.

"Don't worry about them. Our task is to repair the array formation here. Everything else has nothing to do with us."

Although Zhu Jiuge said this, she cast her gaze toward that side, her eyes filled with worry.

At this time, on the ground.

"Hehe! Dean, we meet again. We didn't have enough fun in that battle last time. How about we decide life and death this time?"

With a light laugh, a handsome young man walked out from the crowd, his sharp gaze looking at the old man leading the crowd opposite.

"Hmph! Lingtian Ancestor! You actually have the guts to offend my Saint Gu Academy. Do you really think you can swallow the Saint Gu Academy with just these people? Don't break your teeth."

The Dean looked at the group of Gu Kings behind the leading young man. The more he looked, the heavier his mood became.

These people were all famous great Demon Cultivators in the Central Region, and there were even many leaders of Demon Sects, all of them fierce in name. With such a massive lineup, even if this Lingtian Ancestor didn't make a move, these people would be enough to heavily injure the Saint Gu Academy.

"Old Dean, I'm too lazy to chat with you. I'll just get straight to the point: we've taken a fancy to this territory. You take everyone here and leave as soon as possible. I guarantee not to kill a single person."

Lingtian Ancestor didn't talk much nonsense. After a few words, he revealed his fangs, looking at the Dean with killing intent, his threat full of meaning.

"Hahaha..." The Dean laughed wildly, looked at him, and said coldly: "Truly arrogant. Taking a fancy to someone else's territory and wanting to drive others out—your Lingtian Sect is truly tyrannical enough."

"Isn't it just that you've taken a fancy to the Demon-Suppressing Tower? Since you can't move the Demon-Suppressing Tower, you want to occupy this place."

"However, the space in the Demon-Suppressing Tower is limited. You have so many forces coming; are you sure it's enough to share?"

The Dean scanned the faces of the group of Demon Cultivators, revealing a meaningful smile.

"No need to sow discord. We have already discussed how to distribute it, so don't bother worrying about it."

Lingtian Ancestor revealed a greedy gaze and smiled: "I really didn't expect that your Saint Gu Academy actually sealed a True Spirit and used the absorption of the True Spirit's powerful spirit energy to mass-produce powerhouses. Truly a bold idea."

"All forces are very tempted by the True Spirit's spirit energy. My Lingtian Sect also needs such a holy land for cultivation. I am determined to get this Demon-Suppressing Tower. Are you going to let it go or not!"

Lingtian Ancestor narrowed his eyes and threatened fiercely again.

"Hmph! You only regard this place as a tool for cultivation and don't understand at all what this place means. Giving this place to you is a disaster for humanity."

"No need for nonsense. No matter what, I will absolutely not give the Demon-Suppressing Tower to you. If you want to have designs on the Demon-Suppressing Tower, then step over my corpse."

The Dean turned his head to look at the group of students behind him, settled his Qi in his dantian, and shouted loudly: "All instructors and students, listen to my order: swear to protect the Saint Gu Academy to the death."

After the words fell, the teachers and students behind shouted together loudly: "Swear to protect the Saint Gu Academy to the death."

The sound resounded through the sky and pierced the clouds.

Lingtian Ancestor's expression slowly turned gloomy, and he said coldly: "If you refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit, since you want to seek death, then I will fulfill your wish."

"Kill! Leave none alive!"

Lingtian Ancestor waved his hand forward, and the large group of Demon Cultivators behind him immediately charged up with ferocious smiles, engaging in a melee with the group of Gu cultivators of the Saint Gu Academy.

In just the moment both sides made contact, Gu Kings fell. Both sides paid casualties, but ultimately, the Saint Gu Academy's side had more people, so at the beginning of the melee, the Saint Gu Academy's side had the upper hand.

Lingtian Ancestor didn't make a move at first. Seeing that his side's manpower was suffering more and more losses, not only was he not anxious, but his mouth curled into a smile instead.

The group of people he brought was an alliance of various Demon Path forces combined temporarily for the sake of profit. If these forces suffered greater losses, why wouldn't it be a good thing for him?

And the Dean didn't move either, his aura locking onto Lingtian Ancestor, his eyes staring fixedly at him. "Lingtian Ancestor, what are you waiting for! Just make a move and kill this old man. If you don't make a move, our people are about to die out."

After a period of time, following a roar from the crowd, Lingtian Ancestor knew he couldn't wait any longer. Although it was beneficial for him if the Gu cultivators of the other forces in the alliance died in a batch, they couldn't suffer too heavy losses.

At this moment, he reached into his bosom and took out a silver little tower with nine layers, holding it in his hand. He looked at the Dean and smiled: "Look at what this is?"

"Old fellow, I'll give you one last chance. It's not too late if you order your people to surrender and admit defeat now."

"Otherwise, I can guarantee that not a single person here will remain alive," Lingtian Ancestor said with a fierce gaze, looking at the Dean.

Seeing this silver little tower, the Dean's heart sank, and his gaze was grave to the extreme.

"Demon-Sealing Tower? The Demon-Sealing Tower is really in your hands!"

"Hmph! In order to control the power of this tower, you actually didn't hesitate to slaughter your entire clan. You have done such a thing that is intolerable to gods and men; everyone should punish you!"

"Even if I risk my life today, I will act on behalf of Heaven!"

The Dean roared and finally took the lead in charging toward Lingtian Ancestor!

"Stubborn!"

Lingtian Ancestor revealed an angry expression and patted his insect-breeding bag. He saw the insect-breeding bag move significantly, but he didn't see anything fly out.

However, seeing his action, the Dean's expression changed instantly, as if he had encountered something terrifying. He hurriedly threw out a golden bell to cover himself.

"Clang..."

The moment he sacrificed the bell, the bell seemed to have encountered some attack, emitting several deafening bell rings.

At the same time, several white marks actually appeared on the body of the golden bell.

"Vajra Bell? I didn't expect you to have this treasure. Consider yourself lucky."

With one strike yielding no results, Lingtian Ancestor flew high into the air. At the same time, the silver nine-layer little tower also flew up from his palm, growing larger and larger, until it stopped growing when it reached the size of a normal tower.

The moment the Demon-Sealing Tower stopped growing, the doors of the first, second, third, and fourth floors opened simultaneously. I don't know what flew out from inside, but from the strong wind and the dense "swish-swish" sounds coming from the tower, it was not difficult to see that the quantity of things flying out was very large.

Soon, the powerhouses of the Saint Gu Academy, who had been in the upper hand, suddenly fell into pools of blood in batches.

These dead people seemed to have been ambushed by unknown attacks. Most of the fatal wounds appeared on their backs. They didn't have time to make any reaction before being ambushed and killed. Many people died with their eyes wide open.

The Gu cultivators on the Saint Gu Academy's side suffered heavy losses in just an instant, and the battle situation immediately turned into Lingtian Ancestor's side having the upper hand, while the Saint Gu Academy's side fell into a great disadvantage.

The group of Gu cultivators of the Saint Gu Academy were all stunned by the sudden change. As if they had been frightened, they looked around in a panic, afraid of being ambushed by something.

However, they soon discovered that this kind of thing was something they couldn't see no matter what. Facing the ambush of this thing, apart from opening the maximum defense to resist, there was simply no solution.

Under these circumstances, they simply couldn't concentrate on dealing with the opponents in front of them. From time to time, Gu Kings of the academy were beheaded by opponents while distracted.

"Damn it!" Seeing this scene, the Dean's eyes were about to split.

To deal with the virtual insects in Lingtian Ancestor's hands, he had searched for a large number of Gu cultivators possessing Pupil Gu. These Gu cultivators possessing Pupil Gu were not weaklings in the Gu World, yet they were still unable to see the virtual insects hidden on the ninth layer.

Under these circumstances, they could only be slaughtered by Lingtian Ancestor without restraint, with no power to fight back. This battle would have no chance of winning.

The Dean clenched his fists, his teeth biting tighter and tighter.

"Hehe! Don't waste your effort. Your preparations are useless. My Hun Clan is the number one pupil technique clan. If my virtual insects were so easily seen by Pupil Gu, the Hun Clan wouldn't have been exterminated by me!"

Lingtian Ancestor laughed wildly, looking at the Dean with a playful gaze.

At this time, on the other side, in the direction of the Demon-Suppressing Tower, Long Xuan stood on the tip of the Demon-Suppressing Tower, looking at this great battle in the distance with a grave expression.

He had seen the insects that couldn't be seen by the naked eye released by Lingtian Ancestor when he went to the Mortal Kingdom to snatch the Heaven-Mending Fruit.

Only Pupil Gu and Spirit Eyes could see this kind of insect called virtual insects, and the stronger the pupil power of the Pupil Gu, the more virtual insects they could see. The virtual insects hidden the deepest could only be seen with the most top-level Pupil Gu.

However, facing the large area of virtual insects released by Lingtian Ancestor, Long Xuan actually discovered that his Heavenly Mechanism Eye could only see most of them, and a small part was invisible.

How dangerous it would be to encounter a kind of spirit insect that couldn't be seen no matter what during a battle was imaginable.

"How many can you see?" Long Xuan turned his head to look at Zhu Jiuge and asked.

Zhu Jiuge shook her head and sighed: "The time I broke through to the Gu King realm is too short. There is a part of virtual insects and virtual Gu that even I cannot see."

"Do you have any way to see all the virtual insects and virtual Gu? Once we can't find the virtual insects on the ninth layer, then the Saint Gu Academy is in danger today." Zhu Jiuge furrowed her brows slightly, her expression somewhat anxious.

Long Xuan knew the severity of the problem and didn't dare to hide his skills. The existence of the Saint Gu Academy had more advantages than disadvantages for him. He absolutely didn't want the Saint Gu Academy to be destroyed and replaced by a group of Demon Cultivators to control the Demon-Suppressing Tower.

At this time, he finally used his greatest trump card, sweeping his sharp gaze toward all parts of the battlefield. Suddenly, one after another progress bars appeared in his line of sight in the air.

And in the places where these progress bars appeared, one couldn't see any entity with the naked eye.

After discovering the positions of all the virtual insects hidden the deepest, Long Xuan didn't dare to delay time, immediately using soul transmission to speak out the positions of the virtual insects on the ninth layer.

Hearing this, Zhu Jiuge's eyes lit up, revealing a look of surprise.

Too late to ask how Long Xuan discovered the positions of those virtual insects, she had already charged toward the battlefield at this time.

Long Xuan was greatly shocked and was about to make a move to intercept, but suddenly thought that she was already a genuine Gu King and was qualified to participate in this great battle, so he retracted his hand somewhat awkwardly.

As soon as Zhu Jiuge entered the battlefield, one after another black figures flew out from the ground, in numbers too many to count. These figures were like standing shadows, without entities, and could almost be immune to all attacks.

Under Long Xuan's prompt, this group of shadows clearly knew the positions of all virtual insects and frantically killed toward every position.

Long Xuan already had a certain understanding of the Shadow Pupil and knew that these were the Shadow Demons bred from the Shadow Realm that could be immune to all attacks.

With the appearance of massive amounts of Shadow Demons, the virtual insects seemed to have encountered a nemesis. Their attacks would penetrate the shadows and wouldn't cause a trace of damage to the Shadow Demons.

Conversely, this group of Shadow Demons, after knowing the position of every virtual insect, could easily behead them.

Soon, large batches of virtual insects died miserably in the hands of the Shadow Demons, and the group of Gu cultivators of the Saint Gu Academy suddenly had their pressure greatly reduced.

The Shadow Demons killed not only virtual insects but also Demon Cultivators. The attacks of Demon Cultivators were also ineffective against the Shadow Demons. Under these circumstances, soon a large number of Demon Cultivators were beheaded by the Shadow Demons.

Thus, the ever-changing battlefield reversed again, becoming the Saint Gu Academy's side having the upper hand.

Seeing this scene, the Dean finally let out a long sigh of relief, having to sigh in his heart: sure enough, Zhu Jiuge's heaven-defying luck could solve all difficult things.

It was fortunate that Zhu Jiuge was here today, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 478 =====