Chapter 227: Feigning Death to Escape, the True Monarch Strikes

In an instant, the sky-filling wild thunder was swallowed up entirely by the giant hole manifested by the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha, causing the expression of War Hall Master Xing Tianding to change drastically.

Immediately following this, amidst his terrified gaze, the giant hole in the chest of the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha trembled violently, and then streaks of extremely evil, ghastly green thunder light erupted from within, crashing toward them and covering the sky and earth!

"Reversing Yin and Yang? Oh no!"

It looked as if the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha had absorbed all the wild thunder in the sky and then converted and reflected it back; Xing Tianding shouted urgently and sharply:

"Everyone, dodge!"

Boom, boom, boom—

The moment his voice rang out, hundreds upon hundreds of eerie, ghastly green thunderbolts came crashing down, and as if they could spontaneously sense living beings, they locked onto all the Golden Core Cultivators in the vicinity, their speed even greater than the evil light from before, so that in the blink of an eye, whether it was Xing Tianding and the other two War Hall Masters, or Lu Yuan and the other Golden Core Real Persons, they were all instantly covered by the sky-filling evil thunder!

This terrifying strike from the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha covered a radius of several miles; everyone retreated rapidly in panic at the first moment, all bringing out their trump-card defensive measures—some sacrificed Dharma Artifacts, some activated Talismans, and some employed life-saving escape techniques. Amidst the heaven-shaking and earth-shattering roar, the evil thunder exploded, and the power of destruction surged in all directions; the night sky was torn apart like fragile paper, and evil energy, corpse energy, death energy, and poison gas spread across the entire firmament like a flood breaking through a dam!

In such a terrifying scene, Xing Tianding and the other two Deputy Hall Masters, who were closest and bore the brunt of the attack, saw the spiritual light of their Dharma Techniques, Talismans, and even Dharma robes vibrate violently and shatter, and then they retreated rapidly while spitting out blood.

Although the other Golden Core Cultivators were slightly further away and retreated at high speed at the first opportunity, there were still a few unlucky ones who failed to dodge the sweep of the evil thunder in time, and their protective spiritual light was torn apart directly by the sinister and violent power, leading to heavy injuries or even falling in battle.

Take Lu Yuan for example; when the evil thunder swept over, he had countless ways to block or dodge it, but Qin Ruoning, who was beside him, did not have such ability. Although she retreated rapidly and protected herself with Dharma Artifacts and Talismans in time, more than ten evil thunderbolts struck one after another like maggots on a tarsal bone, instantly causing her Dharma Artifact seal and protective spiritual light to wail incessantly.

The perfect moment had arrived, and Lu Yuan, who was 'panickedly' dodging the evil thunder, immediately stood in front of Qin Ruoning as if he were resigned to death, letting out a heaven-shaking roar:

"Fellow Daoist Qin, run quickly—!"

The next moment, his entire body bloomed with scorching red light, and at the same time, several evil thunderbolts as thick as flood dragons exploded in front of him, the ghostly green light illuminating half the sky.

The aura of death and destruction filled the sky, and under the rippling ghastly green light, Lu Yuan's figure had completely disappeared, as if not even a corpse remained; Qin Ruoning was startled, and even though she had known of Lu Yuan's plan in advance, her heart could not help but feel a sudden emptiness at this moment:

"Lu—"

The word had just left her lips when a violent impact surged over like a tsunami, drowning out her voice.

Not far away, many of the low-level cultivators in the thousands-strong formation saw this scene and let out bursts of exclamations; Qin Ruoning immediately reacted, gritting her teeth to control her escape light, and borrowing the force of the impact, she flashed rapidly out of the range covered by the evil thunder, escaping the danger zone.

And at this moment, not only her, but the three main and deputy War Hall Masters, and even the Golden Core Real Persons from the other three Immortal Cities had successfully escaped, each of them pale-faced and still shaken.

Including Qin Ruoning, there were only seven Golden Core Real Persons left on the scene; Xing Tianding, whose aura was weak and who was in a sorry state, swept his Divine Sense across and his expression became extremely ugly:

"This wicked beast!"

Having no time to pay attention to the three fallen Golden Core Cultivators, he shouted sharply while being supported by a Deputy Hall Master:

"Everyone, retreat further! Form a containment array to trap the enemy!"

Most of the thousands of war cultivators on the defensive line were battle-hardened and had experienced all kinds of sinister and cruel situations, so after Xing Tianding's voice resounded, everyone instantly retreated again, simultaneously changing formations to compose small-scale arrays, and then worked together to cast Dharma spells.

The combined strength of thousands of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators under the integration of the array could not be underestimated; for a time, one could see the Spiritual Machine in the void boiling, and streaks of Dharma Power radiance were fired from a distance, transforming in the air into biting frost and howling gales; on the ground, they formed muddy swamps, sharp-thorned vines, or huge trenches, composing defensive lines to block the path of the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha.

Even Xing Tianding, who had been heavily injured and was nearing the end of his strength, led the remaining Golden Core Cultivators to fly about, casting various enemy-trapping Dharma techniques.

Such harassment tactics had some effect, and the momentum of the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha, which was trampling the earth and moving rapidly, slowed down slightly; however, facing the obstacles in front, its giant mouth opened once more, and then a vast torrent of corpse energy accompanied by ghostly, pale-white ghost fire was spat out, sweeping in all directions.

The torrent of corpse fire was like a real flood, instantly covering a radius of several miles in front of the Giant Buddha; grass, trees, insects, and remains—any creature with vitality or blood energy was ignited in an instant, and even the soil and rocks were melted in large swathes as if they were butter being scorched.

In the blink of an eye, the corpse fire spread seven or eight miles and then burned onto the defensive line of the War Hall cultivators; the dozens of low-level cultivators in the front row did not have time to dodge and were instantly ignited by the corpse fire, then rapidly turned into white bones amidst shrill screams, as if their flesh and blood had been evaporated on the spot.

Their miserable state immediately triggered a chain reaction; the remaining low-level cultivators nearby who were in formation could no longer maintain their positions, fleeing in panic, and the rear defensive layers collapsed one after another, falling into absolute chaos.

And seeing that the defensive line was about to collapse completely and be breached, Xing Tianding gritted his teeth in uncontrollable rage, forcibly swallowed a Pill, and was about to step forward to block it again.

It was precisely at this moment.

A powerful pressure bore down from the firmament, like a surging great river, like a howling gale, like a flaming meteor streaking across the sky!

Sensing this powerful aura, all the Golden Core Cultivators turned their heads at the first moment, letting out cries of surprise and wild joy:

"It is the True Monarch!"

"Not just the True Monarch, the Immortal Alliance's Venerable, Guest Monarch Lord Wei has also come!!"

In the darkness in the distance, a brilliant immortal light arrived in an instant, appearing above the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha, manifesting True Monarch Huanglong and another powerful, unfathomable figure.

If True Monarch Huanglong looked at a glance like a person of immortal bearing and a master of the Dao, the middle-aged man beside him was burly and dressed in form-fitting battle armor, looking less like a cultivator and more like a peerless divine general.

This person was none other than Wei Bufan, the other great Nascent Soul combat power stationed by the Immortal Alliance in Longshan Immortal City.

Longshan Immortal City, whether due to its location or the third-tier superior large Spirit Pulse beneath it, could not afford any mistakes; having only True Monarch Huanglong, a Nascent Soul Great Cultivator, stationed here was not considered safe enough, so the Immortal Alliance had dispatched another Nascent Soul Great Cultivator to be stationed here, who usually remained hidden and would only appear when the Immortal City encountered a major crisis.

"It is you again, you wicked beast!"

At this moment, as soon as the two appeared, they saw True Monarch Huanglong looking down from above at the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha, which was surging with fierce flames, and let out a cold snort.

Subsequently, he flicked his sleeve, and a tiny golden dragon light shadow shot out; wherever it passed, a bright, golden glazed light curtain spread across the void without end, neatly splitting the dead-gray night sky filled with corpse energy into two.

Chi!

This ray of light flashed rapidly, like a massive light of creation leaving an indelible mark on the vast world; whether it was the mountain-like massive body of the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha, or the cold, corpse energy, death energy, filth, and evil surrounding it, all were instantly separated.

"Roar!"

Almost no one saw exactly what happened; everyone only saw, after the golden light flashed from True Monarch Huanglong's sleeve, the giant head of the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha suddenly break off, crashing toward the ground amidst a heaven-shaking, earth-toppling sound, while emitting thousands of roars and wails from its mouth.

After its head hit the ground, the earth surged and trembled violently like waves for a time, and a large amount of deathly corpse energy fluttered fiercely, but the huge body of the Corpse Bone Buddha seemed unaffected, as both of its giant arms reached out one after another, seemingly wanting to pick up its head from the ground and reattach it.

"Stubborn and unyielding!"

To this, True Monarch Huanglong only gave a cold, indifferent reprimand and pointed his hand; amidst the vast death energy, that tiny golden dragon light shadow flashed rapidly again, and subsequently, the two arms of the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha, which were like giant pillars, also broke off one after another, crashing to the ground with a rumble.

After the golden dragon light shadow severed the Giant Buddha's arms, it flew back into True Monarch Huanglong's hand; the cultivators present then barely managed to see that it was actually a palm-sized Golden Dragon Flying Knife; it was precisely such a small object that had repeatedly dealt heavy damage to the arrogant Corpse Bone Giant Buddha!

However, at this time, the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha, having been severed of its head and arms, seemed completely enraged, giving up on picking up its head and letting it and its arms completely disintegrate, turning into soil, bones, and remains flying all over the sky.

But at the same time, the pitch-black hole in its chest appeared again, within which a large amount of death energy seemed to be boiling and evaporating, and thick, incomparable black energy sprayed out wildly toward the sky, soon turning into a vast sea of pitch-black corpse energy that obscured the sky and earth, crazily devouring and corroding all vitality.

The density of the corpse energy was like a fish swimming rapidly in water suddenly crashing into a mass of extremely viscous oil; the surrounding cultivators like Xing Tianding even felt that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Machine filling the surroundings was being turned into filthy corpse energy and death energy.

At the same time, the real offensive followed; following the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha's spray, streaks of extremely condensed pale-white death light erupted from the giant hole, and wherever they passed, the void presented a strange distortion, as if even space were being corroded;

At the same time, one could see a large amount of remains scattered everywhere—whether complete, incomplete, or just an arm or a leg, whether recently dead or decayed and withered—all emitting silent breaths and roars within the aura of death, as if they had gained consciousness, being swept up and shot toward the two great cultivators in the high sky!

The death light piercing the heavens and the remains surging across the sky like a blizzard, layer upon layer like a destructive giant wave, were set to drown and crush everything, making the thousands of cultivators feel terrified.

However, to this, True Monarch Huanglong only let out a cold snort and reached out to toss an object; an exquisite Eight Trigrams Jade Plate appeared in front of him, then bloomed with incomparably ethereal and brilliant spiritual light, causing the incoming evil light to either deflect or be annihilated.

"Such a hard-to-kill beast."

Beside him, the Immortal Alliance's Nascent Soul Great Cultivator Wei Bufan also let out a cold snort.

Suddenly, a surge of extremely intense vitality and boiling, burning blood-Qi erupted from his body like a torch, tearing a gap in the deathly silent night sky and allowing the light of the sun, moon, and stars to shine through.

His blood-Qi was unprecedentedly vast and condensed; describing it as mountain-like or sea-like was not enough, and it rapidly transformed into the image of a Golden Armor Giant Spirit God.

As if incarnated as a scorching sun, an incomparably intense power radiated from Wei Bufan, incinerating and evaporating all corpses and death-Qi nearby until not even ashes remained; meanwhile, he stepped through the void, each step causing the void to tremble violently, and after three steps, he instantly appeared less than a hundred zhang from the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha and threw a punch with a boom.

Boom!

Like a thunderclap from a clear sky, a golden fist imprint blasted out, causing the void in front of it to explode and cave in, while light and the surrounding scenery shattered and twisted in an instant, as if some terrifying power had made the space unable to withstand it.

This was indeed the case; the massive golden fist imprint struck the giant Buddha's chest with lightning speed, immediately triggering a terrifying reaction akin to a volcanic eruption, a crumbling earth, or a Meteor falling to the ground; first, the massive body of the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha split apart amidst a roar, and then a shockwave as vast as an angry tide swept in all directions!

Amidst a deafening boom, the sky-covering black curtain completely collapsed, scattering into countless fragmented black clouds that drifted across the mountains and plains; Heaven trembled, the earth shook, and all time and space seemed to have been shattered by this punch, turning into a vast sea of destructive light and flames, boiling and surging into the sky, drowning and crushing everything.

The darkness split open and crumbled away.

This world, which had originally been so dark that nothing could be seen, as if it were a piece of primordial chaos, was now riddled with holes and teetering on the brink of collapse under the tearing of the boundless, violent flames.

Under this punch from Wei Bufan, not only was the massive body of the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha shattered and corpse-soil scattered everywhere, but among the thousands of corpses in the surrounding sea of corpses, those closer were directly evaporated and pulverized, while those further away were sent flying like ants, their bodies torn to pieces in the destructive shockwave.

Not many cultivators in the Immortal City had seen this Guest Monarch take action, so seeing such an astonishing scene, they were all dumbfounded, and even True Monarch Huanglong high in the firmament let out a long laugh:

"True Monarch Wei has excellent methods; among those I, Jiang, know, no one can compare to this body-refining Supernatural Power!"

As he spoke, he tapped his fingers repeatedly, and that Golden Dragon Flying Knife, like a thunderbolt, shuttled rapidly through the ruins of the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha's shattered body, its peerless sharpness and power shredding large swaths of uncontrolled Corpse Demons as if searching for something.

But just at this moment, an invisible force emerged from the sea of corpses, and the remains of the Corpse Bone Giant Buddha, which had covered several li, suddenly began to retreat rapidly like a receding tide, carrying a large number of Corpse Demons and corpses with it.