Chapter 521: The Fall

The speed of the donkey-faced cultivator had already exceeded the range of what Yan Baiyu and the others could comprehend! They only felt a blur before their eyes, and a demon cultivator appeared atop the city wall! Without the city-protecting Restriction, Gongyue City was no different from a small mound of dirt!

The donkey-faced cultivator was none other than Kongtong Cun! With his cultivation at the Lianxu Chuji, dealing with these Spirit Severing Stage cultivators was like entering an uninhabited land! As his figure turned, several rays of light flashed out, and within his ears, he heard several miserable screams!

Except for Yan Baiyu, who reacted a bit faster, everyone else fell in an instant, not even having the chance to escape their Nascent Soul! Seven or eight corpses lay at the feet of the donkey-faced cultivator, and fresh blood instantly dyed the ground here red!

Although he had escaped a disaster, Yan Baiyu's body had still been struck by the donkey-faced demon cultivator's Magic Treasure, and several wounds were bleeding! Up until this moment, he understood almost everything.

Why a large number of Spirit Severing Stage cultivators had gone missing in Gongyue City over the past few days, and why, just as they were about to activate the city-protecting Restriction, the Restriction Array had been destroyed by someone! All of this was done by the demon cultivators!

He raised his head to look at the sky, only to see that dense, swarming flying demon beasts had almost covered the entire sky, to the point where even the original color of the sky could not be seen! Amidst his terror, Yan Baiyu's heart was filled with despair; Gongyue City was finished!

With almost no resistance, when the Demon Beast Tide army pressed in, everything was just over like that! His thoughts raced, and not wanting to make any pointless sacrifices, he turned his body and wanted to flee Gongyue City! But a cold sneer appeared on the corner of Kongtong Cun's mouth, and his figure flickered again, disappearing from the city wall!

The next moment, in front of Yan Baiyu, space fluctuated, and a blurry figure gradually solidified, finally turning into the appearance of Kongtong Cun!

"Which power do you belong to?"

Looking at the lost-dog-like Yan Baiyu, the donkey-faced cultivator did not immediately deal a killing blow, but instead used the Spiritual Pressure from his body to trap him! Then he asked indifferently.

"I... I am from the Wuliang Dao Sect!"

Do not underestimate this mere burst of Spiritual Pressure; the gap in strength between the Spirit Severing Stage and the Refining Void Stage could be said to be incomparably huge! Yan Baiyu was already injured, and at this moment, his legs could barely stand steady, so he answered while panting heavily.

"Wuliang Dao Sect! Hehe! Then don't blame me! What Kong hates most in his life are cultivators of the Wuliang Dao Sect!"

As soon as his voice fell, he raised his five fingers in a strange manner and struck at the top of Yan Baiyu's head.

"Pop!"

With a muffled sound, Yan Baiyu's skull was shattered, his brains burst out, and the corpse fell to the ground! One could not tell how immense the power of the donkey-faced cultivator's strike was; it had actually shattered even the Nascent Soul inside Yan Baiyu's body!

After killing Yan Baiyu, Kongtong Cun turned his head back. At this time, a large number of demon beasts had already charged into Gongyue City. Those city cultivators who had no defenses at all were chased by so many demon cultivators with no way to heaven and no door to earth! Although they encountered a few who resisted, it was like a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood; they simply could not stop the massive Demon Beast Tide!

In an instant, the entire Gongyue City turned into a living hell. Everywhere one looked, there were corpses of killed cultivators, and fresh blood had dyed the ground of the city red! A pungent, bloody stench permeated the sky above Gongyue City!

Ai Yuchen stood high in the sky, looking at the scenes below, yet she did not feel any cruelty at all; on the contrary, it made her somewhat excited! This was a good start for the Demon Beast Tide! From this day on, the Demon Realm would never have a way back! They would only kill their way into the interior of the Immortal Domain!

The great battle of Gongyue City lasted less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea before it ended. Countless demon cultivators were cleaning up the battlefield, taking things out from room after room to distribute them!

At this time in Gongyue City, one could no longer find a single living human cultivator! Those who could run had run, and those who couldn't had died! Even the children were not spared by the demon cultivators!

Finally, the demon cultivators gathered the human corpses and piled them up in a square in Gongyue City! Corpse after corpse was stacked together, forming a mountain of corpses several zhang high! That scene was soul-shaking! The bloody smell was enough to make one vomit!

If one Gongyue City was already like this, one could imagine, if the entire Immortal Domain were occupied by demon cultivators, would there be any path of survival left for human cultivators?

Very quickly, the news of the Demon Beast Tide being launched and Gongyue City falling spread into the Immortal Domain as if it had grown wings! For a time, every city tightened its defenses and kept asking the Three Great Powers for reinforcements!

As for the demon cultivators, they used Gongyue City as a center and began to launch fierce attacks on several other cities! This time, it seemed the demon cultivators were determined to win the Demon Beast Tide, so they used ruthless characters from the start. Ai Yuchen and Kongtong Cun were both at the Refining Void Stage; as long as they attacked with all their might, the restrictions of ordinary cities simply could not stop them!

Half a month later, three more cities in the Immortal Domain had been captured! As for the Three Great Powers, they had each dispatched personnel to support the cities under attack! The Immortal Domain, which had been at peace for over ten thousand years, had finally reached the point of life and death!

Zhang Nuo had been flying in the Nine Lives Desert, not daring to stop for even a moment. Along the way, he encountered many attacks from demon beasts, but relying on the Thunder Escape he had newly learned, he would flee whenever he could and simply did not strike back!

After about a year, Zhang Nuo finally exited the Nine Lives Desert. Looking back at the ten thousand miles of yellow sand behind him, he let out a long sigh! Being able to come out alive, perhaps he should thank this Demon Beast Tide; if it weren't for the fact that most of the demon beasts in the desert had been taken out, he probably wouldn't have come out so smoothly!

He took out a Jade Slip and sank his Divine Sense into it; it recorded the terrain maps of some towns around the "Nine Lives Desert"! After looking for a while, Zhang Nuo withdrew his Divine Sense, and his brows could not help but wrinkle slightly!

About a year's journey away from here was a city named Anling City. This city belonged to the "Human Emperor Realm" of the Three Great Powers! He wondered if this beast tide had affected that place!

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Nuo still intended to go to Anling City; after all, it was the closest town to this place. He would go there first to see, and if it had been breached by demon cultivators, he would have no choice but to change to another town!

Thinking this in his heart, Zhang Nuo once again steered his escape light and flew toward the direction of Anling City! This journey was much better than being in the "Nine Lives Desert"; at least he could land on the ground to rest!

However, in the Wilderness, he also discovered something very strange: the number of high-level demon beasts had increased, and some had even opened their spiritual intelligence! It seemed the Demon Beast Tide was about to reach Anling City!

As time passed, one year later, Zhang Nuo finally arrived outside Anling City! He saw something like a black cloud in the sky, shrouding the sky above Anling City, and at the same time, the light of the Restriction rising high in the city was also flickering incessantly! It looked like a small group of demon beasts had come to harass this city!

Feeling slightly relieved in his heart, since it was not a large troop of demon cultivators, Anling City was still safe for the time being! He swept his Divine Sense over the "black cloud" in the sky, and Zhang Nuo was surprised to find that those flying demon beasts were all "Mofen"! Back in the Nine Lives Desert, Zhang Nuo had encountered them before, but he didn't know if this wave today was the same one as before!

After sizing up the situation, he found that at this time in Anling City, no one dared to go out, relying only on the city-protecting Restriction to block the demon beasts outside! At the same time, there were two demon cultivators who had not fully completed their Transformation Stage, commanding the "Mofen" in the mid-air to continuously launch attacks on the city-protecting Restriction!

These "Mofen" clearly had high cultivation, and were even smarter than the batch Zhang Nuo had encountered! After several rounds of attacks, they also made the Anling City city-protecting Restriction flicker for a while!

At this time, on the city wall, several human cultivators had deep expressions, looking up at the flying demon beasts in the sky! A few people were even eager to try, wanting to rush out and have a great battle with the demon beasts!

After understanding everything, Zhang Nuo's shoulders moved slightly, Black Butterfly Wings sprouted, and with a flash of his figure, he rushed toward the "Mofen" in the sky! He had Purple Lightning Wild Thunder in his body, so dealing with these "Mofen" did not require much effort at all!

While flying, purple electric arcs surged out from Zhang Nuo's palm, and instantly condensed into a purple ball of light the size of a soybean!

When the two demon cultivators in the sky who had not fully completed their Transformation Stage discovered Zhang Nuo's appearance, everything seemed to be too late!

He raised his hand and cast out the small ball of purple light in his palm; with a swish, it flashed and rushed to the sky above that group of "Mofen"!

Thousands of Mofen simultaneously felt that something was wrong above their heads and slowly stopped their attack on Anling City!

"Boom!"

The ball of light condensed by Zhang Nuo's Thunder Art suddenly burst open. In an instant, ten thousand purple electric arcs poured down. The Mofen in the sky seemed to have no defense at all and were instantly struck!

One after another, miserable cries were emitted. The Demonic Qi radiating from the Mofen mixed with the Purple Lightning Wild Thunder in the sky! Due to their natural mutual restraint, the Mofen had almost no strength to resist. In the blink of an eye, thousands of Mofen turned into flakes of fly ash and drifted into the sky above Anling City!

At this time, the cultivators in the city were almost staring blankly. An old man who looked like the leading cultivator had a flash of horror in his eyes!

"It's Purple Lightning Wild Thunder! To think a cultivator actually possesses such a rare item!"

That old man looked to be no more than seventy years old, wearing a white robe with a small sword embroidered in gold thread on the cuffs! Under the reflection of the sunlight, it appeared to be shining brilliantly!

"Close the Restriction! Exit the city and kill the enemy!"

Following the old man's order, a flash of light from the Restriction appeared above Anling City, and a large hole of more than several dozen zhang appeared! The cultivators in the city had long been holding back a belly full of fire and finally found an outlet to vent!

After dozens of escape lights surged out, they killed the remaining demon cultivators cleanly! This was not to say that their cultivation was very powerful, but simply because the demon cultivators who came to harass this time were too weak!

At this moment, Zhang Nuo also arrived above Anling City. As soon as his figure stopped, the old man who had previously ordered them to meet the enemy arrived in front of him!