Chapter 525: Blazing Arrival in the Nine Netherworlds

As the group battle between the human world and the Nine Netherworlds erupted within the Five Directions Great Array, everyone outside the array was watching closely.

The powerhouses of the Nine Netherworlds had lazy and playful expressions, their eyes full of indifference; the slaughter, life, and death within the array were, to them, nothing more than a gambling game for entertainment.

Conversely, the human powerhouses all had solemn expressions, heavy hearts, and could not hide their worry.

Since the restart of the Nine Passes Auction, after each auction ended, very few human cultivators had ever been able to hold on to the end in the life-and-death battle within the Five Directions Great Array to become the sole survivor.

There was no other reason; in the way of slaughter and survival, humans were inherently inferior to the Nine Nether clans, who were born fierce and had slaughter as their instinct.

This time, because of the intervention of two Nine Nether Imperial Realm powerhouses—Lady Chi Yan and Ghost King Su Mingyue—many direct descendants of human forces were forcibly thrown into the Five Directions Great Array.

The people in charge of all sides, looking at the juniors they had cultivated with all their might trapped in a desperate situation, struggling in the slaughter, and dying or having their souls scattered at the slightest carelessness, were all filled with pain and powerlessness.

Inside the array, disciples of several top human forces stepped forward, taking the initiative to take on the responsibility of coordination and cooperation, and in the chaotic battle, they dispatched everyone quickly and without disorder.

Arranging formations, dividing labor and cooperating, they directed all the trapped human cultivators to join forces to form a defense, resisting the crazy onslaught of the Nine Nether creatures with all their might.

These actions undoubtedly bought some time for the human cultivators, so they would not be completely crushed by the Nine Netherworlds as soon as the battle started.

However, as Nine Nether powerhouses like Gui Che rushed into the battlefield, the human cultivators were completely pushed into a passive position.

Among them, Gui Che was the most troublesome.

Gui Che was a Nine Nether fierce bird, its movement as fast as the wind, hovering high in the sky, making it very difficult for human cultivators to launch attacks against it.

In addition, Gui Che was good at soul attacks; every dive and sonic wave would knock down a large number of human cultivators.

The human cultivators outside the array, looking at the tragic scene of Gui Che wantonly ravaging and devouring their own kind in the array, found it unbearable to watch, and many even closed their eyes in sorrow.

And the human cultivators trapped in the array, facing life and death directly, had an even deeper understanding of Gui Che's terror and danger.

"Everyone, help me kill Gui Che!"

A hoarse roar, like the roar of a beast, exploded among the human cultivators.

The person roaring was Zhu Yunche of the Zhu family, a guardian family.

At this moment, he was covered in blood, with countless wounds on his body, but he seemed unable to feel the pain, just staring fixedly at Gui Che's nine-headed demon body, which was like a moving meat grinder, his eyes full of monstrous hatred and the determination to die.

"We're going to die anyway! If we can kill this beast that is devouring our human compatriots before we die, it won't be a wasted life!"

Once these words were spoken, they immediately ignited the blood and fighting spirit of the surrounding human cultivators.

"Right! Instead of being devoured like cowards, it's better to drag Gui Che to hell with us!"

"Form the Spirit-Returning Array! Lure Gui Che over!"

In the blink of an eye, dozens of human cultivators, like moths to a flame, quickly gathered towards the location of Zhu Yunche.

They looked at each other and tacitly formed a defensive array.

The moment the array light curtain rose, Gui Che's nine heads turned towards Zhu Yunche's group simultaneously, a trace of contempt and greed flashing in their eyes.

In its view, these cultivators were just struggling on their deathbeds.

After letting out a disdainful hiss, Gui Che's nine heads reached out together, carrying the momentum to destroy everything, and charged towards the defensive array maintained by dozens of people.

The array screen shook violently under Gui Che's pressure, the spiritual light on the surface flickering as if it would shatter at any moment.

The cultivators in the array were as pale as paper, but they bit their teeth tightly, continuously extracting spiritual power from their bodies, and then, through the operation of the array, gathered it all into the body of Zhu Yunche, who was standing in the center of the array.

With the injection of spiritual power, Zhu Yunche's aura climbed step by step, from the early stage of the Spirit Platform Realm, all the way to the middle stage, the late stage, and finally stopped at the peak of the Spirit Platform Realm.

Zhu Yunche's body was under tremendous pressure, fine blood beads seeping out from the surface of his skin, but he kept his teeth clenched, his eyes like knives.

The eyes of the others were also extremely firm, all holding the determination to fight to the death.

Just as the nine hideous heads of the Ghost Chariot were about to reach the top of the defensive array, opening their blood-filled maws to devour the souls of everyone within,...

"Whoosh~"

Zhu Yunche broke out of the array abruptly, holding a ten-thousand-year peach wood sword, injecting all the spiritual power gathered in his body into the sword, and slashed the strongest sword of his life towards Gui Che's nearest head.

This sword tore through the filthy energy within the array, carrying an indomitable momentum, and slashed fiercely on Gui Che's neck.

"Pfft!"

The sword light flashed, and a hideous head, carrying hot black blood, was cut off at the root, falling heavily to the ground and smashing out a deep pit.

"Awoo~"

Gui Che let out a shrill scream.

The sound wave was like a wild wind sweeping away fallen leaves, sweeping the surroundings. It directly shook away Zhu Yunche, who wanted to slash a second sword, and the others who were struggling to form the array.

One of its own heads had actually been cut off by a group of ant-like humans, and Gui Che went completely mad!

"Looking for death!"

Gui Che's remaining eight heads turned towards Zhu Yunche simultaneously, fierce light bared in their eyes, carrying earth-shattering hatred, crazily attacking this ant that dared to cut off its head.

"Yunche!"

On the wall of the Kunmen Pass, the elders of the Zhu family were splitting their eyes, and the other Zhu family disciples also had tears in their eyes.

They all had a premonition that Zhu Yunche was dead!

Other human cultivators also sighed one after another.

Gui Che's sharp mouth was like the sickle of death, carrying a fishy wind, biting towards Zhu Yunche like lightning.

Facing the crazed Gui Che, Zhu Yunche was unable to resist, and could only watch as the giant mouth full of fangs expanded rapidly in his field of vision.

Between those white sharp teeth, it seemed as if his tragic state of being chewed and devoured had already been rehearsed.

However, just at the critical moment when the giant jaws capable of crushing gold and iron were about to close, and the sickle of death was about to harvest his life...

"Whoosh~"

A white soul whip broke through the air, precisely wrapping around Zhu Yunche's waist.

"Whoosh!"

The soul whip contracted violently, and a gentle but powerful force came, pulling Zhu Yunche out of Gui Che's mouth, narrowly avoiding the sharp teeth capable of tearing the soul apart.

Hua Changxi's figure appeared in mid-air like a ghost, and with a flick of her right hand, she threw Zhu Yunche towards a relatively safe area behind her.

"Whoosh~"

Hua Changxi stretched out her right hand, and the peach wood sword that Zhu Yunche had dropped on the ground was immediately sucked into her hand.

The next moment, a 'crackle' sound rang out.

Purple thunder fire wandered and jumped on the sword body like a living thing, instantly covering the entire peach wood sword.

In an instant, a terrifying aura that was extremely Yang and extremely rigid, specifically restraining evil, erupted suddenly with Hua Changxi as the center.

Gui Che was originally furious because of Hua Changxi's sudden appearance, eight heads opening together, just about to choose someone to devour.

But the moment the thunder fire aura rushed towards it, the eight heads stalled simultaneously, their movements stiff in mid-air.

A shudder from the depths of the soul instantly swept through Gui Che's entire body.

Not only Gui Che, but even Cang Ming, who had just broken out of the Soul Domain, and the other Nine Nether creatures present, all showed expressions of horror at this moment.

Thunder fire!!!

In the Nine Netherworlds, there were several types of flames that Nine Nether creatures detested, and thunder fire was one of them.

The restraint of thunder fire on Nine Nether creatures was too severe; unless they were breaking through realms, Nine Nether creatures were unwilling to even mention it.

Now, thunder fire appeared in the Five Directions Great Array, and the trapped Nine Nether creatures all felt panic.

Compared to the solemnity of the Nine Nether creatures inside and outside the array, the human cultivators on the wall of the Kunmen Pass outside the array had expressions of surprise and joy surging in their eyes.

Thunder fire specifically restrained the Nine Netherworlds; perhaps, this time, the ones who would survive the Five Directions Great Array would be the humans!

"Thunder fire is not easy to subdue..."

Seeing the thunder fire, the eyes of many human powerhouses flickered.

The Zhu family elder looked at Wei Zhenjie, whose brows were relaxed: "Minister Wei is knowledgeable, do you recognize the person in the array who saved my Zhu family disciple?"

Wei Zhenjie shook his head, neither saying he recognized her nor saying he didn't.

Seeing this, the Zhu family elder did not pursue the question, but changed to another question: "That person previously said she wanted to break the Five Directions Great Array, does Minister Wei think it's possible?"

Hearing this, other human powerhouses also looked over one after another, hope surging in their eyes.

Wei Zhenjie showed helplessness: "I don't know how to divine or calculate, how would I know such things?"

While speaking, inside the array, Hua Changxi did not give Gui Che any time to react, holding the peach wood sword wrapped in thunder fire tightly, turning into a purple comet, carrying the momentum of a sure kill, and charged straight towards Gui Che's huge demon body!

After getting close, Hua Changxi waved her sword, and thousands of sword lights were fired at once.

The sword light was like a waterfall, and the thunder fire intertwined into a destructive net, instantly enveloping Gui Che's huge body.

"Pfft~"

There were no fancy moves, only extreme speed and power.

The thunder fire peach wood sword easily tore through Gui Che's hard defense like a hot knife cutting through butter.

Accompanied by an extremely shrill scream, before Gui Che could avoid it, three heads were completely detonated by the extremely Yang and extremely rigid thunder fire power amidst the sword light, turning into charred flesh and blood mist in the sky.

"Awoo~"

The previous time it lost one head, Gui Che went crazy.

This time, losing three heads, Gui Che was terrified, fleeing without looking back, quickly moving away from Hua Changxi.

Hua Changxi's eyes sharpened, she drove the Somersault Cloud, turning into a purple rainbow to pursue.

In just a few breaths, she had already caught up behind Gui Che.

She leaped, like a meteor falling to the ground, landing steadily on Gui Che's huge back.

Gui Che was scared out of its wits, the five remaining heads hissing in unison, crazily diving, hovering, and rolling, trying to shake off the person on its back.

Unfortunately, Hua Changxi seemed to have merged with it; no matter how it struggled, she remained stuck to it.

Just as Gui Che soared violently, Hua Changxi seized the flaw, the thunder fire peach wood sword in her hand raised high, thunder snakes dancing wildly on the sword body, flames surging, carrying the momentum to burn the Nine Netherworlds, and slashed fiercely at the neck of a head on the left!

"Crack~"

The sword light was like electricity, and the head fell in response!

Thunder fire poured into the broken wound crazily, burning Gui Che's entire demon body to twitch violently, black blood spraying, letting out heart-rending wails that made the soul tremble.

Its four remaining heads turned with difficulty towards the distance, their voices trembling, carrying unprecedented fear and despair: "Cang Ming, save me~"

Cang Ming was also shocked by the combat power displayed by Hua Changxi.

The Gui Che clan, although not a top Nine Nether force, had strong individual combat power and had always been rampant; this was the first time he had seen a Gui Che forced into such a sorry state...

Regarding the thunder fire sword in Hua Changxi's hand, Cang Ming was still somewhat wary; he did not charge directly at Hua Changxi, but his hands formed seals violently, and the baleful aura around him surged crazily.

"Clatter~"

A Nether River Water Domain, even more vast and violent than before, condensed out of thin air, like an inverted black ocean, carrying the momentum to annihilate everything, and charged straight towards the human cultivators!

The monstrous waves covered the sky and the sun, black water surging, emitting a suffocating corrosive aura.

"Ah~"

Some human cultivators who could not dodge in time were instantly swallowed by the waves, and before they could even let out a scream, they turned into white bones in the black water, their souls scattered.

Hua Changxi's ears were filled with wails, and she gritted her teeth, no longer entangling with Gui Che, her figure leaping off Gui Che's back, turning into a stream of light, and rushing towards the area where the human cultivators were gathered.

"Too late!"

Cang Ming hooked his lips into a cruel and ferocious smile, and his hands pressed down violently. The monstrous waves of the Nether River, like the sky collapsing, crashed down, vowing to submerge and devour all the human cultivators.

Just before the waves fell, Hua Changxi landed among the human cultivators.

"Clatter~"

Amidst the deafening roar, the Nether River waves covered the area where the human cultivators were gathered like a blanket.

Outside the array, the Nine Nether powerhouses watching the battle saw this and showed joy one after another: "It's finally over."

On the wall of the Kunmen Pass, the remaining human cultivators were full of regret and pain, and some even couldn't help but close their eyes, unwilling to look at this tragic scene again.

However, just when everyone thought the human cultivators had been wiped out, a strange change occurred.

Inside the array, the area submerged by the Nether River waves suddenly boiled without warning, the dark green waves rolling violently, as if some terrifying power was brewing under the water.

Immediately after, rolling dark green water vapor steamed up and instantly spread into the air.

The waves disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing a tightly closed fiery red lotus bud in the center of the water vapor.

The lotus bud emitted a heart-palpitating warm aura, causing Cang Ming, who felt the threat, to shrink his pupils.

"Boom~"

Cang Ming exerted force again, manipulating the Nether River waves to slam fiercely against the flower bud.

Unfortunately, amidst the deafening collision sound, water splashed everywhere, but it failed to shake the flower bud in the slightest.

"Whoosh~"

After the waves passed, the sound of flames rising and burning sounded on the flower bud.

Immediately after, under the stunned gaze of everyone inside and outside the array, the tightly closed flower bud trembled slightly, and then began to slowly stretch and bloom outwards.

"Whoosh~"

As the petals bloomed, an extremely scorching crimson flame erupted like a dormant volcano.

The petals bloomed layer by layer, each one bringing up a wave of fire that burned the sky and destroyed the earth.

In just the blink of an eye, the flower bud had fully bloomed, turning into a magnificent fire lotus that illuminated the Nine Netherworlds!

"Boom~"

The moment the fire lotus bloomed, a terrifying wave of fire swept in all directions.

With the fire lotus as the center, crimson flames poured out, meeting the Nether River waves that had not yet fully retreated.

There was no earth-shattering collision, only one-sided burning.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle~"

The Nether River water, which was capable of corroding gold and iron and dissolving souls, turned into vapor instantly when it touched the flames burning on the petals of the fire lotus, like spring snow meeting the scorching sun.

The dark green water vapor dissipated rapidly under the illumination of the firelight.

In just a short while, the monstrous waves of the Nether River that covered the sky and the sun were completely evaporated by the fire lotus.

The world fell silent!

The Nine Nether powerhouses sank their faces, and the human powerhouses were inspired.

Very good, the identity of that human has finally been revealed—the Hall Master of the Lingguang Hall! ===== CHAPTER 526 =====