Chapter 693: Diamond Heaven Net Array, the battle begins (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Just as Wei Xuanping asked the question in his heart, Bai Yuxian, standing in front, immediately explained to him.

"This... can three late-stage Golden Core cultivators contain a Nascent Soul demon emperor?" Hearing what Bai Yuxian said, not only Wei Xuanping, but everyone present, including Song Qingming, added a few doubts in their hearts.

The combat power gap between Nascent Soul cultivators and Golden Core cultivators is huge. Even if it is just a demon emperor who has just advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, its strength is by no means what three late-stage Golden Core cultivators can contend with.

Moreover, the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" has been advanced to the Nascent Soul stage for nearly a thousand years. Although its cultivation is only at the second level of Nascent Soul, its strength is definitely not a weak one among the early Nascent Soul cultivators.

Seeing the doubts in the hearts of the cultivators present, Bai Yuxian hurriedly continued to explain, "Fellow Daoists, do not worry. Our sect still has a level-four great array that can assist late-stage Golden Core cultivators to rival Nascent Soul stage experts in a short time.

These two Nascent Soul demon emperors can be left to us to deal with. Fellow Daoists do not need to worry too much, just try your best to help contain other demon kings.

As long as we rely on the mountain-protecting array to drag down the demon beast army’s attack for these few days, once the reinforcements of the Heavenly Extreme Sect arrive, we will be able to win this battle."

"Oh! In that case, we have a good chance of winning this battle. I have no problem. Please give orders on how to fight." Hearing Bai Yuxian’s explanation, Wei Xuanping immediately nodded and responded.

Although their side lacks three late-stage Golden Core experts like Bai Yuxian, they will definitely be at a disadvantage when facing the many demon kings outside the market. However, relying on the mountain-protecting array, if they only contain the other side, there is still a way to do it.

After answering the other party’s question, seeing that no other cultivators present raised new questions, Bai Yuxian continued to issue a series of combat orders to the several Golden Core elders of the Carefree Sect present.

In this battle, not only these high-level cultivators above Golden Core and Nascent Soul, but the performance of those low-level cultivators in the market is also extremely important. These matters must be arranged before the war starts.

With one order after another coming out of the "council hall," "Returning Cloud Market," which had been silent for several days, soon became lively. Countless low-level cultivators carried their magic tools and gathered on the city walls around the market.

Outside the market city wall, the rumbling sound was endless, and from time to time, powerful spells such as fireballs, ice arrows, and hurricanes fell from the high altitude onto the huge light shield outside the market.

Seeing the army of tens of thousands of demon beasts attacking the market mountain-protecting array aggressively, many low-level cultivators who had just been conscripted and had never been on the battlefield were so frightened that they couldn't open their eyes.

"All Flying Cloud Crossbows, fill with spirit stones, fire!"

With the instructions of the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the high altitude, all the Flying Cloud Crossbows and other defensive equipment on the city wall began to operate one after another, emitting sharp arrow lights, shooting at the demon beast army attacking the market array below.

Bursts of screams came, and soon many low-level demon beasts died under this sudden powerful attack.

After the human cultivators began to counterattack, they instantly attracted the attention of the high-level demon beasts outside the market. Those level-two demon beasts stepped forward one after another to block the attack of the "Flying Cloud Crossbows."

"Brother Ink Dragon, this market array can only support for half a day at most. Li Mufeng should be unable to sit still!"

Standing in the high altitude, the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor," seeing the human cultivators below begin to counterattack, pointed to the very dim market array with a smile and said to the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" beside him.

"In that case, let’s just add a fire to him!"

After the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" smiled lightly, spiritual light flashed on his body, and he instantly disappeared in place. A moment later, his figure appeared above the market array of "Returning Cloud Market."

Subsequently, the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" raised his hand and waved, and a pair of sharp claw magic treasures appeared in his hand, and he swung an extremely terrifying attack at the mountain-protecting array in front of him.

However, just as this blow was swung, a figure flew out of the mountain-protecting array of "Returning Cloud Market," followed by a sword light, instantly blocking this blow of the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor."

"Li Mufeng, hehe! You are finally willing to come out. I thought you would be a shrinking turtle for another day today." Seeing the familiar white figure in front of him, the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" was overjoyed and sarcastically said to the other party.

Li Mufeng saw this, his face remained as usual, ignored the other party, directly cut the white clouds in the sky with a sword, and then pointed his sword at the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" in front of him.

"Monster, dare to fight me!"

"Hehe! If the fellow Daoist wants to fight, I am naturally happy to accompany you to the end."

After the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" finished speaking, he took the lead to go to the high altitude, and then Li Mufeng also followed behind the other party without too much hesitation.

The "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" standing on the other side, seeing that the two of them had already gone to the high altitude, preparing to fight a great battle, immediately followed.

However, he had only taken a few steps when a sword light suddenly appeared in front of the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor," blocking the other party’s way.

"Your Excellency Demon Emperor, your opponent is us now."

With an angry shout on the battlefield, Bai Yuxian, Li Wutong, and Chen Xuanxin, who had been prepared, flew out of the mountain-protecting array and quickly attacked the position of the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor."

"Level-four magic treasure! You juniors still have some knowledge. A Golden Core cultivator can actually master and use magic treasures above level four."

Seeing that the sword light slashed by Bai Yuxian had extraordinary power, the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" was also a bit surprised. After stopping and avoiding the other party’s attack, he praised Bai Yuxian again.

Generally, late-stage Golden Core cultivators cannot master and refine magic treasures above level four. Only a small number of top cultivators who have reached the peak of Golden Core can have enough magic power to drive magic treasures above level four.

The level-four low-grade flying sword magic treasure in Bai Yuxian’s hand was given to her by Li Mufeng to refine before the demon beast turmoil.

Because of insufficient cultivation, ordinary cultivators using level-four magic treasures across levels will consume a lot of magic power in their bodies. Therefore, Bai Yuxian has used this magic treasure for the first time since she has been fighting with the demon beast army for so long.

"Being appreciated by Your Highness Demon Emperor, the little girl is really honored. However, if you want to avoid us and interfere in the battle above today, I am afraid it will not be so easy."

"Humph! What a big tone, a junior actually speaks so wildly in front of this seat. It seems that I have to teach you a lesson today. I want to see how much ability you have to dare to fight with this seat."

"Then please give me some advice, Your Highness Demon Emperor! Form the array."

As soon as Bai Yuxian finished speaking, a yellow array flag immediately appeared in the hands of her, Li Wutong, and Chen Xuanxin. The three immediately cast a spell to release an array eye in a triangular position.

"That’s not right! This seems to be a Diamond Heaven Net Array, which should be controlled by four late-stage Golden Core cultivators. Senior Sister Bai and the others only have three people. Although they can force the formation, the power effect of the array will definitely be greatly reduced. How could Senior Sister Bai be so negligent."

Seeing Bai Yuxian and the three start to form the array, Song Qingming, standing on the city wall, added a few doubts in his heart.

However, just when he was puzzled, a long roar came from the mountain-protecting array, followed by a huge figure flying out, and in a moment, it came to the side of Bai Yuxian and the three.

This figure was a golden-haired giant ape demon beast, with a golden array flag tied to its arm. Like the cultivation of Li Wutong and the others, the cultivation of this great demon king had also reached the late Golden Core stage.

"This is, a late-stage Golden Core demon king?"

"How can there be demon beasts in the market?"

After seeing this figure, many cultivators in the market, including Song Qingming, were startled, not understanding why a demon king suddenly jumped out of the market.

"Hehe! Junior Brother Song may not know that this is Senior Wind Ape who has been guarding the back mountain of the sect. Before we entered the Dao, it was already on Mount Guyang." Chu Fengping, seeing Song Qingming’s surprised expression, hurriedly explained.

Very early on, Song Qingming had heard that there was a mid-stage Golden Core demon king in the back mountain of Mount Guyang, but he had never had the opportunity to see the other party with his own eyes. He didn't expect that its cultivation had already broken through to the late Golden Core stage.

With Bai Yuxian and the three, plus this sect mountain-protecting spirit beast "Wind Ape Demon King," four late-stage Golden Core cultivators controlling the "Diamond Heaven Net Array," containing an early Nascent Soul "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" is also feasible.

"This Senior Wind Ape, hasn't it always been unwilling to interfere in the sect’s affairs? Why did it suddenly come to the front line battlefield to help us fight against the Red Cloud Demon Emperor this time." Hearing that it was the spirit beast from the back mountain of the sect, Song Qingming was also a bit surprised.

Chu Fengping heard this, shook his head with a smile and said, "The sect has always been relatively secretive about this matter. I just heard about it just now. If I hadn't seen Senior Wind Ape appear with my own eyes, I would have thought the news I heard was a rumor.

Junior Brother Song, you should also know that this senior’s temper is not easy to deal with. The sect was able to invite it out this time, and Senior Sister Bai and the others must have spent a lot of effort."

Song Qingming smiled slightly and didn't ask any more questions, his gaze shifted to the high altitude again.

After the "Wind Ape Demon King" appeared, Bai Yuxian immediately took action to help activate the array flag on its body. Soon, four light pillars merged into one, and a huge diamond phantom with wide-eyed eyes suddenly appeared in front of the four people out of thin air.

After this phantom appeared, it took the lead in raising its high arm and punched toward the position of the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" not far away. This blow was imposing, and its power had already far exceeded the scope of Golden Core cultivators. Before the fist reached the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor," the gang wind accompanying the momentum forced the demon emperor’s body-protecting spiritual light out.

Seeing this, the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor," whose expression gradually became serious, did not dare to be negligent and hurriedly waved his hand to take out a jade plate defensive magic treasure on his body.

Even so, the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" still took several steps back before he withstood this violent attack of the diamond phantom, which made this demon emperor, who had underestimated the opponent from the beginning, suddenly show a trace of embarrassment on his face.

"Haha! Well hit, the Nascent Soul demon emperor is nothing more than this."

Seeing that the power of the "Diamond Heaven Net Array" was so great, the many cultivators standing on the market city wall cheered immediately.

Song Qingming and many other Golden Core cultivators standing in front also showed a few excitement on their faces. In this battle, as long as Bai Yuxian and the others can successfully contain the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor," their chances of winning will not be low.

"Fellow Daoists, it’s our turn to fight!"

Both Nascent Soul demon emperors have someone to contain them. The next task is to block the demon beast army outside who are desperately attacking the market array.

With an order from Zhao Menglian, the leader, Song Qingming and other Golden Core cultivators who had been prepared took the initiative to fly out of the mountain-protecting array, rushed toward the position of those Golden Core demon kings, and soon fought with them.

At the same time, the doors of the mountain-protecting array around the market opened wide, and thousands of "Golden Mountain Market" defensive cultivator armies rushed out from inside one after another, killing toward the demon beast army not far away.

On the city wall, the cultivators responsible for controlling those large defensive magic tools cheered up and constantly controlled the "Flying Cloud Crossbows" to attack the demon beast army outside from a distance, reducing some pressure for the cultivators fighting below.

The Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators below fought fiercely, and the Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators and many demon kings above also fought very fiercely. Various powerful spells flew in the sky from time to time, and each attack could cause bursts of roaring sounds nearby.

In the high altitude above, the battle between the two Nascent Soul ancestors had passed through the clouds and could not see the battle situation at all. Only through the clouds above the head could some thunder and lightning flashes be seen from time to time.

The battlefield where the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" and Bai Yuxian and the others fought was also in the high altitude. However, because the magic power giant elephant formed by the "Diamond Heaven Net Array" was very conspicuous, the many low-level cultivators below could still see a little aftermath of the fierce fighting between the two sides.

The battle between the many Golden Core cultivators and demon kings staying in mid-air was not so far away. The fierce sparks of the fighting between the two sides would fall into the battlefield below from time to time.

The low-level cultivators or demon beasts fighting nearby did not dare to approach the battlefield where they were, and avoided to both sides one after another, so as not to be innocently affected by the aftermath of these high-level cultivators’ fighting.

Bai Yuxian, Li Wutong, and Chen Xuanxin went to contain the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor," and the human cultivator side also suddenly lost several late-stage Golden Core cultivators on the battlefield of Golden Core cultivators.

Among the human cultivators who are still fighting with many Golden Core demon kings here, only Wei Xuanping, who is at the eighth level of Golden Core, is left, this late-stage Golden Core cultivator.

And on the demon side, among the more than twenty demon kings, there are five great demon kings whose cultivation has reached the late Golden Core stage.

In terms of Golden Core combat power, it is much stronger than the "Returning Cloud Market" side, and the two sides cannot fight fairly. Therefore, the "Returning Cloud Market" crowd also had to divide several mid-stage Golden Core experts to deal with the powerful late-stage Golden Core demon kings of the other side.

Song Qingming’s cultivation has reached the peak of the sixth level of Golden Core, and he is naturally among them. At this time, his opponent is a "Giant Elephant Demon King" whose strength has reached the late Golden Core stage.

This "Giant Elephant Demon King" has reached the late Golden Core stage, equivalent to a seventh-level Golden Core cultivator among human cultivators. However, this demon has general supernatural powers and relies more on its powerful physical brute force to fight the enemy. Its fighting strength is relatively average among several late-stage Golden Core great demon kings.

With the help of "Golden Wind" on the side, Song Qingming did not fall into a disadvantage in the confrontation, but instead had some spare energy to look after Huang Siyuan, who was dealing with a mid-stage Golden Core demon king alone not far away.

Song Qingyu’s opponent was also an ordinary mid-stage Golden Core demon king. Facing the fierce attack of her, a sword cultivation expert, this demon king not only did not take advantage, but was beaten back by Song Qingyu and was firmly suppressed.

Compared with Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan, Li Xuanyi’s strength on the side was obviously much stronger. Controlling a mid-stage Golden Core "corpse puppet," she dealt with one mid-stage Golden Core and one early-stage Golden Core demon king alone, and she still showed a few relaxed expressions, as if she hadn't used her full strength.

Li Xuanyi has many magic treasures on her body, and has a powerful helper like a mid-stage Golden Core "corpse puppet." It must be said that her fighting strength is indeed a very powerful existence among mid-stage Golden Core cultivators.

Even for Song Qingming, who can already contend with late-stage Golden Core experts, it is not easy to leave Li Xuanyi on the frontal battlefield.

Except for Li Xuanyi and Song Qingyu and the others, the situation of the rest of the people on the battlefield seemed to be worse.

Except for a few people like Wei Xuanping who, like Song Qingming, could barely cope with their opponents, most people were at a disadvantage when facing demon kings whose strength was a few points stronger than their own.

Especially Zhang Rong and Hu Qingyun, the two fake Golden Core cultivators, even if they faced the weakest early-stage Golden Core demon king on the field, they still couldn't fight for more than a hundred rounds and were a bit unable to support, and took the initiative to retreat into the mountain-protecting array.

Now they can only barely contain their opponents with the help of the market mountain-protecting array and high-level defensive magic tools on the city wall, and cannot contend with them head-on.

Although the human cultivators are at a disadvantage in the entire battlefield in terms of Golden Core combat power, Song Qingming and others’ main purpose now is to contain the other side and buy time for the mountain-protecting array to restore spiritual power, and they do not need to fight to the death with the other side.

Therefore, although the many Golden Core cultivators on the battlefield fought a bit hard, everyone did not have much pressure in their hearts. Even if they were at a disadvantage, they were not in a hurry and were still desperately containing their opponents.

The battle between Golden Core cultivators is not a big gap in strength, and it is generally difficult to have the opportunity to kill the opponent in a short time. Although the scene of the battlefield above is very fierce, the two sides have fought for a period of time and no one has directly withdrawn from the battle.

Compared with this, the battlefield of the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stage below is much bloodier. The two sides of tens of thousands of cultivators and demon beasts are entangled together. In just half an hour, hundreds of corpses are already lying on the battlefield.

There are quite a few people on the human cultivator side of "Returning Cloud Market" who have taken the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield because of injuries and retreated to the mountain-protecting array in the rear to heal and rest.

In such a melee of tens of thousands of cultivators and demon beasts, even Foundation Establishment cultivators are difficult to be spared. Once they are unlucky enough to encounter the siege of multiple level-two demon beasts, they will also fall on the spot and have no chance to escape.

Just when the entire battlefield was fighting on its own, Song Qingming, who was desperately dealing with the "Giant Elephant Demon King," suddenly received a familiar sound transmission in his ear.

"Junior Brother Song, trouble helping me block this water buffalo!"

Song Qingming looked up and found that Li Xuanyi had already leaned toward him while fighting. Behind her, a black giant bull that had broken a horn was chasing angrily.

This "Black Bull Demon King" is only at the peak of the early Golden Core stage, and its strength is far from Li Xuanyi’s opponent.

In the previous battle, it was tricked by Li Xuanyi, who cut off a silver horn it was proud of on its head with a sword. At this moment, the "Black Bull Demon King" was also a bit annoyed and was frantically casting spells to attack Li Xuanyi, who was intentionally running away in front.

And at this moment, Li Xuanyi did not choose to fight head-on, but was shuttling around the battlefield and desperately avoiding the other party’s attack, as if she was accumulating magic power and wanted to perform some supernatural powers.

Seeing Li Xuanyi asking him for help, Song Qingming did not think too much. After responding, he immediately sent "Golden Wind" over to help her entangle the "Black Bull Demon King" behind her.

Without the help of "Golden Wind," Song Qingming’s pressure increased a lot instantly. Fortunately, he now has many "magic treasures" on his body and possesses several powerful level-three high-grade defensive magic treasures.

Although he temporarily lost the initiative on the battlefield, Song Qingming had no big problem dealing with the "Giant Elephant Demon King’s" attack on him, but it was not as easy as before.

With the help of "Golden Wind" to block the "Black Bull Demon King," Li Xuanyi, who hid on the side, immediately cast a spell to release a golden scroll and quickly injected the magic power accumulated in her hand into it.

This golden scroll suddenly became full of spiritual light, and not long after, a majestic golden eagle flew out of it.

Song Qingming, who saw this scene not far away, suddenly showed a trace of surprise on his face.

Although he didn't know what supernatural power Li Xuanyi had performed, the pressure emitted by this golden eagle was already comparable to that of an ordinary peak Golden Core cultivator. Even Song Qingming did not dare to take this powerful supernatural power head-on.

Having known Li Xuanyi for many years, Song Qingming had not noticed that she had such a powerful magic treasure.

"Junior Brother Song, quickly let your corpse puppet move away, just leave this demon to me!"

Hearing Li Xuanyi say this, Song Qingming hurriedly commanded "Golden Wind" to quickly withdraw from the battlefield and retreat to the side.

The "Black Bull Demon King," who got rid of the entanglement of "Golden Wind," was about to look for Li Xuanyi’s trace, but before it found the target, a golden eagle in front flew toward it quickly.

By the time the "Black Bull Demon King" found something wrong and propped up a protective cover to resist this attack, it didn't expect that the defensive protective cover it had desperately cast was as crisp as thin paper and instantly collapsed.

Before this shocked demon king could let out a scream, the golden eagle had already flown over and hit its huge head directly. Soon, the "Black Bull Demon King" became a "headless demon king."