Chapter 113: Demons Descend on Tianyuan, Blood Stains the Palace

The Azure Luan flapped its wings, its speed like lightning, tearing through the cloud layer and leaving the Starlake far behind. However, even with Feng Xi's current speed comparable to the Spirit Transformation stage, crossing this distance of three thousand miles still required time.

And at this moment, the Imperial Capital had already become a purgatory.

That demonic Qi light pillar soaring from the depths of the Imperial Palace was like a pillar propping up hell, continuously pouring pure and evil Abyss demonic Qi into this world. The ink-black demonic clouds, centered on the light pillar, spread crazily, quickly covering the entire sky above the Imperial Capital, blocking the sun and moon, turning day into eternal night. Only the blood-colored lightning rolling in the demonic clouds occasionally illuminated the chaotic and desperate city below, which was like an ant nest.

"Woo-ooh—!"

Teeth-aching roars of demonic creatures sounded from all over the Imperial Capital. Wherever the demonic Qi passed, cultivators and mortals with low cultivation and weak wills were instantly infected by the demonic Qi, their eyes turning red, losing their sanity, and turning into demonic puppets that only knew how to kill and destroy, crazily attacking every living thing around them. Buildings burned and collapsed in demonic fire, and on the once-prosperous streets, there were figures fleeing, broken corpses, and bloodthirsty demonic shadows everywhere. Blood gathered into streams, soaking the bluestone floor, and the thick smell of blood mixed with the stench of demonic Qi, making people nauseous.

The Imperial City became the area with the most intense resistance and also the core of the demonic disaster.

The brilliant dragon Qi and layers of arrays covering the Imperial City were already tottering under the continuous impact of the demonic Qi light pillar and the crazy attacks of countless demonic puppets and even more powerful native demonic creatures that crawled directly out of the light pillar. The golden light was dim, the array light screen was covered with spiderweb-like cracks, and it was on the verge of collapse!

Deep in the Imperial Palace, the Yangxin Hall no longer existed, and only a huge, bottomless pit remained in its place, from which the demonic energy light pillar was erupting. On the edge of the pit, fragments of powerful sealing runes remained, clearly indicating that something had originally been sealed here, which had now been completely destroyed.

Imperial Lord Brother Huangfu Huangfu Tianji hovered in mid-air, his bright yellow dragon robe stained with spots of blood, and his usually majestic face was now filled with exhaustion and monstrous anger. He held a golden dragon sword symbolizing imperial power, and the imperial dragon Qi around his body burned like substantial golden flames. Every time he swung his sword, large swaths of demonic creatures were evaporated by the sharp sword Qi and dragon Qi. His aura had actually surpassed the early Spirit Transformation stage and reached the level of the mid-Spirit Transformation stage!

However, even as strong as he was, facing the continuous, seemingly endless demonic tide, and the even more terrifying aura faintly coming from the demonic Qi light pillar that made even him feel heart-trembling, he could only struggle to support it.

Eunuch Wei was covered in blood, protecting Brother Huangfu Huangfu Tianji's side. As his whisk danced, streaks of silver silk turned into life-taking blades, strangling the flying demonic creatures that tried to approach. Several Spirit Transformation stage old monsters from the Imperial Palace's Offering Hall also occupied one side each, performing earth-shattering divine abilities to resist the impact of the demonic tide.

But the number of demonic creatures was simply too large, and that demonic Qi had extremely strong corrosiveness to spiritual power, and it could continuously create demonic puppets. With the passage of time, the Imperial City's defense line was as precarious as a pile of eggs!

"Father Emperor!" A sword light split several demonic puppets. Brother Brother Huangfu, under Lin Lin Xuan's protection, finally broke through the outer demonic tide and arrived at the Imperial Lord's side. Seeing the tragic situation before him, his eyes were about to split with anger.

"Hao'er? You're back? Little Friend Lin!" Brother Huangfu Huangfu Tianji saw Lin Lin Xuan, and a trace of surprise and a trace of imperceptible complexity flashed in his eyes, "This place is dangerous, you..."

Before he could finish his sentence—

"Heh heh heh... Brother Huangfu Huangfu Tianji, your imperial dynasty's fortune should be an offering for my master today!"

A hoarse, twisted voice filled with malice came from the demonic Qi light pillar. Immediately following, the light pillar twisted, and three figures shrouded in thick demonic Qi, emitting Spirit Transformation stage fluctuations, stepped out slowly!

The leader was burly, covered in pitch-black bone armor, with two horns on his head, holding a giant axe burning with black demonic flames; the one on the left was elusive, like a ghost, holding a poison blade that constantly dripped corrosive liquid; the one on the right was a woman in a tattered palace dress, with an enchanting face but hollow eyes, her ten fingers' nails black and long, flashing with deadly ghostly light.

Three Spirit Transformation demonic lords! And they were definitely not just entering the Spirit Transformation stage; their auras were solid and violent, far exceeding ordinary ones!

At the same time, the defensive array on the outskirts of the Imperial City, under the desperate impact of countless demonic puppets and the continuous erosion of demonic Qi, finally let out a moan of unbearable burden and shattered with a bang!

"Kill! Leave none alive!" The bone-armored demonic lord grinned hideously, swung the demonic axe in his hand, and a black axe light that tore through the sky slashed directly at Brother Huangfu Huangfu Tianji!

The other two demonic lords also attacked simultaneously. The poison blade turned into ten thousand ghostly shadows, and the palace-dressed woman flicked her ten fingers, sending out countless demonic sound screeches that tore through the soul, attacking Eunuch Wei and an Imperial Spirit Transformation offering respectively!

The top combat power of the demonic disaster finally attacked in full force! The Imperial City's defense line was instantly on the verge of collapse!

"Protect the Emperor!" Eunuch Wei shrieked sharply, fighting to the death with that Imperial Spirit Transformation offering to resist.

Facing the axe light of the demonic axe that seemed to open the world, Brother Huangfu Huangfu Tianji's eyes flashed with determination. He poured imperial dragon Qi into the dragon sword, about to perform a forbidden divine ability that consumed his origin to resist hard!

Just at this critical moment—

"Chaos... Forbidden Domain!"

A calm yet seemingly majestic voice resonated clearly over the chaotic battlefield.

The moment the voice fell, centered on Lin Lin Xuan, the void within a thousand zhang suddenly became different!

The rolling demonic Qi seemed to encounter an invisible barrier, being forcibly pushed away and suppressed! The rampaging demonic puppets' movements suddenly stalled, as if they had fallen into thick mud! Even the attacks launched by the three Spirit Transformation demonic lords, the moment they broke into this area, slowed down visibly to the naked eye, and their power was weakened layer by layer!

A gray, chaotic domain that seemed to return to the state of the beginning of heaven and earth firmly enveloped and protected the Imperial Lord Brother Huangfu Huangfu Tianji and his surrounding core area!

That terrifying demonic axe light, the ten thousand poison blade ghostly shadows, and the demonic sound screeches that tore through the soul hit the outer perimeter of the Chaos Domain, erupting with earth-shattering roars, but they ultimately failed to break through that chaotic barrier that looked thin but contained the artistic conception of all laws returning to the void!

"What?!"

The three demonic lords changed color simultaneously, looking in disbelief at the center of the domain, at the young man who had been hovering in the air, his azure robes fluttering, his expression calm.

It was Lin Lin Xuan!

At the moment when the Imperial City's defense line was about to collapse completely and Brother Huangfu Huangfu Tianji was facing a desperate kill, he did not hesitate to use the powerful domain divine ability from the Hunyuan Dao Ancestor's inheritance, which could only be performed in a Mystical Realm he controlled or a specific environment—Chaos Forbidden Domain!

Within this domain, all laws return to the void, and chaos is the master! Although limited by his cultivation base, the range and duration were limited, and the consumption was huge, the absolute defense and law suppression it displayed instantly were enough to turn the tide of the battle!

"It's him! That Chaos successor!" The bone-armored demonic lord's scarlet eyes erupted with intense killing intent and a trace of dread, "The master has an order, this child's priority is higher than Brother Huangfu Huangfu Tianji! Kill him!"

The three demonic lords reached a consensus instantly, abandoning other targets, their energy locked firmly on Lin Lin Xuan, and even more violent attacks were brewing!

Within the Chaos Domain, Brother Huangfu Huangfu Tianji and the others felt their pressure greatly reduced. Looking at Lin Lin Xuan's back, they were filled with shock and gratitude.

"Little Friend Lin, great kindness..." Brother Huangfu Huangfu Tianji said in a deep voice.

"Imperial Lord, no need to say more. The top priority is to solve the source." Lin Lin Xuan interrupted him, his gaze piercing through the Chaos Domain and falling on the light pillar that was still erupting with demonic Qi, "Beneath that light pillar is the key. It must be sealed, otherwise the demonic tide will be endless."

He could feel that deep within the light pillar, an extremely evil and powerful will was awakening. That was the true Abyss demonic awareness body, or rather, an important clone of it! These three Spirit Transformation demonic lords were merely its claws and teeth.

"I will go with you!" Brother Huangfu Huangfu Tianji did not hesitate. He knew that only by destroying the source could the Imperial Capital be saved.

"I'll go too!" Brother Brother Huangfu stepped forward with his sword, his eyes firm.

Lin Lin Xuan glanced at them and nodded: "Good! Feng Xi, you and Eunuch Wei and the others stay here to stabilize the defense line and clean up the demonic puppets!"

"Screech!" Feng Xi let out a long cry in response, and the Azure Luan True Flame swept out, beginning to eradicate the demonic puppets that had charged into the domain.

"Let's go!"

Lin Lin Xuan maintained the Chaos Forbidden Domain, and together with Brother Huangfu Huangfu Tianji and Brother Brother Huangfu, turned into three streams of light, braving the long-range attacks crazily launched by the three Spirit Transformation demonic lords, and charged fiercely toward the terrifying source of the demonic Qi eruption—the huge pit deep in the Imperial Palace!

The true decisive battle began at the core of the Imperial Capital! ===== CHAPTER 114 =====