Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 1002 - 858: The Blood Pearl and the Clay Ring

Chapter 1002: Chapter 858: The Blood Pearl and the Clay Ring

Roar! Roar!

Countless vulture-like green-feathered monster birds squawked incessantly as they arrived in the vicinity of Heaven Origin City.

Strange insect eggs fell from between their feathers, transforming into various bizarre insects in mid-air and landing on the array prohibitions.

Plop! Plop!

These monster insects, with extremely frail lives, burst open upon contact with the prohibitions.

However, immediately thereafter, a strange corroding sound began to arise.

Deep within Heaven Origin City, in a ’Heavenly Machine House’ capable of shielding against divinatory calculations:

Several white-robed elders were seated in a pentagon, surrounded by a circle of Array Masters, each holding different Array Disks.

Ji Feixue sat cross-legged on a cushion, with a screen before her showing everything transpiring on the battlefield outside.

Seeing this, she scoffed and said,

"Transforming Monster Worms to break the prohibition, massive beasts to storm the array, earth-dwelling Sky Demons to ambush... The Monster Clan really are a bunch of old-fashioned fools, haven’t they tired of these same three tricks yet?"

"Change formation... Five Elements reignite with fire! Arise!"

At her command, each Array Master immediately infused different magic spells into their Array Disks.

Beneath Heaven Origin City, countless complex and profound array patterns lit up.

Above the city’s outer prohibition, waves of firelight appeared, incinerating the numerous monster insects into ash.

Hiss! Hiss!

Furthermore, crimson runes flashed in the void, suddenly transforming into a volley of sharp fiery arrows.

Dense clusters of arrows shot through the sky, turning many of the monster birds into balls of fire that plummeted to the ground, as if a meteoric firestorm had befallen them.

In front of the Sky Demon Guard, the Divine Consciousness of the five Great Saints observed this scene, their expressions unmoved and unsurprised.

"The human race... Although they lack our Monster Clan’s innate monster skills, formidable physique, and long lifespan... they possess natural intelligence, and their achievements in the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation far exceed our own... Truly enviable."

The Nine-Tailed Great Saint exhaled a ring of smoke softly, sighing.

It was at her level that she truly understood the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation, especially the advanced realms of formations, pills, artifacts, and talismans—all of which related to the Heavenly and Earthly Laws and led straight to the Dao, tremendously aiding in the comprehension of the Power of Rules.

Although the Monster Clan had enjoyed significant advantages previously, they faced some challenges in comprehending the Power of Rules during their Mahayana Integration phase.

It was for this reason that the ancestors of dragons and phoenixes conceived the ’Dragon Chapter and Phoenix Seal,’ bestowing it upon the Monster Clan.

"Enough talk... How shall we break through the array now?"

Tungbei Great Saint scratched his ears and cheeks, growing impatient.

It was eager to break through Heaven Origin City’s tough shell and confront Mr. Qing Hezi in a duel of magic.

"It seems... we must reveal one of our trump cards first."

The Nine-Tailed Great Saint exhaled another ring of smoke.

The smoke swirled and transformed into a fiery-red little fox that employed Earth Escape Skills and burrowed to a location underground.

"By order of the Nine-Tailed Great Saint... Wu Earth Elemental forces, halt!"

Underground, there lay an odd Monster Beast Army, mainly composed of earth dragons, primed for action. Upon receiving the order, they ceased their movements with respect and discipline.

The Sky Demon Guard then dispersed, revealing several platforms.

These platforms were constructed from piles of bones, exuding an extreme bloody aura.

Atop the platforms were several blood pools.

Monster Clan shamans draped in human skin and adorned with skull necklaces raised their eerie white staffs high, chanting spells without cease:

"Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Bead!"

"Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Bead!"

Gurgle! Gurgle!

The blood pools boiled, and bubbles the size of fists rose, each carrying a strange face within.

These faces included members of the human race, the Demon Clan, and even Wild Beasts... a gathering of spirits from across the Earth Immortal Realm.

Then, a sudden beam of bloody light burst forth, piercing towards the outermost prohibition of Heaven Origin City, like a crossbow arrow.

Rustle! Rustle!

Colorful prohibitions appeared, like chains blocking the path of the arrow.

Thunder Light flashed in the sky, and a bolt of lightning struck the bloody light!

The bloody light dispersed slightly, revealing a bead the size of a human head within, entirely crimson, seemingly imprisoning countless Essence Souls.

At that moment, numerous Essence Souls emerged, turning into a tainted bloody glow, as if forming a splendid canopy.

Crackle! Crackle!

Bolt after bolt of lightning struck the blood-colored canopy, vanishing mysteriously without a trace.

The Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Bead struck the prohibition, more filthy bloody light appeared, seemingly about to transform into a Sea of Blood!

Hiss! Hiss!

Numerous prohibitions uttered cries of collapse, disintegrating one after another.

As the Monster Clan’s premier treasure for breaking arrays, the Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Bead demonstrated its formidable power immediately upon its debut.

Then, amidst the murmur of complex spells, the second and third "Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Beads" appeared one after another, turning into bloody radiance, and shooting towards the Great Array of Heaven Origin City!

"The moment has finally come."

Ji Feixue’s eyes sparkled with excitement as she laughed, "Sky Demon Blood Transformation... Arise!"

Atop the colorful prohibition, a layer of demonic light suddenly emerged!

Whirls of Demon Qi gathered, employing the ’stacking array’ technique.

Blinding demonic light flickered, overwhelming to behold; all at once, it transformed into a ferocious demonic visage.

The demon leader was pitch-black all over, its head bearing six corners, twisted and winding, with various bizarre and oddly shaped scales covering its face.

The supreme Sky Demon opened its gaping maw, its crimson tongue lashing out, and swallowed a Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Bead, which then vanished as if the demon leader had just devoured it whole!

"Good!"

Witnessing this scene, the human cultivators atop Heaven Origin City were invigorated.

This ’Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Bead’ was obviously the Monster Clan’s formidable strategy to break the array, and if they couldn’t even penetrate the first layer of the array, then the defense this time seemed quite hopeful indeed.

"Giggle... As expected, it’s the Sky Demon Blood Transformation Array," the Nine-Tailed Great Saint said with a bizarre smile on her face seeing this.

"Woo!"

The head of the Sky Demon emitted a secret demonic sound and its tongue again swept out, swallowing the second and third Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Beads.

But as it devoured the third Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Bead, something unexpected occurred!

The surface of this ’Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Bead’ flashed, and it suddenly transformed into a Buddhist bead that emitted a faint fragrance of sandalwood!

The demon bit down on the Buddhist bead and streams of golden Sanskrit flowed from its mouth.

Then, a flash of golden light!

A golden small sun seemed to appear out of nowhere!

Within the sun, under the intense power of Buddha, the Sky Demon let out a tragic scream and dissolved into wisps of black air.

Crack!

Inside the Heavenly Machine House.

Ji Feixue looked at the broken Array Disk in her hands, her face extremely grim: "Ten Thousand Buddha Relics? Immediately tally the losses, repair the Great Array..."

"Not good... The outer Great Array is linked with the Sky Demon Blood Transformation Array, the damage exceeds fifty percent!" A white-bearded old Daoist counted on his fingers and couldn’t help but exclaim anxiously.

...

"Hehe... The Ten Thousand Buddha Relics are a gathering of pure Buddhist power, naturally clashing with demonic Qi... With the addition of those two Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Beads, the first layer of the array in Heaven Origin City is done for!" the Nine-Tailed Great Saint said with a delighted chuckle.

"Nine-Tails, you indeed have the guts, using your trump card to seize the advantage," the Xuan Lin Great Saint said admiringly.

Having lived for so long, they had seen too many who hoarded their trump cards, only to die without ever using them.

Or some play the pig to eat the tiger so often that in the end, they really become the pig!

To achieve the status of a Sky Demon, one still needs the nature of a demon!

"It’s just a pity... The preparation of the Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Beads has always been Lu Xing’s responsibility. Even after his demise, I immediately took over, but the transition was a bit chaotic, and I only managed to prepare two Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Beads... Thankfully, I also had a ’Ten Thousand Buddha Relic.’ After sacrificing and refining it, it could pass off as one." The Nine-Tailed Great Saint slowly smoked her pipe: "I expected the human race would use the Sky Demon Array to break the Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Beads, so I sent them a Buddha relic... The Buddha power clashes with the demonic Qi, plus the endless sea of blood, hehe... We can march now!"

She exhaled a puff of smoke, which turned into a little fox and scampered off.

Before long, a sensation of a shaking earth and trembling mountains was felt.

The deeply entrenched, multicolored light screen prohibition started to crumble all at once.

Upon seeing this, numerous lower-ranked Monster Clan members let out cries filled with joy.

However, those transcendent gods and higher-ranked monster cultivators suddenly looked extremely solemn.

Rustle!

The inverted-bowl-like multicolored prohibition collapsed with a bang, revealing the towering Wu Earth Elemental Puppets behind it.

These Puppets stood immensely tall, clad in stone armor, wielding stone axes and stone spears... and various runes sparkled on their weapons.

Behind the Puppet Army, one could see the walls of Heaven Origin City.

Within the embrasures, terrifyingly oppressive Spirit Cannons were visible.

Layer upon layer of prohibitions, like incredibly complex chains, spanned between heaven and earth.

At the highest part of the game board, Fang Xi stood on the White Jade Platform, suddenly letting out a sigh: "The truly gruesome battle is about to begin. This time, who knows how many cultivators on both sides will die or be injured..."

Vroom vroom!

A terracotta radiance flashed, and the Wu Earth Elemental Puppets began using their Earth Escape Skills, burrowing into the ground to clash with the Monster Beast Army.

Every now and then, long spears flew out, stringing up corpses of the Earth Dragon Monster Clan.

Or were shattered Puppets being hurled out from the earth...

"Go!"

Atop the city walls, a teleportation array lit up.

Outside Heaven Origin City, streaks of silver light twinkled, and from them shot out Puppets of various shapes and sizes.

Some of these Puppets resembled swift falcons, and with the movement of their wings, azure Wind Blades appeared.

Others were shaped like roaring monkeys pounding their chests, with Spirit Marks flickering, and then casting Magic Spells, causing the earth to crack...

The rest were Wu Earth elemental Puppets resembling pangolins, using their Earth Escape Skills to jump into the fray.

In one part of Heaven Origin City.

The burly Tian Chenzi, dressed in a terracotta robe, wielded the ’Sumeru Thick Earth Ring’, continuously chanting under his breath.

On the earth surrounding him, countless ’Wu Earth Puppets’ began to sprout from the ground like beans, steadily amassing into an army and joining the battlefield...

Elsewhere, there were several Puppet Houses, with Dongqiuzi sitting in one of the houses, collecting the Divine Thoughts of several Puppet Masters. Then, with the aid of the special artifact ’Puppet House,’ they amplified and spread their control... maneuvering an array of Puppets outside the city to face the enemy.

Outside the Puppet Houses, Wang Lingying and Li Ruoling, each wearing rune-engraved armor, stood guard on either side, exchanging glances of relief.

The cultivators of Moon Invitation Immortal City did not have to think twice before following Zhai Xingzi to Mr. Qing Hezi.

As one of the Five Sons of Human Race and wielding great power, he had given the cultivators of the Star Domain some ’easy jobs.’

For example, guarding the ’Puppet House,’ unless the Monster Clan breached Heaven Origin City, they theoretically didn’t need to fight no matter how fierce the battle at the walls was.