Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 473 - 471: Turning Point (Making Up for Missing 33)_1

Chapter 473: Chapter 471: Turning Point (Making Up for Missing 33)_1

"I guess this counts as my contribution to the human race of the South Wilderness."

"Speaking of effort, even Tian Du can’t compare to me."

Fang Xi casually launched a Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light, which slashed onto the altar.

Hum!

A layer of dark green radiance appeared on the surface of the altar, unexpectedly activating the automatic defense array.

And that wisp of Sky Demon Qi grew thick and violent as if it were about to transform into a dark green flood dragon to strike back!

"Go!"

Purple light flowed in Fang Xi’s eyes as the Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light suddenly turned into strands of green liquid, infiltrating into the weaker parts of the array.

Boom!

Moments later, the altar collapsed with a loud bang, and just as that Sky Demon Qi was about to soar away, it was trapped by a succession of Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light emitted with a flick of Fang Xi’s fingers.

Roar!

A roar suddenly emanated from within the dark green Sky Demon Qi.

The roar was a mix of dragon roars, phoenix cries, the sound of the kylin, wolf howls, bull bellows, eagle shrieks...

It was the collective roar of countless Monster beasts!

Even Fang Xi felt his blood fluctuate, his skin itch, as if scales were about to sprout on his body after hearing that.

"Seal!"

Finding this Sky Demon Qi so bizarre, Fang Xi dared not delay and brought out the "Biyi Tube."

Opening the Biyi Tube, a series of intricate inscriptions at the mouth shimmered, suddenly forming a Tai Chi Diagram with yin and yang rotating, wrapping the Sky Demon Qi within.

The myriad of beastly roars was instantly cut off.

The Sky Demon Qi slowly coiled, becoming thinner... turning into a dark green wisp as fine as a hair, like the source stream of ten thousand demons, falling into the Biyi Tube.

Clap!

Fang Xi released a magic spell, sealed the tube, felt the odd sensations in his body subside, and slowly exhaled a long breath.

"The Transformation Array is destroyed, the Monster Clan’s strength has decreased, the human race’s suppression is lifted... If I still lose now, I’ll just run away!"

Just as he was steeling himself, his expression suddenly changed.

Through the Green Barley Sword’s perception, he sensed that the situation with Nangong Li on the main battlefield seemed to be dire...

...

Moments earlier.

Tianli Plains.

Main battlefield.

As the Nascent Soul forces from both sides engaged in fierce combat, the intensity of the war abruptly escalated.

Spirit Talismans were flying everywhere, the radiance of magical treasures and implements shined, and various puppets, Spiritual Beasts, and warships roared...

Monster beasts were shot down by spirit boats, yet massive spirit boats were torn apart by even more ferocious fourth-level Monster beasts...

Relying on the Four-eared Marmoset, Nangong Li was one of the most aware of the battle situation.

"From the east... a large number of flying Monster Birds!"

Suddenly, the Four-eared Marmoset whispered something into Nangong Li’s ear, causing her face to change slightly: "Has the enemy finally revealed one of their trump cards at this point?"

Shoo!

A crimson Voice Transmission Talisman flew out and landed in the hands of the Demon Lord Tian Du on the Seven Treasure Building Boat.

He was the only remaining Nascent Soul cultivator who hadn’t yet made a move.

"Monster Birds?!"

Demon Lord Tian Du’s eyes flashed brightly: "Demons’ Mirror!"

Swoosh!

The Demons’ Mirror, a spiritual treasure, ascended into the air, emitting a beam tens of thousands of zhang long that swept towards the east.

A cloud, as if torn apart, revealed behind it a dense flock of cyan Monster Birds.

With pure cyan feathers and vulture-like appearance, upon seeing the corpses and flesh and blood over the battlefield, they let out piercing screeches.

The leading one had a huge growth on its head and looked especially ferocious, its aura at the peak of the mid-fourth level!

Screech!

As the head Monster Bird let out a cry, a mass of cyan fog emerged from the flock and quickly began to corrode the group of cultivators.

The cyan fog not only blocked Divine Consciousness but also seemed to carry some severe prohibition.

A cultivator Battle Array roared as it was led by a Nascent Soul, suddenly transforming into a colossal phantom giant brandishing two war hammers, smashing heavily onto the cyan fog.

Pop!

The cyan fog trembled slightly and then as if unaffected, withstood the attack and enshrouded the entire Battle Array.

Before long, the noise from within quickly subsided to silence, and the cyan fog swelled a bit further, continuing to engulf the next group of cultivators...

"It’s the Cyan Cloud Egret!"

Demon Lord Tian Du’s eyes narrowed: "That’s their innate Divine Skill—Cyan Cloud Realm! It should be even more formidable than Unfettered Duke’s ’Heavenly Dome Cloud Sea Skills"... apart from great cultivators taking action personally, only a few methods can break it..."

Most of the Nascent Souls on the battlefield were tied down, and he needed to keep an eye on Elder Qing.

After some thought, he realized the only option was to buy time first.

Demon Lord Tian Du took out a Voice Transmission Talisman and activated it with a raise of his hand.

"Humph! Demon Lord Tian Du really knows how to command others!"

Yin Ji, the Ghost Mother, was waving her Ghost Dove Cane, emitting bursts of Yin Qi to trap two rank-four Monster beasts when she received a Voice Transmission Talisman. A flash of displeasure crossed her face, fleeting yet unmistakable; she knew this matter could not be delayed. She immediately turned and coldly shouted to those behind her, "Summon the second and third ancestor’s apparitions to entangle these two Monster beasts. I will collect their Inner Cores later!"

"Yes!"

The Core Formation Cultivators of the Heavenly Ghost Taoist Sect did not dare to dally. They took out two coffins covered with Talismans from the Yin Corpse Bag, and from within, low growls could faintly be heard.

These were the Nascent Soul Cultivators from the previous generations of the Heavenly Ghost Taoist Sect, whose corpses had been refined into a special kind of Divine Demon by the Sect after death!

Their strength was unparalleled and fearsome; even a short battle with rank-four Monster beasts posed no problem at all.

This was the true foundation of a Demon Path Sect!

Yin Ji, the Ghost Mother, transformed into a grey Escape Light and landed in front of the Cyan Cloud Realm, letting out a hoarse roar, "Tian Du, you owe me a debt, and you must pay it back twofold, or I will never let you rest in peace!"

She stared at the encroaching Cyan Cloud Realm and threw a swaddle from her arms.

At the same time, she bit her finger, muttering an incantation, and let nine drops of fresh blood fly out.

Wuu-ah!

From within the swaddle, the cry of a baby emerged, and then a black-green infant, riding on a ghost cloud, crawled out, greedily consuming the essence blood in midair.

Then came the second, and the third...

In the end, a full nine infants had consumed the essence blood, their skin tearing open from the tops of their heads, their bodies starting to deform and swell... In an instant, they transformed into nine Ghost Kings as tall as mountains, howling as they pounced towards the Cyan Cloud Realm.

Yin Ji’s face was extremely grave as she formed another Magic Spell with her hands.

A phantom appeared behind her, rapidly solidifying from illusion to reality--it was a Divine Demon with an enormously swollen belly!

The Nine Child Mother Divine Demon split into Child and Mother forms, the most fearsome and powerful being the perpetually child-producing Ghost Mother Divine Demon!

The nine child Ghost Kings cackled strangely, their mouths spewing out streaks of pale-white flames.

The pale-white flames fell on the Cyan Cloud Realm, swiftly devouring the fog and revealing the Cyan Cloud Egrets behind.

The rank-four Monster Bird with tumors let out a strange cry and began to fight fiercely with the nine child Divine Demons.

...

"Nine Child Mother Divine Demons... indeed the most cruel and bloody method of Divine Demon refinement within the Demon Path."

Although Nangong Li had not witnessed it with his own eyes, upon hearing the recount from the Four-eared Marmoset, he muttered to himself and looked towards the Empty Mulberry Old Demon, "It is time for your Devil Corpses to make a move, Sir."

"Rest assured, Sir, I have already deployed the ’Guillotines’ to sacrificially refine the Devil Corpses. Although they will be discarded after this use, a surge in strength of three or four tenths is not a problem," the Old Demon of Empty Mulberry said with a wicked laugh, instructing the disciples of the Seven Deadly Sins Hall to release a cloud of corpses.

Within the misty clouds, one after another, the Devil Corpse soldiers, moving sluggishly with their armor tattered and appearing no different from the walking dead, slowly emerged.

...

Atop the White Bone Naming Platform of the Monster Clan,

Feng Shisan stopped beating the drum as his Divine Consciousness detected a surge of Devil Corpses breaking out and recklessly slaughtering the Monster beasts, causing his expression to darken slightly.

The battlefield was in utter chaos, vaguely divided into several groups.

The most conspicuous of course was the battle between the Nine Child Mother Divine Demons and the Divine Skills of the Cyan Cloud Realm.

Beyond that, the battle situation on Nangong Li’s side was also quite favorable. With the cooperation of the Eighteen Heavenly Concubines and the army of Devil Corpses, they held a certain advantage.

On the ground, the battle mostly involved low-ranking cultivators, while in the nine heavens above, Nascent Soul Cultivators were engaged in fierce combat with rank-four Monster beasts.

"It appears that both sides have more or less revealed their trump cards," said Elder Green, rising calmly and fixing his gaze on the Demon Lord Tian Du, "Would you care for a battle, Demon Lord?"

"I wouldn’t miss it for the world!"

Magical power from two late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators clashed in an instant, creating a vortex of Primordial Energy so intense that even ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators dared not approach.

Then, accompanied by a clear phoenix cry, a magnificent Heavenly Phoenix and a streak of demon light clashed, shooting up towards the heavens in an instant.

"It’s time to begin!"

Feng Shisan murmured to himself, pinching a ’Heart-to-Heart Insect’ to death in his hand.

This insect naturally came in pairs; if one died, the other could not survive alone.

And the other Heart-to-Heart Insect naturally resided with Lord Tianlong.

’The hearing ability of the Four-eared Marmoset is too terrifying; it’s best to eliminate it first... Now is the perfect opportunity. ’

As Feng Shisan murmured to himself, his expression suddenly changed!

Crack!

One seam after another suddenly appeared atop the Naming Platform.

He could feel that the all-encompassing Demon Qi that had been ever-present in the Void was suddenly drained by several tenths!

Not only that, but this realm itself seemed to have shifted from the gentleness of a mother to the cruelty of facing an enemy!

The local Monster Clan members were relatively unaffected, as they were natives of this realm. It was the Monster cultivators from other realms, like himself, who would also be despised by this piece of heaven and earth, albeit not as overtly as the rank-five Monster cultivators who could manipulate the Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Power!

Innumerable Monster beasts let out pitiful screams as their strength declined by several tenths!

On the contrary, the cultivators who had been struggling in battle suddenly felt the Spiritual Power in the Void become richer, even speeding up the recovery of their Magic Power.

Perhaps it was this slight increase in Magic Power that would allow them to activate their Magical Artifacts or Talismans one last time, achieving a crucial turnabout!

"This is..."

"The Transformation Array has been broken?!"

Feng Shisan’s face twisted viciously, "All those guarding the Array Eye are fools... But wait, there’s also Feng Qing! I kindly let her stay behind to guard our rear, and yet she managed to mess things up..."

Horrific rage spread across his handsome face as he suddenly produced a Voice Transmission Conch: "Hui Qiu... the situation is still not settled, our Monster Clan still holds the advantage, it’s time for Jin Chanzi to make a move... Wait for the signal, kill Tian Du first!"