Free Web NovelChapter 258: Chapter 245: Demon Wing Cloud Armor Beast
The Demon Race has nine thousand core clans, each controlling a Great Dao Law, making them incomparably powerful. The Netherworld Demon Race was one of the most formidable among them, said to rank within the top ten. Compared to them, the Yin Mist Demon Clan Nie Yun had encountered before were like earthworms next to a Divine Dragon—the difference was night and day.
It wasn’t just their immense power and numerous techniques that terrified Mu Xia so. The Netherworld Demon Race was an ancient clan passed down from antiquity, possessing an ancient bloodline and a much stronger hostility toward humans. Once a human trespassed into their territory or their tombs, they would trigger the traps left behind. It was easy to get in, but hard to get out. You could say that aside from steeling yourself and pressing forward, there was no way to retreat.
What appeared before them was clearly an ancient path left by the Netherworld Demon Race. At the end of the passage was a pitch-black gate, as grim and terrifying as the entrance to hell itself.
The Ancient Demon Nether Dao, the Gate of Hell. To enter was to face nine chances of death for every one of life.
SPLASH!
The moment Mu Xia’s voice fell, countless bizarre Demon Beasts swarmed out from the passage.
These Demon Beasts had the heads of snakes and the bodies of turtles, with four fleshy wings on their sides. With a single flick of their wings in the water, they shot forward like arrows loosed from a bowstring.
"Demon Wing Cloud Armor Beasts! The Demon Race’s most fearsome accomplices! They feed on the corpses of Demons... How can there be so many..."
Seeing the Demon Beasts that had appeared, the faces of the entire group fell.
The Demon Wing Cloud Armor Beast was one of the many Demon Beasts raised by the Demon Race. It fed on the corpses of Demons and was born with a turtle shell that granted it astonishing Defense, a defense that not even the Armor formed on the body of an Armor Realm powerhouse could match!
With such defense, combined with the astonishing brute force generated by their four wings, even on land—let alone in the water—an Armor Realm powerhouse would face certain death upon encountering one!
In other words, this black cloud of Demon Wing Cloud Armor Beasts was equivalent to a black cloud of Armor Realm powerhouses swarming them!
’So this is the depths of the ocean. Terrifying!’
Seeing the swarm of Demon Beasts that filled his vision, even Nie Yun couldn’t help but take a step back, his face filled with vigilance.
Not only were there far more Demon Beasts in the ocean than on land, but they always appeared in massive swarms! A large group of Armor Realm Demon Beasts would be enough to sweep across the entire Divine Wind Empire on land, yet in the ocean, it was a perfectly ordinary sight!
Although an Armor Realm powerhouse was no different from an ant before an Ultimate Venerable Powerhouse, and hundreds of them attacking an Ultimate Venerable would normally mean certain death, what about tens of thousands? Or hundreds of thousands?
No matter how weak something was, once its numbers reached a certain level, it became exceptionally terrifying—so terrifying that it could ignore differences in rank!
It was just like ants. A single stream of piss could kill them by the hundreds, but history was filled with records of ant swarms wiping out countless humans!
The Demon Wing Cloud Armor Beasts before them were innumerable, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions. They charged forward like an army bent on world annihilation. Forget this small group; it was hard to say if even a supreme powerhouse from the Heaven-Seizing Creation Secret Realm could withstand such an assault!
"My combat strength isn’t great, so I’ll just get out of the way to avoid holding you all back!" freewebnøvel.coɱ
Just then, Ouyang Cheng let out a long cry. With a shudder of his wings, he exposed everyone from under his protection, then parted the water with a WHOOSH and flew into the distance.
As expected of a Soaring Water Master, he was like a fish in the water. He vanished in the blink of an eye, his speed countless times faster than the Demon Wing Cloud Armor Beasts!
"Dammit!"
They never expected Ouyang Cheng to turn and flee at the critical moment, abandoning them to the sea. Everyone was so furious their faces turned pale, especially Qii Yang, who looked like he was about to explode from rage.
This was the bottom of the deep sea. Without the protection of a Soaring Water Master, they were already short on oxygen. If they had to fight, they would rapidly lose True Qi. It wouldn’t be long before they suffocated to death, even if the Demon Wing Cloud Armor Beasts didn’t kill them first!
"These Demon Beasts have already surrounded us, and they certainly won’t let us go. I will clear a path for the Young Master!"
Knowing there was no retreat, Muu Shengxue let out a sudden long cry and thrust her longsword forward. A bolt of sword light, like a rainbow piercing the sun, shot out. Reflected by the dark-gold, cold currents above, it radiated a light so brilliant it was beyond description.
SSSSLICE! BANG! BANG!
Wherever the sword light passed, it carved a channel through the Demon Wing Cloud Armor Beasts. Hundreds of them exploded into gore, staining the surrounding seawater bright red.
"Let’s make our move, too!"
The two sisters, Mu Qing and Mu Xia, knew they didn’t have Ouyang Cheng’s ability to flee through the water. With grave expressions, they attacked simultaneously.
It was the first time Nie Yun had seen the two women fight. As expected of twin sisters, their coordination was flawless. Two streams of plain white light coiled around them like ribbons, and wherever they tumbled through the water, Demon Wing Cloud Armor Beasts spurted blood and plummeted down.
’Either one of them is at least as strong as the Mi Tian Sect Master! And they’re even more powerful when they work together! It’s true that even among those at the Ultimate Venerable Peak, the differences can be enormous!’
Watching the two unleash their True Qi, Nie Yun couldn’t help but marvel. Although their strength was suppressed and significantly reduced at the bottom of the sea, their attacks were still shockingly powerful.
The Ultimate Venerable and the Heaven-Seizing Creation Secret Realm were two completely different forms of existence. It was like a Mortal cultivating to become an immortal; there was a qualitative leap in everything from physical structure to spiritual state. The gap between the two was immense, which also meant the span between the different levels within the Ultimate Venerable Realm was astonishingly large.
It was common to see a ten- or even a hundred-fold difference in power between cultivators who were both at the Ultimate Venerable Peak!
Like the Baihua Sect Master, one couldn’t tell the age of the two women, Mu Qing and Mu Xia, from their appearance. But with every move, their power surged. The True Qi from their Cultivation Technique was deep and vigorous, and their strength was considerably greater than even Mi Hong, the number one expert of the Divine Wind Empire!
The Baihua Sect Master had also made her move by now. With a flurry of falling petals, she displayed a Sentient Palm Technique that she had clearly mastered. Every strike killed a Demon Wing Cloud Armor Beast, and her efficiency in killing the beasts was no less than that of Mu Qing and Mu Xia. freewēbnoveℓ.com
’I never thought Baihua Xiu’s strength would have improved so much...’
Qii Yang and the others were also drawn to Baihua Xiu’s display. Seeing her techniques, their expressions couldn’t help but shift slightly.
When Baihua Xiu had come here with them a few years ago, she had been the weakest of the group. They never expected that in just a few short years, her strength would advance to such a degree.
"Everyone’s fighting, so I can’t just stand around. Profound Jade Sword!"
As everyone else engaged the Demon Wing Cloud Armor Beasts, hoping to carve a bloody path forward, Nie Yun gave a light laugh and swam forward as well.
’I carefully sensed Ouyang Cheng’s Soaring Water Qi before. I already have a Soaring Water Dantian, so I can escape at any time. However, it’s not convenient to reveal it right now.’
’After all, I never showed this kind of talent before. If I suddenly used it, I wouldn’t be able to explain it. Besides, I have a feeling that Qii Yang and his group have other secrets for coming here. It can’t be as simple as just getting the fruit from the Nine-Heart Demon Fruit Tree!’
’In any case, with my Soaring Water Dantian, I don’t have to worry about consuming True Qi or being unable to breathe. I can turn and leave whenever I want, so there’s no need for me to flee just yet.’
"Break!"
With the Profound Jade Sword in hand, Nie Yun let out a low roar and instantly unleashed his Dark Force.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
A series of Demon Wing Cloud Armor Beasts dropped to the seafloor. There wasn’t a single scratch on their exteriors, but their internal organs had been completely pulverized into dust.
