Free Web NovelChapter 1890: Chapter 20: Immortal Realm or Demon Realm? (2)
Now, their round of Magic Treasures thrown over had long lost the earlier effect; the Heavenly Demons were only slightly hindered and then suddenly charged downward fiercely.
"Swish!"
At this moment, a massive Golden Light rose from the top of the Ascending Immortal Platform, instantly enveloping the whole mountain.
This is the Thousand Tribulations Soul-locking Array!
The Heavenly Demon at the forefront crashed headlong into the Golden Light, not uttering a sound before turning to ashes.
The following Heavenly Demons were also caught off guard, crashing one after another, without exception all being obliterated by the golden Protective Shield.
"Roar!!!"
However, compared to the mindless charge of the Insect Race and drones, the Demon Clan has a characteristic of higher intelligence. While the degree of intelligence varies among different Demon Clan, overall, it is indeed higher than those insects and drones.
If one must list an intelligence ranking between these three races, the Bellier Clan would certainly come last, second would be the Insect Race due to their Insect Queen’s command, and the Demon Clan would rank first, especially some Primordial Demon Clan whose wisdom is no weaker than the most intelligent Spiritual Wisdom Clan.
Therefore, at this moment upon witnessing that layer of golden light, the Demon Clan did not choose to recklessly charge forward to die, but each one launched remote attacks from the sky toward the ground, attempting to deplete the cultivators’ array.
As for those Demon Clan lacking long-range attack means, they straightforwardly scattered, flying to other areas outside the Main Peak, targeting the cultivators there.
In an instant, the dark tide formed by the Demon Clan spread and expanded like ink gradually diffusing into clear water, seemingly determined to dye the whole pool black.
"How can there be so many of them, I must be dreaming... This isn’t real... This isn’t real!"
Someone, upon seeing the overwhelming number of Demon Clan, found themselves overwhelmed by the suffocating pressure, almost unable to breathe, their whole being appearing muddled and confused.
More people launched a counterattack, though drenched in cold sweat, they haven’t cultivated for years without any composure.
Perhaps seeing more and more Demon Clan beginning to spread in all directions, the elders of Tianyuan Sect knew this could not go on.
These Demon Clan must be completely eliminated here; if they escape to cities where ordinary people live and wreak havoc, it would be a scene of utter devastation.
"Everyone, do not rashly attack, inject your Spiritual Power into the Formation. We need to use the power of the Array to defeat them!"
An elder shouted loudly, his Sound Transmission simultaneously appearing in the minds of all cultivators.
"It’s Elder Yan Jiantong! Everybody do as he says! Let’s quickly inject Spiritual Power into the formation!"
Someone immediately responded; fortunately, they had been informed about this beforehand, so cooperating wasn’t difficult.
Soon, the Thousand Tribulations Soul-locking Array received a large infusion of Spiritual Power, becoming more active. Besides those monsters crashing into it, it began to actively attack, golden light spreading out, forming a huge gold net surrounding those Heavenly Demons.
At the same time, Pei Laoliu suddenly glowed with golden light all over his body; his position was at the array eye of the Thousand Tribulations Soul-locking Array, and this wave of enhancement brought him a tremendous boost as well.
"Buzz!!"
A clear sword sound rang out, and Master Liu suddenly drew his sword; the sword light frozen the entire sky, a gigantic sword mark spanning the horizon suddenly appeared before everyone’s eyes.
Immediately afterward, everyone saw the dense swarm of Demon Clan in the sky all freeze in place, then pause momentarily before all turning to dust and scattering.
This one sword cut down tens of thousands of Demon Clan.
The might of one sword is terrifyingly so.
A group of cultivators stood dumbfounded on the spot, finding the scene overwhelmingly shocking.
They all knew the attack power of a Sword Cultivator is strong, but they didn’t expect it to be so frighteningly potent.
The feat of annihilating tens of thousands of Demon Clan with one sword opened the eyes of these Loose Cultivators indeed.
At this moment, the black aura within the Guiding Immortal Road dissipated, and the Demon Clan ceased to appear, leaving only some stragglers, all killed jointly by other cultivators.
"So amazing, worthy of Tianyuan Sect’s Great Elder, the sword just now truly astounded me; I even feel my cultivation vaguely showing signs of breakthrough..."
"Hahaha, truly unexpected, those Demon Clan charged with such momentum, I initially thought I was done for, but they turned out to be no match for the Great Elder’s combined might, truly astounding."
"But... why did those Demon Clan suddenly appear, and looking at their numbers, it’s several times more than before!"
"What do we do... will they come again?"
"Coward! With our Great Elder guarding here, what are you afraid of?"
"The number of Heavenly Demons is really excessive, it gives me the impression that the entire Immortal Realm is full of such things..."
"Immortal Realm... what does it really look like... why are there so many Heavenly Demons... could it be... it’s not an Immortal Realm, but a Demon Realm!?"
"..."
After cleaning up the battlefield, the cultivators were still shaken, though the Demon Clan had been eliminated, thanks to Master Liu’s intervention, preventing extensive casualties, the sudden massive Demon Clan truly startled everyone, leaving each unable to resist worrying.
Now what everyone is most curious about is what the Immortal Realm beyond the Immortal Path really looks like, why there are constantly emerging Demon Clan, and better yet, appearing in greater numbers every time.
Now indeed someone begins to suspect, it might actually not be an Immortal Realm over there, but the fabled Demon Realm instead.
This cannot be blamed on them for having wild thoughts; after all, who among cultivators doesn’t yearn for immortality? Though they’re practicing a cultivation system that doesn’t allow them to ascend to immortality, having other paths instead, since ancient times the word ’immortal’ is synonymous with perfection, naturally attracting attention and curiosity.
However, regarding these people’s questions, the elders of Tianyuan Sect are completely at a loss for how to respond, as no one here has actually been to the Immortal Realm; Tianyuan Sect only had one Sect Leader and the Guardian Sect Beast Ni Yang visit, but the former is still within the Immortal Realm and hasn’t returned to answer their questions, while the latter simply doesn’t bother to interact with them regarding this, let alone knows the answers.
In fact, even Ni Yang can’t say for sure what the Immortal Realm is like now, for since the advent of the Last Law Catastrophe, all immortal energy has dissipated, and what the Immortal Realm will turn into as a result, it’s uncertain even until actually seen.
However, with Zhang Xiaoman entering the Immortal Realm, Ni Yang’s true form doesn’t need to leave Jade Spirit Lake and can equally see the scene there via Divine Soul means.
Yet, the current appearance of the Immortal Realm has entirely changed; even Ni Yang, a being with transcendent prowess can’t help but marvel, because it’s completely different from the Immortal Realm it used to reside in.
...
Immortal Realm, above the Returning Ruins Sea.
A figure is sitting cross-legged, quietly hovering over this expanse of ocean.
Beneath him, the roaring waves continually issued growls, with powerful Spiritual Power surging along with the waves’ rolling back and forth, ultimately drawn by an inescapable power, flying towards a single location.
This force’s center is that cross-legged figure, that is, the Sect Leader Zhang Xiaoman, whom all Tianyuan Sect members in the Mortal World yearn for.
Zhang Xiaoman has no idea how long he’s been sitting here, nor how much Spiritual Power he’s absorbed, until a violent swelling sensation emerged in his body, prompting him to abruptly open his eyes.
