Chapter 1048: Nine True Demon Subduing Formation

After Yin Yue regained her footing, her face was pale, but she suddenly sneered as she looked at 'Hua Tianqi'.

"You are me, and I am you. If that person were to learn of this, do you think your situation would be any better? Besides, even though that person married Linglong, wasn't I the one he cherished the most? Don't forget who helped me suppress you and forced you into slumber within me back then."

Hearing Yin Yue's words, the smile on 'Hua Tianqi's' face vanished, and a menacing aura suddenly appeared in her eyes. But then she let out a cold laugh, turned her head, and pressed her single hand gently against a spot outside the formation.

With a thunderous boom, the white teleportation array through which everyone had entered suddenly collapsed and caved in, revealing a deep pit roughly ten feet deep in its place.

The Silver-Winged Yaksha and the Lion-Beast, who were quietly retreating towards the teleportation array, saw this, their expressions instantly changed, their movements faltered, and they were forced to stop.

"Where do you two think you're going! One of you is identical to the Hollow-Mystic Alchemist from back then, yet possesses such a strong death aura. As for the other, although its form has changed considerably, I still recall it being the spiritual beast the Hollow-Mystic Alchemist raised. If I'm not mistaken, the Hollow-Mystic Alchemist perished long before I was sealed. It seems you are his leftover body, cultivated to become a spiritual being, and have even reached the Silver-Winged Yaksha realm. Am I wrong?" 'Hua Tianqi' stared at the Silver-Winged Yaksha and spoke coldly.

"I didn't expect Fairy Linglong to so easily discern our origins! Speaking of which, I did have a few encounters with the fairy back then." The Silver-Winged Yaksha's expression was uncertain, but he ultimately let out a bitter laugh and spoke.

"It was your previous incarnation, you, who had an encounter with me. As for this Lion-Beast, it was only a level seven spiritual beast back then, but it has actually advanced to a level ten demonic beast. It seems it would have a place even if it returned to the Spirit Realm." 'Hua Tianqi' snorted.

"Regardless, my mind still remembers the fairy's peerless beauty from back then. What was the fairy's intention in destroying this teleportation array?" With his origins exposed, the Silver-Winged Yaksha instead became calmer.

"Nothing much. Since you're here, there's no need to rush off. This concubine might still need to borrow your strength!" 'Hua Tianqi' said nonchalantly.

The Silver-Winged Yaksha's face darkened.

Although this demon truly didn't want to stay here, since the teleportation array was destroyed, finding another way out would not be a matter of moments. So, he temporarily fell silent.

Seeing this, 'Hua Tianqi' ignored the two demons. Her gaze swept over the young man surnamed Xu and a few cultivators from the Ye family again. A cold sneer curled her lips:

"Good. Very good! I didn't expect so many human cultivators to come here. And their cultivation levels are all quite strong!"

"Regardless of your distinguished status in the Spirit Realm, or how you came to possess Fellow Daoist Hua's body, our Ye family opened the Kunwu Mountain seal this time merely for the Heavenly Spirit Treasure. As long as you are willing to hand over this Eight Spirit Ruler to us, the Ye family can help you escape this tower!" The white-robed scholar, having listened carefully, seemed to vaguely understand the person's approximate origin and respectfully stepped forward.

"What I, Xu, wanted to say, Fellow Daoist Ye has already said first." The young man surnamed Xu chuckled, a humorless smile on his face.

Both of them were sly and cunning. Seeing that the demonic concubine possessing Hua Tianqi was too powerful to resist with just one move, they both couldn't help but entertain the idea of winning her over.

"The Eight Spirit Ruler? Alright, whoever has the ability to subdue this treasure, come forward. This concubine will certainly not stop you!" 'Hua Tianqi's' eyes flashed, and she said this with complete indifference.

Hearing this, the Ye family's Grand Elder and the young man surnamed Xu were startled, and then exchanged surprised glances.

"What, I'm letting you come and take the treasure, and now you're scared again!" 'Hua Tianqi' let out a sarcastic laugh.

However, the white-robed scholar and the young man surnamed Xu were even more hesitant to act rashly.

On the other side, Madam Mu had maintained an extremely vigilant expression ever since 'Hua Tianqi' appeared. At this moment, her jade hand, hidden in her sleeve, moved, and she quietly took something out of her storage pouch. Her movements were exceptionally careful, as if afraid 'Hua Tianqi' would notice.

"Since Senior doesn't want this treasure, why did you stop me when I was collecting it below just now?" The big-headed strange person, who was hiding far away at the other end of the palace's upper reaches, suddenly asked sharply.

"Anyone else can take the treasure, but not you!" 'Hua Tianqi' glanced at the strange person indifferently and said.

"Why?" The strange person's face instantly became extremely ugly, and he glanced at his severed arm, asking hatefully.

"Why? Didn't you just meet a clone of the Primal Fiend Patriarch a short while ago?"

"What Primal Fiend Patriarch? I don't know anything about that!" The big-headed strange person's heart tensed, but he immediately denied it.

"Although you spent a very short time with that demon, your body is still tainted with a wisp of demonic energy that ordinary people can't detect; I could see it at a glance. It doesn't matter if you admit it or not, but after you entered the hall just now, you harbored ill intent the moment you saw my soul casket, didn't you? If the person I possessed hadn't awakened me a step earlier than you, I might have truly suffered from your malicious intentions. How dare you use a Soul Annihilation Talisman against me? You have a lot of nerve, don't you?" A green light flashed in 'Hua Tianqi's' eyes, and her voice instantly turned cold.

The white-robed scholar was startled by these words, and quickly whispered a few words to the strange person with slightly moving lips, seemingly wanting to ask something.

But the big-headed strange person acted as if he hadn't heard, and remained silent with a cold face.

The white-robed scholar's face immediately became ashen.

"Primal Fiend Patriarch, what is that? Is it an ancient demon?" This time, it was Han Li who suddenly spoke.

"Hehe, Primal Fiend Patriarch?" 'Tianqi's' expression changed slightly, but then she coldly sneered and looked up at the sky, not immediately answering Han Li's question.

Han Li frowned slightly! His intuition told him that the ancient demon of Tiannan appearing in Kunwu Mountain was probably closely related to this Primal Fiend Patriarch.

Everyone was deep in thought, and for a moment, the place fell into silence. But a moment later, a woman's clear, cold voice rang out.

"Fellow Daoists, do not fall for it. This woman is no Upper Realm demonic concubine at all; she is clearly a manifestation of that ancient demonic patriarch, disguised to mislead us. If you were to step forward and truly take away the Eight Spirit Ruler, which ancient cultivators used to suppress this demon, I fear this demon would truly escape its confinement. At that time, it would bring about a great catastrophe for the entire Human Realm."

The one who spoke was none other than Madam Mu of the Transformation Sect. At this moment, she held a green jade seal a few inches in size in one hand. It gleamed, and a foot-long phantom of a five-clawed true dragon appeared on it. This true dragon phantom bared its fangs and claws at 'Hua Tianqi', appearing furiously enraged, as if it had seen something it deeply detested.

"Dragon Transformation Seal!"

The moment 'Hua Tianqi' saw this object, her expression changed, and without hesitation, she pressed her hand in the air towards the woman.

With a ripping sound, an immense force, as if tearing space itself, pressed down on the woman's head.

Madam Mu was startled, and hastily raised the jade seal in her hand.

Immediately, a dragon's roar came from it, and the dragon phantom instantly swelled tenfold, shooting out from the treasure, directly meeting the immense force in the air.

After a colossal roar that seemed to shake the entire space, the dragon phantom and the immense force emitted a burst of white light, and then vanished, cancelling each other out.

Taking this opportunity, Madam Mu and the beautiful woman beside her simultaneously raised their hands, releasing two streaks of golden and silver light, and the Sun-Moon Shuttle appeared.

The two women's figures flickered and then disappeared into it.

Seeing this, 'Hua Tianqi', her eyebrows shot up in anger, and she opened her mouth, instantly spewing out a silver light beam towards the spirit shuttle.

A scene that greatly surprised everyone occurred.

A phantom of a giant deer, covered in strange scales, suddenly appeared in the grand formation without any warning. It actually swallowed the light beam in one gulp, and then vanished again in a flash, as if it had never appeared.

"Eight-Kirin Deer!"

Han Li was startled, and hurriedly looked towards the Eight Spirit Ruler. He saw that the ruler, which had been floating in the air, was now subtly trembling. As it trembled, rings of seven-colored spiritual light emanated from it, and eight phantoms of spirit beasts began to become clearly visible within the spiritual light. This spiritual treasure appeared to be on the verge of activation.

This is bad!

The moment 'Hua Tianqi' saw this scene, her face instantly turned cold, and then her entire body flashed with silver light, she shot back into the palace below without a word.

The Eight Spirit Ruler suddenly emitted a piercing hum, and then the surrounding grand formation also glowed brightly. After a violent tremor of the ground, nine cracks actually appeared, and from within them, nine more altars rumbled upwards.

These nine altars were several times the size of the smaller altars outside. On each one, a gleaming golden greatblade stood upright. Their design and appearance were identical to the golden blades held by the original stone puppets, but they were enormous, each over ten zhang (about 33 meters) tall, like nine terrifying pillars.

"Nine-Truth Demon Subjugation Array!" Upon seeing these nine altars, the white-robed scholar was startled, then immediately cried out.

Han Li, seeing the unfavorable situation, had already grabbed Yin Yue's arm and pulled her backward, and upon hearing the Ye family's Grand Elder's words, a thought flashed in his mind, as if he had heard that name somewhere before.

But before he could ponder the matter further, one side of the space suddenly collapsed amidst flashing black light, and countless wisps of demonic energy, like black pythons, emerged from within.

A burst of triumphant laughter rang out. With a whoosh, a two-headed, four-armed demonic figure shot out from the demonic energy, and after a pause, stood firm in mid-air.

The nine greatblades glowed brightly, each shooting a thick blade light into the air, which turned into a vast golden expanse, almost obscuring half the sky the moment it appeared, fiercely pressing down on the demonic figure.

The demonic figure's loud laughter abruptly ceased! It immediately shot backward in fear!

But the blade light suddenly flashed, and a wisp of golden light eerily appeared above the demonic figure's head, and fiercely slashed down.

With a crash, golden light and demonic energy intertwined and flashed!

A graceful, slender figure appeared in front of the demonic figure, extending a delicate jade finger to block the wisp of golden light.