Chapter 1072: Great Battle Resumes

"Do you think I would agree?" the silver-haired woman said calmly, pointing a finger to stabilize the space in front of her.

"Since you are a demon, you definitely have no connection to the Human Three Emperors. The Seven Great Demon Kings repeatedly invaded our Ancient Devil Realm and annihilated countless members of my Holy Race. If you're associated with them, I don't need to show any respect to Ancestor Ao Xiao; I can simply eliminate you." The devil statue, with a murderous expression, rubbed its hands together. A towering spiritual pressure swept out in all directions, and the previously indistinct body of the devil statue instantly became clear.

Streaks of crystal light shot out from the devil statue's hands, not towards the silver-haired woman, but coiling around its own body with a hissing sound.

In the blink of an eye, the devil statue transformed from a wisp of black mist into a towering crystalline giant, its eyes still flickering with awe-inspiring purple light.

"Don't assume a mere Reverse Star Disk can make you arrogant before this Holy Ancestor. I'll see if you can truly withstand my attack," the giant growled menacingly. It raised a hand, and crystalline light swirled in its palm, as if something was about to erupt.

Upon seeing this, the silver-haired woman, Linglong, not only showed no panic but instead let out a soft laugh, her beautiful face blooming. It was as if ice had melted and a hundred flowers had blossomed; her demeanor was completely different from her previous icy coldness, resembling someone full of joy.

"Do you think you still have time to remain in this realm?""What do you mean?" The crystalline giant's eyes flashed in surprise.

Just then, a dozen of the stone pillars flickering around the altar suddenly dimmed, their spiritual light receding. The colossal formation, which had been activating, abruptly ceased, and the dark demonic energy continuously supplied to the devil statue from within the altar stopped short.

Upon seeing this, the crystallized giant immediately revealed a look of shock and fury. It had just consumed all its true demonic energy to crystallize its demonic body using divine sense. Now, with the final supply of demonic energy cut off, it knew very well what the consequences would be.

Immediately, it let out a shriek, and the raised palm flashed with light, suddenly spewing out a crystal pillar as thick as a bowl.

However, the crystal pillar had only halfway emerged when Ancestor Yuansha let out several unwilling roars. Its condensed crystalline body shattered into fragments, and the Ancestor Yuansha's divine sense contained within, without the support of a physical form, instantly dissipated like smoke, completely vanishing from this world.

The half-formed crystal pillar, in a flash, appeared before the silver-haired woman.

However, the woman, who was already prepared, swiftly raised a hand, and a silver spell was inscribed onto the disk in front of her.

Immediately, the disk expanded by several feet, its starlight flickering wildly, and the half-formed crystal pillar was sucked inside.

However, this absorption was clearly extraordinary. Though incomplete, it caused the Reverse Star Disk to hum loudly, then recoil backward with a tremor.

Linglong, standing behind it, changed her expression. This turn of events was clearly somewhat unexpected for her. Without hesitation, a flash of spiritual light appeared, and she lightly patted the back of the incoming disk.

However, the disk merely trembled slightly before instantly glowing with intense starlight. Incredibly, the half-formed crystal pillar flashed out from the back of the disk and struck Linglong forcefully in the lower abdomen.

The silver-haired woman clearly had not anticipated this. Startled, a silver light enveloped her body, but the crystal pillar passed through her without any resistance.

She let out a muffled groan, her body stumbled, and her face was filled with pain. But with one hand, she immediately pressed down on the wound, silver light flickering, making it impossible to discern the extent of her injury.

Her body was originally formed by powerful divine sense and was impervious to ordinary attacks. However, the crystal pillar just now was condensed from an even more potent divine sense, so it was not surprising that she suffered such a severe injury.

The dazzling scene that just unfolded left everyone stunned.

Xuan Qingzi and the others were naturally overjoyed to see the devil statue dealt with, while the black-armored woman, an avatar of Ancestor Yuansha's divine sense, found it hard to believe what had just happened.

The main body's divine sense, which he had painstakingly summoned, was so easily defeated. And how could those remarkably sturdy stone pillars malfunction without being attacked?

Filled with shock and anger, the black-armored woman still harbored a belly full of questions. But after her gaze swept over the bases of the damaged stone pillars, her expression changed. Suddenly, she reached out one hand and grabbed at one of the pillars as if grasping at thin air.

That seemingly intact pillar rumbled as it was pulled from the ground, then crashed heavily back down.

Seeing the black-armored woman's peculiar action, Xuan Qingzi and the others instinctively looked over as well.

The end of the stone pillar that had been pulled from the ground was rough and jagged, clearly bitten off by something.

The black-armored woman's face turned grim. She immediately punched the ground somewhere with great force.

With an earth-shattering roar, a crater several feet deep suddenly appeared amidst the explosion. Among the scattered debris, specks of golden light were unmistakably mixed in, shooting out in all directions.

With her other hand, the black-armored woman gestured as if pulling something from the air. A speck of golden light shot towards her in unison with her gesture and was easily caught in her hand.

Glancing at the sparkling golden object in her hand, the woman exclaimed its name in surprise.

"Gold Devouring Beetles! You buried these insects underneath!" The black-armored woman suddenly twisted her head, glaring fiercely at Linglong, who stood in the distance with a slightly pale face.

The silver-haired woman, however, let out a cold laugh. The silver light on her lower abdomen receded as she withdrew her hand. The hole where she had been pierced was, astonishingly, no longer there.

"The Reverse Star Disk... could it be the legendary treasure that allows one to cross realms and counteract most of the realm's power?" Xuan Qingzi, whose gaze had remained fixed on the disk, suddenly spoke.

"Fellow Daoist Xuan Qingzi, what do you mean by that question? Do you still harbor foolish delusions?" The Ten Thousand Year Corpse Bear, with a blood-red light saber floating before it, spoke grimly.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Xiong, you jest. With this demonic creature still uneradicated, why would we do such a thing? Our true enemy is this demon before us. Summoning its main body's divine sense must have consumed a lot of its demonic energy. Now that the formation is destroyed, it's the perfect opportunity for us to eliminate this demon. Fellow Daoists, let us act together!" Master Qimiao chuckled, then turned his gaze to the black-armored woman.

Hearing this, the black-armored woman, the avatar of Ancestor Yuansha's divine sense, suddenly let out a cold laugh.

"What's so funny, demon? Now that the Holy Ancestor is no longer in this realm, do you truly believe you can still contend with us?" Xuan Qingzi's face flashed with severity as he roared.

"Heh heh! If you truly thought that, you would have already attacked this Holy Ancestor instead of just standing here rambling. Even if my situation is dire, how much better off are you? Not only are your treasures destroyed, but you likely have very little strength left. Furthermore, do you really believe that by destroying a few pillars, this formation can no longer be used?" The black-armored woman spoke with a strange expression. Suddenly, her figure flickered and bizarrely reappeared in front of the stone tablet. She spread her five fingers and placed her hand on the Dragon Transformation Seal embedded in the tablet.

The stone tablet, which had regained its calm due to the destruction of the pillars, now flashed with dark light and began to tremble slightly once more. Almost simultaneously, at the locations of the destroyed pillars, a demonic wind suddenly arose, and over a dozen black energy pillars emerged from the ground. A buzzing sound erupted within these energy pillars, and the stone pillars themselves began to glow with spiritual light again.

The entire formation seemed poised to reactivate.

"No, stop this demon quickly!" Upon seeing this, Xuan Qingzi's expression changed dramatically. Without thinking, he wildly swung his Heavenly A Divine Sword, sending several streaks of deep yellow sword qi directly towards her. At the same time, his escape light flared, and he shot straight towards the altar.

The Corpse Bear and Master Qimiao dared not delay either. Immediately, a burst of blood light and a spiritual light orb whistled as they struck together.

Gui Ling, with a swing of his giant axe, sent streaks of silver light, as large as chariot wheels, flying out.

Even Lin Yingping, with a shake of her perfumed sleeve, sent a pair of curved red blades, transformed into two streaks of fire, slashing forward.

It seemed that after being slaughtered by the devil statue that the black-armored woman had raised, all the cultivators, at the same moment, united against their common enemy, fearing that this demon would lift the seal and summon another terrifying entity by means of the True Demonic Affinity.

The experience of being slaughtered without any ability to retaliate was something no cultivator ever wanted to relive.

Meanwhile, the two hawk-winged human-bodied demonic avatars also lunged at these individuals. For a moment, demonic energy surged around the altar, and spiritual light shot out chaotically; a major battle was about to erupt again.

However, at this moment, two individuals did not attack. Instead, they stood facing each other, barely a dozen feet apart.

"What did you say?" Han Li's heart sank upon hearing the unexpected telepathic message.

"I said I want to borrow your Xutian Cauldron!" the silver-haired woman stated calmly, her gaze fixed on Han Li.

"Hmph, why should I give it to you?" Han Li's pupils contracted slightly, and he snorted coldly. Although he didn't know how many of Yin Yue's memories this silver-haired woman possessed, she was undoubtedly a stranger, and Han Li was naturally extremely wary.

"Why? Naturally, I'll use this cauldron to plant the Heavenly Flood Sacred Beast's avatar. The so-called Heavenly Flood Sacred Beast is a rather well-known figure in the Spirit Realm. Its condensed avatar would be perfect as my temporary body; otherwise, merely relying on my current divine sense body and human body would put me at a significant disadvantage against my Silver Wolf body." The silver-haired woman glanced sideways at Xuan Qingzi and the others, speaking with an unconcerned tone.

"No!" To Linglong's great surprise, Han Li's eyes flashed, and he flatly refused.

"What did you say?" The silver-haired woman's bright eyes turned icy, suddenly showing murderous intent.

"Since Ancestor Yuansha's main body's divine sense is no longer here, I don't see why you need to make another move," Han Li replied bluntly, staring at her.

"Are you looking for death?" Hearing Han Li's words, Linglong laughed in fury. She raised a delicate finger, and a long crystalline glow immediately emerged from its tip, extending and retracting, flickering erratically, as if ready to shoot out at any moment.

Just then, a murderous shriek suddenly emanated from the demonic energy around the altar. Immediately, as the demonic energy churned, a colossal three-headed, six-armed demonic creature vaguely materialized.

(First Update)