Chapter 1925: Stalemate

A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Volume Ten: Battle of the Demonic Realm

Volume Ten: Battle of the Demonic Realm

The giant bricks were not only immensely large, but each was also lustrous and exquisitely smooth, clearly the product of special refining. They instantly sealed the gap, and when activated by a special incantation from the airborne cultivators, a flash of light between each brick allowed them to seamlessly fuse, adjusting their size at will, as if they had always been a single, natural entity.

But that was not all! As the gap in the city wall vanished, some of Yitian City's massive buildings, several hundred zhang tall, suddenly blurred slightly, and countless dense runes appeared on their surfaces. The runes swirled, instantly forming various mysterious spell formations of differing sizes. With a rumble, these structures miraculously transformed into colossal earth-stone golems. Each golem had an indistinct face, featuring only a single gigantic eye, yet they were fully equipped with limbs.

In a house-sized cavity in the abdomen of each giant, several human cultivators could be faintly seen, standing on a Seven-Star formation, holding strange magical artifacts, and activating something with expressions of intense nervousness. With a sudden roar directed skyward, these giants moved, soaring into the air, and in a few massive strides, reached the sky above the city wall. Without hesitation, they violently rubbed their hands together. A fierce cold wind surged forth, and countless blue light points spontaneously appeared within it, rapidly converging into their palms. In a blink, crystalline ice spears, each a hundred zhang long, emerged one by one like colossal pillars supporting the sky, then, grasped by the golems' hands, they were powerfully hurled downwards.

A deafening boom erupted! The ice spears vanished from the giants' hands in a flash, transforming into streaks of deep blue light. But the next moment, above the super demonic beasts that were about to charge the giant walls of Yitian City, intense spatial fluctuations erupted, and thousands of dazzling blue lights eerily shot forth from the void. With a flash, they transformed back into hundred-zhang ice spears, piercing through the mountain-like bodies of the super demonic beasts and subsequently exploding. The extraordinary frigid power contained within the ice spears, a mystery as to what great divine ability it originated from, immediately transformed into large blue mists, several acres in size, upon explosion. Each mist enveloped the already heavily wounded demonic beasts, instantly freezing them into crystalline, pure white blue ice mountains. Their protective spiritual barriers were utterly incapable of resisting in the slightest!

A thunderous crackle filled the air. Hundreds of massive crimson lightning bolts, as thick as water vats, without any warning, tore through the thick demonic energy high in the sky and struck down ferociously. Crisp shattering sounds followed in quick succession, and the ice mountains shattered inch by inch under the terrifying might of the lightning. All the super demonic beasts were instantly slain on the spot, not even a wisp of their souls escaping.

Inside a secret chamber within one of the earth-stone golems that had transformed from Yitian City's massive buildings, several human cultivators in the Transcendent God Realm, dressed in various attires, visibly relaxed as they released the objects in their hands. These were, in fact, shimmering red talismans, inscribed with countless gold and silver runes, appearing extraordinarily mysterious. However, the moment these talismans left the cultivators' fingers, they grew dim, lost their luster, and dissolved into wisps of green smoke. Their power was instantly and completely lost! Almost simultaneously, the human warriors on the city wall, having exhausted the power of their weapons, began to swiftly retreat down the wall. In their place, dense ranks of human cultivators, clad in four-colored battle robes, began to appear on the city ramparts. They activated various spiritual artifacts, which glowed brightly and unleashed torrents of five-colored light, bombarding the low-tier demonic beast army that had advanced close to the city wall.

Where the light torrents passed, low-tier demonic beasts were reduced to ashes. The power of these spiritual artifacts was indeed far superior to that of the human warriors' conventional weapons. With so many cultivators attacking simultaneously, even if few of them were high-tier, the sheer magnitude of the assault was enough to alter the weather and make the sun and moon tremble. The low-tier demonic beasts, though astonishing in number and without the cover of the super demonic beasts, were annihilated by more than half in an instant. Witnessing the super demonic beasts and the low-tier demonic beast army being repelled, the Myriad Manifestation Demonic Cavalry, who were spurring their mounts from the rear, remained completely unperturbed. Instead, they urged their demonic clouds to double in speed, approaching with a rolling surge and waves of howling sounds.

On the city wall, the human cultivators, under the repeated commands of their leading high-tier cultivators, unhesitatingly shifted the direction of their spiritual artifact attacks. With their spiritual artifacts glowing brightly, they unleashed attacks that resembled falling stars, roaring towards the distant demonic clouds. With several muffled 'thudding' sounds, the demonic clouds churned violently, and enormous black runes, as large as dippers, surged forth. High in the sky, they spun rapidly, forming colossal black rune arrays. As the rain of spiritual artifacts fell upon them, the rune arrays emitted a rumbling sound, but they merely trembled slightly, managing to withstand all the attacks for a time.

However, at this moment, the demonic knights within the demonic clouds suddenly raised a hand. Black energy surged in their grasp, forming several-foot-long black sabers, which they then furiously slashed towards the sky. Countless ten-zhang-long black blade auras, transforming into streaks of dark light, swept forth from the demonic clouds. A colossal explosion reverberated across the entire sky. Hundreds of thousands of human spiritual artifacts, upon instantly coming into contact with these black blade auras, were cleaved in half, exploding as they fell, transforming into myriad colored light clusters that illuminated the entire sky. Moreover, with a shout, the demonic knights below the rune arrays directly hurled their black sabers, which transformed into streaks of black light and merged into the colossal rune arrays in the sky. The rune arrays shrieked loudly, and after a furious black light flashed, massive black blades, dozens of zhang long, actually condensed at their centers. They shot straight up, then with a slight shimmer, suddenly cleaved towards the city wall. Dark light flowed around the giant blades, and streaks of thousand-zhang-long black energy, with a tremor, burst forth from them. With a single flash, they arrived at the top of Yitian City's wall and silently cleaved down. A colossal pressure, as if capable of splitting heaven and earth, suddenly manifested. The human cultivators enveloped by this terrifying spiritual pressure were thrown into chaos. Many immediately activated their escape lights, attempting to flee the area, but it was already too late! With a single flash of the black energy streaks, all the human cultivators turned into showers of blood and gore. And the city walls, with a resounding boom, were directly cleaved in two, revealing a wide expanse of empty space, over a hundred zhang wide. Over ten thousand cultivators perished in this single attack.

All the human cultivators on the city wall immediately fell into a panic. Some gritted their teeth and continued to furiously assault the demonic rune arrays, while others frantically pulled out defensive artifacts and activated them before themselves. After that strike, the black giant blade at the center of the rune array hummed and vanished into motes of black light. A cold whistle boomed once more from one of the demonic dreadnoughts. Upon hearing this sound, malevolent aura appeared on the faces of the demonic knights in the demonic clouds. With a low roar, they violently slapped their demonic mounts, then transformed into streaks of dazzling black light and shot forth. These demonic knights traversed a distance of several miles in just a few flashes. Various attacks that landed on them were deflected by a layer of black light shields that appeared on their armor. Only a few demonic knights, struck by too many artifacts simultaneously, would be forcefully knocked off their mounts with a pained shriek. In a blink, the one hundred thousand Myriad Manifestation Demonic Cavalry reached the city wall's protective light barrier, and with both hands brandishing various heavy weapons, unleashed countless astonishing black lights, hacking towards the defenses. The demonic beasts ridden by these demonic knights also displayed their respective divine abilities: some spewed columns of fire from their mouths, others conjured massive wind blades with a thrust of their horns... With so many astonishing attacks, Yitian City's entire defense, within mere breaths, began to flicker wildly and became unsustainable.

The Myriad Manifestation Demonic Cavalry, with just a single wave of assault, were on the verge of forcibly breaching Yitian City's battlements, while the spiritual artifact attacks from the low-tier human cultivators appeared utterly ineffective against these demonic beings. The human race's massive earth-stone golems, it seemed, only possessed the power for a single strike; after their attack, they reverted to their original forms as tall buildings. However, from within a thousand-zhang-tall giant tower, a series of clear, resonating sounds suddenly emanated. Following this, spatial fluctuations erupted nearby, and thousands of human cultivators flashed into existence in the surrounding void. With solemn expressions, they swayed slightly and formed a massive array centered around the giant tower. They stood motionless, heads bowed, and with a raise of one hand, began to chant incantations. Streaks of five-colored magical formulas, formed from spiritual energy, transformed into countless spiritual lights and poured into the giant tower. The surface of the giant tower glowed with dazzling five-colored light, followed by a loud humming sound. In response, the empty ground outside Yitian City's wall suddenly shook violently, the earth cracked open, and dark passages materialized from thin air. Then, formations of two-zhang-tall azure copper automatons swarmed out. These automatons were clad in heavy armor, some wielding long halberds and spears, others carrying powerful bows and crossbows on their backs. Some automatons rode well-known bronze spirit beasts, and even more piloted ten-zhang-long azure war chariots, all charging expressionlessly directly towards the demonic knights.

The demonic leader in the dreadnought seemed momentarily stunned by this sight, but then let out a cold snort and a sharp whistle once more. Tens of thousands of demonic knights, their expressions instantly turning ferocious, immediately moved to confront these automaton armies. One side was utterly fearless and difficult to harm with conventional weapons, while the other was ferocious and incredibly powerful. When the two armies clashed, they instantly became a chaotic entanglement. Seizing this brief respite, dazzling rainbows of light also appeared on Yitian City's giant walls. As the light receded, thousands of high-tier human cultivators, of varying heights, were revealed. With a loud cry, countless treasures surged forth, joining the battle...

Although the human race's bronze automaton army was clearly no match for the Myriad Manifestation Demonic Cavalry, the arrival of some high-tier cultivators immediately created a stalemate. Moreover, with desperate support from the low-tier cultivators on the city walls, they even subtly gained a slight advantage. Curiously, the demonic leader in the distant dreadnought did not deploy the Galun Battle Demon Legion, who remained in the rear, to join the attack. It was only after several hours, when both the Myriad Manifestation Demonic Cavalry and the human army had sustained considerable casualties, that a low gong sound suddenly rang out. Upon hearing this, the demonic knights unhesitatingly withdrew from the battle and slowly retreated towards the dreadnoughts, forming tight formations. At this point, the Galun Battle Demons, expressionless, flew forward a certain distance, their cold gazes fixed on the human army.