Chapter 1941: Battle of Heavenly Sword (7)

Volume Ten: War in the Demon Realm

The goat-headed giant beast was scrutinizing the Integration realm beings in the battle formation, its eyeballs ceaselessly rolling. To it, although countless individuals from both the human and demon armies were below, only these few could barely pose a threat. The two Integration realm beings from the human side emitted a familiar aura, precisely those who had sealed it years ago. As for the aura emanating from the demon venerable figures on the demon side, it equally found them highly repulsive.

Had its full powers been intact, it would naturally have swallowed both sides without hesitation. However, with old wounds still lingering and having been sealed for so many years, its magical power was less than half of its normal state, preventing it from making such rash moves.

As the beast was subconsciously muttering to itself, Immortal Lin Luan's sharp cry suddenly reached its ears. Simultaneously, the blood talisman within its head, stimulated, began to swell and flicker erratically again. Having just experienced the excruciating pain in its mind, a pain that seemed to deeply scar its soul and threatened to erupt at any moment, the goat-headed beast's body trembled. Without further hesitation, it suddenly opened its massive mouth, unleashing a swirling, yellowish, strange wind that swept directly towards the demon army besieging the city below.

In an instant, the sky darkened, and yellow dust billowed. The demon beasts caught in the yellow wind were easily torn into pieces by the terrifying power it contained, offering no resistance whatsoever. In the blink of an eye, thousands of demon beasts and hundreds of demon riders were annihilated by the gale.

"Hmph, Hesxi, how dare you aid the human race and oppose our Holy Race! Then today, you shall be buried with this city!" The black-armored man, furious at the sight, snorted coldly. With a sudden flip of his hand, he tossed out a dark leather pouch. Then, with a movement of his arm, a golden flying trident, several inches long, appeared in his hand. With a shake, the object instantly transformed into a hundred zhang tall giant. The giant, into which the black-armored man had transformed, gripped the trident with both hands and fiercely struck down towards the hurricane below.

A greenish blade light, like a waterfall, descended directly from the sky. With a flash, it sliced the yellow wind below in two, then pierced into the ground with dazzling brilliance. A thunderous roar echoed! The entire earth trembled, and a massive thousand-zhang-long crack appeared out of nowhere. After being struck by this blow, the gale immediately vanished without a trace.

From the discarded black leather pouch, after a clap of thunder, two thick silver arcs suddenly sprang out. With a flash, they transformed into two giant wolves enveloped in silver lightning. Each wolf was three to four zhang long, with a pair of silver lightning wings on its back. With a flap, they let out a piercing howl and lunged directly at the goat-headed giant beast.

Seeing this, a hint of disdain flashed across the Hesxi giant beast's goat-like face. Without a word, one of its massive palms slapped out from a distance. A hundred-zhang-wide yellow giant palm, like a small mountain, instantly appeared above the two giant wolves. With just a downward sweep, it crushed the two seemingly extraordinary demon beasts, their bodies exploding instantly.

The black-armored man was startled. Without time to think, the golden giant trident in his hand fiercely struck out again, unleashing another flash of a massive blade light. At the same time, with a mental incantation, two black giant hammers also materialized, forming layers of illusory figures as they violently smashed towards the giant beast.

The goat-headed giant beast, having been repeatedly attacked by the black-armored man, naturally regarded it as a provocation. A fierce glint flashed in its eyes. Its two bat wings instantly flapped forward. With a slight blur, they transformed into two masses of dark, yellowish clouds, engulfing its enormous body within them. The massive blade light and the dense hammer shadows struck the yellow clouds, producing only a series of muffled thuds, completely failing to breach the defense.

The black-armored man was greatly alarmed. He held his golden trident horizontally, and with his other hand rapidly forming incantations, clusters of silver lightning fire instantly appeared around his body, ready to be unleashed to attack the enemy. But just then, a ripple appeared overhead, and a massive, furry flesh palm materialized out of thin air, pressing down towards the man.

Before the palm even descended, an immense force enveloped the man. The black-armored man felt his shoulders sink, and his body immediately slowed down as if a giant mountain were pressing upon him. Simultaneously, the surrounding void became as tough as refined steel, making it incredibly difficult to even move a finger.

As a Demon Venerable of the late stage of demonic cultivation, the black-armored man's knowledge and divine abilities were naturally far beyond those of ordinary demon cultivators. In his shock and anger, he let out a loud roar, and the surrounding lightning fires exploded one after another, forcibly shattering the confined void around him. Behind the man, a single black illusory giant elephant appeared. With a low roar and an uplifted trunk, an astonishing aura surged skyward.

The black-armored man, who had been suppressed, was instantly enveloped in black light. His physical body seemed to double in toughness, allowing him to disregard the immense force on him and manifest hundreds of identical illusory figures, which flashed and shot off in all directions. However, the massive flesh palm in the air merely trembled slightly, then instantly swelled in size and descended like lightning, unleashing a yellowish wave that swept outwards. More than half of the illusory figures were swept up and instantly vanished into nothingness. Only a dozen of the fastest-fleeing illusory figures escaped several hundred zhang away into the void, then self-destructed with a flash of light, leaving only one that reverted to the black-armored man. However, when the demon turned back to witness the terrifying descent of the massive flesh palm, his face became exceedingly grim.

At this moment, the two masses of yellow clouds opposite him stirred, then retracted, transforming back into two enormous bat wings. The goat-headed giant beast's figure reappeared. Bending its legs, it was about to lunge directly at the man. Given the beast's immense body, a single movement, even without using any divine abilities, would feel like a colossal mountain pressing down.

A chill went through the black-armored man's heart. He no longer dared to confront it directly. Instead, he swayed his body, again manifesting hundreds of illusory figures, and continuously channeled lightning fire with both hands, engaging in a fluid, evasive battle. Although he appeared to be at a significant disadvantage, he avoided suffering too greatly.

Seeing this, Reverend Azure Dragon, who was nearby, frowned. A stern expression flashed across his face, then he flipped both hands, revealing two azure flying swords. One had two azure flood dragons engraved on its surface, and the other had a dazzling golden peacock. With a flick of his wrist, the two flying swords immediately rose into the air with a clear cry. After circling once above his head, one transformed with a blur into two illusory azure flood dragons, while the other, after emitting a brilliant golden halo, released an illusory golden phoenix. Propelled by Reverend Azure Dragon's spell, the two illusory azure flood dragons and the golden phoenix illusion immediately rushed towards the black-armored man, radiating brilliant light.

Clearly, this Supreme Elder of Yitian City had resolved to use the terrifying power of the Hesxi Beast to slay the black-armored man here. As long as they could kill this Demon Venerable, who possessed the deepest cultivation, even if two other mysterious Demon Venerables appeared, there would still be a great chance of victory in this grand battle. The black-armored man, witnessing this scene, was naturally enraged. However, under the threat of the giant beast, he was momentarily helpless against Reverend Azure Dragon. In fact, due to the latter's entangling attacks, he found himself repeatedly in peril.

Just as Reverend Azure Dragon was overjoyed and the black-armored man was forced to retreat, roaring in anger, several thousand astonishingly ominous auras suddenly surged skyward from the direction of the Demonic Sea. The originally dark Demonic Sea instantly turned blood-red! Amidst roars of fury, a contingent of demon soldiers, enveloped in eerie blood-red light, flew out of the Demonic Sea at a steady pace. Each individual radiated an extremely terrifying aura of death, their bodies covered in bloody spiritual runes. Their faces were devoid of expression, and their forms were somewhat blurry, as if they were not corporeal but rather battle-ghosts freshly emerged from the Underworld.

"Haha, let's see how this fierce beast can still act so ferociously! Blood Transformation Underworld Guards, quickly form your array and trap this Hesxi Beast and this person in the Blood Underworld Grand Formation until they die! Kalun Battle Demons, begin the assault on the city!" Upon seeing this army, whose aura was vastly different from ordinary demons, the black-armored man's face lit up with wild delight, and he immediately issued two loud commands.

As soon as the black-armored man gave the command, the demon army known as the 'Blood Transformation Underworld Guards,' at the low roar of their tall demon general, dispersed and transformed into large swathes of blood clouds that swept forward. In a few flashes, they enveloped the giant beast, Reverend Azure Dragon, and even the black-armored man himself. In an instant, the sounds of battle cries shook the heavens within, and continuous explosions rang out.

Almost simultaneously, a series of sharp cries erupted from within the demon beast army that was desperately surging towards the city wall. Thousands of what had appeared to be ordinary low-tier demon beasts suddenly shot out from the army. With a few flashes, they swarmed outside the city's protective silver light barrier, then with a flash of light from their bodies, they transformed into colossal demons with three heads and six arms. These were precisely the Kalun Battle Demons, a group that had not shown themselves since the start of the great war!

These battle demons had, since the beginning of the war, used secret arts to transform into low-tier demon beasts, hiding among the demon beast army. Now, they had silently approached to within an arm's reach of the city wall, only revealing their true forms and launching a sudden assault on the city at the black-armored man's command! Two of the battle demons' three heads, monstrous in appearance, spewed out various attacks like fireballs and wind blades. Their six arms wielded extraordinarily heavy weapons such as giant hammers and pointed cones, swirling them into blinding orbs of light as they furiously assaulted the protective barrier like a storm.

Although the silver light barrier was immensely mystical, it had already been on the verge of collapse from the demon army's previous fierce assault. Now, with the Kalun Battle Demons concentrating their power to attack specific points, it finally shattered with crisp sounds in over a dozen places. The Kalun Battle Demons, now with ferocious expressions, immediately charged onto the city wall, unleashing a massacre upon the human cultivators there!

How could these human warriors and low-to-mid-tier cultivators possibly be a match for such a group of demonic creatures? In an instant, screams filled the air as they fearfully retreated. Even some high-tier cultivators leading the charge, who attempted to stand their ground, instantly fell and died under the encirclement of several Kalun Battle Demons. The sections of the city wall that had been breached instantly devolved into chaos! Human defenders in other areas, witnessing this sight, also suffered a severe blow to their morale, and fear appeared on everyone's faces.