Chapter 1816: Dark Moon Pearl Breaks the Formation, Sky-reaching Demon Treasure Ten Thousand Ghosts Tower

A series of agonizing screams filled the air as Foundation Establishment cultivators collapsed one after another, bleeding from their seven orifices and dying, their pupils dilated. They had brought a group of Foundation Establishment cultivators primarily to gather cultivation resources such as spiritual herb gardens, spirit stone mines, metal veins, spiritual ley lines, and ancient sect ruins. These lower-level cultivators were also essential for patrols and setting up formations.

Wang Yingjie and the others quickly cast defensive spells on themselves, but these appeared to be ineffective. Jiaolin frowned and, with a raised hand, sent a misty blue orb flying. Once it reached high altitude, the orb glowed with countless mysterious runes, spun rapidly, and transformed into a thick blue light barrier, enveloping everyone present.

Wang Yingjie let out a long sigh of relief, his legs giving out as he slumped to the ground. Had Jiaolin not deployed that exotic treasure, he too might have perished. Wang Changsheng's eyes flashed with surprise; he had not anticipated Jiaolin possessing such a rare exotic treasure capable of countering sound wave attacks.

Hu Yunxiao's eyes turned golden for a moment before returning to their normal state. They had deployed twenty Spirit Transformation cultivators, including alchemists, artifact refiners, talisman masters, and formation masters. Hu Yunxiao, whose true form was a mid-tier fifth-grade Six-Winged Golden-Eyed Tiger, had cultivated to the Spirit Transformation stage and mastered a divine ability called Golden Eye Dharma Sight, allowing him to discern most illusions and formations.

"The Ten Thousand Bone Fiend is the core of the formation," Hu Yunxiao transmitted, his gaze gloomy. "Killing it will break the array."

The Ten Thousand Bone Fiend's body was nigh indestructible, seemingly tempered by demonic qi for many years, making it incredibly resilient even against Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasures. Lei Yunbin made a hand seal, causing the thunderclouds overhead to churn violently. A silver lightning dragon, nearly a hundred zhang thick, flew out and surged directly towards the Ten Thousand Bone Fiend.

The Ten Thousand Bone Fiend swung the bone sword in its hand, cleaving towards the silver lightning dragon. The silver lightning dragon was instantly severed in two by the bone sword, dissolving into countless silver electric arcs that engulfed the Ten Thousand Bone Fiend's form.

Seizing this opportunity, the Spirit Transformation cultivators launched their attacks on the Ten Thousand Bone Fiend. Li Shuo raised a hand, and a streak of red light shot out, vanishing instantly. The concentrated attacks plunged into the silver sea of lightning, creating thunderous explosions and surging waves of spiritual energy.

Above the silver sea of lightning, a red light suddenly flared, and a glowing red brick materialized.

"Expand!"

As Li Shuo let out a low cry, the red brick illuminated with countless red runes and rapidly expanded to the size of a small mountain, crashing down upon the silver sea of lightning with thunderous force. Given its immense size, if the red giant brick struck the Ten Thousand Bone Fiend, the creature would surely be annihilated.

Just then, a white skeletal hand wreathed in dark qi emerged from the silver sea of lightning and caught the colossal red brick. A chilling wind swept through, accompanied by the wails of ghosts and howls of wolves. The silver sea of lightning instantly dissolved, as if it had never been there.

The numerous skulls adorning the Ten Thousand Bone Fiend's body emitted mournful wails, and countless dense black threads shot out, coiling around the red giant brick. A large swath of crimson flames suddenly erupted from the red giant brick's surface. From a distance, it appeared as though the Ten Thousand Bone Fiend was holding a massive ball of fire. Yet, as the intense flames touched the black threads, they remained completely unscathed.

Soon after, the crimson flames dispersed, and the red giant brick's spiritual glow dimmed significantly, appearing to have lost much of its essence. This Ten Thousand Bone Fiend had been buried in a corpse-nurturing ground for over a millennium, continuously nourished by demonic qi and corpse qi, granting it the ability to corrupt spiritual treasures.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, do you know the Ten Thousand Bone Fiend's weakness?" Shangguan Tianhong frowned, as True Monarch Qianhu had never mentioned this Ten Thousand Bone Fiend to him.

"I don't know," True Monarch Qianhu replied, completely bewildered. "This is my first time encountering it. When the demonic race first arrived in the Thousand Gourd Realm, they annihilated several Spirit Transformation cultivators with overwhelming force, so it's possible they deployed this fiend then. Perhaps it was severely wounded afterward, as they haven't used the Ten Thousand Bone Fiend in our previous encounters." This wasn't strange, considering the Thousand Gourd Realm had fallen for over a thousand years; it might have been newly cultivated by the demonic race.

Shangguan Tianhong frowned and pondered for a moment. A red light flared on his back, and the Windfire Wings materialized. With a gentle flap, he instantly vanished. The next instant, a gust of violent wind erupted behind the Ten Thousand Bone Fiend, and Shangguan Tianhong reappeared. The moment he emerged, the skulls on the Ten Thousand Bone Fiend's body simultaneously sprayed out thin black threads, aiming for Shangguan Tianhong.

A tremendous thunderclap echoed from high above, and hundreds of silver lightning bolts streaked across the sky, precisely striking the black threads and dimming their spiritual radiance. Shangguan Tianhong then produced a palm-sized blue jade bottle and infused it with a spell. A vast expanse of white chilling mist surged forth, striking the Ten Thousand Bone Fiend.

Countless black qi erupted from the Ten Thousand Bone Fiend's body, then blurred, forming a black battle armor that protected its entire form. The white chilling mist struck the Ten Thousand Bone Fiend's body, instantly encasing it in ice. However, a large surge of black flames quickly erupted from the fiend's surface, melting the ice away.

An unremarkable white orb flew forth. As it came into contact with the black flames, the ice on its surface melted away, revealing a Nether Moon Pearl. With a muffled "pop," the Nether Moon Pearl exploded, sending a wide spray of Nether Moon Water outwards. Most of it struck the Ten Thousand Bone Fiend's body, which began to freeze at a visible rate. The resulting ice was black, and this time, the black flames were utterly powerless against it.

In less than five breaths, the Ten Thousand Bone Fiend visibly transformed into a towering black ice sculpture. A colossal sword then descended from the heavens, cleaving into the black ice sculpture.

Boom!

After a tremendous roar, the black ice sculpture shattered into pieces. The surrounding environment shifted abruptly, and they suddenly found themselves suspended above a vast, continuous black mountain range. Ouyang Yu was stunned. This Ten Thousand Bone Fiend was one she had cultivated in the lower realm. Although the conditions in the Thousand Gourd Realm were inferior to those of the demonic race, the fiend should not have been so easily destroyed.

A green light emanated from above Shangguan Tianhong's head, and a small, shimmering green pagoda materialized. After countless green runes illuminated its surface, the pagoda rapidly expanded into a towering green structure over a hundred zhang tall. Its body was adorned with numerous fierce ghost patterns, and faintly visible were the characters "Myriad Ghost Pagoda." Judging by the astonishing magical power fluctuations emanating from the colossal pagoda, it was evidently a Heaven-Reaching Demonic Treasure.

The Myriad Ghost Pagoda emitted a sheet of green light, enveloping Shangguan Tianhong. He frowned, about to evade, when a low bell toll resonated. Yet, Shangguan Tianhong's expression remained calm. He brought his Golden Flood Dragon Axe down towards his head, unleashing a golden arc of light, and simultaneously, his Windfire Wings flapped violently, causing him to vanish from his previous position.

Boom!

The golden arc of light shattered the green radiance and struck the Myriad Ghost Pagoda, emitting a muffled thud. A low snarl echoed, resembling the roar of a fierce beast.

A black leopard the size of a small mountain suddenly materialized atop a nearby peak. This black leopard possessed a pair of bluish-green fleshy wings, each over ten zhang wide, and three identical heads. This was a low-tier fifth-grade demonic beast, an Azure-Winged Demonic Leopard. Its three heads allowed it to cast spells of three different attributes.