Chapter 2254: 柳雲岚 stokes the flames

He brought the Magnetic-Light Demon Annihilation Array to Tian Shu Island, thereby strengthening its defenses.

Among them were a low-grade sixth-tier Fire-Leaving Falcon and a low-grade sixth-tier Infant-Splitting Beast. The Infant-Splitting Beast had a row of sharp golden spines on its back and could emit the cries of an infant.

In addition to these two sixth-tier demon beasts, there were over thirty fifth-tier demon beasts and more than three hundred thousand low-tier demon beasts.

A luminous aqua-blue barrier enveloped the entire Tian Shu Island. Dense magical light rays struck the blue barrier, causing it to twist and deform before quickly returning to its normal state.

Wang Ruyan held the Red Dust Flute and gently played it. Melodious flute sounds filled the air as waves of misty blue sound waves surged outwards, heading straight for the beast horde.

Wang Qingcheng and others deployed five fifth-tier puppet beasts: two sea beast puppets, one flying eagle puppet, and two giant ape puppets. Meanwhile, Dong Xueli and over three hundred cultivators, wielding flying swords of various shapes, slashed towards the void.

Following a series of piercing sword cries, dense sword qi swept out, transforming into a seven-colored sword light over ten thousand zhang long. It plunged into the beast horde, and wherever it passed, low-tier demon beasts turned into a rain of blood.

Thousands of cultivators held spiritual bows of various colors. They drew their bows and nocked their arrows, the tips of which were miniature lotus flowers.

After a chorus of whistling sounds pierced the air, thousands of arrows flew forth. These arrows varied in color: red arrows exploded into raging flames; silver arrows released large swathes of silver electrical arcs; and black arrows discharged extremely foul-smelling black venom.

Numerous low-tier demonic birds fell from the sky. Most of them were not dead but their flight speed was significantly reduced. Waves of blue sound ripples swept past these low-tier demonic birds, shattering their internal organs. Large numbers of demon bird corpses crashed onto the blue barrier and slowly slid into the sea.

On a ten-thousand-mu bluestone plaza, ten hundred-zhang-long ballistae were set up. They shimmered with golden light, and each was loaded with a gigantic, glowing red arrow.

The ballistae were magic treasures, and the giant arrows were no ordinary projectiles, as they were filled with Bloodboil Powder.

Bloodboil Powder was a special medicinal powder, refined primarily from two-thousand-year-old Bloodcry Grass along with various other thousand-year-old spiritual herbs. If fifth-tier demon beasts inhaled too much of it, they would become increasingly violent and bloodthirsty, potentially even attacking their own kind.

The giant arrows flew forth, plunging into the beast horde at maximum speed. They exploded instantly, releasing large clouds of reddish powder. Demon beasts below the fifth-tier that inhaled the Bloodboil Powder became increasingly violent and bloodthirsty, some even turning on their companions.

Wang Mengbin's body surged with countless silver electrical arcs. High above, a hundred-mile-wide silver thundercloud gathered, with lightning flashing and thunder rumbling. Thick silver lightning bolts streaked across the sky, striking the low-tier demon beasts, which instantly turned to ash.

Over a thousand cultivators, holding glowing red banners, waved them continuously, releasing crimson fireballs that crashed into the beast horde.

Thousands of cultivators continuously chanted incantations, controlling puppet beasts to attack the demon beasts.

Under Wang Qingcheng's command, tens of thousands of cultivators divided into multiple teams, each operating formations, puppet beasts, magic treasures, and artifacts to attack the demon beasts.

In contrast, the demon beasts were disorganized and fought individually.

The Fire-Leaving Falcon and the Infant-Splitting Beast had not transformed into human form, and could only guide the low-tier demon beasts through their superior rank. The low-tier demon beasts' organization was far inferior to that of the human cultivators. They fought independently, and some demon beasts that charged too fast were even hit by the spells of their own kind.

Precisely because of this, human cultivators could rely on high-tier formations to resist beast hordes tens or even a hundred times their number. If the beast horde had unified command, it would be impressive for human cultivators to withstand a horde even ten times their number using formations. If the number of demon beasts exceeded the cultivators by a hundredfold or more, the outcome would be uncertain.

Wang Ruyan and others could temporarily withstand the beast tide, but the sheer number of demon beasts was overwhelming, and the puppet beasts sustained severe damage.

Two fifth-tier puppet beasts lost their combat ability, and the other three fifth-tier puppet beasts were covered in wounds.

A hundred miles away, tens of thousands of feet beneath the sea.

A colossal blue clam shell floated in the seawater. Liu Yunlan stood inside the massive clam shell, her brows furrowed.

She had previously lured two sixth-tier demon beasts, which had then breached Tian Shu Island. Wang Changsheng was even injured by the sixth-tier demon beasts and forced to retreat. She then went to other locations to lure two more sixth-tier demon beasts, planning to gather them to attack the Wang Family of Green Lotus Island. With six sixth-tier demon beasts leading over a million others, even if they couldn't annihilate the Wang family, severely wounding them would be guaranteed.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan were decisive, separately targeting the sixth-tier demon beasts. This strategy eased the pressure, but it was not what Liu Yunlan wanted to see.

Liu Yunlan flipped her hand and pulled out a black, glowing talisman. Its astonishing spiritual energy clearly indicated it was a fifth-tier talisman.

It was a Soul Extinguishing Talisman, specializing in damaging the soul. If a Spirit Transformation cultivator was struck by it, it would be difficult for them to advance further. It could also injure Void Refinement cultivators, but they healed more easily, and it would not significantly impact their cultivation path.

If she had a secret talisman that could severely wound a Void Refinement cultivator, she would certainly not use it against a mere sixth-tier demon beast.

She flicked her wrist, and the Soul Extinguishing Talisman immediately burst with dazzling spiritual light, transforming into a streak of black light and vanishing.

The Infant-Splitting Beast was attacking Tian Shu Island, but its attack strength was not particularly great.

The spells from the Wang family cultivators landed on its body, but merely tickled it, unable to cause any harm.

Multicolored spiritual light submerged less than half of the Infant-Splitting Beast's body. A black light streak flew in, striking the Infant-Splitting Beast instantly.

The Infant-Splitting Beast let out a mournful infant's cry. The next moment, its eyeballs turned blood-red, and it roared furiously. A gigantic illusory image of the Infant-Splitting Beast appeared high in the sky.

The illusion sprayed out a blue light, which flew high into the sky and transformed into a hundred-mile-wide blue thundercloud. Blue lightning orbs the size of water vats rained down.

This was not ordinary lightning power, but Water Astral Divine Thunder.

The dense blue lightning orbs struck the blue barrier, causing it to tremble violently, and its spiritual light dimmed.

The Infant-Splitting Beast urged the other demon beasts, intensifying their attacks.

Several tiny cracks appeared on the formation plate in Wang Qingcheng's hand, and these cracks grew larger and larger.

The Fire-Leaving Falcon let out an enraged shriek and similarly summoned its Dharma Aspect. A gigantic illusory image of a red falcon appeared high in the sky. After a gentle flap of its wings, crimson fireballs the size of water vats appeared within a hundred-mile radius, crashing down onto the blue barrier.

Wang Ruyan's expression darkened. Her main responsibility was to hold back these two sixth-tier demon beasts, so she hadn't directly attacked them. Wang Qingcheng and the others' attacks could hardly inflict serious damage on these creatures. Yet, for no apparent reason, they were intensifying their attacks, as if fighting with their lives.

As the two sixth-tier demon beasts fought desperately, the other demon beasts also intensified their attacks.

Amidst a deafening roar of explosions, the blue barrier shattered instantly.

Ripples appeared above Wang Ruyan's head. A gigantic red bird claw materialized out of thin air, swiping towards Wang Ruyan's crown.

Wang Ruyan was already prepared. The void vibrated and distorted as countless blue musical notes surged forth, forming a thick blue barrier that enveloped her.

The blue barrier bounced off the red bird claw, but a thick blue lightning bolt shot over, exploding instantly. A dazzling burst of blue lightning engulfed Wang Ruyan's figure.

The thundercloud high in the sky churned violently, as blue lightning orbs poured down one after another.

With the formation broken, dense spells surged forth like a deluge, threatening to overwhelm Wang Ruyan and the others.

Bai Yuqi was already prepared. She quickly pulled out a glowing formation plate and struck it with a spell incantation. A misty gray barrier materialized out of thin air, enveloping everyone present.

The dense spells struck the gray barrier and dissipated harmlessly.