Chapter 3537: Heavenly Demon Formation of 3518 Days

A towering, crimson sword light swept in, shattering the yellow mist. Simultaneously, a wave of green mist enveloped Venerable Wu Xie's Nascent Soul and drew it into Wang Qingshan's sleeve.

The Mountain-Moving Ape looked at Wang Qingshan, its expression turning cold.

A man's agonizing scream echoed. The Mountain-Moving Ape turned its head towards the sound's source. Cha Shuo was rapidly falling from high altitude, his head shattered. As soon as his miniature Nascent Soul emerged from his body, it was pierced by a white pillar of light.

A Nine-Headed Ice Lion floated high in the sky, its eyes glinting with cold light.

A woman's sharp shriek rang out. Yun Yan's body was pierced by dense white ice spears. As soon as her Nascent Soul left her body, it was enveloped by a white mist, drawn into a white gourd, and disappeared into Leng Mei's hand.

Venerable Wu Xie's physical body was destroyed, rendering him incapacitated and temporarily excluded from calculations. The Xuan Yang Realm still had nine Mahayana cultivators, while the Jie Clan had seven. The highest cultivation level on both sides was mid-Mahayana. Although the Xuan Yang Realm had a numerical advantage, some Mahayana cultivators of the Jie Clan possessed eighth-tier spirit beasts, making it difficult to say who had the upper hand.

Leng Mei took out a shimmering golden formation plate and cast several incantations into it. Many Mahayana cultivators followed suit. The ground began to shake violently, and thick golden stone pillars emerged from the earth.

"No, a formation! Retreat quickly!"

Shi Pan cried out in alarm, warning them.

Just as they were about to retreat, the Mountain-Moving Ape let out a sky-shattering roar that reverberated for hundreds of thousands of miles. The ground simultaneously generated a powerful gravitational force, causing their bodies to plummet uncontrollably towards the earth.

Thirty-six thick golden stone pillars successively erupted from the ground, surrounding Wang Qingshan and the other eight.

Each golden stone pillar was engraved with a lifelike demon beast, and runes flickered across their surfaces.

Leng Mei and several other Mahayana cultivators each held a gleaming golden formation plate, its surface etched with demon beast patterns.

As a major clan, the Ming Clan naturally possessed other methods.

The eighth-tier formation, Heavenly Demon Grand Array, was a scaled-down version of the True Spirit Immortal Slaying Formation.

The Heavenly Rainbow Sect had obtained a page from the Heavenly Void Jade Book, which contained methods for deploying various powerful formations, including the True Spirit Immortal Slaying Formation.

The True Spirit Immortal Slaying Formation, when imbued with the true spirit essences of dozens of True Immortal-level beings, could slay True Immortal cultivators. Naturally, dozens of True Immortal-level true spirit essences could not be found in the lower realms, so only a scaled-down Heavenly Demon Grand Array could be created, which was more than sufficient to eliminate Mahayana cultivators.

Back then, the Jie Clan's Grand Elder led over twenty Mahayana cultivators to invade the Heavenly Rainbow Sect's headquarters. The Heavenly Rainbow Sect activated the Heavenly Demon Grand Array, and the Jie Clan suffered numerous Mahayana losses before finally destroying the Heavenly Rainbow Sect.

The demon beasts on the surfaces of the thirty-six golden stone pillars seemed to come alive, moving across the pillars, their roars like dragons, tigers, and insects echoing.

A giant golden light screen appeared out of thin air, enveloping an area of three hundred thousand miles. Ye Xuanfeng and the other eight were all covered by the golden light screen, which had a yellow tortoise depicted on its surface.

"Activate the Heavenly Demon Grand Array and eradicate them."

Leng Mei's aura was murderous. With seven Mahayana cultivators personally controlling the formation, their enemies would not easily escape.

Each of them cast an incantation into their respective formation plates. A scorpion on one of the golden stone pillars let out a bizarre hiss, spewing out a thick black light that transformed into a massive black cloud.

After violently churning and surging, the black cloud unleashed a torrential downpour. The black rainwater emitted a foul, fishy odor.

Shi Pan and the others' expressions changed drastically; they dared not be careless.

The Nine-Headed Ice Lion let out a sky-shattering roar. One of its heads spewed out a vast expanse of white mist. The black rainwater instantly froze upon contact with the white mist, but the black rain was endless.

Xuan Qingzi conjured a shimmering golden shield, crafted from Shuli wood – the high-grade Heaven-reaching Spirit Treasure, Shuli Shield.

When the black rainwater fell onto the Shuli Shield, a wisp of green smoke arose.

"Quick, find a way to break the formation, or we'll all perish here."

Xuan Qingzi urged, his tone anxious.

A purple centipede on one of the golden stone pillars opened its mouth and spat out a stream of purple flames. The purple flames rapidly spread. Golden toads on two other stone pillars each emitted a shimmering golden sound wave, sweeping towards Xuan Qingzi and the others.

Ripples appeared in the void above the Nine-Headed Ice Lion. A gleaming golden dragon claw materialized out of thin air and struck towards the Nine-Headed Ice Lion. Just as the Nine-Headed Ice Lion was about to evade, an extremely bizarre shriek rang out.

The Nine-Headed Ice Lion felt its soul being torn apart, enduring unbearable pain. The golden dragon claw struck the Nine-Headed Ice Lion, causing it to rapidly fall towards the ground.

The purple flames violently churned and enveloped the Nine-Headed Ice Lion. One of the Nine-Headed Ice Lion's heads spewed out a vast expanse of white chilling mist, rapidly freezing an area of ten thousand miles. The purple flames were instantly frozen solid.

A "caw-caw" sound of a crow echoed. A Three-Legged Golden Crow on one of the golden stone pillars flapped its wings, opened its mouth, and spat out a stream of golden flames that landed on the Nine-Headed Ice Lion.

A brilliant white light emanated from the Nine-Headed Ice Lion's body, but the golden flames persisted, seemingly unaffected.

A sneer appeared on Leng Mei's lips. This Heavenly Demon Grand Array was extraordinary, as it had been refined with the remnant soul of a True Spirit Three-Legged Golden Crow.

While a remnant Golden Crow soul refined into a treasure would merely be a powerful, portable artifact, this Heavenly Demon Grand Array had been refined with the essences of thirty-six eighth-tier demon beasts, enabling it to unleash various divine abilities.

The Nine-Headed Ice Lion was engulfed by the golden flames, letting out a man's painful cry. True Spirits also had varying strengths, and the Nine-Headed Ice Lion was naturally inferior to the Three-Legged Golden Crow. Although the remnant Golden Crow soul couldn't unleash its full power, Ye Xuanfeng was merely borrowing some of the Nine-Headed Ice Lion's divine abilities, not truly controlling a complete Nine-Headed Ice Lion.

Two golden sound waves swept past the Nine-Headed Ice Lion's body, causing it to tremble. Dense black raindrops fell onto the Nine-Headed Ice Lion, causing wisps of green smoke to rise.

A green thunder eagle on one of the golden stone pillars opened its mouth and spat out a thick bolt of green lightning, striking the Nine-Headed Ice Lion. Other demon beasts on the surfaces of the stone pillars also attacked the Nine-Headed Ice Lion.

With a deafening rumble, the Nine-Headed Ice Lion was submerged in blinding spiritual light.

Wang Qingshan's body was covered by a thick green light barrier. His Glazed Shield spun continuously around him, and nine Azure Glazed Swords continuously unleashed vast amounts of green sword qi, defending against the black raindrops.

An excruciating scream echoed. Qian Lei's protective spiritual light shattered, and a gleaming golden dragon claw struck his body. Qian Lei flew backward, spitting out a large mouthful of blood. Before he could stand up, two golden pillars of light shot towards him.

Just as Qian Lei was about to cast a spell to defend, an extremely bizarre roar echoed, and he felt unbearable pain in his soul.

The two golden lights struck him, piercing through his body. He had already used a substitute artifact earlier, so this time his physical body was destroyed, and his Nascent Soul left his body.

As soon as his Nascent Soul emerged, a wave of purple flames swept over, engulfing it.

After a final scream, the Nascent Soul was incinerated to dust.

Ripples appeared above Wang Qingshan's head. A gleaming golden dragon claw materialized out of thin air, striking towards Wang Qingshan's head, while two golden sound waves swept in from either side.