Chapter 485: Horse Riding Across the Ice River, End of the Azure Cloud Road

“Verbal Truth King!”

The Northern Demon Clan boasted numerous powerhouses.

Including the adult Nascent Soul cultivators from the Upper Four Clans and Lower Eight Clans, there were over sixty, plus the old demons residing in the Heart Beast Pagoda.

One could say that, aside from the Soul Transformation stage power, the Northern Demon Clan's reserves were comparable to either the Sword Sect or the Heaven-Refining Demonic Sect. Deploying a few elites to Kuangmei Mountain for defense was quite simple.

Elder Lanxin's situation was dire. With a single shout, Wang Yu summoned the hidden old monkey. The monkey's ability to make words manifest reality was sufficient to handle any situation.

The old monkey spoke rapidly.

“Elder Lanxin is with me.”

A flash of white light and spatial fluctuations appeared. Elder Lanxin, who had been cornered by multiple attacks, with no escape by land or sky, instantly appeared beside the old monkey.

The crisis was successfully averted.

At this moment.

The cultivators from the Northern Suppressor Tower also revealed themselves: a full twelve Nascent Soul powerhouses, four late-stage and eight mid-stage!

There were no cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage, indicating a policy of fielding only elites. This formidable force, if added to the original battle at Glacier Pass, would indeed have a high probability of driving away those from the Underworld Mountain Sect who were unwilling to exert themselves.

Regarding the allocation of opponents:

Ice Spirit Fairy, Elder Lanxin, and Wang Yu each took on a late-stage grand cultivator from the Northern Suppressor Tower, while the Northern Demon Clan sent four transformed great demons as support.

Verbal Truth King and Shadow Mastiff King were both late-stage entities.

The remaining matchups were significantly weaker. Frost Sky could hold off one mid-stage cultivator, but the old monkey alone had to try and contain the remaining seven mid-stage opponents, which he definitely couldn't manage.

This was one of the situations Wang Yu had previously anticipated.

“Xueyu, retreat. Focus on protecting the Cold Blood Peak cultivators and assist me as needed.”

“Yes, Master.”

In such a high-intensity battle, Xueyu, being merely an early-stage Tier 4 cultivator, was not of much use. She could only try to achieve a surprise victory using the mystique of her life-bound magical artifact.

On the field.

The Northern Suppressor Tower cultivators did not immediately engage. After scanning the demon cultivator's ranks, several pairs of eyes fixed directly on Wang Yu.

One of the Northern Suppressor Tower cultivators, whose cultivation had reached the ninth layer of the Nascent Soul stage, said, “Extreme Dharma Profound Pill Demonic Lord, isn't it? I hear you are the most remarkable prodigy in the outside world in recent years.”

Wang Yu wore the Malevolent Demonic Dragon Armor, his face covered by a dark, cold visor. From the hollow eye sockets, a pair of blood-red eyes filled with killing intent glinted.

“What, you rats who sell off your own women, do you also wish to make a name for yourselves by stepping on me?”

On Kuangmei Mountain, pressured by the demands of the Northern Suppressor Tower, Elder Hongyun had completely withdrawn the cultivators of the Azure Cloud Sect and Blazing Sun Sect, handing the battlefield entirely over to the Northern Suppressor Tower. This was based on the conditions they had proposed!

Evidently.

For some unknown reason, Wang Yu's actions had been spied upon by them.

With only demon cultivators and Northern Suppressor Tower personnel present, after the battle, they could simply claim that the demonic path had deliberately slandered them, and there would be no issue.

The pure-blooded Ice Clan cannot leave the Endless Ice Plains.

Those human women were almost entirely sent in by them. Even in Chiyuan, such an act was appalling; only the Joyful Harmony Demonic Sect could commit such deeds.

Initially, Wang Yu had suspected them, but later the Northern Suppressor Tower appeared even more suspicious due to its geographical location. Now, being questioned face-to-face by Wang Yu, they didn't even bother to feign innocence.

“The Ice Prison Realm naturally offers unique advantages for cultivating the Ice Dao, and the Ice Clan are beings born of nature attuned to the Ice Dao. Their mastery of ice and frost far surpasses that of humans.”

“With such a clear path of inheritance, free from hidden dangers, why pursue the inheritance of the Frozen Demon? Isn't it better not to be controlled by others?!”

Upon hearing this, Wang Yu scoffed.

“You clowns on a stage... after doing such unspeakable things, do you still wish to erect a monument to your own chastity? If so, then all I can say is: You are absolutely right! Even demon cultivators have a higher moral bottom line than your Northern Suppressor Tower when it comes to harming women and children.”

Unable to win the verbal battle, veins immediately bulged on the man's forehead.

He said coldly, “Being glib with words is useless. Let me see what's so special about you, junior!”

With that, an ice mountain suddenly flew out from within him.

This was a Heavy Water Ice Mountain, one of the accompanying magical artifacts of the Northern Suppressor Tower's inherited cultivation technique. It was formed from nine layers of heavy water condensed into ice, with each drop of heavy water weighing a thousand jun.

When condensed into an ice mountain, it could overwhelm opponents with sheer force.

Combined with its chilling aura, it could smash even spatial shields. Coupled with his cultivation at the ninth layer of the Nascent Soul stage, he had already reached the limits of the Nascent Soul realm.

In anger, he attacked, aiming to smash Wang Yu's head.

Just then.

Ice Spirit Fairy flew across, and her life-bound magical artifact, the Guanghan Palace, suddenly expanded. The ice mountain and the palace collided, both trembling violently and shedding countless ice shards.

They were actually in a stalemate.

“Let me be your opponent, scum!”

Elder Lanxin and Frost Sky Demonic Lord were even more shocked, realizing that Ice Spirit Fairy, who had been stuck at the eighth layer of the Nascent Soul stage for a long time, had actually broken through to the ninth layer.

That person also noticed the issue with Ice Spirit Fairy's cultivation level and felt he had no choice but to deal with her himself, so he threw a harsh threat at Wang Yu.

“I'll let you off for a moment. Once I've dealt with this woman, I'll personally flay you alive and tear out your tendons!”

With that, he engaged Ice Spirit Fairy in battle.

Wang Yu was also furious, his killing intent surging, wanting to fight this fellow to determine superiority.

The side effects of being famous were now apparent.

Almost all of the Northern Suppressor Tower personnel had their eyes on Wang Yu, as if he were a human taunt machine. Verbal Truth King couldn't hold off seven mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators; the number he could handle simultaneously was limited.

Wang Yu, meanwhile, faced a handsome young male cultivator with white hair.

His true age was likely not low, and his cultivation was at the seventh layer of the Nascent Soul stage. He was highly experienced in battle. In the initial exchanges, Wang Yu attempted to trade injuries for a kill using his brute strength advantage, but all failed.

And after the Verbal Truth King's initial engagement, three of the seven mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators immediately broke off. One attacked the Cold Blood Peak cultivators at the mountainside, while the other two turned back to encircle and attack Wang Yu.

It was clear that in their judgment, having four people team up to hold back Verbal Truth King was the optimal solution.

Wang Yu, under siege by three opponents, inevitably took several divine ability attacks and for a time showed signs of being suppressed.

This wasn't because Wang Yu had weakened, but rather that this group was highly experienced in coordinated attacks. Furthermore, it was just a test, so there was no need to reveal his trump card abilities.

He still held back about 40% of his strength. He also had to consider that during his last assassination of the Azure Cloud Sect team, he had revealed almost all his trump cards, and the four who escaped would surely report every detail of the battle.

Trump cards like the Twelve Phases of Guanghan, Asura's Dharma Intent, and the Ten Directions Frozen Devil Fist might not be effective.

To achieve results, the recently promoted Tier 5 perfected Aurora Escape Technique would undoubtedly be the primary choice!

To fully utilize the speed advantage, it was best to coordinate with others' battle processes. What he needed to do, in fact, was seize fleeting opportunities.

Facing the encirclement of three opponents, Wang Yu focused on defense.

Secretly, he spread the Chains of Heaven across the spatial dimension, stealthily sealing off the space completely and nullifying the fundamental escape ability of Nascent Soul cultivators—the Art of Spatial Teleportation!

This situation temporarily reached a stalemate.

On the Cold Blood Peak main force's side, Xueyu, along with the patriarchs of the Four Cold Blood Clans, was barely managing to contain that mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator using the power of a cold array.

By the looks of it, they could hold on for at most another third of an incense stick's time.

He didn't have much time to find an opportunity.

Wang Yu, with his spiritual sense divided to monitor battles everywhere, suddenly changed his expression. He saw the Verbal Truth King radiating brilliant golden light, his throat glowing a deep gold.

The Nine-Syllable True Word Incantation was unleashed.

Lin, Bing, Dou, Zhe, Jie, Zhen, Lie, Qian, Xing—the nine gleaming golden characters formed a true word array, trapping the four mid-stage Nascent Soul opponents within the Verbal Truth Domain.

In this state, the Verbal Truth King's power of making words manifest reality was greatly enhanced, and the burden on his physical body was reduced by nearly fifty percent.

That furry mouth was like the Grim Reaper's scythe.

It was also as powerful and unreasonable as the most terrifying death curse in the world.

“Your Nascent Soul will perish in three breaths.”

The old monkey declared, spitting blood as he spoke. The person he targeted felt his scalp tingle, sensing an overwhelming terror descending upon him. Three breaths later, he truly fell from the sky.

There was no Nascent Soul aura left within him.

The old monkey continued.

“You... shall be torn into pieces and die!”

The second manifestation of spoken words caused dense cracks to appear on the old monkey's Adamantine Ape body, and his aura plummeted to its limit.

Instantly killing two mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators in succession, even within the Verbal Truth Domain, was an immense burden. Furthermore, the true purpose of words manifesting reality was not to pronounce death sentences.

Rather, it was to provide various detailed assists during combat.

He was actually the best support, his direct offensive capabilities not as formidable as other grand cultivators, which was why he could be held back by four opponents.

At present, the old monkey appeared to be at the end of his tether.

This barely allowed the other two to muster their courage, each unleashing their life-bound magical artifacts from two directions for a decisive strike.

Wang Yu's eyes lit up.

The Aurora Escape Technique was like instant teleportation; he instantly broke free from the encirclement of the three, not even leaving a trace of an afterimage. His Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear stood tall.

—Swish!

Like a meteor streaking across the sky, imbued with peerless divine power, he used a force field to cut through all resistance ahead, including the air. The sky dimmed for an instant.

Blood spattered everywhere.

Wang Yu suddenly launched a sneak attack from behind, passing through the back of one of the cultivators who was encircling the old monkey. The cultivator's physical body immediately split into pieces, and blood rained down in an instant.

His Nascent Soul was also scooped up by Wang Yu and thrown into the Glazed Ice Heart Pagoda.

At the same time, he delivered a flying kick, forcefully sending the last opponent the old monkey was facing hurtling away, like a meteor crashing into the ground, creating a crater of unknown depth.

Three of the twelve Northern Suppressor Tower cultivators were now gone.

Forcing the cultivator who was attacking the Cold Blood team to retreat and provide support, Wang Yu tossed out a Tier 4 healing elixir, saying concisely, “Verbal Truth King, can you still fight?”

The old monkey nodded, took the elixir, and swallowed it without hesitation. He said, “My power of words manifesting reality is temporarily unusable, but my true demon form can still fight.”

“Very good. These scoundrels deserve to die by my hand.”

After achieving such results, there was no point in hiding his strength.

While the four opponents—one late-stage and three mid-stage—were regrouping and attempting to launch a second round of attacks, Frost Moon traversed the sky!

A frigid full moon, manifested by a divine ability, replaced the Lunar Star in the sky. The Saint Bow of Twelve Phases was held in his hand, combined with the Celestial Star Condensing Arrow technique.

Crescent moon marks appeared in Wang Yu's eyes.

Empty Moon Eye Technique—Spatial Solidification!

He drew the bow to its full extent, the arrow leaving a snow-white trail of light, aimed directly at Ice Spirit Fairy's opponent. She, as if by telepathy, unleashed her Ice Spirit Divine Light to its maximum.

The space that should have allowed for dodging was now controlled by Spatial Solidification.

The leader of the Northern Suppressor Tower first took a hit from the Ice Spirit Divine Light, instantly freezing into a block of ice. Wang Yu's Twelve Phases of Guanghan, condensing the power of the Lunar Star, struck him hard.

He forcefully blasted apart the upper half of this person's body!

The remaining lower half of the body continuously writhed with flesh tendrils, seemingly having cultivated some recovery secret technique. Ice Spirit Fairy naturally couldn't stand by and watch him recover.

Her life-bound magical artifact, the Guanghan Palace, once again suppressed him.

It should be known that this was a magical artifact from the inheritance of the 'Ice Spirit Holy Demonic Scripture,' possessing sealing power similar to the Glazed Pagoda.

The openings revealed during the exchange were successfully seized by Wang Yu. With the strongest cultivator of the Northern Suppressor Tower suppressed, it meant Ice Spirit Fairy would be unstoppable.

The decisive battle at Kuangmei Mountain had been decided at this moment.

From then on, it was merely a matter of time. They now had to consider how to escape, and how many would manage to flee remained unknown.

They had arrived with great momentum, aggressively negotiating terms with the Azure Cloud Sect.

Yet, they ended up in such a predicament.

It was quite unexpected, and it severely harmed the Azure Cloud Sect once again.

The battlefield at Glacier Pass.

Elder Hongyun personally engaged Bishop Youpeng. Holding the advantage as the defender, even when the opponent merged with his life-bound Yin Beast, he still found it difficult to breach the defensive line.

He could only watch as large numbers of his demon cultivators fell in battle before the thousand-zhang ice wall of Glacier Pass.

The morale of demon cultivators depended on battle results; blindly sacrificing themselves couldn't last long. Once they saw no chance of victory, even if faced with execution by their overseers, they would likely rout and flee.

This was a survival instinct rooted deeply in demon cultivators' nature, something no one could change.

At this point, less than two quarters of an hour had passed since the battle began.

Based on Elder Hongyun's experience, in at most another half an hour, these damned demon cultivators should retreat.

Seeing the dark green roc, Bishop Youpeng's transformed body, flapping its wings again, Hongyun should have counter-attacked with a divine ability to neutralize it, preventing the pass's protective spirit array from expending too much power.

But he froze for an instant.

Even with his shrewdness, he couldn't help but show a look of shock.

A messenger had delivered bad news: the Northern Demon Clan had poured out of their nests. Over thirty Nascent Soul stage demons were launching a sneak attack on Glacier Pass from behind.

Given the overwhelming disparity in hard power, the Ice Plains Province garrison had already been completely wiped out. Simultaneously, another force of over thirty Nascent Soul stage demons, led by King Tianpeng, was advancing directly towards the Azure Cloud Sect's mountain gate headquarters—the Colorful Cloud Mountains!

This was clearly aimed at annihilating their Azure Cloud Sect. Hearing this news so suddenly, it was understandable that Elder Hongyun couldn't maintain his composure.

Bishop Youpeng, however, was puzzled. With his strength, the spirit array of Glacier Pass would be breached in at most five or six full-power attacks.

Since Elder Hongyun was no longer blocking, he naturally exerted more effort.

He swiftly gathered boundless dark winds and unleashed several more thousand-zhang wind blades. These were no less formidable in scale than the walls of Glacier Pass, yet... still no one blocked them.

At this point.

The Nascent Soul powerhouses from both sides realized something was wrong.

Countless divine senses and spiritual eye secret techniques searched for Elder Hongyun's trace. However, the figure who had just been there had, at some unknown point, vanished from the city gate tower.

“This...”

Those with sharp minds had already begun to flee.

A few breaths later, a surge of five-colored light swept across the sky, scattering all the wind and rain.

The Five-Colored Saint Lord—had arrived!