Chapter 800: Chapter 524: Heroes Join Forces to Execute the Demon Saint
"Fairy, are you going to fight as well?"
Yaochi Immortal replied gravely, "This battle is of utmost importance. Though I have just stepped into the Late Stage, I acquired an Eighth Rank Spiritual Weapon during my travels. I shall do what little I can."
"Then be careful."
"Wait here. Once this battle ends, we can go home." Yaochi Immortal vanished inside the palace.
Lu Chenzhou opened the projection outside the hall.
The Black Lotus bloomed; the Demon Saint’s divine might was like a prison.
"To inflict heavy damage on the Demon Saint, how much energy would it cost?" Lu Chenzhou asked the Aurora Palace Artifact Spirit.
[Aurora Palace is equipped with two active-attack arrays: the Top Grade Seventh Rank ’Heavenly Dome Flowing Clouds Binding Array’, and the Eighth Rank ’Xuanji Aurora Sword Formation’. The former specializes in confinement and requires ten High Grade Primordial Stones or ten percent of remaining energy to cast. By my calculations, this array has a sixty percent chance to imprison the Demon Saint for a moment, but it’s difficult to deal substantive damage. The latter is Aurora Palace’s strongest killing move; activation requires draining eighty percent of current energy. If it hits, there’s a sixty percent chance to inflict severe damage on the Demon Saint, and with the right timing, there’s hope of killing the Demon Saint outright.]
"We’ll act according to the situation."
...
Atop the Black Lotus Peak, the Demon Saint floated in midair.
His wild, violent gaze turned to Yaochi Immortal.
"To dare face this Saint directly—commendable courage. But with just a single Eighth Rank Spiritual Weapon, you’re far from being my match."
In that moment, Yaochi Immortal was like a Heavenly God descending. She was draped in a magnificent feathered armor woven from three thousand phoenix feathers, colored clouds flowing and flickering, billions of multicolored particles spewing forth, forming a dazzling ring like a galaxy around her.
A divine phoenix apparition appeared, its momentum reaching the heavens.
Inside the hall, Lu Chenzhou, observing the battle, was moved.
"What a treasure!"
In the Inner Scenery Land, the Artifact Spirits were all greatly surprised.
[Second Madam: To think it’s actually that treasure? This Female Fairy must have deep ties with the Spirit Phoenix Clan. Interesting.]
[Aurora: The famed Divine Phoenix Immortal Armor—ranked fifty-sixth among Eighth Rank Middle Grade Spiritual Weapons on the Mountain and Sea Spiritual Weapon List. This is a replica of the Phoenix Clan’s Supreme Treasure.]
"Ranked so high... Seems our Da Xia’s Absolute Peak did encounter plenty of fortune in their travels after all. I was overthinking."
Lu Chenzhou let out a sigh of relief.
The Mountain and Sea Spiritual Weapon List was compiled by the Mountain and Sea Tower Lord.
It gathers information on all Spiritual Weapons under the heavens, ranking them by power and overall value; it lists only the top one hundred.
Thus, only Eighth Rank Spiritual Weapons may be listed.
Fifty-six—that’s very close to the top.
Aurora Palace, as a palace treasure, is only ranked thirty-second. Among defensive armor Spiritual Weapons, their value is second only to palace artifacts.
Second Madam added:
[No need for envy, Master. If you pass the trial the Ancestor left behind, you may inherit the ’Star Undying Armor’. That’s the number one defensive treasure in the Great Wilderness.]
Star Undying Armor—ranked ninth on the Spiritual Weapon List.
Counting the Dragon and Phoenix Clans, there are only eighteen famous Supreme Treasures in the Great Wilderness, and the armor-type Supreme Treasure is unique.
Mister Turtle often painted grand visions for Lu Chenzhou.
"Little junior, if you train ’Mountain Moving Scripture’ up to the Fifth Layer·Eight Desolate Power, and subdue the Star Undying Armor, you could run rampant across the Three Thousand Worlds."
Outside.
"Truly an ant trying to stop a chariot!" A sea of inky flames erupted beneath the Black Mountain Demon Saint’s feet. A thousand-zhang Black Lotus phantom hung upside down from the heavens, and where its petals fell, space itself warped and charred.
Yaochi Immortal’s Divine Woman Dharma Form raised her hand, conjuring a ten-thousand-zhang Kunlun Mountain shield. Feathered armor bloomed in layers, bearing the brunt of the rain of searing black flames. "So the Demon Saint is only so."
"Once your armor’s energy is spent, killing you will be as easy as slaughtering a dog." The Demon Saint roared, blasting out a fist-mark forged from the Law of Destruction. The Divine Woman Dharma Form was instantly shattered into pieces.
Yaochi Immortal was smashed to the ground.
The treasure armor dispelled ninety percent of the force, but the remaining ten percent left her body shattered like broken jade. Thankfully, her divine skills and Law Realm were attuned to constitution and self-regeneration, so she instantly recovered.
Had it been any other Late Stage Seventh Realm, even with treasure armor, this punch would have left them either dead or gravely wounded.
The Black Lotus World began to contract.
The temperature continued to rise.
The Law of Destruction grew as thick as ink.
Even with Divine Phoenix Immortal Armor, Yaochi Immortal could feel heat so intense it threatened to melt her to water.
"The disparity is too great. I can only restrain the Demon Saint for a short while and can’t inflict any real damage."
Yaochi Immortal had long since foreseen this.
But experiencing it for herself was another matter entirely.
Black lotuses drifted down from the sky, surrounding Yaochi Immortal, then exploding. Black flames devoured her in an instant.
"Absurd."
The Black Mountain Demon Saint took a step forward.
The Demon Race needs no Spiritual Weapons and are not adept at crafting them—their bodies are their strongest weapons.
With a plain and simple punch, he condensed the Law of Destruction into a shockwave, sending Yaochi Immortal flying like a sandbag.
In a short span of time,
Yaochi Immortal had already healed over ten times.
Lu Chenzhou’s expression grew slightly anxious.
"Why hasn’t anyone come to assist yet?"
Time passed.
The Divine Phoenix Immortal Armor’s light dimmed.
This meant that its energy was running out.
Without the protective barrier activated by the treasure armor, with only the base defense of the armor itself, the Demon Saint could crush Yaochi Immortal into dust with a casual blow.
Yaochi Immortal turned to retreat.
Black Mountain Demon Saint swiftly pursued.
"There’s no point struggling. Without the Eighth Realm, you could have all the Spiritual Weapons you want—in the end, when the energy runs dry, you’ll still die."
In an instant,
Ten thousand li had been crossed.
Their figures soared far away, arriving in the sky above a thousand-li-wide basin—when suddenly, change erupted!
The entire Ancient Origin Realm began to tremble.
Buzz, buzz, buzz! Eight beams of light shot through heaven and earth, forming an Eight Trigrams diagram spanning a thousand li around the Black Mountain Demon Saint. Yin Yang and the Five Elements surged in agitation.
Black Mountain Demon Saint’s expression shifted slightly.
"An ambush?"
On the ground, a supermassive array activated.
Yaochi Immortal, face pale, smiled and said,
"This Ancient Origin Realm is your grave."
"Delusional."
The Black Mountain Demon Saint turned into black light, trying to flee the basin. Suddenly, the clouds above gathered, and the heaven-rending Purple Cloud Divine Thunder manifested out of thin air, pouring down violently.
Rumble!
Caught off guard, Black Mountain was struck down, while thunder magma melted the earth into a sea of lava spanning ten li.
Demon energy dispersed from around him as scorched smoke wafted into the sky.
"What array is this? An array formation that can confine an Eighth Realm expert... Without a ready-made array disk, there’s absolutely no way Da Xia could create this."
Black Mountain Demon Saint’s expression shifted again.
An Eighth Rank Formation Array—there aren’t many even in the Great Wilderness. Such a thing could serve as a Mountain Protection Array for a major power.
In the void, eight figures appeared.
There were men and women, Daoists and monks.
Inside the hall, Lu Chenzhou, observing the scene, was overjoyed.
"Eight Absolute Peaks..."
The Grand Heavenly Master of Dragon and Tiger, Hui Kong Abbot, Nanshan Sword, Xi Xiang Divine Nun, Sword Sect, Daoist Lord of East Mountain, Sea Covering Spear, and—clad in white robes, strikingly handsome—Bai Feng.
Apart from Bai Feng, the others hadn’t been seen in decades. With his cultivation, Lu Chenzhou couldn’t discern their depths, but could clearly sense that everyone had grown much stronger.
After the Heavenly Realm, each minor realm represents a great leap. These seniors have journeyed for decades, and are no longer who they used to be. Almost all now wield at least an unparalleled divine weapon.
[Eight Seventh Realm experts, jointly controlling the Eight Eight Trigrams FormationProfound Heaven Demon Suppression Array—there’s truly hope to trap and kill the Demon Saint. This Eighth Rank Formation Array is the number one killing formation in the Great Wilderness, extremely valuable. Even among the Four Heavenly Sects, there are barely a handful.]
The voice of the Artifact Spirit sounded.
Lu Chenzhou also wondered,
Where did the Wanbang Council get their hands on such a treasure?
...
"Trying to use array formations for the weak to defeat the strong? So this is your reliance." Black Mountain Demon Saint stopped his movements.
With an Eighth Rank Formation Array, he dared not act recklessly.
He might not understand arrays, but even he knew that at times like this, you find the weakest point and attack it with overwhelming force to break through.
Thus, he looked toward Bai Feng.
"Early Seventh Realm, how laughable." With a flick of his finger, a black flaming dragon howled toward Bai Feng.
"Kun Earth· Earth Vein Binding Dragon!"
Bai Feng waved the array flag in his hand. The array drew up the power of the earth-veins, conjuring a forest of thousand-zhang rock spikes and quicksand vortexes. But with his low cultivation, the black dragon tore through the barriers, unstoppable, and arrived at his side, detonating!
Black flames filled the heavens.
"Now!"
Black Mountain Demon Saint charged ahead,
Unleashing punches left and right, condensing the Law of Destruction into twin beams of light, braiding together as they shot straight for Bai Feng.
Destroying the formation’s key point would make the array much easier to break.
A resounding phoenix cry rang out as an ice wall stood between the flames and Bai Feng. Ice and fire collided—a billowing cloud of white. Gorgeous icy wings wrapped around Bai Feng.
The wings unfurled—Bai Feng was unharmed.
Black Mountain Demon Saint’s eyes narrowed.
"Eighth Rank Spiritual Weapon?"
Throughout the Great Wilderness, there weren’t many Eighth Rank Spiritual Weapons. Yet here in the Ancient Origin Realm today, he’d already seen three!
They were clearly well-prepared!
Watching the battle, Lu Chenzhou finally relaxed.
[Wufeng’s Cry]—shaped like phoenix wings—was the treasure inherited by Ice Phoenix Immortal, a direct disciple of the Ancestor, ranked eighty-eighth among Eighth Rank Lower Grade Spiritual Weapons.
It is ranked eighty-eighth on the Spiritual Weapon List. This treasure focuses on escape and preservation, perfectly matching Bai Feng, thus it accompanied him on his journey.
Hui Kong Abbot chanted a Buddhist verse,
"Everyone, let us empower the formation together!"
In an instant, the Eight Trigrams Array blazed toward the heavens.
"Qian Tian·Heavenly Gang Thunder Prison!"
...
"Kan Water·Xuanming Ice Prison!"
"Li Fire· Burning Sky and Boiling Sea!"
"Dui Ze·Illusion Sea Mysterious Trace!"
Eight varied transformations spun like millstones, carrying world-annihilating might, bearing down upon Black Mountain Demon Saint.
"Black Lotus Prison!"
Black lotus bloomed, threatening to become a world unto itself.
An earth-shattering battle erupted.
Every movement brought the collapse of heaven and earth. With energy levels in the billions—enough to shake an entire Great World.
Time flowed on.
The onslaught of arrays and spiritual weapons left Black Mountain Demon Saint covered in wounds. Da Xia’s Absolute Peaks didn’t waste energy casting divine skills at him; the gap in cultivation was too vast, making it hard to penetrate his defenses.
The formation was the key.
In no time, half a day had passed.
The Absolute Peaks all gazed with heavy eyes.
Their faces were pale.
Their stamina was flagging.
Maintaining the array consumed too much energy and True Gang.
Thankfully, each had High Grade Primordial Stones.
Weary, they absorbed the stones to recover.
The Black Mountain Demon Saint’s momentum waned ever weaker.
His body had already been reconstructed five times.
"Let’s see who outlasts whom!"
The Demon Saint’s stamina far surpassed the Seventh Realm. As long as he held out until the High Grade Primordial Stones were depleted, the array would collapse on its own.
The battle entered a stalemate.
Seeing the Demon Saint’s worsening state,
Lu Chenzhou, who had been observing all along, sent a voice transmission to Bai Feng.
"Senior, you control the Kun Earth Formation, right?"
"Yes, but the Demon Saint’s defense is too terrifying. Even with control, killing him in a short time is very difficult." Bai Feng sighed.
"Next, I’ll need all of your assistance. I’ll try to use Aurora Palace to blast him!"
Lu Chenzhou steeled his resolve.