Chapter 567 - 370: Slaying the Cyan Spiritual Crane, Advancing to Yinhuang Mountain!
Chapter 567: Chapter 370: Slaying the Cyan Spiritual Crane, Advancing to Yinhuang Mountain!
At this moment, a purple lightning hand suddenly descended.
The Cyan Spiritual Crane’s figure, measuring dozens of yards, gleamed with azure light on its wings, and it could be described as a giant; yet, in front of this massive hand, it looked as small as a chick, insignificant.
The giant hand was like a mountain, surrounded by purple lightning, the fingers closing in, with endless electric light flickering, seemingly creating an invisible magnetic field that completely locked everything beneath its palm.
"No!"
"Save me!"
Before the giant hand even arrived, the Cyan Spiritual Crane realized it could no longer control its body, its demonic power like being pressed down by a giant net, unable to move.
An unprecedented sense of fear surged within, and it cried out in despair, turning to all directions for help, only to find that the previously "like-minded" Daoist Embryos and Great Demons had already transformed into beams of light, fleeing rapidly, with not a single one looking back.
Ludicrous! There are already two Late-Stage Daoist Embryos, as well as Elder Cangming and that Tier Four Flood Dragon. This is not a fruit to be picked; it’s clearly the tiger’s whiskers!
"Bang!"
Under the terrified gaze of the Cyan Spiritual Crane, the purple giant hand descended from the sky, covering the heavens and the earth, grabbing it in its palm.
An unprecedented force pressed from all directions, and in just an instant, the Cyan Spiritual Crane felt its wings shattering and bones breaking.
"Bang!"
The sound of explosion echoed through the sky, those Daoist Embryos and Great Demons who were fleeing glanced back, only to see a rain of blood splitting open in the air, within the fragmented flesh, a ball of azure spiritual light quivering in fear, trying to escape, but to no avail.
The purple giant hand merely flipped over, easily suppressed that spiritual light, making it disappear without a trace.
In just a few breaths of time, a Mid-Stage Tier Four Demon King who had cultivated for over a thousand years fell outside the Jiuyi Mountain Gate.
The Purple Armor Daoist Soldiers demonstrated their absolute formidable strength.
Yet, at the moment of the Cyan Spiritual Crane’s fall, the remaining Daoist Embryos and Great Demons had already fled swiftly.
The Heaven-Cleansing Lark flapped its wings and flew, escaping far north, seemingly abandoning even the demon country within the Heaven-Burning Mountain Range.
The elder from the Dipping God Sect, with the weakest strength but quickest reaction, had retreated slightly while Master Yunyang forcefully emerged, and when the Purple Armor Daoist Soldiers appeared, he had already quietly stood behind others.
By the time the Purple Armor Daoist Soldiers took action, he had already ridden a green insect shadow, disappearing in an instant.
However, judging by the direction, it didn’t seem like a return to the Dipping God Sect.
As for Master Lingfu of the Thousand Scripture Pavilion, he had long hidden behind Master Hong Lie, together with a few other Daoist Embryos from the Pavilion, they collectively raised a treasure jade that radiated layers of ghostly light, transforming into a chaotic nether cloud, shielding them.
"Boom!"
But Master Hong Lie was not at ease.
Master Yunyang struck in anger, the Purple Sky Celestial Prison Seal, transcendent and unconventional, unleashed thundering attacks, exceedingly overbearing, with dazzling sword light mixed in between, forcing Master Hong Lie to devote every ounce of energy and spirit in defense.
"Bang!"
Their magical combat shook the spiritual mechanism, causing layers of rain curtains to burst open, with streams of purple electricity spilling throughout a thousand miles.
"Swish!"
At that moment, the Purple Armor Daoist Soldier lifted its head once more, with purple flowing flame in its eyes like purple lightning, carrying a soul-stirring force, abruptly striking towards the chaotic nether cloud protecting Master Lingfu and others.
The nether cloud trembled, like water rippling, though it managed to block the hit, its ghostly light rapidly diminished.
This instantly made the chaotic nether cloud realize the danger and attempt to flee.
"Ha!"
Yet at this moment, the Purple Armor Daoist Soldier suddenly exclaimed loudly, as if thunder exploded within its mouth, echoing through the sky.
The nether cloud froze on the spot, seemingly immobilized.
"Bang!"
Subsequently, the Purple Armor Daoist Soldier stepped out, with infinite purple lightning surging over its armor, instantly wrapping around its towering figure.
Then the void trembled, with purple light flowing, its massive body vanished, and reappeared merely a hair’s breadth away from the chaotic nether cloud.
The Purple Armor Daoist Soldier then extended its enormous hand towards the nether cloud to grasp it.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Inside the nether cloud, three dazzling spiritual lights transformed into lightning, frost, and a black sword, fiercely striking out towards the Purple Armor Daoist Soldier.
These three techniques had brilliant spiritual lights, stirring the winds and clouds, carrying tremendous might, where any Golden Core cultivator would certainly perish on the spot.
But around the Purple Armor Daoist Soldier, layers of purple lightning surged, making its towering figure appear as though cast from thunder.
These three techniques merely weakened the purple lightning by a layer, leaving the Purple Armor Daoist Soldier’s movement unimpaired, as it continued to grasp towards the chaotic nether cloud with immense force.
"Yunyang, this time it’s my Thousand Scripture Pavilion at fault, I am willing to apologize, but please do not be overly aggressive!"
At this moment, Master Hong Lie called out, causing a massive cloud of light to explode in the sky, its brilliance akin to the bursting of a great sun, followed by a boundless divine thought descending.
This divine thought was exceedingly powerful, seemingly beyond the scope of a Daoist Embryo, like celestial light sweeping across the lands, freezing all.
The Purple Armor Daoist Soldier was struck by this, momentarily frozen, its eyes’ purple flowing flame ceased burning, seemingly losing consciousness.
"Whoosh!"
Seizing this chance, a golden rainbow cloud fell from the celestial vault, enveloping the chaotic nether cloud, disappearing within Jiuyi Mountain in an instant with the speed of light.
After merely a breath’s time, the Purple Armor Daoist Soldier’s eyes reignited with purple flames, filled with vibrancy, yet both the chaotic nether cloud and Master Hong Lie’s figure had vanished into the void without a trace.
Above the celestial vault, seeing this scene, Master Yunyang gave a slight sigh: "Indeed, no wonder the Major Sect can nurture four Daoist Embryos, their foundation is truly profound, even capable of crafting the Soul-Stabilizing Divine Jade."
But immediately, his expression turned cold once more, with deep intent in his eyes: "But while the monk runs away, the monastery won’t!"
"Thinking to leave so simply, how could it be that easy?"
However, with this journey, he had planned for long in advance, holding a strategy within his heart, thus he was not anxious, subsequently waving his sleeves, drawing Gu Yuan and more than a dozen Golden Cores all to his side.
Master Cangming and the Old Flood Dragon also shifted through the void, arriving in an instant.
"Dao brother, you’ve kept me in the dark!"
On arrival, Master Cangming immediately lamented with a bitter smile.
Clearly, regarding the matter of the Purple Armor Daoist Soldiers, he was entirely unaware.
"It’s not intentional concealment on my part, but this matter contains heavenly secrets, being our Daoist School’s secret method, and cannot be disclosed, I’ll explain afterwards,"
Master Yunyang gently bowed, speaking apologetically.
Master Cangming merely complained without dissatisfaction, seeing this, he nodded slightly, speaking no more.
Then Master Yunyang turned to look at the Golden Cores, saying: "Since we’ve attacked the mountain and breached the sect, we must deter the world, employing thunderous tactics, to prevent troublesome riffraff from constantly emerging, infringing upon our newly occupied territory."
"The Thousand Scripture Pavilion, conspiring with unruly intentions, encroached Jiuyi Mountain, this is a major grievance, cannot be easily overlooked."
"My intent is to immediately advance to Yinhuang Mountain, to confront the Thousand Scripture Pavilion, seeking justice for both sects!"
"Yet, the Thousand Scripture Pavilion is a ten-thousand-year Grand Sect, its foundation surpasses the Celestial Demon Sect by far, it’s possible we may not achieve total victory on this journey, any gains require your assistance."
"Do you have the confidence to oppose the Thousand Scripture Pavilion’s Golden Cores, making a name throughout the Great Domain?"
Requiring Golden Core assistance to oppose the Thousand Scripture Pavilion’s Golden Cores, making a name throughout the Great Domain?
For a moment, everyone remained puzzled, seemingly unable to grasp Master Yunyang’s meaning.
In this battle, even the Mid-Stage Tier Four Demon King fell, what could the Golden Core cultivators accomplish?
Yet the collective gaze of the Golden Cores turned immediately towards Gu Yuan.
If among the crowd, someone possessed extraordinary prowess, with an invincible Golden Core presence, it was undoubtedly Gu Yuan, who not long ago extinguished the Human Body Dharma Embryo of the Nine Flames Demon King.
That battle saw Master Shenyi suffered great defeat, Master Tiandou harbored a resolve of death, had it not been for Gu Yuan, it would have spelled disaster.
Although the occurrences within the Netherworld Boundary Seal were unclear, achievements do not lie, even Master Tiandou recognized Gu Yuan’s prowess had likely surpassed his own.
At this juncture, Master Yunyang’s gaze also turned to Gu Yuan, fixing upon him.
Gu Yuan’s mind was mixed with tangled thoughts, unable to grasp Master Yunyang’s deeper intentions, yet he did not bow his head, raising it high to say:
"If not the Daoist Embryo cultivators, this disciple, though lacking, would willingly execute them for the Dean!"