73: Sea of ​​Blood

Outside, it was as if the sky had collapsed.

To the southwest, the Blood Slaughter Legion's malevolent aura was so thick it couldn't be dispersed, like a boundless, dark-red blood-wall slowly pressing in. The scent of blood was pungent even through the grand array, and within, shadowy figures were all towering, ferocious Asura War Generals, their eyes glowing with bloodthirsty malice, a sight that made hearts tremble.

On the other side, the Soul Devouring Legion was even more chilling. Half the sky had darkened, and countless distorted, translucent phantoms drifted erratically and silently. But that cold sensation, directly drilling into people's minds, caused many disciples with lower cultivation to immediately clutch their heads and squat down, their noses bleeding profusely.

The array's light barrier hummed and flickered wildly under the impact of these two forces, looking as if it was about to give way.

But inside the Star Palace, far from being in chaos, it was boiling like a pot of oil!

"Array Eye Zone Three! Increase immortal jade energy output by thirty percent! Quick! Hold them!" Chu Xinghe's voice was almost hoarse as he, along with his group of infrastructure fanatics, frantically operated at the core of the array, pouring in various rare materials as if they were worthless.

"Nirvana Sword Hall! Form the Myriad Swords Slaughtering Immortals Array! Aim the Sword Intent at the Blood Slaughter Legion's vanguard! Await my command!" Leng Yuechan held her sword scabbard, her voice so cold it could drop ice shards. Behind her, sword cultivators' Sword Intent soared into the sky, converging into a terrifying torrent of destruction.

"Martial Monk Corps! Form the Golden Wheel Array! Advance a hundred paces! Stabilize the array's foundation for me!" Kong Ming's voice boomed like a great bell. The muscular martial monks roared Buddhist chants, their Merit Golden Wheels behind them forming a brilliant wall of light, pushing forward against the Soul Devouring Legion's soul-shrieks for another stretch.

"Demonic Sound arise! Soul-Shattering Melody! Give those ghostly shadows some fun!" Linglong shrieked, bringing her jade demonic flute to her lips. Behind her, Demonic Sound Sect disciples displayed their unique abilities, various soul-snatching, mind-disturbing sound waves, like invisible tides, surged back towards the Soul Devouring Legion.

The entire periphery of the Star Palace instantly transformed into an enormous meat grinder. Immortal light, malevolent aura, demonic sound, and soul-shrieks collided madly. Explosions deafened, and every minute, disciples were injured or even fell, but not a single person retreated! TheMerit Points on the Blood Crystal Stele flickered wildly, stimulating everyone's nerves.

Inside the hall, Lin Xuan glanced towards the spirit beast garden. Jin Bao's condition was temporarily stabilized by Little Blue Bird, but both little ones were listless, clearly having expended a great deal of energy.

"Qing Xuan! Nuan Nuan! I'm entrusting them to you two! Use the best resources! You must save them!" Lin Xuan threw out a command, then turned and rushed towards the Chaos Thunder Tribulation Pool deep within the main hall.

There was no time for slow recovery now!

He once again activated the thunder pool, this time even more frantically! Not only did he use the thunder tribulation liquid to temper his body, but he also forcibly activated the Immortal Monarch-level origin power he had swallowed from Blood Hell King, which hadn't been fully refined yet!

"Break for me!" Lin Xuan roared. His Chaos Nascent Soul spun wildly at an unprecedented speed, like a black hole, greedily devouring the two vast forces from both inside and out!

Boom! It was as if some barrier within his body was violently shattered! The immense power of the late-stage Heaven Immortal realm surged through his entire body like a breached flood, his aura skyrocketing! The chaotic energy around him became even denser and profound, and when his Law-Breaking Chaos Eyes opened and closed, even faint, dense chaotic lightning flashed!

Late-stage Heaven Immortal! It was a natural progression!

But Lin Xuan had no time to consolidate his realm. He felt the surging power within him, his gaze sweeping across the fierce battlefield, then to the special teleportation light gate, which had always floated in the air, connecting to the Small Immortal Realm.

"How are things in the Small Immortal Realm?!" he roared at the disciple responsible for communication.

"Reporting, Hall Master! Emperor Qinglan and Elder Xuanji Zi sent word! The three thousand sub-halls in the Mortal Realm are operating well, and the speed of talent transmission has reached a new high! Under theBirth ofYi Wood Spiritual Energy, the probability of mutated spiritual roots appearing has increased by ten percent! The World Tree's root system has connected to another three hundred small worlds! The first batch of ten thousand elite Core Formation stage disciples selected from the medium-sized world, Blazing Sun Realm, has already arrived in the Small Immortal Realm via the Ascension Passage, and are undergoing emergency combat training, ready to be sent over at any time!"

"Good!" Lin Xuan's spirits lifted. "Tell them! Don't hold back! Send as many as possible! Here in the Immortal Realm, we lack people—"

Just as his words fell!

Buzz! Buzz!

On the main hall square, the enormous, constantly stable cross-realm teleportation array suddenly erupted with an unprecedented brilliant light! The spatial fluctuations were so intense that the entire square trembled!

"What's happening? Overloaded?" Someone exclaimed.

Within the light gate, figures surged out like a tide! It was no longer the previous small-batch elite transport, but a true, organized deployment of legions!

Leading them were a thousand cultivators, all clad in unified spirit armor, their cultivation having reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage or even the early stage of Soul Transformation! They were disciplined, their eyes sharp. Though they carried a slight daze from first arriving in the Immortal Realm, what was more prominent was their soaring fighting spirit! These were the first reinforcements from the medium-sized world, Blazing Sun Realm!

Following closely were more disciples urgently conscripted from various sub-halls in the Small Immortal Realm—Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—densely packed, like streams flowing into the ocean. Although their individual strengths varied, their massive numbers converged to form a shocking torrent!

"By order of Emperor Qinglan! The Blazing Sun Realm's First Legion reports for duty! We pledge our lives to the Hall Master!" The leading general from the Blazing Sun Realm's voice boomed like a great bell as he knelt on one knee.

"Small Immortal Realm Garrison Army's Third and Seventh Legions, here to support!" "Heavenly Wood Sub-Hall, sending five hundred spirit plant masters, carrying one hundred thousandBirth spirit seeds!" "Earth Fire Sub-Hall, sending three hundred artifact refining apprentices, capable of assisting with equipment maintenance!"

Reports rang out one after another, as a continuous stream of fresh forces and logistical personnel poured through the light gate, instantly filling the personnel gaps in the Star Palace caused by days of intense battle, and even making the previously stretched logistics and auxiliary positions abundant!

The morale of the entire Star Palace surged!

And an even more pleasant surprise occurred among the direct disciples who had been fighting on the front lines!

Yun Qingyao had been holding the central command, coordinating the overall situation, under immense pressure and with highly concentrated mental energy. At this moment, feeling the influx of new strength into the hall and her master's vast aura of breakthrough, the origin of her Moon Soul Saint Body seemed to be activated, resonating on a deeper level with the faint, cold moon phantom in the sky! Boom! An even colder, more bone-chilling, yet perfectly balanced and powerful aura erupted from within her! The barrier of the early True Immortal realm instantly broke through! Mid-stage True Immortal! And her realm was extremely stable! The cold moon phantom behind her suddenly solidified by several points, its clear light spreading, actually calming down much of the restless spiritual energy around her!

Almost simultaneously! Su Yuan, who had been frantically calculating and maintaining the Heavenly Evolution Array Disk's overloaded operation, suddenly lifted his head, the light of wisdom in his eyes almost tangible! The vast computing power and information flow seemed to have unblocked a certain vital point within him, instantly elevating his understanding of the Heavenly Evolution Dao by a large level! His cultivation also surged, breaking through to the mid-stage True Immortal realm!

On the battlefield! Leng Yuechan, with her sword and self as one, her Nirvana Sword Intent became even purer and sharper through constant clashes with the Blood Slaughter Legion's malevolent aura! With one sword strike, she directly annihilated an Asura War General who had charged to the front, along with his surrounding tens of feet of malevolent aura domain! Her Sword Heart became clear! Her cultivation boldly stepped into the early True Immortal realm! Linglong's demonic sound, in its confrontation with the Soul Devouring Legion's soul-shrieks, incorporated more sounds of battlefield slaughter, becoming more penetrating and destructive. Wherever her melody reached, many ghostly Asuras' soul bodies directly disintegrated! Her cultivation broke through! Kong Ming withstood several long-range attacks from an Immortal Monarch-level Asura Commander, his Merit Golden Wheel shattering and reforming, his Buddhist heart growing even more resilient, his physical body emanating a radiant glazed light, breaking through! Feng Qiqi was reborn in Nirvana Flames, her divine fire even more powerful than before, incinerating large swaths of insect swarms, breaking through! Mo Sha devoured ancient demonic power amidst the slaughter, his figure still appearing slender, but his strength was condensed to the extreme. With one axe swing, subtle cracks appeared in space, breaking through! Qing Xuan fully treated the wounded, and the immense power of life purification fed back into him, his cultivation naturally breaking through! Ye Chen, You Ye, Yu Lin, Jin Bao, A Zi, all reached the Soul Transformation stage! All other direct disciples, under this immense pressure and the infusion of new power, collectively broke through their bottlenecks and entered the mid-stage True Immortal realm!

The auras of fifteen mid-stage True Immortals erupted simultaneously! Though individually not as vast as Lin Xuan's, their combined pressure instantly diluted much of the terrifying pressure brought by the Asura legions!

Lin Xuan felt his disciples' successive breakthroughs and the surging power of his late-stage Heaven Immortal realm. He looked at the continuous stream of fresh forces pouring out onto the square, then took a deep breath, his voice like nine heavens thunder, echoing across the entire battlefield,

"Star Palace! Where are you?!"

"Here! Here! Here!"

Countless disciples, whether seasoned veterans fighting in blood or newcomers who had just arrived, simultaneously let out earth-shattering roars! The sound waves converged, actually forcing back the encroaching malevolent aura by several points!

Lin Xuan stepped into the air, standing before the hall, his dark robes fluttering, his gaze like lightning, pointing directly at the endless crimson and gloom in the distance:

"Good! Then let these Asuraoffal and pesky bugs see—"

"If the blade of my All Heavens Star Palace is sharp or not!"

"Kill!"

The final decisive battle, with the Star Palace's overall strength experiencing an explosive growth, finally fully erupted!