288: Chapter 286 Just a gatekeeper dog

"Do not be intimidated by its appearance."

Su Lin's voice was steady and deep, penetrating the violent air currents of the battlefield.

"This monster is enormous and possesses startling power, but it lacks a unified consciousness."

"The Souls attached to its body fight individually, driven entirely by their envy of the living and their devouring instincts."

Su Lin raised his hand, pointing his sword fingers from afar toward a depression in the very center of the monster's chest. "Look there, the junction of all the wreckage and the convergence point of all the resentment are shrinking inward."

"There must be a core within its body, relying on some powerful Gravity Law to forcibly bond these unrelated dead objects together."

"As long as that gravity hub is destroyed, this massive shell will collapse on its own."

"Understood!"

Luo Ximei was the first to cry out. A chilling killing intent flowed within her platinum-gold heterochromatic eye, and the myriad soul banner behind her expanded rapidly, turning into a black curtain that blotted out the sky.

"Since it is pieced together from countless Souls, then I shall meet them!"

Luo Ximei's hands formed seals frantically, and the black and white Devilish Qi within her, fused with the True Immortal Origin, surged out like a raging tide.

On the myriad soul banner, thousands of malevolent ghost silhouettes opened their bloody maws. Their shrill ghostly shrieks converged into a visible black sonic wave, heading straight for the human faces on the aggregate monster's chest.

The black sonic wave slammed hard into the monster's massive body.

The moment the faces embedded in the rotting flesh touched the sonic wave, they all twisted in extreme pain.

Some of the more fragile remnant Souls were directly shattered by this overbearing demonic sound, dissipating into black smoke.

The monster sensed the stinging pain at the Soul level. Its head, which had no features but a gaping abyss-like mouth, snapped toward Luo Ximei and let out a deafening roar.

Its left arm, composed of countless broken weapons, rose high and smashed down toward Luo Ximei's position with a terrifying power that seemed to tear through the Void Realm.

"Fifth Senior Sister, fall back!"

Mu Qingxue's clear and cold voice rang out in mid-air. Her toes tapped lightly on the void, and she transformed into an ice-blue aurora, charging straight up toward the descending giant arm of weapons.

Mu Qingxue pushed the Mahayana Stage ice Law within her to its limit, and the ice soul concentration tassel in her hand erupted with a blinding white light.

With her as the center, the temperature within the surrounding thousands of feet instantly plummeted past the limits of common sense.

The giant arm of weapons swinging down suddenly stalled in mid-air.

Countless ice-blue crystals condensed out of thin air, spreading frantically through the gaps between the broken swords and halberds.

In just half a breath, that incredibly thick left arm was frozen solid in mid-air by a layer of ten-thousand-year-old Mystic Ice dozens of feet thick.

Dense cracking sounds came from within the Mystic Ice. The wreckage of those once-hard Magic Treasures became extremely brittle under the erosion of absolute zero, with countless fine cracks appearing on their surfaces.

However, the strength of this aggregate monster was truly horrifying.

Sensing its left arm was blocked, its right arm, twisted from bone spines, suddenly exerted force and slammed hard against the frozen left arm.

"Boom!"

Amidst a world-shaking explosion, the thick layer of Mystic Ice was forcibly smashed to pieces by its own monstrous strength.

Ice shards filled the sky, mixed with countless broken weapon fragments, creating a lethal metal storm that swept frantically in all directions.

"What violent brute force!"

Mu Qingxue was struck by the shock of the counter-force, her figure retreating dozens of steps in mid-air. A few drops of bright red blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, but not a hint of retreat could be seen in her light blue eyes; instead, an even higher Battle Intent ignited within them.

"Let me deal with it!"

Su Hongling seized the opening when the monster's old strength was exhausted from shattering the ice and its new strength had yet to form, kicking off the Nine Heavens Immortal- Condensed Immortal Jade square.

The indestructible Nine Heavens Immortal-Condensing Jade ground collapsed over a large area under her feet. Su Hongling transformed into a meteor burning with golden blood Qi, lunging straight for the monster's massive head.

"Get down for me!"

She gripped the no edge great sword with both hands, squeezing the strength of every muscle in her body to the limit.

The supreme power of a Mahayana Stage Body Cultivator was added to the sword's blade. The great sword, carrying a Gravity Law that seemed to crush the firmament, slammed heavily onto the top of the monster's abyss-like mouth.

"Dong!!!"

This strike produced a dull, heavy sound as if striking an ancient divine bell.

The monster's head took this unimaginable heavy blow, and its massive body involuntarily leaned backward.

The ground beneath its feet, unable to withstand this terrifying pressure, was plowed into two huge gullies a hundred feet deep.

"Beautifully done!" Chu Weiwei shouted excitedly from the rear.

Her petite figure moved like a ghost along the edge of the battlefield, her hands waving continuously like butterflies through flowers.

Dozens of jade bottles filled with lethal poison were accurately thrown at the weak points of the rotting flesh exposed by the monster's backward tilt.

"Explode!"

Chu Weiwei's hands clapped together.

Those jade bottles shattered simultaneously upon contact with the monster's body. Various poisonous miasmas of purple-green, ghostly blue, and pitch-black instantly rose, turning into a colorful yet lethal poison cloud that completely enveloped more than half of the monster's body.

"This is my newly developed Heaven-Corroding Earth-Eroding Powder, specifically designed to deal with such thick-skinned dead things."

"Even if you are pieced together from a hundred thousand corpses, I will turn you into a puddle of mud!" A fanatical light of a healer flickered in Chu Weiwei's eyes.

The poison cloud adhered to the monster's shell, making a violent sizzling sound of corrosion.

Large patches of dark red rotting flesh were dissolved by the poison, revealing the bleached white bones beneath.

The human faces embedded in the flesh let out shrill wails, turning into pus under the erosion of the toxic gas.

The monster felt unprecedented pain. It waved its two giant arms madly, trying to disperse the surrounding poison cloud.

But Chu Weiwei's poison gas was like maggots on a bone; once it touched, it seeped into the marrow, making it impossible to shake off easily.

"Roar!!!"

The monster let out a roar of extreme rage. Its abyss-like mouth opened wide, and a stream of deep gray Nirvana Death Qi spewed out from deep within its throat.

This Death Qi was incredibly viscous, carrying a terrifying Law that made all things wither.

The moment the poison cloud touched the Death Qi, it was forcibly assimilated, turning into a harmless gray mist.

The Death Qi continued unabated, like a gray tsunami, sweeping toward everyone.

"Retreat!"

Su Lin's eyes narrowed as he shouted.

No one dared to hesitate, and they all used their movement techniques to retreat rapidly.

But the speed of that Death Qi tsunami was far too fast, and its coverage was extremely broad.

"Let me!"

A bright yellow figure charged forward against the retreating crowd.

Han Yue wore no imperial crown on her head, and her long hair danced wildly behind her. The purple-gold dragon robe on her body erupted with brilliant Immortal Dao golden light, and a newborn white-gold Ancestral Dragon shadow coiled around her, radiating a supreme majesty that suppressed the eight directions.

Han Yue formed a seal with her hands in front of her chest, and the white-gold dragon shadow let out a long cry that pierced the Nine Heavens.

An incredibly thick white-gold light wall rose from the ground, standing between the Death Qi tsunami and the group.

"Boom boom boom..."

The gray Death Qi slammed frantically against the white-gold light wall, producing deafening booms.

This Death Qi contained the despair and resentment of countless ascenders from over a hundred thousand years, and its corrosive power was startling.

Under the wash of the Death Qi, gray ripples began to appear on the surface of the white-gold light wall, and its light gradually flickered.

Han Yue's face was pale, and fine beads of sweat seeped from her forehead.

Forcing herself to confront such a terrifying Death Qi tsunami at this moment was a huge burden for her.

"Eldest Senior Sister, I will help you!"

Ye You's voice rang out beside Han Yue.

She turned into a dark green stream of light, instantly appearing at Han Yue's side.

Ye You's dark green vertical pupils stared intently at the Death Qi tsunami outside the light wall. In the void behind her, thousands of thick Abyssal Devouring demon vines burst forth.

"Devouring Heaven and Earth!"

Ye You showed no fear of the Death Qi that could destroy the body and Soul of a Mahayana Stage Cultivator. She controlled the demon vines to pierce directly through the white-gold light wall and plunge into that gray ocean of Death Qi.

Countless tiny suction cups grew on the surface of the demon vines, and they began to frantically absorb and devour the gray Death Qi.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle..."

The moment Ye You's demon vines touched the Death Qi, their surfaces began to wither and turn black, but the instinct of the Abyssal Devouring clan gave her no intention of retreating.

The withered vines instantly fell off, and new vines grew continuously, continuing the frantic devouring.

Under Han Yue's desperate defense and Ye You's frantic devouring, the momentum of that world-destroying Death Qi tsunami was finally checked, gradually dissipating into the void.

"Well done!" Su Hongling cheered from the rear.

Su Lin's expression, however, grew increasingly solemn.

He keenly sensed that the monster spitting out that Death Qi was not just for attack; it was using the opportunity to clear the toxins from its body and buy time for some upcoming change!

"Do not give it a chance to breathe!" Su Lin shouted in a low voice, and the destiny Immortal sword in his hand let out a high-pitched sword hum.

His figure blurred as the Space Law was activated. He disappeared from his spot and reappeared directly above the monster in the next instant.

"Stars of the Heavens, heed my command!"

Su Lin poured the Chaos Immortal Qi within him without reservation into destiny.

Above the firmament, the originally gray void was forcibly torn open by a brilliant sea of stars. Under Su Lin's guidance, countless great stars rapidly arranged themselves according to a profound Formation trajectory.

"Starfall Killing Array, descend!"

Su Lin gripped the sword hilt with both hands, the sword tip pointing downward. Carrying the weight of an entire starry sky and the Law of destruction, he stabbed hard toward the recessed gravity hub in the center of the monster's chest.

The dark gold sword light transformed into a brilliant pillar of light ten thousand feet long, like a spear of judgment sent down by a god, instantly piercing through the layers of gray mist.

The monster sensed the fatal crisis coming from above its head.

A shrill scream erupted from its abyss-like mouth, and its two massive arms crossed in front of its chest, attempting to block Su Lin's earth-shattering sword strike.

Su Lin let out a furious roar.

The sword light and the giant arms collided with a boom.

This time, there was no evenly matched stalemate.

Fused with the chaos immortal gold and the Origin power of his five disciples, the destiny Immortal sword revealed its terrifying sharpness as a Half-step Immortal Artifact.

"Slash!"

The left arm, cast from countless Magic Treasure remains, was split down the middle like fragile rotten wood under the cutting force of the dark gold sword light.

Immediately following, the right arm, twisted from bone spines, also shattered inch by inch under the crushing force of the Star Law.

Su Lin and his sword became one, piercing through the monster's defense like a hot knife through butter, the sword tip accurately stabbing into the huge depression in the center of the monster's chest.

"Puchi!"

The sound of the blade entering flesh was dull and alarming.

Su Lin only felt the sword tip strike a core that was extremely tough yet filled with chaotic gravity.

"Found it!"

A sharp light flashed in Su Lin's eyes.

He did not hesitate for a moment. The Chaos Immortal Qi in his body circulated frantically, pouring entirely into that core along the sword blade.

"Break... for me!"

The violent Star Law exploded with a bang at the position of the monster's heart.

"Aowuu!!!"

The monster let out an unprecedentedly shrill scream.

Its body, as massive as a mountain, began to tremble violently. The gravity hub in the center of its chest that maintained the countless remains and Souls completely collapsed under Su Lin's fatal blow.

The rotting flesh, white bones, and Magic Treasure fragments that had been forcibly fused together instantly lost their balance once the restraint of gravity was gone.

"Rumble..."

The monster's massive body began to disintegrate from the inside.

Huge cracks spread across its surface, and dark brown foul blood gushed out like a waterfall. The human faces imprisoned on the shell all let out long sighs as if obtaining liberation, turning into wisps of green smoke and dissipating between heaven and earth.

"Retreat!"

Su Lin, having succeeded in his strike, immediately pulled out his sword and withdrew. The Space Law was activated, and he instantly returned to his disciples' side.

Accompanied by a deafening sound of collapse.

The aggregate monster, thousands of feet tall, finally crumbled completely, turning into a sky filled with a tragic rain of blood and countless scattered remains.

A horrific rain of corpses fell upon the Nine Heavens Immortal-Condensing Jade square.

Led by Su Lin, the disciples all opened their spiritual energy shields to block the falling debris.

A full half an hour passed.

Only then did that terrible rain of remains gradually subside.

The once wide and level square had now turned into a mountain range of ruins piled with trash.

"Phew... finally dismantled this big guy."

Su Hongling sat on the ground, panting heavily. The high-intensity battle just now had exhausted her physical strength significantly.

Luo Ximei put away her myriad soul banner. A hint of fatigue flashed in her platinum-gold right eye, but a victorious smile hung on the corner of her mouth.

"Though it was a bit disgusting, the energy from the remnant Souls within this monster was indeed startling. My myriad soul banner has truly had its fill this time."

Chu Weiwei also let out a long sigh of relief, putting away her empty poison bottles one by one.

"Revered Master, that sword strike of yours just now was truly too cool! Striking the heart directly, clean and efficient!"

Han Yue and Mu Qingxue did not speak.

Su Lin waved his hand slightly, but his expression did not relax in the slightest despite defeating the monster.

He held the destiny Immortal sword horizontally in front of him. On the blade, where it had just pierced the monster's core, it was now stained with an extremely eerie dark gray substance.

This substance seemed to have a life of its own, slowly wriggling as it tried to corrode the Immortal gold luster on the sword blade.

"This monster was merely a guard dog."