311: Breaking the Formation

At this moment, only one-third of the Corpse Clan Army had retreated, and the remaining seven pillars of fire from the Nine Heavens Ten Earths Demonic Blood Heaven Burning Grand Array actually began to move!

The light barrier was about to close, resealing the battlefield.

“These Quasi-Saints are truly not simple. The Blood Demon Venerable appearing seems to be to lure away the Black Heaven Demon Venerable.” Xiao Zhuo’s thoughts raced.

Fortunately, his speed was indeed astonishing.

With the Universe God Step, which incorporated a portion of the Profoundness of Time, he passed through the rapidly closing Formation gap in just one breath.

However, the Formation sealed extremely quickly, and ultimately, forty percent of the Corpse Clan Army was locked inside the Formation.

Nearly half of the Demon Generals who followed Xiao Zhuo were also blocked outside by the blood-red light barrier.

What was even more critical was that Ban Xuanji also failed to get out!

Xiao Zhuo’s brows furrowed tightly.

As the Grand Array completely sealed, the essence blood Evil Qi permeating within the Formation was instantly ignited!

Fierce blood Evil demonic flames erupted from the remaining seven pillars of fire, spreading wildly throughout the interior of the Grand Array.

Fortunately, most of those within the Formation were Corpse Clan, with sparse vital essence blood, otherwise, their essence blood would have been ignited in an instant, causing them to burn to death.

Even so, swathes of Corpse Soldiers were the first to turn into blazing torches, wailing mournfully.

“I must rescue Big Brother Ban!” Xiao Zhuo didn't hesitate in the slightest, his figure flickered, shattering the Void Realm, and charged directly towards the clouds where the Corpse Kings were located above.

The thirteen Corpse Kings and Yue Li naturally also discovered this sudden change, all of them shocked and enraged.

Some Corpse Kings had already made a move, attempting to break the Formation.

However, a pair of giant hands that covered the sky struck the blood-red barrier, and besides causing ripples of energy to explode, they couldn't shake it in the slightest!

The Corpse Kings immediately found it troublesome.

Except for Yue Li, all the Corpse Kings were newly born consciousnesses, their memories from their former lives completely erased, leaving only the instincts controlled by the Great Dao.

Even if they had once been proficient in Formations, they were helpless at this moment, able to rely only on brute force.

Although Yue Li was knowledgeable, she found it difficult to find a flaw in the Nine Heavens Ten Earths Demonic Blood Heaven Burning Grand Array, which had only appeared in recent years.

Just then, Xiao Zhuo arrived.

Yue Li raised an eyebrow, her voice filled with concern: “Junior Brother! Are you alright?”

“Thank you for your concern, Senior Sister! I am fine! It’s just that many of my subordinates are trapped in the Formation!” Xiao Zhuo smiled and shook his head, then asked urgently, “Senior Sister, do you have a way to break the Formation? With the might of this Formation, within half an incense stick’s time, the army inside will likely turn to ashes!”

Yue Li’s gaze pierced through the clouds, looking towards the Grand Array.

She saw that the remaining Corpse Soldiers had retreated to the center of the Grand Array, with Corpse Generals and Corpse Lords on the periphery desperately resisting the flames, buying time.

“I have never seen this Formation before! It’s hard to find a clue for a while!” Her brows were deeply furrowed, showing helplessness, “We can only forcefully break it with power!”

The Corpse Clan had been planning for a long time, appearing with an absolutely powerful stance. If they were to lose forty percent of their army in the first battle, how would these Corpse Kings explain it to Hao Duo?

“What kind of power is needed?” Xiao Zhuo pressed.

Before Yue Li could answer, Shi Jiu, who had previously made a probing move, said in a deep voice: “I’ve tried it just now, at least an attack approaching the Quasi-Saint Realm is needed to shake the operation of this Formation.”

“Can we ask Revered Master to make a move?” Xiao Zhuo pondered.

“Revered Master still has important matters and cannot come out of seclusion!” Yue Li shook her head, “However, if there is a treasure with opposing attributes to assist the power of us Corpse Kings, we might be able to forcefully blast open this Formation.”

Xiao Zhuo focused his gaze on the Grand Array, dark golden light flowing in his eyes—the Heaven-Observing Divine Eye could no longer keep up with his Realm, and what he was currently using was a Saint-Grade pupil technique from the ancient texts gifted by Hao Duo—the Eye of Breaking Illusions!

After a moment of observation, Xiao Zhuo had already gained some insight: “This Formation is driven by the Fusion of the Dao of Blood and the Dao of Fire. If there are treasures containing the Dao of Thunder or the Dao of Water attribute, it should be twice as effective.”

“I happen to have an ice-attribute origin divine weapon, I wonder who can use it?”

As he spoke, Xiao Zhuo took out the heavenly cold demonic sword and looked at the Corpse Kings.

Yue Li’s eyes lit up when she saw the sword: “Junior Brother actually possesses such a treasure! This sword has reached the Saint-Grade limit, containing the Origin of Ice. Although it is not a true Divine Weapon, it is almost there, and it is perfectly suited!”

She raised her hand and beckoned, Xiao Zhuo timely released control, and the heavenly cold demonic sword immediately transformed into a cold light and flew into Yue Li’s palm.

The Divine Sword had already recognized its Revered Master, and Xiao Zhuo naturally had the right to lend it.

Yue Li stroked the cool sword body, unable to put it down, and looked at Xiao Zhuo, saying: “Senior Sister, I mainly cultivate the Dao of Water, so wielding this ice-element origin divine weapon, I can also unleash seventy to eighty percent of its power. With the help of the Corpse Kings, we should be able to forcefully break this Formation! It’s also thanks to Junior Brother’s previous message, which allowed us to destroy three of the Formation bases, otherwise, even with this sword, we wouldn’t be able to shake the complete Grand Array. The greatest credit for this battle belongs to Junior Brother!”

“Senior Sister overpraises me! It was just luck! Without further ado, please, Senior Sister and the Corpse Kings, make your move quickly!” Xiao Zhuo felt a little relieved and urged repeatedly.

“Good!”

Yue Li let out a clear cry, holding the heavenly cold demonic sword, and a biting cold burst forth instantly!

The bone-chilling cold spread, as if even the surging clouds were about to freeze.

Her eyes were sharp as ice, locking onto the Nine Heavens Ten Earths Demonic Blood Heaven Burning Grand Array below, which was inverted like a giant blood-red bowl.

Inside the Formation, blood flames raged, and the howls of corpses intertwined with the roar of fire, like a purgatory.

“Corpse Kings, assist me!” Yue Li’s voice pierced through the clouds.

The thirteen Corpse Kings had already been poised for action, and at her command, they all erupted!

Earth-shattering King-Grade Divine Might descended with a roar, and thirteen majestic, ferocious, and diverse Dao powers, like thirteen torrents of energy, shot through the sky and converged towards Yue Li!

They either shattered the Void Realm with their fists and palms, or invoked Dao Laws, or revealed their hideous true forms, the terrifying energy fluctuations causing the earth for a thousand miles to tremble and sink.

Yue Li was at the center of the power storm, the heavenly cold demonic sword hummed as never before, its azure sword glow surged, as if she held a frozen stellar core!

The power of the thirteen Corpse Kings surged into her body like a raging tide, and through the neutralization and guidance of the Dao of Water, it furiously poured into the heavenly cold demonic sword!

“Break—!”

Yue Li unleashed her full power, slashing down with her sword!

This sword strike was no longer a mere chop, but a manifestation of the might of heaven and earth!

A deep blue ice river, stretching across the sky, roared forth from the sword tip!

Wherever the ice river passed, space froze inch by inch, emitting a piercing “crack” sound, leaving countless icy shattered marks.

The extreme cold instantly dispelled the scorching heat of the battlefield, and even the churning blood clouds were frozen into ice crystals, falling with a rustle.

At the core of the ice river was a ferocious, roaring ice Dragon, condensed from the heavenly cold demonic sword's Origin power!

It carried the combined power of the thirteen Corpse Kings and Yue Li’s Dao Divine Might, and with a world-destroying momentum, it slammed fiercely into the indestructible blood-red light barrier!

“Boom!—!!!”

An indescribable colossal explosion resounded throughout the universe! The entire world seemed to groan and shatter under this impact!

The moment the ice river collided with the blood barrier, blinding red and blue light erupted!

A circular energy shockwave spread wildly, instantly leveling several mountain peaks, and the earth was ploughed with bottomless ravines!

The impregnable blood-red light barrier shook violently, emitting a groan of unbearable strain!

Countless blood-colored runes on its surface flickered wildly, glowing and dimming, desperately resisting the extreme cold and destruction.

The ice Dragon roared and bit, its extreme cold power and the blood Evil demonic flames that incinerated all things fiercely clashed and annihilated each other, unleashing an endless energy storm!

The entire Grand Array’s light barrier, under the impact of the giant Dragon, caved inward, forming a massive deep pit, and spiderweb-like ice-blue cracks rapidly spread at its edges!

“Crack!—Boom!!!”

This Grand Array, after all, was missing three Formation eyes and was not complete.

At the end of the surging ice river, the blood-colored light barrier finally could not bear the strain!

When the spiderweb-like dense ice-blue cracks spread to their limit, it let out an earth-shattering roar!

Like a shattered blood-colored glazed dome, countless fragments burning with residual flames, mixed with frozen ice shards, scattered in all directions!

The scorching and extremely cold air currents fiercely clashed, forming a destructive storm that swept across heaven and earth, instantly leveling, freezing, and then incinerating the accumulated corpses and shattered earth below into dust!

“Roar—!!!”

A roar of survival from despair shot up from within the Formation!

The remaining Corpse Clan Army, like a black torrent breaking free from its cage, under the command of the Corpse Lords and Corpse Generals, burst forth with unprecedented speed, rushing out of this purgatorial furnace at all costs, wildly surging towards the safe haven in the sky.

Ban Xuanji was mixed in the rolling black current, his face pale, his battle armor scorched and damaged in many places, and his aura was chaotic.

He looked back at the original battlefield, which had been completely swallowed by the violent energy and turned into a chaotic dead zone, his eyes filled with the horror of having escaped disaster.

If the high-ranking Corpse Clan had not intervened in time, a moment later, he would have turned into a wisp of smoke in the heaven-burning blood flames!

He dared not linger for a moment, desperately urging his demonic essence, closely following the Corpse Clan torrent as it rushed into the sky.

High above, Yue Li’s face was slightly pale, her sword-holding hand trembled slightly, and the heavenly cold demonic sword’s brilliance had dimmed a bit.

That strike just now had consumed a considerable amount of power from her and the thirteen Corpse Kings.

She flung the demonic sword back to Xiao Zhuo: “Junior Brother, it’s returned to its rightful owner. The power of this sword is extraordinary, take good care of it.”

Xiao Zhuo took the icy cold sky-chill sword, which conveyed a sense of fatigue and emptiness, and carefully put it away: “Thank you, Senior Sister! If not for Senior Sister’s Divine Might...”

Before he finished speaking, a terrifying tremor originating from the depths of the Realm Sea suddenly seized him!

Not only him, but all the Corpse Kings, Yue Li, the Corpse Clan Army below that was regrouping, and even the surviving Demon Race on the edge of the entire Blood Prison Abyss battlefield, all at the same instant, involuntarily, with looks of utter horror, gazed in unison beyond the Demon Realm’s sky—towards that vast, chaotic, star-studded Void Realm of the boundless Realm Sea!