281: Breakthrough, Fusion Stage

Boom—!

The white flood Dragon, condensed from pure Sword Qi, fiercely collided with the empty Void Realm!

Space let out a grating, twisting sound, and Onikiri’s figure stumbled out of the Void Realm. On his single arm, the Demonic Qi-condensed sharp claws were locked against the white flood Dragon’s head, in a stalemate.

“Formation, rise!”

With a clear shout, Xie Wangsheng had appeared outside the battle circle at some unknown point. Dozens of Formation Flags were thrown out by him, precisely landing in various corners of the industrial area.

“Qian position, Chen Pingan, Wu Gang!”

“Kun position, Gu Qinghan!”

“Dui position, Han Li!”

...As Xie Wangsheng issued command after command, dozens of Kunlun Students, without the slightest hesitation, quickly took their positions.

The spiritual power within their bodies poured into the earth beneath their feet without reservation.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

Beams of spiritual power, visible to the naked eye, shot into the sky, weaving into a golden net that covered the entire industrial area.

The Grand Heavenly Star Formation, reappeared!

Only this time, the scale of the Formation was ten times larger than it had been in the Demon Capital!

“Roar!”

Onikiri felt the suppressive force from the Formation and roared. He suddenly exerted force with his single arm, actually crushing Lin Xiao’s Sword Qi Dragon.

But he hadn’t even had time to catch his breath.

“Azure Thunder Transformation!”

Fang Yuan’s figure had already appeared above his head. A thunderous Azure Dragon, even more solid and violent than before, opened its massive maw, carrying the destructive power of lightning, and bit down directly!

“Vast Sea Dragons Roar!”

Zhang Qiqi pointed with her jade-like hand, and the water currents that had gathered beneath her feet at some unknown point shot into the sky, transforming into a giant water Dragon whose size was in no way inferior to the Thunder Dragon, sealing off all of Onikiri’s escape routes from the side!

Facing this world-destroying pincer attack, a grave expression finally appeared on Onikiri’s withered face.

He took a deep breath, his chest puffed out high, and then he suddenly spat out a mouthful of Demonic Qi as black as ink.

That Demonic Qi transformed into a massive vortex in mid-air, actually devouring both the Thunder Dragon and the Water Dragon simultaneously!

However, after devouring the ultimate moves of two Golden Core Cultivators, the Demonic Qi vortex also became extremely unstable, surging violently.

Just at this moment!

“Now!”

Xie Wangsheng’s voice echoed throughout the entire area.

“Attack!”

Within the Formation, all Kunlun Students attacked simultaneously!

Chen Pingan threw a punch, simple and unadorned, yet carrying the profound true meaning of shaking mountains.

Gu Qinghan’s Flying Sword transformed into a cold stream of light, silent and direct, piercing towards Onikiri’s back.

Han Li scattered with both hands, and hundreds of Talismans of various colors covered the sky and earth—fireballs, ice cones, wind blades, gravity fields... all smashing towards Onikiri in a flurry!

The full-force strike of dozens of Foundation Establishment Stage Peak Cultivators converged into a torrent of power. Amplified by the Grand Heavenly Star Formation, its might instantly surged several times over, fiercely striking the unstable Demonic Qi vortex!

Rumble rumble rumble—!!!

An unprecedentedly violent explosion occurred!

The terrifying shockwave leveled the entire industrial area, even tearing apart the clouds in the sky!

As the smoke and dust dispersed, Onikiri’s figure reappeared.

His entire body was covered in wounds of various sizes, black demonic blood constantly dripped, and his aura had also weakened considerably.

He was actually injured under the combined siege of dozens of Kunlun Students!

“Hahahahaha!”

Seeing this scene, Liu Lian, who was lying on the ground and receiving emergency treatment with Medicinal Pills from several female classmates, couldn't help but burst into laughter.

“Old monster! See that! This is our Kunlun Cultivation Academy!”

“One-on-one, you get one; group fight, we still get a group!”

Onikiri’s crimson demonic eyes swept over these young people brimming with Battle Intent around him. The anger on his face slowly dissipated, replaced by a morbid excitement.

“Very good... Your strength has exceeded my expectations.”

“This way... you are worth refining into ‘Spirit Pills’!”

As soon as his voice fell.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

From all directions of Sakura Country, more than a dozen terrifying Demonic Qi, in no way inferior to Onikiri’s, and even more powerful and evil, shot into the sky without warning!

The sky over the entire Sakura Country, at this instant, was dyed a desperate dark red!

Mount Fuji, Ise Grand Shrine, Izumo Grand Shrine... those Ancient Great Demons who had been dormant for hundreds, or even thousands of years, awakened at this moment, catalyzed by the “demon ascension evil pill”!

And, all of them had recovered to the Peak of the Nascent Soul Stage cultivation!

Among them, two auras were far superior to the other Great Demons. The majestic pressure even tore through space, faintly revealing a higher-level Law!

Soul Transformation Stage!

Two Ancient Great Demons had broken through to the Soul Transformation Stage!

This sudden change caused everyone to freeze.

Inside the industrial area, the Kunlun Students, who had just been full of Battle Intent, had the color drain from their faces.

An unspeakable despair enveloped everyone’s hearts.

A single Early Stage Nascent Soul Onikiri required all of them to fight with all their might, even forming a great Formation, to barely contend with him.

Now, more than a dozen Peak Nascent Soul, and even two genuine Soul Transformation Stage Great Demons... How could they possibly fight this?

...Imperial Hotel, Presidential Suite.

America Vice President Harden and the ability user Adam were staring intently at the real-time footage transmitted by the military satellite on the screen.

When those dozen terrifying Demonic Qi shot into the sky, Adam, an SSS-level top ability user, could no longer maintain his composure. He slumped onto the ground, trembling like a sieve.

“Devils... These are all devils...”

He muttered incoherently, the psychological trauma of being defeated by Li Heng’s gaze infinitely magnified.

Harden’s face also turned ashen. He grabbed the encrypted phone on the table and roared with a trembling voice.

“Initiate the highest-level contingency plan! I don’t care what methods you use! Even if it means using nuclear weapons! We absolutely cannot let these monsters leave that island!”

In his opinion, this was already an apocalyptic crisis capable of destroying civilization... Kyoto, teahouse.

Zhang He looked at the dark red sky outside the window, feeling the terrifying auras that made his Soul tremble. His legs went weak, and he almost knelt on the ground.

“Dean... Dean Li...”

His voice trembled, on the verge of tears.

“Quick... quickly tell the students to retreat! This... this is simply not a situation they can handle!”

Li Heng still sat there, his expression unchanged.

He drank the last sip of cool tea in his cup and slowly stood up.

“What are you panicking about?”

He spoke calmly.

“The whetstones have just arrived.”

As his voice fell, his figure, under Zhang He’s horrified gaze, rippled like water and vanished into thin air.

The next second.

On the summit of Mount Fuji, above the sea of clouds.

Li Heng’s figure quietly appeared.

Opposite him, more than a dozen Ancient Great Demons of various forms, with monstrous Demonic Qi, were suspended in the air, surrounding him.

Leading them were the two terrifying existences who had just broken through to the Soul Transformation Stage—Susanoo, a hundred zhang tall with a green face and fangs, and the Eight-Headed Serpent, whose Demonic Qi had transformed into eight giant pythons coiling behind him!

“Li Heng!”

Susanoo’s voice boomed like thunder, roaring arrogantly.

“You are indeed very strong! But you absolutely should not have come to my Sakura Country alone!”

“Today, we shall make your Divine Soul perish, and use your flesh and blood to forge the steps for our return to the Peak!”

“Oh?”

Li Heng surveyed the clamoring “whetstones” around him, a look of interest appearing on his face.

“Just you?”

He extended a finger and gently shook it.

“Not enough.”

This contemptuous attitude completely enraged all the Great Demons!

“Kill!”

At Susanoo’s command, more than a dozen Great Demons of the Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation Stage simultaneously launched their attacks!

World-destroying demonic power instantly completely submerged Li Heng’s figure!

However, Li Heng still stood in place, not even activating his protective spiritual power.

He simply, calmly, issued an instruction to another existence in his mind.

“System.”

“Breakthrough, Body Integration Stage.”