215: The perilous situation in Tianyuan and the arrival of the Holy Ancestor

Tianyuan City, North Wall.

This ten-thousand-zhang giant wall, which had stood for tens of thousands of years and was known as the absolute bulwark of the Human Race, was currently trembling violently.

The sky had been dyed a despairing purple-black. That wasn't clouds; it was the endless Devilish Qi pouring out from the "Demon Spot." In this sea of Devilish Qi, densely packed low-level Demonic Beasts, like a swarm of locusts, tirelessly struck the city protection Formation.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

With every impact, a layer of the defensive light barrier shattered.

And in the deepest part of that sea of devils, three thousand-zhang tall, terrifying devil shadows, emitting a presence that made even the Laws of heaven and earth wail, were coldly watching the ants below.

Demon Race Holy Ancestor Incarnations.

Each one possessed the terrifying combat power of the Body Integration Late Stage!

"Jin Yue! Do you still intend to put up a stubborn resistance?"

The devil shadow in the center was a Nine-Headed Hydra Demon with nine snake heads and a body covered in pitch-black scales. Its middle head spoke in human tongue, its voice like rolling thunder.

"Hand over that item on the 'Chaos Myriad Spirit Ranking,' and this seat might consider leaving you a whole corpse!"

Atop the city wall.

Zen Master Jin Yue (Body Integration Middle Stage) was covered in dim golden light, and the blood at the corner of his mouth stained his monk robes. Beside him, two other Elders of Tianyuan City were similarly weakened, their Magic Treasures damaged.

The three of them had joined forces, relying on the city protection Formation, to barely withstand the opponent's attacks for the duration of an incense stick.

"Amitabha."

Zen Master Jin Yue held his breath, pressing his palms together.

"Devil Head, don't even think about it! Even if this poor monk has to self-detonate his Nascent Soul, I will not let you take a single step into Tianyuan City!"

"Stubborn and foolish!"

The devil shadow on the left—a Blood-Armored Demon Venerable wearing blood-colored battle armor and holding a giant axe—let out a violent roar.

"Why waste words with them! Just split open this turtle shell!"

"Blood Demon Slash!"

Boom!

The giant axe in the Blood-Armored Demon Venerable's hand swelled against the wind, turning into a ten-thousand-zhang long blood-colored streak of light. Carrying the power of Law that destroyed everything, it slammed heavily into the core node of the city protection Formation.

"Crack—"

A tooth-aching sound of cracking rang out.

The "Nine Heavens Ten Lands Demon-Exterminating Formation," which Tianyuan City was so proud of, finally couldn't hold on and a huge gap split open.

"It's over..."

The hundreds of millions of people in the city looked at the rolling Devilish Qi pouring in from the crack, their eyes filled with despair.

"Kill!!!"

Countless Demonic Beasts swarmed in through the crack.

Just at this critical moment.

"Beep—"

"High-energy Devilish Qi reaction detected. Target locked: three big guys."

"Solution: Physical salvation."

A cold mechanical voice rang out abruptly above the battlefield.

Immediately after.

"Boom!!!"

At the gap in the Formation that had just split open, space suddenly shattered.

A black giant crab, as massive as a mountain, like a steel battleship crashing out of the Void Realm, forcibly blocked that gap!

"That is..."

Zen Master Jin Yue suddenly looked up.

He saw the giant crab open its hideous mouth (cannon port), and a heart-palpitating purple-gold lightning light was frantically condensing.

"Crab-class! All cannons fire!"

A wretched but excited old man's voice rang out.

"Boom—!!!"

A pillar of Taiyi Divine Lightning, as thick as a water vat, with the power to destroy heaven and earth, slammed right into the face of the Blood-Armored Demon Venerable who had just rushed over.

"What is that?!"

The Blood-Armored Demon Venerable had no time to react at all.

Taiyi Divine Lightning was a thing of extreme Yang and rigidity, specifically countering Devilish Qi.

"Ah—!!!"

A shrill scream.

The Blood-Armored Demon Venerable's indestructible devil body, under the wash of the lightning pillar, actually melted like snow, and half of his body was directly blasted into nothingness!

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

The other two Holy Ancestor Incarnations were pale with fright and hurriedly retreated a thousand zhang.

The smoke cleared.

The giant crab puppet stood across the gap, its two huge iron pincers clicking, like a steel door god.

And on top of the giant crab's head.

A green-robed man stood with his hands behind his back.

He looked at the Blood-Armored Demon Venerable who was frantically repairing his devil body, his gaze as calm as if he were looking at a dead dog.

"So these are the Holy Ancestor Incarnations?"

Zhou Wannian (Han Li) shook his head, somewhat disappointed.

"A bit... more fragile than I imagined."

"Han Li?! Xiang Zhili?!"

Zen Master Jin Yue saw the newcomers and was so excited he almost crushed his prayer beads.

"You're back?!"

"Sorry, Great Master, there was a traffic jam on the way (delayed by spatial turbulence for a while), we're late."

Zhou Wannian nodded slightly to Zen Master Jin Yue.

Subsequently, he turned around to face the three terrifying devil shadows alone.

"Who are you?!"

The Nine-Headed Hydra Demon stared intently at Zhou Wannian, its nine pairs of snake pupils full of wariness.

A Void Refining Initial Stage Human Race?

He actually heavily injured the Body Integration Late Stage Blood-Armored in one hit?

Although it relied on a sneak attack from a Puppet and divine lightning, such methods were definitely not something an ordinary Void Refining could achieve!

"Who I am is not important."

Zhou Wannian slowly raised his right hand.

In his palm, seventy-two green bamboo bee cloud swords spiraled out like swimming fish.

"What's important is..."

"You have something I want on you."

"I've heard that the 'True Devil Core' of a Demon Race Holy Ancestor is an excellent material for refining Medicinal Pills to resist Heart Demons."

A hint of greed flashed in Zhou Wannian's eyes, the look of a hunter seeing top-tier prey.

"Arrogant child!"

The injured Blood-Armored Demon Venerable laughed in anger, his broken body rapidly recovering under the nourishment of Devilish Qi.

"You think you're invincible just because you injured me with a sneak attack?!"

"This seat will swallow your Nascent Soul right now!"

"Blood Demon Domain! Open!"

Boom!

The space for a hundred miles around instantly turned into a viscous sea of blood. Countless blood ghosts crawled out of the sea, carrying devilish sounds that corroded the Soul, and pounced towards Zhou Wannian.

Facing this Body Integration level Domain suppression.

Zhou Wannian did not retreat.

He just lightly stomped his foot.

"Domain?"

"I know a bit too."

"Spring Dawn Sword Formation · Azure Lotus Sword Domain!"

Hum!

With Zhou Wannian as the center, countless azure lotuses bloomed out of thin air.

Every azure lotus emitted an extremely sharp Azure Essence Sword Intent.

The azure light and the sea of blood collided fiercely in mid-air.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—"

The previously invincible Blood Demon Domain was actually forcibly pushed back by those seemingly delicate azure lotuses, opening up a piece of pure land!

"Impossible! What kind of sword Formation is this?! It can actually contend with my Law?!" The Blood-Armored Demon Venerable was shocked.

"It's not over yet."

Zhou Wannian formed hand seals.

"Sword Formation, change! Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Ancestor!"

The sky full of azure lotuses instantly shattered, turning into hundreds of millions of Genggold Sword Silks as fine as ox hair.

These sword silks converged in the air, turning into a thousand-zhang long blue-gold giant sword, hovering above the Blood-Armored Demon Venerable's head.

"Slash!"

Zhou Wannian pointed his finger down.

The giant sword fell.

Space was neatly sliced open.

The Blood-Armored Demon Venerable raised the giant axe in his hand to block.

"Clang!"

The giant axe, which was a top-grade Magic Treasure level, actually snapped into two pieces under this sword strike!

The giant sword's momentum remained unabated, splitting the Blood-Armored Demon Venerable in half again!

"Ahhh—"

The Blood-Armored Demon Venerable let out a despairing scream, his Devil Core severely damaged under this sword strike.

"Let's go together! Kill this kid!"

The Nine-Headed Hydra Demon and the other Demon Venerable finally couldn't sit still. This kid was too freakish! If they didn't join forces, they might really fall here today!

"Want to gang up on me?"

The corner of Zhou Wannian's mouth curled slightly.

He patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist.

"Soul Crying, get to work!"

"Roar—!!!"

A black light rushed out, turning into a thousand-zhang Xing Beast.

As soon as the Ti Hun Beast appeared, its innate "devil-countering attribute" made the three Holy Ancestor Incarnations feel a wave of nausea and fear from the depths of their Souls.

"That's... a Xing Beast?!"

"Damn it! How can such a ghostly thing exist in the Human Realm?!"

The Ti Hun Beast didn't care about their surprise at all; it took a deep sniff at the most heavily injured Blood-Armored Demon Venerable.

"Slurp!"

The Blood-Armored Demon Venerable's devil Soul, which was already on the verge of collapse, instantly flew out of his body uncontrollably, turned into a blood light, and was swallowed into the Ti Hun Beast's belly.

"Burp~"

A generation of Holy Ancestor Incarnation.

Fallen.

The remaining Nine-Headed Hydra Demon and the other Demon Venerable were completely terrified.

A Sword Cultivator who could kill across levels.

A monster that specialized in eating devil Souls.

And a wretched old man driving a Pseudo-Immortal Puppet and blasting everything.

How could this battle be fought?!

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

The Nine-Headed Hydra Demon made a prompt decision, its nine heads spitting out rolling poisonous mist, covering the remaining demon army as they frantically fled deep into the Demon Spot.

"Don't pursue a cornered foe."

Zhou Wannian stopped Xiang Zhili, who wanted to pursue.

He looked at the huge Demon Spot, his expression solemn.

"This is just the vanguard."

"The real main body is still over in the Demon Realm."

"And..."

Zhou Wannian reached out and summoned a fist-sized, pitch-black crystal core left behind after the Blood-Armored Demon Venerable's death into his hand.

[True Devil Core].

"The tooth has been pulled out."

Zhou Wannian weighed the crystal core in his hand and turned to look at Zen Master Jin Yue and the others on the city wall, who had dull expressions.

"Elder Jin."

"Fortunately, I didn't fail my mission."

"However, the cost of repairing the city wall..."

Zhou Wannian pointed to the gap broken by the giant crab.

"Should be reimbursed, right?"

Zen Master Jin Yue: "..."

Cultivators of the whole city: "..."

This day.

Han Li's name resounded through the Spirit Realm once again.

Slaying a Holy Ancestor Incarnation at the Void Refining Initial Stage.

The throne of the number one Cultivator of the Human Race.

It was now secure.