123: Chapter 123 Crimson Shadow

Qingxiao Mountain.

At the edge of the horizon, ten massive shadows were breaking through the clouds, approaching rapidly.

cloud whale ships!

The hulls shimmered with cold light under the sunlight. A low whale call came from afar, resounding through heaven and earth, drowning out the roars of the Erosion Tide.

On the bows, several figures stood tall.

In the lead was a woman in a soft, hazy pink dress, her mature charm containing a majestic Aura as vast as the sea!

To her left, Chi Wanhe stood in a pink dress, smiling sweetly. To her right, Du Yuqing wore black attire, her black feathers frozen like frost.

Half a step behind them were Huang Yutong in a goose-yellow palace dress and Qu Qingzhu in a green dress.

These four women all exuded the tyrannical pressure belonging to a Nascent Soul True Lord!

On the decks, three thousand Disciples in cyan-white dresses stood in formation, their spiritual light contained within.

The entire Qingxiao Mountain defense line fell into a deathly silence of shock.

Jing Hong, Sect Master Yongyue, the Golden Sword Gate Sect Leader, and all other Cultivators, including those Golden Core True Persons, all widened their eyes and gaped, looking in disbelief at the fleet blocking out the sky and that breathtaking array of power!

"Two... two hundred Golden Core?!"

An Early Stage Golden Core Sect Elder's voice trembled, almost speechless.

This number was more than double the total of all Golden Core True Persons at the Qingxiao Mountain defense line right now!

Moonshadow Sect... how did they cultivate so many Golden Core Disciples?!

This completely exceeded their cognition!

"Fairy Chi... Fairy Du..."

Sect Master Yongyue's gaze locked onto Chi Wanhe and Du Yuqing at the bow, her heart pounding wildly!

"They... they were only at the Golden Core Stage last time we met... How long has it been?! How... how are they both at the Nascent Soul Stage now?!"

She suddenly looked at Huang Yutong and Qu Qingzhu beside Chi Wanhe,

"And those two... unfamiliar Nascent Soul Auras?! Four... four Nascent Soul True Lords?!"

She felt her scalp tingle, and breathing became difficult.

Before the appearance of the Moonshadow Sect, all the Nascent Soul Cultivators in the Qing State combined only totaled three.

When Jing Hong's gaze fell upon the graceful woman in the pink dress at the very front, his pupils suddenly shrank to pinpricks, and all the blood in his body seemed to freeze!

That Aura... vast, profound, carrying a mysterious sense of blending with heaven and earth...

It couldn't be wrong!

Absolutely not!

This was clearly... the same as that Cangmu Kingdom True Venerable Sima Fengyun... a Soul Transformation Aura!

Last time at Liuyun Temple, Chi Shuying was still at the Nascent Soul Stage! In just one short year... she actually... actually broke through to the Soul Transformation Stage?!

Ten cloud whale ships hovered in the high altitude in front of the Qingxiao Mountain frontline, their massive hulls obscuring part of the sunlight.

That terrifying momentum, like a tangible tsunami, crashed down, forcefully diluting the erosion qi on the west bank!

On the bow, Chi Shuying's voice flowed like an icy spring, clearly spreading across the entire battlefield:

"Moonshadow Sect's Chi Shuying, by the order of the Sect Master, leads three thousand Disciples to reinforce Qingxiao Mountain! Exterminate the Erosion Tide!"

As the voice fell, the waves of sound from the three thousand Moonshadow Disciples gathered like crashing waves, shaking the roars of the Erosion Beasts below to a halt.

"Exterminate the Erosion Tide! Protect our Qing State!"

The voices shook the heavens, their Aura like a rainbow!

Ling Hao stood calmly in the air, nodding slightly.

His gaze swept over the Qingxiao Mountain Cultivators below, whose morale had soared upon the arrival of reinforcements and whose eyes had reignited with hope, then cast towards the churning ink-black Erosion Tide on the other side of the Qing River.

Earth-shaking roars of Erosion Beasts rang out.

Five hideous behemoths, exuding the terrifying pressure of the Nascent Soul Stage, charged out from the Erosion Tide first!

Behind them, an even larger Erosion Beast, shaped like a giant dragon, slowly raised its head, its scarlet slit pupils coldly locking onto Ling Hao in the high sky. A ferocious Aura equivalent to the Soul Transformation Stage spread out—a Tier 5 Erosion Dragon!

Jing Hong's face turned pale; he hadn't expected that not long after the previous news arrived, these five Tier 4 Erosion Beasts and the Tier 5 Erosion Beast would arrive, and the number of Tier 3 Erosion Beasts was countless!

Fortunately, his biggest backing had already arrived!

With True Venerable Yueying here, a mere Erosion Tide was nothing to fear!

Jing Hong cupped his hands, his expression solemn.

"Liuyun Temple is here, please give the order, True Venerable!"

Sect Master Yongyue, Yun Menglu, followed closely behind,

"Yongyue Sect is here, please give the order, True Venerable!"

Other Sect Masters followed suit.

"Yunlai Sect is here, please give the order, True Venerable!"

...

Below Qingxiao Mountain, the Cultivator Alliance was in an uproar.

"Please give the order, True Venerable!"

Ling Hao's gaze was as calm as water, overlooking the battlefield, his voice steady and clear, spreading in all directions.

"Chi Wanhe, Du Yuqing, Huang Yutong, Qu Qingzhu, lead two hundred 'Golden Core' Disciples to engage the Tier 4 Erosion Beasts and clear out the main beast tide."

"Shuying, that Erosion Dragon, leave it to you."

"The remaining Liuyun Temple and other Sect Cultivators, assist my Moonshadow Sect Foundation Establishment Disciples in clearing out the Tier 3 Erosion Beasts and stabilizing the defense line."

The order was as heavy as a mountain and sea, allowing no doubt!

The four women responded and moved!

"Form the Star Luo Array!"

Chi Wanhe shouted clearly, her compass Talisman flowing with light. Du Yuqing's purifying Dragon Spear struck out like a dragon leaving the sea, Huang Yutong's small pagoda spewed spiritual fire, and Qu Qingzhu's sword array was menacing!

The four women each displayed their Spells, instantly dividing and surrounding the five Tier 4 Erosion Beasts!

With their Nascent Soul cultivation, plus exquisite coordination and battle array amplification, their attacks were a crushing blow!

Talisman light chains bound them, the Dragon Spear pierced their cores, spiritual fire burned away the erosion qi, and the sword array shredded the remaining bodies!

In less than half an incense stick of time, the five fierce Tier 4 Erosion Beasts were blasted into slag under the joint efforts of the four Moonshadow Sect Nascent Soul Cultivators!

Chi Shuying moved lightly, teleporting above the Erosion Dragon.

Her phoenix eyes were filled with murderous intent, her flowing cloud sleeves turned into two long rivers of silk, rolling towards the Erosion Dragon's head! At the same time, a crystal-clear "mystic frost ice sword" radiating extreme cold hung in front of her.

The Erosion Dragon roared, spewing a torrent of filthy erosion qi, stirring up the sky full of erosion clouds!

Chi Shuying pinched a Spell seal:

"Divine Ability, Mystic Frost Break!"

Endless cold gathered on the mystic frost ice sword, the sword body hummed, and the space seemed about to freeze!

"Jie!" Secret technique amplification!

Hum—!

The mystic frost ice sword's brilliance surged fivefold! A pure ice-blue beam of light instantly pierced the Erosion Dragon's massive head!

The Erosion Dragon's hideous head was frozen, then shattered inch by inch in the biting cold, turning into ice crystal powder!

The massive headless dragon body crashed onto the ground, shaking up a sky full of dust!

One strike, destroying the Soul Transformation Erosion Dragon!

On the battlefield below, Jing Hong and the others felt their pressure suddenly reduced, but they still needed to join forces to resist the numerous Tier 3 Erosion Beasts.

The battle was intense, with dangerous situations arising.

In the chaos, a cyan figure was particularly striking!

Liu Sisi!

Her eyes were bloodshot, acting like a mad demon! The long sword in her hand had no pattern, only the craziest slashing, chopping, and stabbing!

She completely disregarded her own defense, letting the erosion qi erode cracks into her protective spiritual light, only seeking to kill more Erosion Beasts! She was like a burning sword, fiercely crashing towards a Tier 3 giant ape Erosion Beast!

"Roar!"

The giant ape Erosion Beast slapped down, the strong wind covering Liu Sisi's head!

The shadow of death finally restored a trace of clarity to her eyes, but it was too late to dodge!

Just at this moment,

"Freeze!"

A clear shout! An ancient "Suppress" character Talisman descended from the sky, stamping onto the giant ape Erosion Beast's head!

The giant ape's massive body instantly stiffened.

Boom!

The Talisman's light erupted! It not only instantly annihilated the giant ape Erosion Beast along with dozens of low-level Erosion Beasts around it but also cleared the area several feet around Liu Sisi.

The violent energy shockwave blew Liu Sisi away, but it also just happened to avoid the fatal blow.

Liu Sisi fell to the ground, disheveled, looking up blankly.

She saw Chi Wanhe standing in mid-air, putting away her Talisman brush, nodding slightly at her, and then turning to join another battle.

Liu Sisi stared at the back of the pink dress, lost in thought for a long time.

The madness faded, leaving only endless exhaustion and hollowness.

"Nascent Soul..."

Ling Hao stood on the bow of the cloud whale ship, his gaze calmly piercing through the intense battle below. It was not that he couldn't take action to crush everything, but he intended to use this to temper his Disciples and hone their battle array coordination.

His Divine Thought covered the entire field, like an invisible net, quietly taking action when Moonshadow Sect Disciples encountered fatal crises. An invisible finger flick destroyed the Erosion Beast ambushing a Disciple; space rippled slightly, moving a Disciple trapped in a siege to a safe place.

Every intervention was exquisite and untraceable, ensuring that the Disciples gained the maximum experience on the edge of life and death.

"Wait, what is this thing?"

"Ah ah..."

"Such a thick one..."

"I'm going to die! I'm going to die!"

...

In one part of the west bank battlefield, a towering black-red tree root, wrapped in thick erosion qi, suddenly broke through the ground in the center of the battlefield.

It did not distinguish between friend and foe, its thick roots sweeping in all directions like a violent giant whip.

Several low-level Erosion Beasts and two Cultivator Alliance Disciples who could not dodge in time were instantly whipped into blood mist!

The top of the tree root split open, revealing countless fang-like spikes, stabbing directly at a nearby Moonshadow Sect Disciple!

That Disciple's protective spiritual light was instantly covered in cracks, and it looked like they were about to follow in the footsteps of the previous Cultivators!

Ling Hao frowned slightly and flicked his finger.

An invisible ripple instantly swept across the battlefield.

That violent tree root, along with the erosion qi it emitted, disintegrated and annihilated inch by inch, an inch from the Disciple's brow.

Ling Hao's gaze turned to the large black hole on the ground.

"Strange, this tree root..."

"No, the source is far in..."

Ling Hao raised his eyes, looking towards the west of the battlefield—the Golden Sands Land.

"Hmph, hiding your head and showing your tail."

A cold mockery curled the corners of his mouth,

"Found you."

His gaze like lightning, Ling Hao locked onto a certain place in the Void Realm, pressed his fingertips lightly against that distant direction, and spat out a word.

"Reverse!"

An invisible great power, following some kind of connection, instantly backtracked and struck!

Rumble!!!

Northwest of Qing State, the Golden Sands Land, the earth cracked!

A shadow of a scarlet giant tree covering the northwest territory of Qing State broke through the soil and rushed into the sky!

Its canopy blocked out the sun, completely obscuring the sunlight, casting a vast blood-colored shadow over the northwest.

As soon as it appeared, it made the Souls of countless living beings in the entire Qing State and even the nearby countries tremble!