438: Chapter 438 Picking Nine Lotus Flowers

Aside from the main battlefield, the secondary battlefields saw dramatic ups and downs.

Previously, Cen Xi and Jiang Shiyu had led the Elders and Disciples to retreat deep into the White Rock Holy Land, but they encountered obstacles at every turn.

There were Demon Saints blocking the path, and Demon Emperors behind them.

Unfortunately, the Tribulation Transcendence Stage Supreme beings were all "tied up" with each other. The Cultivators of the White Rock Holy Land tried to charge through several times, but were unable to cross, and could only watch the distant Holy Land in anxiety.

Even more desperate was what followed: ten Heavenly Demons (Tribulation Transcendence Stage) descended from the sky.

A full ten Heavenly Demons (Undergoing Tribulation)... Even at their peak, the White Rock Holy Land didn't have this many Tribulation Transcendence Cultivators!

And now, the highest among them were only at the Void Tempering stage. How could they fight this battle?

Just as they were preparing for a desperate final stand...

The final offensive—support from the Moonshadow Sect!

Even the Moonshadow Sect Disciples who were at the Void Refinement and Body Integration Stages went head-to-head with the Heavenly Demons without falling behind, and even seemed to have the upper hand!

Talismans, Formations, Magic Treasures, Dao laws... various methods emerged one after another, dragging those Heavenly Demons away one by one.

Under the cover of the Moonshadow Sect, a portion of the White Rock Holy Land's Elders and Disciples finally safely retreated back to the White Rock Holy Land.

On the platform of the Holy Land, a low-level Disciple of the White Rock Holy Land whispered to a companion:

"Before, I thought they were just a bunch of delicate women. If we fought, I could take them down in one move... Now I know, in the same Realm, they could finish me off in one move."

"I thought it was just exaggerated rumors earlier, that only Personal Disciples of the Supreme could possess this secret method. I didn't expect..."

"You didn't expect that almost all Elders and Disciples could enjoy this secret method to raise their Realm, right?" another Disciple interjected.

"Yeah, if only I could have..."

"Stop thinking about it. Do you still want to join the Moonshadow Sect?"

"I heard that Sects in the Cangwu region can go to the Moonshadow Sect for advanced studies..."

"! That's for affiliated Sects. How could our White Rock Holy Land..."

Cen Xi and Jiang Shiyu looked at the Demon Ancestor who was falling into a disadvantage in the sky, and then at the Heavenly Demons who were gradually losing the upper hand, unable to speak for a long time.

"The Elders and Disciples of the Moonshadow Sect... they are so powerful. Everyone can fight across Realms..."

Cen Xi muttered. She withdrew her gaze and looked at Jiang Shiyu, Battle Intent igniting in her eyes.

"Third Junior Sister, now that the Heavenly Demons are all tied up, we must also do our best to go out and help. This is our Holy Land!"

Jiang Shiyu nodded.

"Many Elders and Disciples of the Moonshadow Sect are outside resisting the Erosion Beast Tide. There are very few people in the Holy Land now; we cannot worry about too much."

Behind them, a crowd of Elders and Disciples shouted one after another.

"Right! We are going too!"

"Everyone is responsible for the survival of the Holy Land!"

...

In a corner of the battlefield, the Hurricane Heavenly Demon was bathed in blood, his wings tattered and covered in wounds. His face was ferocious, and his eyes were full of rage and unwillingness.

A dignified Heavenly Demon, actually pushed to this point by two ants who were merely Devil Emperors!

"Get lost! All of you, get lost!"

He roared, his wings flapping violently, whipping up a sky full of wind blades. He had to escape; if he didn't escape now, he would die here!

The Hurricane Heavenly Demon's opponents were a pair of sisters.

Jiang Wangqing—a pale purple gauze dress outlined her curvaceous figure; she was charming and generous, with a touch of flirtatious allure in the corners of her eyes and brows.

Jiang Tingyu—in a pale red gauze dress, she was pretty and lovely, her eyes lively, and a lingering, teasing smile always hung on the corners of her mouth.

The two sisters looked similar, but their temperaments were completely different. They stood left and right, their hands forming Seals, their movements identical.

"Thousand-Mechanism Pull · Binding of All Living Things!"

Jiang Wangqing's Thousand-Mechanism hands turned into countless transparent threads, wrapping around the Hurricane Heavenly Demon's limbs and wings from all directions. The threads looked thin, but they were incredibly tough, and every cut caused the Heavenly Demon's Devilish Qi to vibrate violently.

"Grasp of All Living Things!"

A phantom of a giant palm descended from the sky, firmly gripping the Heavenly Demon.

"You cannot stop me!"

The Hurricane Heavenly Demon burned his essence blood, flapping his wings violently, his wind blades like a tide, cutting through several threads.

Jiang Tingyu giggled, raised her hand, and a long, snow-white gauze flew out from her sleeve, unfolding in the wind like clouds and mist.

Jiang Wangqing picked up a silver needle with her fingertips, the tip flickering with spiritual light, threading the needle and swiftly embroidering on the long gauze.

One, two, three... Nine golden lotuses bloomed one after another on the gauze!

"Nine-Lotus Imprisoning Heaven Formation!"

Nine giant lotus phantoms descended from the sky, surrounding the Hurricane Heavenly Demon in the center. The lotuses were arranged in a nine-palace grid, petals layered, emitting a gentle golden light. Between the lotus petals, Formation patterns connected, forming a self-contained trap.

The Hurricane Heavenly Demon rushed left and right, slashing wildly with wind blades, but was unable to break through the seemingly fragile lotus barrier. The lotus Formation tightened, his space for movement became smaller and smaller, and the circulation of his Devilish Qi began to stagnate.

Jiang Wangqing's mouth curled slightly, her tone carrying a hint of mockery:

"I'll give you a chance. For every lotus you pick, the Seal will weaken by one point."

The Hurricane Heavenly Demon didn't believe it and directly tore at the closest lotus with his demon claws. The lotus didn't budge, and his demon claws were instead numbed by the vibration.

He panicked.

The lotus Formation continued to shrink, his bones creaked under the pressure, and his Devilish Qi almost stopped. Seeing that he would be crushed to death if he didn't escape, he gritted his teeth, reached out, and picked the first lotus.

The pressure was indeed lighter by one point.

He picked frantically, one after another. All nine lotuses were picked clean by him.

As the pressure vanished, the Hurricane Heavenly Demon was ecstatic, flapping his wings violently to soar into the sky—

"Nine-Lotus Death-Dealing Formation—Rise!"

Jiang Wangqing and Jiang Tingyu formed Seals at the same time. Those nine picked lotuses did not dissipate, but re-condensed in the Void Realm, turning into nine even more intense golden lights, trapping the Heavenly Demon in the center again!

The Hurricane Heavenly Demon's eyes widened in anger: "You tricked me?!"

Jiang Tingyu laughed coquettishly, tapping her finger on her lips, and winked playfully:

"Keep going, try it again, pick nine lotuses—after all, if you're bad, you just need to practice more."

The lotus Formation shrank with a boom.

The Hurricane Heavenly Demon didn't even have time to scream before he was crushed into powder by the closing force of the nine lotuses.

On other battlefields, the Iron-Wing Heavenly Demon, Shadow-Wing Heavenly Demon, Void-Shattering Heavenly Demon, and the five Heavenly Demons of the Rock Demon Race were also killed one by one, facing the joint efforts of the Moonshadow Sect's Void Refinement and Body Integration Stage Disciples.

"What the hell! These Moonshadow Sect Elders and Disciples..."

"Impossible! Impossible!"

...

"Impossible! Impossible!"

On the other side, Ji Mitai and Ji Wujiu also lost their voices at the same time, their faces as pale as paper.

They had noticed the decline of the True Demons before, but if the ten Heavenly Demons were truly defeated and dead, they could barely accept it.

But now, how could the Demon Ancestor also lose?

It was over.

It was all over.

Ji Wujiu's legs went weak, and he regretted it so much that his intestines turned green. They had picked the wrong side too early! Too early!

He subconsciously looked at Ji Mitai, wanting to find a trace of calmness on the other's face, but found that Ji Mitai's lips were trembling, and the scarlet in his eyes had dimmed a bit.

The two looked at each other and saw the same thought in each other's eyes. Run?

But where to run? If the Demon Ancestor was defeated, there would be no place for them in the entire White Rock Holy Land.

Ji Wujiu's gaze secretly swept toward the edge of the battlefield, already starting to calculate an escape route.

In the air, the Yan Gang Demon Ancestor's face was livid. He was afraid that he would... be finished today?

The fragments of the Origin Return Talisman that had exploded in front of him did not dissipate, but were frantically multiplying.

One becomes two, two becomes three, three becomes ten thousand laws. Dozens of completely different Dao law fragments, under Chi Wanhe's control, bombarded the Demon Ancestor like a rainstorm.

Lin Xiwei raised her hand, and the secret patterns in her body lit up simultaneously. The "Jie" character secret was triggered, an eightfold increase in Battle Intent!

At the moment of amplification, the Reincarnation Life-Protection Formation reversed, turning into the Reincarnation Heaven-Trapping Formation. The power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation wrapped around the Demon Ancestor's ten-thousand-foot Dharma Body from all directions, its power soaring.

The three heads and six arms of the Dharma Body each fell into different Reincarnation illusions, and the Dharma Seals of the six arms showed a momentary confusion.

Qin Zhaoxue's eyes narrowed, and she also activated the "Jie" character secret.

The Three Luminaries merged into one; the Three-Light Demon-Extinguishing Divine Light was struck into the interior of the great extinction origin return bell with an eightfold amplification.

The Sun-Luminance True Fire, Moon-Luminance Profound Light, and Star-Luminance power intertwined inside the bell, surging with power, locking the great bell tightly from the inside out.

The lotus mark between Du Yuqing's brows shone with golden light, nearly burning. The lotus petals turned crimson.

Pure World Red Lotus! Burning Bloodline, attack power increased tenfold!

"Jie!"

Tenfold Red Lotus power, superimposed with the eightfold "Jie" character secret amplification.

She poured all her power into the Pure World Green Lotus Formation-Breaking Spear and threw it out. The spear turned into a green lotus, the lotus blooming with twelve petals.

The Pure World Green Lotus pierced through the chest of the Demon Ancestor's Dharma Body.

The sealing power of the Pure World Holy Lotus and the Origin Return power clashed violently inside the Dharma Body, and the ten-thousand-foot Dharma Body began to collapse in the face of this terrifying power. The three heads and six arms shattered inch by inch, the Origin Return Demon Gang was paralyzed, the Magic Treasure was locked, and the six arms were in chaos.

The Demon Ancestor's true body was exposed.

All defenses, at this moment, returned to zero.

Chi Wanhe turned her head and looked at Lu Changning, her smile as bright as spring peach blossoms.

"Fourth Junior Sister—it's your turn!"

Lu Changning took a deep breath.

Four immortal swords rang out simultaneously.

Light-Splitting, Cloud-Cutting, Flow-Severing, Mountain-Suppressing—the four Sword Intents intersected, fused, and sublimated in the Void Realm.

Separation, extreme speed, sharpness, suppression—the four Dao laws merged into the Sword Dao!

The separation of Light-Splitting, the speed of Cloud-Cutting, the sharpness of Flow-Severing, the weight of Mountain-Suppressing—the four great Dao laws perfectly merged under the calculation of the Exquisite Ice Heart Physique.

A sword to open the sky!

Speed blessing, the sword light arrived in front of the Demon Ancestor in an instant; suppression blessing, fixing him in place; sharpness breaking armor, cutting the demon body; separation of spirit and flesh, severing the connection between the Divine Soul and the Physical Body.

A sword light swept across the Demon Ancestor's true body.

The Demon Ancestor's figure was split in two, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out.

But the Mahayana Stage was, after all, the Mahayana Stage, with tenacious vitality. At the last moment, the right half of his body grabbed the great extinction origin return bell, intending to detonate this Lifebound Treasure and perish with the five of them.

"Die together—"

His roar came to an abrupt end.

"Jie!"

Tenfold Battle Intent amplification.

Perfection Realm.

The remaining momentum of that sword turned into a towering sword tide under the tenfold amplification.

The Yan Gang Demon Ancestor lowered his head, looking at his body that was slowly dissipating, his voice hoarse.

"Perhaps... coming here was a mistake."

He took one last look at the sky of the White Rock Holy Land and muttered:

"If there is an afterlife, if I ever hear the name of the Moonshadow Sect again, I will run as far as I can. It's too wicked!"

He disintegrated silently, turning into dust in the sky.

The great extinction origin return bell lost its master, its light dimmed, and it fell from the sky.