Chapter 1548: Green Poison Corpse King, Certainty

In Demon-Vanquishing City, the rampant roars and howls morphed into the horn of a charge.

Leading the vanguard were Blood Corpses, smashing through Arrays one after another. Unlike ordinary ones, these Blood Corpses were bolstered by special Spirit Patterns on their foreheads. Their physical bodies were exceptionally formidable, appearing to be a hybrid of Iron Zombies and Blood Corpses.

Even though the various Sect Clans had prepared well in advance, they were still caught off guard in this moment. Watching the Arrays being destroyed one by one, the Cultivators on the city walls could not help but feel apprehensive. After all, if these Arrays were completely wiped out, only the Righteous Sect’s Mountain Protection Array would remain.

Fortunately, at this moment, all the Cultivators began to deploy their Magical Artifacts and Magical Treasures, turning them into skies filled with Spiritual Rainbows to intercept and slay these Blood Corpses. Coupled with the rampant bombardment of Fire Attribute Spirit Talismans, the dire situation was alleviated considerably.

However, even when these Blood Corpses exploded, they transformed into streaks of bloody light that splattered outward, polluting the Arrays that the Cultivators had set up in advance. In just a few dozen breaths of time, the area before the towering walls of Demon-Vanquishing City had turned into the most brutal battlefield.

Thankfully, above Demon-Vanquishing City, Golden Sun Flames and Beacon Towers had been prepared to form a City Defense Array. While the bloody light from the Blood Corpses could still pollute the Arrays set up by the Affiliated Forces, the moment it struck the towering city, it ignited into golden flames that rapidly blazed with fierce intensity.

In the end, even the corpse blood capable of corrupting a Tier Four Array was reduced to green smoke that surged into the void and completely dissipated. Moreover, the terrifying golden flames flowed throughout the void, forcing many of the Evil Cultivators’ Corpse Refinements to stop in their tracks, naturally diminishing their offensive momentum.

A few Cultivators driving the Corpse Refinements were tainted by the flames. Even though they were Purple Mansion Cultivators, they rapidly caught fire and perished on the spot, unable to endure for even a single breath.

“Can a mere Golden Sun Flame Array stop my Profound Celestial’s army of hundreds of thousands?” True Monarch Xuanming scoffed disdainfully, the corners of his mouth curling up. As the usual State Envoy of Nanman Province, he was naturally the supreme commander of this invading army.

If not for his previous scruples about an Immortal Sect war and the prior Immortal Sect treaty, he would have breached Southern Wilderness Province long ago. He waved his hand and looked toward the Xiao Family’s Old Demon, who nodded repeatedly in response and transmitted an order to the Xiao Family’s Demon Cultivators.

Following the command, many Cultivators stepped aside as several Xiao Family Cultivators, each bearing a green Spiritual Eye on their foreheads, stepped forward.

The next moment, they performed Finger Formulas in unison. Their forehead Spiritual Eyes immediately released Spiritual Light. Amidst the green glow, more than ten coffins rapidly expanded, transforming into colossal caskets dozens of meters long that laid horizontally before Demon-Vanquishing City.

When the coffin lids suddenly flipped open, dozens of terrifying Green Poison Corpse Kings, each standing over ten meters tall, sat up. Landing at the forefront of the army, they charged fiercely toward the city walls like Demon Gods. Even when the Golden Sun Flames landed on them, they had little effect. The creatures simply swatted with their Corpse Claws and swept the flames away. This alone was enough to demonstrate the formidable might of these Green Poison Corpse Kings.

Following the Xiao Family’s display, Wu Du True Monarch of the Five Poison Sect also waved his hand. From the crowd, a Chongyun consisting of tens of thousands of insects flew out. These bugs resembled a cross between ants and scorpions, featuring long Poison Needles, massive pincers, and black wings that made them look even more sinister.

This was none other than the illustrious Flying Armor Scorpion swarm, which could reach up to Tier Four. Upon closer inspection, one could see that many among them were Mutated Armored Scorpions possessing extraordinary strength.

With the emergence of the Chongyun, the pressure on Demon-Vanquishing City intensified drastically. Countless Magical Artifacts and Spirit Talismans were launched, their Spiritual Light engulfing the Chongyun. Yet, when the light faded, very few of the Flying Armor Scorpions had perished. They even retaliated by shooting volleys of Poison Needles and unleashed bizarre shrieks akin to Soul Capture.

The sky-blotting Chongyun likely numbered in the hundreds of thousands; the dense swarm was enough to make anyone’s scalp tingle with dread.

Not to mention the tens of thousands of Demon Cultivators behind them, who were already raring to go, channeling their Magical Artifacts and Magical Treasures in preparation to storm the walls and annihilate Demon-Vanquishing City. Their greedy gazes were no longer fixed merely on breaching the city, but on the Cultivators themselves. A Cultivator’s Divine Soul could be refined into a Ghost King, while their physical body could be transformed into a Flying Corpse or a Blood Corpse. To them, these defenders were Treasures ripe for the taking.

“Jie Ye, are you trying to instigate a conflict between our two Immortal Sects?” Xingyuan True Monarch’s figure finally appeared on the city wall, causing all the Righteous Cultivators in Demon-Vanquishing City to be overjoyed.

Appearing alongside him were Xuan Kui True Monarch, Liu Zhou State Governor, Xiao Wankun, Wang Ke Wei, Ye Jingcheng, and others. A full eleven Nascent Souls had materialized on the wall. Aside from the few Nascent Souls from Southern Wilderness Province, two Nascent Souls from Southern Cloud Province and Nanyu Province had also arrived ahead of time.

Although their Nascent Soul Cultivators were still fewer than the enemy’s, the Teleportation Array in the center of Demon-Vanquishing City was lighting up incessantly as more Nascent Souls rushed to their aid. Relying on the Righteous Sect’s six provinces and the reinforcements from other Immortal Sects, their Nascent Souls would sooner or later outnumber those of the Profound Celestial Demon Sect.

However, Nascent Souls were different from those in the Golden Core and Purple Mansion Realms. Most of them could be in Seclusion for decades or even a century. Others might be out venturing for Treasures, or might have even traveled to other Realms. This was especially true for the State Governors and Nascent Soul Powers that were not situated near the borders; their Nascent Souls could not gather as quickly as one might expect.

Even with Teleportation Arrays, it still took time for them to arrive. The fact that the Profound Celestial Demon Sect could mobilize so quickly clearly indicated premeditation.

“Xingyuan the Daoist, it is not our Profound Celestial Demon Sect trying to instigate anything, but your Righteous Sect pushing us too far! You dispatched Nascent Souls to kill our fellow Cultivators of the Gui Xuan Sect! Have you forgotten our pact from back then?” True Monarch Jie Ye retorted.

His gaze shifted to Xingyuan True Monarch, then to Xiao Wankun and Wang Ke Wei, before finally landing on the center of Demon-Vanquishing City. Xingyuan True Monarch, Xiao Wankun, and Wang Ke Wei had all appeared at Miezheng Pass. In his eyes, Xuan Kui True Monarch and Jiang Daorong lacked the strength to wipe out Gui Xiao and the Gui Xuan Sect Cultivators so quickly, much less the ability to flee in an instant.

Even his Tier Five Top-Grade Spiritual Ship had failed to catch up to them. The only possibility was that the Nascent Souls of the Righteous Sect had intervened, and that they had also been piloting a Tier Five Top-Grade Spiritual Ship.

“Tell that old Daoist Xu Huai to come out! Sneaking around in the shadows—does he really think this Demon Monarch cannot take on two at once?” True Monarch Jie Ye demanded after pondering for a moment.

Xu Huai True Monarch had already ruined the Profound Celestial Sect’s plans in the Earth Immortal Realm and was the most likely candidate to appear here. Meanwhile, although there were quite a few Demon Cultivator Nascent Souls on the side of the Profound Celestial Demon Sect, most of them were at the Early Stage of Nascent Soul, with a few at the Middle Stage of Nascent Soul. As for Late-stage Nascent Soul Cultivators, there were only two: True Monarch Jie Ye himself and the Desire-Union Old Demon of the Desire Union Sect.

However, given how many Furnace Cauldrons the latter had used to reach his current Realm, True Monarch Jie Ye did not view him as a genuine Late-stage Nascent Soul Great Cultivator. After all, even among Late Stage Cultivators, there were vast disparities in power.

“Who said the Nascent Souls of my Righteous Sect killed your Affiliated Forces? Today, it is your Profound Celestial Demon Sect that broke the rules first! Don’t blame the Six Great Immortal Sects of the Central Domain when we jointly crusade against you!” Xingyuan True Monarch shouted back furiously.

A secret token appeared in his hand, radiating Spiritual Light and acting as a powerful deterrent brandished before them. Yet, True Monarch Jie Ye did not back down in the slightest.

“Your Righteous Sect piloted a Tier Five Top-Grade Spiritual Ship, yet you’re still stubbornly denying it even now! Moreover, Junior Brother Gui Xiao possessed a Secret Technique that allowed his strength to temporarily reach the Middle Stage, or even the Late Stage of Nascent Soul. If it wasn’t Xu Huai True Monarch of your Righteous Sect who intervened, who else could have possibly killed him?” At this moment, True Monarch Gui Xuan stepped forward assertively.

He was absolutely certain of this. While others might be ignorant, he knew full well that Yin Yuan Ancestor of their Gui Xuan Sect was inside that Profound Cold World.

Let alone a Middle Stage of Nascent Soul Cultivator, even a Late Stage of Nascent Soul Cultivator from an ordinary Affiliated Force would absolutely be incapable of killing him; at most, they could defeat him. Only a Late-stage Nascent Soul Great Cultivator from a major Immortal Sect could overwhelmingly crush and kill a Late Stage of Nascent Soul Cultivator from an ordinary affiliated sect.

Furthermore, with the Nascent Soul Body Cultivator, True Monarch Gui Xiao, by his side, five or six ordinary Nascent Souls combined would never have been able to kill them. Not to mention that after they were killed, neither of their Nascent Souls even managed to escape.

“Gui Xuan Old Demon, dare I ask what kind of Secret Technique can allow someone who just broke through to the Early Stage of Nascent Soul to suddenly reach the level of the Late Stage of Nascent Soul? Why don’t you demonstrate it for us right now, Gui Xuan Daoist?” Xingyuan True Monarch countered, questioning True Monarch Gui Xuan once again.