Chapter 677 2: A Crushing Battle

The one hundred Second Realm Star Gods split into twenty squads and initiated a pincer attack against the scattered things from beyond the domain. Each squad consisted of two main attackers, two support members, and one commander in the center.

Star God Abilities fell into three main categories: Destruction, Void, and Blessing. Among them, 'Destruction' and 'Void' both contained various kinds of offensive Magic, while the 'Blessing' category only had buffing and Healing Techniques.

In the five-person squads, the main attackers all had 'Destruction' and 'Void' abilities, the support members all had 'Blessing' abilities, and the commander in the center used a Barrier Ability.

While these one hundred were fighting, the remaining Cultivators in the town split into two large divisions. One division was responsible for keeping watch, while the other was ready to provide support at a moment's notice.

The battle was a complete rout. After all, the Star God combat squads were well-prepared, whereas the things from beyond the domain were mostly mindless entities of consciousness.

TSSSK~

A sound that set one's teeth on edge echoed through the void, just like someone chewing on something!

Wang Ping's Primordial Spirit Consciousness instantly locked onto the source of the sound. There, it seemed a victor had emerged from several extradomainal consciousnesses devouring one another. The moment this powerful new consciousness was born, it roared at what it perceived to be its enemies. The sound traveled outward through the Spiritual Qi, only to be cut short by the silent emptiness of space.

The next moment, its illusory, energy-based body merged with the ambient spiritual nature of the cosmos. Then, just like the legendary magic of a creator god, it conjured a physical body out of thin air!

Wang Ping immediately used the Yuqing Sect's 'Spiritual Vision Technique' to observe its condition. The energy particles carried by the extradomainal consciousness were both illusory and real. In truth, it made no distinction between good and evil, as tranquil as a Wood Spirit.

But at this moment, they were swept up in a frenzy. Upon contact with the invisible Spiritual Energy, they evolved into solid particles at an imperceptible speed, continuously assembling themselves into a physical structure in the process.

'It's similar to the Yuqing Sect's Magic of evolving an internal Cosmos. But it created a physical body from nothing without borrowing the rules of an internal Cosmos. That means it conforms to the fundamental rules of the real Cosmos itself!'

Wang Ping was startled by his own speculation, but he quickly suppressed the thought. Given the current situation, even if his theory was true, these things could not be allowed to exist, nor could they be allowed to conform to the rules!

Just then, the physical body of the evolved thing from beyond the domain attempted to take a humanoid form. However, its consciousness must not have been unified, as it twisted continuously during the transformation, ultimately becoming a disgusting, fleshy tumor. Faces constantly surfaced on this tumor—human faces and the faces of demonic beasts, all mashed together, making the sight even more repulsive.

GYAAH~

Another shriek that was cut off abruptly.

The tumor-like thing from beyond the domain projected a physical beam of fire. It landed on the barrier erected by a combat squad ahead, piercing straight through and striking a Cultivator behind it.

The commander of that Cultivator's squad chose to retreat without hesitation, dodging a second beam of fire that swept toward them.

"Its offensive power is close to the Third Realm! Don't fight it head-on!"

As they retreated, they sent a message to the nearby combat squads using a Secret Technique.

Two nearby combat squads immediately filled the gap, using their superior speed to tie it down. The more distant squads accelerated their cleanup, and in the blink of an eye, they had encircled the mutated thing from beyond the domain.

This was a style of combat Wang Ping rarely saw, as it required mutual trust and coordination. On the Zhongzhou Continent, mutual trust was virtually nonexistent, let alone any semblance of coordination.

It reminded him of the Third Realm Cultivators that the Xiao Shan Lord had brought during the Shangjing City incident.

"Should I grab it and study it?"

Ao Hong asked, looking at Buqiong beside him.

Buqiong replied calmly, "You're the second seat of the Daoist Palace. If you want to, all you need to do is give the order!"

Hearing this, Ao Hong let out a "Haha" and his figure shot into the sky, transforming into an azure dragon as he ascended. Then, his arrogant voice rang out, "All of you, stand down! I'll deal with these visitors from beyond the domain!"

Hearing Ao Hong's words, the Cultivators on the front line decisively retreated without a moment's hesitation, as if they had long been prepared for such a command. As they pulled back, the encirclement they had formed around the thing from beyond the domain was instantly riddled with openings.

ROAR~

With a single dragon's roar, the Spiritual Qi in the cosmos trembled. The scattered things from beyond the domain were instantly frozen solid and then utterly obliterated by Water Spirit Qi.

"Incredible!"

Yu Lian, perched on Wang Ping's shoulder, exclaimed in admiration before attempting to learn Ao Hong's method of controlling the Water Spirits.

Wang Ping saw it even more clearly through his Primordial Spirit. He saw Ao Hong's controlled Water Spirits use their overwhelming power to simply erase the consciousness that was the very existence of those things from beyond the domain.

It was like a stain on a dinner plate; once a basin of water was poured over it, the stain was washed away without a trace.

Ao Hong's massive form flashed, and with his frost-covered claws, he seized the distorted fleshy tumor. The moment his claws made contact, ice crystals formed instantly, and dense Sealing Arrays materialized out of thin air on the surface of the ice.

Just then, Wang Ping and Buqiong, who were in the rear, simultaneously looked up into the void above. A moment ago, he had suddenly sensed a Primordial Spirit Consciousness probing the area.

"A malicious probe!"

Yu Lian spoke.

Buqiong said decisively, "Fellow Daoist Changqing, cover me!"

With that, she shot upwards into outer space. Wang Ping called out to Ao Hong, cast a Blessing Talisman in Buqiong's direction, and then followed her into deep space.

As he entered outer space, the hand seals on Wang Ping's left hand shifted rapidly, activating his refined Qi Fortune Array to divine the outcome of this encounter.

Just as Ao Hong, who had started later, caught up and surpassed them, Wang Ping's divination yielded a result.

No danger.

It made sense. The three of them were Fourth Realm Cultivators, with one being a Mystic Sect Cultivator at the Late Stage of the Fourth Realm. It would have been truly strange if they were to face any danger.

Flying at full speed, they could cover tens of thousands of kilometers in just a few breaths, so it only took an instant to find the target they had locked onto.

It was a Star God in a black combat uniform. The left side of his chest bore the designation "Yijishaba"; he was a member of the same Combat Camp as the defector, Wei Kong.

Seeing Wang Ping and the others, the man shook his head with a wry smile and properly cupped his fist in greeting. "Greetings, Marshal Bu, Lord Changqing, and Seventh Prince!"

"You're a Cultivator from Yijishaba Camp," Buqiong questioned coldly, half of her figure shrouded in shadow. "Where is Wei Kong?" She seemed ready to end the man's life at any moment.

"Marshal Bu, you're putting me in a difficult position!"

"If I capture you, I can also read your memories…"

Buqiong attacked as she spoke, and half of the Cultivator's body was unknowingly dragged into the shadows.

Just then, however, black qi enveloped the Cultivator's body. As the qi consumed the remaining half of him, he broke free from the shadow's control. His body began to swell rapidly, and he charged toward Wang Ping and the others as he expanded.

"Leave him to me!"

Buqiong stopped Ao Hong from intervening and extended her right hand to block the charging Cultivator. The space around her right hand became illusory, plunged into extreme darkness.

"I've served the Alliance for nearly a thousand years, and what have I gotten?"

The Cultivator's tone was laced with mad laughter as he stared at Buqiong. "This world needs to change. They've been high and mighty for far too long…"