Chapter 566 567: The Might of the Demonic Artifact, the Army's Sheer Numbers

Massive Dao Wheels, like great millstones, locked into place above the Demonic Qi Tornado. With the heart as the sword, they severed sight and sound, rendering the Demonic Qi Tornado completely immobile.

Unlike the Cyan Sky Sect's Heart Sword Peak, the Heart Slaying Hall cultivated heart force, not Sword Intent.

The three venerable elders were indispensable, the very pillars holding up the sky for the Human Race. Though they were all at the Divinity Transformation Stage, these three elders possessed the strength to face three Demon Marshals head-on. On the path of cultivation, the further they advanced, the more Human Race Cultivators displayed a comprehension that other beings lacked, making their execution of arts and Divine Techniques a cut above. Perhaps this was the Celestial Dao's compensation for the Human Race's short lifespans and mediocre innate talent—they were late bloomers.

But this compensation was dependent on the individual. This slight boost in comprehension was just that—a slight edge among billions of living beings. A human who could dedicate themselves to cultivation and reach the Divinity Transformation Stage was already one in hundreds of millions.

Naturally, the Divine Techniques that such a hero had painstakingly cultivated possessed their own extraordinary qualities.

Baili Zhangtu's Heart-Cutting Dao Wheel was the culmination of his life's enlightenment. Wherever his heart force reached, nothing was impossible.

The immobilized Demonic Qi Tornado was then shattered by the Dao Wheels, one after another.

Chi Huang's Demonic Qi Tornado was merely a feint to conceal his true goal. His real intention was to push the City Array to its absolute limit. Since the Human Race was going to break it eventually, he figured he might as well get as much use out of it as possible.

He no longer cared about the damage to the City Array, or even its potential collapse.

He pushed the Array Talisman in his hand with all his might, and a flood of Demonic Qi swarmed into it.

The curtain of Demonic Qi enveloping the Western Demon City reappeared. Immense Demonic Qi gathered in a frenzy as one astounding Demon Light Cannon fired after another. The energy, powerful enough to make space itself vibrate, caused the very heavens and earth to tremble.

On the Human Race's side, the moment the Dao Wheels appeared, they began deploying their plan to break the City Array.

Squads, each led by an Array Master, took up their positions. It was a fundamental principle: for every formation, there was a way to break it. Even though this was a Sixth Rank Formation, the small could still overcome the large.

But breaking the Array would take time, and these squads couldn't possibly withstand the continuous barrage of Demon Light Cannons.

"Yang God, manifest! Deliver this mortal shell!" Leng Xiuming roared.

He condensed a Yang God from his physical body, his qi and blood so immense that he resembled a sky-propping titan. He met the incoming Demon Light Cannons with one punch after another.

It was the path of physical sanctification: to shatter all in existence with pure force. As if the morning sun itself had descended, the wind from his fists tore long gashes in the fabric of space. This was what it meant to shatter the void with a punch.

Leng Xiuming, with his Divinity Transformation Stage cultivation, was single-handedly blocking the Demon Light Cannons, which were comparable to Divine Techniques from the Enlightenment Stage.

Chi Huang's eyes narrowed. 'These old fossils are so damn annoying,' he thought.

He raised the Demon Pearl in his hand to the sky, and the demonic artifact's power instantly surged forth.

"Kill them!" At Chi Huang's command, a million Demon Soldiers charged out of the city, rushing toward the Array Master squads.

Meanwhile, Chi Huang continued pouring power into the Array Talisman. 'Leng Xiuming is using a Secret Technique to block the Demon Light Cannons with his body,' he mused, 'but that can't last forever. If I can blast him to bits before they break the Array, victory will be mine.'

The million Demon Soldiers had an overwhelming numerical advantage. Though they were merely ordinary Golden Core Stage combatants, they were greatly enhanced by demonic artifacts. Even one-on-one against a Human Race prodigy of the same Realm, they wouldn't be defeated quickly. Now, with their superior numbers, they swept forward in an instant like a plague of locusts.

The main Human Race army, held in reserve, had been waiting for this exact moment. Squads led by Nascent Soul cultivators, capable of gathering Spiritual Qi to unleash Divine Techniques beyond their own Realms, charged out the instant the Demon Race army exited the city.

In an instant, the Divine Techniques from both sides collided. The already turbulent heavens and earth began to shake even more violently.

Above the Western Demon City, Chi Huang gave a cold smile. The Demon Pearl in the sky instantly bloomed with ink-black Demonic Qi, which drifted down like strands of the blackest silk.

The Human Race forces, seeing the silken black Demonic Qi, naturally attacked it with their Divine Techniques.

However, the Demonic Qi was not hindered. Instead, it spread out, infecting the Demon Soldiers below. One by one, they became far more ferocious, their strength soaring.

For a time, the Human Race's offensive was stalled, and they were even pushed back slightly.

Seeing this, Baili Zhangtu didn't have time to recover his heart force. He immediately moved to support the army's front line, unleashing several more Dao Wheels that sliced through a large number of demons.

It seemed this special Demonic Qi caused his heart force to drain at an alarming rate. Once his heart force fell to a certain level, he would be no stronger than an ordinary Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator.

Leng Xiuming, for his part, was also locked in a bitter struggle. He stood on the front line against the City Array's assault and could not retreat a single step. By unleashing his body's full power at such a pace—forget the toll of the Secret Technique—his own qi and blood alone would not last much longer.

Seeing this, the cold smile on Chi Huang's face widened. "Get them!" At his command, several million more Demon Soldiers surged from the city. 'Go ahead and kill,' he thought. 'I have tens of millions of Demon Soldiers. I can afford to lose half of them just to wear you down.'

These Demon Soldiers were also infected by the special Demonic Qi. In an instant, it was as if they had swallowed a powerful elixir; they became utterly crazed, their strength exploded, and they showed no fear of death whatsoever.

Within one of the Human Race squads, Baili Qingcheng had lost count of how many times she had unleashed her Divine Techniques. The Demon Soldiers seemed endless. The Demonic Qi from the fallen soldiers would return to the Demon Pearl in the sky, and the Demon Pearl, in turn, would continuously emit its silken black Demonic Qi. It was a vicious cycle.

The Demon Pearl was situated within the City Array. As long as the Array stood, it couldn't be attacked. It all came back to breaking the Array first.

Baili Zhangtu's heart force was already nearing rock bottom. He still needed to save his trump card to deal with Chi Huang. As a Demon Marshal, Chi Huang himself was not to be underestimated.

He immediately sent a mental transmission to Leng Xiuming: "Don't wait any longer! Do it now!"