However, although they had accomplished something in their first battle, who would have thought that they would immediately encounter a life-and-death crisis?
This terrifying Godfiend hid in the deep void, preventing the Black River Array Formation from affecting him. Eighteen Bloodblades appeared in front of them, making it impossible for them to dodge! Every Bloodblade was terrifyingly powerful. Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Meng Chuan watched as his Bloodblades pursued the Black River Guards.
The attacks were split into two waves.
In the first wave, he killed one Black River Guard. This greatly reduced the Black River Array Formation’s strength, making it unable to pose a threat to the Godfiends any longer.
In the second wave, three Bloodblades attacked another Black River Guard and pursued them. The Bloodblades’ movements were unpredictable and terrifying. The Nine Lives Cocoon threads couldn’t intercept them even at close range.
Black River Guards exploded one after another! They were horrified and in despair. The Bloodblades were too fast; they couldn’t escape at all.
“Everyone, gather towards me,” said Holy Lady Strings via voice transmission. Numerous Nine Lives Cocoon threads gathered to protect the five Black River Guards that were closest to her.
“Alright.” The remaining Black River Guards struggled to gather. Swoosh.
Bloodblades came from the deep void and appeared inside the Nine Lives Cocoon threads’ protective range. They attacked the five Black River Guards inside the protective barrier.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
This scene made Holy Lady Strings shake her head slightly.
“Cang Jue, I can only save you,” said Holy Lady Strings via voice transmission. A large number of Nine Lives Cocoon threads wrapped around Demon Monarch Cang Jue’s body, forming a robe. The robe protected his head, and Demon Monarch Cang Jue immediately flew towards Holy Lady Strings at full speed. Another boom sounded, and an ox demon Black River Guard was killed. There was only one remaining Black River Guard-Demon Monarch Cang Jue.
The Bloodblades spun as they struck him. Demon Monarch Cane Jue was sent flying from the impact, but the robe protecting him was extremely tough. The robe was the perfect manifestation of Holy Lady Strings’s technique realm.
The 18 Bloodblades struck Cang Jue one after another. Although each Bloodblade was extremely strong, the robe withstood all the attacks.
The dark-cyan-robed Meng Chuan finally appeared.
Meng Chuan looked at Demon Monarch Cang Jue—who was protected by the Nine Lives Cocoon threads. There’s still one left. He then looked at Holy Lady Strings. “Do you think you can protect it?”
“Don’t even think of injuring it!” Holy Lady Strings flew over at high speed.
Hum.
An invisible Astral Wave swept over, affecting Demon Monarch Cang Jue’s Essence Soul.
“I-I…” Demon Monarch Cang Jue staggered as his consciousness began to blur.
The Eighteen Black River Guard consisted of ordinary fifth Firmament demon monarchs. Their Essence Souls were generally weak. Demon Monarch Cang Jue only had a fourth-level Essence Soul! Even with a Life Casket protecting him, his consciousness turned groggy under the Astral Wave. “It’s a pity that your Essence Soul is too weak,” said Meng Chuan coldly. A Magic Awl flew out and drilled into Demon Monarch Cang Jue’s body.
Cang Jue’s body trembled before he fell silent.
All members of the Eighteen Black River Guard died.
Holy Lady Strings stopped moving and stared at the distant Meng Chuan.
Meng Chuan glanced at her and took a step forward. He arrived beside King Molten, King Thousand Wood, and the other Godfiendswho were dozens of kilometers away. “The Eighteen Black River Guard has been wiped out. When they join forces, they become one. Due to this, their Essence Soul defenses will be greatly enhanced.” Patriarch Poison Dragon appeared by Holy Lady Strings’s side and shook his head. “If there’s only one Black River Guard left, even if it’s a special lifeform, a fourth-level Essence Soul can’t withstand King Eastcalm’s Magic Awl.”
“It’s King Eastcalm again.” Holy Lady Strings looked at the distant Godfiends. She felt very angry because she failed to protect the Eighteen Black River Guard.
Most importantly,
King Eastcalm Meng Chuan was responsible for the kills again! Her bosom friend, Demon Monarch Quicksand, and many other demon monarchs had died at Meng Chuan’s hands.
“You stayed idle on the side and watched them die?” Holy Lady Strings looked at Patriarch Poison Dragon.Patriarch Poison Dragon chuckled. “Apart from watching, what else can I do? I can’t withstand those Bloodblades at all. I wanted to pull the Black River Guards into a small Grotto-Heaven, but the Bloodblades tore through the void. The void was so unstable that there was no way for me to pull them in. With my strength, I could only watch everything happen. As for you, Strings… didn’t you fail to save a single one after all the work you put in?”
Given his undying body, Patriarch Poison Dragon calmly taunted Holy Lady Strings. “We lost terribly this time,” said Holy Lady Strings coldly. “Although we killed two Regis Godfiends, we lost the Eighteen Black River Guard and Demon Monarch Coldmoon. Our losses are even greater in this battle.” “The three of us won’t be able to win. King True Martial’s domain is powerful. Meng Chuan can appear anywhere now. His attacks are also extremely powerful,” said Patriarch Poison Dragon. “Let’s return and report to the Imperial Lords. Let them decide what will happen next.”
Patriarch Poison Dragon looked into the distance. “That lunatic Peacock is still fighting.”
Bang!!!
With a boom, a beam of light flew towards Patriarch Poison Dragon and Holy Lady Strings.
“Peacock,” greeted Patriarch Poison Dragon with a smile.
“I clearly suppress him, but I can’t defeat him.” Monarch Peacock was extremely furious. “Let’s go back to the Demon Realm.” With Monarch Peacock leading the way, Patriarch Poison Dragon followed. Holy Lady Strings remained silent, but she also flew away with them.
The human Godfiends watched from afar and didn’t stop them from retreating.
Chapter 454 - Report
“It’s a great victory to have that array formation destroyed.” King Molten watched the demons leave and said, “The demons made 18 fifth Firmament demon monarchs undergo a life modification process and ultimately set up this array formation. They clearly spared no expense when nurturing them. Fortunately, King Eastcalm was able to crack this array formation.”
“It’s a pity that Junior Brother Yun and King Gu Eyes lost their lives,” said Peng Mu softly.
“How can there be no casualties in war?” King Molten said. “As long as we win, it’s worth it.”
Huh? Meng Chuan looked into the distance. After reaching the Grotto-Heaven realm, his perception of the world was acute. At that moment, he could clearly sense part of the World Gap being destroyed in the distance.
Boom!
The world membrane was being attacked.
King True Martial waved his hand, and an image appeared in the void—one of a distant area.
Monarch Peacock, Holy Lady Strings, and Patriarch Poison Dragon were attacking the world membrane. Soon, they blasted a rift open in the World Gap and the Demon Realm’s world membranes.
The three of them flew into the Demon Realm. Soon, the world membranes quickly recovered to their normal states.
“They have returned to the Demon Realm,” said King True Martial with a frown. “We may have had the upper hand in this battle, but the demons had only sent their vanguard. After knowing our battle capabilities, the three demon Imperial Lords will definitely think of ways to nurture those fifth Firmament demon monarchs. They will also think of ways to deal with us. We still need to be careful.”
“The demons’ goal isn’t to defeat us,” said King Thousand Wood solemnly. “Their true goal is to send large groups of fifth Firmament demon monarchs into the
human world.”
“Once they enter the human world, the fifth Firmament demon monarchs will split up and take action. Once they take action, they will probably wipe out most of our human cities,” said King Calm Sea with a nod.
Everyone present fell silent.
This was the bitter truth.
Currently, there were very few demon monarchs—which were lurking in the human world—that had reached the fifth Firmament. At most, they were all newly-advanced fifth Firmament demon monarchs. None of them dared to attack cities guarded by Regis Godfiends.
However, if a group of heavily-nurtured fifth Firmament demon monarchs—who had cultivated for many years—entered the human world, they wouldn’t be afraid of Regis Godfiends. They would attack all the large cities that weren’t guarded by Creation Supremacies. Regis Godfiends might be able to fight them one-on-one, but the demon monarchs’ goal was to destroy the cities. It was difficult for human Regis Godfiends to stop them.
Causing destruction was much easier than protecting something. A large-scale domain attack-spanning over 50 kilometers—could instantly wipe out all living beings within an area. It would be easy for these demon monarchs to slaughter the mortals residing in the cities.
Just one operation undertaken by a large number of fifth Firmament demon monarchs would result in the destruction of over 90% of the human cities. No matter how powerful Meng Chuan was, he was only one person. He could only save one city at a time.
“That’s why we have to stop them,” said Meng Chuan. “We have to report the results of this battle to the three sects.”
“Junior Brother Meng, go back on my behalf,” said King True Martial.
Meng Chuan nodded. “Alright.”
King True Martial had to stay behind to maintain the group’s safety when the demons attacked again. Meng Chuan was the only Regis Godfiend in this group who could guarantee his own safety while working alone. “King Eastcalm, I’ll go back with you,” said King Northcleanse.
“King Eastcalm, please pass the news to Two World Island on my behalf as well,” said King Thousand Wood. “Let’s distribute the war spoils and let King Eastcalm bring them back.”
Boom!
Meng Chuan used his Bloodblade to tear a huge hole open in the World Gap and the human world’s world membranes. Meng Chuan flew through the huge hole and returned to Archean Mountain.
He first flew towards Grotto-Heaven Pavilion.
Archean Mountain is still peaceful. Meng Chuan looked around as he flew. Although the battle in the World Gap was crazy and harrowing, the human world—including the three major sects-remained relatively peaceful. It was a rare period of peace in the past 800 years.
One had to know that…
In the past 800 years, even in the early stages of the invasion, many small and medium-sized World Entrances had to be guarded to ensure the entire human world’s safety. It was only until later that they could no longer defend all of the World Entrances.
Humanity gave up on the small and medium-sized World Entrances, causing more and more demon monarchs to enter the human world. When one million demon monarchs appeared in the human world to wreak havoc, village forts, prefecture cities, and county cities were abandoned one after another. Countless people died. Only when Meng Chuan rose to prominence did he completely resolve the threat of a million demon monarchs.
Meng Chuan also understood that this was a temporary peace.
Swoosh.
Meng Chuan landed in Grotto-Heaven Pavilion.
“Supremacies, Master.” Meng Chuan bowed and greeted the three Supremacies.
Li Guan, an illusory Qin Wu, and an illusory Luo Tang were gathered together, waiting for Meng Chuan.
Li Guan drank tea as he sat at a table. After taking a sip of tea, he smiled. “Sit.”
Meng Chuan sat down and drank a mouthful of tea.
“You came back alone?” asked the illusory Luo Tang in surprise. “They can’t leave willy-nilly,” said Meng Chuan. “Also, there’s a reason why I came back to report.”
“What happened?” asked Li Guan.
Meng Chuan said, “Today, the demons finally sent a team into the World Gap to deal with us. Senior Brother Yun Jianhai and King Gu Eyes from Two World Island have died in battle.”
“What?” Li Guan, Qin Wu, and Luo Tang were alarmed. “Tell me what happened in detail,” said Li Guan immediately.
Meng Chuan nodded and said, “I brought a letter from King Thousand Wood with me. It’s to be delivered to Two World Island. The letter describes the battle. Supremacies, you can read this letter as well. King Thousand Wood wrote this letter to prevent our Archean Mountain from fabricating stories.” With that said, he took out the letter and handed it to Li Guan.
Li Guan received the letter; Qin Wu and Luo Tang read it from the side.
The letter wasn’t long, but the key points were mentioned.
“It’s no wonder he wants to send this letter.” Li Guan nodded. “King True Martial and he worked together to kill Demon Monarch Coldmoon and obtained a Tribulation treasure. Speaking of which, Two World Island doesn’t have any Tribulation treasures, right?”
“Two World Island’s heritage is a little shallow. They haven’t given birth to an Imperial Lord. They probably don’t have any Tribulation treasures,” said Qin Wu. “I never expected them to obtain a Tribulation treasure in the World Gap.”
“It’s written here that King True Martial and King Thousand Wood contributed the most to Demon Monarch Coldmoon’s death. King True Martial has 70% of the credit, while King Thousand Wood takes the remaining 30%,” said Li Guan. “We will discuss how we should split the war spoils with Two World Island.”
With a flip of his hand, a dark short sword appeared in Meng Chuan’s hand.
“The Tribulation treasure is this sword,” said Meng Chuan.
Li Guan received it and put it away after a brief inspection. “We will discuss this with Two World Island later.”
“According to the letter, 18 demon monarchs set up a massive array formation that spanned 400 kilometers in length?” asked Li Guan. “Each of these 18 demon monarchs underwent a life modification process?”
“Yes.” Meng Chuan nodded. “The array formation was extremely powerful. King Gu Eyes and Senior Brother Yun mainly died because of this array formation.” “You were the one who destroyed this array formation?” Qin Wu asked curiously. “According to the letter, this array formation suppressed King True Martial’s domain and completely trapped many of you Godfiends. Later, you entered the deep void and killed the 18 demon monarchs one by one, thus destroying the array formation?”
Meng Chuan nodded. “Yes.”
“Such a powerful array formation will definitely suppress the void. How did you get close?” asked Qin Wu.
“To be honest, Master, I’ve finally made a breakthrough after cultivating in the World Gap for so many years,” said Meng Chuan. “My Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique has reached the Grotto-Heaven realm. That’s how I could enter a very deep void layer and kill the 18 demon monarchs with my Bloodblades.”
“You’ve reached the Grotto-Heaven realm?” Luo Tang was pleasantly surprised. “Yes, you reaching the Grotto-Heaven realm at the age of 75 is also within our expectations. How many embodiments do you project in the outside world when you enter the deep void? 81? 108”
Meng Chuan shook his head. “No embodiments are projected in the outside world.”
Chapter 455 - Creating a Grotto-Heaven?
“No embodiments?” Li Guan, Qin Wu, and Luo Tang were stunned.
“You can infiltrate the extremely deep void?” asked Li Guan.
Meng Chuan nodded. “Yes.”
The illusory Qin Wu asked, “Meng Chuan, from you, I heard that the Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique-which you created is an improvement on the World Roving Dragon Saber. Even though it’s an improved version of it, how can you not produce any embodiments at all?”
Even Supremacy Roving Dragon, Senior Ye Hon
g-who had reached the perfected Grotto-Heaven realm-projected embodiments in the outside world when she traveled the void.
Although Meng Chuan had improved Supremacy Roving Dragon’s technique further, he had only reached the Grotto-Heaven realm’s early stage.
Meng Chuan explained, “Master, my Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique is indeed based on the World Roving Dragon Saber. However, as I cultivate, the difference between the two techniques becomes greater. After breaking through to the Grotto-Heaven realm, the two techniques have completely different cultivation directions. Senior Ye Hong’s World Roving Dragon Saber… places greater importance on variability! As for my Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique, it places greater importance on infiltrating the void.”
Senior Ye Hong’s technique primarily followed the Roving Dragon Form of Lightning’s essence. Meng Chuan’s technique followed the Nine Heavenly Forms of the Void’s essence. The two techniques’ cores were different from each other.
Due to this, Meng Chuan’s Cloud Dragon Snake Movement Technique was better at infiltrating the void.
“They follow different aspects?” Qin Wu understood what Meng Chuan was getting at. “Show it to me.” “Alright.” Meng Chuan nodded and vanished.
Qin Wu and Luo Tang looked at Li Guan. This was because Li Guan’s real body could detect Meng Chuan’s location.
“Impressive.” Li Guan sensed Meng Chuan’s location and sighed in amazement. “In terms of void concealment, he has already reached an astonishing level. Even I still need to use a Tribulation treasure to blast through that void layer completely.” “Oh?” Qin Wu and Luo Tang were somewhat shocked by Li Guan’s words.
In this world, the strongest Creation Supremacies were Bai Yaoyue, Li Guan, and Qin Wu.
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