Then, the sword-light flickered and instantly shot towards the faraway void. It exited from the Awakened Sky Cosmos and entered the void’s boundless outskirts.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1445 - Lightning Mirror Smiting Devils, Soaring Massive Sword
The giant dark-red sword pierced through the void, instantly traversing through layers of space.
After a while, it stopped by a universe.
As if a lunar eclipse had just ended, and the extreme yin resurfaced, brilliance suddenly appeared by the gloomy universe.
The Exalted Lunar Luminary – Ling Qing appeared from within. She then looked at the dark-red sword with a surprised look.
The sword-light suddenly vanished, leaving behind the appearance of a huge flying vessel.
“This isn’t the Wind Riding Heavenly Vessel.” Ling Qing analyzed it, “Instead, it looks like an improved version of the Heavenly Court’s Divine Palace’s Heavenly River Vessel.”
While thinking about it, she boarded the colossal vessel.
Upon boarding it, dark-red sword-lights resurfaced once again, enveloping the entire divine vessel within. Then, it regained its initial sword form and pierced through the void, instantly disappearing without a trace left behind.
On the vessel, Yan Zhaoge was sitting in a lotus position. He nodded as a form of courtesy, “You’ve worked hard, Exalted Lunar Luminary.”
“This is your fellow disciple? The Earth Devil’s reincarnation physique?” Ling Qing looked towards the clump of light floating between Yan Zhaoge’s hands and looked at the silhouette within.
“That’s right. Please take care of him later on,” said Yan Zhaoge.
A dense and malicious threatening aura emitted from within.
After leaving the Pill Hall, they were gradually unable to prevent the Earth Devil’s reincarnation. He was about to undergo the process of reincarnation soon.
“I will try my best.” Ling Qing nodded lightly.
Yan Zhaoge took out the genealogy bestowed by the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor and waved his hand upwards.
The dark-red sword continued traversing spaces without any signs of stopping.
Countless bolts of lightning surged from the genealogy. They remained undissipated and hid within the sword-light as if they were a piece of mirror.
Finally, Yan Zhaoge stood up and entered the cabin along with the clump of light.
Gao Qingxuan continued standing by the deck, with Feng Yunsheng, Yan Di, and Long Xingquan by her side. The others followed after Yan Zhaoge and entered the cabin.
There was an anechoic chamber within the cabin. Only a pool of water existed within the chamber.
Yan Zhaoge carefully sunk the rampaging clump of light deep into the pool.
Ripples appeared by the pool water. The water surface dropped quickly as if it was being sucked dry by the ocher-colored radiance.
Very quickly, a stalk of sapling sprouted. It grew speedily and instantly gained a straight trunk with lush foliage.
The green tree took root by the bottom of the pool. The pool water gradually dried up, while the clump of light had also vanished.
Only, by the roots, one could still vaguely see an ocher-colored radiance flickering.
Yan Zhaoge continued writing all kinds of runes, forming numerous formations which surrounded the newly-sprouted tree. He was already assisting Shi Jun and the others in dealing with the Earth Devil, as well as the subordinate Devil, who were both undergoing reincarnation.
“Seems like the Exalted Solar Luminary isn’t free.” Yan Zhaoge casually mentioned as he continued his actions according to his plans.
Ling Qing’s gaze remained calm. She calmly answered, “He only told me that he was busy. I have no prior knowledge of what he’s doing now.”
Yan Zhaoge nodded. He sat in a lotus position and started at the trunk, “The Nine Underworlds’ Devils should be arriving soon.”
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Currently, the group of Devils was indeed on the verge of making a move by the void.
To save the Water Devil and the Earth Devil, countless top-notch Great Devils had left the Nine Underworlds, with devilish flames encompassing the entire cosmos.
However, after receiving the joint-attack by the Daoists, the Buddhists, and the Demon Race, the Devils couldn’t withstand it anymore, even with their abundance of Great Devil experts.
After the Water Devil had perished again, the Daoism experts didn’t continue pressing further, which gave the Nine Underworlds room for relaxation.
However, other forces took advantage of the Devils’ sorry state and brought colossal pressure upon the Devils’ group.
Even the most top-notch Devil Lord had to be careful when making his move. If he wasn’t careful enough, he might get himself stuck in a besiegement.
In contrast, the Daoism’s Grand Heavenly Immortals were having a much easier time, as they only had to be wary of the Great Devils. With the Earth Devil at his reincarnation phase, they couldn’t simply make a move anymore.
However, upon sensing that the Earth Devil was undergoing reincarnation, other Devils’ anger was immediately incited.
The Great Devils who weren’t entrapped by others started making their moves.
Within the void’s boundless outskirts, an old man silently stood by the side of a star, gazing at a distant location.
Beneath his feet was a long shadow projected by the starlight behind him.
Such a shadow looked so superficial when projected upon the empty void. Yet, it still existed.
“It’s… moving?” From the shadow, a voice resounded.
The old man nodded, “Indeed, it’s moving. To those beneath the Grand Heavenly Realm, it’s scurrying fast.”
“Even without the Domain of Thousand Scales and that queer ritual, they still don’t plan to reveal the location of the Pill Hall. So, while discarding geographical advantage, they’re planning on dealing with us while moving?” A voice resounded from the shadow.
“If we can’t shake off our opponents, we won’t be able to capture them.” The old man smiled, “Let the underlings go. If they aren’t quick enough, they would be unable to chase after them and can only resort to besiegement.”
“That new Grand Heavenly Immortal of the orthodox Daoism, Suo Mingzhang, is like a counter specifically designed for you. If not, you would’ve had other ways.”
Hearing the old man’s words, the shadow remained silent for a while. Then, he said, “Without that thing hindering us now, you should be able to deal with them and assist the Earth Devil, right?”
“Nope. I’ve already tried it beforehand.” The old man shook his head, “This should be the work of the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor. He left the battle to protect the youngsters of Daoism.”
With the three forces working together, the Nine Underworlds could only feel restraint from such pressure.
They weren’t able to juke their opponents. In contrast, the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor had a lot more freedom. He could withdraw from the battle and protect others from the Primordial Heart Devil’s ubiquitous infestation.
“
Hoho,
it’s here again.” The old man looked towards the faraway void.
There, the dark starry skies suddenly became brilliant.
Various vigorous auras were gathered there.
The chanting of Buddhist scriptures and the Great Demons’ bellow intertwined together. While both sides were still wary of each other, their main focus was placed on the old man and the shadow.
The shadow gradually diminished and disappeared. The old man flew backward into the star, disappearing by the star’s sea of fiery flames as well.
However, the horrifying devilish qi which shook the universe was set ablaze, forcing their enemies into a disadvantageous position.
A fight broke out once again between the two sides.
On the other side, Yan Zhaoge and the others were riding by the divine vessel, which transfo
rmed into a vast dark-red sword. It pierced through the void, continuously traversing through different kinds of universes.
Gao Qingxuan, situated by the deck, raised her head to look at the mirror formed by the lightning. At this moment, the mirror was flickering non-stop.
As if invisible lightning were raining down one after another.
There weren’t any warnings nor any reasons. In fact, there was no way to trace its origins.
There seemed to be an endless stream of specters spawning by the vessel. However, before they could fully spawn, they were smitten to bits by the invisible lightning.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1446 - Speed Advantage
The massive divine vessel enveloped in a dark-red sword-light traversed through the universe and soared through various kinds of nebulas without stopping.
Without the protection of the Domain of Thousand Scales and the Chaotic Heavenly Devil Slaying Ritual, the ubiquitous phantom form of the Heart Devil could still infiltrate the vessel and do what its best at doing.
Yan Zhaoge and the others could feel their heart wavering slightly, along with their mental state undergoing undulation.
The yellow clump of radiance situated by the roots of the green tree sparkled even more brilliantly.
Those present on the vessel calmed their mental state down as they sternly paid attention to the clump of radiance.
Just by closing in or remaining by its surroundings, one could already feel the presence of the Heart Devil. Naturally, things were much worse for Xu Fei, Shi Jun, and Ying Yuzhen within the clump of light.
While the Primordial Heart Devil hadn’t arrived personally, he still had a way of assisting the Earth Devil’s reincarnation.
However, just as everyone felt the signs of the Heart Devil’s emergence, a thunderous roar resounded by their ears.
While the sound of thunder was present, no signs of lightning could be seen.
However, as long as the thunderous explosion resounded, the Heart Devil would disappear with a “snap.”
The formless thunder resounded from the bottom of their hearts originated from the lightning mirror hovering over the vessel.
It belonged to the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor.
Just like the Heart Devil, he wasn’t present personally. However, with his almighty techniques, he started combating against the Primordial Heart Devil.
The Primordial Heart Devil still had to deal with other Grand Heavenly experts’ attacks. Moreover, he wasn’t in the right state as well. As such, even in his field of expertise, he couldn’t show off his proficiency.
After hearing the thunderous explosion, everyone present could recover their former calm after a little conditioning.
Without the need to be on guard against the Heart Devil, everyone could focus on dealing with the upcoming disaster – the Earth Devil’s reincarnation.
Yan Zhaoge continuously wrote runes after runes in thin air, which then landed by the giant tree’s bark.
Ling Qing, Long Xingquan, Daoist Cloud Conquest, and the others stood by the tree’s surroundings. By following Yan Zhaoge’s behest, they manifested one rune after another, reinforcing the formations laid down around the tree.
With external assistance, Shi Jun formed a hand seal with one hand while the other hand was pressed between his brows.
Ocher-colored streams of lights continuously gushed out from the crack by his forehead.
By the opposite of him, his mother – Ying Yuzhen’s body had already broken out of the ice coffin and hovered vertically in the air.
Suddenly, she widened her eyes.
Only, she still had yet to awake from her slumber. The ocher-colored radiances took over her eye sockets, emitting dense feelings of emotionless ice-coldness.
She opened her mouth as if she was about to say something.
Shi Jun stared at his mother’s face. Awakening his mother had always been his goal.
However, now wasn’t the moment!
Before she spoke, Shi Jun tapped the air according to how Yan Zhaoge taught him to. Then, a turquoise strand of light advanced, entering the crack between Ying Yuzhen’s brows.
Being placed between the two, the strand of turquoise light became more extensive and thicker, resembling a knot.
The light spots continued expanding, ultimately turning into a clump of light.
The appearance of the vast tree outside was projected within the clump of light.
Then, Shi Jun raised his hands in unison and clasped them together while also letting out a soft groan.
Following his actions, the ocher-colored devilish radiance gushing out of the two’s forehead started converging at one point. They followed after the turquoise strand of light and converged by the center of the radiance clump.
As the devilish ocher lights converged, the tree projected within the clump of light gradually started withering.
However, the two Great Devils who intended on reincarnating let out a ferocious roar and underwent a violent struggle.
The stand of turquoise light vibrated as if it was about to snap.
Without the Domain of Thousand Scales and the Chaotic Heavenly Devil Slaying Formation, a human would be facing gargantuan difficulties when dealing with Great Devils of their level.
Suddenly, Xu Fei, who had been remaining quiet, lifted his finger from afar.
The Earth Splitting Pearl’s spiritual energy received his behest and transformed into chains of light streaks. Then, the chains spurted from all directions, constraining Shi Jun and Ying Yuzhen.
Being constrained by the chains, both Great Devils’ bellows became softer.
The turquoise strand of light regained its balance as well.
The ritual started being operated. Rays of devilish radiances and devilish intents were extracted to the light sphere hanging in mid-air.
Outside, the tree which Yan Zhaoge’s group surrounded also started wilting.
Upon seeing this happening, everyone became joyous, and their worries lessened.
Yan Zhaoge remained his composed self and hastened his actions.
More and more runes flew out from his fingertips. While the runes shrunk in size, they became much more profound and intricate.
A dense amount of runes landed upon the tree.
This time, they weren’t engraved by the tree bark alone. Instead, they landed on the tree leaves as well.
A rune landed on each piece of leaves.
Under these runes’ reinforcement, the tree about to wilt suddenly stopped wilting, as if it was about to turn lush green once again.
With Shi Jun and Xu Fei’s diligent work, the tree’s signs of wilting became more and more intense.
However, with the assistance of Yan Zhaoge and the others from outside, the speed of wilting was significantly decreased. It could bear to receive more pressure and last even longer.
With how matters developed, everyone felt excited.
As long as it could hold on until the devilish intents were extracted, that would imply their victory. With their opponents’ path to reincarnation being cut off, the Devils would be rendered powerless to do anything.
As of now, their plan had only succeeded by half.
The other half depended on whether they could withstand the pressure from the other side.
The dark-red sword traversed through the universe, speedily soaring through the nebula.
As they passed through a particular universe, encompassing Devilish qi were suddenly emitted, with malicious intents birthing.
The ruthless figure of a Great Devil emerged from the dark roving mists. Without any hints of fear, he lunged towards the giant dark-red sword in an attempt to hinder its path.
However, the humongous dark-red majestic sword-light was far too fast. With only a flicker, it already passed through the Great Devil’s blockage.
The sword-light had no intentions of counter-attacking. Instead, it continued advancing, instantly disappearing by the universe.
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br /> The Great Devil was unwilling to surrender just like that. As such, he quickly chased after the sword-light.
However, no matter how hard he tried, the gap between the two only grew larger and larger!
In the end, the sword-light disappeared without a trace, ultimately leaving the Great Devil behind.
Yan Zhaoge, Feng Yunsheng, Yan Di, and the others were all conditioning themselves, giving the Nine Underworlds sufficient time to move troops around.
While the Nine Underworlds were being restricted as a whole, and the Grand Heavenly Realm Devil Lords like the Primordial Heart Devil and the Wood Devil had no way of escaping their enemies’ attacks, other Infernal Devils were continuously leaving the Nine Underworlds.
By scattering around, they managed to gather quite a number of troops, who were all coming for the Earth Devil.
However, if one’s cultivation wasn’t in the Grand Heavenly Realm, they could hardly chase up against the dark-red sword-light.
There were two reasons as to why Gao Qingxuan was handling the maneuvering of the vessel. Firstly, she was in the Virtual Immortal Realm. Secondly, her Immortal Trapping Sword Manual was capable of piercing through the void. Under her reinforcement, the divine vessel’s speed when moving forward was so quick that most Great Devils were only left with frustration.
The dark-red sword-light hovered through the universe without stopping. Using its advantage in speed, it broke through seals after seals, leaving behind the Great Devils, who could only whine helplessly.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 1447 - Soaring About, Leaving All Enemies Behind!
With the Immortal Trapping Sword’s capabilities of piercing through space, its movement speed had already hit a whole new level of swiftness.
Although Gao Qingxuan had only entered the Virtual Immortal Realm not long ago, she had her clone with her. Using the Dual Swordplay, they simultaneously cast the Immortal Trapping Sword Manual together, increasing the vessel’s efficiency and speed.
Initially, if she were to carry others along, her speed could very possibly be dragged down by others.
Similarly, it wasn’t beneficial for the devilish intent extraction, as she would undoubtedly interrupt the ritual.
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