Chapter 546

Chapter 546: Final Battle at the Evil Nest (Part 2)

The Demon-Slaying Army was a temporary formation, with all eight hundred members being pioneering cultivators.

Although it was called an army, in reality, they had not undergone any battle array training, and the cultivators severely lacked experience in large-scale cooperative combat.

Compared to the Dao soldiers, these shortcomings were undoubtedly their greatest weakness.

However, each member of the army was a Purple Palace cultivator, with the strength to hold down a stronghold in the Mountain-Sea Realm. Therefore, even as a temporary group, the momentum and power they unleashed were terrifying.

When the eight hundred cultivators infused their magical power into the Purple Blossom Spirit Armor under the command of the sect’s General, the aura of eight hundred sets of battle gear instantly connected, and the charge they executed was enough to crush even a Golden Core true master.

They arranged themselves in a tapering battle array, advancing forward without using magical tools or talismans, nor casting spells or secret arts, relying solely on their unbreakable and powerful momentum to sweep away the giants blocking their path.

No matter what kind of giant it was, it could not survive the charge of the Demon-Slaying Army.

Some lay on the ground with broken bones and fractured sinews, soon trampled into the mud.

Others turned to ash in an instant, unable to escape in time.

In just a short moment, the Demon-Slaying Army brutally reached the front of the Evil Nests, only a shooting distance away!

At that moment, the giant cocoon Evil Nest seemed to sense impending danger. It suddenly shrank and transformed, and the opening at its top erupted with a burst of colorful radiant light.

Around them, the ominous mist gathered at a frenzied pace, causing the space to twist oddly.

The cultivators, including Wang Chen, felt the brilliance before them increase, their bodies feeling weightless as they involuntarily began to fall.

"Be careful, this is the Illusion Array…"

Wang Chen barely heard the warning from the sect’s General, but before the latter could finish speaking, the voice grew ethereal and weak.

The scene before him suddenly changed!

He was shocked to find himself in a long corridor, the walls displaying a nauseating dark red hue, covered with grotesque growths and emanating a lightly glow.

The air was filled with a foul stench, reminiscent of a toilet that hadn’t been cleaned in thousands of years!

Moreover, the comrades who had originally been beside Wang Chen had completely vanished!

Most critically, the connection between the Purple Blossom Spirit Armors was entirely severed, and he could not receive further commands from the General.

A trap!

A thought instantly flashed in Wang Chen’s mind.

The giant cocoon Evil Nest had evidently prepared for their arrival, or rather, its emergence was a Fishing operation by the higher-level evil spirits from the Underworld Realm, targeting the cultivators in Wei Fa City.

And they had fallen into the trap set by the enemy, or more accurately, into the Illusion Array!

With a swift glint in his eyes, Wang Chen decisively sealed his Purple Blossom Spirit Armor, completely isolating himself from the outside world.

With his current cultivation level combined with the spirit armor’s effects, he could fight for an extended time relying solely on the innate Purple Qi within his body without needing to breathe air.

This would maximize the isolation from the surrounding environment’s influences.

At the same time, he suddenly thrust out his sword finger, executing the Metal Finger Technique towards the wall beside him.

Puff!

A deep hole instantly appeared in the dark red wall, spewing forth black-red liquid.

And the wall that had been attacked suddenly contracted, with the hole sprouting countless tiny fleshy buds that quickly filled and repaired the damaged area.

Seeing this scene, Wang Chen’s pupils constricted sharply.

This confirmed the reality of what he was witnessing; he had no idea what methods the evil spirits had employed to instantaneously divide and transfer the eight hundred Purple Palace cultivators into the array.

It was truly a terrifying sight!

Fortunately, this force lacked direct lethal power; otherwise, a single strike could have annihilated the entire Demon-Slaying Army!

Wang Chen shook his head.

A force of this magnitude should be at least Yuan Ying level, yet the power limit the Underworld Realm could accommodate was only Golden Core.

If there were Yuan Ying level evil spirits, Wei Fa City would have been obliterated long ago.

Wang Chen shook his head again, dismissing the thought.

For him, the immediate priority was to find a way out of this dire situation.

He had to break the array and escape!

Creak!

Just as Wang Chen prepared to seek an exit, faint ghostly fires flickered in the darkness ahead, accompanied by the soft rustling of crawling and faint, eerie whimpers that reached his ears.

In the next moment, Wang Chen saw enormous black spiders with faces as wide as basins emerging in the corridor.

They dug their sharp claws into the walls, occupying every inch of space around them, their crimson eyes gleaming with a bloodthirsty hunger.

Clearly, they saw Wang Chen as nothing more than a delectable prey!

Seeking death!

Wang Chen snorted coldly, raising both arms.

Two massive Fire Crows materialized at his sides, their wings flapping as they surged forward, diving toward the oncoming swarm of spiders.

The intense flames instantly illuminated the long corridor, revealing hundreds of giant spiders.

Boom! Boom!

It was as if two incendiary bombs had exploded simultaneously in the corridor, unleashing flames hot enough to melt metal, engulfing the charging black spiders in a fiery inferno.

The fire was too fierce, too overwhelming; the giant spiders had no time to evade, instantly turning into charred, sizzling husks.

They shrieked in agony within the flames, thrashing desperately but to no avail, their bodies disintegrating into ash and vanishing.

A few spiders, in their death throes, opened their pincers, spewing venom and webs in a futile attempt to extinguish the flames consuming them.

However, the Fire Crow Technique Wang Chen had unleashed had already reached the level of perfect mastery, and with the destructive power of the Purple Blossom Spirit Armor enhancing it, not only were the flames scorchingly hot, but they also burned with relentless intensity.

Most crucially, the flames were infused with yang energy, the natural bane of these evil giants!

Thus, in the blink of an eye, hundreds of giant spiders were reduced to ashes in the sea of fire.

Not only that, but the flames also scorched the walls on all sides.

The fleshy tumors covering the walls contracted violently under the intense heat, secreting copious amounts of liquid in a desperate attempt to resist.

This made Wang Chen suspect that he might be inside the body of some colossal evil giant—or perhaps even within the Evil Nest itself!

Before he could investigate further, another wave of unsettling screeches filled the air.

More black spiders crawled forward.

Their numbers seemed endless, one wave after another surging toward him.

Wang Chen’s heart remained as steady as a rock, utterly unshaken. He once again summoned the Fire Crow Technique.

Unlike other cultivators, the Heavenly Net for Exorcising Evil he possessed provided an inexhaustible supply of pure spiritual energy, rendering him unafraid of a prolonged battle. Fighting these evil giants to the bitter end was no issue for him.

Wang Chen refused to believe that these giants were truly infinite in number!

However, merely eliminating these lesser creatures would not help him escape his current predicament.

Thus, as he pressed forward, Wang Chen activated the Global Mode of the Cultivation Panel!

He needed to find a way out—or the key to breaking the array!

As soon as Global Mode was activated, a maze-like grid map instantly appeared in Wang Chen’s vision.

Countless black and red dots shimmered within it!