Volume 1 Volume 6 Chapter 154

Volume 6 Chapter 154: Blood Battle

After the group of masters threw the "Spirit Eater" into the cave, they waited outside for over an hour, and then something strange happened.

Suddenly, the remaining eight stone sculptures crawled out of the cave, and at the same time, more than a hundred strange shadows appeared, all radiating a powerful presence. The weakest among them had the strength of a human cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core Stage; they were the returning members of the Shura Clan.

"Change the formation! Slay the demons!"

With a command from Immortal Zizhen, thick dark clouds gathered in the sky, and countless lightning bolts joined together to create a purple lightning strike so powerful that it made the heavens and the earth seem dim. It streaked across the sky, attacking the eight stone sculptures and the hundred or so Shura Clan members.

After building up power for a long time, this attack was even stronger than the previous "Slay the Demon" strike that had flattened the "Black Emperor Cliff."

However, as soon as the "Slay the Demon" was unleashed, the expressions on Immortal Zizhen, Zhang Xusheng, and Mr. Liu all changed.

At the moment the "Slay the Demon" was cast, the more than a hundred figures they had thought were Shura Clan members suddenly lost their powerful presence and turned into floating stones of various sizes, together with the eight stone sculptures, rendered void by the might of the "Slay the Demon."

Clearly, the Shura Clan had a special ability to conceal their aura and transferred their presence to those stones, tricking the group of cultivators and causing them to waste the power of the "Slay the Demon."

As the "Demon Slayer" struck the ground, a loud roaring sound erupted, and a mushroom cloud appeared before everyone’s eyes. Under the control of the "All Immortals Formation," countless rays of light scattered, clearing the swirling dust in the air, and the cultivators could see clearly again.

The ground was once again pushed down over a hundred feet under the power of the "Demon Slayer." Meanwhile, at the entrance of the previous cave, a heavy crimson barrier was slowly fading away. Clearly, this barrier had just blocked the remaining force of the "Demon Slayer" from the "All Immortals Formation."

After the crimson barrier completely vanished, over a hundred figures rushed out of the cave, and this time, they were all true members of the Shura Clan.

"Dear Taoist friends, it is time for us to act."

Immortal Zizhen looked at the fourteen masters beside him and said.

The masters’ faces were serious. They knew the crucial moment had come. In the battle against the Shura Clan, even they might suffer great losses, but they all nodded without a hint of retreat because if they backed down, all of humanity would be lost.

With the support of the "All Immortals Formation," a soft white light surrounded the masters, enhancing their strength. At Immortal Zizhen’s wave, they quickly flew toward the group of Shura Clan members. Following the fifteen masters were hundreds of Immortal Puppets. Behind them were countless Rainbow Spirit Swords.

Inside the "All Immortals Formation," the just-freed Shura Clan members found it hard to move, and their Spirit Qi was rapidly depleting, as if they were carrying an enormous weight.

This was a world-shaking battle; the most powerful beings in the world were gathered here, fighting in an unprecedented chaos that had not been seen for tens of thousands of years. For a moment, the roaring sounds could be heard from miles away, the dazzling flashes of magical powers dimmed the sun and moon, and the very earth trembled under the weight of this battle.

The Rainbow Spirit Sword is endless and swift, arriving first to confront the members of the Shura Clan. However, the strength of the Shura Clan exceeds all expectations, and the powerful Rainbow Spirit Sword poses no threat to them at all. In the clash of fists and feet, the Rainbow Spirit Sword easily scatters, only managing to create distractions.

The clash between the three powerful humans, Immortal Zizhen, Mr. Liu, and Zhang Xusheng, and the top experts of the Shura Clan is even more captivating.

The three of them display their unique powers to the fullest, supported by the "All Immortals Formation." They stand evenly matched against six strong members of the Shura Clan. With every movement, the force of the Heavenly Way is stirred, summoning thunder, fire, ice, and wind toward their opponents. The six powerful members of the Shura Clan rely on their physical strength to charge through the attacks of Immortal Zizhen, Zhang Xusheng, and Mr. Liu. Although they may not have the many magical techniques of cultivators, their expertise in their powers—whether water or fire—allows them to unleash stronger attacks than equally powerful human cultivators, even if limited to one type.

However, the strength of Immortal Zizhen, Mr. Liu, and Zhang Xusheng can only hold off the six top experts of the Shura Clan.

Among the over one hundred members of the Shura Clan, half have reached the Mahayana Stage strength of human cultivators, and around ten are even more powerful than Immortal Zizhen, the strongest human cultivator. The remaining fifty are at the peak of the Golden Core Stage.

This is destined to be a hard battle.

Besides Immortal Zizhen, Zhang Xusheng, and Mr. Liu barely managing to hold their own against five members of the Shura Clan, others like Scholar Buxing and Master Tianhan are struggling against the combined force of hundreds of Immortal Puppets and Rainbow Spirit Swords, facing a disadvantage in this sea battle. Occasionally, an Immortal Puppet is defeated by a member of the Shura Clan, but the attacks from these cultivators do little damage to them.

Meanwhile, the "All Immortals Formation" controls the Immortal Puppets and Rainbow Spirit Swords to fight against the Shura Clan while preparing for the next round of "slaying demons."

However, dozens of Shura Clan members are charging toward the "All Immortals Formation." They have realized that in the battle against human cultivators, the greatest threat is not the top human cultivators but the surrounding "All Immortals Formation," composed of thousands of cultivators. If the "slaying demons" is activated again, the Shura Clan would face the disaster of extermination.

Facing the impact of the Shura Clan experts, under Qinglingzi’s command, the "All Immortals Formation" transformed into endless mist, which was a mix of a defensive barrier and a confusing array, barely ensuring temporary safety.

"Ah…"

However, at that moment, a terrible cry suddenly rang out, a voice quite familiar. All the masters were shocked and turned to look, only to see that Heibaizi, one of the masters, had now been split into two halves, falling toward the ground and meeting his demise.

This was the first time since the Righteous Alliance was formed that a master had died.

It turned out that Heibaizi had used all his strength, cast a secret technique, and with great difficulty, managed to slice one Shura Clan member in half, believing that even if this Shura Clan member possessed the legendary "Immortal Body," he should be dead now, and charged towards the next Shura Clan member.

However, the Shura Clan member who had been cut in half quickly glued his two halves back together. After the blood mist rose and then dissipated, it was as if nothing had happened, and he continued charging at Heibaizi. At this moment, Heibaizi was already entangled by two Shura Clan experts, and suddenly, the Shura Clan member he had previously cut in half punched him in the waist. The force of this punch was so strong that even a master’s body could not withstand it, causing Heibaizi to be split in half at the waist.

The same thing kept happening to every Shura Clan member. Even after cutting off one Shura Clan member’s head, that supposed-to-be-dead Shura Clan member was still attacking, and the severed head was floating in the air, biting towards the human cultivators. In an instant, the human masters were thrown into chaos.

Seeing Heibaizi’s tragic state at death, Immortal Zizhen’s eyes flashed with anger as he shouted at Zhang Xusheng, "Stick to the plan!"

Zhang Xusheng nodded, and during a lull in the battle, he shot a purple command arrow into the sky, sending a message that only his subordinates could understand.

With Zhang Xusheng’s command, countless white clouds suddenly floated in from every corner of the sky, gathering over the battlefield. These white clouds were completely ordinary, while the Shura Clan members continued to fight fiercely against the human cultivators, none of them noticing anything unusual.

These white clouds were Zhang Xusheng’s "Disaster Cloud"!

At the same time, endless Rainbow Spirit Swords gathered together in the sky, transforming into dozens of Rainbow Giant Swords that aimed at the Shura Clan members caught in the chaotic battle.

The Shura Clan members sensed the tremendous power of the Rainbow Giant Swords and tried to dodge, but the Immortal Puppets that were attacking them turned into Immortal Spirit Qi and attached themselves to the Shura Clan members, making it difficult for them to move for a short time.

In that brief moment of being trapped, two or three dozen Shura Clan members were pierced through by the Rainbow Giant Swords.

Then, the power of Zhang Xusheng’s "Disaster Cloud" was revealed to everyone for the first time. The "Disaster Cloud" floated together, descending like a Heavenly Tribulation, unleashing countless magical powers. Its strength was beyond everyone’s expectations, as endless lightning and flames concentrated into over twenty beams of light, attacking the more than twenty Shura Clan members who were unable to move and had been pierced.

The beams of light struck the Rainbow Giant Swords that were embedded in the Shura Clan members.

The powerful energy transmitted through the Rainbow Giant Swords into the bodies of the Shura Clan members, continuously destroying them. Then, there was a loud explosion, as the Rainbow Spirit Swords burst apart in an instant, catching the Shura Clan members off guard, and their bodies turned to dust in that moment.

Although the Shura Clan boasted of having Immortal Bodies, at that moment their energy had not fully recovered, and their strong physical defense and unparalleled recovery ability could not be fully displayed. Finally, under the combination of the "All Immortals Formation" and the "Disaster Cloud," more than twenty Shura Clan members were killed in one blow.

Seeing such results, every human cultivator felt a surge of spirit. Although the Shura Clan was still powerful and they were still at a disadvantage, this great battle was no longer a certain defeat.

However, everyone understood that even though they had just killed twenty to thirty members of the Shura Clan in one breath, these Shura Clan members were the weakest among them, and the previous strike had been a surprise. It would be unlikely to do it again.

Nevertheless, having eliminated twenty to thirty opponents in one go, Scholar Buxing and the others felt much less pressure.

Indeed, the Shura Clan members became more cautious afterward and were no longer able to attack them effectively as before. The "Disaster Cloud" attack could now only serve as an auxiliary attack and a means of distraction, similar to the Rainbow Spirit Sword from the "All Immortals Formation." After all, such a powerful attack required a long time to gather strength.

Meanwhile, the Shura Clan members showed no signs of panic over their comrades’ deaths; instead, they became even more fierce in their attacks against the human cultivators, creating a scene of relentless battle.

This war lasted a full ten days.

Both the Shura Clan members and the human cultivators continued to suffer increasing casualties.