Chapter 223: Chapter 223: Four Symbols Great Array (4th Update)
The Imperial Palace of Tianyu City was in chaos, with civil and military officials on both sides looking towards the Great Xia Emperor seated on the Dragon Throne in panic and terror.
The Great Xia Emperor, a peerless powerhouse at the ninth level of the Dao Palace Realm.
However, under the terrifying pressure of the Demon Lord, the Great Xia Emperor was no more than an ant.
All one hundred palaces within Tianyu City trembled.
“Your Majesty, the State Preceptor has already gone to Mount Shu to ask for help.”
“Activate the Four Symbols Great Array, guard the Imperial City, and wait for the Daoist Masters from Mount Shu to come down the mountain.”
The Great Xia Emperor took a deep breath and issued his imperial decree.
In the east, south, west, and north of Tianyu City, there stood a divine pillar at each direction, respectively engraved with the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise totems.
The cultivators of Xia Kingdom worked together to activate the divine pillars in all four directions, initiating the Four Symbols Great Array.
The shadows of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise emerged, and a cubical barrier enveloped the entire city, protecting millions of souls.
The Loose Cultivators and mortals within Tianyu City, sensing the extraordinariness of the situation, were filled with nothing but fear.
Xia Kingdom was the strongest force in Xia State, aside from the six major sects and four Demon Sects, with the Great Xia Emperor at the peak of the Dao Palace Realm, half a step into the Void Refinement Realm. Supported by organizations such as the Imperial Guards and the Literary Court, which foster Loose Cultivator powerhouses, the Imperial City had almost never activated the Four Symbols Great Array.
However, the fact that the Great Xia Emperor directly decreed the activation of the Four Symbols Great Array for self-defense indicated that even he was unsure of his ability to combat the incoming Great Demon.
In the Heavenly Prison of the Imperial Palace, a terrifying surge of Divine Sense wave passed through, and a strand of Spiritual Energy appeared, testing the strength of the Demonic Qi.
At Picking Flowers Temple within Tianyu City, a monk chanting scriptures came to a halt, his calm expression gradually turning stern. He rose to his feet, pushed open the dust-covered wooden door, and gazed at the endless Demonic Qi above Tianyu City.
In a dilapidated small Daoist Temple on the city corner, a Daoist reclined against a wooden beam, holding a tattered fan, scratching an itch. As a spatial rift appeared above Tianyu City, pervaded by Demonic Qi, the Daoist’s previously contented expression abruptly froze, “This Demonic Qi is extremely terrifying…”
In the bamboo forest of the Literary Court, the Old National Master looked solemnly at the sky-high Demonic Qi, “They’ve come.”
A vast Ancient Cauldron tore through the space above Tianyu City, emerging from the rift.
The moment the Ancient Cauldron appeared, the Immortal Qi it released suppressed Tianyu City, and the entire city violently shook!
“This is an Immortal Artifact!!!”
Si Yan and the Loose Cultivators of the Xia Kingdom felt as though their bodies and spirits were being torn apart by the Ancient Cauldron.
If a powerhouse were to operate the Ancient Cauldron and suppress Tianyu City, the entire city would sink beneath the earth!
The Ancient Cauldron radiated divine light, and the people of the Demon Race from Huang State, the Joyous Union Sect, the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons, and the Summoning Demon Palace arrived at Tianyu City, imposing terrifying presences!
Leading them was a man with flaming red hair; the Ancient Cauldron shrank back into his palm, still emanating dreadful Immortal Qi.
Apart from the Demon Lord, Sect Masters from the Joyous Union Sect, the Valley Master from the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons, and other powerful Demon Sect figures descended, their terrifying presences capable of destroying heaven and earth.
The Palace Master of the Summoning Demon Palace said in a sinister tone, “Hehe, we can finally make our move to exterminate Mount Shu. But before that, let’s raze this city protected by Mount Shu to the ground and collect their souls.”
The Valley Master from the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons, her face veiled in black gauze, stopped the Palace Master of the Summoning Demon Palace, “We still need to use this city to lure out the people of Mount Shu. You wouldn’t want to test the might of Mount Shu’s Mountain Protection Array, would you?”
“Their auras… they are so powerful…”
Si Yan was filled with utter despair.
The Demon Lord had torn through space, a supreme Divine Skill never seen before.
The Sect Master of the Joyous Union Sect, the Valley Master of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons, the Palace Master of the Summoning Demon Palace—these Demon Sect powerhouses were on a level far beyond her reach.
Even any one of the Demon Sect’s Supreme Elders possessed the cultivation of the Void Refinement Realm.
The Demon Lord had brought forth powerful beings from the Demon Race of Huang State, many of whom were at the Dao Palace Realm and the Void Refinement Realm.
Despair.
Si Yan could think of no strategy.
This group of Demon Sect and Demon Race powerhouses could annihilate any sect.
The Loose Cultivators of Xia Kingdom felt the same despair as Si Yan.
Demon Lords and Sect Masters of the Demon Sects, such existences were far beyond their reach.
“Formation? Break it for me!”
The Sect Master of the Joyous Union Sect, upon seeing Tianyu City protected by the Four Symbols Great Array, thus took out the mid-grade Immortal Artifact “All Thoughts Empty.”
The swiftly spinning immortal ring slammed into the Four Symbols Great Array!
Boom!
The Four Symbols Great Array shook violently, and cracks even appeared on the spiritual pillars of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.
“Pfft!”
The cultivators from the Dao Palace Realm and Nascent Soul Realm maintaining the Four Symbols Great Array spewed blood. They were injured by the shockwaves transmitted by the Great Array!
The Sect Master of the Joyous Union Sect, a peak ninth-layer cultivator of the Void Refinement Realm with a mid-grade Immortal Artifact at his disposal, knew that the formations of Tianyu City simply could not withstand the attacks of a mid-grade Immortal Artifact.
“Again!”
The Sect Master of the Joyous Union Sect’s expression was ferocious and excited as he once again urged the mid-grade Immortal Artifact to continue attacking the Four Symbols Great Array!
The princess of Xia Kingdom and the Loose Cultivators could only hide within the Four Symbols Great Array, watching in terror as the Sect Master of the Joyous Union Sect used the Immortal Artifact to attack the Great Array over and over.
The Demon Lord and other Sect Masters of the Demon Sects didn’t make a move, simply watching calmly as the Sect Master of the Joyous Union Sect attacked the formation.
The Valley Master of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons did not forget to remind, “Measure your strength, do not destroy the entire city. Otherwise, the people of Mount Shu will hide like shrinking turtles and dare not come out.”
“You don’t need to teach me. Break it for me!”
The Sect Master of the Joyous Union Sect snorted coldly, and on the thirteenth strike of “All Thoughts Empty,” the Four Symbols Great Array finally could not withstand the attack of the mid-grade Immortal Artifact anymore. The spiritual pillars shattered thunderously, and the barrier dissipated.
The cultivators from Xia Kingdom who were maintaining the Four Symbols Great Array were struck, all of them dispirited.
“This is bad.”
The Emperor of Xia Kingdom knew that the Four Symbols Great Array had been breached and that Tianyu City was now at the mercy of their opponents.
“Your Majesty, what should, what should we do?”
The cultivators of Xia Kingdom looked towards their emperor in despair.
With the strongest defensive formation of Tianyu City destroyed, and their own strength as Golden Core Realm, Nascent Soul Realm, and Dao Palace Realm Loose Cultivators, they simply had no way to block the Demon Lords and Sect Masters of the Demon Sects.
The Emperor of Xia Kingdom’s face was ashen as he transmitted a message to the being within the Heavenly Prison, “My junior has no strategies left, I beg the Ancestor to take action, to save the people of the entire city.”
There was a period of silence from the being within the Heavenly Prison.
Suddenly, the Heavenly Prison within the imperial city shook violently, and an aura surged, an aura that was even above that of the Emperor of Xia Kingdom!
“This is…?”
The cultivators of Xia Kingdom were immensely shocked; no one expected that within the Heavenly Prison of the palace, there would be such a powerful existence!
The Emperor of Xia Kingdom solemnly said, “This is the eighth generation former emperor of our Xia Kingdom, who has always been cultivating a cultivation technique in seclusion within the Heavenly Prison.”
Above Tianyu City, the Demon Lord and the Sect Masters of the Demon Sects looked down mockingly on the frightened people below.
With their level of cultivation, they could level Tianyu City at any moment, but they were deliberately waiting for the people of Mount Shu to show up.
“This is too boring. Before the people of Mount Shu arrive, let’s kill a few people.”
The Palace Master of the Summoning Demon Palace reached out and grabbed, and a Golden Core Realm Loose Cultivator uncontrollably flew towards the Palace Master of the Summoning Demon Palace.
The Palace Master of the Summoning Demon Palace used his Demonic Cultivation Skills and forcibly extracted the soul of the Golden Core Realm Loose Cultivator.
The Golden Core Realm Loose Cultivator, devoid of his soul, fell from the sky.
The remaining Loose Cultivators of Xia Kingdom were horrified.