Chapter 231: Chapter 231 Zodiac Star Battle Array (2nd Update)
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Boom… Thunderous…
From beneath Mount Shu came an intense rumbling sound, as 365 peaks each shot up a splendid beam of light, piercing through the clouds and illuminating heaven and earth!
Lu Changsheng’s Qingyun Peak was also a part of the Zodiac Star Battle Array.
The light columns from Mount Shu’s main peak and Ten Thousand Swords Peak were especially dazzling, one yang and one yin, stirring up the wind and clouds!
The experts from the five major sects were incredibly astonished.
No one could have expected that Mount Shu’s real Mountain Protecting Divine Formation would be so astonishingly powerful!
The Zodiac Star Battle Array laid down by the Ancestral Master of Mount Shu used the 365 peaks to correspond to the 365 main stars in the sky, the mortal mountains calling upon the power of the stars, filled with a murderous aura, its power peerless!
The sect leaders and elders of the Joyous Union Sect, Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons, and Summoning Demon Palace, the three great Demon Sects, were also shaken by Mount Shu’s Zodiac Star Battle Array, showing signs of panic on their faces.
As the Zodiac Star Battle Array operated, even those in the Unity Realm would fall.
“Before the Ancestral Master ascended to the Immortal Realm, to prevent Mount Shu from being attacked by powerful enemies one day, he left the Zodiac Star Battle Array. Now, the Zodiac Star Battle Array has not been used for fifty thousand years.”
As the long-dormant Zodiac Star Battle Array began to operate, Taiyuan’s eyes became sharp as a sword.
This was the final trump card against the Demon Lord.
With Mount Shu in decline, currently, only two Unity Realm experts were controlling the Zodiac Star Battle Array. Otherwise, during Mount Shu’s peak period, with the power of the Zodiac Star Battle Array, even peak Unity Realm experts could possibly fall to this formation.
“We absolutely cannot let this formation succeed!”
The sect leader of Joyous Union Sect brought out a mid-grade Immortal Artifact, All Thoughts Empty. All Thoughts Empty, like a blazing sun, smashed towards Taiyuan.
“Great Compassion Thousand Leaves Hand!”
Master Wuxiang, shifting away from his previous kind and benevolent appearance, glared with wide angry eyes, and behind him formed a hundred-zhang tall Golden Buddha with a thousand hands!
The Thousand-Hand Golden Buddha struck out palm after palm, bombarding the sect-defending treasure of the Joyous Union Sect.
Even the mid-grade Immortal Artifact was repelled by Master Wuxiang’s secret technique.
Both Master Wuxiang and the sect leader of the Joyous Union Sect were at the ninth-layer peak of the Void Refinement Realm, but even at the same level, due to differences in the cultivation techniques and insights, their combat strengths varied greatly.
Clearly, the sect leader of the Joyous Union Sect was inferior to Master Wuxiang.
The Palace Master of Summoning Demon Palace brought out a Demonic Bone, carrying a surging Demonic Qi, also attacking Taiyuan.
“You’ll have to get past me first!”
“Emperor’s Six Harmonies Spear!”
Alliance Leader Master Chen took out a divine spear and sent the Demonic Bone flying.
It was an immortal-grade low-level martial technique he had obtained through an exchange with Lu Changsheng, immensely powerful.
The Demonic Bone returned to the hands of the Palace Master of the Summoning Demon Palace, whose face grew ugly.
In the Void Refinement Realm, Alliance Leader Master Chen was certainly one of the strongest.
Alliance Leader Master Chen practiced both martial and cultivation dual practice, his physique comparable to a low-grade Immortal Artifact, and he had cultivated immortal-level martial techniques such as Baji Fist, Hundredfold Desolate Force, and Emperor’s Six Harmonies Spear; it was only a matter of time before he stepped into the Unity Realm.
A sharp and icy Sword Qi slashed towards the sect leader of Joyous Union Sect, freezing the air where it passed.
This sword stroke was incredibly swift.
The sect leader of Joyous Union Sect was caught off guard, using a mid-grade Immortal Artifact as a shield in front of him.
The Immortal Artifact “All Thoughts Empty” shone brightly like fire, but the Cold Ice Sword Qi was like a glacier coming, causing the firelight of All Thoughts Empty to gradually vanish until the Cold Ice Sword Qi finally hit the sect leader of Joyous Union Sect.
“You bitch!”
The sect leader of Joyous Union Sect was wounded by the Cold Ice Sword Qi, and when he saw who had injured him, it turned out to be Su Qian’er from the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion.
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Su Qian’er stepped into the Unity Realm, her cultivation surpassing that of the Joyous Union Sect Sect Master.
“Our five major sects may not necessarily lack a chance of victory.”
The elders and disciples from the five major sects saw their respective Sect Leaders take action, holding back the Joyous Union Sect Sect.Master and the Summoning Demon Palace Palace Master, bolstering their confidence.
However, Yu Xuanji’s brows knit slightly.
The Demon Lord, the Flood Dragon’s old servant, and the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons Valley Master — three enemies in the Unity Realm — had yet to make a move.
Among the four Demon Sects, the Valley Master of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons’s cultivation was second only to that of the Reincarnation Hall’s Wan Chengdao at his peak.
The old servant of the Flood Dragon looked around the Zodiac Star Battle Array activated by Mount Shu and said to the Demon Lord, “Master, the Mountain Protecting Divine Formation of Mount Shu is incredibly powerful. I fear that even you might fall.”
The Demon Lord turned his gaze to the Valley Master of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons.
The Master of the Valley nodded and secretly used a secret technique.
“Magnificent stars, annihilate…”
Situ Kong and the real Taiyuan chanted the mnemonic verse, exerting their full strength to operate the Zodiac Star Battle Array, intending to leverage the power of the Zodiac stars to slay their formidable enemies.
Suddenly, the Peak Master of Bimoon Peak’s face changed, “Elders, brothers, be careful!”
“Pfft!”
Situ Kong and the real Taiyuan, who were maintaining the Zodiac Star Battle Array, were ambushed, each spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Two Supreme Elders from the Immeasurable Temple suddenly attacked after approaching Situ Kong and the real Taiyuan, severely injuring both.
“You from the Immeasurable Temple dare to attack us on Mount Shu by surprise!”
The Peak Master of Bimoon Peak, enraged, sent an Immortal Sword flying to slash at the two Immeasurable Temple clerics.
The two Void Refinement Realm powerhouses summoned a treasure pagoda and a treasure vase to block the Immortal Sword.
The sudden change shocked both Mount Shu and the Immeasurable Temple sects, especially those from Mount Shu, who looked indignant, as the Immeasurable Temple had actually sent people to launch a surprise attack on them!
The monks from the Immeasurable Temple were also stunned.
“Do not be deceived, those two have been controlled by the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons. Let’s not turn on each other now.”
The real Taiyuan, despite being injured once more and as pale as golden paper, remained calm and prevented Mount Shu and the Immeasurable Temple from descending into infighting at that moment.
“Taiyuan, you truly were Mount Shu’s number one genius back then to have noticed so quickly,” the voice of the Valley Master of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons was soft and sly. He pointed with his jade-like finger, and the two Immeasurable Temple’s Void Refinement Realm powerhouses soared into the sky, joining the ranks of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons, “Two thousand years ago, our Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons discovered an ancient poisonous insect in the million mountains of Huang State and cultivated the ‘Puppet Worm.’ Even those in the Void Refinement Realm could be controlled by it. It takes a thousand years to cultivate one. To break through Mount Shu’s formation, I didn’t hesitate to use two Puppet Worms, even purposely allowing your Immeasurable Temple to enter Mount Shu.”
Upon hearing this, the Immeasurable Temple monks’ complexions changed.
Before entering Mount Shu, they had clashed with the Demon Lord and the masters of the three Demon Sects, not realizing they had fallen into the trap of the Valley Master of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons.
At that time, two clerics from the Immeasurable Temple had been injured by the Valley Master of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons and were already infected with his Puppet Worm.
“Taiyuan, it was my oversight, falling for the plot of evildoers.”
Master Wuxiang did not expect that the two highest cultivated individuals from Mount Shu would be injured by his own fellow disciples, plunging everyone once again into a desperate situation.
“This is the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons’ extraordinary technique. How can you be blamed? It’s just that with the Zodiac Star Battle Array broken, this calamity may be difficult to overcome.”
The real Taiyuan and Situ Kong were injured, causing the operation of the Zodiac Star Battle Array to cease, and the beams of light from Mount Shu’s 365 peaks vanished.
“Could it be that we truly have to place our hopes on that young man?”
Situ Kong turned his gaze towards Qingyun Peak.
On Qingyun Peak, Shen Xiaoyao, Ji Xuan, and Daoist Earth Hound were astonished to discover that the towering beam of light rising from Qingyun Peak had dissipated, restoring tranquility.
“Mount Shu’s Mountain Protection Array is indeed terrifying; even our Qingyun Peak is part of the formation. But the Mountain Protection Array has actually stopped. What on earth happened?”
The disciples of Qingyun Peak had an ominous premonition.