The colossal silhouette of the Evil God, towering a thousand feet high, reaches from the heavens to the earth in its enormity.
The dreary and malicious aura of the Evil Spirit drifts along with the night wind, sending chills down the spine.
They crossed mountains and seas to arrive, making the mountain ranges outside Demon Sword City look minuscule in comparison, like molds piled up by children.
The appearance of these silhouettes of Evil Gods startled the Immortal Artifact Masters within Demon Sword City to their feet.
“Silhouettes of Evil Gods?”
“How could there be so many?!”
Except for Wei Suyi, who was sitting cross-legged on the street gathering flames and performing divination, the other three Immortal Artifact Masters were shocked and looked towards the outside of the city.
Even Wei Suyi, who did not stand up, was also shocked and looked up towards the wilderness outside the city.
The havoc wrought by these silhouettes of Ancient Evil Gods, which are only mentioned in legends, is no secret in the Cultivation World.
In the past few months, these silhouettes of Evil Gods from across the seas have rampaged through the Cultivation World without restraint, devastating and even annihilating several major sects.
To confront this crisis, major sects from both the immortal and demonic paths of the Cultivation World have gathered forces, concentrating their Power to counter these sinister Evil Gods.
But until they arrived at Demon Sword City, these Evil Gods had only been scattered, wandering around various places in the north and south.
Now, all the Evil Gods have gathered outside Demon Sword City…
Looking at the towering silhouettes of the Evil Gods outside the city, the faces of the Immortal Artifact Masters darkened.
Xie Liuyun said, “Twenty-seven in total… it seems that all the Evil God silhouettes in the Cultivation World have come.”
Qing Hui frowned, “Why would they suddenly gather here? Is there something inside Demon Sword City that attracted them?”
Without a word, Tuoba Lie took out the Moon-shooting Bow and aimed an arrow at the Evil God silhouette closest to Demon Sword City.
The massive nature’s spiritual energy frantically gathered around Tuoba Lie.
The vast vortex of Spiritual Energy converged in his palm, transforming into a bright white translucent arrow of light.
After three breaths, Tuoba Lie released this extremely powerful arrow.
The icy cold light tore through the night’s darkness, piercing the night sky above Demon Sword City and striking the Evil God silhouette outside the city wall accurately.
However, the Evil God silhouette that took this arrow head-on merely became blurry and chaotic for a moment, but soon reformed itself.
Tuoba Lie’s full Power shot was unable to inflict effective damage on these Evil God projections!
Seeing this, Xie Liuyun shook his head, “I’ve tried before as well. These Evil God silhouettes cannot be killed. Their Power is inexhaustible, even if they’re temporarily defeated, they will return swiftly.”
“To deal with them, we must use [Trap], not [Kill].”
Xie Liuyun obviously had experience dealing with these Evil God silhouettes and did not rush to act.
Qing Hui then said, “These groups of Evil God silhouettes seem to have no intention of entering the city! Is there something in the city that makes them wary?”
Qing Hui looked puzzled.
Because those Evil God silhouettes traversed the mountains and wilderness and arrived outside Demon Sword City.
The low walls of Demon Sword City beneath their feet appeared as mere dirt ridges.
Yet, they stood still right in front of the low wall, as if something sinister would occur if they crossed it.
Twenty-seven Evil God silhouettes merely roamed coldly outside Demon Sword City.
Their gazes roamed and shifted within the city, clearly searching for something.
Tuoba Lie coldly said, “This is a hunt, their prey is in this city. Although they don’t enter, they have trapped Demon Sword City; now, anyone who leaves will directly face the twenty-seven Evil Gods…”
Xie Liuyun, puzzled, “What is their prey?”
Qing Hui shook her head, “You might ask them, perhaps they will answer you.”
The usually aloof Qing Hui, this time unexpectedly made a rare cold joke.
Xie Liuyun could only give a helpless smile, naturally aware that this group of Evil Gods could not be communicated with.
Li Muyang, who had been silent all this while, stared intently at the projections of the Evil Gods outside, feeling a torrent of fury within.
Dammit… These projections of the Evil Gods were clearly targeting him.
But the problem was, previously the Evil Gods were roaming everywhere, buzzing around aimlessly like headless flies.
Why did the Evil Gods swarm in right after Li Muyang set foot in Demon Sword City?
Was that thing inside Demon Sword City summoning the Evil Gods?
Damn it!
The warning from the mysterious ancient corpse was right; there was nothing good hidden inside Demon Sword City.
Fortunately, the phantom Evil Gods did not dare to enter Demon Sword City, hesitant about something, merely surrounding the city.
But at this moment, including Li Muyang, the rest of the Immortal Artifact Masters also became sitting ducks.
Theoretically, with their combined strength, they should have been invincible.
But they couldn’t withstand the sheer number of Evil Gods!
Wei Suyi frowned and said, “Let’s observe the situation first, and not provoke that group of Evil Gods.”
“As long as they don’t enter, let’s not initiate an attack.”
If everyone joined forces to strike, this group of Evil Gods would have a hard time trapping them, but bursting through so many Evil Gods’ encirclement would inevitably come at a cost.
With the situation unclear, everyone opted to wait and see.
Wei Suyi continued divining, while others took turns helping him as protectors.
As an onlooker, Li Muyang, seeing that the Evil Gods didn’t come in for the time being, also forced himself to put aside his worries and first immerse himself in the game.
After all, clearing the game was the most important thing.
Having already encountered the likely final boss, the Great Bright Buddha, he must clear this game quickly!
Li Muyang loaded his saved data and returned to the palace.
He calmly controlled Princess Pingyao, and together with the Divine Power of the Rainbow Glass Staff, he confronted the bizarre Great Bright Buddha in the palace.
This was a very simple game level.
The goal was to confront the Great Bright Buddha, keep everyone alive, and escape the palace.
Difficult, but not impossible.
Finally, after seventy-three consecutive failed attempts, Li Muyang successfully broke through the encirclement for the first time, leading everyone out of the palace.
Outside the palace in the city, the market was bustling, with people coming and going.
The turmoil inside the palace had not affected the common people outside.
Li Muyang led everybody straight into the market, following the arrow provided by the system, zigzagging through the alleys and continuously using the power of the Rainbow Glass Staff to erase traces behind them.
Finally, after an hour, Li Muyang shook off all pursuers and brought the severely injured Princess Pingyao and the burden Ding Liang to a quiet small temple.
In the bustling market, this quiet little temple appeared somewhat odd.
And the system’s guiding arrow pointed right here as the final destination.
Li Muyang, holding the staff, stepped forward and kicked the temple door open.
Inside the hall, a headless monk stood up, and let out a chuckling sound.
“…Congratulations, layman, on escaping the danger.”
Miao Fengjun, disguised as the headless holy monk Liao Kong, was unmistakably present.