parentshiftbook Chapter 133: Dead?
Chapter 133: Dead?
The situation suddenly reached a stalemate.
Inside the royal city, the warriors all stopped fighting, looking up at the sky with astonishment and uncertainty. A three-headed demon, blotting out the sky, was raining down blood.
"It seems... there's still a chance!" someone whispered.
Zhang Ping's hand seals shifted and his movements were fluid and graceful. He actually managed to cut off a pair of amethyst wings from the Black Tiger King, severely injuring it!
Sha Kui's severed arm hovered in mid-air. Yan Wang narrowly avoided the gray blade energy aimed at his head, but his horn was swept away by the power of the water god and flew down to Zhang Ping's side.
Amethyst wings, the severed arm of the Demon King, the Flame King's single horn...
The three demon kings were severely injured in the blink of an eye, their arrogance vanished, and only disbelief and horror remained on their faces.
"Demon Lord!" The Black Tiger King endured the excruciating pain in his back, flapped his broken wings, and retreated back below the black hole. The imposing aura he had just displayed due to the surge of savage energy had vanished completely.
The Demon Lord ignored it. An aura surged into his eyes, and his gaze locked onto Zhang Ping as if it were a tangible object, especially staring at the blurry gray mantis phantom behind Zhang Ping.
A moment later, a hint of surprise flashed in the Demon Lord's eyes:
"No! Although your power has reached the Divine Realm, your spirit has not broken through the barrier."
"Sealable power should never be allowed to manifest!"
The Demon Lord's mind raced, utterly perplexed. He had studied the Heaven and Earth Seal of the former Wei and Zhao territories for thousands of years, knowing it intimately and with its boundaries clearly defined.
The power he just bestowed upon the three demons barely touched the edge of the Divine Power Realm before it already triggered the seal's alert. How was Zhang Ping able to unleash his Divine Power despite the seal's gaze?
Zhang Ping's eyes were still shrouded in gray mist, and he appeared wooden and lifeless. However, his pupils, which faced the Demon Lord, and his slightly raised eyebrows indicated that his consciousness was not asleep.
The Demon Lord's words clearly reached his ears, stirring up waves in his heart as well:
"Divine Power Realm? Could it be a realm beyond the sixth level of Body Refinement? And what is spiritual power?"
If the power granted by the beast markings can truly reach the Divine Realm, it means that the seal is ineffective against it.
This was undoubtedly fantastic news for him!
The battlefield fell into an eerie silence, with only the blood-red light curtain flowing in the sky, constantly drawing in wisps of life force.
Countless eyes were focused on this.
The Demon Lord's expression shifted between anger and uncertainty, yet he remained motionless. Zhang Ping gradually understood: "It seems that the seal prevents the Demon Lord from taking action."
With that in mind, he had no more reservations.
The gesture changed again! The little power left in his body was forcibly extracted, and the phantom behind him slashed out a gray blade of energy towards the sky's light screen!
"Insolence!" The Demon Lord roared in fury!
Behind them, in the dark and gloomy world, a terrifying, savage pressure suddenly erupted!
However, the next moment, the floating golden chains in the sky solidified instantly, pressing down suddenly with the power to suppress everything!
The Demon Lord's eyes narrowed, and he ultimately suppressed the urge to attack.
scoff!
The blade's energy tore through the light barrier! The twisting, swirling black energy in the world instantly vanished. The black patterns spreading across the royal city crumbled inch by inch, disappearing without a trace.
Millions of lives suddenly felt the loss of life stop, and the ecstasy of surviving the catastrophe erupted!
"It's gone! That damn thing has vanished!"
"We're saved!"
"..."
The moment the light curtain shattered, an endless tide of demons surged towards the city walls like a flood bursting its banks!
The Demon Lord's expression, however, returned to an unusual calm, tinged with cold indifference. He glanced at the sky, then abruptly gave his command, his voice resounding throughout the heavens and earth:
"Demons, heed my command! At any cost, surround and kill the King of Southern Frontier!"
The day has not yet arrived! As long as Miao Caixin is killed before then, there is still a chance to repair the Xuan Tian Blood Sacrifice Array!
Below the summit of the sacred mountain, the guardian elder, who had been despondent, witnessed the light barrier shatter and his body trembled violently!
She suddenly pulled a strange Gu worm from her waist, poured all her blood and energy into it without hesitation, and threw it high into the air!
The Gu worm suddenly exploded in mid-air, and the blinding light transformed into an enormous phantom!
The phantom figure possessed an exquisitely beautiful face and wore the solemn and dignified robes of the Southern Frontier King.
It was Miao Caixin!
The eyes of millions in the entire royal city were instantly drawn to it.
That exquisitely beautiful phantom's gaze swept across the ravaged land, and its majestic command resounded through the heavens:
"People of the Southern Frontier! Slay the demons!"
The command was like thunder, and the chaotic group of martial artists found their leader, their passion instantly overcoming their fear!
"Slay the demons!"
"Follow the king to fight the enemy!"
The earth-shattering roars of battle soared straight to the heavens!
A million warriors marched out of the royal city and collided violently with the surging tide of demons!
Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and the sounds of battle shook the heavens!
At the mountain peak, the gray aura around Zhang Ping had faded, and his face showed signs of exhaustion. Although the power of the Ghost Blade was strong, his foundation was still shallow, and he could not control it for long.
However, the objective has already been achieved.
With the Demon Lord restrained and unable to act, the three Demon Kings suffered heavy injuries, and the royal city warriors, encouraged by Miao Caixin's backup plan, launched a counterattack... He only needed to wait for the essence gu to be refined.
At the edge of the black hole, the Demon Lord watched the warriors rushing out of the royal city like a tidal wave, his eyes growing colder.
At this moment, in the direction of the East District, He Changhong was surrounded and attacked by Miao Zhan and others, lying in a deep pit, covered in blood. His spear was broken in two and lay limply to the side.
"I lost... How could this be..." He Changhong was barely breathing.
"I failed." The Demon Lord glanced at the sky; the sun was about to rise. Despite his immense reluctance, he had no choice but to give up.
He expended countless efforts to drive the elite troops of the southern border and a million civilians to the royal city, and then mobilized a demon army to set up the Xuan Tian Blood Sacrifice Array, all in an attempt to loosen the seal.
Everything was going according to plan, but it all fell apart at the last minute.
It's all Zhang Ping...
The Demon Lord's cold gaze swept over the youth on the mountaintop, and he shook his head inwardly.
The plan to build the royal city has failed, so they have to settle for second best and use the blood of the people of the Eastern Territory as a sacrifice... but the effect will be greatly reduced.
The black hole began to rotate faster, and three auras enveloped the heavily injured Black Tiger King and the Three Demons, seemingly about to retreat.
Right now—
At the summit of the sacred mountain, a dazzling light erupted once more!
The Demon Lord paused, then turned around to look!
The black aura that had enveloped the mountaintop had dissipated. Miao Caixin hovered in front of the enormous King Gu Bowl, with a strange Gu worm, about the size of a thumb, with a large head, a long body, and two round balls hanging from its tail, floating in front of her chest.
"Is it going to work?" Zhang Ping suddenly turned around and met Miao Caixin's gaze.
Miao Caixin withdrew her gaze from the people fighting bloody battles outside the city, and a radiant, relieved smile bloomed on her face.
Immediately afterward, to Zhang Ping's astonishment, she swallowed the venomous insect without hesitation!
As soon as the Gu worm entered her mouth, Miao Caixin's face instantly contorted in extreme pain, and her body became ethereal and transparent at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Zhang."
At the last moment, her red lips moved slightly, bidding farewell silently.
With a flash of light, her figure completely vanished, merging into the suspended spirit Gu!
The dazzling light on the mountaintop suddenly went out, leaving only a translucent yellow Gu worm, which floated quietly in the center of the King Gu Bowl, echoing the sun from afar!
The pure essence of the sun, like silk threads, sprinkled onto the body of the Gu worm and merged into the sleeping soul of the woman within.
This change happened in the blink of an eye!
From the burst of light at the mountain peak to the final formation of the spirit worm, only a few breaths passed.
Apart from figures like Zhang Ping and the Demon Lord, almost no one noticed.
Zhang Ping was stunned, and even opened his mouth in bewilderment.
Miao Caixin...is dead?
"Dead?!" The Demon Lord was also stunned.
He died on the summit of the holy mountain just before the day was about to arrive.
"Zhang Ping!" The Demon Lord suddenly looked at Zhang Ping, a strange light flashing in his eyes, and burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! You've done me a great favor!"
The black hole, which was accelerating its flow, suddenly stopped!
The Demon Lord actually took a step forward, half of his body stepping out of the black hole!
The golden chains in the sky sensed this and hummed as they extended and pressed down.
The Demon Lord, however, remained unmoved, sitting cross-legged in the void, his hands forming an extremely strange hand seal.
An eerie, incomprehensible chant suddenly echoed between heaven and earth:
"￥&（￥#￥&**……&￥@！#％……&*"