Chapter 474: Chapter 472: Golden Cicada (Seeking Subscription)_1
"That top-tier level four Heavenly Phoenix has engaged in combat with Demon Lord Tian Du..."
Within the battle array, Nangong Li was guarded by the Eighteen Heavenly Concubines as if his defense was as solid as a golden soup.
He listened to the voices of the Spiritual Beasts by his side and a trace of joy emerged on his face, "The Transformation Array has been broken... It must have been several Array Eyes collapsing at once... Now the main goals of this battle have been essentially achieved."
Unfortunately, even though the strategic goals were accomplished, how to retreat with dignity was also a matter that needed consideration.
If the main battlefield here does not completely defeat the Monster Clan, the Cultivator army wouldn’t dare to retreat half a step, for it would lead to an immediate collapse of the entire front!
In this respect, even the Cultivators from Sects were not much better than Individual Cultivators in terms of character.
After all, the Immortal Path cherishes self-interest!
If there’s no hope of victory, everyone will inevitably fly away when disaster looms, and that will lead to even greater catastrophes...
The same principle applies to the Monster Clan.
The higher level Monster Beasts with awakened Spiritual Wisdom are also selfish and cherish their lives... When they truly face a massive defeat, they will run away too.
"Finally, the situation of this battle has leaned towards us."
Nangong Li sensed the spiritual energy in the void becoming much denser and a faint smile appeared on his face.
For Human Cultivators, as long as they don’t lose this battle, it’s a victory!
Even a draw would be acceptable.
But for the Monster Clan, it’s too much of a loss.
With the Transformation Array destroyed and countless precious materials turned to ashes, it’s unlikely they would be able to set up another one within decades!
And without the ability to change the world, even if they win every battle, when the time of the Higher Realm’s descent ends, they are still defeated!
Whoosh!
Just then, a streak of Escape Light flew towards them, it was Lord Tianlong!
He had already transformed into a half-human half-dragon form, his body covered in scales that formed an armor, with dragon horns on his head, and a weak aura, appearing somewhat disheveled.
"It’s Lord Tianlong!"
The Heavenly Concubines on the perimeter didn’t dare to neglect such a Nascent Soul old monster and immediately opened the array, allowing Lord Tianlong to enter within.
"Tianlong, you’ve worked hard in your magic contest with that Dapeng, you can rest here in the array for a bit... I still have two Blood-returning pills here..."
Nangong Li said.
Through the Four-eared Marmoset, he had been in control of the entire situation all along and was aware that Lord Tianlong had suffered significant injuries in his earlier fight with a lower-tier level four Dapeng.
"Thank you, sir,"
Lord Tianlong hastily thanked him and reached out for the pills.
Suddenly!
His claw transformed into a dragon claw mid-air, with cold Evil Qi emanating from each scale, and he clawed ferociously at Nangong Li.
Pop!
Nangong Li, caught off guard, stumbled backward several steps with a flush on his face despite the automatic defense of his protective light and angrily exclaimed, "Tianlong... you..."
"Die!"
Lord Tianlong, having calculated many things in advance, did not hesitate at all once he made his move, and opened his mouth to reveal a golden cone with sinister bloodstains on its surface.
Grinning viciously, he was about to activate the golden flying cone to pierce through Nangong Li’s protective Spiritual Shield and destroy his magic body.
Just at that moment, a clear sound of a sword cry suddenly came from within Nangong Li’s dantian!
Whiz!
The sound of a sword cry seemed to fill the void, causing uncertainty in Lord Tianlong’s heart, "Nangong Li’s cultivation of Charming Skills isn’t that of a sword cultivator..."
But it was already too late.
For some unknown reason, Lord Tianlong felt a severe pain in his Divine Soul and couldn’t help holding his half-dragon head and screamed in agony.
Nangong Li, seizing such a good opportunity, turned into a hazy pink Escape Light and shot rapidly backwards while coldly snorting, "Eighteen Heavenly Concubines, form the ’Mysterious Slaughter Array’!"
The many Heavenly Concubines quickly played their instruments, bringing Prohibition after Prohibition into appearance, closing in like a cage to trap Lord Tianlong within.
A spiritual Treasure flew out, bearing the Eight Diagrams, and firmly protected Nangong Li. It was at that moment he realized why he managed to escape death and he spat disdainfully, "That heartless one, fortunately, didn’t go back on his word..."
...
Whoosh!
Fang Xi turned into a streak of blue Sword Light as he traveled, suddenly touching his nose.
After much consideration, he decided he should take a look at the battlefield.
The activation of the Green Barley Sword Qi didn’t necessarily mean the defeat of the Human Cultivator army, it could also be that Nangong Li had encountered personal peril.
’If the situation is slightly unfavorable and within my power, I should lend a hand, after all, I don’t want to flee my homeland...’
’If it’s an unachievable task, then there’s nothing I can do, moving is moving...’
His speed was extremely fast, and it didn’t take long before he reached the edge of the main battlefield, a hundred miles away.
Fang Xi released his Divine Consciousness and immediately gasped in shock.
Firelight, Talismans...
Spiritual Treasures, Puppets...
The ground was covered with various kinds of debris, with blood flowing in streams...
It was his first time seeing such a gruesome battlefield for Cultivators!
Clouds of Green Qi spread out without restraint while bird cries echoed from within, entangled with a Divine Demon who was controlling many ’ghost children’...
In another spot, numerous zombie-like Demon cadavers marched slowly but resolutely forward, beneath the sky there were six or seven strangely-shaped Treasures emitting weird Demon Qi, with the Eighteen Heavenly Concubines behind playing as if beating the drum for marching...
Large numbers of low-ranking Cultivators formed into arrays that turned into giants of various colors, roaring as they fought against the Monster Beasts...
In the high skies was the battlefield of many Nascent Soul Cultivators, where several level four Monster Beasts revealed their true forms! The most terrifying was undoubtedly the midst of Blue Light and Demon Flames...
Fang Xi even discovered Bai Yunsou and Elder Diao Ao joining the side of the cultivators, besieging a four-tier monster beast with eight heads.
Although each head of the four-tier monster beast corresponded to one of the Five Elements and was capable of unleashing attacks such as wind, thunder, and ice, it was clearly at a disadvantage and had already been beheaded several times...
"It seems the situation isn’t too bad..."
Fang Xi even felt that even without his intervention, by reversing the Great Array, the army of cultivators could achieve a tragic victory in the end!
’Hmm, I’ll just watch the drama... wait a second...’
Suddenly, Fang Xi’s expression changed.
And so did the expressions of many Nascent Soul cultivators.
Over the battlefield, at some point, a loud cry of cicadas had begun to ring out!
The cry was mournful like that of the autumn cicadas... yet it carried a shocking murderous intent!
Boom!
Three golden beams of light shot up from the commanding stage into the sky, each carrying the magic power fluctuations of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, or even that of a high-grade tier-four, causing every Nascent Soul cultivator’s heart to tremble with fear: "There are actually three more high-grade tier-four members of the Monster Clan?! It’s over..."
Many cultivators reacted with incredible speed; some old demons, regardless of the frenzied attacks from the four-tier monster beasts, were even willing to get injured just to use their Blood Escape Skills, attempting to flee the battlefield!
As for what came after, they dared not think anymore...
However, the many four-tier monster beasts would obviously not let them leave, acting crazily as if mad, fiercely holding numerous Nascent Soul cultivator entangled...
Among the surging golden light, vague phantom figures of members of the Monster Clan could be seen directly charging into the high skies and into the center of the fiercest battle.
The surrounding cries of the cicadas suddenly grew even more piercing.
Crack!
A peal of thunder resounded, followed by the roar of Demon Lord Tian Du.
Boom!
In the high skies, a faint image of a demonic palace appeared, with three golden beams and one blue light inside furiously attacking, while the walls of the demon palace were rapidly thinning...
Demon Lord Tian Du stood atop the Seven Treasure Building Boat, looking behind at the Demon Summoning Altar with a bitter smile on his face: "I never thought that the Heavenly Phoenix Clan still had such a hand to play, three tier-four high-grade Great Demons, this lord’s defeat isn’t unjust..."
He then looked at the female cultivator with the Nine Yin Body: "Recently, the situation has changed, and we have lost this battle. However, since the arrangements are made, let’s activate the ’Summon Demon Order’ to cover our retreat..."
At this moment, Demon Lord Tian Du’s condition was terrifying. Not only was his face as pale as gold paper, but he also had three wounds as thin as cicada wings on his chest, ceaselessly bleeding out.
Even with his Demon Skills, he couldn’t make these wounds heal instantly, which was already quite telling.
"There’s no need to hurry with covering the retreat."
Just then, a faint voice suddenly sounded from the deck.
Demon Lord Tian Du looked over, surprised: "Yun Jiezi..."
"I have completed my task of destroying the Transformation Array and was originally planning to return to join the battle, but I saw this scene. Sir, I am not sure what that demonic palace is, but it actually managed to trap four great cultivators for a moment..."
Fang Xi appeared, offering a slight smile as he spoke.
"It’s just an ancestral fifth-tier secret talisman. Sadly, it only has the power to seal and not to kill. Even if I had a fifth-tier talisman capable of killing enemies, there is no guarantee that those three Golden Cicadas could be exterminated..."
Demon Lord Tian Du quickly said.
’So those three monster beasts are called Golden Cicadas?’
Fang Xi’s eyes flickered.
Initially, when he saw the three high-grade tier-four monster beasts appear, he intended to escape directly.
But as a practitioner of the Kuyong Skills, he clearly sensed that the state of those three monster beasts was not quite right, as if their life force was like a candle in the wind.
After slightly deploying his Kuyong Mysterious Light and confirming that their lifespan was only about one or two years, he no longer wanted to flee.
That’s why he had come to meet Tian Du.
"Sir, are you already preparing to retreat? Don’t you have any trump cards... such as a fifth-tier Spirit Communicating Treasure or something?"
Fang Xi tentatively asked.
"If I had one... I would have used it long ago; why would I fall to such a plight?" said Demon Lord Tian Du with a cold snort.
A fifth-tier Spirit Communicating Treasure was something even Transcendent Gods didn’t necessarily possess. In fact, most of them had been taken to the Earth Immortal Realm by the Perfect Transcendent Gods who ascended.
"I see... I won’t waste words then. If I can deal with those three Golden Cicadas, does Sir have the confidence to turn defeat into victory?"
Fang Xi quickly said, "After success, I want the complete ’Seven Emotions and Sorrows Script’..."
After practicing this Divine Consciousness cultivation technique, he keenly felt that the technique was incomplete.
But thinking about it was normal; after all, Demon Lord Tian Du had only agreed to provide the curse-lifting method, not to teach the Demon Skills.
"Sir actually has a way?"
A touch of joy appeared on Demon Lord Tian Du’s face: "If that’s the case, I agree!"
Pfft!
Just then, the three golden beams of light in the sky had already torn through the phantom image of the virtual demon palace, and gigantic Golden Cicadas with golden bodies emerged, surrounded by hazy golden spots. With a focused gaze, they noticed the Nine Divine Demons.
The three Golden Cicadas flew towards Demon Lord Tian Du. Midway, they took a slight detour to the location of the Nine Divine Demons.
Yin Ji, Ghost Mother, screamed and summoned the Nine Ghost Children Divine Demons in front of her while her huge figure rapidly retreated.
But it was too late.
After the three golden beams of light hovered briefly, countless densely packed golden spots appeared, and upon closer inspection, they were tiny Golden Cicadas.
With the flapping of their wings, a golden streak of light flashed through the void, and the Nine Ghost Children Divine Demons were instantly shattered.
Yin Ji, Ghost Mother, screamed, abandoning the Ghost Mother Divine Demon, and under the protection of the Ghost Dove Cane, she turned into a gray Escape Light and retreated.
Pop!
The Ghost Mother Divine Demon got sliced by the cicada wings, breaking apart, as the golden light landed on Yin Ji, Ghost Mother, destroying her magical body in an instant!
Along with the sound of cicadas, a Nascent Soul appeared from the void, the look of utter terror apparent on its tiny face, as it was punctured by three slender proboscises...
After the three Golden Cicadas left the scene, there was nothing left in the original spot, except for the golden spots that swirled around them, which suddenly thickened by several degrees!