Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 847: Chapter 526: The Countermove

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“Boom!”

The heavens trembled, boundaries shattered, and hordes of Demon Fish streamed in, ready to ignite the fires of war.

But then, Spirit Light soared into the skies, forming array after array, reflecting each other’s brilliance, and intertwining into one.

“This is…”

“One Qi Array, Two Instruments Formation, Three Talents Formation, Four Symbols Formation…”

“Heaven Extinguishing Array, Earth Annihilation Formation, Wind Roaring Formation, Cold Ice Formation…”

“Sharp Metal Formation, Giant Wood Formation, Mysterious Water Formation, Fierce Fire Formation…”

“Wandao School!”

Faced with the Ten Direction Array, the Demon Army urgently halted, and the expressions of the transformed Demon Gods and Demon Monarchs were exceptionally ugly.

Although they knew their opponent had prepared well, and they were aware that storming the fortress would not be easy, they had not expected the enemy to have laid out so many formations.

Formations had always been a sore point for the Demon Clan.

In the Earth Immortal Realm, there are Human Clan, Monster, Buddhism, Demons, Dragon, Phoenix, Deities, and Ghosts across the eight Tao Lineages, as well as eighteen Nine Tribulations True Immortals from the eight different roots, but among these eighteen True Immortals, only two have reached the Eighth Order in the Array Formation.

These two are the literal “two people!”

One is the Taihuang Emperor of the Heavenly Court, and the other is Ratnasambhava from Buddhism, both originating from the Human Clan Tao Lineage.

This shows how much innate advantage the Human Clan possesses in the art of Array Formation.

With this advantage, the Human Clan had always held the upper hand in the nearly one million years of strife in the Earth Immortal Realm, until Taihuang Emperor perished in seclusion sixty thousand years ago, and the Human Clan lost a great supreme combat force, only then did the situation begin to change.

But now…

Observing the formations that covered the entire Twilight Realm, linked together in a connected whole, and the ease of the waiting Academy Monks in the arrays taking full advantage of time and place, the Demons and Monsters could only use four words to describe their feelings.

Like a fishbone in the throat!

Unable to swallow, unable to spit out, yet forced to swallow!

What to do?

“These formations…”

“Interlocked, stacked upon each other, each formation supporting and reinforcing the next, once activated they all come to life!”

“There must be a Formation Master in command at the center, with thousands of changes that never cease.”

“It must be Zhen Yuanzi’s doing!”

“This person really has a contingency plan.”

“At this point, there’s no other way but to forcefully attack and break through each formation individually.”

“With the potentiality of our Monster Nation Abyss, we’ll contend with the foundation of Wandao School!”

“I refuse to believe that in less than ten thousand years, he could have grown to such magnitude.”

“Each will lead an army, each will break a formation, choose for yourselves!”

Though the Ten Direction Array was perilous, the Demons and Monsters were resolute in their determination to win at all costs, leaving no room to turn back. Quickly, several Demon Gods and Demon Monarchs led their armies, diverging towards various parts of the Array.

In the battle of the Earth Immortal Realm, the Dragon, Phoenix, Deities, and Ghosts categories are negligible, with the main focus being the three races of Humans, Demons, and Monsters.

Each race has its own advantages, with Humans being Innate with superior endowments and extremely high comprehension, alongside the enormous advantage of “Innate Co-Dao” from the human body form. As a starting point, they are far above the average Demon or Monster, hence they have always been the strongest of the three races.

But Demons and Monsters are not completely without advantages. Not to mention the various noble Imperial Clan and royal families, even the regular Demons and Monsters have the advantage of numbers. Even if only one in ten thousand passes through the stages of “Spiritual Awakening,” “Enlightenment,” and “Transformation” to become a true Demon Cultivator or Monster Cultivator, their numbers far exceed that of the Humans.

Therefore, although Wandao School held the full advantage of time and place and was well-prepared for a leisurely battle, overall, the Demons and Monsters still held the upper hand.

After all, the deep-rooted strength of the Monster Nation Abyss from nearly a million years of accumulation is not something Wandao School’s lineage of tens of thousands of years can compare with.

It’s a battle of deep-rooted strength against foundational strength!

“Charge!!!”

Even when divided, the army was still vast, with hordes of Demons forming battle formations, each attacking the opposing arrays.

“Prohibition Breaking Talisman!”

“Earth Dragon Stake!”

“Mountain Moving Skill!”

“Black Fiend Blood Pollution Formation!”

Several Demon Gods and Monarchs, leading the army in a fierce attack, exhibited various divine powers, releasing numerous formation-breaking techniques that shook the Ten Direction Array, darkening the skies and obscuring the sun and moon, the landscape echoing with cries of battle.

The Academy Monks met this with equal force, merging Taoist Divine Abilities with Array Power, like a great mill grinding countless Demons. The sky was dyed with blood, the earth soaked, with more than a million corpses and blood flowing for thousands of miles, countless lives extinguished here.

Blood and flesh as the millstone, a battle for life and death!

After an incalculable duration, with countless Demon lives spent, the Ten Thousand Dao formations began to show signs of wear.

“Battle Cultivators to the front, Formation Masters mend the arrays!”

“Charge!!!”

As the formations incurred damage and their power sharply dropped, thankfully, the Scholar’s Palace already had a contingency plan. Squads of Battle Cultivators piloted Mech Armor, emerging to buy time for the Formation Masters in the rear to repair the damaged formations.

The battle escalated, suffering intensified!

“Hahaha!”

A Demon God soared through the air, using Escaping Divine Power at extreme speed to outpace his opponent. With a successful strike, his claws pierced through the Mech Armor and dug into the core, grabbing a Mahayana Cultivator. He immediately attempted to extract himself without any second thoughts.

The Demons’ objective in this battle was not to annihilate the Twilight Realm nor to destroy Wandao School but to acquire Heavenly Mechanics Methods to bridge the combat power gap with the Human Clan.

So, having captured a Mahayana Cultivator piloting a Top-Grade Immortal Spirit Mech Armor, this Demon God immediately sought to withdraw from the fight.

However, before he could leave the battlefield, scorching pain forced him to release his grasp, but it was a moment too late. The self-destructive force of the Immortal Spirit consumed half of his arm, causing serious damage to the vital energy of his external incarnation.

“These Academy Monks!”

This outcome filled the Demon God with immense anger but left him helpless, forcing him to return to the fray.

The Scholar’s Palace had been established for more than three thousand years. During this time, there had been continuous actions by Demons and Monsters, and they had captured many Academy Monks.

But these Monks from the Scholar’s Palace were unfailingly harsh and decisive. Once defeated, they would self-destruct, preferring to perish together with the enemy rather than give the chance to be subject to Soul Search and Soul Snatching.

Coupled with the Honored Wandao who possesses the Heavenly Mechanism Inquiry and the ability to anticipate enemy movements with early preparations, the Demons have been unable to acquire Heavenly Craftsmen’s Sixth or Seventh Rank techniques over these many years, still relying on the art of Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor that initially leaked from the Heavenly Court.

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