Translator: CinderTL
As Gui Ni activated the Array Disk, eight fire dragons reappeared.
These fire dragons were ten times thicker than before. Each was over a hundred feet thick, their bodies wreathed in fiercely burning, pale flames.
Instead of attacking the Sect Protection Array, the fire dragons surged into the air and charged directly at Song Wen.
Song Wen flipped his hand, revealing a short spear less than three feet long. Brilliant lightning erupted from its shaft.
A vast surge of thunderous power erupted from the spear, quickly coalescing into a hundred-foot-long Thunder Whip.
With a flick of his wrist, Song Wen sent the Thunder Whip snaking through the air like a divine serpent, lashing out at the nearest fire dragon.
The moment the Thunder Whip struck the fire dragon, thunder roared.
The dragon's massive body shuddered violently. The pale flames swirling around it scattered under the impact of the lightning, shrinking the dragon by several sizes.
Song Wen moved like a thunder god descended to earth, his Thunder Whip dancing with blinding speed. The eight fire dragons couldn't even approach within a hundred feet of him. Each time the Thunder Whip struck, the dragons shrank further.
Outside the formation, however, Gui Ni remained unconcerned, a faint smile playing on his lips.
"Ji Yin, let's see how long your Spiritual Power can last."
Gui Ni cast several magic seals into the Array Disk, and the eight fire dragons instantly recovered to their original state.
Song Wen glanced at the numerous disciples of Tiancang Mountain. While their faces were etched with barely concealed worry, their eyes held a glimmer of anticipation, no longer completely shrouded in the despair that had gripped them before.
"Almost ready. It's time to break the formation. I hope these low-level disciples can stall Gui Ni and Xue Mei for a while," Song Wen thought to himself.
He flipped his hand and produced a Communication Jade Slip.
Chief Yu, the sect has suffered a calamity from which it may not recover. I will do my utmost to break the Nine Nether Yin Fire Formation. Once the formation is breached, you must take the initiative to shut down the Sect Protection Array and allow the disciples to flee as they see fit. Every life saved is a victory.
In addition, gather all the sect's treasures you can carry. Since we have known each other for a time, consider these treasures my parting gift to you, hoping they will aid you in your future cultivation.
Upon receiving the message, Yu Wen gazed at Song Wen in the sky with a complex expression.
After a moment of contemplation, she turned and flew towards her Cultivation Cave.
Song Wen opened his mouth and spat out the Blood Sea Seal.
Above the Blood Sea Seal, Blood Qi surged, instantly transforming into a vast Blood Sea.
The Blood Sea stretched across the sky, cleaving the Nine Nether Yin Fire Formation into upper and lower halves.
Below, eight fire dragons roared and charged relentlessly against the Blood Sea.
The Blood Sea churned violently but refused to dissipate.
Above, the Nine Nether Yin Fire Formation's dome loomed.
Song Wen held a short spear, its surface wreathed in countless bolts of lightning that writhed like twisted silver snakes, spreading in all directions.
"Break!"
With a soft exhale, Song Wen shot into the sky, spear aimed at the dome.
Before he even reached it, the lightning coalesced into a silver streak, slamming into the dome with a thunderous roar.
Blinding light erupted, like a miniature sun, forcing onlookers to avert their gaze.
Outside the Nine Nether Yin Fire Formation, Gui Ni sneered, muttering, "Finally lost patience and decided to risk everything to break the formation? It won't be that easy!"
"Nine Nether Yin Fire, manifest!"
At Gui Ni's command, his hands blurred into a dizzying dance of afterimages, magic seals continuously imprinted onto the Array Disk.
The Nine Nether Yin Fire Formation's barrier suddenly dimmed.
Across its surface, dark, eerie flames erupted.
Against the backdrop of the black Nine Nether Yin Fire, the Nine Nether Yin Fire Formation appeared from afar like a profound and unknown Black Hole.
The formation's power seemed capable of overturning the heavens and earth, devouring all things in the world.
Compared to the previous pale flames, the Nine Nether Yin Fire was clearly several times more powerful.
Thunderbolts struck the Nine Nether Yin Fire, and while they could still shatter it, they no longer achieved the effortless victory of before.
Moreover, the entire barrier was now covered in Nine Nether Yin Fire. This Yin Fire continuously converged towards the dome, and even with Song Wen's full effort to activate his short spear, he still couldn't completely shatter the Nine Nether Yin Fire, let alone break through the barrier.
Meanwhile, the eight fire dragons below had also transformed, their flames turning a deep, shadowy hue.
Under their relentless assault, the Blood Sea finally succumbed, forcibly torn apart.
Eight black fire dragons, like dragons emerging from water, burst through the Blood Sea, their overwhelming might surging towards Song Wen.
Ignoring the eight fire dragons charging up from below, Song Wen, seeing that he couldn't break through the dome, raised his hand and waved. His short spear shot forth, carrying endless lightning, and struck the dome.
At the same time, Song Wen formed a Thunder Incantation with his hands, and thick, dark clouds gathered above his head.
A purple bolt of lightning as thick as a human waist burst through the dark clouds and shot straight into the sky.
"Boom! Boom!"
Two thunderclaps echoed one after another, right above Song Wen's head, shaking the heavens and earth!
The short spear and the Purple Mansion Divine Thunder struck the dome in quick succession.
The Nine Nether Yin Fire atop the dome was instantly extinguished.
However, Song Wen didn't get a chance to strike again and shatter the barrier completely. Eight fire dragons had already closed in, tearing him to shreds in an instant.
Gui Ni showed no sign of relief. He continued to cast magic seals, and the Nine Nether Yin Fire flared up once more on the barrier.
"Fu, why aren't you showing yourself?" Gui Ni barked coldly.
Below, four Gold-Eating Ants, each as large as a millstone, emerged from the ground. They carried the Ant Queen and approached Gui Ni.
"Enter the formation! Kill Ji Yin!" Gui Ni commanded.
"Yes, Master!"
The Ant Queen's voice carried a hint of resentment.
The four Ant Kings surrounded the Ant Queen, and the five of them charged toward the barrier of the Nine Nether Yin Fire Formation.
Gui Ni tapped the Array Disk, creating a gap in the barrier. Once the five Gold-Eating Ants had passed through, the opening quickly sealed itself.
"The Ant Queen's Spiritual Sense Attack probably won't work on Ji Yin," Xue Mei said uncertainly. "I've seen him withstand Nascent Soul-level Spiritual Sense Attacks many times. Gou Jun even tried to seize his body, but failed. He must have an extremely special Soul Defense Magical Treasure within him."
"Whether it works or not, we have to try," Gui Ni said, his sharp gaze piercing through the Formation barrier to the ground within. There, Song Wen's figure had appeared.
Song Wen looked up at the two Ant Kings lunging down from above.
The Ant Queen, fearing death, had kept the other two Ant Kings by her side for protection.
Between Song Wen's eyebrows, a cold light flashed, condensing into nine transparent, razor-sharp blades.
The nine blades shot out, targeting only one of the Ant Kings.
All four Ant Kings were at the late Fourth-Tier level.
Except for a few special demon beasts, most members of the Demon Race did not cultivate their souls. Consequently, their souls were relatively weak.
Song Wen's intention was to use a Spiritual Sense Attack to directly eliminate the Gold-Eating Ant.
However, after the nine Focused Spirit Stabs pierced the Ant King's skull, its escape technique was abruptly disrupted, and a look of extreme agony flashed in its eyes. But the process was incredibly brief; in a mere instant, it returned to normal.
The Ant Queen, through its innate connection with the Gold-Eating Ant Swarm, had helped the Ant King deflect Song Wen's Spiritual Sense Attack.
Simultaneously, the Ant Queen had condensed several transparent, cone-shaped spikes and launched them into Song Wen's Sea of Consciousness.
Song Wen only felt a slight stinging sensation in his Sea of Consciousness, suffering no other harm.
Both sides' Spiritual Sense Attacks had failed to achieve any significant effect.
(End of the Chapter)
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