Chapter 262: Second Uncle!! (Part 1)
Chapter 262: Second Uncle!! (Additional Update 4) (Part 1)
The Sunlight Life Wheel Array absorbed the Life Essence of the entire city and once again erupted with brilliant Divine Light. The rapidly swirling Divine Patterns became steady and orderly.
However, as Feng Lingxiao's attacks and the Demon Kings leaping from the Demon Tide joined in, the divine array began to shake repeatedly. Each attack it endured consumed a large amount of vital power.
This vital power came from the lifespans of the city's commoners. Once the divine array absorbed a certain amount, it would stop drawing more. At that point, the divine array would reach its limit.
Li Tiangang suddenly turned his head and looked toward the direction of the Divine General Manor. The golden meteor-like figures racing through the air were immediately recognizable to him—they were the ancestors of the Li Family, setting out on another campaign.
His eyes welled with tears, and he felt a deep sense of shame.
"Child, let me assist you."
A kind voice sounded, and an Ancestral Soul flew before Li Tiangang.
Li Tiangang looked at the figure, recognizing him as the 21st-generation ancestor who had once fought demons on the frontier and perished alongside six Demon Kings in a fierce battle.
"Descendants are unworthy. Please, Ancestor, lend me your strength!"
Li Tiangang said, suppressing his sorrow.
The kind old man smiled gently, his figure shimmering and transforming into a golden flame that enveloped Li Tiangang.
Powerful energy surged into his body. The Bronze Ancient Knife in Li Tiangang's hand burst into a radiant Divine Flame. His eyes, which had been filled with grief and anger, now became resolute and determined. He sent a mental message to his wife, Ji Qingqing, asking her to hold off Feng Lingxiao.
Ji Qingqing's Great Origin Sword, a Saint Treasure, could counter the Dao Domain. Only she and Li Muxiu were capable of facing the Dao Domain here.
"Fourth Uncle, let's deal with the other Demon Kings!"
Li Tiangang said to Li Xiaoran.
Li Xiaoran glanced at him, his gaze falling on the Ancestral Soul Garment Li Tiangang wore. His mind flashed back to the scene in the Mourning River, where a young man, clad in the tattered soul garment of Ancestor Li Tianyuan, fought fiercely in a blood-soaked battle.
His heart ached, and his fingers clenched into a fist. Without a word to Li Tiangang, he turned and charged toward another Demon King.
Shortly after Li Xiaoran flew out, an ancestor rushed to join him, merging with him. Li Xiaoran's aura immediately intensified, but since he was already in the Ultimate Mastery Realm, the ancestor's enhancement was limited. The ancestor could only provide him with soul-empowering energy, akin to Soul Unfading.
"Die, all of you!!"
Li Xiaoran roared, not letting down the ancestor's soul-empowering power. His eyes bloodshot, he charged into the battlefield, breaking through the divine array.
The Demon Kings from the Dragon Gate and Holy Palace also unleashed their pent-up hatred and grudges. The Divine General Manor had defended the four directions for millennia, and the conflicts with demons had long been deeply rooted, with enmity and entanglements unresolved.
Boom!!
The earth-shattering sound of battle echoed. Li Xiaoran attacked furiously, his blade slicing through the air, forcing back four or five Demon Kings. He then unleashed a secret technique, the Wandering Horizon Saber, which split one of the Dao Mind Realm Demon Kings in two!
The Demon King's divine soul shot out, screaming as it fled, but was torn apart by Li Xiaoran's second strike, meeting its end on the spot.
In the blink of an eye, a Demon King fell.
The other Demon Kings were both shocked and enraged. This Li Family's Free-and-Easy Blade Saint was too ruthless. An existence at the Ultimate Mastery Realm was no less formidable than their Grand Elders.
"Continue attacking the array; let me handle this!"
A figure emerged from the Holy Palace, emitting a greenish glow and revealing its massive Peacock True Form. It suddenly spread its tail feathers, which seemed to cover the sky, towering over a hundred feet high, and unleashed a strange divine soul attack that made Li Xiaoran's consciousness suddenly dazed.
"Wake up!"
The Ancestral Heroic Soul attached to him roared.
Li Xiaoran snapped out of his daze. His thoughts, which had been momentarily confused, were quickly cleared as he saw a sharp Peacock Feather shooting toward him, infused with purple lightning, its power astonishing.
He swung his blade, splitting the feather in two, and then roared as he unleashed a series of secret techniques. Brilliant blade lights flashed, striking the Peacock Demon King.
Space was severed, and the Free-and-Easy Blade could not be avoided, surpassing the Dao Resonance's pull and striking true with each blow!
Boom! Boom!
The Peacock Demon King's tail feathers were instantly severed, and its chest was torn by two consecutive strikes, feathers exploding as deep wounds were revealed.
It spat out a gush of blood, its body retreating in defeat, its eyes filled with disbelief.
"Die!!"
Li Xiaoran roared in fury, channeling the power of the Ancestor's Soul Ignition to unleash his strongest secret techniques one after another.
Each strike of his blade was backed by surging power, and the Peacock Demon King was terrified. With the Ancestor's power bolstering him, this Carefree Blade Saint was brutally ruthless, impossible to resist.
The other Demon Kings dared not engage him either. After all, Li Xiaoran was at the Ultimate Mastery Realm, and his saber techniques were unpredictable, making them impossible to block.
At this moment, Li Xiaoran unleashed his divine might, using his strength alone to force back numerous Demon Kings.
The Peacock Demon King hastily spat out a green ring, which spun rapidly, blocking all of Li Xiaoran's blade strikes. The green ring's light dimmed considerably, a sign that this top-tier divine weapon was taking damage.
The other Demon Kings were both shocked and furious. They hadn't expected this old man from the Li Family to be so powerful. Apart from Li Muxiu, Li Xiaoran was also a formidable opponent.
Bang!
In the sky, the Mystic Universe Tower continued to shake the divine array.
Despite Ji Qingqing's full-force attacks, Feng Lingxiao, using the Holy Heart Treasure, suppressed all of her strikes. Although some of the force was neutralized, the remaining power was still formidable.
Each impact caused the divine patterns on the array to flicker rapidly. The once steady and orderly divine patterns were now accelerating, clearly indicating that the life essence absorbed earlier was being rapidly consumed.
A figure swooped in, and it was Li Qingzheng. He glared at Feng Lingxiao, who was relentlessly attacking the divine array, his eyes burning with rage as he charged forward with a roar.
"Back off!"
Feng Lingxiao's face turned cold. He had seen Li Xiaoran defeating numerous Demon Kings outside the battlefield, and his anger and anxiety were building.
Once the divine array was broken, these people would be suppressed by his Dao Domain. However, this divine array was as tough as a turtle's shell, extremely difficult to break.
Even with the destructive power of the Holy Heart Treasure, it hadn't been destroyed in the short time, proving that the state city where the Divine General Manor was located was indeed impregnable.
Li Qingzheng's attack penetrated the Dao Domain but was quickly dismantled, rendering it ineffective. He was both anxious and furious, realizing that staying here would only make him more frustrated and serve no purpose.
He glanced at another battlefield outside the array, where the ground was shaking with the intense battle between Li Muxiu and Long Jueshen. From a distance, it seemed that Li Muxiu was at a disadvantage.
But that battle was also within a Dao Domain, and he couldn't intervene.
However, the battlefield where Li Xiaoran was fighting was at the forefront of the Demon Tide.
"Let's go, leave this to the girl to delay. We'll go and wipe out those Demon Kings!"
Li Xuanyin said quickly.
Li Qingzheng didn't hesitate, stepping forward to swiftly catch up with Li Tiangang, and they both charged out of the city array.
"Die!!"
Li Qingzheng roared. He, too, was at the Ultimate Mastery Realm. Although his secret technique wasn't as formidable as Li Muxiu's, he was still far beyond the reach of ordinary Demon Kings.
Catching up to Li Xiaoran, he joined forces with Li Xuanyin, and the three brothers fought together for the first time in years!
"Let's wipe out these Demon Kings first!"
Li Xiaoran roared, swinging his blade in relentless attacks. The Wandering Horizon Saber slashed through the air, each strike cutting through the void with a brilliant blade of light, severely injuring a Demon King.
Three consecutive strikes, and a Demon King fell.
Li Qingzheng also plunged into the Demon Tide, unleashing a killing frenzy. The two of them pushed forward, halting the surging tide of demons. They were like boulders defying the current, tearing a brutal gap through the Demon Tide.
The Demon Kings on both sides were terrified and could only retreat. Many of them, though Demon Kings, were not at the Ultimate Mastery Realm, and only two could match Li Xiaoran and Li Qingzheng.
With the Ancestor's Soul Ignition empowering them, their power was boundless, and their strongest secret techniques were unleashed without end, showing no signs of exhaustion.
Feng Lingxiao, who was breaking the array, saw this and was furious, stopping his attack to charge toward Li Xiaoran and Li Qingzheng.
His pause gave the divine array time to recover, and Ji Qingqing, seeing this, breathed a sigh of relief but knew her duty. She immediately followed him, determined to go wherever he went.
"Be careful, he's coming!"
Li Qingzheng noticed Feng Lingxiao's approach and called out urgently.
Li Xiaoran's eyes also narrowed, and he quickly said, "Retreat!"
They swiftly moved, flashing through the air as if teleporting, retreating back to the Array.
By the time Feng Lingxiao's attack reached them, all three had already returned to the Array.
"If you break the array, we will slaughter all your Demon subordinates!"
Through the divine array, Li Xiaoran's eyes locked onto Feng Lingxiao with a surging, murderous intent.
Earlier, they had shifted their attack to these Demon Kings to draw Feng Lingxiao's attention. Now, their goal was achieved, and they had killed four Demon Kings in this brief moment, making it a significant gain.
"You must die!!"
Feng Lingxiao gritted his teeth in anger, his handsome face contorting: "Once I break this array, I will make the Li Family bleed into a river of blood!!"
"Then come and try. The Li Family fears no death!"
Li Qingzheng's eyes turned cold, and the bloodthirsty aura he had suppressed for years while playing chess was now unleashed.
"Break the array with me!"
Feng Lingxiao wasted no more words, commanding the surrounding Demon Kings to break the array with him. With his Dao Domain protecting them, Li Xiaoran and the others could no longer harm them.
Li Xiaoran and the others looked grim, knowing this wasn't a viable strategy. They couldn't stay here, so they decided to move again, exiting the Array from another point to charge into the Demon Tide.
Since the Demon Kings were protected, they would first clear the Demon Tide, which was faster.
Meanwhile, Ji Qingqing rushed over, urgently swinging the Taiyuan Sword to counter the Mystic Universe Tower's attacks.
Feng Lingxiao saw Li Xiaoran and the others charge into the Demon Tide from one of the city gates, like wolves among sheep, and his anger grew. However, he couldn't afford to care about these Demons; the longer the array remained unbroken, the more casualties there would be.
"Li Family! Li Family!!"
Feng Lingxiao, enraged, roared and unleashed his True Energy, continuously hammering the array.
On the other side, the Demon Tide was causing blood and gore, but Li Xiaoran and Li Tiangang, along with others, charged into it, causing massive casualties with every strike.
Without the protection of the Demon Kings, the Demon Tide was helpless against the Fourth Establishment Realm cultivators, being slaughtered like wheat being reaped.
At the same time, in the secret passage near the Huai River to the east, Li Family experts closer to Qingzhou arrived first.
Among them were Li Qingling and Li Xueyun, who had already married out. They had helped in Liangzhou earlier, and now, with the Ancestor's blood call, they were close enough to respond. Both were at the Three Eternities Realm. Upon arrival, they were met by Li Family soldiers who quickly informed them of the situation in Qingzhou City. Their faces turned grim, knowing that while things seemed stable for now, once the array was broken, they would be in dire straits.
Without hesitation, they charged out, their power boosted by the Ancestor's blessing, and they also exited the Array to join the battle against the Demon Tide.
In a short time, except for the battlefield where Feng Lingxiao and Long Jueshen were, the entire Demon Tide outside the city was rapidly being massacred. Demons were screaming and wailing everywhere, and the Li Family was gaining the upper hand.
Inside the city, countless civilians peeked through their windows, seeing the Li Family figures flying through the sky. Some of the older residents, upon seeing the golden residual souls, widened their eyes in disbelief and excitement, tears rolling down their cheeks.
They recognized these as the long-dead Ancestors of the Li Family, now stepping out of the Ancestral Hall to fight for Qingzhou City!
Boom! Boom!
Feng Lingxiao's Mystic Universe Tower continued to roar, but the Divine Soul flickered and held strong.
In contrast, the Demon Tide, if left unchecked, was nearly being routed by Li Xiaoran and the others.
Amid the stalemate between breaking the array and the massacre, on a distant high mountain behind the Demon Tide, two figures stood like abysses.
They emitted no aura, and the gentle breeze that reached them seemed to stop, becoming as thick as stagnant water.
"Truly a bunch of trash, holding supreme treasures and still unable to break through. No wonder the Great Yu Divine Dynasty treats them like pigs and dogs!"
One of the figures was the graceful woman formed from black mist, her eyes cold, the purple patterns on her face twisting like vines.
"Perhaps it's more accurate to say that the Li Family's foundation is indeed deep. This Sunlight Life Wheel Array is both ingenious and cruel, converting the lifespans of all living beings within the array into power. It's quite terrifying."
The other figure was a young man in a black robe, his face expressionless, his eyes a deep crimson, devoid of bloodlust or savagery, only a world-weary indifference.
"A thousand years ago, when the Immortal Gate opened, the most outstanding prodigies from these Divine General Manors went to the Sage Realm. I didn't expect there to still be such strong residual power. In just a thousand years, many more geniuses have emerged. No wonder they are the race that produces the most Sages; their potential is truly formidable."
The graceful woman's eyes were cold, and her voice carried a hint of hidden jealousy.
"These fragments of souls have all stayed behind to guard this realm for the Hundred Veins Monsters. It’s a pity. If we could have waited a few more decades, attacking the Divine General Manor wouldn’t have been so difficult. But that damned Monster in Liangzhou has exposed our plans, forcing us to act prematurely."
The young man in black robes couldn’t help but shake his head. Only they knew that the Liangzhou Monster not only quelled the Liangzhou Demon Plague but also disrupted their centuries-long scheme, forcing them to act sooner than planned.
This meant they would have to pay a higher price.
"The Li Family’s Heroic Souls have all been mobilized, using Blood Drawings without reservation. They might have already detected us. Forget it, let’s give them a hand. If we delay too long, the Ancient Demon Hall won’t be able to hold out, and the reinforcements for the Li Family are too numerous. The connections of these thousand-year Noble Families run too deep!" the young man in black robes said.
The graceful woman frowned, her gaze falling on Feng Lingxiao, who was still using brute force to break the formation. A look of disdain appeared in her eyes. She raised her finger, and the purple mark on her face contracted, quickly extending down her arm to her fingertip.
Then, it transformed into a beam of intense purple light.
"Truly a bunch of worthless trash."
As she spoke, the intense purple light from her fingertip suddenly shot out, piercing through the air at a speed that defied space. It silently traversed the battlefield and struck the array protecting Qingzhou City.
Bang!
At the exact moment the purple light collided, Feng Lingxiao was also swinging the Mystic Universe Tower, smashing it viciously into the divine formation.
Ji Qingqing hurriedly swung her sword, the blade of light splitting the Holy Heart Treasure, dispersing much of its light, but a loud rumbling sound still echoed.
However, this time the sound was different. Amid the rumbling, the rapidly vibrating divine patterns suddenly trembled, then spun chaotically like aimless insects. Soon, the divine patterns stopped, and the brilliant array slowly cracked.
Ji Qingqing’s pupils contracted sharply, her eyes filled with shock at the scene.
Feng Lingxiao was also stunned, taken aback that this single blow had actually shattered the array.
But he had sensed a trace of extreme cold, which made his heart tighten. He quickly turned his divine sense, but found nothing on the battlefield behind him.
Without further thought, he swiftly urged the Mystic Universe Tower to strike again.
Bang!!
The divine array that had enveloped Qingzhou City suddenly shattered, torn apart in an instant!
The sudden breaking of the array made Li Xiaoran, Li Tiangang, and the others, who were fighting in the Demon Tide, freeze in shock, staring dumbfounded at the divine light fading from the array.
"It’s broken!!"
The Demon Kings surrounding Feng Lingxiao erupted in jubilant cheers. The shell was finally broken!
"Kill!"
One of the Demon Kings swiftly charged forward, waving his hand to unleash a wave of scorching heat that swept into the city, instantly destroying half a street.
Feng Lingxiao’s joy turned to overwhelming killing intent in an instant, his gaze falling on Ji Qingqing, who had been constantly obstructing him from breaking the array.
"You, die!!"
A Dao Domain swept out, and the Holy Heart Treasure, which had shattered the array, carried a force of millions of tons, suppressing Ji Qingqing.
(End of Chapter)
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