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Chapter 812: Beast Attack, Reinforcements Arrive, Heavenly Star Array, Azure Heaven's Darkened Skies
Chapter 812: Beast Attack, Reinforcements Arrive, Heavenly Star Array, Azure Heaven's Darkened Skies
As the sun set, its golden rays bathed the wide streets of Lingtian Pass in a warm glow, turning the ground into a shimmering golden hue.
Cultivators hurried about, each with their own tasks.
Amidst this bustling scene, a leisurely figure strolled through the city, seemingly out of place.
Luo Chen heaved a sigh.
"I really am too idle!"
At this critical juncture, Hui Niang's desire for a child seemed out of character, considering her usual focus on the bigger picture.
But Luo Chen could understand.
The former Luo Tian Sect leader, Sima Hui Niang, had long since stepped down from her position, and no longer needed to concern herself with the sect's affairs.
Even when she had previously retired, the survival of the sect still weighed on her mind.
However, with Luo Chen's return, this burden was no longer hers to bear.
Due to the Ling Xi Gu incident, Luo Chen had forbidden her from continuing her cultivation.
As a result, Sima Hui Niang had become completely idle.
For a cultivator, not cultivating, not working, not enjoying life, and no longer holding onto their former power, while watching their lifespan slip away day by day, was akin to the most excruciating torture.
To alleviate this torment, Hui Niang had taken the initiative to manage the newly established Luo Tian Treasure Pavilion.
However, with Luo Chen's reputation and the dedication of the Luo Tian Sect cultivators, as well as the guidance of experts from the Heavenly Origin Commerce Alliance behind the scenes, there was little need for her to worry.
She eventually developed other ideas.
Just like cultivators with insufficient talent, as they grew older, they would instinctively want to leave behind a legacy or pass on their bloodline.
She wanted a child, someone to whom she could devote all her attention and hopes, entrusting her future to her descendants.
This desire was not wrong, but the timing, amidst the chaos of the world, was ill-advised.
Even Luo Chen himself was not fully confident in ensuring his own safety, let alone exposing his offspring to the trials and tribulations of the cultivation world.
"We'll see about that in the future!"
Luo Chen sighed and returned to his mansion.
...
Numerous spiritual lights floated in mid-air.
Luo Chen gazed at them for a while, then proceeded to push them towards the Crimson Dog Puppet one by one.
"These Illusion Core Artifacts range from Magical Artifacts to low-grade treasures."
"Although there are no specific refining methods, with my expertise in artifact crafting, I can deduce the general blueprints based on the arrays and materials used. If all else fails, we can use the system to verify the accuracy of the blueprints."
"Additionally, here's the refining manual left behind by Feiyunzi, which you can study carefully as a reference."
The Crimson Dog Puppet silently accepted these items, as their minds were connected, and Luo Chen's intentions were already understood.
Suddenly, the puppet opened its mouth.
On the other side, a pale blue flame trembled at Luo Chen's fingertips and slowly flew into the puppet's mouth.
This was a seed of the Withering Flourishing True Flame, infused with a portion of Luo Chen's spiritual power.
While it might not be sufficient for combat, it was more than enough to assist the puppet in dismantling Magical Artifacts.
After giving these instructions, Luo Chen entered a secret room within the mansion.
Inside, the air was frigid, and ice blocks were piled up.
A coffin made of ice was placed in the center, with Cang Long lying quietly within, her eyebrows still furrowed.
Luo Chen's hand flickered, and a book made of ice appeared.
"Ten Directions Freezing Extreme Dao"
This was the Ice Fortress's core cultivation technique, only accessible to inner sect disciples with water spiritual roots and ice-type variant spiritual roots.
Heartless Fairy had handed over this book when she gave Luo Chen the ice coffin.
Leaking the sect's core cultivation technique to outsiders was a serious offense! But with the Ice Fortress already in decline, Heartless Fairy had no choice but to do so to save Cang Long.
Luo Chen skimmed through the ice book, not particularly interested in the cultivation methods.
Even though this book was a fourth-grade cultivation technique leading directly to the Nascent Soul stage, he was more concerned with the sealing techniques and arrays mentioned within.
"I've already mastered the Ice Seal, and I can release the seal on Cang Long's body and wake her up at any time."
"But it's not the right time yet!"
"Next, I might not have much time, so I must prepare in advance and quickly master these ice-based arrays to harness the power of the ice and prevent the ice coffin from collapsing."
Luo Chen's thoughts flashed, and he began to carefully study the arrays in the "Ten Directions Freezing Extreme Dao."
...
Three days later, in the western tower of Lingtian Pass, the Black Ape Puppet slowly opened its eyes.
Luo Chen, looking slightly fatigued, walked into its line of sight.
"I've taken care of things over there, and I'll be personally guarding this place from now on. Don't slack off, I have something important to discuss with you."
"This is the puppet technique that Qin Yuan Jiang submitted to the sect, originating from the Luoyun Sect lineage."
"Study it carefully, and you might find the specific method that Han Zhan used to control that White Tiger Puppet back then."
The Black Ape Puppet silently took the thick manuals and retreated to a corner to read quietly.
Initially, Qin Yuan Jiang had not submitted these puppet techniques.
It was only after Luo Chen's return and the teaching of the "Soul Splitting Technique" that he, after careful consideration, decided to hand them over.
To be honest, while these puppet techniques might be exquisite, their level was not particularly high and even paled in comparison to the ancient puppet techniques Luo Chen had collected in the North Sea.
However, what was important was that these puppet techniques were directly related to Han Zhan's lineage.
It was through the Luoyun Sect's puppet techniques that Han Zhan, at the early Nascent Soul stage, was able to control that White Tiger Puppet.
Perhaps, within these manuals, Luo Chen would find the key to mastering that puppet.
If he could acquire this puppet, it would be an additional ace up his sleeve for the upcoming battle.
After the Black Ape calmed down, Luo Chen glanced at the crescent moon outside the western tower and waved his hand casually.
A Five Elements Lotus Platform suddenly appeared.
He gracefully took a seat, swallowed a Superior Hongyuan Pill, and entered a state of meditation.
By the time dawn broke, Luo Chen's exhaustion was gone, and he felt his divine energy replenished.
Without hesitation, he placed the Yuan Tu Sword horizontally across his knees, and a strand of Crimson Heaven Sword Qi entered his mouth, beginning to circulate between him and the sword.
...
That day.
In the depths of the night, Luo Chen suddenly opened his eyes.
A strand of Crimson Heaven Sword Qi turned into smoke and entered his chest cavity.
Without hesitation, he flew out and arrived on the pitch-black city wall, gazing into the distance.
The distance was too far, and his divine sense couldn't perceive clearly.
But he had another pair of eyes that could see through thousands of miles!
In his line of sight, there were flickering lights, all of which lit up in unison.
Faintly, he could hear the sounds of commotion coming from within the city.
"Has the battle begun?"
Just as they had discussed earlier, with Huang Man's arrival, the demon race's strength had doubled, and they could no longer hold back.
They didn't even wait half a month and launched the attack directly.
As the Eastern Gate faced the demon army head-on, it endured a fierce attack from the very beginning.
At this moment, countless millions of cultivators were heading towards the Eastern Gate.
Perhaps learning from the lesson of Sevenhorn Overlord's failed assault on Lingtian Pass, which resulted in heavy casualties, the demon race this time did not send their top experts to directly attack Lingtian Pass.
Instead, they dispatched numerous low-level demon beasts to assault the four city gates.
Luo Chen soared into the sky, looking down at the surroundings.
Under the night sky, the demon beasts seemed like a flood, pouring in from the east.
Once they reached the plains outside Lingtian Pass, the massive flood of demon beasts split into two groups, surrounding the north and south flanks.
This scene was like Lingtian Pass being an elephant, and the demon beasts were even smaller ants, forming three groups trying to surround and devour the elephant.
"I hope the Daoist friends can hold on!"
Luo Chen sighed and instructed Zeng Yilong and the others, who were on high alert, to prepare and be ready to exterminate any demon beasts that approached the vicinity.
He had no intention of providing support.
The four Nascent Soul Cultivators each guarded one direction, and none of them could leave their posts.
Relatively speaking, the Western District was located in the rear, making it the safest area.
If it weren't for Luo Chen's previous establishment of the Alchemy Sect's reputation and the preferential treatment he received, this place wouldn't have been assigned to him.
At this moment, he had also picked up a bargain, not having to face the direct assault of the demon beast army.
But Luo Chen was well aware that as the number of demon beasts increased and the Grand Marshal-level Demon Emperors gradually arrived, it was only a matter of time before the Western District was surrounded.
"When will the reinforcements arrive?"
...
In the east, south, and north, the sounds of fierce fighting never ceased, continuing from midnight until dawn.
Various arrays were continuously deployed within the city under the direction of the cultivators.
Devices similar to the Spirit Cannon voraciously consumed spirit stones, launching fierce attacks on the demon beasts outside the city.
From time to time, Nascent Soul-level Demon Emperors launched probing attacks on Lingtian Pass.
Responding to them was the protective array activated by the Lingtian City Lord.
A Mystic Sword moved freely in all four directions. Although they couldn't break out, no one could enter either.
By now, the powerful demons also understood that it was impossible to conquer Lingtian Pass solely through individual strength.
The only option was to wear them down!
They had to exhaust Lingtian Pass's large and small arrays and deplete the city's spirit stones. Then, the Black Tortoise Quadrant Formation would become just an ordinary array.
The battle never ceased!
Time passed day by day.
On the fifth day, the Western District guarded by Luo Chen also began to see scattered demon beast stragglers.
These were the remnants of the demon beasts defeated on the main battlefield.
Without hesitation, Luo Chen immediately ordered the extermination of these stragglers.
Western District cultivators, led by Golden Core Cultivators, charged out of the city, hunting down these demon beast remnants one by one.
The reason they didn't use the Western District's arrays was a deliberate decision by Luo Chen.
These scattered demon beasts didn't warrant the use of the killing arrays.
Instead, it was a good opportunity to temper the Western District cultivators.
A bloody battle soon unfolded before Luo Chen's very eyes.
He extended his divine sense to cover the battlefield and its surroundings within a thousand miles, guarding against Nascent Soul-level Demon Emperors taking advantage of the chaos to launch a surprise attack on the Western District.
But it was clear that for now, the Demon Emperors' attention was focused on the main battlefield, and they wouldn't come to his side.
Therefore, the battle involving his subordinates remained within a manageable range.
Luo Chen specifically allocated part of his attention to the Luo Tian Sect cultivators, especially Zeng Yilong.
After receiving the Break Moon Wings as a reward from Luo Chen, Zeng Yilong's speed deficiency was completely remedied.
Luo Chen had transmitted the Nine Ten Thousand Mile Step to him when he was young and also gifted him a top-grade pair of flying wings.
That pair of wings was destroyed on the Battle Platform.
The current Break Moon Wings were of top-grade artifact level, and for Zeng Yilong, they were like adding wings to a tiger!
In Luo Chen's sight, Zeng Yilong spread his wings, holding the Wan Jun Halberd. When he moved, he covered hundreds of zhang in an instant, delivering a thunderous strike.
Low-level demon beasts were often defeated in one hit, turning into meat paste.
Even ordinary third-rank Demon Kings couldn't withstand a few rounds against him.
Seeing this, Luo Chen heaved a sigh of relief.
"Wang Yuan's cultivation of him is quite good. This child has also inherited his innate battle consciousness, and now he has my bestowed treasure.
It can be said that as long as the late-stage third-rank Great Demon King does not fall or get trapped by the demon beasts, no one can do anything to him."
Luo Chen was very satisfied, and Zeng Yilong's performance was well worth the investment that the Heavenward Sect had made in him.
As long as he doesn't fall unexpectedly, he will be a banner figure for the Heavenward Sect in the future!
As for the other cultivators of the Heavenward Sect, they also performed well in the chaotic battle.
When they were exhausted, their companions would often pull them to safety.
The vast number of talismans that Luo Chen had bestowed upon them earlier began to shine, and they continuously killed many demon beasts.
"It's a pity that I haven't mastered the art of external incarnations, otherwise, if I had created an incarnation to mass-produce talismans, it would have been a great display of prowess in this battle!"
Luo Chen still couldn't forget about the second Primordial Spirit and even the method of external incarnations.
Suddenly, Luo Chen's divine sense stirred, focusing on a location hundreds of miles away.
A massive surge of spiritual energy was approaching without any attempt to conceal it.
He looked up and saw a large flying ship in the sky, tearing through the air.
On the ship, a red flag with intricate patterns was hanging high.
It was the Divine Talisman Sect!
Fu Lao stood on the ship, gazing at the Skyward Gate from afar.
When he saw Luo Chen, he smiled and nodded.
Luo Chen heaved a sigh of relief.
Finally, reinforcements had arrived!
Boom!
The ship docked ten miles outside the city gate.
Luo Chen transmitted his voice from afar, "There's no need to assign people to handle the battle here, just enter the city directly after the inspection!"
Fu Lao instantly understood.
It was clear that compared to the scattered battles outside the western gate, the main battlefield was under even greater pressure.
During the interval when the Divine Talisman Sect cultivators were entering the city, Luo Chen and Fu Lao exchanged a few brief words.
"Has Ye Lan succeeded?"
"With the help of your pill, I was finally able to take that step."
"Congratulations!"
"Haha, if he hadn't succeeded, I wouldn't have been able to come to Skyward Gate with peace of mind!"
"When we have some free time, let's have a few drinks together?"
"The Alchemy Sect would be honored to have you, I wouldn't dare refuse, this old man will definitely be there!"
After a brief conversation, Fu Lao led thousands of cultivators into the Skyward Gate, one after another.
The Divine Talisman Sect was a relatively well-preserved Yuan Ying upper sect in terms of its organizational structure.
Today, they had brought several thousand people, and this was just a part of their forces.
The Ye Lan that Luo Chen mentioned was the Golden Core Great Perfection cultivator from the Divine Talisman Sect who urgently needed the Infant Formation Pill.
Speaking of him, Luo Chen had never met him, but they had some connection.
His older brother was none other than Ye Xiang Ye Lao, who had participated in the war to open up the Xiao Yue Mountain Range.
The arrival of the Divine Talisman Sect's reinforcements seemed like a signal.
Subsequently, more and more cultivator forces set out from the five regions of Skyward, continuously arriving at Skyward Gate.
The Three Sects, Radiant Palace, Mo Tian Cliff, and even the Five Elements Divine Sect from the Fenghua Domain were the first to arrive.
Then came the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion and the Yu Ding Sword Sect...
The number of Primordial Spirit cultivators in the city increased rapidly, presenting a tremendous pressure to the outside world.
At some point, the besieging demon beast tide around Skyward Gate, after leaving behind countless corpses, gradually dispersed.
It was clear that the demon race had also noticed the changes in Skyward Gate and was no longer engaging in futile consumption.
Luo Chen finally didn't have to guard the city walls all day.
But just as he was about to leave, the City Lord Mansion sent someone with a strangely shaped compass.
"What's this?"
Luo Chen fiddled with the square-shaped, round, and intricately carved treasure in his hand, looking puzzled.
The messenger, Ye Hong, instructed, "The City Lord has ordered to bury this object beneath the city wall and asked all True Men to infuse it with spiritual power to activate it."
Although Luo Chen didn't understand, he followed the instructions.
He descended from the city walls and went to the base of the wall, placing the strange compass there.
Then he infused it with spiritual power.
It was fine until the spiritual power was infused, but as soon as it entered, a powerful suction force emerged, as if it would drain Luo Chen's spiritual power.
Luo Chen frowned but didn't stop.
After all, it was a treasure, how much spiritual power could it hold?
Sure enough, after consuming one-tenth of his spiritual power, the suction force gradually weakened.
The round sphere in the middle of the square compass seemed to be satiated, and it began to spin.
Suddenly!
Whoosh!
The sphere transformed into a pillar of light, shooting into the sky and disappearing at the edge of sight in the blink of an eye.
Even when Luo Chen used his divine sense to perceive it, he couldn't detect a trace.
At the same time, pillars of light erupted from within the city, reaching straight into the Azure Heaven.
As Luo Chen was astonished, a blurry figure appeared in mid-air, hovering over the center of Skyward Gate.
He pointed into the air, and the pillars of light gradually dissipated.
The originally bright sky began to darken.
"Sun and Moon Wax and Wane, Heavenly Constellations Align."
"Heavenly Starry Constellation, Azure Heaven's End!"
Under the dark curtain, stars twinkled, lining up in all directions, almost enclosing Skyward Gate.
As the blurry figure waved his hand, the dark light curtain suddenly dispersed, and the Azure Heaven stars were no longer visible.
It was as if nothing had happened.
But Luo Chen knew that many things had changed.
It was as if something in the sky was watching him.
He felt slightly unnatural and cast several concealment techniques on himself, and only then did the feeling diminish.
Luo Chen looked up thoughtfully.
"That person just now manipulated the Azure Heaven or borrowed the hands of us True Men."
He slightly lowered his head, and the token at his waist trembled, and the voice of the Skyward City Lord came from within.
"Everyone, please head to the City Lord Mansion!"
(End of Chapter)
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