High above the nine heavens, astonishing spiritual energy storms raged. Even the fierce astral winds were shattered, and within a radius of tens of thousands of zhang, the area was completely engulfed by two overwhelming currents of spiritual energy.
On the other battlefield, rolling lightning battle intent shook heaven and earth, while the thousand zhang ferocious demonic giant opposite it was likewise unwilling to show weakness.
Although the area beneath Demonic Lightning Mountain had already descended into utter chaos, the true factor that would determine the victory of this war still lay in the outcomes of these two battlefields.
Qin Ling stood suspended in midair. Light flickered in his eyes as he stomped his foot. Instantly, layers of gray black thunderclouds formed from Demonic Lightning battle intent piled up behind him, and violent thunder roared through the heaven and earth.
"You think you can stop my Demonic Lightning troops all by yourself? Do you really think we are the same as that group of flashy but useless Nine Nether Guards?"
Qin Ling sneered. His gaze suddenly turned sharp as he raised both palms. The Demonic Lightning battle intent erupted with a heaven shaking roar. Gray black lightning light crazily converged and finally condensed within the layered thunderclouds into a gigantic lightning spear.
Gray black lightning coiled around the spear like massive pythons, and the thunderous roar shook heaven and earth.
Although Qin Ling appeared arrogant, his actions were completely different from his demeanor. From the moment he struck, he used his true methods, clearly showing deep wariness toward Liu Bai's strength.
"Demonic Lightning Spear!"
Qin Ling clenched his hand. The enormous lightning spear was violently hurled downward. Wherever it passed, space shattered. In a flash, it appeared above the colossal Five Spirit Deity.
Liu Bai frowned slightly. He had to admit that the Demonic Lightning Sect's strength was indeed formidable. At the very least, these three thousand Demonic Lightning troops could not have been trained in a short time.
Purely in terms of battle intent, these three thousand Demonic Lightning troops were stronger than the previous five thousand Blood Hawk Guards. As for the newly established five thousand Nine Nether Guards, they were naturally no match. That would only change if Liu Bai could one day train all five thousand Nine Nether Guards to the same level as those one thousand veteran soldiers.
Beneath the five colored radiant light, spirit seals rapidly formed in Liu Bai's hands. Immediately afterward, these seals silently sank into the earth beneath the concealment of golden Celestial light.
Boom!
The massive lightning spear slammed into the five colored radiant light. Violent fluctuations spread out, as if a world destroying storm had erupted between heaven and earth. Yet whether it was the towering Five Spirit Deity Celestial Body or the Demonic Lightning troops gathered with soaring battle intent, neither moved an inch amid the storm.
The first strike failed, yet Qin Ling's expression did not change in the slightest.
His hand seals changed like lightning. Towering battle intent surged wildly as one lightning spear after another rapidly took shape. Each carried an aura no weaker than the previous one. In just a few breaths, they densely filled the sky.
This scene caused many experts to feel their scalps go numb.
Such an intensity of attack would be a heavy burden even for an ordinary Fourth-Grade Sovereign. Yet in the hands of the Third Grade Sovereign Qin Ling, it was executed with casual ease.
This was the terrifying aspect of borrowing battle intent. At this moment, the opponent was not facing a single individual, but an army composed of thousands of elite experts commanded by a Third Grade Sovereign.
"Go."
Qin Ling flicked his finger. Instantly, the sky filling lightning spears shot forth violently. With each casual movement, mountains collapsed and heaven and earth lost all color, yet he appeared unrestrained and composed.
Under the continuous bombardment of countless lightning spears, even the powerful Five Spirit Deity was forced to retreat again and again. The five colored radiance trembled violently, and one could even sense Liu Bai's spiritual energy steadily weakening.
A trace of joy flashed through Qin Ling's eyes.
In his view, this meant that under his overwhelming offensive, Liu Bai was finally reaching his limit.
Only those who truly understood Liu Bai knew how unlikely such a situation was to occur. Whenever one believed him to be at a dead end, he would always reveal a new method.
"Hmph. So this is the one called the God of Death? If this is all you have, then you are truly disappointing."
Qin Ling seemed confident of victory as he coldly addressed Liu Bai, who was retreating step by step under the endless lightning spear assault.
At this moment, Liu Bai suddenly halted.
The five colored radiance that seemed on the verge of shattering remained just as resilient as before, and a smile appeared on Liu Bai's face.
"Declaring victory now. Is that not a little too early?"
As his voice fell, the ground below suddenly shattered. Four enormous black lotus flowers slowly rose from beneath the earth, surrounding the Five Spirit Deity.
"This is a Array?!"
Qin Ling's face instantly turned iron blue.
How could he not understand now. He had been completely played.
Judging from the sinister aura emitted by the array alone, its grade was definitely not low. A array of this level would certainly require ample time to set up.
"You used the spiritual energy fluctuations from the lightning spear attacks to conceal the array's aura?"
Qin Ling gritted his teeth as he asked.
"Oh? You are not too stupid after all. I must thank Elder Qin Ling for your cooperation. Otherwise, how would I have had the chance to set up the array?"
Liu Bai deliberately spoke in an infuriating tone.
"You…!"
Qin Ling's lips trembled. At this moment, he felt like nothing more than a clown.
"This is what you forced me to do!"
A cold glint flashed in Qin Ling's eyes.
"Demonic Lightning Land. Lightning Tribulation Annihilates the World!"
At this point, Qin Ling had completely gone mad. His hands formed seals at lightning speed before his palms suddenly slapped downward through the air.
Boom! Boom!
Faintly, thunder seemed to echo from deep within Demonic Lightning Mountain.
The ground began to tremble slightly, and the tremors rapidly intensified.
Liu Bai's expression changed sharply as his gaze locked onto the source of the thunder. It was coming from deep beneath the ground under their feet.
"Be careful!"
He shouted fiercely toward the many forces of the Great Heavenlaw Domain.
In the next instant, his hand seals suddenly changed. The four pitch black lotus flowers bloomed, releasing inky black light that spread outward. Silently, it emitted a heart palpitating fluctuation.
The disturbance here caused even Jiu You and Qin Tiangang, who were locked in fierce battle far away, to look over.
Qin Tiangang was not surprised by Qin Ling's act of drawing upon Demonic Lightning Land. This had been a strategy they had discussed long ago.
Facing the overwhelming momentum of the Nine Nether Palace, even Qin Tiangang, confident as he was, had prepared a final countermeasure.
"Hahaha, Nine Nether King, do you really think my Demonic Lightning Sect is a soft target? This time, you will pay the price for your arrogance!"
Qin Tiangang laughed loudly.
"It seems you truly wish to die."
An astonishing chill surged out from Jiu You's body. Her voice was bone chillingly cold.
As she finished speaking, she stepped forward. An extremely terrifying spiritual energy storm erupted wildly, while the phantom of the Nine Netherworld Sparrow behind her suddenly expanded.
Her delicate body trembled lightly, and a pair of enormous graceful wings extended from her back, like a fallen demoness descending from the Nine netherland.
Qin Tiangang had no mood to admire beauty at this moment. Only now did he realize that earlier, his opponent had not even taken him seriously.
"So what?!"
Qin Tiangang roared as his heart shook. Even if he could not defeat her, could he not delay her for a while?
"Want to go save your people? Then pass me first!"
Fierce light flickered crazily in Qin Tiangang's eyes as his face twisted with ferocity. After a furious roar, he stomped his foot, and a gigantic lightning giant shadow thousands of zhang tall appeared around him.
Demonic Lightning Celestial Body!
This was the strongest inherited Celestial Body of the Demonic Lightning Sect and the most suitable for them. Although it was not listed among the ninety nine Sovereign Celestial Bodies, its power was not inferior in the slightest.
At the same time, while Qin Tiangang desperately held back Jiu You, Qin Ling had already begun his assault.
Boom!
Following a deafening explosion, everyone felt the ground beneath their feet violently tear apart. Countless massive gray black lightning pillars erupted upward like furious dragons, baring their fangs as they charged toward the sky.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In just a few breaths, gray black lightning filled the entire heaven and earth. Even from thousands of miles away, the towering lightning pillars were clearly visible.
The scene was truly magnificent to the extreme.
Qin Ling stood tall in the sky. Against the backdrop of countless gray black lightning pillars, his figure resembled a demonic shadow, and his eyes were incomparably cold.
"Demonic Lightning battle intent. Fuse!"
With a furious roar, he formed a hand seal. Instantly, the endless lightning pillars spun over like raging dragons. In the end, they gathered above his head and merged with the Demonic Lightning battle intent, condensing into a gigantic lightning hand.
The five fingers of the giant hand spread wide. Terrifying lightning light raged within its palm, and the crackling sounds caused countless experts to turn pale.
From that lightning light, they sensed a fatal crisis. Even a Third-Grade Sovereign would likely be annihilated instantly if struck by it.
Such an attack would be extremely difficult for even a Fourth-Grade Sovereign to withstand.
Qin Ling's gaze turned icy as his hand seals suddenly closed.
"Demonic Lightning Art, Demonic Lightning Tribulation!"
Boom!
Thunder exploded across the heaven and earth. A lightning sun thousands of zhang in size slowly rose from within the giant hand. At this moment, all spiritual energy between heaven and earth became violently berserk.
At this instant, everyone felt their scalps go numb. Tang Bing, who had been leading the Nine Nether Guards in slaughtering the Demonic Lightning Sect disciples, looked up at the sky. Her delicate face had already turned deathly pale.
Aside from the Jiu You, was there really anyone present who could withstand this strike?
Liu Bai was powerful and also a formidable Spiritual Array Grandmaster, but in the end, he was still only a Third-Grade Sovereign.
As for the grand array formed by those four black lotus flowers, could it truly block this terrifying lightning sun?
"Die!"
Qin Ling's face also turned pale, showing that even for him, unleashing this attack was extremely strenuous.
Boom!
With a point of his finger, the lightning sun erupted with earth shaking thunder. In the next instant, it tore apart the heaven and earth and transformed into a gray black beam of light that shot straight toward Liu Bai.
"To think he could combine underground demonic lightning with battle intent. I never expected the Demonic Lightning Sect to still possess such a move!"
This scene did not seem to appear in the original work. However, it seemed that Qin Ling had prematurely drawn in the surrounding lightning power, interfering with the condensation of battle intent. As a result, the two sides ultimately decided victory through a one on one confrontation.
After all, Mu Chen at that time was only a Second-Grade Sovereign. In Qin Ling's eyes, as a Third-Grade Sovereign, he could absolutely crush his opponent.
Now, Liu Bai's cultivation was no weaker than his own. Moreover, Liu Bai had already achieved astonishing battle feats, including the insane record of fighting eight Third Grade Sovereigns alone. Qin Ling would have to be insane to challenge him in single combat.
However, this method of combining battle intent with the natural power of the surrounding environment was not something anyone could use. It also imposed extremely harsh requirements on terrain, so it was not a conventional tactic for battle array masters.
Most importantly, among everyone present, aside from Jiu You, no one truly understood how powerful the four black lotus flowers around Liu Bai actually were.
The complete Demon Lotus Slaughtering Spirit Array was a Mid-Level Earth-Grade formation. On the Merchant Continent, it once achieved the feat of annihilating a Fifth Grade Sovereign. Even if Qin Tiangang were present, Liu Bai would not fear him, let alone Qin Ling who was relying on external power.
"Demon Lotus Slaughtering Spirit Array, activate!"
The hand seal suddenly changed.
Everyone then saw pitch black light rapidly gathering within the cores of the four blooming black lotus flowers. In the next moment, the black lotuses trembled violently, and four inky black pillars of light silently shot out.
The four beams struck the lightning sun simultaneously. There was no earth shattering explosion and no strange phenomenon. As if it were only natural, the four beams instantly pierced through the lightning sun and slammed directly into Qin Ling and the three thousand Demonic Lightning troops beneath him.
Boom! Boom!
The beams continued onward, plunging deep into the ground. There, they seemed to encounter the demonic lightning originally hidden underground, immediately triggering a violent reaction between the two.
Everyone still standing on the ground felt as if they were standing atop surging waves. A massive force flung them upward, sending each person tumbling until they were completely disoriented.
Fortunately, all of them were powerful cultivators with various means of protection. Otherwise, within a radius of a thousand miles, there likely would not have been a single living soul left.
Rumble rumble!
The tremor came to an end, but the impact on the surroundings did not.
The once mountain filled landscape was completely altered. Countless peaks collapsed. Even the most majestic Demonic Lightning Mountain was violently split open from its center, forming a massive crack that cleaved it cleanly in two.
Countless people stared at this chain of events in utter shock. Even Liu Bai, the very instigator, was momentarily stunned.
"When did the Demon Lotus Slaughtering Spirit Array become this powerful?" Liu Bai muttered softly.
Such a world destroying scene was something even Jiu You and Qin Tiangang nearby likely could not achieve. This was clearly because the array power that shot into the ground had triggered the demonic lightning buried deep within the earth, resulting in such catastrophic consequences.
"Damn it. This did not completely destroy the Demonic Lightning Abyss, did it? If so, my Supreme Demon Heart Scripture would be ruined!"
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