Jin Yun's soul fell into the Nine Netherlands, where countless coils of black qi wrapped around him and dragged him toward an unfathomably deep abyss.
Within the abyss, eerie voices rumbled and wails rang out without end. The scene was too horrific to bear, filling anyone who witnessed it with dread!
With one thrust, Luohu had slain Jin Yun and won the first battle, dealing a fierce blow to the Demon-Subduing Allied Forces!
"This Devil Dao Luohu is truly despicable!"
A cultivator stood ten thousand zhang tall, his ethereal form surrounded by wisps of the Great Dao. His face was the color of ancient bronze. He stepped forward, and an incomprehensible pressure from heaven and earth surged toward Demon Ancestor Luohu. His killing intent spread like dense clouds, blanketing a stretch of ten thousand li!
"Hm? Xuanhuang Daoist? You dare challenge me too?"
Demon Ancestor Luohu furrowed his brow. He had no regard for Xuanhuang, a peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal, only contempt.
Just then, one of the Three Thousand Divine Demons within the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation roared, "Demon Ancestor, why trouble yourself with a mere Xuanhuang Daoist? Let me fight him in your place!"
The man's voice was so deep and powerful that he sounded like a savage beast from the mountains.
Beichen fixed his gaze on the speaker. It was a gigantic Demon Ape, its entire body pitch-black and covered in bristling fur.
Born in primordial chaos, the Demon Ape was a renowned member of the Three Thousand Divine Demons. His strength had also reached the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, making him one of Demon Ancestor Luohu's most trusted subordinates!
"Impressive. The killing aura around that Demon Ape is terrifying! This really is a clash of immortals!"
Beichen sensed the other party's cultivation and was astonished.
He now understood that the Grand Unity Golden Immortals among both the Demon-Subduing Allied Forces and the Three Thousand Divine Demons were comparable to Quasi-Saints in later eras.
They were the first cultivators of the Chaos Dao. The purity of their cultivation was beyond what the second generation of cultivators could match.
Thus, this battle was essentially a clash between five true Saints, with countless Quasi-Saints taking part as well!
The Dao-Devil War was undoubtedly a grand battle of the highest caliber, unprecedented and never to be seen again!
At the thought, Beichen was overcome with excitement. He watched every cultivator in the void intently, studying their every move and comprehending the power of their divine abilities!
"Very well, Demon Ape. Since you've volunteered, you'll fight Xuanhuang!"
As soon as Demon Ancestor Luohu finished speaking, a deafening demonic roar shook the heavens. The colossal Demon Ape burst out of the sword formation, as if tearing the world apart, and immediately clashed with Xuanhuang.
His attacks were ferocious, but Xuanhuang was wrapped in the qi of heaven and earth. He held his ground, steadily weathering one move after another.
"I, Star Daoist, have come to challenge you, Demon Ancestor Luohu!"
A young man of extraordinary height, with sword-shaped brows, bright eyes, and refined features, leaped in front of Demon Ancestor Luohu without the slightest trace of fear.
His entire body was enveloped in silver-blue light. Within that glow surged the boundless power of the stars falling through the Great Void. Each surge carried the force of a star, and each star contained the power of a small world.
This young Dao cultivator seemed to possess countless small worlds. The sheer depth of his Dao power placed him among the top ten of all the cultivators present!
"Star Daoist, what imposing words. And yet, you dare claim to be a match for me, Demon Ancestor Luohu?"
At that moment, another mocking voice rang out from among the Three Thousand Divine Demons. "Demon Ancestor, don't waste your time fighting this lowly Dao cultivator. I, Shuihua, request permission to fight him!"
Shuihua was also a Divine Demon born in primordial chaos, nurtured amid countless waters. She was a female immortal.
She leaped into the air, her body extraordinarily supple, as if she could pass through and coil around anything—truly all-pervading!
Shuihua summoned boundless black-green algae, each strand infused with a trace of the Chaos Great Dao's power, and swept them toward Xingchen.
Xingchen's brows knitted together. He hurriedly unleashed a sky-filling torrent of chaotic starlight, striking down at the black-green algae.
Boom!
Layer upon layer of waves swept through the void. Wherever they passed, space shattered. Both of them were driven back again and again, retreating a thousand li in an instant.
Xingchen looked grave, while Shuihua laughed sweetly and once more unleashed that incomprehensible tide of chaos, surging toward him.
Demon Ancestor Luohu nodded slightly, clearly pleased. "Shuihua's strength is no weaker than Xingchen's."
Since Demon Ancestor Luohu had left the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, he had no intention of returning so soon. Holding the terrifying God-Slaying Spear, he continued to fight and slaughter the other cultivators among the Demon-Subduing Allied Forces.
Every one of these powerful experts in the allied forces was a peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal, no weaker than Xuanhuang or Xingchen. Unfortunately, their opponent was Demon Ancestor Luohu!
When Luohu brought out the God-Slaying Spear, his attacks reached their peak. He showed no mercy. With a single thrust, he pierced the life force of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal and sent him to his death!
The Three Thousand Divine Demons asked to join the battle again, but Luohu refused. He merely waved a hand and shouted, "Guard the sword formation!"
The God-Slaying Spear released unparalleled, terrifying black light in the void. Each flash claimed the life of a powerful expert.
In just a few breaths, the God-Slaying Spear slew six peak Grand Unity Golden Immortals.
"Attack together!"
The nine remaining Grand Unity Golden Immortals exchanged wary glances, gritted their teeth, and charged as one to fight Luohu.
Luohu smiled faintly, then abruptly put away the God-Slaying Spear.
The next moment, a small black pagoda appeared in his hand.
The pagoda could change size at will. With a boom, it expanded to ten thousand zhang tall. It had nine stories, each radiating an endless, terrifying power of confinement.
"You mere ants aren't worth my effort. This Nine Demon Pagoda alone will suppress every last one of you."
Luohu gave a sinister smile.
"This is the Nine Demon Pagoda, one of Demon Ancestor Luohu's three greatest treasures!"
Beichen stared at the Nine Demon Pagoda. It looked completely unfamiliar, but from the aura within its nine stories, he could tell that it was absolutely no weaker than the God-Slaying Spear.
"What is the Nine Demon Pagoda's origin?"
In his previous life, Beichen had read countless tales of the primordial world, but the Nine Demon Pagoda was rarely mentioned. Even now that he had seen it for himself, he knew very little about it.
Just then, information appeared out of nowhere and entered his mind, introducing the Nine Demon Pagoda.
"The Nine Demon Pagoda is a supreme-grade innate treasure formed from the bone, root, and Dao qi of the nine fated creator Divine Demons!"
"The nine fated creator Divine Demons are Nuwa, Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Supreme Pure Lord of Numinous Treasure, Grand Pure Lord of Morality, Primordial Chaos Demon Realm Ancestor, Heart-Piercing Madman, Ghost Ancestor, Nine Nether Sacred Sect, Ancient Buddha, Dipankara Buddha, Demon Ancestor, Elf Celestial Demon, and Monster Ancestor, Heaven's Cripple and Earth's Defect."
"So it's a treasure formed from the bone, root, and Dao qi of the nine Divine Demons! Each represents a different domain, and each carries the foundation of primordial chaos. It makes sense that their bone, root, and Dao qi, gathered together, would form a supreme-grade innate treasure of primordial chaos!"
Beichen understood that the Nine Demon Pagoda's power had nothing to do with the nine Divine Demons' strength. It had been forged from their bone, root, and Dao qi—the purest laws within them. The fusion of all nine was terrifying indeed!
As soon as the Nine Demon Pagoda stirred, it released an endless force of attraction and confinement.
Nine beams of colored light flashed. The targeted peak Grand Unity Golden Immortals had no power to resist and were sucked into the pagoda one after another.
Demonic qi surged inside the pagoda, and black spirits roiled. The experts who fell within were enveloped by the black qi, and the Grand Unity aura around them weakened with every passing moment.
Before long, all nine mighty experts had been reduced to ghastly white bones.
"The Nine Demon Pagoda is so terrifying. If only I could get my hands on it..." Beichen couldn't help imagining the possibilities.
"What a joke of a Demon-Subduing Allied Forces! They're utterly pathetic!"
Demon Ancestor Luohu put away the Nine Demon Pagoda, then turned and darted back into the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. "Four Ancestors, our final showdown begins!"
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