Rumble rumble rumble----!!!
The bluish-gray mountain plains erupted in chaos as tens of thousands of divine beasts, accompanied by a cloud of dust that blotted out the Shangguan Lineage's defensive formation from all directions. At the forefront, hundreds of enormous ancient beasts had already crossed the last mountain ridge. Where their giant feet stomped, thick layers of rock crumbled one after another, and entire mountain peaks were shattered by their massive bodies. Before the flying debris could even land, it was crushed into dust by the surging beast horde behind them.
Thousands of scarlet beast eyes drew ever closer through the billowing dust. The divine beasts, originally of different bloodlines, now roared simultaneously under the divine sense of Gongpiluo Huang. The primal power of the True Annihilation Realm · Initial Stage to the Supreme, overlapped layer upon layer, shattering the sea of clouds within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles. From afar, the entire world was completely occupied by the surging giant beasts, the rolling sea of lightning, the burning beast flames, and countless enormous figures.
Within the Shangguan Lineage's grand formation, tens of thousands of disciples had already pushed their Fate Soul origins to their Ultimate, with thousands of sword souls suspended high in the sky, and ancient bells, life wheels, mountain and river diagrams, and various Innate Martial Soul constantly flowing along the formation patterns.
The gap in the southeast direction, eroded by the Beginningless Ancient Rhyme, still retains large gray-white cracks. Hundreds of disciples are struggling to maintain the array patterns on both sides, their faces pale and cold sweat constantly dripping from their foreheads.
Shangguan Wan'er stood at the core of the main formation, her deep purple robe billowing in the gale. Her usually composed demeanor was now devoid of any semblance of calm. Her eyes were fixed on the eight-winged ancient beast at the forefront. As she watched its eight Black Bone wings unfold simultaneously, the lightning between the wing bones rapidly coalescing into a dark purple sea of lightning spanning tens of thousands of feet, her heart sank. She immediately shouted sharply, "The Thunderwing Divine Beast Supreme is at the forefront! First line, guard the formation wall! Second line, prepare to engage! Everyone, heed my command! Do not leave the formation without authorization!"
Before the words were even finished, the eight-winged ancient beast at the True Annihilation Realm · Supreme roared, its three vertical beast eyes simultaneously shooting out scarlet light, and its eight bone wings suddenly slammed forward. Boom!!! The entire dark purple sea of lightning instantly transformed into a giant lightning spear piercing through the heavens and earth, crashing into the front of the great formation with a sharp roar that tore through the clouds. The outermost light barrier suddenly caved inward.
Thousands of array patterns simultaneously lit up with blinding light. The Shangguan Lineage disciples standing at the front felt as if their chests had been struck by a heavy hammer. Hundreds of them groaned in unison, their feet carving deep furrows in the rocky ground. Before they could even catch their breath...
Another pale, bone-armored divine beast supreme had already arrived from the left wing, with nine dark moons rising behind it in succession. Each dark moon was entwined with a profound True Annihilation aura. As the nine moons spun in unison, the entire left side of the sky suddenly darkened, and beams of pale moonlight poured down from the sky. The moonlight fell on the array wall, causing the originally bright Fate Soul patterns to quickly lose their luster, and the Innate Martial Soul of dozens of disciples nearby let out painful cries one after another.
"Left flank reinforcements! All Ancient Bell Martial Souls, advance!" An elder of the Shangguan Lineage roared as he rose into the air. Behind him, a bronze bell hundreds of feet tall suddenly materialized. He pushed forward with both palms, and the bell, carrying a heavy Daoist aura, crashed into the pale moonlight. Thud! The bell's sound shook several nearby mountains to the ground. Hundreds of disciples then activated their respective Fate Soul, and dozens of ancient bells of varying sizes appeared one after another in the sky. The bell sounds overlapped, temporarily blocking the pale light of the nine dark moons.
Just as everyone was doing their best to resist, a divine beast with ten thousand horns on its forehead raised its head from the beast horde behind them. A deep starry sky floated between the dense ancient horns, with thousands of stars slowly rotating within it. Then, it suddenly broke free from the horns and transformed into a massive torrent of Xingyun that crashed down on the great formation.
Boom! Boom! Rumble rumble rumble ----!!! Thousands of enormous stars burning with True Annihilation Dao Flame crashed into the array wall one after another, causing the entire defensive array to tremble violently. The first layer of light barrier at the front finally could not withstand the continuous impact and cracked with a snap, revealing countless cracks. Hundreds of disciples maintaining the array patterns coughed up blood at the same time.
The Mountain and River Dao Map, which was originally suspended high in the sky, was pushed back by the Xingyun torrent. The thousands of miles of mountains and rivers displayed in the map collapsed one after another. A Shangguan Lineage in charge of this place suddenly bit his tongue and poured his own Fate Soul essence into the Dao Map without reservation. Dozens of disciples behind him stepped forward and pressed their palms against his back. Dozens of essences converged into a blue-white torrent, which forcefully pushed the Mountain and River Dao Map, which was about to break apart, back together.
However, the attack of the divine beast was far from over. A six-headed, twelve-winged ancient beast swooped down from the sky. Its six heads opened their huge mouths at the same time, spewing out crimson-gold beast flames that could burn mountains and rivers, a dark blue cold current that could freeze the Dao, a gray-white poisonous mist that could corrode the Fate Soul, a black wind blade that could tear through the void, a purple lightning snake that could entangle cause and effect, and an azure sound wave that could shatter one's Innate Martial Soul.
Six primordial torrents intersected in mid-air, converging into a chaotic storm covering tens of thousands of feet, crashing violently into the top of the great formation. Hundreds of sword spirits suspended high in the sky were instantly shaken and violently deflected. Several True Annihilation Realm disciples were even unable to maintain their hand seals, and the phantom images of their Fate Soul behind them shattered one after another, spitting out blood.
"Hold on! Everyone hold on!!!" A Shangguan Lineage the Shangguan family glared angrily, his arms suddenly rising upwards, and a giant cauldron thousands of feet tall slowly rose behind him. The cauldron was covered with ancient mountain patterns, and a vast torrent of primordial energy gushed from its mouth, colliding head-on with the attack of the six-headed divine beast supreme.
Boom!!! The giant cauldron trembled violently, and cracks quickly appeared on its surface. The elder's face turned pale, and blood dripped from the corner of his mouth down his chin, yet he still held on tightly to his arms. Upon seeing this, the three deacons immediately rushed forward, continuously pouring their Fate Soul essence into the bottom of the giant cauldron. Hundreds of disciples also activated their divine powers, and beams of sword light, giant seals, spears, and life wheels soared into the sky from the formation, passing through the torrents of life essence on both sides of the giant cauldron, and madly bombarded the six-headed divine beast supreme.
Clang! A ten-thousand-foot-long sword spirit struck one of the beast heads first. Swoosh! Large patches of purplish-black scales were torn open by the sword's edge. Immediately afterwards, dozens of spear shadows pierced the wound. The six-headed divine beast supreme let out a mournful roar, its twelve wings flapping wildly, its massive body tumbling backward, smashing through large swathes of clouds along the way. But the crimson light in its eyes never faded. Despite being wounded, it showed no intention of retreating. Instead, it flapped its wings again, continuing its descent into the great formation, covered in blood.
Below, even more divine beasts had crashed into the defensive light barrier. A colossal beast with black armor, carrying three black mountains on its back, lowered its head, its single horn on its forehead wrapped with thick True Annihilation Dao patterns. Its four legs suddenly shattered the earth, and its massive body, like a rapidly moving mountain range, slammed into the east side of the great formation.
Bang!!! Bang!!! Bang!!! The light barrier, spanning thousands of feet, instantly caved inward, causing hundreds of disciples within the formation to sway and nearby rocks to crumble. An unknown divine beast supreme being, its entire body composed of silver-white ring bones, followed closely behind.
Suddenly, a beam of dark gold shot out from the central black beast eye. Wherever the beam passed, the originally intact array patterns were peeled away layer by layer, and dozens of primordial light chains broke on the spot. Behind it, a group of ancient dragon supreme beings covered in crimson gold scales swooped down from the sky. Their dragon roars shook the mountains and rivers, and hundreds of dragon breaths poured out at the same time. The outer wall of the entire array was instantly engulfed by a sea of fire.
The Shangguan Lineage's tens of thousands of disciples launched their fiercest counterattack in this near-suffocating siege. Thousands of Fate Soul giant swords flew out from the formation at the same time, their blades intersecting in the sky to form a sword tide that stretched for dozens of miles, slashing wildly at the beast horde. Dozens of True Annihilation Realm · Initial Stage divine beasts at the forefront were pierced by the sword light one after another, their massive bodies tumbling and falling to the ground from mid-air.
At the same time, thousands of disciples behind them condensed ancient seals, and tens of thousands of dark gold seal patterns spread out from above the great formation, transforming into heavy mountains that crashed down. Hundreds of ancient divine beasts that were charging were instantly pressed into the ground, and their blood gushed out from between the shattered rock layers.
Hundreds of other disciples skilled in spear techniques stood side by side, thrusting their spears forward simultaneously. Their Fate Soul essence condensed into streaks of silver-white spear light that pierced through the void. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh--! The spear light pierced through the beast horde one after another, leaving behind large patches of blood mist and shattered armor fragments along the way.
But every time a group of divine beast supreme beings fell, more scarlet beast eyes would light up from the dust curtain behind them. Those ancient beasts driven by the divine sense of Gongpiluo Huang had completely lost their instinct to seek good fortune and avoid danger. Even though there were corpses of their own kind everywhere in front of them, and even though they had been severely injured, they still charged wildly. Some divine beast supreme beings at the peak of the True Annihilation Realm · Supreme even burned their own Fate Soul essence when their bodies were about to collapse, dragging their nearly broken bodies into the array wall.
Boom!!! Violent explosions rang out one after another, and a large area of the defensive light barrier was shaken and flickered. People in the formation kept coughing up blood and retreating. Several deacons had to personally take over the positions of the injured disciples. The originally stable flow of the source energy also began to show more and more obvious stagnation.
Shangguan Wan'er stood at the main array's eye, her face extremely grave as she gazed at the densely packed divine beast supreme beings on all sides. Her palms moved rapidly, forming hand seals, while a deep purple Fate Soul halo spun behind her, sending powerful, Eternal Silence primordial energy to various array positions. Yet, her gaze never left the palm-sized, grayish-white beast at the heart of the beast tide. She could clearly sense that while these frantically charging divine beast supreme beings were terrifying, the true source of the entire array's impending doom was still Gongpiluo Huang.