The Vast Sea Demon King Falls!

The starry sky was deathly silent, and a deathly aura churned on the altar.

Shi Jian moved like lightning, heading straight for that dim star deep in the starry sky.

Below, however, the formation of withered bones had already begun to change.

Meanwhile, the Vast Sea Demon King had been terrified by the giant silver tiger on the first level, causing his Demon Power to stagnate.

Forced into a corner of the altar, his face was ashen, and his eyes were filled with the desire to retreat.

Yuan Shan and White Crane, who were standing to the side, had hoped that he would use his Water Dao manipulation skills to hold him back; little did they know that he had long lost all will to fight and was only thinking about how to survive.

"Kill!"

A hollow buzzing sound came from within the military formation.

Three skeletons, clad in tattered heavy armor, emerged from the formation.

Each of the three skeletons held a bronze halberd upside down in its hand, the blade of which was engraved with intricate gray Dao patterns.

The three of them stood on the three positions of Heaven, Earth, and Man, their energy connected, instantly sealing off all of the Vast Sea Demon King's escape routes.

In mid-air, Shi Jian paused slightly, the Thunder Firmament Dragon-Slaying Spear in his hand emitting a purple-gold light; he glanced coldly down, but showed no intention of helping.

"These three long-spear puppets moved with a steady gait, and their aura was thirty percent stronger than that of ordinary skeletons."

Shi Jian thought to himself, his eyes narrowing slightly. "Let's see what the Dao patterns on that long spear are all about before we decide what to do."

He actually used the life of the Vast Sea Demon King to test the strength of this military formation.

Below, the Vast Sea Demon King was terrified when he saw that his retreat was blocked.

"Get out of here!"

He roared and swiftly Hand Seals. His Immortal Foundation [Sea-Overturning Marsh] began to operate, and the remaining primordial Demon Power within his body poured out without reservation.

Boom!

Waves suddenly rose from the flat ground, and black waters dozens of feet high surged up from the altar.

The water was incredibly heavy, containing the power of the Xuanming Heavy Water, and crashed down on the three skeletons. This heavy water could even crush ordinary magical Law Treasure; the Vast Sea Demon King relied on this ability to dominate a region of the sea.

But the next moment.

Three bronze halberds thrust out simultaneously, the gray patterns on their blades suddenly lighting up; they exuded an extreme armor-piercing sharpness.

Laugh!

The black waters, powerful enough to crush Shan Yue, were as fragile as cloth before the long spears; the three spears tore through the water curtain with overwhelming force, without even a moment's pause.

"Void-Piercing Dao Runes."

Shi Jian could see clearly from mid-air. "These old ghosts, who specialize in countering protective magic and primordial Dao techniques, were probably warrior cultivators who specialized in killing in their previous lives."

The water burst open, splashing water droplets everywhere.

The Vast Sea Demon King's pupils shrank sharply. Before he could change his move, the three long spears were already in front of him.

"Pfft!"

Two long halberds, one on the left and one on the right, instantly pierced through the shoulder blades of the Vast Sea Demon King; death energy erupted from the blades, directly locking the flow of Demon Power within his body.

"Ah--!"

The Vast Sea Demon King let out a shrill scream as his massive body was forcibly lifted up.

The third skeleton stepped forward, its long spear slashing down fiercely.

Bang!

The long spear pierced through the chest of the Vast Sea Demon King, pinning him firmly to the black stone floor of the altar; the sound of bones shattering was terrifying, and scarlet demon blood gushed out along the patterns on the black stone.

"Help me... Brother Yuan, help me!"

Blood gushed from the mouth of the Vast Sea Demon King. He gripped the long spear in front of his chest with both hands and struggled desperately, but he was like a fish nailed to a chopping board.

On the left, Yuan Shan heard the screams and his eyes widened in horror.

"Damn it! Get the hell out of my way!"

Yuan Shan roared, his true form of the Sea Ape surging with Qi and Blood and qi, and swung the towering pillar to return to the rescue.

However, as the battle formation shifted, five skeletons wielding heavy shields instantly blocked the way; death energy condensed on the shields, transforming into a thick, gray wall of energy.

Clang!

The giant pillar slammed into the shield wall with a deafening thud.

The air wall trembled violently, yet it withstood the attack; five skeletons were forced back several steps, and then five more skeletons wielding magic swords emerged from behind the shield.

The Sword Qi surged and bound Yuan Shan tightly, making it impossible for him to move an inch.

"Old Ape! It's beyond saving!" White Crane cried out urgently from the other side, as the clouds were constantly being compressed.

A blind spot in the altar.

The life force in the eyes of the Vast Sea Demon King quickly dissipated. He knew there was no way to reverse the situation, and a desperate madness flashed in his eyes.

Let's die together!

The Nascent Soul ape within his body suddenly opened its eyes, about to reverse its origin and self- Nascent Soul.

But from the three skeletons wielding long spears, the eerie green soul flames in their eye sockets suddenly leaped out; the three soul flames followed the spears and instantly rushed into the body of the Vast Sea Demon King.

"Call--"

A ghostly green flame ignited directly in his sea of consciousness and Dantian.

"No--!"

The Vast Sea Demon King let out a mournful howl that was not human; the soul fire burned the divine soul and the origin, and the Nascent Soul ape was completely devoured by the ghostly green flames before it could expand.

The screams stopped abruptly after only three breaths.

The massive body of the Vast Sea Demon King shrank at a visible rate.

His pure Demon Race Qi and Blood and Nascent Soul essence flowed into the black stone on the altar floor through the long halberd nailed to his chest.

Buzz!

After absorbing all the essence of a Nascent Soul Middle Stage demon, the entire Starry Sky Altar trembled violently.

The energy of the formation surged dramatically!

The soul fire in the eye sockets of hundreds of skeletons instantly doubled in intensity; the originally gray death aura even faintly revealed a chilling dark red.

"This formation... is trying to kill us!"

The Eight-Tentacled Demon King huddled in the corner, completely disoriented, muttering to himself, "We're doomed... we're all going to die here..."

"Waste!"

Yuan Shan gritted his teeth, his body bearing several deep, bone-revealing sword wounds.

The power of the formation increased dramatically, and the demons' situation suddenly became extremely precarious.

In mid-air.

Shi Jian sensed the surge of energy from the array below, and his expression hardened like iron.

"Full? Then die."

Without the slightest hesitation, the purple-gold lightning beneath his feet exploded, and his figure shot out like an arrow, heading straight for that dim star.

The altar formation absorbed the essence of the Vast Sea Demon King, and the star that served as its hub now emitted an eerie red light.

Space distorted around the stars.

Dozens of chains, formed from pure death energy, emerged from the void and coiled around Shi Jian like venomous snakes.

"Get out of here!"

Shi Jian roared and activated his Immortal Foundation [Purple Pivot Lightning] to its Extreme Realm.

He swung the Thunder Firmament Dragon-Slaying Spear with one hand, and the eighteen dragon souls on the spear roared in unison; the purple-gold lightning transformed into a dazzling sun, shattering all the dozens of deathly chains.

Their momentum remained undiminished, instantly closing to within a hundred feet of the star.

At this moment, the troops below seemed to realize that their core was under threat.

Hundreds of skeletons bowed their heads in unison, and a dark red aura of death rose into the sky; in front of the stars, a phantom of a white skeletal demon god, hundreds of feet tall, materialized.

The demon god, wielding a giant axe, faced Shi Jian and cleaved down with it.

This axe strike, imbued with most of the array's power, was comparable to the Nascent Soul Late Stage realm, or even higher!

"Fellow Daoist Shi, be careful!"

Yuan Shan, watching from below, felt his scalp tingle and roared out.

Shi Jian's eyes were wide open, filled with a frenzied murderous intent.

"You mere inanimate object, how dare you block my way?!"

He gripped the spear shaft tightly with both hands, and the Nascent Soul soul bear within his body roared to the sky; all the essence of Dao of Lightning was poured into the Thunder Firmament Dragon-Slaying Spear without reservation.

At the tip of the spear, the purple-gold lightning was compressed to its limit, transforming into a point of deep black light.

"Purple Pivot, Break Through the Heavens!"