Devil Creatures Held at Bay
"Bah!"
A piercing scream shattered the eardrums of many, and a black eagle-beaked monster with enormous wings suddenly flew out from the pillar of light.
Its appearance seemed to sound the horn of advance; in the blink of an eye, a continuous stream of Devil Creature poured out of the pillar of light!
They surged forward like a tidal wave, and everyone alive present was within their attack range.
Duan Hanyi even saw several Devil Creature surrounding a cultivator, tearing at his head with all their might. In just a moment, the cultivator was completely lifeless.
Everyone who witnessed this scene gasped in shock, realizing just how terrifying these Devil Creature truly were.
The beam of light continued to transmit the Devil Creature, but the Demonic Qi attack temporarily ceased.
The dissipated Demonic Qi had lost its previous power, allowing Lan Fusheng and the others to free up their hands to deal with the Devil Creature.
But as soon as he engaged one of the winged, bird-like Devil Creature, Lan Fusheng immediately realized something was wrong. "These Devil Creature are far more powerful than the Devil Race of the Twin Orchid Realm!"
He drew his spirit sword with a backhand stroke and slashed at the Devil Creature.
Strangely, although the sword had clearly pierced its flesh, it could not cut any further after reaching the Devil Creature's bone.
"Even Nascent Soul Cultivator's spiritual sword can't cut through their bones, what kind of monsters are these?!" Bai Kejin had also encountered such a strange thing, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes.
As he spoke, Bai Kejin's subordinate used even more force, twisting his wrist and severing the Devil Creature's head through the gap in the bone!
The headless Devil Creature instantly fell silent, allowing Bai Kejin to breathe a slight sigh of relief.
It's good that they die; as long as they have weaknesses, there's a chance to eliminate them.
At the same time, huge waves suddenly surged on the previously calm sea surface.
The white waves seemed capable of Heaven Swallower and obscuring the moon, climbing dozens of meters into the air in just a few breaths, completely engulfing the opening in the sea surface where the black beam of light had appeared.
The Devil Creature that had been continuously emerging from the pillar of light were instantly blocked. The rising seawater surrounded the pillar of light, trapping it and refusing to give the monsters even a chance to escape.
The waves gradually accumulated, forming a thick sea wall. If at first some Devil Creature could overcome this barrier formed by the seawater and continue attacking the Human Race, now they no longer had the possibility of passing through the sea wall.
"Moo..."
A distant cry echoed from the sea, and everyone looked up to see the enormous sea beast, whose form had remained obscured until now, leaping across the surface and disappearing into the wall.
The sea monster opened its massive jaws, and the Devil Creature that rushed into the sea wall was swallowed whole!
"That's a high-level Demon Beast, probably stronger than all of us in terms of cultivation. Even cultivators of the same level wouldn't be a Demon Beast for it in the sea. These Devil Creature won't have a good ending if they fall into the mouths of sea beasts." Lan Fusheng, being knowledgeable, saw through the trick at a glance.
Duan Hanyi hadn't expected so many strange changes at sea, and he immediately asked, "Did the Jiaoren Emperor make his move?"
"It wouldn't be considered a full-scale attack; at most, it was just some minor maneuvering. These Devil Creature, though tough, aren't invincible; they're probably only low-level Devil Creature. Only if a higher-level demon appeared would it likely provoke the Jiaoren King to intervene," Bai Kejin analyzed.
With the sea wall providing a barrier, their pressure was greatly reduced.
Although everyone had different specialties in magical Law Artifact, they all chose the most useful swords and sabers at this moment. With the combined efforts of the group of cultivators, they finally managed to stabilize the situation.
Jing Huan's news had already reached the sect. Before his master arrived, he needed to first help settle the people near the coast and then deal with the Teleportation Array.
Looking at the horrific scene inside the Teleportation Array, even though Jing Huan had cultivated for many years and seen plenty of blood, he still felt terrified at the sight.
The Teleportation Array broke too suddenly. With that kind of energy capable of traversing several small worlds, killing a cultivator would be a piece of cake.
However, some cultivators possess extremely strong vitality; even with only half their bodies remaining, they still retain consciousness and struggle to crawl out of the Teleportation Array.
Jing Huan stepped forward to support the injured man. He couldn't bear to look at the man's mangled lower body, while the man clung tightly to his clothes, crying, "Help me, help me... I'm in so much pain."
Jing Huan was about to feed the injured person the medicine, but soon the other person's breathing gradually weakened until it disappeared.
Lan Fusheng, who had followed, stepped forward and patted Jing Huan on the shoulder. "Sigh, let's keep them in check."
The Teleportation Array had been stained blood red. They quickly collected the remains of these people and cleaned up the damaged Teleportation Array.
After Dong Fuzhu took over the remains of these cultivators, she sighed, "These people are all broken into pieces, some are unrecognizable. I don't know if there's any chance of sending them back to their homeland."
Green Lotus glanced at it. "It's too early to talk about these things now. The crisis in the Cloud Mulberry Realm is far from over."
The two immediately fell silent, and Lan Fusheng and Jing Huan also figured out the problem with the Teleportation Array.
"The Teleportation Array is damaged and needs someone knowledgeable in array formations to repair it. However, the Array Sect seems to have some understanding of these things, so we should be able to get their help," Jing Huan said first.
But soon, Duan Hanyi, who had followed Dong Fuzhu and the others, objected. "We can't repair it! At least not now. The origins of these Devil Creature are unknown, but just looking at the Demonic Qi surging out after the pillar of light was created, we should know that there are definitely a lot of these Devil Creature. Once the Teleportation Array is repaired, there's no guarantee that the Devil Creature won't use it to Teleportation Array to other small worlds. We can't drag the other four small worlds into this war!"
Originally, Lan Fusheng and the others intended to repair the Teleportation Array so they could summon reinforcements. They knew very well that even with the help of the Jiaoren Emperor, their numbers were still too small compared to the cultivators of the Cloud Mulberry Realm.
But now, after Duan Hanyi's reminder, everyone instantly understood.
Duan Hanyi continued, "Fellow Jing Huan, even if my words offend you, I must speak. A great calamity is about to befall the Lower Realm, and none of the five minor worlds will be spared. Although your Cloud Mulberry Realm was the first to be affected, the other minor worlds are certainly close to the outbreak of disaster. At that time, let alone helping them, they will even have difficulty protecting themselves. If Devil Creature invade again, these minor worlds will perish even faster!"
Upon hearing this, Jing Huan's face turned extremely grim.
He turned to look at Duan Hanyi, his eyes flashing with ruthlessness for the first time. "Who exactly are you, and why do you know so much? Today, you urged these fellow Daoists to leave; did you already foresee that my Cloud Mulberry Realm would face such a calamity?"
"And what about Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue? Where did they go? Did they cause the calamities that befell my Cloud Mulberry Realm?"
Around the Teleportation Array in the Immortal Spirit Realm, the guards assigned by various sects were carrying out their final shift change of the day.
Ten Thousand Daos Born's disciples carefully exchanged tokens, then patted each other on the shoulder. "Alright, you've been guarding here for half a month, you've all worked hard, go back and rest."
The other person chuckled and didn't refuse their senior brothers' kindness, "Then I'll head back now. I've been busy these past few days and haven't seen Susu Sister Su Su in ages. I need to buy her some good food to take back!"
Several senior brothers laughed and scolded him, then watched their fellow disciples leave.
Before their group had gone far, the Teleportation Array suddenly emitted a muffled sound.
Immediately afterwards, bloody pieces of flesh scattered from the formation, and splattered blood directly onto the faces of the guarding disciples!
A mutilated cultivator struggled to raise his hand and uttered his last words to the stunned guards before him. " In the Cloud Mulberry Realm, there are Devil Creature..."