Cloud Mulberry Falls

The black pillar of light still stood quietly on the sea, so serene that it seemed to be nothing more than a decoration, as if no Devil Creature had ever emerged from it.

The Cloud Mulberry Realm has transformed from initial chaos and fear of the arrival of Devil Creature into a state of normalcy.

Although sect disciples and cultivators from the Rogue Cultivator Alliance continued to patrol the coast, most people felt that the crisis had passed. Some even tried to fish near the pillar of light, thinking that since the pillar of light appeared there, there might be some rare treasures in the sea.

At that moment, Lan Fusheng caught a small boat that was trying to sneak towards the pillar of light.

The wrinkled old man gave Lan Fusheng a fawning smile and unconsciously rubbed his hands together. His son, a lean middle-aged man, stood to the side, staring at the patrol team with disdain in his eyes.

"Please, esteemed immortals, be lenient. We simply wish to fish for a living," the old man said first.

Lan Fusheng gave Bai Kejin a look, and the latter immediately understood and pulled the father and son's boat back.

Upon seeing this, the middle-aged man nearby couldn't help but shout and even started fighting with Bai Kejin over the small boat.

Lan Fusheng frowned. "We won't stop you from making a living, but the pillar of light is still there. What if something happens to it?"

The old man just smiled bitterly and didn't speak. Instead, his son immediately scoffed, "So many days have passed. Apart from the initial appearance of Demonic Qi and a few Devil Creature, that pillar of light has been completely silent, quieter than any of you people have made. You think something bad will happen just because you say so? Do you think that pillar of light is your son, that he'll listen to everything you say?"

Click!

A thunderclap suddenly struck the sea, startling everyone. The middle-aged man who had spoken earlier immediately shrank behind Bai Kejin, who appeared to be the tallest.

He was startled by the thunder, which seemed to be a warning to him, making the middle-aged man tremble with fear.

Fortunately, the thunder only lasted a moment, and the middle-aged man quickly rallied. "See? I told you it was nothing. That beam of light is just for show now. Besides, even if something did happen, there are still several sea walls and so many sea beasts to protect us. You're making a mountain out of a molehill..."

With a deafening roar, the first sea wall surrounding the pillar of light shattered completely.

The middle-aged man's last words disappeared from his throat before they even finished.

The painful roars of sea monsters echoed from afar. Before anyone could see what was happening, the azure sea had already been stained red.

The middle-aged man felt his legs go weak and collapsed onto the boat, his eyes wide open as he stared into the distance, his pupils reflecting the image of yet another layer of sea wall breaking apart.

"What, what is that?" The old man was stronger than his son and was still standing steadily on the boat.

The Beast Soul Sect cultivator in Lan Fusheng's group also sneered, mimicking the middle-aged man. "What else could it be? Of course, it's Devil Creature!"

"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and take me and my father away! Quick, quick! Get us ashore! I don't want to stay in the sea!" the middle-aged man shouted.

The sea walls that once withstood many Devil Creature crumbled layer by layer, and the mournful cries of sea beasts echoed continuously. The area of the blood-red seawater grew larger and larger... All of this proved to them just how powerful this attack from the Upper Realm was.

Middle-aged people are greedy for money, but they are also afraid of death.

He was no longer indifferent; he wished he hadn't left the house today and hadn't come with his father on this trip.

He urged Lan Fusheng to leave quickly, and his strange cries made the patrolmen frown repeatedly.

"Shut up!" one of them couldn't help but yell at him, and the middle-aged man finally quieted down.

The collapse of the sea wall caught the attention of many people, and the patrol teams on the shore immediately organized themselves to form a defensive formation upon noticing the anomaly.

Although the sea wall was blocking their way in these days, the Array Sect had made preparations early on, setting up dozens of high-level arrays on the coast. These included killing arrays, trapping arrays, and even legendary powerful arrays.

As a result, the Array Sect's inventory was reduced by two-thirds. Everyone was worried that this was just a joke played on them by the Upper Realm. If the pillar of light was actually harmless, then the Array Sect would suffer a huge loss.

But now, seeing the sea wall rapidly collapsing, the disciples of the Array Sect were both comforted that their array had not been set up in vain, and worried that what was inside the pillar of light would bring disaster to the Cloud Mulberry Realm.

"If we had known the Devil Creature inside the pillar of light were so powerful, we would have been willing to accept the loss of our sect's treasures for nothing." A disciple of the Array Sect, who had been assigned to the front lines by his sect, frowned.

His companion, who was firmly in control of the situation, said upon hearing this, "Don't think too much, focus on the present!" He had a premonition that the last sea wall was about to collapse.

The cultivators from the Beast Soul Sect, the Array Sect, and the Rogue Cultivator Alliance lined up in several rows on the coast, firmly protecting the town and countless creatures behind them.

Before them, the last layer of sea wall finally collapsed, and the ninth-tier tortoise-shaped Demon Beast let out a cry they had never heard before, officially launching the battle.

Countless dark shadows surged out from the black pillar of light, covering the sky and completely obscuring the sunlight the moment they appeared.

Lan Fusheng and the others were too late to return to shore. He ignored the middle-aged man's panicked cries and left one of his companions there to watch over the father and son.

Upon hearing his plan, the middle-aged man immediately launched into a tirade, blaming Lan Fusheng and his group for hindering their return to shore, which earned him another slap from the old man.

"You may go," the old man said calmly, much more so than his son. "We'll stay here and watch over you; we won't go anywhere. We hope you all return safely."

Lan Fusheng and Bai Kejin nodded to the old man, and then, except for the one who stayed behind, the rest of them lightly touched the ground and attacked the Devil Creature in mid-air.

Calling Devil Creature isn't quite accurate; those sent to the Cloud Mulberry Realm these days are all intelligent, orthodox Devil Race. They are smarter and more powerful than ordinary Devil Creature.

Bai Kejin and his companions realized this as soon as they engaged the Devil Race in battle.

Fortunately, besides them, the other cultivators also leaped out of the array's range and rushed towards the Devil Race.

With the combined efforts of the group, they dealt with this group of low-level Devil Race relatively easily.

But soon, the situation changed.

Another group of Devil Race surged out from the pillar of light, and the one surrounded by this group of Devil Race had purple spiral horns on his head. As soon as he appeared on the sea surface of the Cloud Mulberry Realm, he released the wings on his back and the Demonic Power of his whole body.

The array on the coast suffered its first attack—from a high-ranking Devil Race!