A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality

The Battle at the Border (4)

Hearing Devil Concord’s challenge, the shriveled old man frowned, but then he said as if nothing had happened,

“There will be a battle against the three great cultivators of the Heavenly South sooner or later. However, I have to stay behind to preside over the battle and cannot accept the challenge. I will have to trouble Sect Master Fang for this. I’ve long heard that Sect Master’s True Heavenly Rakshasa Devil Arts has already been cultivated to an extremely high level and you can even be possessed by the true devilish Qi of the Heaven Fiend True Devil. It should be easy to deal with one person.”

The black-robed man coldly said, “Since I’ve already made an agreement with you, I will naturally take action. I also wish to experience the abilities of the number one devil cultivator in the Heavenly South Region!” Green light flashed from his eyes as he slowly rose into the air, enveloped in black Qi.

Cultivator Zhong and Shorty Bi wordlessly flew after him as a streak of silver light and a ball of red light.

When Master Sunreach and the other two saw this, they immediately flew into the sky as streaks of light.

The black-robed man and the two Moulan Divine Sages chased after him.

In the blink of an eye, the six of them disappeared into the clouds.

However, not long after, the color of the nearby sky began to change. One moment it was fiery red, the next it was pitch-black. A series of thunderous explosions followed, and from time to time, blinding silver and rainbow light would flash past.

The six great cultivators in the sky were engaged in battle. At a low altitude, the cultivators on the ground and the army of spell warriors were also engaged in battle.

However, this wasn’t like a battle between single cultivators or several groups of cultivators. As soon as they arrived, they would each take to the air and approach their opponents with magic treasures.

Instead, from such a distance, the cultivators and spell warriors activated all kinds of protective restrictions at the same time as the incantations rose and fell. Giant light barriers slowly rose from both sides, enveloping the main forces of both sides.

It was clear that the cultivators had completed their defense first.

This didn’t mean that a cultivator’s five-elemental Dao techniques were faster than a spell warrior’s spirit arts. It was just that most of the protective formations set up by the Heavenly South cultivators were made up of formation tools. As such, they were naturally faster than the opponent’s spirit arts.

When Long Han, who was overseeing the battle, saw this, he immediately gave the order to attack.

The first ones to attack were a dozen or so rare treasures that attacked from a distance, including the huge gong that Han Li had seen earlier.

At this moment, not only had the platform where the gong was placed arrived at the front of the group of cultivators, but it was also floating in the air, hovering over 100 feet above the ground. There were only seven or eight large yellow-robed men guarding it. The huge man who had been sitting cross-legged beside the gong had suddenly stood up, silently standing to the side of the gong with a three-meter-long hammer in his hand.

A short distance away, there were two people erecting a black triangular banner that was around 50 to 60 feet tall. The banner was shimmering with black light, and there was a lifelike black flood dragon embroidered on it.

Nine red-clothed young women each held a tray covered in red brocade. The tray was bulging with an unknown treasure. However, these nine young women formed a strange formation and floated in the air.

Three embroidered-robed old men each carried a gourd that was half the height of a person and walked to the front of the group with narrowed eyes.

…

The order to attack instantly fell into the ears of the cultivators in charge of the first wave.

The large man on the bronze platform immediately opened his eyes wide, and yellow light erupted from his body. He then struck the center of the gong with a hammer in his hands.

A burst of blinding golden light erupted, but strangely enough, the light flashed without a sound.

In the instant that the ball of golden light appeared, it exploded, transforming into specks of golden stars that hurtled toward Han Li.

However, after flying over 100 feet away, the golden stars turned into balls of golden mist.

The large man continued to strike with his hammer, and countless golden stars shot out from the gong. The golden mist was like a wave as it surged towards the spell warrior army.

As the two cultivators wildly waved the triangular black banner, a black flood dragon appeared on its surface.

The flood dragon opened its eyes and released gusts of azure-black demonic wind from its mouth.

The wind howled, and gusts of wind turned into a vast expanse of black. In an instant, sand and stones flew everywhere, making it impossible to see anything.

The red-clothed young women raised the red plates in their hands and began to chant an incantation. In a flash of red light, nine copper pieces with glistening red colors suddenly flew out from the plates. They gathered in the air and began to spin.

An ancient fire-red mirror that was several feet in size appeared. Spiritual light flickered from the surface of the mirror, and countless fist-sized fire birds shot out from within. Each of the fire birds was enveloped in flames, and they spat out flames from their mouths. After a series of clear cries, they shot forth like arrows.

The three embroidered-robed old men stood in a triangular formation and simultaneously raised the huge gourds on their backs. Bone-chilling white glacial Qi mixed with countless snowflakes and hailstones instantly turned the area in front of them into a world of ice and snow, blowing toward the opposite side at an extremely fast speed.

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The attacks of these rare treasures were launched almost at the same time. The opposing spell warriors barely managed to form their own protective light barrier. Without any time to counterattack, they could only deal with this round of attacks head-on under the command of the shriveled old man.

As soon as the attacks made contact, the golden mist, black winds, and the others all exploded on the light barrier.

For a time, all kinds of light flashed, and the spell warrior army’s barrier trembled slightly.

When Long Han saw this, he immediately issued another order. The cultivators who received the order immediately launched the second wave of attacks before the first wave of attacks had even ended.

This attack was a large-scale attack secret technique jointly executed by the various sects.

Beams of light of various colors and torrential demonic flames were consecutively unleashed from the cultivators’ camp, instantly combining with the first round of attacks from the exotic treasures to envelop the entire spell warrior camp.

The spell warriors’ protective light barrier was completely overwhelmed by the relentless attacks.

The shriveled old man wore a sullen expression. He hadn’t expected that he would immediately be beaten up because of the late activation of their spirit techniques.

The other party’s attacks were so ferocious that he was unable to spare any spell warriors for the time being to immediately retaliate.

In the face of such fearsome attacks, even Nascent Soul cultivators wouldn’t dare to take it head-on without the protection of a spell formation.

The old man suddenly turned to the black-robed woman and said, “Madam Lu! It seems we’ll have to use your huge beasts. Otherwise, we won’t be able to take the initiative.”

The black-robed woman smiled and nonchalantly said, “Since the sect master lent those huge beasts to you, feel free to use them. There is no need to specifically tell me.”

The old man nodded with satisfaction and immediately gave the order.

A series of earth-shattering beast roars erupted as a dozen or so massive figures forcefully charged out from the spell warriors’ barriers amidst all sorts of attacks. They were none other than the armored savage beasts.

As soon as these huge beasts emerged, they immediately rushed in the direction of the cultivator camp.

At this moment, a portion of the cultivators’ attacks were aimed at the huge beasts.

The techniques attacking the spell warriors slowed down slightly.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, several tens of high-grade spell warriors hurriedly flew out. At the same time, they summoned several tens of pellets of different colors and began to chant.

An unbelievable scene unfolded.

Some of the pellets fell straight into the ground and disappeared. Some of them were wrapped in azure light, while others condensed into a ball of clear water or erupted with flames of their own accord, enveloping them in raging flames.

Then, from the ground, from the azure light, and from the water and fire, demon beasts of different shapes appeared out of thin air.

There were yellow soil pythons that were over 100 feet long, huge fire wolves that were over 70 to 80 feet tall, azure strange birds that were faintly discernible, and blue demon turtles that were covered in mist…

As soon as these demon beasts appeared, they immediately followed behind the savage beasts and pounced towards the army of cultivators.

In addition to their innately tough skin and thick flesh, as well as the armor they were wearing, they had all sorts of defensive spells cast on their bodies. Although they were attacked by all kinds of spells and were covered in injuries in the blink of an eye, miraculously, none of them fell.

However, the transformed beasts behind them were no longer able to do so.

Although their auras were equally astonishing, most of their bodies were scattered after a round of attacks, turning into specks of spiritual light that disappeared without a trace.

As for those pellets, they had lost a lot of spiritual Qi and directly fell to the ground.

However, the high-grade spell warriors acted as if they didn’t see this. At the same time, they raised their hands and threw out another batch of pellets. After chanting an incantation, one monster after another appeared and charged forward fearlessly.

At this moment, the expressions of many cultivators changed slightly. They unconsciously increased the number of spell techniques aimed at these monsters, and the pressure on the spell warriors was greatly reduced.

Long Han’s expression darkened slightly upon seeing this, and he hurriedly wanted to give some instructions, but it was already too late.

With great difficulty, the shriveled old man seized the opportunity and gave an order. He had already drawn out a small portion of his spell warriors to switch to their attack-type spell techniques. Immediately, spiritual light of various colors erupted. As they chanted, huge fireballs with a diameter of three meters and ice spears as thick as small trees began to condense in the air.

“Spirit Technique Array!”

Upon seeing this, Long Han muttered to himself. Knowing that he could no longer suppress his opponent, he hurriedly sent a voice transmission.

All of a sudden, the exotic treasures ceased their attacks, and their owners hurriedly retreated back into the formation with them, returning to the protection of the restrictions.

At the same time, over 1,000 cultivators with high cultivation bases flew out from the air above the cultivators’ camp. Each of them held a formation flag that was several feet in length, and they quickly formed a massive and intimidating spell formation. Afterwards, they all tossed the formation flags in their hands into the air.

A large expanse of five-colored light barrier appeared above the cultivators’ camp. It was like a huge shield, providing an additional layer of protection to the cultivator army.

At that moment, over a hundred huge fireballs shot forth from the other side, followed by over a thousand huge ice spears.

Waves of fire and icy mist immediately enveloped the entire army of cultivators.

As for the huge beasts and the demon beasts that the projectiles had transformed into, they had already covered more than half of the distance. After a few rounds of magic technique attacks, they had completely arrived in front of the cultivators.

Of the dozen or so huge beasts, only seven or eight were left, and more than half of the demon beasts that had undergone their second metamorphosis had been destroyed.

However, in the face of the dense army of cultivators, these demon beasts showed no fear of death and continued to charge forward in an overbearing manner.