Chapter 468 81: Slaying the Great Enemy

Concealing their auras, Shengshou Scholar and Jin Wujiu tailed the Fire God Gu from afar. They watched it devour an entire flock of strange birds before it leisurely flew toward a snow-capped mountain.

When the golden flame reached the summit, it instantly melted the snow that had covered the peak for untold years. White steam surged skyward, sizzling loudly.

"Could that person be on this mountain?"

Shengshou Scholar's expression flickered. This place wasn't far from the True Flame Sect. 'Perhaps Fang Cheng just brought his Fire Gu out for a feeding,' he thought.

He steered his moth to a stop at the edge of the scorching, boiling steam and called out, "Are you there, Fellow Daoist Fang?"

An utter silence answered, broken only by the howling of the cold wind and the swirling snow.

The Fire Gu on the summit took flight again, heading into the distant sky.

Shengshou Scholar let out a light chuckle and said, "Please wait, Fellow Daoist!"

With that, he steered his moth in pursuit of the Fire Gu.

Just as the moth flew over the summit, their vision suddenly went black. At some point, a star-filled night sky had enveloped the world around them.

The cosmos shifted, and killing intent flared to life!

A vast wind of deathly silence suddenly swept in.

Shengshou Scholar's expression changed. With a wave of his large sleeve, the Li Hen Demon Light appeared in an instant, enveloping him and Jin Wujiu.

But as the blackish-gray wind of deathly silence swept over the moth, its purple Demonic Light instantly dissolved. Its flesh sloughed off its body, and in the blink of an eye, it turned to ash.

The Tier Four Demon had no power to resist and perished on the spot.

The wind of deathly silence slammed into Shengshou Scholar's Li Hen Demon Light mid-air, creating an earth-shattering boom.

Demonic Light suffused the air and the black wind raged. For a moment, space trembled and the Spiritual Mechanism fell into chaos.

"A Tier Five Array! Impressive methods, Fellow Daoist Fang. However, I have come today with a matter to discuss. I ask that you show yourself so we may speak!"

Shengshou Scholar remained calm and unhurried. He formed a seal with his left hand, and a hundred-zhang-tall Resentment Celestial Demon appeared behind him. It let out a low roar, and the Li Hen Demon Light surged, scattering the wind of deathly silence.

Next, he summoned his Ancient Bronze Book. Its pages flipped open, and three tall Bronze Generals flew out. Clad in Bronze Armor and wielding Long Halberds, they radiated a majestic aura. All of them were at the Dharma Realm.

From within the Array, there was still no response.

The starlight filling the sky transformed into incredibly sharp Starlight Beams, shooting toward them from all directions.

The three Bronze Generals swung their Long Halberds, creating a storm of afterimages to intercept the Starlight Beams.

The few Starlight Beams that slipped past the three Bronze Generals were blocked by the Resentment Celestial Demon.

At the same time, the winds of deathly silence formed black tornadoes that converged on their position.

The three Bronze Generals were wreathed in spiritual light, forming an array of their own to desperately resist the Grand Array's power.

Shengshou Scholar's expression turned cold. He shouted, "Fellow Daoist Fang, I came with sincerity! Must you really take things this far?"

With that, he pointed at the Ancient Bronze Book. Two more Bronze Generals flew out, transforming into two brilliant streaks of light and charging into the depths of the All Heaven Stars Formation.

'It seems I'll have to break the array and capture him before we can talk!'

'This Tier Five Array is formidable, but its foundation is shallow. Without a person of profound Cultivation presiding over it, it can't exert much of its true power.'

'If a Tribulation Realm Great Power were in charge of this array and unleashed its full might, I'd be refined into nothing in less than ten breaths.'

'But as things stand, I'm certain I can break out of this array within half an hour.'

Deep within the Grand Array, an astonishing burst of flame erupted. The entire "night sky" brightened for a moment, then fell silent again.

A look of fury appeared on Shengshou Scholar's face. A twisted, ink-black shadow shot out from beneath his feet, merging into the deep, dark, star-filled sky of the Grand Array in the blink of an eye.

At his side, the Black-robed Demon Fiend Jin Wujiu could only watch the two of them fight, with no room to intervene.

If Shengshou Scholar hadn't been protecting him, he would have perished during the first wave of the deathly silent wind.

Suddenly, Jin Wujiu saw a brilliant flash of Sword Aura and was blinded.

Only after that did the high, clear ringing of a sword reach his ears.

'That sword light was so fast!'

He couldn't help but marvel.

When his vision returned, he saw that he and Shengshou Scholar were enveloped within a massive, strangely beautiful demonic flower.

The demonic flower had five petals in total, and one of them was slowly withering away.

Jin Wujiu keenly sensed a nearly imperceptible look of heartache on Shengshou Scholar's face.

...

Deep within the All Heaven Stars Formation, a cluster of starlight slowly spun.

Nearby lay the remains of the two destroyed Bronze Generals.

Within the starlight, the Feather Divine Soldier stood tall.

Fang Cheng sat cross-legged between the brows of the Feather Divine Soldier, watching Shengshou Scholar and Jin Wujiu from afar.

Just now, he had used a Dream Spirit Incarnation to channel his full power into the Mountain-Slaying Flying Sword. He thought the attack would seriously injure Shengshou Scholar, but it had been blocked.

'It's not surprising that a Demon Dao expert who has cultivated for hundreds of years would have so many tricks up his sleeve.'

'That demonic flower must be a Tier Five wondrous item, capable of blocking an attack comparable to one from a Tribulation Realm expert. Its value is beyond imagination.'

However, Fang Cheng noticed that one of its petals had withered after that single strike.

'In other words, this flower won't be difficult to break.'

A spiritual light flashed before him, and five lifelike paper figures appeared.

His Dream Spirit Incarnations were all at the Peak of Dharma Phase. When they channeled their full power into the Tier Five Flying Sword, the might of the attack was infinitely close to that of a Tribulation Realm Great Power.

At this moment, a Dream Spirit Incarnation formed a Sword Technique seal. Its figure flickered and merged as one with the Mountain-Slaying Sword, transforming into a sky-shattering white rainbow. Wielding the power to split the heavens, it crossed a hundred li in an instant and slashed viciously at the demonic flower.

CLANG!

The demonic flower bloomed with a strange light, deflecting the Mountain-Slaying Sword.