Chapter 446: Black Teleportation Formation

This reminder caused the others to recall that they had not seen the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame at several of the other battlefields. The Sect Master of the Grand Array Sect spoke first.

"Come to think of it, we haven’t seen Sect Master Xiao’s spirit fire since earlier. Could it be that after burning away so much demonic aura and expending too much of its fire energy, it has become weakened..."

"Don’t worry. My Master’s spirit fire is highly spiritual. It instinctively pursues and burns away filthy things. It should have sensed demonic aura somewhere else and chased after it."

Seeing that Xiao Shou was so exhausted that he did not even want to speak, Fu Young thought of the information they had obtained on Yingzhou Celestial Isle and simply answered on his Master’s behalf.

After he finished speaking, Xiao Shou nodded at everyone with his pale face.

The newly appointed Island Master of Yingzhou Celestial Isle immediately added in response to Fu Young’s words, "That’s right. When we eliminated the Seven Deadly Sins that night, even the Seven Deadly Sins divine fire that was hundreds of thousands of miles away chased after it and burned everything clean before returning. Since the divine fire is not here, there are probably still places within a million miles where demonic aura is being eroded, which is why it was attracted there."

"Oh! So that’s how it is!"

Hearing this, the Sect Master of the Grand Array Sect finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone had witnessed Xiao Shou’s performance this time. They were all deeply impressed by him and respected his character and gentleness. Perhaps after hearing about this incident in the future, many people would mock him for being foolish, but on this dangerous battlefield, there was no one who was not grateful for what he had done.

If Xiao Shou suffered any serious loss because of this, they would all feel deeply distressed for him.

While everyone was talking, the Foundation Building disciples who had remained inside the city because they feared the power of the divine fire and were too weak to participate in the battle saw that the fighting had ended and hurried out of the city to join them.

After exchanging greetings, the Ninefold Elixir Gate Master learned that Lu Wuchen, the Sect Master of the Holy Sword Sect, was still leading those cultivators in guarding the World Stone. She also confirmed that nothing unusual had happened inside the city, finally allowing her to breathe a sigh of relief.

She immediately ordered the cultivators who had remained in the city to clean up the battlefield, burn the corpses of the Demon Abyss Clan demon soldiers, and collect the bodies of their fallen comrades.

However, before the Ninefold Elixir Gate Master could finish speaking, a pitch-black pillar of light suddenly erupted from the location of the teleportation array they had destroyed in the distance.

At the same time, seven more pitch-black pillars of light shot into the sky from the southeast, south gate, southwest, west gate, northwest, north gate, and northeast.

Including the one here, a total of eight pitch-black pillars of light simultaneously rose into the heavens.

High above the sky, they connected with one another, forming a gigantic formation diagram that covered the entire Holy City.

Under the desperate gazes of everyone present, countless demon soldiers and Demon Generals carrying overwhelming pressure surged out from within the enormous formation diagram.

Like a black tide, they poured toward the ground where everyone stood.

"How could this happen?"

Could it be that his actions to help everyone destroy the teleportation arrays had instead facilitated the formation of this enormous teleportation array?

For a moment, this painful and self-blaming thought involuntarily flashed through Xiao Shou’s mind. Looking at the demon soldiers and Demon Generals surging toward them like a black tide, and sensing that his physical strength, spiritual energy, and even the Evil Breaking power of his Dharma Eye had all been exhausted to the point where he could no longer fight, he did not know what to do.

Beside him, the smile that Fu Young usually wore on his face faded. His hand supporting his Master tightened slightly.

The several sect masters were all filled with disbelief and terror. They raised their heads and stared at the enormous, pitch-black large-scale teleportation formation above them, their bodies so stiff that they could barely move.

Seeing the demon soldiers charge toward them, the low-level disciples who had just come out of the Holy City, along with the cultivators who had been nervously avoiding the Terrestrial Fox Black Flame, immediately reacted.

They no longer cared that the sect masters and elders who had always stood high above them were right behind them. They desperately flew and ran back toward the Holy City.

Behind them surged countless attacking demon soldiers and Demon Generals. Their chaotic charge crashed into the cultivators who had just endured several fierce battles and were already in a weakened state.

The cultivators, already terrified and unable to react in time, were pushed and jostled around by the chaotic crowd. Before they knew it, everyone had been scattered.

Amidst the chaos, Fu Young did not forget to tightly hold his Master’s hand. He was about to activate All Laws Forbidden to form a protective barrier around himself and his Master when he suddenly felt the hand holding his Master’s tremble with numbness.

At the same time, his divine sense sensed a colorless bead bouncing through the chaotic crowd and striking his Master.

Xiao Shou’s body instantly became as light as a feather and began floating upward, flying toward the enormous black teleportation formation high in the sky.

"Young’er!"

Caught completely off guard and too weak to react, Xiao Shou helplessly stretched out his hand toward Fu Young below.

For the first time, the smile disappeared from his beloved disciple’s face, replaced by a solemn expression.

Xiao Shou instinctively wanted Fu Young to pull him back down, but it was futile.