Chapter 777 - 722: Demon Clan Invasion?

Chapter 777: Chapter 722: Demon Clan Invasion?

Within the Qingyun Realm, at the end of the first round, the two jade tokens that Jiang Yuebai was responsible for keeping automatically flew out from her collar and merged midair.

Immediately after, the jade tokens erupted in a brilliant azure light, corresponding with the Green Cloud Marks shimmering on everyone’s foreheads. In the next instant, they felt the ground give way beneath them, and they fell into another place.

Before Jiang Yuebai could make out her surroundings, she heard an earth-shattering roar. Suddenly, a scorching fireball grazed past her head, exploding just within ten paces in front of her.

Boom!

An intense wave of flames mixed with the scent of blood rushed towards her, countless sand and gravel from the explosion’s aftermath pelting against her Protective Gang Qi.

Ripples spread across the Protective Gang Qi, rising and falling; the loose strands of Jiang Yuebai’s hair were blown out by the fiery tongues. Her eyes widened, pupils trembling.

The setting sun was like blood, fierce winds howled, and beneath the solitary peak, the battlefield was ablaze. In the forest, flames raged to the sky, spells in meteoric streams flew, surrounded by... the Demon Clan!!

If it was merely seeing the Demon Clan, Jiang Yuebai wouldn’t have been so shocked; after all, they might encounter all sorts of scenes at the Qingyun Conference. But she saw bodies.

A Mid-Stage Nascent Soul male cultivator she had seen before now lay in the distance, his entire body a bloody mess, eyes wide open in death, his dantian and forehead blasted open, dense Demon Octopus creatures swarmed from the ground, penetrating the corpse’s openings, rapidly consuming him until only a blood-soaked skeleton remained.

Where is this? Why are there dead bodies?

Wasn’t the Green Cloud Totem supposed to throw people out of the Qingyun Realm before receiving fatal injuries?

Is this really the second round of the Qingyun Conference, or did something go wrong in the Qingyun Realm?

Jiang Yuebai’s mind was in chaos, unable to distinguish truth from falsehood. As she sensed others appearing around her, Jiang Yuebai raised her hand and unleashed the Primordial Magnetic Ruler.

The Primordial Magnetic Ruler spun into the air, and the Lifeless Sand Realm quietly spread out, enveloping an area ten miles around them.

Boom boom boom!

Black sand appeared out of nowhere around everyone, collided with the rolling Demon Fog erupting from below, creating a dazzling display of sparks and flowers, with demons wailing in distress.

The Lifeless Sand Realm could defend automatically; as long as a demon approached, the black sand would retaliate.

"What on earth is happening?" Shen Huaxi and others rushed to Jiang Yuebai’s side, anxiously asking.

Lu Nanzhi drew her sword and slashed, freezing an oncoming wave of demonic energy, exploding into a bloom of ice flowers.

Others also summoned their magic treasures; back to back, they defended against the constantly attacking Demon Clan around them.

They all saw the bodies and were both shocked and bewildered.

"Dead, dead, never thought I, Li Shen Zhi, cautious all my life, would suddenly capsize here!"

Li Shen Zhi, uneasy, layered his Protective Gang Qi, taking out various defensive magic treasures to hang on himself, left hand holding a shield, right hand a copper mirror, glanced secretly at Jiang Yuebai.

Lu Nanzhi, vigilant with sword in hand, scanned the surroundings, "They seem like real demons, but if a Mahayana Immortal Monarch set up trials like this, it’s also possible..."

"But those dead bodies, are they fake too?" Tang Weimian interrupted, face full of horror.

Wenn Jian, puzzled, asked, "When the Qingyun Conference started, everyone used the Transmission Array, and there was a Demon Detection Array there; how could so many demons have slipped in?"

"What if we’re no longer in the Qingyun Realm?" Yuu Qiuqi said solemnly.

Silence enveloped the group for a moment, Jiang Yuebai took a breath and said, "We should still be in the Qingyun Realm."

Jiang Yuebai’s Divine Soul was strong, and with her possession of Space Power, her perception was sharper than the others’.

She didn’t feel like she had been teleported just now, so she was fairly certain they had merely moved from one layer of the Qingyun Realm to another.

Thus she also suspected whether this was a different kind of test set by a Mahayana Immortal Monarch, so realistic that it aimed to reveal their true reactions and abilities.

But if it wasn’t...

She couldn’t take that risk!

"No matter what, find a way to escape, locate an exit!" Jiang Yuebai urgently said.

The surroundings were already in chaos, and everyone, after assessing the situation, was frantically running for their lives.

Mid-Stage Nascent Soul Primordial Demon Generals, with hundreds of Golden Core Stage Magic Demons, were lying in ambush everywhere; any encounter would result in a fierce battle.

Facing the howling winds, Jiang Yuebai said loudly, "I read a book at Immortal Monarch Chongmin’s place, which recorded the history of Mahayana Immortal Monarchs establishing the Qingyun Realm. To prevent unexpected incidents, there are emergency Transmission Arrays located in the northwest, southwest, northeast, and southeast corners of the Qingyun Realm."

"Though they haven’t been activated for thousands of years, we could check there. If the Transmission Arrays still work, we could escape."

Saying this, Jiang Yuebai discerned the direction and pointed toward the solitary peak behind.

"That way!"

Jiang Yuebai charged ahead, Lu Nanzhi covered the rear, Shen Huaxi took the center, and the others, effortlessly coordinated, spread out to both sides, guarding and advancing towards the solitary peak against the flow of people, slashing the encroaching Demon Fog along the way.

Barrage of gunfire and rain of bullets, blood-stained sky.

Explosions reverberated without pause, Demon Octopus creatures gathered in tidal waves on the ground, rolling black fog everywhere, filled with intangible demons frantically colliding with the suddenly appearing cultivators.

Screams rose one after another, continuously people fell, surrounded and overwhelmed by the endless demon forces, their bodies lying on the crumbled ground, swallowed by the surging Demon Octopus like a tide.

Most demons hid within the Demon Fog, others transformed into hideous beasts or terrifying giants, launching ruthless assaults on unprepared Human Clan cultivators.

The Taihe Umbrella flew out from behind Jiang Yuebai, and she leaped up, attempting to use it for sky-controlling flight.

Ha-ha!

An eerie laughter echoed from above, Jiang Yuebai trembling all over as if crushed by a thousand-pound weight. The Taihe Umbrella, just transformed into a white crane, collapsed completely, and Jiang Yuebai sharply raised her head.

Only to see a thick black Demon Fog obscuring the sky, flickering with blood-red lightning, as if a dozen blood-red eyes were scanning the earth from within.

Terrifying pressure that belonged to the Divinity Transformation Stage spread out, causing everyone to feel immense pressure.

At that moment, the myriad demons roared together, their sound waves shaking heaven and earth, forcing Jiang Yuebai and the others to stop and resist the demonic sounds.

Whistling wind gathered forces from hundreds to thousands of miles, all absorbed into the sky-covering Demon Fog overhead, which gradually turned crimson as blood. The terrifying power within was terrifyingly intimidating, enough to make one’s scalp tingle.

Boom!

A violent force suddenly erupted, four torrents of blood-red air surged directly towards the four corners of the world.

Boom boom boom boom!

The earth trembled, the sky and earth collapsed, and ferocious cracks began to spread tree-like across the land from the four corners of heaven, as the ground crumbled piece by piece.

The towering solitary peak before Jiang Yuebai and her group shattered into pieces, massive stones crashing down, and the ground beneath them split open into an ever-widening rift valley. Torrential demonic energy surged from the rift valley, increasing demon numbers.

Everyone’s faces were heavy, quickly fleeing to the side.

Anyone could tell that the Transmission Arrays at the four corners of the Qingyun Realm were no more!