The city of Lingshou is located on the eastern mountain peninsula.
The land area alone here reaches over two to three hundred thousand square kilometers, and when the sea area is included, it is about five to six hundred thousand square kilometers, with a population of over ten million.
As a place near the sea, Lingshou has been historically a relatively prosperous area.
The people live in peace and happiness, enjoying a carefree life.
However, all this was disrupted with the turmoil across the empire.
When a nation is on the brink of collapse, deviant individuals often emerge.
As the world was thrown into turmoil, countless demons and evil spirits flooded into the human world from all directions.
Lingshou was precisely one of the places attacked by the fierce demon king.
Currently, the entire Lingshou was shrouded in demonic aura, a colossal dark whirlpool hanging in the sky, constantly projecting thin strands of demonic energy as fine as hair. Anything that came into contact with plants or trees would instantly wither.
A few people who escaped with luck from the Cloud Brother and the Sword Cult were hiding in the periphery under the demonic aura.
At this time, it was early in the morning.
Looking up at the dense, raging demonic aura that covered the sky, swirling and obscuring the heavens, his younger brother's eyes were filled with concern.
The black whirlpool rolled continuously, as if it was about to collapse at any moment, leaving everyone in a state of shock.
It was not the most terrifying.
The most terrifying thing was that within the swirling black clouds, there were countless bizarre and ferocious faces surging, with their mouths open and claws outstretched, as if they would pounce upon the ground at any moment!
From time to time, Brother Yun could see a demon face that was hundreds of zhang in size. Surrounding the face were black flames floating and swirling, adding to its terrifying appearance.
She knew that the demon face, hundreds of zhang in size, was one of the Eight Demon Lieutenants.
"Uncle."
A woman's voice sounded from behind.
Brother Yun turned around and saw his elder brother's apprentice, Li Nian, who couldn't help but sigh, "I wonder if Wang Zhen has been able to summon the elder."
Li Nian smiled bitterly and said, "Even if the elder appears, it may not necessarily be able to withstand the demon king. Unless the elder can summon his disciples or elders to help."
"Don't even think about the elders," Brother Yun shook his head. "The elders of Mr. Chen have all attained immortality. According to the celestial rules, they are not allowed to interfere in secular affairs. However, if his several disciples can be summoned, there is still hope of defeating the demon king. But… the prospects remain dim; the demon king is simply too powerful!"
Li Nian fell silent. Yes, the strength of the demon king had exceeded everyone's imagination.
Just to mention the demon king, the Magus King residing in the sky possesses high-powered wizard strength and is not something ordinary cultivators can withstand.
Nevertheless, such a powerful Magus King, the demon king has no fewer than eight of them under his command.
Moreover, with ten Magistrates and three thousand small demon lords, such a force is something that ordinary cultivators cannot withstand.
To be honest, whether Brother Yun or Li Nian, neither of them had much hope for the arrival of Chen Yun in their hearts.
Even so, these two women couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness in their hearts. Could it really be that Yuan Chu is beyond saving?
Despair, a deep sense of despair, spread deeply within their hearts.
……
The despair of Brother Yun and Li Nian stemmed from the belief that Yuan Chu had been demonized and would be hard to save.
The despair of the hundred or so cultivators gathered in the Dengzhou sea area was not because their companions had been demonized, but because their cultivation sect had suffered a catastrophic blow.
These cultivators were local Daoists, monks, and some off-shoots from various cultivation paths in Dengzhou.
One month ago, the demon king, the eight Magus Lieutenants, the ten Demon Generals, and thirty thousand demon soldiers attacked. The local cultivators of Dengzhou immediately joined the battle.
Who would have thought that the demon king's power was so vast that it instantly destroyed numerous small and medium-sized cultivation sects, causing countless head of cultivation sects to fall in this battle.
Yes, almost all the powerful cultivators from Dengzhou have perished.
The remaining cultivators, their strength was relatively weak, with the most powerful being only of the rank of superior wizards, while most were inferior wizards.
This was not the most hopeless thing for everyone.
The most hopeless thing for the cultivators from Dengzhou was that as soon as the battle spread, one after another, they sought help from their relatives and friends outside the region.
Indeed, many powerful cultivators came from all directions to provide support.
For example, Du Guangting from Mao Shan School, the Bodhisattva incarnation Baguashan from the human world of Mi Le Buddha, Fa Zhen, Fa Hai and others, all of whom have had a chance encounter with Chen Yun in the past. At that time, almost all of them were of superior wizard level. After years of cultivation, their strength experienced significant growth and they had almost broken through to the high-powered wizard level.
However, even though these famous immortals and high monks had broken through to the level of high-powered wizards, they were still not a match for the demon king, the Magus Lieutenants, the Demon Generals, and the demon brats.
Many cultivators looked at Du Guangting, Baguashan, and Fa Hai, who were healing their injuries while cultivating, and couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
In fact, the injuries sustained by these three were not the most hopeless thing for the cultivators.
After all, while high-powered wizards are powerful, they are still not the strongest combat force under the immortals.
Only until the renowned figure of Li Chunfeng arrived and was beaten to a pulp by the demon king.
The cultivators from Dengzhou finally knew what it meant to be hopeless and powerless.
Li Chunfeng was a big shot at the level of sect leader, just a step away from reaching the realm of immortals.
Such an amazingly powerful figure was still beaten to a pulp by the demon king, which can be imagined how powerful the demon king is!
"This demon king is so powerful, what can we do."
"Even Master Li couldn't defeat the demon king, so it seems... Dengzhou is doomed!"
"We were fortunate to escape, but what about the tens of millions of people in Dengzhou?"
"This calamity is beyond the power of the cultivators from our mortal realm. Unless the demon king causes more chaos, heaven will send troops."
"Count on the heavenly court to send troops? Dengzhou has already lost three to four million people, have you seen the heavenly court send troops?"
"Yes, the celestial court will not interfere in earthly matters unless the demon king can breakthrough to the realm of immortals and the heavens will interfere."
"The demon king is not at the realm of immortals, but he is almost unstoppable below this level. He is assisted by eight Magus Lieutenants, ten Demon Generals, and thirty thousand small demons. Dengzhou is really doomed!"
A group of local cultivators were discussing in despair.
The people who were cultivating and healing themselves, such as Fa Hai, Du Guangting, and Baguashan, naturally heard this.
They all looked helpless.
Especially Fa Hai and Baguashan.
He was the reincarnation of the God of the Eight-Parted Dragons.
The other was the earthly manifestation of Maitreya Buddha.
In theory, as long as they can retrieve even one-thousandth of the power of their previous or true selves, they could easily exterminate the demon king.
Unfortunately, Fa Hai has not yet regained his previous wisdom, and he is unable to recover his previous skills for the time being. As a result, he is no match for the demon king.
As for Baguashan, though he is the earthly manifestation of Maitreya Buddha, he is just one of the countless manifestations, not particularly powerful. All his cultivation was achieved through his own diligent practice. Even at the level of high-powered wizard, he is not a match for the demon king who has reached the peak of sect leader's realm.
Du Guangting looked even worse than the others. As the disciple of Yang Jie, the Grandmaster of Mao Shan School, he came out to quell demons and devils this time. However, instead of subduing the demons, he was easily injured by a Magus Lieutenant, truly losing face for Mao Shan School.
The most crucial part is that he came out with two thousand delinquent soldiers and dozens of divine soldiers and generals!
At this moment, the emotions of the crowd were not unified.
Suddenly, the giant whirlpool of black clouds in the sky began to stir again.
The magical aura, which was originally only subtly diffused, suddenly became dense.
These magical auras were like rain, constantly falling towards the ground below.
Like a torrent of demons, the magical auras swept over the mortal realm, corrupting countless living beings. Those who were affected by the magical aura let out cries of agony and turned into streams of black qi, sucked back into the whirlpool of black clouds.
"The Magus Lieutenant is refining magical aura again!"
"Oh no, more innocent people will suffer!"
"I'll go to hell, I'll fight these demons to the death!"
"Master Zhang, don't act impulsively! Please don't go charging into death!"
When the "black rain" in the sky began to fall, the cultivators were all in uproar.
Some were deeply saddened, while others were filled with anger and a desire to die for the sake of their principles.
At this moment, a hacking cough could be heard.
Then, a middle-aged man's voice could be heard, "You all cannot withstand the demon king, let me go and deal with it."
Everyone looked over in a hurry, and saw Li Chunfeng, who was coughing blood, unknown when he had walked out of the tent.
Du Guangting was startled and hurried forward to stop him, saying, "Master Li, you haven't recovered from your injuries. If you go to fight the demon king now, you might as well be annihilated."
Fa Hai also rushed to say, "Yes, Master Li, don't be impulsive."
Baguashan suddenly stood up, "If it's really not possible, I will borrow strength from my true essence!"
Fa Zhen's expression changed, "Ke Ci friend, the Buddha power of Maitreya is too vast. If you borrow strength from him, you might instantly achieve Parinirvana!"
Baguashan looked solemn and full of pity, "The Bodhisattva of the Earth Cave once said that I will go to hell before anyone else does. Today, Dengzhou is already a scene from hell. I would rather die myself and fall into hell than see millions of ordinary people perish."
"Ke Ci friend!"
"You mustn't do foolish things!"
"Perhaps there is still a chance, if you borrow strength from Maitreya Buddha, it will truly be irrecoverable!"
The monks were all worried. Baguashan held a revered position in the current Buddhist world, and who would want to see him achieve Parinirvana?
However, Baguashan had already made up his mind. At that moment, he opened his mouth and began to recite Buddhist mantras, and beams of Buddhist light shot out from his body.
Instantly, the sky, which was shrouded in darkness by the black clouds, was illuminated by the Buddhist light.
It seemed that the next moment, the Buddha power of Maitreya would descend from the heavens and bestow upon Baguashan.
Du Guangting, Fa Hai, Fa Zhen, and Li Chunfeng couldn't bear to watch.
Everyone knew that Baguashan was doing this, and the next thing would likely be for him to achieve Parinirvana on the spot!
However, at this most heroic and tragic moment.
Just as the black clouds in the sky were rendering the entire world dark.
Suddenly, brilliant light emerged from the darkness where one could not even see five fingers!
A massive moon rose slowly from the sea level, appearing to move slowly, but it stood directly above within a few breaths.
Just as the bright moon appeared, the stars in the sky seemingly appeared out of nowhere and filled the entire sky all at once!
A magnificent starry sky with a full moon!
The moonlight poured down from above, rushing and flowing, covering the sky in an endless expanse. It directly impacted and shattered the black clouds and mist!
The black clouds seemed to have been ignited by something, and thousands of terrifying shrieks were heard from within, including the Magus Lieutenant!
In an instant, the black clouds and mist were completely overwhelmed by the moonlight!
Countless black, rolling beads fell from the sky!
Hm?
Which master?
Everyone rushed to look up at the sky.
The next moment, everyone saw that the hundreds to thousands of black beads were pulled by an inexplicable force and went straight into the sea.
Du Guangting looked in the direction of the trace.
Fa Hai and Fa Zhen also looked in the same direction.
Li Chunfeng, Baguashan, and the remaining one hundred and some cultivators, also immediately looked towards the southeast direction.
The next moment, a muffled rumble of thunder rolled in from the distant sea.
This dragon's roar seemed to break the deathly silence imposed by the magical aura, causing the sea to suddenly churn with giant waves.
At this moment, everyone saw that a huge dragon was rapidly approaching from the distance.
What kind of dragon is this?
Just looking at its body, it is at least ten or so miles long!
Its terrifying body is so shocking that nobody expected a dragon to suddenly appear from the sea and ride the waves!
This startled the crowd greatly.
Even a demon king is difficult to deal with.
If another dragon appears, will Dengzhou be destroyed instantly?
But at this moment, someone suddenly shouted, "There's a person standing on the dragon's head!"
Hm?
There's a person standing on the dragon's head?
The crowd hurriedly focused their eyes, looking closely to see what was happening.
In an instant, everyone saw the situation clearly, and indeed, there was a person standing on the dragon's head.
A tall, robust, and handsome young Daoist, with his hands behind his back, was standing on the top of the dragon's head. He stood still amidst the endless sea breeze. His Daoist robe did not move at all. The gold light that surged from his body illuminated half of the sky!
With the arrival of the young Daoist, the gold light on him seemed to blend into all things in the universe. A vibration that appeared not to fluctuate but actually caused the heavens and earth to tremble swept from the sea towards the dark clouds above Dengzhou, instantly shattering the darkness!
Sunlight shone down from above.
As if, light replaced darkness!
(The chapter ends)
