Chapter 270 - 270 267 Slaying 16 Demon Gods
Chapter 270: Chapter 267: Slaying 16 Demon Gods Chapter 270: Chapter 267: Slaying 16 Demon Gods Above the high sky, the battlefield of the great war between Immortals and Demons.
Here, chaotic energy fluctuations filled the air, the elements of earth, water, fire, and wind in disarray.
In the most intense areas, even the void had been torn open with cracks, and the world barriers above had been breached several times.
Below, the allied army of various Sects had already conquered the territories of four Demon Gods, harvesting countless resources.
Many Cultivators from different Sects had already started to force captured members of the Demon Clan to mine various veins, as resources for their future consumption.
Yet, the struggle between Immortals and Demons, despite having continued for several days, still showed no signs of stopping.
However, these days hadn’t been without achievements.
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The Immortal Dao’s side had slain five Demon Gods, and if you added the two that Elder Kongkong had killed, a total of seven Demon Gods had been slain.
Moreover, many Demon Gods were now in a state of severe injury.
If not for the influence of the World Will, and the fact that the overall situation was still at a standoff, those severely injured Demon Gods would have long since fled the battlefield.
Of course, the Demon Gods had suffered losses, and the Immortal Dao’s side was not without damage either.
Several weaker Supreme Elders had been severely injured by the concerted efforts of the Demon Gods and had to seek refuge under the protection of their peers with deeper Dao Cultivation.
But they were carrying Immortal Elixirs with them, which, after consumption, allowed them to recover from their injuries much faster than the Demon Gods, so for the time being, there were no fatalities.
This was also because the Immortal Dao’s side was somewhat better at looking after their comrades.
Since they had formed an Alliance, they were all Daoist Fellows on the same warship.
Now, attacking the Otherworld together in the face of an overwhelmingly more numerous enemy, if they didn’t unite and instead wished for the others’ deaths in order to monopolize the spoils, this expedition would undoubtedly end in certain defeat.
Therefore, long before they set out, when discussing the Alliance, they had already negotiated how to preserve lives during battle.
If anyone was severely injured, they had to promptly seek rescue from others.
That’s why there had been no deaths so far, even though a Supreme Elder from a minor Sect, whose Dao Cultivation was deficient, was almost completely destroyed by a Demon God.
But in the end, he still lived and, dragging his half-crippled Daoist Body, he made his way to Fiery Fire Ancestor.
As long as they were able to heal with a variety of celestial materials afterwards, they could restore their bodies to their original state, or if really necessary, they could also refine another body.
In fact, after becoming an Immortal, Cultivators were no longer overly reliant on their bodies.
Even without a body, they could survive and continue to comprehend Heavenly Dao Laws and pursue cultivation, though their future cultivation would inevitably be impacted.
Of course, Body Cultivators and Martial Cultivators were not included, as these two systems of Cultivation were more dependent on their Physical Bodies, which were also far stronger.
Among all the Immortals, Fiery Fire Ancestor’s combat was the most violent.
After protecting an injured True Immortal, he was able to take on three adversaries at once and still gain the upper hand, which was truly a sight to behold.
On another front, Xia Chunyang, one of the Five Ghosts of the Ghost Controlling Sect, was equally dominant.
Like Fiery Fire Ancestor, he also faced three opponents.
But he was more at ease than Fiery Fire Ancestor.
This was because he had five Heavenly Ghosts assisting him.
Together, they formed a Five Ghosts Demon Suppression War Formation, with Yin Evil Ghost Qi permeating the void and intimidating the Demon Gods.
Their combined strength was so overpowering that the three powerful Demon Gods he faced were put in quite the disarray.
Elder Heavenly Spider of the Five Poisons Sect, on the other hand, had a terrifying appearance.
Eight long, sharp appendages sprouted from his back, effortlessly piercing the void and aiming toward the two Demon Gods he was fighting.
At his feet lay a huge spider web.
This web covered a hundred miles and would occasionally sweep toward those two Demon Gods under his command, threatening to ensnare them.
Every time, those two Demon Gods would break through the Void to dodge his spider web.
Because they had already learned how powerful this spider web was, if they had not broken free in time, they probably would have become prey trapped by the web, ultimately at the mercy of the hunter.
Further away, a Vermilion Bird with wings that spanned a thousand feet flew out from the Fiery Fire, its clear cry echoing through the Nine Heavens, its wings sweeping across the sky as the Nanming Leaving Fire blazed, seemingly melting the spatial barriers, an intense power that was astonishing to hear.
This was the Beast Taming Sect’s Vermilion Bird Lineage’s Supreme Elder, with incredibly powerful Nanming Leaving Fire.
During battle, he fought fearlessly, and among the Demon Gods previously killed, one was his doing.
However, if one were to say who was the most imposing at the scene, it would be the Elder Liuling from even further away.
Not because this Elder’s Dao Cultivation was the highest, but because her Spiritual Beasts were both strong and numerous, far too eye-catching.
A Tree Demon thousands of feet tall, a Fierce Ape large as a mountain, a thousand-foot-long snake coiled around the Tree Demon, a White Fox with eight tails extending from its back, a Golden Winged Great Peng with remarkable grace, and a majestic and ferocious Fiery Flame Lion.
The Tree Demon’s branches and roots lashed out, cracking the Void; the Fierce Ape, immeasurably strong, pummeled the Demon God it was battling into grievous complaints; the snake coiled on the trunk posed a constant threat to its opponents, ready to stealthily strike and inflict severe injuries should the battling Demon Gods be even slightly careless.
The White Fox’s eight tails stretched for thousands of feet and could whip its opponents, but more often than not, it was casting Illusion Techniques to bewilder them.
With every flap of the Golden Winged Great Peng’s wings, ten thousand threads of Golden Wind shot out, and the Fiery Flame Lion’s fur erupted with scorching golden flames.
These Spiritual Beasts were impressively powerful, and together they pushed the battling Demon Gods into a retreat, defeat being evident, victory becoming merely a matter of time.
However, though these Spiritual Beasts were formidable, their master attracted even more attention.
Elder Liuling had lived for tens of thousands of years; aside from the Jue Tian Ancestor, Gui Ling Ancestor, and Elder Kongkong, she was the oldest Supreme Elder of the Beast Taming Sect.
Yet, her appearance did not seem old, even overly youthful, indistinguishable from that of a teenage girl.
In her early years, she was known as the Liuling Heavenly Girl in the Cultivation World.
However, as she aged and her Dao Cultivation deepened, and since all her contemporaries from other Sects, except for those who had achieved immortality, had long passed away, the title of Liuling Heavenly Girl gradually ceased to be used.
Nonetheless, this Elder’s strength was truly unparalleled, also making her the one who had dealt with the most Demon Gods during the current expedition of all the Supreme Elders from various Sects.
There was no helping it, as all her Spiritual Beasts were so powerful.
At such times, it’s only normal for the capable to take on more work, to contain several Demon Gods at once, allowing their companions to quickly gain an advantage and secure victory.
Bang…
A loud noise shook the Void.
With one sweep of their Divine Sense, everyone saw that it was the Molten Rock Giant, trapped by the Gui Ling Ancestor, who could no longer hold on.
The longest-lived among those present, the Supreme Elder, had gradually worn away all the Magic Power within the Giant’s body, and finally struck, bursting its form, killing the Molten Rock Giant.
Following closely behind was the Nega Demon God, similarly trapped in the One Heavy Water.
At this moment, this Demon God had long lost its previously corpulent, mountain-like figure, becoming much more slender.
This was the result of his energy continuously being incinerated by the Molten Rock Giant and suppressed by the cold and heavy One Yuan Water, ultimately helping him to “slim down” under the dual attack of ice and fire.
By now, the Nega Demon God had lost his previous ferocity, and his defensive power was also weaker than before.
Eventually, he was covered by golden divine runes flying out from the shadow of the Gui Ling Ancestor’s turtle shell behind him, completely severing all vitality in his body.
However, the physical body of this kind of demon god was too incredibly strong, and his nature was exceedingly cunning.
Who knew if he had left himself some sort of backup plan?
The Gui Ling Ancestor narrowed his eyes in divination for a long time.
Although the Heavenly Dao Will of this world interfered with his calculations, the Gui Ling Ancestor still felt something was amiss.
Therefore, to prevent any accidents, he ultimately decided to refine the demon god completely, to prevent him from finding a chance to recover at the last moment.
It proved that the Gui Ling Ancestor was right to do so.
By the time he turned the golden divine runes into Divine Fire and incinerated the Nega Demon God’s body until only a head remained, the demon god, who had been playing dead, could no longer bear it.
In the engulfment of the Divine Fire, he thrashed about, trying to find a way out.
The Nega Demon God had truly not anticipated that this Human Clan elder would be so ruthless – not content with killing him, he even wanted to burn his body to ashes, aiming to completely cut off any possibility of his revival.
If the Gui Ling Ancestor had simply killed him or dismembered his body and burned most of it, that would have been no problem.
As long as a part of his body escaped, he could rely on his natural talent to devour the flesh and blood of other creatures and eventually restore himself.
It’s just too bad that his opponent happened to be the Gui Ling Ancestor.
If it had been someone else, they might not have done as much to his body, but the Gui Ling Ancestor, whose ability in the Heavenly Mechanism Calculation was top-notch, sensed something wrong instinctively, even under the interference and deception of the World Will.
Previously unable to escape, and now only left with a head, the Nega Demon God certainly had no chance of survival.
Ultimately, the Gui Ling Ancestor refined his demon body thoroughly.
The decisive loss of two more demon gods and the addition of the powerful Gui Ling Ancestor, a Profound Immortal on the Human Clan’s side, made the balance of victory tip suddenly in their favor.
No matter how angry the World Will was, or how unwilling the demon gods were, they could not stop the trend of victory on the Human Clan’s side.
Gui Ling Ancestor didn’t go to assist those Daoist fellows who were at a disadvantage but were still holding on, even though one of them was a severely injured Supreme Elder of the Beast Taming Sect.
He went straight to the side of Wu Gui Heavenly King Xia Chunyang, who had achieved an overwhelming advantage.
They had two main objectives in this battle: one was to win, and the other was to kill as many demon gods as possible, to establish an advantage for their side in future battles.
Thus, he directly went to where the advantage was greatest, to join forces with Wu Gui Heavenly King, and together, they aimed to kill these few demon gods.
Once they killed them, this Supreme Elder of the Ghost Controlling Sect would be freed.
With the methods of the two Profound Immortals, dealing with the other demon gods would be too easy.
However, clearly, the other demon gods were not fools.
When they realized it was futile, they immediately disregarded the influence of the World Will, reverting to their originally cunning and selfish natures, and prepared to flee.
Such was the inborn nature of the Demon Clan, impossible to reverse.
At this moment, the Supreme Elders from the Immortal Dao side became less anxious.
They weren’t in a hurry to defeat their opponents; they were only thinking about how to delay them, to prevent them from escaping.
As long as the Gui Ling Ancestor and his group could cleanly kill those demon gods, they would achieve a greater victory.
In fact, they didn’t have to wait long; under the joint efforts of Gui Ling Ancestor and Wu Gui Heavenly King Xia Chunyang, they quickly killed two of the demon gods, leaving only one particularly strong demon god who managed to flee while wounded after enduring their two strikes.
Seeing this, the remaining demon gods fled even more frantically.
They retreated at any cost, disregarding the attacks of their foes, and even injuries were acceptable.
A few even pushed other demon gods behind them to take the blow for themselves.
While those demon gods were entangled with the Supreme Elders, they took the chance to escape.
Even though an array of Supreme Elders had made a determined effort to stop them, they still couldn’t stop several demon gods from escaping.
After all, these were demon gods of the same realm as themselves, and moreover, they enjoyed the favor of the World Will.
If they were truly set on fleeing, it would not be easy for just one or two people to stop them.
It took a joint effort by many to cut off the demon gods’ avenues of escape.
In the end, with the joint hands of more than thirty Supreme Elders from various sects, they were able to stop the four slowest demon gods.
In truth, these four were not actually the slowest.
Two had suffered severe injuries and simply couldn’t escape.
But the most unfortunate were the two demon gods who had been pushed to the back by other demon gods as human shields.
It’s unknown why these two were so unlucky.
Although they had already escaped the encirclement, they were pulled back by other demon gods, ultimately being slain on the spot by the array of Supreme Elders.
“Hahaha…”
The Fiery Fire Ancestor laughed heartily, his expression filled with joy: “Delightful, this battle was truly delightful!”
In the final moments, knowing he could not keep all his opponents behind, he loosened the pressure on the other two demon gods, pursuing one of them wildly and smashing that one to pieces.
A smile also appeared on the face of the Gui Ling Ancestor: “Fellow Daoists, after several days of fierce fighting, we have killed sixteen demon gods.
This great victory is very beneficial to our future plans.”
“Good.”
“That’s great!”
The Supreme Elders from all sects showed joy on their faces.
Such a great victory definitely deserved their happiness.
You should know that at their level, they were beings with long lifespans and powerful strength.
Even though the methods of the demon gods fell somewhat short in comparison to theirs, it was not so easy to slay them.
If they really decided to flee, it was genuinely difficult to stop them.
Moreover, now was not the time for a decisive battle, and they were reluctant to enter a life-and-death struggle with their adversaries just as the war began.
If it were not for the fact that they had just entered this world, they would definitely not choose to fight the demon gods in high skies.
If they were to choose the battlefield, they would definitely set up various Demon Suppression Formations in advance, so as to kill the demon gods more effortlessly instead of winning by a small margin and putting themselves in jeopardy, as they were now.