Chapter 1027 - Yu Hua Calls for Help, Duantai Makes His Move

Rumble!

Four figures appeared in succession outside the Daxia Sword Sect’s protective array. As expected, the six factions had submitted completely to the Heavenly Demon Pavilion. Yu Hua had even taken the lead among Zhao Pei and the others.

Yu Hua stood in her black dress, her expression cold. The seductive charm that had once lingered between her brows had largely vanished, replaced by icy killing intent.

After the demonic worms fully merged with their dantians and divine souls, all four of them had grown dramatically stronger, and nearly all of them had reached the peak of the Combined Body Realm.

Even their disciples had been completely demonized and brought under the control of the boundless demonic qi. Each disciple harbored an Abyssal Demon like the one inside Ye Feng, but these demons had been stripped of their minds and reduced to power sources for their hosts.

Li Guanqi frowned. The disciples were unlike those infected by Abyssal Demons in the past. Their auras resembled Ye Feng’s when he unleashed the Ghost Arm’s power.

Wu Bing’s expression was exceedingly grave. He turned toward Ling Daoyan and sent him a voice transmission, “Can we use the sword qi Senior Ye left in the sect cemetery on the rear mountain?”

Ling Daoyan shook his head. “That strand of sword qi exists to protect the cemetery. We can’t use it unless they attack the cemetery itself.”

Yu Hua pointed at the sect’s protective array, her face cold. “Kill them! Leave no one alive!”

They gave the Daxia Sword Sect no time to react. All four peak Combined Body Realm cultivators attacked together, and the nearly ten thousand cultivators surrounding the sect joined them.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Boom! Rumble!

Heaven and earth shook. The Spiritfish Clan and the Fire-Eyed Demon Fox Clan sent powerful cultivators to reinforce the sect. Despite the assault, not one of them retreated.

Secret realms opened among the Daxia Sword Sect’s strange peaks and scenic waters, releasing a steady stream of reinforcements. Every cultivator at the Golden Core Realm or above came forth.

The disciples of Pill Peak hurried through the ranks, distributing Spirit-Boosting Pills, pills that restored vital force, and healing pills. Every disciple of the sect held a Spirit-Boosting Pill in their mouths, prepared to swallow it as soon as their strength began to wane in battle.

Li Guanqi’s face grew incredibly dark. He was certain the Sha organization was behind the siege, yet something about this attack felt different.

Wu Bing took the earth-element sword from behind his back, then spoke resolutely. “Peak masters, take up your swords!”

Li Guanqi turned to a disciple from Heavenly Lightning Peak. “Take me to the sect’s Demon-Suppression Abyss.”

The disciple looked baffled. “Elder Li, why go there now? The array barrier won’t last much longer. It’s safer to stay here.”

“Just take me there,” Li Guanqi replied gravely.

Left with no choice, the young man led him to the long-abandoned Demon-Suppression Abyss. Li Guanqi took out his life jade slip, his expression grim.

As he’d feared, he couldn’t even contact Coward Li. No spatial fluctuations could escape, much less news of the attack. From the outside, the Daxia Sword Sect probably looked perfectly normal. Even if a passerby noticed something wrong, they would likely be killed before they could alert anyone.

Li Guanqi gave a bitter laugh. When did I start relying on others?

Whoosh!

The disciple stared at the ruined abyss, puzzled. Then he spotted the sword light beside the fissure, the light Li Guanqi had left there to suppress an Abyssal Demon.

“Go. Get farther away,” Li Guanqi said to the disciple.

As soon as he finished speaking, he reached out with both hands and seized his own lightning sword light.

Boom!

Lightning tore through his arms, leaving them bloody and mangled. His sleeves burst into scraps, and the force lifted him off his feet. He had suppressed his aura so the sword light would stimulate his meridians and hasten their recovery.

Rumble!

Crack! Crack!

Outside, violent ripples ran across the sect’s blue-purple barrier. The disciple in charge of the array’s core watched hundreds of spirit stones drain of power within a breath or two. He watched with mounting dread but kept feeding more stones into the array.

Whoosh!

The Guanyun Pavilion’s domain opened, and dozens of powerful cultivators emerged. Gu Chuan surveyed the battle with a grave expression.

“Cloud Shadow Guard, heed my command!”

“We await your orders!”

“Join the disciples of the Daxia Sword Sect and meet the enemy!” Gu Chuan commanded.

“Yes!”

Qian Qiusui arrived with sword in hand, while Xi Yunhuai appeared beneath the barrier overhead. The old man stared at the array on the verge of collapse and licked his dry lips. A moment later, he roared, “Heaven-Opening, Divine Piercer!”

Boom!

The enormous array brush expanded to ten zhang in length. Vital force surged around Xi Yunhuai as he gripped the Divine Piercer Brush with both hands and darted through the air, leaving intricate array runes in his wake.

“Heavenly Radiance Coiling Dragon Array!”

Boom!

A golden array took shape, resembling nine dragons coiled together in the void. Yu Hua frowned. “The array that old man is drawing is merging with their protective array. If he finishes, we’ll suffer heavy losses when we break through! Hurry! Hold nothing back!”

Boom!

Zhao Pei launched the first attack. He was short, but his gaze was razor-sharp. Two blood-red crescent blades suddenly appeared in his hands.

He took astral steps high above the barrier, then spun like a top, sending wave after wave of red-black blade qi down upon it.

“Blood Moon Dance!”

Yu Hua and the others followed with their own attacks.

“Blizzard Slash, Falling Slaughter!”

Violent sword light fell like scattered flower petals, savage and immensely powerful. The four cultivators’ attacks struck one after another, and web-like cracks spread across the barrier. Xi Yunhuai split his attention to repair the damage, but he knew the barrier would not last much longer.

Whoosh!

A strand of sword qi struck the ground behind Li Guanqi. He turned around and heard an unfamiliar woman’s voice beside him. “I’m Yu Hua, palace master of Xiaoxiang Palace. A demonic worm is controlling my body. Can you help me?”

Under the constant stimulation of the lightning, Li Guanqi’s dantian had begun to recover. “Why should I believe you?”

Without anyone noticing, Duantai Yiting moved from where he had been standing in midair and appeared behind Li Guanqi. His longsword silently pierced straight through Li Guanqi’s body.

A moment later, his eyes turned pitch-black as terrifying demonic qi surged from within him. The power was so immense that he broke through several realms in succession, rising from the Illusory Refinement Realm to the Combined Body Realm.

“Hahahaha! Finally! I finally found my chance!”

Xi Yunhuai’s eyes widened. “Duantai Yiting, how dare you!”