Chapter 673 - 48: Demon Tide, Divine Incense, Startling Thunder

The eight Heaven-Supporting Demon Aspects ignored the attacks of the Cold Green Essence Light formed from the Yinglong Divine Incense, launching a pincer attack on the three massive floating islands.

A hailstorm of demonic thunder and fire, each bolt thousands of feet long, rained down, shaking the void until it cracked. Myriad beams of Demonic Light shot into the clouds and descended upon the three floating islands.

Above the floating islands, countless massive Golden Seal Jade Talisman Profound Patterns lit up, forming a golden, dome-like barrier. As the demonic thunder and fire crashed against it, the barrier instantly shattered.

A torrent of demonic thunder and fire poured down onto the islands, instantly destroying several Pocket World Spiritual Buildings and igniting columns of Demon Fire that shot toward the sky.

Countless low-level cultivators within the Pocket World Spiritual Buildings perished instantly.

The beautiful woman from the Mystic Sky Saint Sect, encased in golden armor, hovered in the air. Seeing that conventional attacks could not harm these Demon Aspects, she shouted, "Form the array!"

The cultivators on the islands obeyed, instantly positioning themselves at the nexus points of Spiritual Mechanism across the floating islands.

The next moment, as the cultivators’ Magical Power surged, the Golden Seal Jade Talismans on the floating island abruptly formed a nine-story Profound Yellow Treasure Pagoda.

The other two floating islands were a moment slower, but each also raised a slowly ascending Profound Yellow Treasure Pagoda, blocking the attacks of the eight Demon Aspects.

On the horizon, the figure of a youth in white robes slowly materialized.

It was none other than the Demon Lord’s avatar.

Behind him, endless Celestial Demons poured from a fissure in the void, surging once more toward the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Tower Formation.

The white-robed youth pointed a finger. In the sky, countless streams of Demonic Light converged, forming a massive, blue-black serpent hundreds of feet long. It slithered out and coiled across the sky, wrapping itself around a withered, deathly gray hand.

An evil aura descended, and the void rippled with a sense of decay, depravity, and filth. The withered hand emanated a vast expanse of deathly gray light that swept down toward the Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Tower Formation.

The towering, hundred-thousand-foot Treasure Pagoda radiated golden light in all directions. Countless Golden Seal Jade Talisman Profound Patterns flowed and shifted, firmly blocking the Demonic Light.

But the three smaller Treasure Pagodas were infiltrated and corrupted by the Demonic Light, and they gradually began to warp and deform.

Seizing the opportunity, the eight Heaven-Supporting Demon Aspects intensified their assault. The golden light protecting the outer perimeter of the floating islands began to flicker, on the verge of collapse.

Inside the towering golden pagoda.

Dragon Elephant Wanderer’s brow was tightly furrowed. He let out a long sigh, then activated the Array to manipulate space, drawing the three floating islands inside the Spirit Immortal Seal.

The pressure on the three floating islands instantly vanished. Enveloped by the thick, brilliant golden light of the Treasure Pagoda, a feeling of unprecedented safety and relief washed over everyone.

Outside the pagoda, neither the eight Heaven-Supporting Demon Aspects nor the incredibly evil, withered giant hand could so much as faze the Treasure Pagoda’s golden light.

But at that very moment, the unexpected happened.

From the three floating islands, five beams of Profound Light suddenly shot into the air, heading straight for the Dragon Elephant Wanderer.

Among these five beams of Profound Light was, to everyone’s surprise, the beautiful woman from the Mystic Sky Saint Sect.

The other four were also experts at or above the Tribulation Realm Third Layer. The betrayal was sudden; the five of them launched a combined pincer attack on the Dragon Elephant Wanderer, their momentum threatening to obliterate the old monk with a single blow.

Even if they failed to kill the Dragon Elephant Wanderer, they could still destroy the Array’s central hub, buying the Demon Lord a precious opportunity to shatter the Spirit Immortal Seal.

A look of shock and disappointment filled the Dragon Elephant Wanderer’s face; he clearly had not expected so many traitors to be lurking within the Red Profound Association.

This was especially true of the beautiful woman from the Mystic Sky Saint Sect. She was a leader among the ten great Mystic Sects, her prestige in the Mingxiao Domain second only to his own.

Had their defense been successful, she stood to gain immensely.

"Why?"

The Dragon Elephant Wanderer looked at the five of them, his face a mask of utter confusion.

The old man opened his powerful hand. Auspicious light erupted from his palm, and a Treasure Banner, over ten feet tall and seven feet in circumference, materialized in the air.

The Treasure Banner wasn’t quite a banner, more closely resembling an ornate, seven-tiered canopy. Jeweled Yingluo tassels and pearls hung from its four sides. Each tier emanated a different kind of precious light, as the entire construct was composed of seven different Fifth-grade top-quality magic artifacts.

The Treasure Banner itself already pulsed with a precious energy whose light reached for the heavens. Each of the seven treasures had its own distinct color, and their combined brilliance was so intense, so blindingly sharp, that one could not look at it directly. The seven colors merged into a single rainbow cloud, creating a majestic and magnificent spectacle of immense power.

The five traitors’ attack was easily blocked by the Seven-Treasure Golden Banner.

A look of horror flashed in the eyes of the beautiful woman from the Mystic Sky Saint Sect. ’Seven Fifth-grade top-quality magic artifacts! In all my travels across the realms, I’ve never seen so many fall into the hands of a single person.’

’This old monk is truly unfathomable!’

’And the Treasure Banner holding them is even grander, even more profound. The energies of the seven treasures and the banner are linked in a wondrous way. When their powers fuse, it even gives off the faint aura of a Sixth-rank Magical Artifact.’

’No wonder he was able to acquire the blueprint for a Sixth-rank Magical Artifact...’

As the thought flashed through her mind, the beautiful woman flicked a delicate hand. Nineteen orbs of Profound Celestial Divine Thunder shot out, surrounded the Dragon Elephant Wanderer, and detonated in unison.

She didn’t answer the Dragon Elephant Wanderer’s question. There was no need.

’In this world, some people can ascend after passing the Ninth Celestial Tribulation.’

’But many more, even after passing the Nine Tribulations, are unable to do so.’

’The Dragon Elephant Wanderer belonged to the former group.’

’She belonged to the latter.’

’But by becoming a Demon Servant to the Demon Lord, she had a chance to ascend with him to the Spiritual Sky Realm. It meant the loss of ten thousand years of freedom, but her path of cultivation would still have a future.’

At that very moment, just as the nineteen orbs of Profound Celestial Divine Thunder detonated and before the blinding Thunder Light could fully erupt, an ancient portal appeared within the Golden Radiance Treasure Pagoda.

A terrifying suction force emanated from the portal, instantly swallowing the nineteen astonishing balls of Thunder Light.

Then, from high up in the Treasure Pagoda, an astounding beam of sword light suddenly slashed down!

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