Chapter 755 - 593: Black Wind Ridge Fortress

Because an Anti-Air Array was set up inside the fortress, the Flying Ship hovered outside the fortress area.

Suddenly, the fortress radiated with intense light, dispersing the mist within a radius of 500 zhang.

Wan Jinrong whispered, "The Purification Array can adjust its intensity. It’s said that if it operates at full power, it can disperse the Demon Fog within a radius of a thousand zhang.

However, doing so consumes a lot of Spirit Stones, so it usually maintains a dispersal range of only 300 zhang."

The construction of the Purification Array was inspired by the Buddhist Cultivators, and if both sides hadn’t fallen out, it might have been easier to survive the True Demon Tribulation.

However, conflicts in the Path of Cultivation are inevitable, and talking about these things now is meaningless.

Ji An turned his head to look into the distance, his gaze piercing through the mist, vaguely seeing some shadows, and he asked in a deep voice:

"Does the light of the Purification Array cause any harm to the demon lords?"

"The demon lords and True Demons might feel some discomfort, but it doesn’t cause any significant harm. The intention of the Purification Array is to create an environment that is unsuitable for demon lords to exist.

The techniques that these demon lords use within the Purification Array have slightly reduced power."

Ji An nodded slightly, understanding that demon lords have the capability to organize and assault the fortress, as long as they are willing to bear the cost.

This suggests that over time, maintaining these fortresses within the Demon Fog will become increasingly unsafe.

At this moment, several cultivators flew out of the fortress and landed on the deck of the Flying Ship.

The leading person was a cultivator with a thick red beard, which was curiously curly.

"Greetings, Daoist Monarch. I am Fire Dragon Daoist Master, here to receive the reinforcements of fellow cultivators and disciples."

The concentration of Demon Fog in Wulan Mountain increased by several folds overnight, significantly increasing the pressure on the fortress defense.

Pingtian True Monarch raised his hand gently and said kindly:

"No need for formalities. This time, a small team is being reinforced for you, including three Golden Core Cultivators and thirty Chao Origin Stage disciples."

He took off a ring embedded with Grotto Void Stones, "Inside are various resources, and how to distribute them is detailed in the Jade Slip inside. I won’t elaborate one by one."

Fire Dragon Daoist Master was overjoyed, holding the ring with both hands, and laughed:

"With these reinforcements, the task of defending the fortress becomes much easier."

This fortress originally had five Golden Core Cultivators, including one Late-stage Golden Core Cultivator in the lead, as well as fifty Chao Origin Stage Cultivators and several hundred Late-stage Foundation Establishment disciples.

Now, with so many High-Tier Cultivators, life will be much better; the Daoist Monarchs did not neglect the matter of resisting the True Demon Tribulation, which is very encouraging for those doing the actual work.

Pingtian Daoist Master encouraged them with a few words, then turned back and said:

"Disciples assigned to this fortress, leave with Fire Dragon Daoist Master."

Today he had to deliver everyone to their respective fortresses and couldn’t waste too much time here.

...

The Flying Ship traversed the Demon Fog, and due to the isolation by the Dharma Prohibition, Ji An had no opportunity to know what it felt like to perform missions within the Demon Fog.

Cultivators kept disembarking, and after five double hours, only two teams remained on deck, one following the Daoist Monarch back to the strongest fortress.

Ji An’s expression was somewhat solemn, as he could sense that ever since the Flying Ship entered the Demon Fog, its speed had significantly slowed down; this was not a good sign.

He lowered his voice and asked:

"Does the Demon Fog exert a strong suppressive effect on us?"

"Yes," Wan Jinrong nodded and continued:

"The Demon Fog suppresses our Divine Sense search range, making it necessary to be extra cautious when performing missions outside."

The Demon Fog conceals the tracks of True Demons and demon lords, coupled with the suppression of Divine Sense, often leading to instances where cultivator teams are discovered in advance by demon lords.

This requires the leading cultivator to possess higher Spiritual Strength to avoid being ambushed.

A few years ago, his team was ambushed because his Spiritual Strength was inadequate and he failed to detect the Golden Core Stage Yin Demons in advance.

Fortunately, the Demon Fog also affects the vision of demon lords and the like, otherwise Human Race cultivators would be even more passive.

"Bang!"

The bottom of the Flying Ship was attacked and shook slightly.

Such incidents had occurred several times along the way, and Ji An was already accustomed to them.

"Bang!" Another crashing sound was heard, as if a switch had been flipped, and a barrage of dense impacts followed one after another.

Through the Flying Ship’s Spiritual Power Shield, Ji An saw many shadows resembling Yin Souls appear in the sky. They had the heads of humans or other races, one or multiple pairs of humanoid arms, but the lower body was a mass of fog.

They descended from the sky, wave after wave fiercely attacking the Spiritual Power Shield, with unnerving laughter echoing from all directions.

Just hearing those sounds, some Chao Origin Stage cultivators on the deck felt a chill in their hearts, their arms covered in goosebumps.

Wan Jinrong raised his hand, pointing outside, "These are demon lords, likely ordinary Yin Demons; there must be several Golden Core Level demon lords hidden among them, otherwise Low-Tier Yin Demons wouldn’t dare to assault a Magical Treasure-level Flying Ship."

The Flying Ship is a Tier Three large-scale Magical Treasure, and only Nascent Soul Level major forces have the power and technology to construct it.

Wan Jinru said indifferently, "Judging from the intensity of the assaults, most Yin Demons are merely at the Foundation Establishment Level, not worth mentioning."

"Sister, don’t be careless. If Yin Demons gather in a large enough group, they become even more dangerous than High-Tier True Demons.

They can unleash Spirit Soul Attacks, their attacks are weak but won’t interfere with each other and can converge into stronger attacks.

I suspect that the Daoist Monarch will soon take action, so let’s wait and see."

Although the Flying Ship is a Tier Three Treasure, its main purpose is to transport cultivators through perilous environments, and sustaining impacts will consume a significant amount of reserved energy.