CHAPTER 761: 636 POWER OF STAR SHUTTLE

Jiu Panpo’s primary target for revenge was naturally Yi Jing, the source of all sins. If only she had killed her that year, none of this would have happened!

Nine demonic shadows locked onto Yi Jing amidst the crowd and rushed towards her like lightning.

Earlier, within the Blood River Formation, Jiu Panpo had already attacked Yi Jing with the Nine Demons but without success. This time, her power was even greater than before.

Some of the Emei Sect disciples went to suppress the Secret Demon Divine Shuttle, while others pursued the Red Lotus Demon. Yi Jing also joined her fellow disciples in pursuing the Old Demon, continuously firing the Demonic Destruction Moon Crossbow loaded with Scattering Light Pills ahead, shattering the red lotuses that the Old Demon conjured along the way.

At that moment, she suddenly became alert, anticipating danger, and quickly cast a spell for defense, managing to release her Protective Dharma Treasure. The nine demon heads reached her, their bodies that of nine enticing women dressed in the Red Body Sect’s Mountain Suppressing Trio treasure, the Secret Demon God Armor—essentially a shoulder piece that covered nothing essential.

Their bodies were of beautiful young women with snow-white skin, but their faces bore the ugly and aged look of Jiu Panpo, grotesquely howling at Yi Jing, their features contorted and full of fangs, incredibly terrifying.

They extended their mouths through the Treasure Light to frantically suck at Yi Jing. Her Divine Soul and Essence Blood stirred within her, dividing into nine parts, about to be entirely absorbed by them!

Yi Jing horizontally slashed with her Sword Control, intending to sever the Nine Demons at the waist, but as her sword passed through their bodies, it regenerated instantly, leaving no harm—like drawing a sword through water.

Then, she frantically released True Fire with the reforged Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror, spouting fireballs in all directions from six Yang Trigrams.

The True Fire scorched the demon heads into charred faces; their noses and ears fizzled into ash and smoke, becoming even more hideous and frightening, but they refused to retreat.

Her heart filled with hatred, Yi Jing resolved to take them down with her if it meant her death!

Yi Jing brought out all the Demon-suppressing Treasures her father, master, and aunt had helped her forge over the years to attack the Nine Demons. The demons didn’t evade, at most emitting rays of Demon Light in defense, while they continued to drain her Essence Blood relentlessly. Yi Jing initially attacked fiercely, but soon felt increasingly weaker, as exhausted as if she had worked tirelessly for days, only wishing to close her eyes and sleep deeply...

At this time, the Secret Demon Divine Shuttle continued to descend, causing the earth to shake, mountains to crack, and all grass, trees, and rocks to be drawn upward.

The majority of people focused on this Divine Shuttle. Even Master You Tan aimed most of the Separation and Reunion Divine Light at it, and with the full effort of other Emei Sect disciples, the spinning of the Secret Demon Divine Shuttle slowed.

However, it was of little use. The shuttle, previously sent to the top of the dome by a true master, had already broken through the atmosphere into outer space.

According to their initial plan, having the Secret Demon Divine Shuttle explode in distant space would allow the explosion’s resultant Void Evil Fire to be rapidly diffused and absorbed by the Heavenly Stars, thus nullifying this crisis.

Unexpectedly, another, the Red Lotus Old Demon—more skilled in magic than Jiu Panpo—used a strand of Jiu Panpo’s Divine Energy to cast the Demon Path Great Technique and pulled the shuttle back.

By the time the Secret Demon Divine Shuttle re-entered the atmosphere, it had already drawn at least ten thousand stars’ energy, including nearby comets and meteorites as well as a significant amount of distant planets and stars.

Although these stars were remote, under the shuttle’s Secret Demon induction, it was only the invisible energy fluctuations, accompanied by the ancient star nuclei’s explosion, that continuously transmitted Void Evil Fire, causing an infinite accumulation of energy on the shuttle. The Emei Sect, along with a true master—altogether just over a dozen people, half with Heavenly Immortal Cultivation and half with Earth Immortal Cultivation—could only slightly reduce its rotation speed by joining forces if the Secret Demon Divine Shuttle had just been spawned. But this fully-charged version was beyond their control.

Many were beginning to despair again, looking around, asking experienced members like Zhuge Jingwo and Shen Tuhong, "Do we have any seniors coming?"

The answer received was always "I don’t know."

Just then, Lin Han flew over the Secret Demon Divine Shuttle. This was extremely dangerous; a slight mistake could lead him to be sucked in by the shuttle, not only torn apart but also perishing in the resultant explosion, his body turning to Tribulation Ash and his Primordial Spirit unable to escape!

He followed the secret technique transmitted by Shi Feiyang before coming, with one hand promoting the Xuan Guang Ruler for protection, continuously releasing vast amounts of colorful rings of light. Although many were absorbed by the Secret Demon Divine Shuttle, he managed to resist much of the suction, then cast Spells to sever the connections between the Secret Demon Divine Shuttle and the Heavenly Stars.

At that moment, the Divine Shuttle was essentially tying the sun, moon, and stars above with countless ropes and tying the earth below with an even thicker rope, constantly spinning and coiling to pull both sides together.

What Lin Han had to do now was to cut the "ropes" tying the shuttle to the stars above.

The Divine Shuttle relied not on tangible ropes but on invisible suction forces, which were so violently terrifying, containing Yin Yang Magnetic True Power and Five Elements, adding Secret Demon sensing... No one in the world could untangle it, not even recorded in the Demon God Scripture; it was entirely Shi Feiyang’s own research.

As Lin Han continued to sever the connections above the Secret Demon Divine Shuttle, each cut weakened the shuttle’s energy. The stars, which had grown abnormally large, instantly shrank and vanished into the void.

People began to feel the shuttle’s force was no longer insurmountable; hope rose in their hearts as they silently cheered for Lin Han, hoping he could work faster.

Seeing Lin Han, the Red Lotus Old Demon recognized him as the disciple of his enemy. He remembered Shi Feiyang stealing half his Red Lotus Space years ago, his hatred surged, contemplating avenging both new and old grievances together.

The Old Demon suddenly appeared above Lin Han and threw out Demon Light like a waterfall, containing blooming Red Lotuses that hurtled towards Lin Han.

He intended to smash Lin Han against the Secret Demon Divine Shuttle, to shatter him completely and absorb his Primordial Spirit, ultimately causing both body and soul to be destroyed!

Although Lin Han was casting a spell, he remained vigilant.

He was naturally cautious, aware that no one present was his friend.

Were the Emei Sect his friends? Although there had been a reconciliation, at best, they were not enemies; they were definitely not friends. Neither was Jiu Panpo, nor was the Sand God Child...

He was alone, vulnerable to attack from anyone at any time.

Thus, although the sudden attack by the Red Lotus Demon was unexpected, it was not outside his expectations.

He immediately released the Nanming Leaving Fire Sword, which transformed into a hundred-yard-long Vermilion Rainbow, slicing upwards against the Demon Light waterfall, splitting the mass of Red Lotus like a sharp knife through cloth, scattering the Demon Light and directing the sword straight at the Red Lotus Demon.

The Old Demon was slightly surprised and used his Demon Skill to dodge the Nanming Leaving Fire Sword, while directing the surrounded Red Lotus from all directions towards Lin Han.

Lin Han was surrounded by billions of light rings, which now shot up, each encircling a Red Lotus, tightening inward before exploding into a burst of golden red Light Energy.

Now possessing Heavenly Immortal Cultivation, cultivating the Yang God, the Red Lotus Demon’s Heavenly Demon Illusion had no effect on him. Relying on both the Nanming Leaving Fire Sword and the All-encompassing Xuan Guang Ruler—both Demon-suppressing Treasures—he was temporarily not at a disadvantage against the Red Lotus Demon, although the Old Demon had not yet used his full power.

Yet, this meant Lin Han could no longer continue to "cut off" the connection between the Secret Demon Divine Shuttle and the Heavenly Stars.

"That Old Demon is truly detestable!" Qi Jincan of the Emei Sect expressed with a frown and, without a word to those beside her, united with her sword and flew into the sky to attack the Red Lotus Demon.

Seeing this, the members of the Emei Sect grew anxious. Observing the Red Lotus Demon’s powerful Mana, and knowing that Lin Han, despite his high level of cultivation and wielding top-tier Flying Sword Magical Treasure, could only defend cautiously, it was clear that Jincan was considerably less powerful than Lin Han, and rushing in could easily lead to disaster.

"I’ll go lend a hand to Junior Brother Qi," declared Zhuge Jingwo, spreading his arms and riding the Wuxing Sword Escape into the air, taking a few steps before releasing four Invisible Immortal Swords to join Jincan in the attack on the Red Lotus Demon.

The joint effort of three Heavenly Immortal Level masters finally stabilized the situation, allowing Lin Han to continue "cutting off" the shuttle-star connections.

The Red Lotus Demon, having not forged the Secret Demon Divine Shuttle himself and thus could control little, found the situation extremely complex. His initial intent was merely to disrupt; indeed, he had no desire to blast the earth apart as it would serve him no benefit. Instead, his objective was to create chaos to provide an opportunity for the Princess of Stone God collecting the Blood River underground.

Seeing no opportunity, he scoffed twice and vanished into thin air.

However, though he did not intend to truly drop the Divine Shuttle, there were others who indeed wished to destroy the place.

The Nine Child Mother Sky Demon suddenly appeared beneath the Divine Shuttle, arranged in a Nine Palace formation, raising their heads simultaneously.

Their bodies remained unchanged, but their faces had transformed into Yi Jing’s, opening their mouths to release nine beams of Demon Light.

Since Jiu Panpo had forged the Divine Shuttle, which already merged with her Primordial Spirit, and the Nine Child Mother Sky Demon, similarly crafted by her arduous effort to resist the Heavenly Demon, naturally still connected with the shuttle, and with the power of the Divine Demon, were now stronger than before!

If the power of the Red Lotus Demon originally dragging down the Secret Demon Divine Shuttle was considered ten, then the force released by the Nine Demons now was hundreds of times stronger!

The Secret Demon Divine Shuttle abruptly plummeted several dozen yards. The Emei Sect’s immortals cried out in shock, hastily casting spells to stabilize it, fortunately, Lin Han had already severed many star-shuttle connections during this time; otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable, but even so, the gravitational pull on the earth grew stronger.

"Old demonic woman!"

"She has harmed Senior Sister Yi!"

Some from the Emei Sect cursed and released Flying Sword Divine Thunders towards the Nine Demons.

Qi Xia’er’s Nine Heavenly Dragon Demon Suppressing Swords followed in for the attack, stabbing at the Nine Demons.

The Nine Demons screamed miserably like night owls, allowing the Immortal Swords to behead them and Buddha Swords to pierce their chests before being blasted into pieces by Taiyin Divine Thunder and Thunderbolts.

Yet, within the next second, they reformed in the same place.