"All members of the alliance, attack the Demon Array with all your might!"

Upon seeing this, Tian Jizi let out a roar, raised his hand to summon the alliance's Commander's Flag, which flapped furiously in the wind.

At the same time, a glimmering blue light flashed before him as a colossal crystal-clear Round Orb appeared. Water light burst forth from nowhere around it, and standing within the Orb was the figure of a woman clad in Feather Robe—the Chang Chun Temple's sect's treasure, the Canghai Xuan Water Pearl.

Every Nascent Soul cultivator of the Cloud Desolate Alliance feared the counterattacking black thunder, but with Tian Jizi issuing the order publicly, they exchanged looks and still raised their Magic Treasures to strike at the Great Array.

The remaining Core Formation and Foundation Establishment cultivators, seeing this, also took action one after another.

In a moment, innumerable beams of light from Magic Treasures shot out, merging into a colossal torrent that bombarded the Demon Thunder Array.

The Great Array trembled violently under such an onslaught of attacks. However, the thunder lighting upon it also surged wildly as countless black Thunders, thick and thin, shot out towards the members of the Cloud Desolate Alliance.

Tian Jizi rose into the air, his robes billowing around him, his fingers moving swiftly in front of his chest as if spinning a wheel, and he lightly uttered the word "Swiftly."

The ground in front of him cracked with a "crack," opening several fissures over thirty feet long. Water gushed from beneath the ground and instantly congealed into a thick wall of water that stood before the members of the alliance.

The dense black lightning struck the water wall but failed to penetrate it. Instead, it followed the wall down into the ground, sparking a series of explosions.

The alliance members' worry was finally alleviated, and they continued to attack without any hesitation.

Strangely, their attacks, whether Magic Treasure or Spell, could easily pass through the water wall, but the black lightning from the Demon Thunder Array was completely blocked.

"This Canghai Xuan Water Pearl truly holds some mysteries," Yuan Ming nodded slightly.

He did not take action, his gaze locked tightly on the Demon Thunder Array, his Divine Sense having been released long ago, monitoring every minute detail around him.

A few breaths later, his eyes suddenly brightened as he activated the Ju Mang Spirit Technique.

The branches and leaves of the Undying Tree within his Dantian rustled, and dozens of Undying Tree Roots pierced through the void, stabbing into the various nodes of the Demon Thunder Array.

These nodes were precisely where the Array and Space Power merged. The penetration of the roots into these spots disturbed the Array's Spatial Power.

Parts of the Demon Thunder Array where it was pierced by the roots swelled into bulges, small ones spanned a few feet, and large ones even stretched over a dozen yards, emitting the sound like that of muffled thunder.

At this very moment, the faces of the Wu Yue Sect Cultivators behind the Demon Thunder Array changed, murmuring to themselves that the Array seemed quite unreliable. It was just the first clash with the enemy, and it was already showing signs of collapse.

Wu Yue God, Blood Demon Ancestor, Ni Mu, Xi Zheng, and others floated around different parts of the Array, casting Spells to stabilize the Demon Thunder Array. However, the attacks from the Cloud Desolate Alliance grew increasingly fierce. The Array's Earthly Evil and Spatial forces began to unravel, and the tremors of the Array became more intense, slowly showing the verge of collapse.

"Who could have thought that someone in the Cloud Desolate Alliance could recognize a Demon World Array and so quickly see through the secrets of the Moluo Evil Thunder Array! But the time was too hasty, and the setup of the Array was too rough, only able to unleash less than half of its power..." Blood Demon Ancestor deeply resented, looking towards the top of Chaotian Peak.

Countless Star Powers descended from the sky, almost forming a column of starlight, continuously merging into the Breaking Realm Transfer Array, with the transfer speed much faster than before.

However, opening a spatial channel connected to the Demon World required a vast amount of Star Power, and filling the requirements for breaking through the realm would still take several days.

"Strive to delay the time, by all means, to ensure we secure the activation of the Breaking Realm Transfer Array!" Blood Demon Ancestor sent a message to the other Nascent Soul cultivators, his hands moving in rapid gestures.

Right at that moment, a dazzling Golden Sun suddenly shone from behind Chang Chun Temple, its luminescence penetrating the Array's light screen which was unable to block the rays.

"Not good!" Blood Demon Ancestor's expression changed abruptly.

To resist the Cloud Desolate Alliance's attack, he had concentrated all of the Moluo Evil Thunder Array's power to the front mountain here, delegating the Array's controllers to this location as well, with only very few personnel left behind.

He quickly ordered to mobilize people to reinforce that position.

Outside the Great Array behind Chang Chun Temple, He Cha stood in the void, radiating a blazing golden light reminiscent of the midday sun.

His skin, once full of wrinkles and ridges, tightened up, becoming smooth. The old tree-like complexion turned from yellow to gold, looking like the purest gold, emanating a glazelike shine, and his stature grew considerably taller. Muscle upon muscle swelled robustly, and the sound of his tendons cracking echoed through the air.

In the blink of an eye, He Cha transformed from a withered old man into a huge golden giant, the peak aura of the Tongqiao Body revealing itself without any doubt. A spiky golden mace appeared in his hand.

He Cha vanished in a flash, reappearing beside the Moluo Evil Thunder Array in the next moment. The golden mace burst forth with sun-like golden light, striking down ferociously upon the Array.

A loud boom echoed as the Moluo Evil Thunder Array dented deeply.

The Array's light screen was unusually tough, taut but unbreakable, yet thick Demonic Qi was squeezed out, rapidly thinning the once substantial screen.

The Blood Demon Ancestor had focused all the black lightning to the front, so when faced with He Cha's assault, there was no thunder to counterattack.

The few Wu Yue Sect Cultivators behind Chang Chun Temple turned pale with fright and hurried to cast their Spells.

He Cha bellowed a thunderous roar, his entire body flared up with dazzling golden light and Qi-Blood, congealing behind him into a massive golden-red giant figure—it was his Blood Gang True Body.

Unlike Yuan Ming's Blood Gang True Body, the golden-red giant not only exuded Qi-Blood Power but also radiated strong Mana waves.

"Secret Skill, Vajra Triple Strike!"

The golden-red giant lunged forward, delivering three consecutive strikes in midair, each blow more powerful than the last; the second was twice as strong as the first, and by the third, the power had quadrupled!

The Moluo Evil Thunder Array, already on the brink of collapse, finally could no longer hold and cracked open a wide hole.

Wulu, following Yuan Ming's guidance, used the Heavenly Escape Stone Talisman to turn invisible nearby, and immediately flew through the hole, heading straight for Chaotian Peak.

The last time he had sneaked in with Yuan Ming, the Demon Array shrouding Chaotian Peak was nowhere to be seen, leaving the towering Chaotian Peak standing silently without a hint of protection.

Delighted, Wulu headed straight for the summit of Chaotian Peak, yet dared not fly too fast.

With the mountain's Great Array broken, the functioning of the entire Moluo Evil Thunder Array became even more strenuous.

"Fellow Daoist Blood Demon, the array can't hold up any longer, proceed with the plan," the Wu Yue God said to the Blood Demon Ancestor in a deep voice via telepathy.

The Blood Demon Ancestor nodded silently, flipping his hand to produce a black array plate, flickering with numerous black thunders.

A trace of regret flashed in the eyes of the Blood Demon Ancestor, but then he fell silent and forcefully crushed the array plate.

The Moluo Evil Thunder Array, on the verge of collapse, suddenly brightened intensely and expanded outward, knocking off all the incoming magic treasures from the Cloud Desolate Alliance. The alliance members were shocked, and many instinctively retreated.

But at that very moment, the Moluo Evil Thunder Array rapidly shrank and disappeared from everyone's sight.

At the same time, atop Chaotian Peak, a black Demon Array spanning dozens of feet appeared, engulfing the summit within it, with numerous black thunders flickering inside — it was the disappeared Moluo Evil Thunder Array gone miniature.

This scaled-down Moluo Evil Thunder Array was shiny black and seemed more refined and stable than before, showing no signs of its prior damage.

By this time, Wulu had already reached the vicinity of Chaotian Peak, poised to strike the Breaking Realm Transfer Array, but stopped as the summit was suddenly enveloped by the Moluo Evil Thunder Array.

After a brief contemplation, he didn't stay or try to break the array and turned to fly back outside.

With the Demon Array broken, the cultivators of the Cloud Desolate Alliance were overcome with joy and rushed towards the Wu Yue Sect disciples.

To combat the Wu Yue Sect more effectively, the members of the Cloud Desolate Alliance had also undergone some training during these days, and no longer charged haphazardly as before. They split into three tiers from bottom to top.

The first tier consisted of the most Qi Refinement Stage Cultivators, the second tier comprised Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and the third—Core Formation Stage cultivators—launched attacks simultaneously.

The attacks of the Qi Refinement Stage Cultivators mostly involved spells, and while individually weak, the cumulative effect of their numbers was formidable. The Foundation Establishment Cultivators deployed magic artifacts and spirit beasts as support, and the relatively fewer Core Formation Stage cultivators made precise attacks with magic treasures.

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The Wu Yue Sect Cultivators hurried to meet the battle, with numerous magic artifacts and spells colliding in the void, causing earth-shattering booms and half of the sky to be awash with scattered light.

The Wu Yue Sect Cultivators were well-trained and adept at forming arrays to counter attacks. This advantage had given them superiority in previous battles against the Cloud Desolate Alliance, often allowing them to win against greater numbers. But now, the Cloud Desolate Alliance was equally organized, and the Wu Yue Sect no longer held the upper hand. They were forced to retreat under the barrage of attacks, and their originally neat formations started disintegrating into disorder.

"Lord Wu Yue God, the situation looks grim. We should make our move too," Ni Mu moved closer to the Wu Yue God and suggested via telepathy.

The Nascent Souls of the Wu Yue Sect and the affiliated sect's Nascent Soul cultivators also gathered nearby, looking towards the Wu Yue God.

The Wu Yue God's face was indifferent, and he glanced at the Blood Demon Ancestor but remained silent.

Just as the Blood Demon Ancestor was about to say something, Xue Li staggered out of Chang Chun Temple, holding a jar of wine in his hand and occasionally taking a swig.

However, the aura on his body was so restrained that he seemed unremarkable.

"There's no need," the Blood Demon Ancestor, noticing Xue Li's appearance, let out a sigh of relief, and then pulled out a blood-colored orb and tossed it towards the ground.

Yuan Ming, who was observing the actions of the high-level cultivators of the Wu Yue Sect, caught the Blood Demon Ancestor's movement. Although he didn't know the purpose, he would not stand idle while the spell was being cast and immediately activated the Ju Mang Spirit Technique.

Seven or eight Undying Tree Roots pierced the void, emerging near the blood-colored orb and entangling it.

What happened next was unexpected!

The blood-colored orb suddenly transformed into an illusory Blood Shadow, breaking free from the grasp of the Undying Tree Roots and continuing to shoot downward.

The speed of the Blood Shadow increased several fold and it vanished into the ground in an instant.

Just as Yuan Ming was bewildered, the ground beneath began to quiver and thin streams of blood light oozed out, quickly thickening into a massive blood-colored vortex.

One by one, black-red figures leaped out, nearly identical, covered in black-red scales with arms completely ossified resembling large cleavers, emanating waves of Demonic Qi, revealed as a horde of refining corpses.

The blood-colored vortex teemed with figures and in the blink of an eye, ten thousand had sprung forth.

Though turned into refining corpses, the faces of these beings were faintly recognizable, with nearly half startlingly appearing to be Central Plains people!