“Am I dreaming?”
“Heavens! It’s night, and the moon and all of the stars have already been shattered by the fragments of the broken Heavenly Dao. So, what’s with this sun?”
“Moreover… it’s so warm! It’s not hot at all!”
The cultivators of the Thousand Sword City couldn’t help but exclaim in astonishment upon seeing this peculiar sight.
A sun had suddenly appeared in the sky, so it was obvious that a supremely powerful being had arrived.
Sure enough, a woman in a fiery dress materialized beneath the sun. Her appearance was mesmerizing and seductive.
“Roar!” The Dragon Bone Heavenly Demon shredded the void with its claws that were devastating in power and profound black in color. A profound and poisonous aura instantly slashed down at the woman in red.
The woman made a tapping motion at the void, instantly summoning a column of light that was like a ray of hope that yearned to tear through the sky. This column of light then slammed into the Heavenly Demon’s black claws, directly disintegrating them into wisps of black smoke.
This column of light then continued to shoot into the sky, directly shattering the Dragon Bone Heavenly Demon’s body and penetrating through its head! The cultivators were stunned upon seeing this.
“The Four Nine Immortal Sect’s Elder Xiao Hong has arrived at her station!” the stunningly beautiful woman said.
As she said this, the sun in the sky immediately started to unleash countless rays of light, with each ray of light directly penetrating through the body of a Heavenly Demon in the Thousand Sword City. Without exception, all of the Heavenly Demons who were struck by these rays of light were evaporated into thin air!
With a single attack, Xiao Hong instantly killed thousands of Heavenly Demons!
More than half of the Heavenly Demons were annihilated by Xiao Hong’s formidable attack.
“Those Heavenly Demons possessed an aura at the Dao Integration Pinnacle Stage, yet more than half of them were ruthlessly killed by a single attack… Deciding the battle in one fell swoop… Is this a Dao Integration Stage super-mighty being of the Four Nine Immortal Sect?”
“This is great! We’re finally saved…”
Everyone in the Thousand Sword City was brimming with tears of gratitude and joy, regardless of whether they were cultivators or mortal humans. In fact, they felt a strong urge to praise the sun alongside Xiao Hong.
Observing this one city was enough to reflect the situation of the entire Nine States.
Powerful beings from the Four Nine Immortal Sect appeared in each of the critical regions of the Nine States. The two Dao Integration Stage dragons defended the Wind Plain State, the phoenix Little Huang—along with the snow maidens and their Great Empress—defended the Bai Hua State, Dongfang Zhuangshi and a group of disciples defended the Ancient Void State, and the Pill Sage and the guardians from the Ghost Tribe defended the Purple Star State…
They were all battling to the death against the Heavenly Demons, and they were all fighting for the survival of the Kingdom of the Nine States!
“I’ve already sent you the critical locations of where the Heavenly Demon Tribulation will strike. Make sure to reinforce these places and ensure that you don’t miss any of them,” Bai Ling said to her voice transmission talisman.
“Message received.”
“Message received.”
“Message received…”
Above the Bai Hua State’s Nanling Prefecture.
As she leaped across black clouds, Ye Ling glanced at the three-dimensional map that was displayed on the gadget on her wrist, and she replied, “Message received.”
Before her, there stood a Heavenly Demon that measured one hundred thousand feet tall. It held a fleshy staff in its hands, and it was standing atop a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. As its staff pulsated with a flash of light, countless residential homes were melted into an eerie liquid.
Holding onto the hilt of her dagger, Ye Ling fearlessly charged at the colossal Heavenly Demon before her. The colossal Heavenly Demon also noticed her, and the fleshy staff in its hand immediately tapped at her slender and shapely body.
A wave of dark red energy instantly rippled through the void and yearned to envelop Ye Ling.
It was also at this moment that her dagger suddenly left its sheath!
A dazzling gleam slashed through the void, and a formidable silver-white blade instantly cut the wave of dark red energy into two. Eventually, this blade even slashed past the colossal Heavenly Demon that measured one hundred thousand feet in height.
Ye Ling stopped charging forward, and the Sword to Send You Safely On Your Way returned to its sheath.
Ding!
There was a crisp ringing sound as the hilt of the dagger came into contact with the sheath.
The colossal and domineeringly powerful Heavenly Demon before her suddenly started to thrash about and wail in agony. However, its body rapidly split into two halves before transforming into an expanse of inky black water that rained down from the sky…
“I’ve finally disposed of another one,” the woman said as she brushed a lock of hair that had stuck to her cheek behind her ear. Her heart ached as she gazed at the shattered void before her, the inky black remains of the Heavenly Demon, the beautiful city that was now roaring with flames, and the wailing humans who were trapped in a living hell.
This still isn’t enough. My help is still far too insignificant…
The Divine Dao beneath her feet suddenly transformed into a blade of darkness as it furiously stabbed at the several Heavenly Demons that were located the closest to her. These Heavenly Demons were ruthlessly diced into piles of broken flesh.
Ye Ling started to wander around this city, killing any Heavenly Demon that she came across in a single strike. Her power was invincible, and none of the Heavenly Demons could even hope to challenge her.
However, Ye Ling was still feeling extremely frantic and anxious. This was because she couldn’t truly protect this city. While she was occupied with other Heavenly Demons, there would always be numerous Heavenly Demons that slipped through the cracks. Moreover, they would wantonly kill the residents of the city.
No, I’m still far too slow. I can’t continue like this…
Ye Ling continued to dash through the sky, killing one Heavenly Demon after another.
The disciples of the Four Nine Immortal Sect who were accompanying her weren’t powerful enough, so many of them were surrounding and battling against the Heavenly Demons in groups of several people. Only by doing this could they struggle to contain a single Heavenly Demon per group. However, this was nowhere near enough!
Just as Ye Ling was trapped in this state of anxiousness, the communication gadget on her wrist suddenly lit up with a red glow.
“Alert, alert!
“The Vermilion Bird Sect is reporting an emergency! It’s facing a tremendous danger, and it’s asking for all disciples below the Return to Void Stage to retreat from the scene. Those at or above the Return to Void Stage, please participate in this battle at your own discretion!”
A warning message suddenly sounded on the gadget on her wrist, with a red dot on the map showing the location of the Vermilion Bird Sect. This location was extremely close to Ye Ling, as the Vermilion Bird Sect was located right near the outer regions of the Nanling Prefecture.
Ye Ling’s expression changed slightly as she turned her gaze toward the towering tree that was located far away in the distance. Her pupils contracted slightly.
Her Divine Dao of Assassination allowed her to possess an incredibly powerful night vision, so she was able to clearly see the situation near the Vermilion Bird Divine Tree in the distance. The towering divine tree was already engulfed in some unknown purple flames.
Like a fracture that separated heaven and earth, an unfathomably powerful purple blade had shattered the sect-protection spell formation of the Vermilion Bird Sect. Not only that, but it had also hacked the Vermilion Bird Divine Tree into two.
Right now, the divine tree that had stood for countless years was collapsing amid the furiously burning flames.
“The Vermilion Bird Sect is clearly being guarded by two Dao Integration Stage super-mighty beings in Zhu Xuze and Situ Feng, yet even so, their divine tree has still been destroyed?” Ye Ling murmured. She tightened her grip on the dagger in her hand.
She was vaguely aware of just how immensely powerful the Vermilion Bird Sect’s opponent was. Otherwise, the communication gadget on her wrist wouldn’t have issued such an alert.
Should I head over?
Ye Ling was slightly hesitant. Even if she rushed over, there was most likely nothing that she could do to help…
At this moment, the speed at which the Heavenly Demons landed in the Nanling Prefecture suddenly decreased by a significant amount.
It suddenly became much easier to defend this city.
Ye Ling glanced at the ravaged city, and she glanced at the local cultivators and the cultivators from the Four Nine Immortal Sect who were continuing to battle against the Heavenly Demons. She knew that they could continue to defend this city, even if she were to leave.
“The Heavenly Demons are landing at a slower pace not because we succeeded in defending this city. Rather…” Ye Ling cast her gaze toward the Vermilion Bird Sect.
That should have been a sect of fire, and a sect where Vermilion Birds rested. It was the holiest place in the Kingdom of the Nine States. Now, however, it was shrouded in dark clouds, and it was as if these clouds wanted to suppress the entire heaven and earth into becoming a sea of torment and despair…
“Master, Madam… that’s your second home…
“Ling’er definitely won’t allow it to be destroyed!”
Ye Ling gritted her teeth before rapidly flying toward the Vermilion Bird Sect!
