There was a huge crisis.
All the elites felt the horror of death, let alone Ye Ping.
“Give up, give up, give up on the competition!”
Someone hollered and asked them to give up thrice because he thought that they were still in the array formation.
However, in the next moment, under the giant palm of the Nascent Soul realm cultivator. He turned into a mishmash of blood and badly mangled flesh.
That scene made the crowd subconsciously swallow their saliva.
It was really outrageous.
The crowd was completely horrified because they still felt that they might have been caught in an illusory array but it didn’t seem like it at all.
Even if it was an illusory array, it couldn’t be so real.
“Demon!”
However, at that moment, someone exclaimed in a deafening and thunderous voice.
In an instant, a terrifying Sword Qi was charged out like a river, blasting the giant hand away.
“Huh?”
Tian Shaxing hollered furiously in pain while his body expanded again and demonic energy surrounded him.
A Nascent Soul realm powerhouse had finally struck.
Indeed, there was no lack of powerhouses in the Wei Nation, but they didn’t expect the Fiendcelestial Cult to suddenly attack and kill. Everything happened all too suddenly as they felt that it was unreal.
Although it was unexpected, it was the right thing to do.
“You guys, run away quickly, someone will meet you at the south city gate. Don’t act impulsively and don’t die in vain.”
The Nascent Soul realm cultivator hollered loudly and informed the crowd to go to the southern gate, lest they died there.
“Elder, take care.”
They knew that this was a real battle that concerned lives and were aware that they definitely couldn’t take it lightly.
They definitely couldn’t die in vain here.
Everyone fled, but some of the cultivators were already scared out of their wits and thus completely collapsed while staying rooted to the ground, not daring to move an inch.
“Besiege and kill them before considering capturing them alive.”
Tian Shaxing of the Fiendcelestial Cult roared loudly, and in an instant, the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples charged out like black clouds. They were like emotionless killing machines that killed everyone in their path.
The cultivators fled. They were scared soulless. They were not geniuses, nor did they want to be heroes, they just wanted to survive.
Pfft.
On the other hand, the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples immediately charged over and killed them without the slightest hesitation. Their sanguine machetes seemed rather terrifying under the sun.
One by one, heads fell to the ground while corpses appeared.
The bright red blood stained the ground and gave off a nauseating odor of blood.
If the Qingzhou Sword Dao Meet was a human purgatory, this would be the eighteenth level of hell.
Ye Ping fled with Li Yu and Chen Hongfei while Huangfu Tianlong stayed in front to kill the enemies and clear the path for Ye Ping.
At this moment, Li Yu completely understood how terrifying the Fiendcelestial Cult was in this situation. He also understood how important his cultivation level was.
If one had a high cultivation, they did not necessarily have to protect others but they should at least not drag others down.
As for Chen Hongfei, he felt that his Dao Heart had collapsed because Elder Chen had died to save him.
“Chen Hongfei, you garbage. You’re always so arrogant but I never thought that you’d be so timid when it comes to fighting.”
Huangfu Tianlong hollered. He was killing the enemies while scolding Chen Hongfei furiously. However, he wasn’t really insulting him, but rather, he just wanted Chen Hongfei to wake up.
After all, it was already troublesome for Ye Ping to take care of Li Yu, and Chen Hongfei definitely had the ability to kill the enemies. If that went on, they would all be doomed.
“Chen Hongfei, your elder died and exchanged his life for yours with the hopes that you would survive. He doesn’t want you to be crestfallen. Being in the current state that you are in, how can you call yourself an elite?”
Ye Ping said coldly.
He didn’t scold him but he was trying to influence Chen Hongfei and make him regain his rationality.
“Yes, I want to survive and avenge my elder.”
Chen Hongfei clenched his fist, and in an instant, the terrifying aura spread out from his body, turning into sharp blades that immediately killed hundreds of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples.
“Brother Ye, Brother Huangfu, let’s break free from the siege together.”
Nangong Xing and Zhang Ren also appeared.
Nangong Xing held an ancient starry lamp in his hand that was emitting a bright light that evolved into a sea of stars which then surrounded the crowd. Each star was only palm-sized but it possessed a terrifying impact force.
Zhang Ren raised a decree that emitted rays of golden light that killed the demons.
“Everyone hurry and gather, don’t split up.”
At this moment, Ye Ping gave out some instructions. The most dreadful thing to happen during a battle was splitting up.
Indeed, as soon as he said that, all the geniuses and cultivators gathered towards Ye Ping.
Since there was greater manpower, there would be more strength too. The battlefield was rather chaotic in the first place, but as the geniuses gathered, they turned into invincible spears that pierced through everything.
The capital of Wei Nation was huge, and it would take a while to get to the southern city gate. Besides, with the obstruction of the Fiendcelestial Cult, it would take at least five minutes for them to get to the southern city gate.
If it was just the disciples of the Fiendcelestial Cult, it would be fine, but the problem was that there was Tian Shaxing to back them up. Once the Wei Nation powerhouses could no longer suppress Tian Shaxing, everyone would be doomed.
“Li Yu, take good care of yourself.”
At this moment, Ye Ping told Li Yu to take care of himself before drawing his sword. He couldn’t sit around and wait for his time to die. He had to rush to the South City Gate as soon as possible.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Ye Ping executed the Heavenly River Swordsmanship, and tens of thousands of golden Sword Qi were released from the sword in Ye Ping’s hand. There was a Golden Light of Expiation added to each Sword Qi.
Under the Golden Light of Expiation sword, all the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples died, except for those that were in the Golden Core realm.
“Golden Light of Expiation?”
“Brother Ye is indeed strong.”
“It’s the Golden Light of Expiation?”
When Ye Ping struck, the geniuses couldn’t help but be stunned. In their opinion, the Golden Light of Expiation was something that only a Daoist Master could condense.
Generally, Daoist Masters would either hide their abilities or were extremely old. They didn’t expect Ye Ping to be able to condense the Golden Light of Expiation at such a young age.
“Everyone, don’t be distracted. Kill the enemy first.”
Ye Ping reminded the crowd not to be distracted and to kill the enemy first.
“Alright.”
“Kill this group of bastards.”
“The Fiendcelestial Cult really deserves to die.”
The crowd snapped back to their senses and didn’t think much about it as they simply struck with all sorts of Dharmic Dao, Mystical Abilities, and ancient fist techniques.
Like insignificant ants, the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples died.
“Split up! Don’t fight with these elites, we are no match for them.”
“Quick, go kill the others. The King of Hell and the others are refining the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner. As long as enough people are killed, the sooner it will be activated and this place will become our world.”
“Yes, once the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner is refined, everyone in the capital of the Ten Nations will be buried here, let alone the capital of Jiang Nation.”
“Let these elites be arrogant for a while, I shall see if they can still jump around later.”
There were all sorts of chaotic noises. The Fiendcelestial Cult disciples were not killing machines, they had minds and knew that they could not fight against Ye Ping and the others. Hence, they chose to disperse and do other things.
In an instant, a large number of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples disappeared as they went to other places in all directions to hunt those cultivators or ordinary people who had wandered off.
As soon as the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples left, Ye Ping did not feel burdened at all. In fact, he even felt a little worried.
They could tell from the discussion among the disciples of the Fiendcelestial Cult that they had other means.
It was just like how they killed using the Five-Grudge Ancient Poison at the Qingzhou Sword Dao Meet.
“They’re gone, let’s flee to the South City Gate.”
“Yes, let’s flee to the South City Gate, as long as we’re there, we’ll be fine.”
“The disciples of the Fiendcelestial Cult are not strong. As long as the 72 Earthly Fiends are not here, we don’t have to be afraid of the 36 Heavenly Spirits.”
Seeing the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples flee, all the genius cultivators could not help but sigh with relief.
Humans were selfish after all. As long as there wasn’t danger, one would feel really grateful.
“No, I know part of the Fiendcelestial Cult’s background information. Don’t think that they only have the so-called 72 Earthly Fiends. The 36 Heavenly Spirits are very strong and there is also a group of elite cultivators in the Fiendcelestial Cult.”
“They are indeed very strong and all of them are geniuses. Although they are not considered elite, they have been trained to kill since they were children and are very menacing. There are many of them too and these Fiendcelestial Cult disciples are at the bottom.”
Nangong Xing spoke. He seemed to have some understanding of the Fiendcelestial Cult as he revealed that secret.
“Yes, I’ve also heard of this before. The system of the Fiendcelestial Cult is strictly divided. They are divided into the Sect Master, Deputy Sect Master, Four Kings of Hell, Twelve Golden Warriors, 36 Heavenly Spirits, and 72 Earthly Fiends.”
“These are all the top-level experts of the Fiendcelestial Cult but the main powerhouses are Heaven Slayer, Earth Slayer, and the Godfiend.”
“Those who join the sect would become the disciples of the Godfiend while the geniuses would be the Heaven Slayers. It’s said that there are more than 100,000 Heaven Slayers who haven’t come here yet. Otherwise, it would be impossible for us to have it so easy.”
Someone revealed the secret.
After hearing his words, the various cultivators, who were relieved, tensed up again.
“That’s not all, there are even more terrifying things.”
“Just now, they mentioned the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner during their discussion. I have some recollections about the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner. It’s one of the three immortal artifacts of the Fiendcelestial Cult, and once it’s activated, it can refine the beings of the Ten Nations.”
“Unless an immortal descends, no one can beat it.”
Another genius, who knew part of the secrets, revealed. At the mention of the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner, they turned pale.
“No, it absolutely can’t be the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner. I refine artifacts and I understand such stuff. The Ten Thousand Fiend Banner is an immortal artifact that appeared when the first sect master of the Fiendcelestial Cult refined ten thousand Fiends in this world.”
“This treasure was made using a piece of resentment iron that absorbed the resentment in heaven and earth. Hence, once the banner is released, the world will be taken by storm. However, the five major dynasties destroyed it thousands of years ago.”
“There mustn’t be a Ten Thousand Fiend Banner in this world so it should be a replica.”
A weapon refiner interjected. He understood Dharma artifacts well and was aware of the Ten Thousand Fiend Banner.
“Even if it’s a replica, it definitely isn’t inferior. We’d better not waste time here and hurry to the South City Gate.”
Everyone discussed and revealed the background of the Fiendcelestial Cult, which was indeed frightening.
However, no matter what, it would only make sense to run. Regardless of how strong the Fiendcelestial Cult might be, they had to hurry and leave this place because they didn’t want to die there.
Ye Ping did not say anything and he simply led the cultivators to the South City Gate.
Along the way, the crowd was speechless, and without the obstruction of the Fiendcelestial Cult, they managed to rush to the South City Gate at extreme speed.
However, there were corpses everywhere and in the capital of Wei Nation, there were 30,000,000 cultivators and people. There was also a large number of cultivators who flocked to the Ten Nations Grand Tournament. The Fiendcelestial Cult was just like fish in water.
There were corpses and blazing fires. There were even some infants wrapped in cloth and pregnant women fleeing. Ye Ping did not want to see or describe the tragic situation.
Everyone fell silent and there was a sense of oppression. Along the way, the scene was simply too bloody and cruel. Some cultivators with weaker mentalities vomited right on the spot.
“This group of damn Fiendcelestial Cult disciples. They did such a heartless thing for the sake of collecting resentment.”
Someone clenched his fist and said with a bloodshot gaze.
“There are things that are much worse. Some extreme demonic cultivators resort to even more cruel means such as using the furnace to bake the people. They will then give them a chance and tell them that they can trample all over people to move upwards. However, at the critical moment, they would close the furnace and make them die in despair, resulting in great resentment.”
A cultivator calmly described some of the means of the demonic cultivators.
The crowd could not help but clench their fists after hearing that.
Although they were selfish, it was all for the sake of seizing luck, but no matter what, they wouldn’t do anything heinous because that would be against their conscience.
Besides, at this moment, Ye Ping also gradually understood why the major dynasties, or sects all hated the Fiendcelestial Cult greatly.
Such demons deserved to die.
Finally, they arrived at South City Gate.
It was indeed a pure land where a large number of cultivators as well as people had flocked to. There were also plenty of powerhouses to guard the place and the Fiendcelestial Cult disciples dared not offend them.
“Hurry!”
“Enter the array.”
There was an array formation at the South City Gate that turned the place into a pure land. The powerhouses in the array formation spoke one after another, telling Ye Ping and the others to enter the array formation quickly.
At this moment, the terrifying Sword Qi spread everywhere and slashed the thousands of people into two.
There were secretly powerhouses who were killing the cultivators.
Whoosh.
Everyone dared not hesitate and rushed into the array formation.
The powerhouses in the array formation couldn’t strike because they had to maintain the operation of the array formation and protect all the cultivators. If they attacked, the powerhouses hiding would also attack the array formation immediately.
It was just like a line between life and death. The array formation was the land of survival, while the area outside the array formation was full of bloodshed and massacres.
There were countless cultivators who charged into the array like a stream.
After being saved, they were not happy but dumbfounded.
However, there were also people who died outside the array formation, and there were corpses everywhere. They might die at any moment.
“Activate!”
At this moment, Ye Ping didn’t hesitate any longer. He didn’t want to sit around and wait for death, thus he extended his arms and the Golden Wheel of Expiation appeared. In an instant, a large protective shield was formed, thus expanding the array formation by several times.
“Escape!”
Ye Ping told the crowd to hurry up and dash into the array. Since the Golden Wheel of Expiation had a high consumption, he could not sustain it for a long time.
“Golden Wheel of Expiation?”
“This person has the Golden Wheel of Expiation.”
“Great! Great! The younger generation is indeed rising.”
“Who’s this person? He managed to master the Golden Wheel of Expiation at such a young age. What a genius.”
At this moment, the powerhouses in the array formation were exclaiming in shock with true astonishment in their eyes.
However, no one had the time to care about it. They only cared about their own survival.
Several figures rushed into the array.
Ye Ping managed to hold on for five minutes and finally retracted the Golden Wheel of Expiation that turned into a bolt of lightning that surged into the array formation.
“Senior Brother Ye, are you alright?”
As Ye Ping just stepped into the array formation, Huangfu Tianlong was the first to come and look at Ye Ping.
“I’m alright!”
Ye Ping shook his head. There was nothing wrong with him, it was just that the Golden Wheel of Expiation had consumed too much of his energy and he had to rest for a while.
At this moment, there was still a large number of cultivators coming to the South City Gate from all directions.
Unfortunately, without the escort of the Golden Wheel of Expiation, they were killed mercilessly before they could step into the array formation.
“Save me, save me, save me please, I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die.”
“Don’t kill me, don’t kill me, I’ll surrender, I’ll surrender.”
“Give up, give up, give up on the competition!”
There were all sorts of wailing and some cultivators even had half of their bodies slashed. They were climbing on the ground and trying to enter the array formation, but most of them knew that even if they entered, they would definitely die and could not be saved.
There were also cultivators who even till now, still believed that it was an illusory array and were clamoring about giving up on the competition. Their eyes were full of despair, and in the next moment, they were beheaded.
The cultivators in the array formation did not dare to look at this scene.
Some cried while some people turned their backs and some female cultivators even bawled loudly.
No one was willing or bold enough to see that scene.
“Don’t ignore it. Go and look at it with your eyes. You have to remember this scene.”
At this moment, a powerhouse spoke up. He didn’t allow the crowd to turn their backs, but instead wanted them to remember that scene clearly.
It was very brutal.
There were many cultivators who directly collapsed and knelt on the ground to wail loudly, regardless of gender and age.
There were also cultivators who were clenching their fists with bloodshot eyes.
Outside the array formation.
Another group of cultivators and people rushed in, but there was a large number of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples chasing after them.
Some escaped into the array formation.
However, many were captured alive or died outside the array formation.
At this moment, the disciples of the Fiendcelestial Cult stared at the people in the array formation, their eyes filled with contempt and disdain.
“Is this a famous sect? Your comrades, Fellow Daoists, and the people you want to protect are all in our hands. Yet, you people are hiding in the array formation, what a joke.”
“Famous sect? Officials of the court? Protecting the people? Benefiting party? Hahahaha, what a joke.”
“They’re just a bunch of wimps and wastrels who claim to be geniuses. Geniuses, come here and kill me!”
Outside the array formation, a large number of Fiendcelestial Cult disciples appeared and grabbed cultivators.
They were clamoring in a bid to anger the powerhouses in the array formation and force them to attack. They also wanted to anger the self-proclaimed geniuses to come out of the array formation so that they could attack them.
“Calm down! Do not move, they just want to provoke you. We’re already setting up the transmission array formation to contain this. You must remember this hatred and take revenge for the sake of your Fellow Daoists and the people after you grow up!”
A powerhouse reminded everyone not to be angered.
All of a sudden, many cultivators had indeed calmed down, among which most were geniuses.
“Hahaha, what a bunch of cowards. In this case, let’s see how much of a loser you really are. Kill!”
Someone from the Fiendcelestial Cult said.
With that order, thousands of people were beheaded right on the spot.
The scene was extremely bloody.
