Chapter 194: Chapter 194: Blood-Light Assimilation, the Immortal City in Crisis

HUMMM!

In the blood-red canopy covering the sky, a massive hole violently burst open, revealing the outside world!

’The Nine Nether Blood Sea Array... is broken?’ Bai Xiuying’s heart went cold.

’No, there’s still a chance to save it!’

She gritted her teeth and forced herself to rally.

Then, Bai Xiuying’s gaze grew solemn.

Her hands gripped the Sea-Breaking Dragon-Slaying Saber, raising it high above her head!

HUMMM!

An azure light bloomed like a tidal wave!

The terrifying saber intent that erupted even made Navasen glance over.

"Dragon-Slaying!"

With a stern expression, Bai Xiuying swung the saber down!

At that moment, she had truly unleashed the power of the Sea-Breaking Dragon-Slaying Saber!

SHIIING!

The flash of the saber vanished in an instant!

In that same instant, the several Second-Order demon beasts that had charged into the immortal city through the hole in the blood-red canopy, along with the hundreds of beasts that followed, were all neatly sliced in two, like wheat beneath a scythe!

The very air boomed!

Bursts of bloody light scattered everywhere!

Navasen, in his Deer Demon True Body, was unwilling to face the edge of the Dragon-Slaying Saber head-on and chose to retreat.

The saber’s light dimmed.

CLANG.

The Sea-Breaking Dragon-Slaying Saber fell to the ground.

The bones in Bai Xiuying’s fingers fractured in several places, as if they were fragile porcelain.

"Hsss..." Bai Xiuying bit her lip, holding back the pain.

’Now’s the time. I have to seal the hole and stabilize the array...’

She endured the agony, trying to use her authority to gather the array’s power and mend the hole in the blood-red canopy!

The Nine Nether Blood Sea Array covered an area of over a hundred li and was a Quasi-Fourth-Order formation.

Even if such a super-array was breached by an external force, it had room to maneuver and could be repaired!

’Don’t panic, you can do this...’

Bai Xiuying gasped unconsciously, her chest heaving. Beads of sweat formed on her forehead, matting her hair.

HUMMM!

Under her efforts, bloody light emerged from the blood-red canopy and converged toward the hole!

The bloody light gathered, mending the hole like diligent worker bees.

It consumed living souls to perform self-repair!

This was one of the unique characteristics of the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array.

’That’s right, just like this...’ Bai Xiuying’s expression relaxed slightly.

As a Blood Dao Formation, the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array’s specialties were sustaining itself through battle and self-repair!

Its Defense Power was only about average among Third-Order arrays.

In fact, during the pioneering wars, the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array had been shattered many times.

But each time, it would be broken, only to repair itself and ultimately bury the invaders!

’This time will be no exception!’

Bai Xiuying held this firm conviction.

However, watching this scene, Navasen’s ferocious Deer Demon face revealed sharp fangs as he sneered coldly.

"Naive... Of course I know the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array excels at self-repair..."

This characteristic had been discovered long ago over the ages.

For Navasen to dare to act with such confidence, he naturally had his own assurances!

"Hm?"

Bai Xiuying raised an eyebrow, a flicker of doubt on her face.

Within her senses, the array’s restrictions near the hole seemed somewhat sluggish.

’What’s going on?’

HUMMM!

Just as she was pondering, a smear of black appeared within the bloody light gathering near the hole in the blood-red canopy!

This black light was murky and dark, like hundreds and thousands of vicious curses stacked together, emanating a repulsive aura!

The black light merged into the bloody light as if it were a fish in water.

The bloody light, tainted by the black light, rapidly transformed into a black-red glow, assimilating and multiplying like a virus!

And then... it turned!

The blood-red light, now turned black-red, began to erode the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array in reverse without any hesitation!

Moreover, because this black-red light was, in essence, also the power of the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array, it was completely impossible to suppress!

It was like the human body being unable to activate its immune system to dissolve its own organs.

Not only could the hole in the blood-red canopy not be mended, but it was also expanding continuously.

The Nine Nether Blood Sea Array near the city walls was even showing signs of paralysis!

HUMMM!

The array patterns extinguished.

The blood-red canopy dimmed, and the Sea of Blood Arrows went out...

The Nine Nether Blood Sea Array was paralyzed!

"This..." Bai Xiuying’s eyes were blank, completely at a loss.

Using a power source homogenous to the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array, such as the Ten Thousand Souls Blood Sail, as a catalyst to refine a curse and trigger the array’s backlash!

This was Navasen’s method—a method sufficient to paralyze the Nine Nether Blood Sea Array!

"Kill!"

Navasen let out a long, triumphant howl.

The Deer Demon, several zhang tall, was incredibly ferocious. With a single swipe of its beastly claws, dozens of cultivators were killed instantly!

With him in the lead, numerous Second-Order demon beasts followed close behind, charging onto the city walls!

’The demon beasts have breached the city?’

A City Guard Army cultivator felt a chill run down his spine as he watched the surging Beast Tide.

HISS!

A Second-Order demon serpent with cold, cruel, golden vertical pupils flicked its tongue and lunged at him!

The demon serpent reared up, its jaw opening nearly one hundred and eighty degrees, and swallowed the City Guard Army cultivator whole, along with his Magical Artifact!

CRUNCH.

The sickening sound of bones shattering came from within the serpent demon’s belly!

The demon beasts were bathing the city walls in blood!

Even the high-and-mighty Foundation Establishment cultivators, normally untouchable, were falling one after another!

The cultivators’ morale collapsed like an avalanche!

"Run!"

"The walls can’t be held!"

Many of the Loose Cultivators frowned, pulling their comrades in front of them to act as shields.

And it wasn’t just the Loose Cultivators; even the immortal city’s City Guard Army started to flee at the sight of the surging Beast Tide!

The rout was unstoppable!

"Damn it... I..." Bai Xiuying bit her lip, her hands with their shattered finger bones forcing themselves to grip the Sea-Breaking Dragon-Slaying Saber.

But the feeling of depletion coming from within her body made her vision go black, and she nearly fainted.

A Foundation Establishment cultivator activating a top-tier magical treasure consumed a terrifying amount of energy. She had been almost completely drained of her Magical Power and blood qi!

She had even lost several years of her lifespan.

And this was despite her extremely high compatibility with the Sea-Breaking Dragon-Slaying Saber!

If it had been an ordinary Core Formation cultivator with average compatibility, they would have likely been injured as well!

"Quick! Protect Miss Bai and retreat!"

"Back to Canghai Mountain!"

"Ask Canghai to intervene!"

Seeing this, a few of the immortal city’s Honored Guest Elders had a sudden idea and shouted.

They wanted to flee too, but as Honored Guest Elders of the immortal city, their status was a constraint. Even fleeing required the right method.

If they turned and ran just like the Loose Cultivators, the consequences would be quite dire if the immortal city somehow survived.

But escorting Bai Xiuying was clearly an excellent excuse!

Afterward, not even Canghai himself could find any fault with it.

... 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Bai Xiuying and the few Honored Guest Elders retreated one after another.

And so, the city walls, now lacking any stationed Foundation Establishment cultivators, were breached in an instant under the assault of the Third-Order beings and numerous Second-Order demon beasts!

ROAR!

The swarming Beast Tide poured in, filled with a craving for flesh and blood, and began to rampage through the outer city in a mad slaughter!

To demon beasts, mortals weren’t very tasty. Their fat content was too low, making them far less palatable than certain wild animals.

But the flesh and blood of cultivators, rich in Spiritual Qi, was an absolute delicacy!

A storm of blood rained down upon the outer city.

Countless cultivators perished under the claws and fangs of the demon beasts!

SPLASH.

Ocean waves surged, turning the outer city into a flooded marsh.

The handiwork of the Thousand-legged Sea Demon!

With this move, it too could enter the city to fight!

Navasen, the Evil Celestial Auk, the Rock-Crowned Crocodile Dragon, and the Thousand-legged Sea Demon!

The four Third-Order beings charged menacingly toward Canghai Mountain!

"Vile beasts!"

Sikong Xin was jolted from his secluded cultivation.

A Daoist shimmering with lightning appeared before Canghai Mountain, but... facing four Third-Order beings, the injured Sikong Xin was completely outmatched!

BOOM!

Sikong Xin’s Quasi-Technique, the Celestial Vault Thunder Shadow, was crushed by the four Third-Order beings, and he was gravely injured!

Just as the army of the Beast Tide was about to storm Canghai Mountain...

"Alas..."

An ancient sigh echoed from within Canghai Mountain.

"Perhaps... this is fate. I am not meant to achieve the Golden Core..."