Above the Great Dao-Chapter 1399 - 653: Si Yuan Mountain Pass (Part 2)

Si Yuan Mountain Pass could hardly be called a mighty pass; this frontline outpost was barely half-completed, with many of the fortifications still unfinished.

The specifications for a Heavenly Court outpost were strict.

To name a few, the Black Iron Immortal City guarding Penglai West had an Inner City, Outer City, and Weng City, along with battlements, corner towers, a Heavenly Sacrifice Platform, a Star Control Platform, a Treasure Refining Workshop, and a Medical Workshop. The outer walls of the city were adorned with various defensive formations painted with Divine Demon Blood and densely packed Defense Dao Patterns. The inner walls were covered with Arrays representing the Five Elements, Yin Yang, Four Symbols, and Eight Trigrams.

Every few miles on the city walls, there was a commander who managed the Killing Array Map. As soon as the enemy attacked the city, the array would be activated, incorporating all the soldiers within, using the array to confront the enemy.

Each corner tower contained dozens of defensive Magical Treasures, while the battlements housed Grinding Disc Crossbow Cars.

The Star Control Platform gathered Circulation Star Power, forming Circulation Star Sand that encircled the Inner and Outer City, making it easy to defend and hard to attack.

Most crucial was the altar, which could be used for sacrifice, summoning the Divine Clones from the various departments of the Heavenly Court's Battle Department, Thunder Department, Wen Department, and others, to sweep away enemy troops.

However, Si Yuan Mountain Pass had none of these. This outpost only had time to complete the Inner and Outer City; the Heavenly Sacrifice Platform was completed but the Dao Patterns and Talismans were yet to be drawn. The Star Control Platform had just begun construction, and most other fortifications were incomplete.

This was the Si Yuan Mountain Pass they were tasked to defend.

Most absurdly, the Si Yuan Mountain Pass had already fallen!

Chen Shi looked over from above; the place wasn't large, with only one battalion's worth of troops, over a thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals defending it. The Guard General activated the Seventy-two Earthly Fiend Array, a Star Lord Array divided into seventy-two sets of formations. Each set of formations could gather Star Power, summoning an Earth Evil Star Lord's clone with formidable combat prowess.

However, facing the Mud Great World Demon Clan's assault, the seventy-two Earthly Fiend formations had been broken up, with many formations breached. The demons entered, massacring the soldiers within, and soon bloodshed erupted everywhere.

Over half the thousand-strong Heavenly Soldier Camp had already fallen, leaving Si Yuan Mountain Pass in grave danger!

"Is this the pass where we are to replace the defense?"

Niu Qingqing approached Chen Shi and looked down, shivering, murmuring, "Replacing the defense means the soldiers guarding the pass retreat and we take their place. There are only thirty-three of us…"

From behind came Long Yuanling's voice: "Now only fourteen of us are left alive."

Niu Qingqing felt a chill in her heart, whispering, "Let's turn back, leave Mud Great World, and return to the Earth Immortal Realm..."

"Turning back makes us deserters, destined for the Immortal Slaying Stage."

A voice from behind said, "And outside Mud Great World is the Dark Sea—who knows how to get out?"

Everyone heard this, as if drinking ice, chilling their hearts.

Their only path to survival was entering Si Yuan Mountain Pass and defending it!

But this path to survival was evidently a pathway to death!

"Can we survive in other parts of Mud Great World?"

Ning Daoshan's voice was somewhat hoarse, looking afar, saying, "If we don't guard Si Yuan Mountain Pass, we could find a safe haven in this world and live out our lives…"

He stopped abruptly, saying no more.

In the distance, Mud Great World's sky appeared like a jungle growing downward. Huge vines rooted in the sky, growing downward, creeping around.

The vines seemed like tentacles, some wrapping around gigantic bones mid-air, their origin unknown.

The surface of the bones was tightly wrapped, and some vines even burrowed into the bones, rooting as the bones cracked.

Other peculiar plants resembling algae grew everywhere.

Clearly, this wasn't a hospitable place for survival.

Several miles away, a troop of demon soldiers gathered around a tall White Bone Altar, beating drums, dancing, seemingly performing a mysterious ritual.

Suddenly, the sky erupted; a gigantic flower bud emerged from the void, sticky and dripping with muddy slime.

Then numerous vines sprouted from behind the flower, rooting in the sky.

A vine flew out, capturing one of the demon soldiers.

The demon soldier spun upward, a look of joy on his face, shouting down incoherently.

The Demon Flower swiftly bloomed and bore fruit, growing a sharp seed aimed at the demon soldier, piercing into his skull with a crunch.

The demon soldier's skull exploded, a new vine sprouting rapidly from his skull, spreading towards Si Yuan Mountain Pass at incredible speed!

The demon soldier was quickly drained by the vine's roots, reduced to a skeleton entwined by vines.

"They're cultivating these strange sky plants," Chen Shi was greatly astonished.

Though he lived in the Dark Sea, he had never seen such peculiar cultivation methods.

Yet he sensed the area covered by the vines was brimming with Outer Dao energy, greatly enhancing the cultivation and power of these demon soldiers!

Suddenly, a burst of fire light struck the Tower Ship, the fire containing boundless Demon Fire power, exploding, shattering the ship!

The troop of demon soldiers in the distance unleashed Divine Skills and Magical Treasures, blasting towards this side.

Below at Si Yuan Mountain Pass, many demon soldiers noticed them, attacking the location of the Tower Ship.

Everyone was in mid-air, doing their best to dodge the erratic flying Magical Treasures and Divine Skills, rushing down towards Si Yuan Mountain Pass.