Cultivation Begins From The Desert-Chapter 726 - 710: Blood Sea Asura Array!

The so-called part of the cultivators mentioned by Xu Tianlin ultimately includes himself, along with Guo Huaiyang, Zhouyang, and Master Cyan Yang—totaling four people.

This number roughly accounts for thirty percent of the existing Nascent Soul cultivators in the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm.

Although the number is small, the battle power they can unleash is more than enough to rival or even surpass that of the remaining forty percent.

Thus, when Nie Yushuang learned that only they were willing to go out of the city to fight, although her expression was not very pleasant, she refrained from saying anything harsh.

After some discussion, Nie Yushuang personally led the team, which included six Nascent Soul cultivators from the Beiting Continent Cultivation Realm and the four of them, totaling eleven people, to leave Ice City and head for the area ravaged by the Demon Cultivators.

Upon their departure, the number of Nascent Soul cultivators left in Ice City was reduced to only ten, some of whom were severely injured and not yet recovered.

Of course, the cultivators deployed from Ice City comprised just the main force for this campaign against the Demon Cultivators; similar fortresses like Ice City also sent out one or more Nascent Soul cultivators to form small squads hunting down the marauding Demon Cultivators everywhere.

In total, the Beiting Continent Cultivation Realm has no less than twenty Nascent Soul cultivators entering the battlefield this time.

The significant deployment of Nascent Soul cultivators to support various regions indeed greatly intimidated the Demon Cultivators wreaking havoc everywhere, and many Demon Cultivators at the Purple Mansion Stage or Golden Core Stage were killed on the spot before they could escape.

But soon, the Demon Cultivators changed their tactics.

Some Nascent Soul Stage Demon Cultivators started attacking randomly, engaging in guerilla warfare with Zhouyang and other Nascent Soul cultivators. Whenever they saw reinforcement coming, they used secret techniques like the Blood Escape Technique to flee immediately.

Given that there are more than ten Nascent Soul Stage Demon Cultivators altogether, with each choosing a different target, Zhouyang and the others found it impossible to provide adequate rescue.

Facing this situation, Nie Yushuang, even though she knew the enemy intended to use this strategy to force her main force to disperse, had no choice but to comply.

According to the plan, Zhouyang and Guo Huaiyang formed one team, while Xu Tianlin paired with Master Cyan Yang.

The two teams hid their tracks in a Spirit Mountain where Demon Cultivators might attack, waiting for the cultivators by chance while maintaining contact with other Spirit Mountains within a twenty thousand miles radius via a Communication Array, ready to support anytime.

It's hard to say whether they were fortunate or unfortunate.

For half a month, they hadn't encountered any Nascent Soul Stage Demon Cultivators in the area they were stationed.

Meanwhile, other places saw frequent reports of battles: some cultivators successfully ambushed Demon Cultivators, severely injuring them, while some Nascent Soul cultivators were ambushed by the Demon Cultivators en route and met their demise on the spot.

These reports constantly transmitted back to Zhouyang and Guo Huaiyang through the Communication Array, complicating their sentiments.

"Fellow Daoist Guo, have you noticed that none of the reports mentioned that Celestial Corpse Ascendant?"

In a hidden chamber, Zhouyang and Guo Huaiyang sat cross-legged within, reviewing the latest battle reports. Zhouyang seemed to have discovered something, solemnly informing Guo Huaiyang of his insights.

"How dare I overlook such a crucial situation!"

Guo Huaiyang solemnly nodded, speaking in a muffled tone: "The Celestial Corpse Ascendant is said to wield vast Divine Techniques. If he were to strike, our losses would exceed this current level. However, he has yet to act, and to say there's no conspiracy involved, I find hard to believe!"

"Alas! The hope now lies in Elder Chongyang arriving soon!"

Zhouyang sighed heavily, his heart heavy with concern.

He could never foresee the complexity of the situation in the Beiting Continent Cultivation Realm before he arrived.

Initially, he had no qualms about his safety in this war against the demons, thinking no Demon Cultivators could threaten his life.

Yet, after a few consecutive battles, especially the brief duel with the Holy Demon Avatar, he no longer dared harbor pride or conceit.

Now, like all cultivators, he hoped for Master Chongyang Du Chongyang's expedited arrival to lead them in a counterattack against the Demon Realm and end the demonic calamity, so he could peacefully return to his cultivation abode in the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm.

Three more days passed, and on the night of the third day's midnight, Zhouyang and Guo Huaiyang suddenly received an emergency rescue communication from a medium-sized sect thirty thousand miles away.

"Has it finally come?"

Zhouyang's expression grew serious. After exchanging a glance with Guo Huaiyang, the two immediately rushed at full speed towards the sect's mountain gate.

For the two Nascent Soul cultivators, the thirty thousand miles journey would take less than two hours.

However, when they arrived, all they saw were raging Demon Flames and collapsed mountain peaks.

The medium-sized sect named Hanjiang Sect, with thousands of cultivators, had been massacred in less than two hours after they sent the distress message, with even the Spirit Vein and main peak shattered by the Demon Cultivators!

"There were two Nascent Soul Stage Demon Cultivators involved, along with traces of seven Golden Core Demon Cultivators; judging by the marks left at the scene, it seems these two Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators are Blood Robe Old Demon and Nether Bone Old Demon who escaped from the Demon City battle!"

After Guo Huaiyang personally used his Circular Light Retrospect Divine Technique to investigate the scene, he quickly identified the perpetrators responsible for this tragedy.

Upon hearing his words, Zhouyang coldly declared: "Those two demons shouldn't have fled far; we should follow their trail first. If we catch up to them, we must demand justice for the thousands of cultivators who died miserably here!"

"But they split up to escape; which one should we pursue?"

Guo Huaiyang frowned slightly at Zhouyang, sensing his reaction might be somewhat excessive.

"We can split up too; I'll go after Blood Robe Old Demon!"

Without waiting for Guo Huaiyang's agreement, Zhouyang promptly darted in pursuit of the Blood Robe Ancestor's trail.

"This Fellow Daoist Zhou is indeed powerful, but he's too young! His actions are a bit too reckless!"

Guo Huaiyang gently shook his head watching Zhouyang's departing figure, expressing skepticism about Zhouyang's endeavor.

He believed Zhouyang possessed the strength to seriously wound or even kill Blood Robe Ancestor, but that relied on Zhouyang catching up to him.

Being a Nascent Soul Stage Demon Cultivator of the Blood Demon Dao, Blood Robe Ancestor surely possessed top-tier Escape Speed and evasion abilities among his peers.

Nonetheless, Guo Huaiyang did not abandon his pursuit of Nether Bone Old Demon, despite his doubts.

Catching up depends on one's capability, but the act of pursuit is an attitude.

As an old sly fox who has lived for more than two thousand years, Guo Huaiyang certainly wouldn't let others catch him in such matters.

Zhouyang naturally didn't know Guo Huaiyang's views and judgments about him, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

He might not be a compassionate Living Bodhisattva, but he has his own sense of justice.

The rampant slaughter of cultivators by demon cultivators, if he hadn't encountered it, it would be one thing, but since he did and had the ability to intervene, he absolutely couldn't sit by and do nothing.

Guo Huaiyang thought that he couldn't catch up with the "Blood Robe Ancestor" because he didn't understand his true capabilities.

He chased for a distance and then immediately put away the Misty Cloud Vehicle, a Tier Six Flying Spiritual Artifact, and instead used the Vertical Earth Golden Light Divine Technique.

At this time, his Vertical Earth Golden Light had reached the Minor Achievement realm, each use allowing him to escape over a hundred miles. With his current magical power, he could use it fifty to sixty times.

At this time, in order to catch the fleeing "Blood Robe Ancestor" as quickly as possible, he didn't mind saving magical power, and immediately used this Escape Technique continuously to catch up.

After using the escape technique more than thirty times in succession, consuming more than half of his magical power, Zhouyang finally caught up with the "Blood Robe Ancestor" who had left less than half an hour earlier.

"Blood Robe Ancestor" probably didn't expect that someone would disregard magical power consumption to continuously use the Vertical Earth Golden Light escape technique just to track him.

So when he was caught up by Zhouyang, he was indeed taken aback.

But when he saw Zhouyang's current state clearly, he couldn't help but laugh coldly.

"Young lad, you really have a lot of guts to chase after me like this. Do you really think that just because you control the Qianyang True Flame and have a Tier Seven Immortal Artifact in hand, you're invincible in the world?"

He admitted that he wasn't a match for Zhouyang in his full form, but facing Zhouyang with less than half his peak magical power, he wasn't afraid at all.

"Even if you caught up, what can you do? With your current state, how do you plan to activate a Tier Seven Immortal Artifact?"

He looked at Zhouyang with a face full of cold sneers, with no sign of panic from being caught doing bad things.

"For a demon like you, it's not worth it for me to use an Immortal Artifact! Be prepared to die!"

Zhouyang roared, swung his hand, and a purple-gold ruler struck towards the "Blood Robe Ancestor" in midair.

In the battle of Demon City that day, the "Blood Robe Ancestor" suffered at the hands of this Magical Artifact, having his Substitute Blood Puppet shattered, and had been wary of this move ever since.

Seeing Zhouyang wield this Magical Artifact now, his figure instantly blurred, transforming into dozens of blood shadows scattering in all directions, causing Zhouyang to lose his target momentarily.

Before Zhouyang could summon other artifacts, nine blood-colored banners suddenly appeared from all around, quickly releasing a sea of blood light, forming a Blood Sea Demon Realm trapping him within.

"Jie jie jie, this is you seeking your own death. Trapped in the Blood Sea Asura Array of mine, with half your magical power, even in your full form, you won't die but will be skinned!"

The eerie laughter of the "Blood Robe Ancestor" echoed from all directions, filled with glee and excitement.

He knew Zhouyang had extraordinary skills and many treasures, and if they fought one-on-one, even with half of Zhouyang's magical power, he wasn't confident of victory.

But how could Zhouyang know that the "Blood Robe Ancestor" was no longer the one he knew from the Demon City that day?

Now he had completely refined and repaired these nine Asura Blood Banners, allowing him to instantly set up the powerful Blood Sea Asura Array.

With his Sixth-Layer Nascent Soul cultivation, after setting up this Blood Sea Asura Array, even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator like Guo Huaiyang could be exhausted to death!

If Zhouyang were in his full state, wielding the Vermilion Bird Fan, a Tier Seven Immortal Artifact, the "Blood Robe Ancestor" would fear him breaking through the array.

But now, the "Blood Robe Ancestor" just wanted to shout, "Heaven helps me too."

Amid his triumphant laughter, he directly launched the array's killing moves.

Suddenly, roars erupted from the sea of blood, and the blood-haired evil ghosts frightened away by Zhouyang in Demon City emerged, nine in total, each exuding the aura of a Nascent Soul stage Ghost King.

These blood-haired evil ghosts, once taking shape, transformed into blood shadows, fiercely pouncing towards Zhouyang, without any of the fear they had before.

Roar!

Zhouyang roared in anger, transforming instantly into a half-dragon, half-human form, bathing in golden flames as he faced the attacking blood-haired evil ghosts head-on.

With a single punch, the first blood-haired evil ghost that rushed forward had its chest pierced instantly, the golden flames on Zhouyang's fist burning it with sorrowful cries into the sea of blood.

The second blood-haired evil ghost took the opportunity to attack from behind, swinging a ghost claw towards Zhouyang's back.

However, as soon as the ghost claw touched the golden flames on him, it burned away a layer instantly; the remaining force landing on his back, protected by cyan-gold dragon scales, merely made his body sway slightly but fell silent.

Before the blood-haired evil ghost could retreat or use other moves, a dragon tail also burning with golden flames whipped its body violently, tearing its ghostly body into pieces on the spot.

Outside the array, the "Blood Robe Ancestor" witnessed this and laughed unaffectedly, "Lad, stop with the meaningless struggle. As long as this Blood Sea Asura Array remains unbroken, these Asura Blood Ghosts can resurrect in the sea of blood at any time. Today, you're destined to die! Hahaha..."

Seemingly to prove his words, before the echoes of the "Blood Robe Ancestor's" laughter faded, the two blood-haired evil ghosts killed by Zhouyang growled and re-emerged from the sea of blood, attacking again.

"In that case, I'll dismantle your array first!"

Zhouyang's eyes turned cold, and with a sudden flick of his arm, he released Bi'Er from the Spirit Beast Ring.

At the same time, a man in cyan clothes and a silver puppet appeared beside him.

"Let's do it together, dismantle this demon array!"

Upon Zhouyang's command, the External Incarnation and the silver puppet responded by attacking the blood-haired evil ghosts.

Bi'Er, revealing her true form, roared and released the Tier Six Middle-grade Spiritual Artifact, Profound Nether True Water Banner, given by Zhouyang onto the sea of blood, instantly creating a dark blue Profound Nether Water Domain, trapping several charging blood-haired evil ghosts within.

As for Zhouyang himself, he began chanting incantations with both hands weaving seals, preparing some kind of Secret Technique.