The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 484 - 281: Facing the World
An inquiry from a cultivator echoed across the square: "May I ask the True Palace Master, what kind of demon requires Yuhu Peak for its suppression?"
Before Nangong Zhen could reply, a black-bearded cultivator beside him interjected: "This demon captured by our sect’s predecessor, Guanglingzi, during the Middle Ages has a might that reaches the heavens. Based on the strength of the sealing, it could persist for at least another two thousand years..."
Before he could finish, a "crack" of an enormous sound came from within Yuhu Peak, and the summit’s square also began to shake violently.
Gentlemen do not stand beneath a collapsing wall. The cultivators on the square promptly rode their magic artifacts into the air. Qi Zai also transformed back into the Chongming Bird, carrying her aloft. The face of the previously speaking black-bearded cultivator turned red with embarrassment; he had just finished talking about the sealing not faltering for two thousand years, and this earthquake spoke for itself, slapping him hard across the face, twice over. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
Following that huge sound, a continuous series of noises ensued. Ning Xiaoxian, floating in midair, listened as it felt like a mountain demolition team was using explosive charges to blast rocks apart. Yuhu Peak’s interior seemed to be hit by a series of explosions, literally shaking the earth and moving the mountains.
In just three breaths’ time, there were thirteen successive giant echoes of rock layers fracturing, each more imposing than the last, as if a giant beast was wreaking havoc within Yuhu Peak. The entire surface of Yuhu Peak was riddled with holes, especially the tricolored rock sand square at the summit, where the ground was cracked and canyons intersected, no longer fit for standing.
An elder from a prominent Great Sect frowned and said, "Can’t the sealing be repaired?"
Nangong Zhen replied with a wry smile, "The Jade Staff forms the peak on its own, inherently blocking any other seals from approaching, even us cannot enter, there is really no alternative. The contingency left behind by Elder Guanglingzi will not take effect until two thousand years later."
Hearing this, many cultivators in midair couldn’t help but swallow their saliva, preparing to witness the following segment of the grand ceremony—the appearance of a giant demon.
The thunderous noises stopped again, and time seemed to stand still. However, everyone knew that the entity suppressed beneath Yuhu Peak would not give up so easily.
Indeed, after what seemed a lifetime, Yuhu Peak suddenly burst apart as if a vase smashed against a wall, smashed to tiny smithereens!
What’s worse is that, as the magic artifact exploded, as if under someone’s command, all debris shot in one direction—toward where the cultivators stood aloft. These fragments, small as fingernails and as large as houses, propelled by an unknown divine force, hurtled toward the faces of all cultivators at speeds a hundred times faster than bullets!
A thousand-zhang giant peak, billions of tons of boulders, were treated by the unseen giant demon as a welcome gift to the cultivators of the world upon its return. At that moment, Ning Xiaoxian thought she was seeing the meteor showers from a science fiction film set in outer space, where such a chaotic flight of rocks brutally smashes everything in their path with an unstoppable ferocity!
Such audaciousness from the demon, daring to unleash such indiscriminate attacks, targeting the cultivators filling the sky!
The speed advantage of Qi Zai became apparent at this moment. It carried Ning Xiaoxian and Tu Jin, elegantly darting through the dense flow of flying rocks, dancing the dance of life and death, expertly avoiding the barrage of boulders just before they could hit, like a small leaf in a raging storm, with the sea furious but never able to drag it down to the ocean depths.
At this time, she also took a moment to look into the distance. In the sky, various colored protective shields were raised, the masters from the different Sects were protecting their disciples. In this dimness, the white clothes of the Chaoyun Sect Disciples were particularly eye-catching. She deliberately took another glance, just in time to see Bai Qing standing in front of all the disciples, calmly slashing his sword with an indifferent expression.
With a single sword strike, silver light flashed across heaven and earth.
Hundreds of boulders, each weighing hundreds of tons, fell silent and turned to fine sand in an instant. The thunderous momentum that had been advancing towards them subsequently turned into dust hitting their faces.
What a domineering sword strike.
Under the barrage of hundreds of billions of tons of boulders, the Eight-direction Supreme Demon-suppressing Formation laid down by Guangcheng Palace immediately fell into disarray. This formation required the combined efforts of over three thousand cultivators. However, when faced with hundreds of tons of oncoming boulders, who would not flee?
It was not until now that the muffled and terrifying sound of Yuhu Peak’s last explosion reached them.
The speed of sound transmission was actually much slower than the rock attack.
A stern shout came from the Guangcheng Palace’s direction: "Form the Array, quickly form the Array!"
The disciples of this sect immediately showed their good cultivation. Those who had dodged the boulders flew back to their positions, and the Great Formation was about to be completed again.
