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Chapter 236: The Great Battle of Black Wood Island
🕑 Added 2023-07-17 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
Throughout his journey, Jiang Chen relentlessly launched assaults, mercilessly eliminating any demonic beasts that crossed his path.
Given his current might, his range of attack was impressively expansive, leaving no demonic beast alive in the sea territories he traversed.
Meanwhile, at the unfathomable depths below the seafloor caverns, a multitude of passages spread in every direction.
These tunnels were constructed by the Nether Soul Demon Clan, utilizing the unique demonic beasts they bred locally. They spanned a substantial area centered around the Bottomless Abyss!
The Lustrous Yang Domain was merely one of these areas.
The Nether Soul Demon Clan had not just infiltrated the Lustrous Yang Domain but had also concurrently made incursions into three other massive domains.
The assailants were the other three Dao Palace realm demons that had previously withdrawn from combat at Verdant Leaf Giant Peak.
These three domains lacked protagonists, and certainly, none had a commanding figure akin to Jiang Chen.
As a result, the imposing armies marshaled by the three Dao Palace realm demons took them by surprise, leading to severe losses.
Furthermore, in the Lustrous Yang Domain, even with E Tianjue's demise, the Nether Soul Demon Clan directing the demonic beast forces remained concealed within the seabed caverns' depths, propelling the wave of demonic beasts to assault the Ageless Spirit Heavenly Sect.
In an instant, Jiang Chen had reached Black Wood Island.
His velocity was markedly superior to Gu Ran's, and as such, he arrived first.
By this juncture, Black Wood Island was already under the relentless invasion of countless demonic beasts, plunging it into utter pandemonium!
However, the demonic beasts assaulting Black Wood Island only constituted a minor segment of the total force.
The lion's share of the demonic beasts that emerged from the fissures in the sea floor had bypassed Black Wood Island, surging towards the area closer to Ageless Spirit Heavenly Island.
After all, Black Wood Island was merely a small island, and it wouldn't necessitate a large number of demonic beasts to obliterate it.
On Black Wood Island, the most formidable Feng Clan had assembled cultivators from the island and neighboring regions to counter the relentless assault of the demonic beasts.
Among them, the elder patriarch of the Feng Clan, Feng Hongbo, was the sole Inquiring Journey realm expert in the vicinity.
There was another Inquiring Journey expert who had arrived from a different location a few days prior - Feng Hongbo's friend, You Dan.
At this moment, an exceedingly intense skirmish was perpetually unfolding in the seas surrounding the island!
"Roar!!"
Two Inquiring Journey realm demonic beasts bellowed, launching a synchronized attack on the island!
Feng Hongbo and his Inquiring Journey realm comrade, You Dan, combined their forces to counter them!
The remaining Black Wood Island cultivators confronted the Heavenly Origin realm and lower-tier demonic beasts.
The quantity of these demonic beasts was vast, they obscured the sky, even casting a considerable shadow, blocking out much of the sunlight.
Throughout the grand confrontation, groups of cultivators and countless demonic beasts fell ceaselessly.
The sea was strewn with bodies, its waters had turned entirely crimson from blood.
A wave surged, carrying nothing but shattered bones and decaying flesh!
Jiang Chen concealed his presence, observing the combat from a distance in the sky.
His gaze evaluated the duo of Feng Hongbo and You Dan.
Feng Hongbo could be scrutinized using the Villain's Eye, but the other man was inscrutable, indicating that he was merely a bystander.
'A bystander, huh...'
'Given his cultivation base, he's merely at the Early-stage Inquiring Journey realm. He's likely to perish here.'
'If he meets his end before encountering Gu Ran, there won't be any karmic consequences. In that case, he's indeed just a bystander.'
Jiang Chen pondered inwardly, then swiftly cast another glance at Gu Ran.
Gu Ran was still hastily making his way towards the island.
Suddenly, he felt a shiver course through his body, which then quickly returned to normal.
'Something's amiss!'
'This sensation... It's the mysterious powerhouse who had observed me earlier!'
Gu Ran was taken aback, but this time he was not as alarmed as he had been previously.
Firstly, he realized that the mysterious powerhouse didn't appear particularly interested in him - both times he had observed him, he was merely passing through.
Secondly, the prior battle between Jiang Chen and E Tianjue had been exceedingly terrifying, demolishing countless seabeds and provoking massive tidal waves.
Gu Ran had naturally sensed the enormity of that disruption.
Harnessing the power of his bloodline, he was certain that a clash between two Dao Palace realm powerhouses had occurred.
One was a great powerhouse from the Lustrous Yang Domain at the Dao Palace realm, while the other was the formidable entity orchestrating the demonic beast tide.
It appeared that the battle had concluded with a clear victor.
And the powerhouse who had observed him earlier was likely the victor, given that the tide of demonic beasts had been halted, and no further reinforcements were arriving.
'This powerhouse doesn't seem like one of the three from the Ageless Spirit Heavenly Sect.'
'Furthermore, the cold snort I heard earlier came from a woman, and the Ageless Spirit Heavenly Sect doesn't have any female powerhouses at the Dao Palace realm.'
'Perhaps, she is one of the other great powerhouses from the Lustrous Yang Domain at the Dao Palace realm.'
'But this great powerhouse at the Dao Palace realm indirectly assisted me earlier, and now she's decimating demons and curtailing the demonic beast tide. She shouldn't be a villain."
'But why do I perpetually feel a sense of wariness, resistance, and even revulsion?'
'Does this person view me as an adversary? But she's so formidable. If she desired my death, a mere glance would suffice. If she regarded me as an enemy, she would have dispatched me nonchalantly by now.'
'...'
Various thoughts swirled in Gu Ran's mind.
Evidently, Gu Ran had been successfully misled by Jiang Chen's crafty maneuvers.
Much like the protagonists before him, Gu Ran started to question his own intuition!
Time progressed gradually.
Gu Ran persistently sped towards Black Wood Island.
On the island, the conflict between the cultivators and the demonic beasts remained fiercely intense.
The roars of the demonic beasts reverberated to the heavens, and the assaults of the cultivators filled the sky.
Blood colored both the sky and the sea a stark red.
Numerous immense bodies of demonic beasts were amassed, augmenting the size of Black Wood Island by several folds!
In the sky, two Inquiring Journey realm demonic beasts were attacking with relentless intensity, undeterred by the prospect of death.
Feng Hongbo and his comrade, You Dan, were soaked in sweat, their faces etched with terror, and they seemed to be on the brink of succumbing.
"This isn't promising!"
"If we persist this way, we are doomed!"
Terror washed over Feng Hongbo's face, his voice quivering slightly as the demonic beast before him forced him to retreat.
You Dan was in an even more precarious state. His body was riddled with injuries, dripping blood. He was already at his wit's end.
"Brother Feng!"
"I can no longer hold on, and escape is impossible."
"Let me assist you, let's eliminate the strongest demonic beast together!"
"Remember... to seek revenge for me!"
Despair clouded You Dan's eyes, and a bitter smile gradually surfaced on his face.
"No!"
"We can still flee!"
It appeared that Feng Hongbo knew what You Dan intended to do, and he immediately let out a frantic cry.
But it was too late.
Suddenly, a surge of golden light exploded from You Dan's body! It was the Great Dao of Metal!
The Great Dao of Metal had numerous branches, some of which were polar opposites, like the 'Impregnable' and 'Unstoppable' Metal Daos.
The golden light at this instant was the 'Sharp' Metal Dao!
You Dan was sacrificing his life to invoke the Sharp Metal Dao!
Even though it was merely at the level of the Inquiring Journey realm and wasn't perfect, its potency was already exceedingly formidable within the same realm.
The following moment, You Dan transformed into a golden ray of light, directly impaling the head of the demonic beast battling Feng Hongbo.
That demonic beast didn't even have the opportunity to let out a cry before it perished instantaneously, its colossal body plunging into the ocean.
"You Dan!"
Feng Hongbo howled in agony, recklessly lunging at the other Inquiring Journey realm demonic beast.
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