Chapter 1024: Chapter 438: Rivaling Divinity Transformation; Peerless Sword Dao

The crowd naturally recognized this notoriously fierce demonic treasure, but they never expected that this banner had unknowingly been promoted to the level of a supreme treasure.

What shocked them even more was that the owner of this Ten Thousand Souls Banner turned out to be Xu Ping, who usually seemed to live in seclusion.

At this moment, it wasn’t just them.

Even the Star Palace Saints engaged in fierce battle, as well as the sneering Hehuan Old Devil, who was besieging Ao Guang, paused slightly in their movements.

Their gazes of doubt and surprise turned towards the towering evil-energy-filled demonic banner and Xu Ping, whose expression was cold and stern beneath it.

"A Ten Thousand Souls Banner of supreme treasure level?"

The expression of the Star King, shrouded in starlight, was indiscernible, but his voice carried a noticeable tremor.

A hint of astonishment also flashed in the Moon God’s cool eyes.

As Divinity Transformation Cultivators, they naturally knew the difficulty of advancing the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to a supreme treasure.

At the same time, they also had a realization.

The one who had been constantly hunting the Star Palace Cultivators was indeed Xu Ping.

And Hehuan Old Devil, after his initial surprise, his face immediately turned extremely grim, and his slit pupils locked onto Xu Ping, almost as if they were about to spew fire.

"It was you!"

He gritted his teeth, his voice as grating as metal scraping, piercing to the extreme.

Years ago, in the land of the ancient demons, had it not been for Xu Ping’s intervention, he would have already successfully recovered, rather than being hunted like a stray dog.

New and old grudges surged in his heart,

However, just as everyone hadn’t yet recovered from the shock of Xu Ping suddenly wielding a supreme treasure level Ten Thousand Souls Banner—

Another change occurred!

"Woooo!"

A ghostly wailing, like it came from hell, suddenly reverberated from the other side of the battlefield.

It was seen that the initially inconspicuous early-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator’s aura erupted like a volcano, as immense and vast Divinity Transformation level ghost qi surged forth like a dark green tidal wave!

Wherever the ghost qi passed, the nearby Star Palace Cultivators couldn’t even utter a scream before their bodies were instantly drained of all essence, turning into shriveled corpses that fell from the sky like dumplings.

"Yet... yet another Divinity Transformation?!"

At this moment, whether it was the Star Palace Cultivators, the Demon Race, or the cultivators from the Outer Sea Alliance, they were all dumbfounded.

Five!

There were actually five Divinity Transformation level powers gathered here.

How deep exactly was the water of the Outer Sea?

How could it hide so many ancient monsters?

For the first time, the faces of the Star Palace Saints turned completely grim, resembling ancient ice.

They had planned for years, even colluding with ancient demons and using many resources, thinking they had victory in hand, yet such unexpected events kept unfolding.

Xu Ping owning a Ten Thousand Souls Banner nearing Divinity Transformation capabilities was already unexpected.

Now, there appeared a ghost cultivator who truly reached the Divinity Transformation level!

Ghost Dao, not entering the cycle of reincarnation, not bound by most worldly laws, advances very quickly.

But this path damages the heavens and defies nature, thus is rejected by the heavenly laws; the Heart Demon Tribulation and Thunder Tribulation during advancement far exceed ordinary paths, and very few cultivate to the Nascent Soul level, let alone Divinity Transformation.

Who exactly was this figure?

"Hahaha..."

The laughter of the Nine Nether Elder was like the cry of a night owl, sending chills down one’s spine.

With a wave of his giant ghost claw, the vast ghost qi transformed into a Ming River of space-tearing force, crashing towards the Hehuan Old Devil.

At the same time, the soul-form behemoth condensed by the Ten Thousand Souls Banner let out a silent roar, wrapped in overwhelming evil energy, pouncing at Hehuan Old Devil from the other side.

Attacked from both sides!

The main force was the truly Divinity Transformation ghost cultivator Nine Nether Elder, with the nearly Divinity Transformation powered Ten Thousand Souls Banner specter assisting in support and restraint.

Hehuan Old Devil was both shocked and enraged, facing two forces comparable to Divinity Transformation at once.

He let out a furious roar, demonic qi boiling around him, with countless twisted demonic runes emerging, forming defensive demonic shields that fiercely collided with the Ming River ghost claw of the Nine Nether Elder and the ferocious soul evil energy of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

"Rumble!"

Demonic qi, ghost qi, and evil qi clashed, obliterating each other, turning that part of space into a death zone.

Despite Hehuan Old Devil’s overwhelming demonic might and the eerie strength of ancient demonic secret techniques, he was truly held at bay under the joint assault of Nine Nether Elder and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, unable to distract himself to attack Ao Guang the Dragon King.

With the pressure suddenly reduced, Ao Guang the Dragon King roared jubilantly, his attacks growing fiercer, momentarily forcing the Star Palace Saints to retreat slightly.

Although the appearance of Xu Ping and Nine Nether Elder was beyond his expectations, it was undoubtedly highly beneficial to him.

The stalemate at the Divinity Transformation battlefield provided a turning point for the battle below.

Seeing that Nine Nether Elder and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner had successfully held Hehuan Old Devil at bay, Xu Ping’s heart settled.

With a slight thought, a Wood Spirit Avatar linked to his true self emerged from behind him.

The Wood Spirit Avatar formed seals with its hands, summoning seventy-two Magic Swords which transformed into seventy-two scarlet streaks of light, instantly forming the profound Earth Yang Sword Array around it.

The sword light was resplendent, like a scarlet nebula in rotation.

Even without using the core Canghua Divine Wood Sword, the sword array formed by seventy-two Spirit Treasure level Magic Swords, combined with the powerful Sword Dao intent and immense mana granted by Xu Ping, already attained near invincibility within the Nascent Soul Realm.

"Go!"

The Wood Spirit Avatar pointed its sword forward, sending the scarlet sword cloud sweeping towards the Star Palace and ancient demon coalition like a storm.

The rain of sword light was suffocatingly dense.

Wherever it passed, whether the battle formations formed by Star Palace Cultivators or the tough-skinned low-level ancient demons, they were all shredded into a sky full of blood mist and shattered demonic qi.