Chapter 332: Chapter 225: The Situation Changes Again, the Empress Confronts Celestial Profound, Li Sheng’s Deduction, the Pitch-black Turtle Shell

The red-skirted woman lifted her hand, and the holy silhouette of the Wutong Divine Tree flashed behind her.

Qi Xingyan mused, "That’s the Wutong Saint Mother from Western Capital Buzong Mountain."

"The Wutong Saint Mother? One of the Five Great Divine Venerables of the Great Netherworld? Isn’t she supposed to be in the Wutong Ancestral Hall?"

"We should consider ourselves lucky. It’s the more gentle Wutong Saint Mother. If it were the one from Northern Capital Daluo Feng Mountain, he would have likely attacked by now."

The Five Great Divine Venerables of the Great Netherworld all served under the Great Nether Court, awaiting its commands.

This was not to say that the Holy Netherworld only had five Divine Venerables.

"You’re talking about Emperor Wangling, right? He carries his Ghost City with him at all times, refined into a Magical Treasure. It is the Ten Thousand Night City of the Holy Netherworld, where the sun never shines."

Faced with so many powerful enemies, the defenders couldn’t help but feel a sense of tension.

But there was no need to despair. After all, reinforcements from the Dao Alliance were already on their way.

As long as they held the city’s Grand Array, they could last until the Dao Alliance reinforcements arrived.

Just then, a woman’s voice slowly rose.

"So you are the new Saint of the Great Yan, the Guardian Envoy of this Celestial Profound Land?"

"Open the city gates, and I shall spare your life. I will even consider it a great merit on your part."

The natural-born arrogance in her tone immediately linked the voice to the Great Nether Empress.

This newly risen Master of the Holy Nether was seated high up in the center of a warship. Her jade-like legs, clad in long black boots, were crossed. A delicate hand supported her smooth chin, her fair face obscured by a multicolored floral appliqué. She wore the Jade Algae Imperial Crown, her cold gaze looking down upon the entire Celestial Profound Mansion.

Her innate Demon Eyes glowed with green light, able to see through all weaknesses.

Including those in Arrays, Flesh Bodies, and the hearts of men—they could strike at anything.

"In your dreams!"

Qi Xingyan, of course, refused without a second thought.

"Then don’t blame me for being merciless."

"It was your Great Yan that was defiant first. The Holy Netherworld’s actions are in accordance with the Celestial Dao."

The Great Nether Empress was a woman of her word, full of imposing majesty.

With a grand wave of her hand, the Wutong Saint Mother, who was waiting below, struck without hesitation. She tapped her wooden staff against the Grand Array, and the entire barrier of light, along with the towering city walls, began to tremble violently!

As if struck by a primordial beast, the Grand Array was soon on the verge of collapse.

"Such powerful methods!"

The members of the Human Race covered their eyes, exclaiming in shock.

As the Wutong Saint Mother began her assault on the Celestial Profound Mansion’s Grand Array, Qi Xingyan could not just stand by and watch.

His sleeves billowed as streams of Mystic Light and Literary Qi spread from his body, extending in all directions.

With Vast Energy swelling in his chest, Qi Xingyan pointed a finger and softly chanted:

"Killing intent to chill the halberd’s steel, slaying enemies to strengthen the Martial Piyao!"

As he spoke, the technique followed.

The Vast Righteous Qi snowballed, growing larger and larger until it transformed into a celestial phenomenon akin to ten thousand arrows fired at once—a storm of chillingly grim halberds and glaives that swept out and engulfed twenty hundred-meter-long warships.

The twenty warships were massive, but they were still no match for the might of a Twelfth Realm Saint. Tossed by the storm’s waves, some were even flung into the air only to crash down heavily.

In that moment, the losses were devastating.

But that wasn’t all. The storm of blades forged from Vast Righteous Qi converged again, transforming into an enormous red Piyao. It bared its fangs and brandished its claws, letting out a series of roars. The soundwave from its upturned head silenced the heavens and the earth.

A casual swipe of its paw annihilated countless Ghostly Spirits and Monsters walking on the ground below.

But in the next instant...

The red-skirted woman stomped her wooden staff on the ground.

A ripple shot out, and under the power of the Golden Leaf Phoenix Tree, all the Vast Righteous Qi before her dispersed completely.

Seeing this, Qi Xingyan’s gaze hardened. He drew a sigil in the air with two fingers.

"Sun Wheel Frost Halberd, Moon Soul Hanging Carved Bow."

Wisps of a gentle breeze carried a crystalline, amber hue, yet they seemed to contain great rivers and surging rapids.

A scorching sun appeared in the sky.

A bright moon rose over a phantom sea.

On one side, a blazing sun; on the other, a serene moon.

The entire overcast sky began to blaze with light, influenced by the two celestial phenomena.

Not to be outdone, the Wutong Saint Mother held her wooden staff and generated circles of ripples in the void. The points of light emanating from her body grew denser and her aura intensified. Behind her, the massive, blood-red phantom of a Divine Tree began to coalesce.

In the blink of an eye, the Dharma Aspect of a Tongtian Wutong Tree rose from the ground, emitting a dazzling light that seemed to illuminate both past and present.

"It’s a Divine Venerable Dharma Body."

The City Lord of Celestial Profound Mansion City said in a heavy tone.

Dharma Bodies also varied in strength. Those of the Upper Three Grades are the most complete and most corporeal.

In just a few moments, the phenomenon Qi Xingyan had created with his Literary Qi was suppressed by the Tongtian Wutong Tree.

In everyone’s line of sight, the tidal wave of sun and moon that should have been unstoppable seemed to freeze. It paused for a few seconds, then it disintegrated, collapsing with a RUMBLE as if it had lost the power to sustain itself.

"ROOOAR!"

Suddenly, a piercing roar echoed between heaven and earth.

On the city walls, the unaffiliated Jianghu wanderers, Sect experts, and soldiers paled slightly as they turned toward the sound. They saw a towering Giant Demon with red hair and fangs charging toward them. The ground thudded—BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!—with its steps. It let out a heavenward howl and threw a punch at the Grand Array!

Dust and smoke billowed.

The Grand Array shook.

One punch wasn’t enough, so it threw another!

The City Defense Array was under relentless bombardment from the Giant Demon’s Demonic Qi-infused punches.

CRACK!

A barely perceptible fissure appeared.

"Such immense power! A Giant Demon from the Middle Ages is truly something else."

The beautiful Fairy’s expression darkened. She said lightly, "Everyone, if we continue to stand by and watch, I’m afraid this Demon Fiend will break through the city’s defenses."

"That’s right, we have to act!"

"If you want to break into the Celestial Profound Mansion, you’ll have to get through me first!"

The defenders each brought out their Magical Treasures and attacked the Giant Demon.

At that very moment, the confrontation in the sky had already come to an end.