Published: March 3, 2025
Under the flames of magic, the land became completely barren in just a short time.
Waves of smoke rose, and the ground was left with scattered flames, now unrecognizable.
Where was the harmonious and natural scene from not long ago?
On the ruins, Liu Yu withdrew his gaze, and looking at the scene before him, he couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
This is the world of cultivating immortality, where the strong can act recklessly without any constraints, wantonly reaping the lives of the weak.
Moreover, they can inflict heavy wounds on the environment, making it difficult to recover for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.
“Continuing like this, what future is there for this world?”
“It seems that extinction is the only path to take.”
His gaze swept across the scene, his expression unchanged, but his heart was surging with emotions.
However, he quickly suppressed these thoughts and continued to observe the situation in the arena.
After the duel of magic between the yuan ying true monarch and the fourth-order demonic king, the battles around Spiritual Martial City had basically come to an end.
Demonic cultivators with decent strength and good luck had already escaped back into Spiritual Martial City.
As for those who did not escape, their demonic bodies and elixirs had been packed away by the cultivators into storage bracelets.
“Boom!”
The ground trembled slightly, and beams of red light burst forth from the ground around Spiritual Martial City, creating an immense spectacle.
The light beams interwove densely like a spider web, forming a light red shield that enveloped the Immortal City spanning over two hundred miles.
Soon after, wisps of rich demonic aura in the form of red mist appeared, quickly thickening until it covered most of Spiritual Martial City before finally stopping.
Only a small portion at the very top of the light red shield was exposed to the air, making the entire Immortal City appear hazy within the mist.
The Nine Gates Celestial Demon Array!
After observing for a long time, Liu Yu noticed that the human cultivators had freed their hands, and the reacting demonic cultivators finally activated the formation.
“Buzz~”
The Dingnan, Thunderbolt, and Azure Cang spiritual ships soared back into the sky, stopping fifty miles from Spiritual Martial City, but they did not take any further action.
Some minor flaws, although small, were enough to be fatal.
Given the occasional “slow reactions” of the three spiritual ships, rashly intervening in a fourth-order battle would not yield significant results.
They could not become the key point to turn the tide, nor were they the last straw that broke the camel's back.
It was better to remain around Spiritual Martial City as a deterrent force, preventing the third-order demonic cultivators inside from acting recklessly.
“Whoosh~”
A number of golden core cultivators flew back from various parts of Spiritual Martial City without relying on magical artifacts or treasures.
“Step, step.”
The soft footsteps echoed as, in the blink of an eye, the Dingnan ship was sparsely filled with cultivators, as were the other two spiritual ships.
Compared to before the attack, they had lost three cultivators.
One was unfortunate enough to be taken by a demonic cultivator's counterattack before dying, while two others were caught in the duel between the demonic king and the true monarch, dying almost without struggle.
It was uncertain if being too high-profile led to the attention of the demonic kings.
Not only did it fail to attract the “attention” of the Zhang Clan, but it also cost them their lives, with hundreds of years of cultivation ending abruptly.
The greater the risk, the greater the reward.
Although being high-profile on the battlefield might invite scrutiny from the demonic kings, conversely, if they could gain the Zhang Clan’s admiration or even marry a noblewoman from the clan afterward, it would be infinitely beneficial and greatly assist their future path.