novelraw Chapter 256 : Can Anyone Outplay Her
Chapter 256 : Can Anyone Outplay Her
"Are you sure?"
Is it true or false?
Based on just one diagram, could she calculate so accurately?
Yan Wangxing was stunned for a moment, inevitably expressing doubt, "You guess there's a heaven-grade demon formation buried below, but even I can barely sense whether this demon formation exists or not. Apart from being able to barely capture that extremely subtle flow of demonic energy, I can't feel anything else."
Had her divine sense as a human cultivator already become so strong?
But she was just at Divine Transformation stage. Although Divine Transformation cultivators were considered high-level, outstanding among ordinary people, among the peak experts of the Spirit Abyss Continent, they were merely so-so.
If even he, at Unity stage, couldn't detect it, how could she?
"Don't believe me? Want to make a bet? The stakes will be your..." Chu Sang glanced at him coldly, realizing he had nothing she valued, and sighed with slight disappointment.
Yan Wangxing was once again struck hard by her occasional mental attacks. He shut up and said nothing more.
"When it comes to formations, the demon race can't outplay my Little Junior Sister," Mo Baizhou said seriously and quite confidently.
Previously, he had also doubted his Little Junior Sister's formation skills, like Yan Wangxing. After all, those who could master sword cultivation in this world were few and far between. The conditions and talent required for formation cultivation were even more demanding than for sword cultivation. To successfully master both, how much of a genius would one have to be?
How could their declining Lingqing Sect recruit such a genius?
Which genius in their right mind would come to Lingqing Sect to become a disciple?
Facts proved that his Little Junior Sister was indeed that one-in-a-million genius with unique insight.
Her mastery of formations surpassed even those privileged geniuses from the Eight Trigrams Sect.
For the demon race, it was simply a dimensional suppression.
To Chu Sang, even the heaven-grade formations of the demon race were just so-so.
She had even broken through heaven-grade formations in the cultivation world.
In just half an hour, Chu Sang had figured out the pattern of the heaven-grade demon formation hidden underground, but she didn't rush to take action. After pondering for a moment, she said softly, "I can break the formation, but after all, it's a heaven-grade formation. To completely break it would take at most three days. We might not have enough time. Moreover..."
She was quite confident, speaking decisively,
"It's not necessary."
Yan Wangxing was stunned for a moment, intuiting that she was up to something, "What do you mean? What are you planning to do?"
Chu Sang clapped her hands and stood up, saying calmly, "Using the traditional method to deduce and break the formation, I would need to study the structure of the demon race's heaven-grade formations, which would take too long. We might not have time to break the formation before those people activate it... Why not take an unorthodox approach and find a shortcut? I've already deduced the location of the formation's source. As long as we destroy the energy source supplying the formation, it naturally won't be able to function normally, which is equivalent to rendering it useless."
The two men exchanged glances. This seemed like a good method.
But... where was the formation's source?
Mo Baizhou quickly reacted, asking softly, "The location of those demon lords you mentioned earlier, could that be the formation's source?"
"Mm." Chu Sang nodded slightly, her gaze distant. "A large number of demon crystals and demon ores have been buried in advance under the altar, but refining all the demon crystals and stones in a short time is no easy task. It requires the demon lords to use themselves as mediums to convert the demonic power in the crystals to supply the formation. So I guess the six major demon lords have gone to the six major positions of the formation to act as energy sources. As long as we can disrupt their plan, the formation will naturally collapse on its own."
Let's see, which lucky one should she start with?
Chu Sang quickly scanned the troop deployments around the altar. Soon, she set her sights on a position in the south.
This area had the fewest demon soldiers and generals compared to other positions, and it was close to them. Nearby was a deep forest and dark ridge, a place very suitable for hiding and ambushing, perfect for murder, arson, and burying bodies.
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On a dark and windy night, under the altar, in a hidden passage, demon crystals and demon ores were piled up like mountains.
A burly man in black clothes was concentrating on refining the demonic energy from the demon crystals and stones.
As time passed, his complexion worsened, sweat soaking his entire body, the scar on his eyelid twitching.
He had sent away all the guards beside him. If someone were to assassinate him now, it would be an excellent opportunity.
Unfortunately, a Divine Transformation late-stage cultivator's ability to perceive danger was still far beyond ordinary people. A sleeve dagger flew from the shadows, and the demon lord's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened. Disregarding the consequences of demonic power backlash, he quickly stood up and gathered a powerful wave of demonic energy to counterattack.
"Boom—"
The sleeve dagger was directly shattered into powder by the powerful demonic energy.
His eagle-like eyes coldly pierced towards the hidden door, his voice like a great bell, "Who's there? Come out!"
"Ah, it's been a long time since I've used hidden weapons. I didn't expect to be so rusty... Ah, I've been discovered."
The response was a lightly raised sigh and more intense attacks.
Rather than attacks, it was more like ambushes.
The ambush methods were extremely underhanded and shameless, with various hidden weapons and tricks emerging endlessly. The attack power wasn't strong, mainly focused on being annoying and messing with one's mental state.
The demon lord waved his hand to shatter wave after wave of hidden weapons, not knowing what background the attacker had. There were simply too many hidden weapons; one or two always slipped through like fish escaping the net, grazing his body.
Demon race people generally had extremely strong physical abilities. A body cultivated to the late Divine Transformation stage was also exceptionally robust. These small hidden weapons couldn't inflict serious damage on his body, but to his great surprise, they were coated with poison!
This poison wasn't a common toxin. The wound site quickly began to fester. The demon lord inwardly cursed, stomping his feet heavily on the ground. His entire body was covered in a layer of black light, and then a thick layer of black armor condensed on various parts of his body, wrapping him up tightly. On the Spirit Abyss Continent, weapons below spirit tool grade couldn't cause the slightest harm to his body!
The originally festering wounds also quickly stopped deteriorating. His entire being became impervious to weapons and unaffected by water or fire, like an indestructible human-shaped boulder.
"Wow, earth-grade demon technique, Black Armor Technique, so amazing!"
"Boom!"
"Shameless brat, come out!" The demon lord, exasperated, suddenly launched a full-force attack at the source of the leaked voice.
The trash talk was forcibly interrupted. Chu Sang quickly dodged, and this attack landed on the stone door behind her. The several-meter-thick stone door shook, seeming on the verge of collapse.
Chu Sang glanced in that direction, then quickly withdrew her gaze, dodging another attack.
Her cultivation level wasn't as high as this demon lord's, but she was very agile in escaping, clearly an expert who frequently had to run for her life.
"Where did this cultivator ant come from? How did you find the secret door and sneak in? Who let you in?!" The demon lord subconsciously thought a traitor among his subordinates must have let her in.
If he had calmed his anger at this moment and thought about it, he would have realized that Chu Sang's lower body was in a semi-transparent state. This was Xiao Bai's Netherworld Transformation technique. As Xiao Bai's master, she could share this skill,
Getting a wall-passing technique from the cultivation world, silently and ghostlike exploring the entire structure of the secret passage inside and out.
Unfortunately, while this technique was useful, it had a fatal flaw: only she could use it, unable to bring others in.
Slightly withdrawing her thoughts, she no longer just focused on dodging. The long sword in her palm swept out, sword intent slashing towards the demon lord's arm.
With the enhancement of the Black Armor Technique, the demon lord only suffered a light injury, unable to cause fatal damage.
But his late Divine Transformation stage strike was enough to cause her fatal damage!
Seeing her attack ineffective, Chu Sang had no choice but to retreat to defense. Although the Black Armor Technique was powerful, it also had a fatal flaw—it had a time limit.
Using the Black Armor Technique for protection consumed a lot of demonic energy.
The demon lord could use it for at most half an hour.
But there were large quantities of demon crystals and stones here, which could continuously replenish him with a large amount of dense, pure demonic energy. He could outlast her!
Boom after boom echoed throughout the secret passage, yet not a single person came in from outside to inquire what was happening, unnaturally peaceful.
Unfortunately, the demon lord was now blinded by rage, having long lost the rationality to think. Finally, his attack once again landed on the already badly damaged secret door. Unable to withstand this powerful attack, it finally shattered into several large pieces, completely breaking apart.
He coldly laughed triumphantly, "This is the fate of those who dare to oppose me. Tell the truth, and this lord might grant you a complete corpse today!"
"Such a big mouth for a waste? Why waste words with him? It's a waste of time, just kill him!"
Suddenly, another arrogant and malevolent voice came from the air. The demon lord's expression changed drastically. He couldn't possibly not know who the owner of this voice was.
How, how is this possible?!
Didn't You Liu say he had successfully dealt with that boy? How could he possibly appear here??
Reality, however, dealt him a heavy blow.
The demon blade, carrying a murderous aura and the pressure to destroy all things, fell. The demonic energy of a Unity stage demon cultivator was like a great catastrophe to the demon lord. His body and even his heart produced an irresistible fear. Unable to dodge, the blade intent directly broke through his full-body black armor defense, nearly piercing half of his body.
The demon lord coughed up a large mouthful of blood with a "Puh!" and slid back several meters, crashing to the ground. He hurriedly got up, looking fearfully at the newcomer, who was none other than the smiling Yan Wangxing.
These damned demon lords actually dared to secretly collaborate behind his back to do such things. Now that he had discovered them, naturally only one outcome remained.
Yan Wangxing was a genuine Unity stage demon cultivator who had fought his way up step by step from the bottom through blood and battle. His foundation was as solid as cultivation world sword cultivators of the same level, unlike these demon cultivators who appeared to have profound cultivation and broke through quickly but mostly relied on unorthodox methods to cultivate evil techniques. He was genuinely strong. To say without false modesty, as long as the Divine Decree didn't intervene midway, these demon lords combined might not necessarily be his match.
This one strike took half the demon lord's life.
Knowing he was unlikely to escape death today, the demon lord immediately tried to transmit a message. Chu Sang, anticipating his move, thrust her sword towards his chest before he could activate the sound-transmitting talisman.
The demon lord's eyes suddenly widened. This female cultivator's attacks just now clearly weren't this strong, how could she—
Unfortunately, he was destined not to get an answer. His corpse fell to the ground with a heavy thud.
Chu Sang stepped forward, expertly scattering powder to deal with the battlefield's remains, then went to check the resources hidden in the underground warehouse.
Mo Baizhou also arrived from outside. The secret door was difficult to find and open from the outside, and to prevent any traps set inside, it would have been embarrassing to walk into a trap. So Chu Sang first used Xiao Bai's Netherworld Transformation technique to scout ahead, then used the demon lord to open the secret door from the inside, letting Mo Baizhou and Yan Wangxing in.
"Tsk, I didn't expect these fellows to secretly hoard so many good things. No wonder the tributes they gave me before had so little value. So they were hiding them for themselves." Yan Wangxing's voice was muffled, extremely displeased.
The demon crystals and stones were of no use to Chu Sang. She only glanced at them before withdrawing her gaze, not planning to take them and occupy space.
These good things naturally went into Yan Wangxing's pocket.
After advancing to Unity stage, he needed a large number of resources to cultivate. Such a large quantity of demon crystals and ores was like sending charcoal in snowy weather for him.
Seeing Yan Wangxing take everything without a second thought, Mo Baizhou suddenly remembered something and hurried forward to stop him, "Wait, don't take it all, leave some first..."
"It's useless, too late."
Chu Sang said, quickly withdrawing her scorched divine sense.
At the same time, several undeniably powerful demon race auras descended in secret.
Taking away all the demon crystals and ores at once was equivalent to unilaterally cutting off the demonic energy supply to one side of the formation. The formation would instantly become unbalanced, and the other demon lords would naturally sense it immediately, rushing over at top speed.
Yan Wangxing wasn't stupid. He knew this, which was why he deliberately took everything away.
Demon crystals that would take a demon lord several days to fully refine were mostly refined in an instant in his hands.
Seeing the newcomers, a cold gleam appeared in his eyes. He curled his lips in a cold smile and said, "Saves this Emperor the trouble of going to find you personally. Do you want to come die one by one, or all together?"
"Don't be in such a hurry, Xiao Wangxing. You Liu and I guessed long ago that you would come, and we've specially prepared a nice gift for you." The alluring and beautiful Xi Ji, with one hand draped over Demon Lord You Liu's shoulder, walked out from behind him, smiling particularly charmingly and beautifully. Yan Wangxing felt nauseated by her. This woman had taken so many benefits from him before, yet she was disloyal, betraying him who knows how many times.
Rip—Dozens of black-purple chains surrounded the entire area, layer upon layer intertwining, making it impossible to escape even with wings.
Chu Sang tried to swing her sword to break through but found these chains were made of some unknown material, exceptionally hard. Even the Primordial Soul-Chaser could barely leave a mark on them.
"This is their trump card specially prepared to trap Yan Wangxing, a demon god artifact capable of trapping Unity stage demon cultivators. I'm afraid it won't be easy to break."
Mo Baizhou pulled her back a few steps, his expression cold, palms slightly sweating.
This was Yan Wangxing's business. By rights, it shouldn't concern the two of them.
Otherwise, letting that little devouring beast use that method again to take his Little Junior Sister away first, at worst he could stay behind to help. Perhaps there might still be a glimmer of hope...
"Fourth Senior Brother, don't be afraid with me here!" Chu Sang patted his shoulder.
"Mm... Mm?"
The young man's eyes widened slightly. Weren't these words said in reverse?
Normally, shouldn't he be the one comforting her?