Chapter 498: 281

And the collision with divine light produced ripples after ripples.

The Demon Emperor White Ape was about to swing his iron staff when he suddenly heard Su Ping’s secret message.

He didn’t hesitate, directly grabbed Master Xuanmu and then flashed to the edge of the great formation.

Then, under the swing of the iron staff by the Demon Emperor White Ape, the formation was forcibly breached, and he flew out with Master Xuanmu.

Aboard the deck of the Immortal Boat, the cultivators who saw this scene praised his incredible agility.

At the same time, it also added a bit more confidence to the imminent battle.

It seems that Kumu Temple’s mountain protection array has limited capabilities without Master Xuanmu’s direction!

If that’s the case, it will be much easier!

Among the three major sects of the Northern Land, Kumu Temple was definitely a standout in defensive capabilities.

Although they have met misfortune now, previously they had only one Nascent Soul cultivator, Master Xuanmu.

But there was a time when the temple shone brilliantly.

Back then, Kumu Temple had many high-ranking monks in the late period of Nascent Soul.

The mountain protection array had been improved and reinforced generation after generation by old ancestors since the establishment of the temple, and it has been passed down to this day.

Even though the array itself was only considered fourth tier, the depth of its foundation was enough to withstand the siege of multiple cultivators of the same tier.

And with a Nascent Soul ancestor who was a True Inheritor of the array’s mysteries fully in charge, the power could be doubled!

Upon returning to the deck, Master Xuanmu caught his breath and said:

“I am ashamed. It is because I, a monk, indulged in cultivation and neglected the inspection of my disciples and heritage.”

“I have let down my master!”

“However, the main card of our temple’s array… is still in my hands.”

“With the main card, Taoist friends need not worry about being troubled by the great array.”

Having said that, with some reluctance, Master Xuanmu still took out the main card.

Su Ping looked at the main card.

He then glanced in the direction of Kumu Temple.

Su Ping couldn’t help but chuckle to himself.

Without saying much, he let Master Xuanmu take a pill to stabilize his injuries before flying back toward the sky above Kumu Temple with the Eternal Life Temple Master and Snow Sword Sect Master.

As Master Xuanmu raised the main card and released a stream of golden light,

All cultivators above the Golden Core stage could feel that the protection enveloping the outskirts of Kumu Temple had disappeared in an instant.

Seeing such smooth progress, many cultivators revealed smiles and readied themselves to strike.

Even though the enemy in front of them looked daunting,

On their side were several Nascent Soul ancestors!

And they also had the unfathomable Demon Slaying Alliance Leader!

This battle, the advantage is ours!

Master Xuanmu was the most eager since all below were his wicked disciples.

Just as he was about to chant a Buddhist scripture to lead the vanguard,

He suddenly saw blood light fall from the sky.

The voice of the Alliance Leader rang by his ear, calling for a pause, causing Master Xuanmu and others to halt immediately.

“Leader!”

Everyone turned to look at Su Ping on the deck.

Su Ping said:

“Let me take the lead.”

After saying this,

The crowd saw that the Alliance Leader’s figure hadn’t moved an inch,

Instead, the gigantic visage of the Blood God’s body emerged in the sky, accompanied by several pairs of tightly clenched hands made of blood light stretching out from the blood light.

Then, more than twenty pairs of clenched blood light hands directly charged toward the various mountain peaks and lakes shrouded in black mist all around Kumu Temple.

Seeing the direction of these blood light hands, Master Xuanmu’s eyelids twitched.

As the leader, he naturally knew that these places were actually vital nodes of Kumu Temple’s mountain protection array!

“Why is the Alliance Leader attacking these places?”

“Could it be that the Leader doesn’t trust my deactivation of the array?”

“The Leader… The Leader must be right, could it be that those wicked disciples circumvented the main card’s restrictions?”

In an instant, Master Xuanmu realized what was happening.

Although it was hard for him to accept it, thinking of the unbelievable things the Leader had shown him, and the current state of Kumu Temple, he had no choice but to believe!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The blood light hands plunged into the black mist, striking deep underground.

And then,

Just as the Old Monk Baimei, hidden deep in the black mist, and the Demon Sect disciples led by a young true inheritor, lurking in the depths of the underground palace, were waiting silently for the external enemies to finish probing and then personally enter the array’s range,

Suddenly!

A terrifying sense of crisis assailed them in that instant!

Boom!

In all the places where the blood light hands had fallen, a light burst forth, piercing through the black mist!

Almost immediately, the ground shook and the mountain trembled as more than twenty giant fireballs shot into the sky.

The intense light and heat covered the entire area of Kumu Temple in the blink of an eye.

Countless black armored flying insects were turned to ashes within the fireballs.

Even more of the black armored flying insects became small fireballs under the firestorm.

In that instant,

the area shrouded in black fog rapidly shrank by half.

Although the black fog quickly surged forward again,

the array nodes at the blast site… had been severely damaged, incapable of quick repair.

The old monk Baimei, sensing the extent of the damage to the big array, felt so distressed he wanted to vomit blood.

The illusion of the Demon Lord at his side and several other demons were also visibly shocked.

They hadn’t expected changes to come so swiftly!

Relying on the Demon Lord’s knowledge, the main control of the Mountain Protection Array of Kumu Temple had naturally been tampered with early on.

And the array itself had also been modified with the Evil Qi Flower transformation, making it more beneficial for them, the Evil Cultivators, to battle.

Their plan was simple: deceive the other side into coming inside as much as possible and kill them using the formation.

This was why these Evil Cultivator demons had intentionally refrained from activating the big array to deal with Master Xuanmu earlier,

even allowing the Demon Emperor White Ape to break through the boundary of the big array with one hit.

In their view, it was best if the enemy carelessly fell into the trap.

Not catching a big fish in the trap would have been fine as well.

By using the big array to attract firepower and deplete the resources of the Northern Land, that was the goal.

When the enemy was exhausted, the Demon Lord’s avatar would lead the demons from all over to launch a surprise attack and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!

But who would have thought – that Blood God Ancestor would not play by the rules!

He actually attacked from a distance.

And not just a remote attack, but he also hid a high-powered secret treasure without any spiritual energy fluctuation in his hand.

This treasure, when not targeting these powerful beings,

was at most a slight threat to them, hidden as they were within the temple.

Considering it might be a probe, they endured it…

But then!

Who could have guessed!

This wasn’t any probing attack!

It wasn’t an attack on the big array that could be easily shrugged off!

The enemy’s target wasn’t them at all; from the beginning, it was to destroy the array nodes!

And by relying on the power of the secret treasures,-before they could react-the nodes were destroyed!

Damn it!

This time, they were outsmarted by their own cleverness!

If only they had known that the enemy could destroy the array nodes with their attacks… they would have activated the big array right from the start and chosen to wear down the enemy!

In haste, the old monk Baimei quickly activated the big array.

Suddenly, many cultivators were surprised to find that the formation, which had been undone by Master Xuanmu, had reappeared!

However, cultivators with a slightly higher perception could sense that,

the big array was clearly malfunctioning in various ways.

“Very good!”

“The enemy’s big array has been mostly broken, its remaining power less than a tenth of its full strength!”

“My fellow allies!”

“Join with me in slaying these Demon Path fiends!”

Su Ping watched as the light from the nuclear explosion gradually dimmed. He waved his hand,

and the four Demon Emperors summoned heeded his call, manifesting their true forms and began to act.

Seeing that it was indeed so, Master Xuanmu, ashamed, apologized before mercilessly summoning the Arhat Golden Light Dharma Aspect for another attack.

The Eternal Life Temple Master took out the Buddha Dust, sweeping it through the air, creating a storm-like blade that rushed forward.

The Snow Sword Sect Master formed a Sword Finger with his right hand and flung it, his treasured sword flying out, transforming into a Great Sword hundreds of meters long in the air,

then thrust forward with a tremendous force.

Above the skies of Kumu Temple, the Mountain Protection Array,

faced with the combined strikes of seven Nascent Soul powerhouses,

the big array which would typically wear down over the course of months…suddenly cracked with a loud snap.

From the perspective of those Evil Cultivators within Kumu Temple,

the sky seemed to crack open all at once.

And then!

The sky was completely torn asunder!

Blood light poured down like a waterfall,

falling into the black fog, emitting a sizzling sound of corrosion.