Chapter 1630: Chapter 1626: Stealth Assault

The Dark Beast King, utterly constrained and enraged to the point of frenzy, suddenly lashed out with a punch towards the shadowy stick shadows in mid air.

A hall-sized black fist shadow collided with the shadowy mountain of sticks. Contrary to expectation, the anticipated earth-shattering boom did not occur. Instead, as soon as the stick shadow and the pitch-black fist shadow touched, they vanished without a trace just like clay oxen disappearing into the sea.

“The fist shadow also possesses that bizarre devouring power?” Shen Luo’s face revealed a hint of surprise. Purple lightning flickered beneath his feet as he once again transformed into purple thunder, and in the next moment he darted to the side of the Dark Beast King.

But the beast suddenly looked over and let out a sharp screech.

A mass of visible black sound waves surged out furiously. As soon as it left its mouth, it erupted with the roaring and buzzing of giant waves, sweeping towards Shen Luo.

Shen Luo didn’t expect the beast to react so quickly, but he wasn’t flustered either, reaching out with one hand into the void.

A flash of red light, and a crimson-glowing longsword instantly appeared, on which the Vermilion Bird Illusion flickered–it was the Pure Yang Sword of the Vermilion Bird Sword Spirit.

He grabbed the sword with his five fingers and gave his wrist a slight flick, immediately sending out waves of Crimson Sword Qi like mountains rolling down, fiercely slashing upon the black sound waves.

These black sound waves, like the previous fist shadows, possessed a strong devouring power. The large swathes of Crimson Sword Qi disappeared upon contact with them.

However, this Pure Yang Sword had previously absorbed a large amount of magma true fire, greatly increasing its power. The release of Crimson Sword Qi was simply too abundant. The black sound waves only devoured a fraction, and the remaining Sword Qi continued to cascade down towards the Dark Beast King.

The entire great hall was submerged in the blindingly bright light of Sword Qi, nearly driving away all darkness.

Shen Luo altered his hand seals, and suddenly, two types of red true fire surged atop the Crimson Sword Qi. One was the Vermilion Bird True Fire, which emitted an extremely high temperature that made the void in the great hall tremble; the other, though also red, had scarcely any heat to it. Within the Red Flames, countless divine souls could be seen struggling in agony, sending shivers down one’s spine–this was the Red Lotus Karmic Fire.

The two kinds of true fire, one Yin and one Yang, instead of clashing, complemented each other and their power increased dramatically.

The beast displayed an expression of shock and anger, spewing a mouthful of pitch-black essence blood into the Black Ancient Mirror.

The Black Ancient Mirror trembled with a buzzing sound, and a beam of black light shot out from within the mirror, merging into the body of the Dark Beast King. Its entire body emanated dense black light that submerged its original appearance.

Countless Sword Qi slashed upon the beast, all vanishing without effect, unable to wield the slightest power.

Shen Luo’s expression darkened, and he hastily made hand seals, pointing at the Pure Yang Sword, which flew back from amidst the sky full of Sword Qi, with the rest of Sword Qi dissipating.

The black light on the surface of the Dark Beast King quickly faded away, its arms once again submerged into the Black Ancient Mirror to some extent, its expression full of exhaustion, clearly indicating the hefty toll of the spellcasting it had just performed.

But at this moment, the void behind it fluctuated, and a yellow silhouette appeared out of nowhere–it was the Sky Fiend Corpse King, wielding the Turn Sky Seal and smashing it forward.

The Turn Sky Seal, with a flash of spiritual light, suddenly enlarged a hundredfold, turning into a hall-sized massive seal, and ferociously smashed down upon the Black Ancient Mirror on the altar.

“Sky Fiend Corpse King! These Dark Beasts hide within darkness and are extremely sensitive to the perception of Qi, how did you manage to have the Sky Fiend Corpse King sneak up on them?” Inside the Carefree Mirror, Fire Spirit Child flew out from the Netherworld Furnace, revealing a look of astonishment on his face.

Flames surged around him, and he appeared to have fully recovered.

“Fire Daoist friend, you’re awake? These Dark Beasts indeed use the power of shadow to sense Qi, and are far more proficient than other mystical powers. However, this technique has a significant drawback: it relies too heavily on the power of darkness. Once we clear away the darkness, this ability of theirs is greatly compromised,” Shen Luo, sensing Fire Spirit Child’s awakening, revealed a hint of joy in his eyes as he communicated telepathically.

“So that’s how it is; the widespread sword qi just now wasn’t aimed at attacking the Dark Beast, but was a cover for your Sky Fiend Corpse King,” Fire Spirit Child suddenly realized.

The Dark Beast King was also shocked by how this corpse refinement had infiltrated unnoticed, wanting to make a move to stop it, but it was already too late.

The Turn Sky Seal fell like a meteorite on the altar, emitting a thunderous noise that shook the earth and heavens.

The entire Hall violently shook, and countless lines of black light emerged on the surrounding walls, preventing them from collapsing, with numerous fragments of stone and dust raining down.

The altar itself did not shatter either, as strands of black light burst forth, resisting the stomp of the Turn Sky Seal.

However, the Dark Beast King next to the old mirror was flattened, turning into a pool of black mush, and was then blasted away in the interweaving and clashing of red and black light, hitting the nearby wall.

Without the Dark Beast King’s control, all the light on the black ancient mirror dissipated, returning it to an ordinary mirror, and the eight dark tentacles outside the great hall also vanished in a flash.

Shen Luo was surprised to see that this seemingly ordinary great hall could withstand the stomp of the Turn Sky Seal.

However, he had achieved his goal of separating the Dark Beast King from the black ancient mirror, turned around, and pounced toward the pool of black mush that the Dark Beast King had become, swiftly forming hand seals.

A “boom” sounded from the top of the great hall, and ten crimson sword lights penetrated through, exactly the ten Pure Yang Swords from outside, striking the black mush like lightning, rapidly rotating and coalescing once again into the Pure Yang Golden Light Sword Array.

Although the Dark Beast King was turned into mush, it had not perished, it rapidly squirmed, about to reconstitute itself.

But then, countless burning golden light swords shot down like a furious torrent, striking upon the Dark Beast King’s body, instantly riddling it with a thousand holes.

The rear wall was also blasted open, revealing a Big Hole with hidden black patterns within the debris.

Shen Luo also rushed over, flipping his hand to take out an ancient-looking feather fan, precisely the Five-Flame Seven-Birds Fan, and forcefully fanned it towards the Dark Beast King.

A howling five-colored flame pillar shot out, striking the Dark Beast King’s shattered body, blasting it away.

A dull “boom” was heard, the flame pillar turned into a five-colored Sea of Flames, engulfing the Dark Beast King’s body, and everything within the range of the flames were instantly incinerated.

The connection between the Dark Beast King and the black ancient mirror was forcibly severed by the Turn Sky Seal, causing it to lose a great deal of vitality. Now being struck successively by the Pure Yang Golden Light Sword Array and the Five-Flame Seven-Birds Fan, its body finally began to collapse, and dark forces started to seep out, soon to be completely burnt away by the five-colored flames, with its vitality rapidly depleting and on the brink of being utterly scorched to death.

Naturally, the beast was not willing to die just like that, and let out an enraged roar, spewing out a stream of ink-like Black Qi.

This Black Qi was identical to the black light emitted by the old mirror; the formidable power of the surrounding five-colored flames, though terrifying, was consumed as soon as it touched it, disappearing without a trace.

The Dark Beast King found a moment’s respite and its body quickly reformed. All six eyes on its face opened simultaneously, shooting out six beams of blood light.

The blood light soon coalesced into one, forming a thick Blood-colored light pillar. The surrounding space subtly twisted, easily piercing through the five-colored Sea of Flames, and even the Pure Yang Golden Light Sword Array outside was pierced through with a “pfft” by the blood light.

Immediately after, a shadow shot out from within the Blood-colored light pillar, revealing the body of the Dark Beast King.

This series of changes was as fast as a rabbit darting out of its burrow and a falcon swooping down, so quick that even Shen Luo couldn’t prevent it.