High Martial Arts Era

Chapter 524 What is a demon? Is the target me? (6K)

"Task?"

"According to the rules, the recruit period for the Houfu Army is half a month." Li Yuan was puzzled: "Now that half a month has indeed passed, it is in line with the rules to order us to fight."

"But according to the conversations I've had with other centurions in the past few days, generally speaking, a hundred-man squadron of new recruits won't have any combat missions within a year." Li Yuan frowned, "After all, during the recruit period, they are only slightly familiar with the military formation, but not proficient enough to bring out the strongest power of the formation armor."

Although he had just joined the Houfu Army, as a fifth-class immortal, Li Yuan's fame had spread quickly, and many centurions in the army came to make friends with him.

"This is a strange thing, I'm afraid it's not ordinary." Li Yuan thought to himself: "Let's adapt to the situation."

Li Yuan was not afraid.

In the past half month, he came into contact with more high-level monks in the army, read more Taoist scriptures, and even met an "earth immortal general" in the Houfu army. His previous fear has been reduced a lot.

Because the strength of that Earth Immortal General was weaker than he expected.

The life level is actually lower than level 50.

“In this world, it seems that the requirements for understanding the laws of each realm of cultivation are much lower, but the difficulty of enlightenment is much higher than I imagined, and the foundation required is at least the fourth level of immortal foundation.” Li Yuan thought to himself: “There are very few people who have been promoted from the Nascent Soul Demigod to the Earthly Immortal Realm.”

The fourth-grade immortal foundation is equivalent to the 'four-star veins', which is still a level that most Nascent Soul cultivators cannot reach.

In the divine realm, usually thousands of fourth-level demigods give birth to a fifth-level virtual god.

But in this world, according to Li Yuan's calculations, the change from a fourth-order semi-immortal to a fifth-order earthly immortal is a qualitative change, one in a hundred thousand, and the probability is extremely low.

"That's what an earthly immortal is like."

"There are even fewer True Immortals." Li Yuan thought to himself, "According to the Taoist records I have read, the lineage of Anshun Hou should have a True Immortal in charge."

"Otherwise it would be difficult to suppress those superior sects, but the True Immortals are in charge of the forces, and they haven't even built a teleportation array?"

"There should be celestial beings in the Changyun Dynasty as well."

To build a teleportation array, usually only the peak True Gods who are good at the 'Infinite Realm of Space' can do it.

In the divine realm, any slightly more important planet has a teleportation array.

Even in the relatively closed Juexing Continent, many True God kingdoms have built teleportation arrays.

But even the mighty Anshun City doesn’t have a teleportation array… at least there isn’t a teleportation array that’s open to the public for use by countless cultivators.

Just from the lack of a space teleportation array, Li Yuan could get a glimpse of some of the strength of this world from the side.

"The so-called celestial being probably doesn't have a high level of comprehension of laws, and his life level should not be as high as that of a celestial being." Li Yuan had a guess in his mind: "Perhaps in terms of comprehension of laws, he is not even as high as a peak true god."

"How strong can it be?"

Of course, these are just Li Yuan's guesses. He still doesn't dare to be too careless and carefully explores this world.

After all, an earthly immortal can easily live for ten thousand years.

"True immortal? The immortals in the lineage of Anshun Hou should all be 'Daoting Immortals'. It is estimated that a true immortal can live for a million years. With such a long time, they must have some means." Li Yuan's thoughts drifted.

While thinking.

Li Yuan had already stood up and sent a message to the hundred new soldiers under his command: "Gather quickly."

……

Soon, a large number of soldiers gathered in the barracks of the Marquis's Army, a total of twenty "centuries".

All Nascent Soul cultivators wear uniform black armor.

This is the formation armor, which can maximize the power of the "combined formation".

"Fellow Daoist Qixing, didn't our recruit period just end?" Lei Kun Banxian stood beside Li Yuan and asked in a voice transmission.

Not only him, many recruits were confused.

"Not sure." Li Yuan transmitted his voice: "Everyone should prepare well. It is expected to be a large-scale operation. We are basically familiar with the military formation."

"Yes." The hundreds of recruits had different thoughts, and there was a hint of worry in their hearts.

As a marquis's army, they are supplied with various magic magic stones, and if they have a family, they can be exempted from a large amount of family taxes.

This is not for nothing.

The mortality rate when carrying out various tasks is also quite alarming.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Three figures appeared in the sky, the leader was a golden-robed figure, he was like the sun, emitting an extremely terrifying aura.

He alone was able to suppress the thousands of Nascent Soul cultivators on the field.

"Earth Immortal!"

"And he must be a powerful earthly immortal. The two earthly immortal generals are standing respectfully beside him?" When these Nascent Soul cultivators saw this scene, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

"Life level 52?" Li Yuan was secretly surprised: "It is much higher than the life levels of the other two earthly immortals."

During this period, Li Yuan was in Anshun City and did not dare to use his "spiritual sense" to explore at will.

But if he meets other immortal cultivators, he still dares to use the Divine Palace to explore the other party's life level.

For Yuanying cultivators, their life level is generally between 40 and 43.

The two earthly immortal generals beside the man in golden robes are both at level 48.

The earth immortal that appears now is level 52.

He is the strongest person Li Yuan has ever met.

"It seems that my previous speculation is basically true. The requirements for the comprehension of laws of earthly immortals in this world are low, which also makes their life level much lower than that of virtual gods." Li Yuan made a judgment: "Then, if the same is true for true immortals and heavenly immortals, their strength is even weaker than I imagined."

The virtual god in the divine realm, even if he has just broken through, is at least at the 50th level of life.

"Let's go." An earth immortal general said in a low voice.

A huge warship slowly descended. Led by twenty centurions, two thousand Nascent Soul cultivators entered the warship like a tide. Three earth immortals also flew to the top of the warship.

Whoosh!
The warship rose up and flew quickly towards the outside of Anshun City.

……

The warship was engraved with countless intricate array patterns, emitting waves of invisible energy. Even while flying at high speeds, it also tried its best to conceal its own aura.

In the secret room high up in the warship, the three earthly immortals stared at each other.

"Fellow Daoist Qingli."

"I have heard of Fellow Daoist Qingli's great name for a long time. When we were still children, Fellow Daoist Qingli was already a famous and powerful earth immortal in the world." The two earth immortal generals flattered.

They both knew very well how terrifying the golden-robed man in front of them was.

Having lived for tens of thousands of years, he is the top figure in General Anshunhou's "Zhenjiewei Branch". It is said that he is only one step away from the true fairyland.

Of course, this step is extremely difficult to take.

Not only must one reach the level of harmony with the Dao (eight stages of enlightenment), one must also make sufficient contributions to the Dao Court and obtain enough "merits" in order to be "ascended to immortality" in the Book of Immortality, and then one can break through to a new realm.

If you break through without authorization, you will be severely punished, or even suffer "divine punishment".

"No need to brag."

"This operation is a collaboration between the Zhenjie Guards and your Houfu Army. We finally found out that the old demon Yingyun's blood magic weapon is about to be refined." Qingli Earth Immortal said coldly: "Such a magic weapon should be presented to the dynasty and placed in the Sin Pool to wash away many sins before it can become a divine weapon of the immortal way."

"good!"

"Fellow Daoist Qingli is right." The two earthly immortal generals echoed.

In fact, they both knew it very well.

With the ability of the Zhenjie Guards, how could it take so long to hunt down a demon immortal who has been practicing for thousands of years?

It's nothing more than 'nurturing the enemy'.

Let the Earth Immortal Yingyun hunt down countless mortals, so as to publicize it as a great scourge of the evil way, so that countless mortals will be terrified and trust the dynasty more, and the power of incense and faith will naturally be stronger.

And when the 'Blood Demon Dao Weapon' of the Earth Immortal Yingyun is about to be completed, he will kill it, gaining great merit while also receiving a powerful magic weapon effortlessly.

Magic weapon? In the hands of the Zhenjie Guard, it would be a magical weapon of the immortals.

"correct."

"Fellow Daoist Qiansui told me that the batch of 'blood food' that your Houfu Army has just put on the shelves contains the main ingredient for the Nascent Soul that he needs. It's in your army?" Qingli Earth Immortal asked casually.

"Yes." The two earthly generals said in unison, "We have brought them here. Daoist friend, do you want to take action now?"

"No."

"Although these Nascent Soul cultivators are just flesh and blood nutrients for us, how can we, as immortals, behave like demons? We should always be more reasonable." Qingli Earth Immortal shook his head and said, "When we fight with Yingyun Earth Immortal, I will pretend to be the aftermath of the battle and destroy his physical body. Then, under the pretext of helping him 'recuperate his Nascent Soul', I will take his Nascent Soul away and send it directly to alchemy."

"After that, we can announce to the public that he became possessed when his Nascent Soul was refining his physical body."

"good."

"This move is absolutely safe." The two Earth Immortal Generals nodded in response.

After a long time.

"arrive."

"Yuhe Mountain Range." The two earth immortals said, "According to the information passed on by the Zhenjie Guards, the Yingyun Earth Immortal should be deep in this mountain range."

"Do it."

"You two lead the army to set up the 'Heavenly Array' to cover this world." Qingli Earth Immortal said coldly: "I will kill them."

"it is good."

……

Inside one of the warship's cabins.

"The main material of the Nascent Soul? Using the Nascent Soul to make medicine?"

"Newly added, do you mean new recruits? No wonder they brought us here. Who are the main recruits?" Li Yuan frowned, and many thoughts flashed through his mind: "Is the target me?"

In Anshun City, Li Yuan did not dare to use his spiritual sense to explore at will.

But with only this warship facing several earthly immortals whose highest level was only 'level 52', Li Yuan had fewer concerns. When he used his spiritual sense to investigate, the three earthly immortals were unaware.

Li Yuan heard their entire conversation clearly.

A hint of murderous intent flashed through Li Yuan's eyes: "These earthly immortals, and that Qian Sui earthly immortal, are so hypocritical and dirty, they all deserve to be killed."

……

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The two earthly immortals each commanded thousands of Nascent Soul cultivators. The black array armor on their bodies burst out with dazzling light at the same time, and countless lights gathered together as if they had condensed into one.

Two earthly immortals and two thousand Nascent Soul cultivators.

Two extremely terrifying formations were formed in an instant, both emitting countless starlight.

The starlight covered an area of ​​nearly ten thousand kilometers, including the Yuhe Mountains below, some lakes farther away, and some mundane cities.

"This is?"

"Ah?" The vast majority of ordinary people who were enveloped by the double-layered Heavenly Luo Formation were full of doubts: "Could it be that an immortal has descended?"

Some low-level cultivators who were practicing Qi training and building their foundation stared at the void in astonishment.

"Is it the method of immortals? Could it be a battle between immortals?" A Jindan cultivator's eyes were full of fear. He knew very well how terrifying the legendary battle between immortals was.

If one is not careful, the damage will spread over thousands of miles of land, and countless lives will be reduced to ashes. "The immortal lineage does have some advantages." As a member of one of the layers of the Tianluo formation, Li Yuan allowed the formation armor to extract his Nascent Soul mana.

This great Tianluo formation is led by that earthly immortal general.

Although he had the intention to kill, Li Yuan was not completely sure and wanted to observe more.

"Leave off the physical restraints."

"The immortal cultivators give up their bodies to cultivate their souls, and they form their 'primordial spirits' by blending their souls with the heaven and earth. Although their own strength is weaker, it seems easier for them to mobilize the power of heaven and earth." Li Yuan thought to himself: "And the primordial spirits are all in harmony with heaven and earth, so they can easily converge into one, and can completely form a perfect 'super formation' composed of thousands or even tens of thousands of immortal cultivators."

"This is just the Tianluo formation."

"Legend has it that in the Heavenly Realm of Taoism, millions of heavenly soldiers and generals can form a unified 'Array of Stars in the Heavens' that can even trap celestial beings and have killed many celestial demons." Li Yuan said secretly.

These were brief records he had seen in the Taoist Canon.

Such a formation that could unite millions of cultivators was unimaginable in the Divine Realm.

There are also some extremely powerful formations in the divine realm, but they all rely on the formation base, magic weapons, and the power of heaven and earth.

Being able to unite hundreds of gods is an extremely rare formation, and it also consumes a huge amount of energy.

Just like in the Feixing War, hundreds of demigods from the Wanmo Civilization joined forces to form a formation and reached the initial stage of virtual god strength.

After all, in Shinto practice, individual differences are huge, and physical strength accounts for the majority, so how can they be mobilized and united at will?

"If thousands of demigods face a powerful virtual god, they will be slaughtered one-sidedly." Li Yuan thought: "But thousands of Yuanying demigods join forces to form a formation, which can completely suppress a powerful earthly immortal."

"Can this Earth Immortal Yingyun survive?" Li Yuan observed secretly.

……

It was covered by two layers of Tianluo formation.

Only a few seconds later, countless golden lights suddenly burst out and crushed heavily towards the Yuhe Mountain Range in the center of the formation. In an instant, the mountains and rivers were shattered, and the peaks were instantly turned into powder, and the earth roared and shook.

Tens of thousands of ordinary humans and countless wild beasts living in the mountains were instantly wiped out.

"Boom~" A huge formation appeared in the mountains, with countless green lights shining, blocking the golden light coming from above.

"Damned Daoting running dog." An angry shout resounded through the heavens and earth.

Whoosh!
A figure in a green robe rose into the sky. He was thin, with his hair tied up and his robes fluttering, and he even had an air of an immortal.

He stared at the warships that appeared in the void, as well as the numerous Nascent Soul cultivators and three Earth Immortals.

Under the double-layer Tianluo formation, it was almost impossible for him to escape.

"Master?"

"It's the Hou Mansion Army! The legendary Tianluo Formation? There are also many earthly immortals." Nearly a hundred Purple Mansion cultivators also rushed out from the formation below, and they were all terrified when they saw the scene in the void.

They are all nominal "disciples" of the Earth Immortal Yingyun.

"Damn it, Heavenly Luo Formation! How could they have so accurately captured the moment when my Dao weapon was about to be refined?" The eyes of the Earth Immortal Yingyun were cold, and he glanced at his group of disciples: "Someone informed on us?"

"All of you go to hell."

Puff~ Puff! Puff! With a thought, he activated the formation and killed dozens of his disciples.

"It is indeed the demon head of Yingyun. He is a murderer by nature and does not even spare his own disciples." Qingli Earth Immortal looked down at Yingyun Earth Immortal and said in a clear voice: "I am Qingli Earth Immortal, the guardian of the world. I am here to subdue the demon by the order of Dao Court."

"The old demon Yingyun has killed countless people. He is the most sinful of all the bloody shadows. He deserves to go to the Immortal Execution Platform and enter the hell of endless suffering." The voice of Qingli Earth Immortal boomed: "The Taoist Immortal Army has arrived. Why don't you surrender quickly?"

His voice resounded throughout the heavens and earth, as if by an invisible force, allowing it to be heard by countless ordinary and low-level cultivators in the vast area of ​​tens of thousands of miles.

"It turns out that it is the Dao Court that is subduing the demons."

"The Supreme Court of Tao."

"It's the devil's fault. No wonder there have been so many disasters over the years. Fortunately, the Daoting Dynasty is here to conquer the devil and keep us safe." Countless mortals knelt on the ground, looking forward to the devil being conquered.

For endless years, these countless mortals have believed in Tao Court.

And in the void of the formation.

"The sound can be transmitted tens of thousands of miles away? How is it possible? How can he, a Earth Immortal, do that? Even a peak Void God can't do it." Li Yuan was surprised. He raised his head slightly and looked into the void. He could vaguely feel an invisible force descending from the endless void and blessing the body of Qingli Earth Immortal: "Is it the power of Dao Court?"

this moment.

Just through this scene, Li Yuan had a deeper understanding of Dao Court and the Heavenly Dao of this world.

"Subdue the demons on the orders of the Taoist court? God will help you." Li Yuan recalled the words written in a Taoist canon that he had read.

At that time, Li Yuan thought it was a joke, but now it seems to be true.

……

"Haha, you say I'm a demon? I'm guilty of blood and blood and deserve to be beheaded?" The Earth Immortal Yingyun stood on the old nest formation, and his voice was also heard thousands of miles away: "Qingli, stop pretending to be a good person!"

"Those ordinary people don't know, don't I know it?"

"Aren't the so-called evil demons in this world secretly nurtured and released by your Dao Court Dynasty so that countless mortals can sincerely believe in Dao Court?" The Earth Immortal Yingyun sneered.

"Nonsense." Qingli Earth Immortal said coldly: "You have killed billions of mortals and are full of blood and sin. Did the dynasty force you to kill? A demon is a demon. You are still trying to make excuses when you are about to die!"

"Haha, I did kill countless mortals." The Earth Immortal Yingyun sneered, "But who among you imperial Dao Court immortals doesn't eat mortal blood and swallow spirits? As far as I know, the Anshun Marquisate alone has to contribute 'hundreds of billions of mortals' to the Changyun Dynasty every year as a blood tax, pulling out tendons and skinning, extracting spirits and refining souls."

“As for taking the golden elixir as spiritual material and refining the Nascent Soul into the immortal elixir, there is no need for me to say anything… You say I am a demon, and your Daoting Dynasty is even more of a demon.”

"It's just that when you are listed in the Immortal Book, you should avoid karma and sin." The Earth Immortal Yingyun said, "Otherwise, I see that you have already been punished by heaven, so how can you have merits now?"

"It's not that I'm a demon or you're a fairy, it's just that the laws of nature are unfair!"

"Is this Heavenly Way? Is it really held by the Immortals? I think it is better to call it the Evil Heavenly Way." The voice of the Earth Immortal Yingyun was booming, resounding through the heavens and earth.

Rumble~
Suddenly, the sky and the earth changed color, and countless lightning seemed to appear in the void, as if a heavenly punishment was approaching, which shocked the thousands of Nascent Soul cultivators.

And the immortal Yingyun, who had just appeared to be an immortal, was now covered in a little blood.

It is the manifestation of sin.

It has reached the level of bloody sin!!
"Yun, you have achieved immortality, but you don't know how to be grateful for the gift of heaven. How dare you speak nonsense about heaven and earth? Your crime is unforgivable." Qingli Earth Immortal said coldly: "You can't even enter the hell of endless suffering. Your soul will be scattered and you will never be reincarnated."

In this world, there is a theory of six realms of reincarnation.

Immortals gain great merits and can be reincarnated and return to the immortal path even after death. This is the pursuit of countless immortal practitioners.

"Reincarnation?"

"Reincarnation is nothing but a scam." The Earth Immortal Yingyun seemed to know that he had no chance of survival and wanted to vent his anger for a long time: "After a life of suffering in the mortal world, after death, the soul has to go to the underworld and be drained of its essence. The so-called reincarnation is nothing but a little spiritual light to nourish the 'reincarnation instrument'"

"I devour mortals and use their flesh, blood and souls to refine blood-demon weapons, so that their souls can be scattered. Then they will not have to suffer the pain of reincarnation in hell and will no longer have to be born in this world where evil spirits are rampant. They should thank me..." the Earth Immortal Yingyun shouted.

"He is deeply possessed by the devil, there is no hope!" Qingli Earth Immortal shouted coldly: "No need to argue with him anymore, kill him!"

boom--

The double-layered Liangluo formation exploded instantly, and countless golden lights enveloped it, transforming into golden halos that rushed forward.

"Ha ha!"

"Come on! Kill! Kill! Kill!" the Earth Immortal Yingyun shouted angrily, forming seals with his palms and the ground beneath his feet shook.

The formation of his lair that he had set up over a long period of time also completely erupted at this moment.

Rumble~ A huge green lotus platform emerged, the lotus leaves bloomed, and countless green lights bloomed, combining with the formation. The power was overwhelming, and the green light diffused.

The two major formations collided with each other.

For a moment, they were evenly matched.

"What a magical weapon." Qingli Earth Immortal's eyes lit up, and a trace of greed flashed in his eyes: "A late Earth Immortal, relying on this magic weapon combined with the formation, can actually resist the suppression of the two layers of the Tianluo formation? Even if it can only resist for a while, it is powerful enough."

"This treasure is destined to be with me."

"Heavenly Moon Sword!" Qingli Earth Immortal was filled with murderous intent and finally made his move.

The aura around him surged, and countless flying swords appeared. Hundreds of flying swords gathered together to form a terrifying sword formation.

He turned out to be a sword immortal.

A ray of sword light was born in the sword formation, whistling down, and the sword seemed to cut the sky and the earth apart, and the countless green lights were cut off in an instant.

"Sword Immortal?"

"Go!" A hint of madness flashed in the eyes of the Earth Immortal Yingyun. Countless silver threads appeared around him, and countless secret patterns of laws flowed on these silver threads.

Trying hard to block the terrifying sword light.

……

The Earth Immortal Qingli attacked, and with just a few moves, he had forced the Earth Immortal Yiyun into a desperate situation.

But as they fought, the aftermath of the horrific exchange was also stirring wildly.

Even with the protection of the formation, many Nascent Soul cultivators who formed the formation were unable to dodge and were still seriously injured, but no one died for the time being.

The counterattack of the Yingyun Earth Immortal became more and more terrifying.

"You want me to die? You want to get my magic weapon? You will get nothing!" The eyes of the Earth Immortal Yingyun were full of madness.

He suddenly activated a restriction in the core of the formation.

This restriction is connected to the magic weapon.

The purpose is only one - to self-destruct!
The formation exploded, and the green lotus platform under his feet turned into countless fragments, shooting in all directions.

This terrifying wave instantly annihilated the Earth Immortal Yingyun himself, and even his soul was directly annihilated.

The color of heaven and earth changes.

"Not good? This demon leader Yingyun is simply a lunatic." The face of Qingli Earth Immortal changed.

He never expected that the Earth Immortal Yingyun would leave such a special restriction in the source of Taoism at the beginning of refining the magic weapon.

Refining magic weapons in this way will cause the magic weapon's source to have inherent defects, and its power will be difficult to reach its extreme. But the advantage is that when encountering a desperate situation, the magic weapon can be directly self-destructed, making it impossible for the enemy to obtain the magic weapon.

"Protect yourself!" Qingli Earth Immortal retreated violently, countless sword energies surging to protect himself.

His strength was far above that of the Earth Immortal Yingyun, and they were nearly a thousand miles apart, so it was easy for him to protect himself even in the face of such a sudden change.

But those Nascent Soul cultivators who formed the formation were in bad luck in an instant.

Boom~ The power of the self-detonation of the formation and immortal-level magic weapon easily annihilated the countless golden lights.

"puff!"

"Puff!" "Puff!" Even though the two earthly immortals led the Tianluo formation and tried their best to resist, a large number of Nascent Soul cultivators still died.

There were also many Nascent Soul cultivators whose physical bodies were destroyed, leaving only their Nascent Souls to escape.

suddenly.

"call out!"

Beside the Earth Immortal Qingli, an inconspicuous sword energy suddenly shot out, mixed in with the aftermath of the Earth Immortal Yingyun's self-explosion, and attacked the area where Li Yuan was, actually pointing directly at Li Yuan.

"Qingli!"

"The target is indeed me. You want to destroy my body and take away my Nascent Soul to make the elixir?" A hint of coldness flashed in Li Yuan's eyes.

(End of this chapter)