Gou in the world of comprehension

Chapter 1432: Fellow Daoist, Please Stay
Haoran and the others activated the crossbows, unleashing a barrage of dark blue arrows, each accompanied by a sharp, piercing whistle, from all directions towards the ninth-tier flying beast that had descended from the sky.

The moment the dark blue arrow pierced the sky, it seemed to dye the entire heavens into an icy blue inferno.

The colossal beast, with a wingspan of hundreds of feet, was as majestic as a floating mountain, yet its movements were incredibly agile.

With just three slight flaps of its fleshy wings, the resulting gale shattered several dark blue light arrows into fragments.

But they were a fraction too slow. A crossbow bolt, imbued with spiritual patterns, pierced the left wing precisely, blasting open a bloody hole about ten feet in diameter. Thick beast blood poured down like a torrential rain.

However, this injury was nothing more than a superficial wound to a ninth-tier beast. It let out a deafening roar and its massive body still crashed into the spiritual energy shield of the defensive array like a meteorite.

"Rumble..."

With a deafening roar, the enormous beast with a wingspan of hundreds of feet slammed into the spiritual energy shield of the defensive array.

The already dim and lifeless spiritual energy shield shattered instantly, and billions of points of light vanished into the void like shooting stars.

Fortunately, the Divine Lord Haoran had made arrangements in advance, with layers of defensive formations surrounding the valley forming a mutually reinforcing network.

As soon as the beast smashed through the first barrier, it keenly sensed the approaching second wave of arrows and hurriedly flapped its wounded wings to soar into the sky, narrowly avoiding a fatal sniper attack.

Just as Haoran and the others finished firing their second volley of crossbow bolts and were busy loading their third specially made arrow, another ninth-tier beast circling in the air seized the fleeting opening and swooped down like a black lightning bolt.

These strange beasts were clearly tactically astute, precisely calculating the firing intervals of the divine crossbows and launching surprise attacks when the group was reloading their arrows.

"Rumble..."

The second defensive array collapsed with a deafening crash, and the shockwave of spiritual energy uprooted ancient trees several miles away.

"Whizzing……"

As a series of ear-piercing whistling sounds rang out again, several dark blue light arrows shot out like venomous snakes, heading straight for the second strange beast that was about to ascend.

However, these top-grade crossbow bolts, specially crafted to target ninth-tier beasts, were all evaded by the opponent with unbelievable agility.

The expressions of Haoran and the others grew increasingly grave, and fine beads of cold sweat appeared on their foreheads. At this rate, the defensive line outside the valley would collapse completely in less than half an hour.

"They're here again...they're here again..."

At this moment, the cultivators on the outer defense line of the valley shouted loudly.

Only then did Haoran and the others raise their divine crossbows again, firing beams of dark blue light at the swooping ninth-tier flying beasts.

At this moment, the third ninth-tier beast spread its wings, which blotted out the sky, and swooped down with a destructive aura.

The dark blue arrows fired by Haoran and others wove a net of death across the sky.

This strange beast was far more ferocious than anyone could have imagined, ignoring the rain of arrows and charging straight down.

Even with two crossbow bolts deeply embedded in its spine, its massive body still smashed through the third defensive array like a battering ram.

Although the arrows crafted by the human master craftsmen can pierce the skin of ninth-tier beasts, they are completely unable to stop their frenzied attacks unless they hit a vital spot.

Now, of the defensive formations that Haoran and the others set up outside the valley, only the last one remains.

The last spiritual energy shield was also dimmed by the endless impacts from the flying beasts. Even without the impacts from the ninth-tier flying beasts, it wouldn't last much longer.

"Senior Brother Haoran, let's go..."

"That's right, senior brother, it'll be too late if we leave now..."

"Senior brother, this star gate can no longer be defended..."

"Let's split up and escape while we still have time..."

Seeing that the only remaining defensive array outside the valley was already in imminent danger, the voices of Haoran Divine Venerable's fellow disciples trembled, clearly indicating that they had already considered retreating.

In their view, continuing to hold out would only increase casualties, and withdrawing as soon as possible was the best course of action.

Haoran, the Divine Lord, gazed at the crumbling last line of defense and sighed heavily.

He really doesn't want to give up.

However, the current situation is beyond human control, and further delay will only lead to total annihilation.

"唳...唳..."

Just as he was about to give the order to retreat, several ninth-tier beasts in the sky suddenly let out extremely mournful cries.

Although they didn't know what had happened, they could clearly feel an endless sense of desolation from the mournful cries of the several ninth-tier flying beasts.

Haoran God's eyes narrowed, and an idea popped into his mind.

Could it be...

The fellow disciples beside him looked at each other, completely bewildered. Their imaginations were not as vast as those of the Divine Lord Haoran, and they clearly hadn't kept up with his train of thought.

In the blink of an eye, the two ninth-tier flying beasts in the air roared and flew away into the distance.

Haoran God's eyes lit up immediately. He knew that his judgment was correct. The ninth-order flying beast that had just flown into the distance must have encountered an accident.

At least the terrifying being that just unleashed that crimson pillar of light should not be an enemy of human cultivators.

This unexpected turn of events rekindled hope in his desolate heart.

Perhaps things will turn around, and maybe this star gate can be saved.

Haoran the God had a beautiful dream, but reality soon dealt him a heavy blow.

"Senior brother, that ninth-tier beast in the sky is here again..."

Hearing the shouts of his fellow disciples, Haoran God Venerable suddenly raised his head and discovered that the only remaining ninth-tier flying beast in the air was swooping down with an even more ferocious aura.

He closed his eyes in anguish; it seemed there was no way to save him.

Just as he was about to order a retreat, a colossal demonic body, over a thousand feet tall, suddenly appeared in the distant sky.

The figure swept across dozens of miles like lightning, carrying a terrifying pressure that could change the color of heaven and earth, and instantly arrived at the front of the valley defense line.

"Snapped……"

At this moment, the snake-headed beast in the air was almost within reach, but the demonic body suddenly reached out and grabbed its neck as if catching a chick.

"Aww..."

With a deafening roar, the demonic figure grabbed the snake-headed beast by the neck and slammed the enormous beast, with a wingspan of hundreds of feet, onto the ground.

"Rumble..."

The enormous beast, with a wingspan of hundreds of feet, was slammed to the ground with a deafening roar.

The earth trembled violently, and a bottomless crater suddenly appeared.

The ninth-tier flying beast let out a series of mournful cries, struggling to flap its pair of fleshy wings in an attempt to take flight.

Before it could even make a few flaps, its head was crushed by the massive demonic body, which was over a thousand feet tall, and its purplish-black brain matter mixed with blood splattered everywhere.

This infamous ninth-tier beast was easily killed without even having the power to fight back.

Haoran and the others were completely stunned, their mouths agape, unable to utter a word.

This completely overturned their understanding.

That was a ninth-tier beast from the "Mountain and Sea Realm," yet it was so easily crushed.
The great battle between "New Guangtian" and "Mountain and Sea Realm" was extremely fierce, but very few of the top-level combatants on both sides perished.

Especially among the ninth-tier flying beasts, as far as Haoran God Venerable knows, there has never been a battle report of one falling.

"This...this is a demon cultivator..."

"Nonsense... Where would we get demons from in Xin Guangtian..."

"This must be a blood-fusion technique from the demonic path, but even demonic cultivators shouldn't possess such power."

"Even in our 'New Guangtian' demonic sect, we've never seen a demonic cultivator this terrifying..."

Haoran, the Divine Lord, frowned deeply. The aura emanating from this thousand-foot-tall demonic body was clearly that of a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, yet in his more than ten thousand years of life, he had never heard of such a person in Xin Guangtian. The terrifying aura emanating from this colossal demonic body, over a thousand feet tall, was clearly that of a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

"唳...唳..."

At that moment, two mournful cries came from afar, their sounds filled with an indescribable sorrow.

The surrounding airspace was teeming with flying beasts. Seeing the ninth-tier beast fall, they simultaneously unleashed a series of piercing, mournful cries, launching a suicidal charge towards the demonic body like a tidal wave.

Su Fan's eyes narrowed, and the green pupil in the vertical eye on his forehead began to dart around.

Centered on him, a terrifying aura, visible to the naked eye, swept outwards in all directions like a monstrous, overwhelming wave.

In an instant, countless flying beasts, as if blotting out the sky, appeared above the valley. As if crushed by an invisible force, their heads exploded and they crashed to the ground with a series of crackling sounds.

Such overwhelming pressure would leave even low-level beasts momentarily bewildered, let alone cultivators at the Integration Realm.

Even Haoran and the others behind the defensive line felt a sudden darkness before their eyes. Although they regained their senses after a moment, they felt a chill run down their spines and straight to the back of their heads.

For a brief moment, they were completely powerless to resist.

They certainly knew what that brief moment meant.

If a cultivator is momentarily confused during a battle, it is enough for their opponent to kill them on the spot.

Especially Haoran, the God of War, immediately guessed who this enormous demonic body, over a thousand feet tall, was.

He never expected that a cultivator of unknown origin in the Void Refinement Realm would possess such heaven-defying strength.

Haoran the God Venerable is an old monster who has lived for over ten thousand years and is at the Integration Realm. In any case, he has never encountered a more powerful being than this kid in the entire "New Guangtian".

This kid is a prodigy.

He's only at the Refinement Realm right now; if he were to break through to the Integration Realm, that would be quite something.

In just a short while, more than half of the flying beasts that had filled the sky above the valley were wiped out by Su Fan's "True Dragon Might".

Even the flying beasts that managed to survive were forced to land and prostrate themselves on the ground by the overwhelmingly terrifying dragon's might.

They were terrified, trembling and too afraid to move, not even daring to lift their heads.

At this moment, an eerie silence fell over the world, and time seemed to stand still.

Everyone stared in disbelief, their mouths agape, utterly dumbfounded, their eyes wide with disbelief.

They couldn't even believe their eyes, because it was so surreal.

The incredibly terrifying ninth-tier beast of the "Mountain and Sea Realm" was utterly and effortlessly slaughtered by him.

The endless flying beasts that were just moments ago were easily dealt with by him all by himself.

"唳...唳..."

Just then, a mournful cry echoed from the distant horizon once more, breaking the silence of the battlefield.

Two enormous flying beasts with wingspans of hundreds of feet came hurtling towards them from the distant horizon.

They had just discovered the remains of one of their own kind in the distance, and now, blinded by rage, they were charging towards it recklessly.

Haoran and the others tensed up instantly. After all, Su Fan had just launched a sneak attack, and now he was facing two ninth-tier flying beasts at the same time. Whether he could withstand them was still unknown.

At this moment, Su Fan had already turned around, his scarlet eyes fixed on the two ninth-tier flying beasts that were rushing towards him.

To be honest, after killing two ninth-tier flying beasts in succession, he didn't really think this thing was that powerful.

Their physical bodies are no match for those of demon cultivators, and they cannot unleash supernatural powers. When fighting, they mainly rely on brute force to strike with their physical bodies.

Aside from having an extraordinary immunity to spiritual magic and Taoist arts, it can be said to be utterly useless.

The exotic beasts of the "Mountain and Sea Realm" may have a certain advantage over the human Taoist cultivators of "New Guangtian".

But when they met Su Fan, they were nothing at all.

His sheer physical strength alone is enough to completely overwhelm the strange beasts of the "Mountain and Sea Realm".

Therefore, even if they were ninth-tier beasts, they were no different from delivering vegetables to Su Fan's door when facing his strongest demonized body.

At this moment, the roars of the two ninth-tier beasts shook the clouds, causing the air to distort wherever they passed.

They had clearly learned from the fall of their kind, and did not rush close. Instead, they attacked from both sides, wielding their sharp claws to cover Su Fan's demonic body.

Su Fan's lips curled into a cold smile. As soon as he had the thought, a pitch-black greatsword several tens of feet long suddenly appeared in his hand.

His enormous demonic body, over a thousand feet long, twisted half a circle at the last second, dodging the claws of a strange beast, and then slashed down with his sword.

"puff……"

The pitch-black "Demon-Slaying Sword" instantly severed the fleshy wings of the ninth-tier alien beast.

"Wow..."

The massive beast, now stripped of its wings, let out a mournful wail and plummeted from the sky, crashing heavily to the ground and instantly crushing the low-level beasts lying prostrate there into a bloody pulp.

Su Fan's enormous demonic body, over a thousand feet long, nimbly turned around.

His left foot swept down like a battering ram, sending the enormous beast flying and crashing through seven mountain ridges before landing with a thud.

Su Fan's figure vanished from the sky in an instant, sweeping across dozens of miles like lightning, and appeared in front of the ninth-tier beast.

He grabbed its left wing, and the massive beast's body felt as light as a toy in his hands.

Su Fan did not immediately kill the beast, but instead used it as a weapon, swinging it around and smashing it at the strange beast whose fleshy wings he had cut off.

"Boom..."

The two ninth-tier beasts collided violently, the crisp sound of bones shattering mixed with mournful cries echoing through the valley for a long time.

Haoran and the others watched with twitching eyelids. This was no battle of magic; it was clearly a one-sided massacre.

The power of that demonic body simply broke through the limits of a cultivator's understanding. It held its own against the physical body of a ninth-tier beast with its bare hands, and even completely overwhelmed it.

The beast that had been used as a weapon was already dead from that violent impact.

Su Fan stared intently at the beast whose fleshy wings he had severed, his bloodshot eyes fixed on it. Then he stepped across the devastated battlefield, each step causing the earth to tremble violently.

For the first time, fear appeared in the eyes of that strange beast. It turned to flee, but having lost one of its wings, it could not fly and could only struggle to crawl forward.

Su Fan walked over, grabbed its last remaining fleshy wing, pressed his right foot firmly against its neck, and pulled hard with all his might.

"Wow..."

The final, mournful cry abruptly ceased, and the ninth-tier beast had been torn in two by Su Fan.

Dark purple blood spurted everywhere, corroding the ground and creating sizzling pits.

Su Fan shook the beast blood off his hands, then looked around and glanced at the flying beasts scattered around him, lying prostrate on the ground.

"Boom..."

Su Fan suddenly raised his foot and stomped hard on the ground, killing all the remaining flying beasts around him.

At this moment, the valley defense line was deathly silent, with only the tattered battle flags fluttering in the wind, proving that a tremendous and bloody battle had just taken place here.

Having done all this, Su Fan slowly turned around, his enormous demonic body, over a thousand feet tall, walking away into the distance.

"Fellow Taoist, please stay..."

Hearing Haoran God's call, Su Fan did not stop, but continued to walk forward.

I've already protected the gate to the starry sky for you, what more do you want?

(End of this chapter)