Immortal weapon refiner

Chapter 1061 Attack
The Ghost Horned Clan's offensive was like fire; in just over ten days, nearly 30% of the human race's territory had fallen.

Black banners were planted in those famous cities. Hundreds of thousands of human cultivators died. Wherever the flames of war ignited, devastation and corpses littered the land!

However, the Ghost Horn Clan also suffered significant losses. Of its original million-strong army, more than 20% has been lost, including several clan leaders at the Integration Stage who perished.

Under the counterattack of the Dao Palace organization, the Ghost Horn Clan's fiery invasion finally slowed down, and their offensive was contained.

"Feixian City is in dire straits. The Fire Cloud Cave Master has been severely injured. It was only thanks to the combined efforts of the Five Elements Sect Master and the Feixian City Lord that the city was able to hold off the attack and has not yet fallen."

"The land of Flying Immortals must not be lost. Venerable Shenji and Elder Bai Ze, please set off to aid Flying Immortals City."

"Urgent report: The Niu family's Divine Ox Valley has been attacked. A total of seven tribes of enemies are besieging it. The Niu family has just sent an urgent message requesting reinforcements."

"Hmph, none of these True Spirit Families are worth our support. At the beginning of the war, they all ignored orders and chose to defend their own territories. Now that they've been attacked, they know to come for help!"

"It's strange. The Ghost Horn Clan seems to know a lot about the internal affairs of our human race. The Niu family is the only one among all the True Spirit families that has used up its chance to summon a True Spirit."

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During this period, the Dao Palace became the central hub for commanding the war across the entire human territory. Intelligence from all over the country was rapidly transmitted in, and then orders were issued from this place.

The human race's advantage lies in the defensive arrays of each major city, as well as the teleportation star arrays set up within the cities. This makes support highly mobile, and if any city is in dire straits, the Dao Palace's support can arrive immediately.

With such timely deployment, the Ghost Horned Tribe, whose forces had been dispersed, could no longer achieve the same fruitful results as in the early stages of the war, and the speed of their invasion and city breaching slowed down again and again.

The Dao Palace was finally able to catch its breath and begin to organize cultivators from various regions that had not been affected by the war to launch a counterattack.

Just as the battle was gradually reaching a stalemate, the task assigned to the Refining Heaven Pavilion was quite simple: to refine consumable forbidden artifacts needed by the Dao Palace during the war, and at the same time to guard the nearest Star River City.

For the past ten days or so, Star River City has not been attacked by the Ghost Horn Clan, and the cultivators in the Refining Heaven Pavilion have enjoyed peace and quiet. Apart from their daily weapon refining, they have been on standby at all times.

Inside the Wuji Palace, Li Qing temporarily abandoned the process of refining spiritual materials. The time required to forge the Immortal-Slaying Sword was considerable, and he did not want to be interrupted halfway through the process.

However, he was not idle. He had refined all the Extreme Ice Lichen he had obtained from the Winter Medicine Garden in the Ancient World of Myriad Treasures into Time Condensation Beads during this period.

This is also a powerful weapon of attrition; once a powerful cultivator at the Fusion stage is hit, they will be completely frozen and unable to take any action.

Perhaps due to the increase in luck, the refining of these Time Condensation Beads went quite smoothly. All the Extreme Ice Lichen was used up, and Li Qing refined a total of seventeen Time Condensation Beads!

"With these things, we shouldn't encounter anything life-threatening in this war."

Li Qing muttered to himself, he had great confidence in the Time Condensation Pearl. Even when facing a powerful Ghost Horn Clan member in the late stage of the Fusion Realm or even the perfected stage of the Fusion Realm, he had a chance of winning with this pearl.

In addition to the several heaven-reaching spiritual treasures he possessed, as well as the chaotic laws he had cultivated, he was capable of sweeping away all opponents below the Mahayana stage.

At that very moment, the sky above where the Refining Heaven Pavilion was located suddenly darkened, as if night had fallen prematurely.

An endless, eerie aura spread out, instantly enveloping all the halls within the Refining Heaven Pavilion. This aura was extremely sinister and contained boundless killing intent.

"They're here! The Demon Horned Clan has attacked!"

"This ghostly aura is the work of the Ghost Horn Clan. Be prepared for an enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

In an instant, the entire Refining Heaven Pavilion was placed under martial law, and everyone was extremely tense.

As this war of immortals has progressed, they have heard countless tragedies. Some important cities have been completely slaughtered, with corpses hanging upside down on the city walls, creating an extremely tragic scene.

Within the thick, eerie fog, scarlet pupils appeared.

"I've heard that the Refining Heaven Pavilion is the highest hall of human weapon refining techniques. My Ghost Horn Clan has always been tolerant of talented and extraordinary people. As long as you are willing to give up resistance, we will definitely spare your lives. You will even become honored guests in my Ghost Horn Clan. What do you say?"

Instead of taking action, some members of the Oni Horned Clan, hiding within the ghostly aura, began to persuade the enemy to surrender.

Human weapon refiners have always enjoyed an excellent reputation among all races. In times of peace, these powerful races would often recruit weapon refiners. Now that war has broken out between the two sides, the Ghost Horn Clan also wants to try to win them over.

Of course, the Refining Heaven Pavilion would never agree to such an attempt to win them over.

boom!
An extremely powerful aura rose up, and the Refining Heaven Pavilion Master, who had reached the peak of the Integration Stage, appeared. He spoke expressionlessly, "Do you think you are worthy to recruit the weapon refiners of my Refining Heaven Pavilion?"

"Since you're here today, none of you should leave."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Pavilion Master of the Refining Heaven Pavilion activated all the halls within the pavilion, including Li Qing's Wuji Hall, which simultaneously erupted with intense spiritual light.

Rumble!
Each palace erupted with a thunderous roar, and streaks of spiritual light intertwined, eventually transforming into a long, silver-white sword!

The Demon-Slaying Formation!
This is the strongest foundation of the Refining Heaven Pavilion. Every hall in the pavilion is made of treasures, and these halls are scattered within an extremely vast array. Each hall represents a node in the array.

Only the current Refining Heaven Pavilion Master has the highest authority to activate this formation. Once activated, all the palaces will provide spiritual power support, which will then transform into weapons of various forms with terrifying power.

The Lord of the Refining Heaven Pavilion stood at the top of his palace, his face cold and stern. He activated the silver-white longsword formed by the great formation and slashed it directly at the heavy ghostly mist.

hum!
This strike almost cleaved the heavens and the earth, and in an instant, every palace was bathed in a layer of silvery radiance.

"Roar!"

The ghostly aura gradually dissipated, and a mournful roar came from within, clearly indicating that the strike had been effective.

"Hmph, another bunch of stubborn fools. Since they can't be used by my clan, then kill them all!"

After the ghostly energy dissipated, powerful figures appeared in the world. There were a total of nineteen Ghost Horn Clan members at the Integration Stage, each with extremely strong strength.

"Nineteen Ghost Horn Clan members at the Integration Stage!" Some disciples were terrified, collapsing to the ground, their bodies limp. Li Qing slowly walked out of the Wuji Hall, his expression also quite solemn, because he clearly sensed that among these nineteen Ghost Horn Clan members, there were actually two at the Perfect Integration Stage and four at the Late Integration Stage!

Most of the remaining members were at the mid-stage of the Fusion Realm, while the few at the early stage of the Fusion Realm were clearly not easy to deal with, each of them exuding a strong killing intent.

"Instead of attacking Star River City, they headed straight for the Refining Heaven Pavilion. It seems they're here for the 'Refining Heaven Scripture'," Li Qing muttered to himself.

Clearly, the fact that the Human Celestial Venerable had refined the Chaos Profound Yellow Tower was no secret in the Tianyuan Continent, so it was not surprising that the Ghost Horn Clan would covet the Refining Heaven Pavilion.

Including Li Qing and the Pavilion Master, the Refining Heaven Pavilion only has twelve cultivators at the Integration stage. Among them, only five are Venerables who have comprehended the laws, while the remaining seven are at the early Integration stage. Their combat strength is probably rather ordinary. The only thing they can rely on is that they have enough spiritual treasures.

Without the protection of this high-level formation, the difference in strength between the two sides would be quite significant on paper.

"Let's prepare to break the formation. This human formation is really a troublesome thing. Fortunately, we have these little things bestowed by our ancestor."

One of the Ghost Horned Clan members, who was in the late stage of the Fusion Realm, sneered and then took out a purple brocade pouch.

After the purple brocade pouch was opened, a cloud of purple mist emerged from it, and a loud, piercing buzzing sound suddenly filled the world.

Upon seeing this, the Pavilion Master of the Refining Heaven Pavilion's expression changed slightly, because he discovered that the purple cloud was not real fog, but a cloud of insects formed by a large number of spirit insects!
"Oh no, these are the Purple-Gold Spirit-Devouring Insects! There are so many of them! Could it be that the insect race has also joined in?"

Purple-Gold Spirit-Devouring Insect!
The third most powerful race on the Tianyuan Continent is the Insect Race, which consists of all sorts of strange insects, each with its own unique abilities.

These Purple-Gold Spirit-Devouring Insects can only be raised and kept alive by some powerful insectoid beings at the Mahayana stage. Each one is a nemesis of spiritual power, capable of devouring the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, as well as the mana of cultivators and the spiritual power contained in various treasures or formations.

The sheer number of Purple-Gold Spirit-Devouring Insects clearly indicates the involvement of a Mahayana-stage expert from the Insect Clan; otherwise, the Ghost Horn Clan wouldn't possess such a vast number of Purple-Gold Spirit-Devouring Insects.

Although the Yellow Springs Ghost Mother did not manage to get any Mahayana stage experts from the insect race to help, she did bring a considerable number of Purple-Gold Spirit-Devouring Insects!

"No wonder the battle report mentioned that some important cities in the human territory were captured in a very strange way. The speed was too fast. Before the Dao Palace's support could arrive, the teleportation arrays in the cities had already fallen into the control of the Ghost Horn Clan."

During this time, Li Qing also kept a close eye on the war situation and intelligence in the human race's territory, and occasionally learned some information about the Dao Palace.

When he saw these purple-gold spirit-devouring insects, all his previous questions were answered. It was clear that the reason why those heavily fortified cities were breached so quickly was because of these strange spirit insects.

Buzz!

The purple-gold spirit-devouring insects soared in, densely packed like thick clouds, sending chills down the spines of all the cultivators present.

The Refining Heaven Pavilion Master moved swiftly. He manipulated the formation once more, instantly conjuring seventeen more weapons, including swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks, and forks!
All these weapons attacked the purple cloud of insects, but as soon as they touched the Purple-Gold Spirit-Devouring Insects, the weapons formed by the array completely disintegrated and collapsed.

This is almost the most powerful spirit insect among the Zerg, a true nemesis of spirit power!

The next moment, a large number of purple-gold spirit-devouring insects crawled to the edge of the formation and began to gnaw at the formation that had protected the Refining Heaven Pavilion for so long.

Soon, Li Qing sensed that his Wuji Palace was beginning to sway and collapse. Without the support of the array, the palace seemed about to fall.

"This is a huge problem! We can't just sit here and wait to die!" This was the first time Li Qing had ever heard of such a strange insect from the Zerg, which could ignore spiritual power and directly threaten the foundation of the formation.

If the formation is broken, then the disadvantages of the Refining Heaven Pavilion will be maximized.

Li Qing suddenly leaped into the air and summoned an ancient bronze bell.

Dangdang Dangdang!
He activated the Azure Bell with all his might, unleashing the vibrational laws within it.

The Zhongbo wave, imbued with the power of laws, swept everything away, and a large number of purple-gold spirit-devouring insects fell to the ground in swarms, as if they had suffered a severe blow.

Wow!
"A Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure? Or one that happens to possess the laws to restrain the Purple-Gold Spirit-Devouring Insects. Truly worthy of being the place with the highest level of human weapon crafting skills, they can even produce such a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure." A Ghost Horn Clan member with a crimson horn murmured, and then immediately used his profound skills to resist the waves of bell energy, barely protecting the remaining Purple-Gold Spirit-Devouring Insects.

This small number of Purple-Gold Spirit-Devouring Insects no longer poses a significant threat. Li Qing's unexpected attack earlier had caused nearly 90% of these insects to perish.

"Well done!" The Pavilion Master of Liantian breathed a sigh of relief and gave Li Qing a satisfied look.

He activated the formation again, but this time he could only barely condense five silver-white swords.

Clearly, the formation had been damaged by the horde of purple-gold spirit-devouring insects, making it unable to unleash its full power.

Seeing this, the Oni Horned Clan from the outside world also launched a fierce attack.

"Let's launch a full-scale attack. This great formation has been severely damaged and could collapse at any moment. Let's work together to completely destroy it."

Nineteen members of the Ghost Horn Clan, all at the Nascent Soul stage, gathered together and simultaneously activated a secret technique.

boom!
Suddenly, black Dao patterns appeared on the dome, followed by space tremors, and a giant war demon appeared from the void.

"Roar!"

The war demon charged toward the Refining Heaven Pavilion's grand formation and began attacking like a madman.

The Lord of the Refining Heaven Pavilion was also extremely decisive. He activated five silver-white swords and slashed at the Ghost Horn Clan members who had gathered together and were jointly activating the secret technique from five different directions.

One powerful war demon after another descended from the void, fearlessly attacking the Refining Heaven Pavilion's grand formation. These horned demons remained remarkably calm, showing no sign of wavering even when faced with the interception of five silver-white swords.

In the next instant, five white swords struck five Ghost Horn Clan members at the Integration Stage.

At the same time, under the attack of so many war demons, the Ten Thousand Soldiers Demon Extermination Formation of the Refining Heaven Pavilion collapsed with a crash.

Without the support of the formation, a large number of buildings and palaces fell from the sky.

(End of this chapter)