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Chapter 478 Wind and Fire

The windstorm and demonic energy were dispelled, the Demon King's legacy was interrupted, and the shot that fell from the sky instantly caused chaos among the demons.

Like hornets whose nest had been disturbed, the demons scattered and left Calabash Mountain. Those demons with the ability to fly immediately set their sights on Wu Chang, who was hovering in the air, while those without the ability to fly were attracted by the Wind Demon-Slaying Army, which was arrayed in the distance.

Yuan Yan, Su Wangyou, and other natives of the plane were previously filled with fear of the demons of Calabash Mountain. However, seeing Wu Chang's immortal methods of dispelling the wind disaster and suppressing the demonic energy all by himself, they developed even stronger confidence than the players.

A strong premonition arose in Yuan Yan's heart: with the Tang Clan involved, they might actually be able to win.

Faced with the surging tide of demons, he did not hesitate at all and began to direct the formation sand table that had been set up.

The players snapped out of their daze, adjusted to their optimal state, and prepared to face the onslaught from the horde of monsters.

Wind-attribute monsters mostly focus on speed, energy manipulation and transformation, and are not superior in terms of size and impact.

The monsters running at the front all had the strength of demon guards, but the largest one was only a three-meter-long monster that looked like a leopard, and a seven- or eight-meter-long wind monster carrying sand and stones.

In the previous Four Symbols Demon Extermination Formation, the players assigned to the Xuanwu clan switched to the outer side, activating their defensive skills to withstand the onslaught of the demons.

Players who were assigned to the Wind-Character Demon-Slaying Army and ranked in the top 100 of the combat power list took the initiative to meet up with several demons running at the front.

There may be differences between the individual strength of players and the monsters, but the skill effects of the Abyss game are even more unreasonable than spells. With the blessing of the Three-Ring Mutual Generation Array and the weakening effect of spiritual energy on the monsters, the Wind Army was able to withstand the first wave of attacks from the monsters.

After the instantaneous collision, when the demons at the forefront were exhausted and wanted to retreat to recharge, the players in the third ring of the three-ring formation, who were already prepared to charge up, launched an attack, causing heavy damage to the demons who had no time to defend.

While the demons at the forefront were injured and struggling, hindering the actions of the following demons, the Three-Ring Mutual Generation Formation began to cycle. Players in good condition in the inner ring began to switch positions with players in the inner and outer rings who were exhausted.

Most of the demons were not very intelligent, and without the deterrent power of their inherited power, they were like a disorganized mess, with no order to advance or retreat.

After withstanding the initial onslaught, the monsters fell into chaos. The wounded monsters tried to escape and fought with the monsters charging from behind.

When the surviving demons saw that some of them had died in the Demon-Slaying Army, their fighting spirit waned, and they picked up the corpses of other demons on the ground and prepared to flee.

Even the demons at the back of the line, halfway through their charge, looked bewildered and decided not to continue their attack, but instead wanted to leave the spiritual energy area as soon as possible.

Players arranged in a Three Powers Mutual Generation Formation, possessing absolute order, face a chaotic horde of demons constantly fighting amongst themselves and fleeing. The outcome is obvious.

At first, Yuan Yan adopted a conservative strategy, but seeing the situation, he adjusted his strategy and drove the Wind Breaking Demon Army forward slowly.

I thought it would be a fierce battle, but when it actually started, it turned out to be a one-sided, almost crushing victory.

Yuan Yan never dreamed that, despite being at a significant disadvantage in individual strength, his human cultivator side could achieve such a tremendous victory.

He understood perfectly well that he had achieved all of this not through human wisdom, nor through the power of the formation, nor through so-called faith or luck.

He looked up at the lightning bolt surrounded by countless dark shadows.

The reason for the victory was simply that Master Tang was like an immortal descending to earth, and he single-handedly restrained all the demon generals.

The reason why demon generals are called demon generals is not only because they are powerful, but also because demons gradually develop intelligence and master the power of the source, which allows them to make lower-ranking demons submit to them and obey their commands.

Although the demon guards were powerful, they did not have the power of a demon general to command ordinary demons. This is why the demon groups that the Wind-Character Demon-Breaking Army fought against immediately fell into chaos after the demon general's remaining power dissipated.

If a demon general participates, the demons will be fearless and launch endless attacks. As soon as the situation becomes even slightly tense, the Three-Ring Mutual Generation Formation, which is at a disadvantage in strength, will be unable to continue its cycle due to excessive consumption, and will turn into a pure melee.

Moreover, the addition of Grandmaster-level demon generals will itself plunge the Wind-Character Demon-Breaking Army into a fierce battle, bringing a huge burden.

The demon generals possess human intelligence and know that only through their control can ordinary demons unite as one. So why do they still attack Master Tang with all their might instead of sending down a few demon generals?

The answer is simple: whoever comes down will die.

Whenever a demon general tries to leave the aerial battle, whether by escaping or controlling ordinary demons, Wu Chang will spot them and deliver a shot.

Even the old turtles in Dongshan Lake, whose innate talent is defense, couldn't withstand a single shot from Wu Chang, let alone the fragile wind-attribute monsters gathered in Calabash Mountain.

Realizing that leaving would mean death, the demon generals banded together and charged at Wu Chang, intending to kill the powerful human in front of them first.

However, the more they fought, the more they realized something was wrong.

As a human, Wu Chang's body was extremely small. Given the size of the demon generals, at most only three demon generals could fight against Wu Chang.

Wind-attribute demons are known for their speed, but Wu Chang, who has obtained the Martial Luck and Immortal Fortune, has reached a state of returning to simplicity in combat. Although the demons move quickly, he can see through their attack trajectories and predict their landing points as soon as they make a move.

He doesn't need to be fast; he only needs to swing his spear and intercept the monsters' attacks in the middle to later stages of their trajectory, before they reach their peak power, to easily neutralize their attacks.

He could block the demon's attacks, but when the demon clashed with the spear in his hand, it would be forced to withstand the immense force of Wu Chang's spear.

With 330 points of Strength attribute, combined with Martial Luck, the damage dealt to demons and evil spirits is increased by 50%. Anyone touched by his spear will inevitably suffer broken bones.

If we don't use our physical attacks but instead use our innate spells, will we be fine?
Of course not.

When Wu Chang's spear touches a magical attack, it will unleash a bolt of lightning that travels along the magic path and strikes the monster that cast the spell.

The Heavenly Thunder in the Five Thunder Technique is mainly used to subdue demons and eliminate evil spirits; it is the nemesis of monsters.

Wu Chang's true form possesses the Abyss Python Transformation, which is an energy attribute specialty. Even though he cannot stack attributes like his true self, his energy attribute reaches 423 points after being amplified by the Breakthrough Master and the Transformation.

The monster that was struck by his lightning was more seriously injured than if it had been shot.

If a demon guard is struck by heavenly lightning, he will die instantly. A wind-attribute demon general can barely survive a lightning strike by manipulating energy, but he will be severely injured and lose at least 60% of his strength, making it difficult for him to survive the next attack.

If he hadn't wanted to keep a low profile and not attract too much attention, the battle in the sky would have ended much faster than the battle on the ground.

Even though he was trying to control it, the demon generals who realized something was wrong in the second half and started to scatter and flee still forced him to increase the frequency of the battle.

In less than ten minutes, he single-handedly wiped out all the high-end combat power of the monsters in Calabash Mountain.

He then withdrew the lightning from his body and floated alone in the air, keeping a watchful eye on whether any demon kings were approaching, while waiting for the battle below to end.

An hour later, seeing that the demon was struggling to survive, the Wind Demon-Slaying Army stopped maintaining the Three-Ring Mutual Generation Formation and entered the stage of freely finishing off the demon and sealing its energy. Only then did he slowly descend from the sky.

He landed back in the Wind-Character Demon-Slaying Army formation, where he met the gazes of Yuan Yan, Su Wangyou, and others.

They said nothing, only stared at Wu Chang with the eyes of someone looking at a monster, creating a silent zone.

To break the awkward atmosphere, Wu Chang took a deep breath and said:
"The Wind Demon King's legacy within Calabash Mountain is searching for a new successor. These demon generals must have been summoned here."

"The number of demons exceeded my expectations. Thanks to everyone working together with me, we were able to barely defeat the demons of Calabash Mountain after a hard battle."

Wu Chang's words only made the expressions of the crowd become even stranger.

If we only consider the comparison of the two sides' combat strength, this battle can not only be called a bitter battle, but it is no exaggeration to call it a battle of desperate circumstances.

But what is the reality?
Because the demon horde itself was in chaos, and whenever there was a crisis, Madam Tang would draw her sword to resolve it.

In the battle formation on the ground, only some of the demon-slaying soldiers were injured by the demons in time to change positions, or were severely overdrawn and weakened. Facing the demons who were stronger than the others, not a single member of the Wind Demon-Slaying Army was killed.

As for the battle in the sky, everyone witnessed it.

Those demon guards and demon generals whom the Human Alliance considered major enemies could not withstand more than two moves from Sect Leader Tang. Yuan Yan was initially worried about Wu Chang, but later began to worry about Emperor Zhaoning.

With such a monster guarding the Human Alliance, once the Demon Realm is breached and the Ziwei Exorcising Array is dispelled, the Great Xuan Dynasty will likely never rise again.

The Celestials didn't know much about the Great Xuan, assuming that all Earth Immortals in the Human Alliance possessed this level of skill. However, as the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, he knew that even if Lü Changgeng, Tao Xian, and An Rong were all combined, they still wouldn't be able to match Sect Leader Tang's performance today. He even suspected that Sect Leader Tang had already obtained other immortal opportunities before acquiring the Kaiyang Immortal Mansion's immortal opportunity. Only by possessing more than one immortal opportunity and mastering its integration could his current strength be explained.

I must go back and tell His Majesty that we must act as soon as possible and take advantage of the Humanity Alliance's neglect of the Tang Clan to win the Tang Clan over to the side of the Great Xuan Dynasty.

After two days, the players had become quite skilled at collecting monster corpses and absorbing demonic energy, and quickly cleaned up the battlefield.

This battle was very fruitful. After counting, a total of 1,630 demon corpses were found, which filled all the remaining 3,000 demon-suppressing blood talismans of the Wind Demon-Breaking Army in one go, with 400 to 500 demon corpses left over.

Adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, Wu Chang took out the Tiangang Exorcising Sword forged by Lü Changgeng. The sword could only hold a limited amount of demonic energy, and after absorbing the demonic energy from the corpses of sixty or seventy demons, it was already saturated.

The remaining demon corpses were buried and sealed around Calabash Mountain by Yuan Yan to preserve them as much as possible. If the number of demon-suppressing blood talismans was insufficient, people would be sent to retrieve them.

The effect of the calamity-averting banner lasted for two hours. After two hours, the demonic energy around Calabash Mountain slowly recovered.

Perhaps sensing that there were no demons around who could inherit the Wind Demon King's legacy, Calabash Mountain stopped releasing black winds and fell into silence, just like when the Azure Feather Bird had just died.

Wu Changxian told the Wind Demon-Slaying Army to wait outside the mountain, and then he entered Calabash Mountain again through the previous entrance.

After a simple test, he arrived at the altar for the sacrificial ceremony.

Perhaps it was the activation of the Ziwei Exorcising Array that led to the changes in the sacrificial ceremony.

Upon seeing the altar of worship again, he could clearly sense the essence within it.

He followed his inspiration and ascended the altar, projecting his consciousness into it. The next moment, he entered a state of spiritual reverie.

Just like the ancient sacrificial ceremony he had witnessed through the altar, although he was inside Calabash Mountain, he was overlooking the entire Tianlan Province.

He saw the Ritual Temple in Zhenyue City, he saw Shuanghu City, and he saw the Fire-Character Demon-Slaying Army in the Demon Realm where his true self resided.

Just as he was trying to see more clearly, the demonic energy in the demon realm began to stir as he peered in, showing a faint tendency to converge towards Calabash Mountain.

He quickly exited his trance state, preventing the sacrificial ceremony from proceeding further.

Completing the sacrificial ceremony in the Demon Realm is extremely difficult. Even if the four sacrificial altars are retrieved, the complete ceremony is activated, and four Earth Immortals guide the process, it is still difficult to withstand the pressure.

Lü Changgeng even had to make numerous arrangements and rely on the help of celestial beings in order to barely get through the third stage of the sacrificial ceremony.

Currently, the three altars are still under the control of the demon. If this continues, even if he has the calamity-averting banner, it will be directly swallowed up by the massive demonic energy, leaving him powerless to fight back.

He was still far from launching the sacrificial ceremony, but activating the first stage of divine travel allowed him to imprint his consciousness onto the altar of the wind disaster.

The Altar of Wind Calamity has taken his shape. As long as his imprint of consciousness remains, the wind calamity energy cannot dominate, so there is no need to worry about the birth of the next Wind Demon King.

"You have gained control of the Altar of Sacrifice to Heaven for the Wind Calamity. You have made a great contribution to the Great Xuan Royal Family in eliminating demons and upholding justice. Contribution value +3000"

"Your current contribution value is 7550, ranking 1st among all players."

The pop-up notification also announced his ownership of the Windstorm Altar.

The mission of the Wind Demon-Slaying Army is now complete. Next, they should leave the Demon Realm and wait for the Ziwei Exorcising Array to be fully formed.

On the other side, Wu Changzhen's Fire-Character Demon-Slaying Army was also advancing on its second day.

The density of demons in the direction where the Fire-Character Demon-Slaying Army was located was similar to that on the first day, with no significant difference.

However, the frequency of appearances of demons at the level of Demon Captain and above has decreased significantly.

In the entire morning, they only managed to kill three demon captains; they didn't even see a shadow of a demon guard or demon general.

It seems that the high-level monsters were summoned in some way and collectively left their territory.

Is the Fire Demon King's place of inheritance also choosing a new successor?
An Rong doesn't have the Omniscient Crystal, but he has other ways to obtain information.

The dimensional rule that humans and demons cannot coexist only applies to humans and demons; it does not apply to ordinary animals.

An Rong caught a few birds and, through his talent for communicating with animals, easily learned from them that the changes in the surroundings had occurred five days ago, shortly after the world instance had just begun.

It was evening when a fiery cloud streaked across the sky, and then, as if guided, the powerful demons headed toward the Fire Demon King's territory.

After learning the information, An Rong stopped getting entangled with the minor characters among the demons and, like Wu Chang himself, ordered the Fire Army to accelerate their approach to the place of the Fire Demon King's inheritance.

On the way to the place where the Fire Demon King inherited his legacy, An Rong told Wu Chang, Leng Shan and others about the Fire Demon King's territory.

The three demon kings of earth, water, and wind all have their inheritance sites in the wild, except for the demon king of fire, whose inheritance site is located in the city.

The place where it is inherited is called Xinwu City. In ancient mythology, it is said that this place was once a grove of phoenix trees that could attract phoenixes to roost, hence the name Phoenix Perching Forest.

Perhaps due to the depletion of spiritual energy, myths and cultivators disappeared together. The Phoenix Perch Forest, which was once surrounded by white birds, was also burned to the ground in a great fire, leaving only a wasteland.

The burned wasteland was fertile and suitable for planting, so it was later used as farmland.

To ensure bountiful harvests year after year, the villagers developed a belief in fire, hoping that the great fire that created this fertile land would keep it forever rich.

As it has developed, the original village has become the present-day Xinwu City, but the belief in fire remains.

The largest temple in Xinwu City enshrines a bronze pine tree, which is 20 meters tall and exquisitely carved, with an appearance almost indistinguishable from a real sycamore tree.

However, after the outbreak of the demon realm, this temple dedicated to fire and wood became the place of succession for the Fire Demon King, attracting the previous Fire Demon King, Zhu Yinhai.

Instead of killing all the city's residents, Zhu Yinhai kept them in captivity, absorbing their fear and anxiety to fuel his own fiery heart.

When An Rong explored the Demon Realm, he witnessed the miserable state of the people in Xinwu City, which fueled his anger. He led his men to hunt down Zhu Yinhai, intending to kill the weakest demon king mentioned in the intelligence and rescue the people of Xinwu City.

As a result, they fell into Zhu Yinhai's trap, not only failing to exorcise the demon but also causing the deaths of two accompanying grandmasters.

After explaining the background of Xinwu City, An Rong said:
"Now that the Ziwei Exorcising Array has been activated, and the Great Xuan is fortunate to have the help of all the celestial beings, which has enabled us to assemble such a powerful demon-slaying army. This is the best time to rescue the people of Xinwu City."

Wu Chang and the others had no objection to what An Rong wanted to do, but in Wu Chang's opinion, this trip would probably not be so easy.

Because when they entered the area within a hundred miles of Xinwu City, the surroundings were not filled with the atmosphere of fire like Hulu Mountain.

This indicates that the Fire Demon King's inherited power in Xinwu City has found a new Fire Demon King and no longer needs to emit calamity energy to attract demons.

In other words, the girl with the tiger teeth and the group of peripheral members of the Light Society who were injured here before were all injured by the new Fire Demon King.

Without the obstruction of fire-generating gas, the Fire-Character Demon-Slaying Army moved extremely fast. They chose to set off later, but their arrival time in Xinwu City was almost the same as when Wu Chang's main body arrived at Hulu Mountain.

Upon arriving at the site of the Fire Demon King's legacy, the members of the Fire Demon-Slaying Army looked at An Rong with puzzled expressions.

An Rong frowned, his eyes also showing surprise and doubt.

What appeared before them was not the new Wucheng that An Rong had mentioned, but a huge grove of sycamore trees.

However, the phoenix trees in the grove are not real phoenix trees, but rather ink-wash phoenix trees drawn with a brush.

It seems that to get to Xinwucheng, one must first pass through this ink-wash grove of plane trees.

(End of this chapter)