You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The white monster was the first to crash into the city's protective light barrier!
It was even more ferocious than last night, its body stained with dark red blood that had not yet dried, exuding an overwhelming aura of ferocity!

With its claws, comparable to those of adamantite, and its terrifying brute force, it frantically tore and rammed against the light barrier! Each attack caused the already fragile protective light barrier to vibrate violently, its light flickering erratically!

Ordinary monsters followed closely behind, like a black tide, crashing against the light barrier from all directions!

"Hold on!"

Some cultivators who had not yet escaped from the city shouted in despair, futilely injecting spiritual power into the array nodes in an attempt to reinforce the defense.

However, how could this makeshift stronghold's array compare to the meticulously prepared large safe zone from the previous night? Under the frenzied attacks of the white monsters and the surging tide of other monsters, it only held out for less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea—

"Snap—!!!"

A crisp cracking sound rang out, and the protective light barrier, like shattered glass, turned into countless points of light and was completely annihilated!
"Roar--!!!"

The monsters roared with excitement and surged in like a flood bursting its banks! Screams, sounds of fighting, and the explosions of magic instantly filled the night sky!

This ruined city was instantly transformed into a living hell! The cultivators either scattered and fled or fought desperately, but under the overwhelming numbers and terrifying pressure of the white demons, they were quickly defeated and suffered heavy casualties!

The courtyard where Chen Yang and his group of five lived was initially spared from the first wave of attacks due to its remote location.

But soon, a few monsters, while chasing the fugitives, discovered this "little bubble" that emitted a faint golden light and looked somewhat special.

"Roar!"

Several hyena-like, incredibly fast monsters pounced first, their sharp claws viciously grabbing at the pale golden light shield!

"Bang! Sizzle—!"

The expected breakage did not occur.

The moment the monster's claws touched the light shield, the mysterious composite patterns on the surface of the light shield suddenly lit up!
An overwhelming force of recoil, accompanied by a piercing pain that seemed to pierce the soul, sent the demons flying backward with screams. Black smoke billowed from their claws, as if they had been branded with hot irons. When they landed, they were already badly injured. They stared at the light barrier in terror, not daring to approach it again.

"It's blocked! It really is blocked!"

Upon seeing this, Qiuniu let out a low cry of excitement, feeling half relieved.

Xing San and Su Meng also showed joy on their faces.

However, their joy was short-lived, as an even greater crisis was about to unfold!
The white demon, which was rampaging through the city like a demon god, seemed to have sensed the unusual energy fluctuations and the abnormality of its minions.

It suddenly turned its head, and its scarlet eyes, filled with savagery and cruelty, instantly locked onto the small courtyard that was radiating a pale golden light!

"Roar--!!!"

With a deafening roar full of provocation and rage, the white monster abandoned its other targets and rushed out of the courtyard in a few leaps, its massive body like a white lightning bolt, carrying a bloody wind!
Its scarlet eyes were fixed on Chen Yang and the other four people inside the light barrier, especially Chen Yang, who was standing at the very front, calmly facing it.

Oh no!
It...it's coming!"

Su Meng turned pale with fright and instinctively took a step back.

Liu Piaopiao clenched her fists nervously, her palms sweating profusely.

Without any hesitation, the white demon raised its massive claw, powerful enough to split mountains and shatter rocks, and slammed it down on the pale golden light barrier with suffocating power and dense demonic energy!
"BOOM—!!!"

The entire courtyard seemed to tremble! The surface of the light shield shone brightly with golden light, and countless mysterious "Dao patterns" and "water patterns" flowing like water waves flashed and intertwined wildly!
A strange power, heavy as a mountain yet supple as water, erupted, not only blocking the terrifying attack but also rapidly dissipating and dispersing the violent demonic energy contained in the palm!
A hint of surprise flashed in the white demon's eyes. It felt as if its attack had struck the toughest hide, or sank into a bottomless quagmire. Its power was being dissipated layer by layer, and its demonic energy was being rapidly purified! The recoil even made its massive claws feel numb and tingly!
"Roar!"

It refused to believe it and roared angrily, unleashing both claws to bombard the light shield like a storm!

"BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!"

The dull thud of the impact, like the beating of drums, echoed through the night sky! The pale golden light shield rippled violently under the ferocious attack, its surface constantly rippling, as if it might shatter at any moment.

But no matter how hard the white monster tried, the light shield held on stubbornly. The fusion of the "Dao patterns" and "water patterns" showed amazing defensive resilience. Most of each attack was neutralized, and the remaining impact was evenly distributed throughout the entire light shield structure, making it impossible to form an effective breakthrough point!

"No...it won't be breached, will it?"

Qiu Niu watched the breathtaking fluctuations of the light shield, his heart, which had just been at ease, jumped into his throat again, and his voice trembled slightly.

Chen Yang remained standing at the edge of the light barrier, staring directly at the frantically attacking white demon outside, without showing much tension on his face.

He smiled faintly when he heard Qiuniu's words.

"Don't be afraid, just wait and see the show."

His almost defiant calm demeanor completely enraged the white monster!

The white monster stopped its pointless, frantic pounding, took a half-step back, its scarlet eyes fixed on Chen Yang, and let out a low, murderous roar.

It seemed to realize that this "little turtle shell" in front of it could not be broken in a short time by brute force alone.

"Roar--!!!"

It let out a long howl, which seemed to contain some kind of special command!
The next moment, from all directions, the demons that heard the howl seemed to have received the highest command. They abandoned the targets they were chasing or entangled with and, like a black iron torrent, gathered from all corners of the city, quickly surrounding the small courtyard!
Layer upon layer of darkness, a dense, impenetrable mass of blackness, with countless pairs of scarlet eyes gleaming in the shadows. Terrifying demonic energy converged, creating a suffocating pressure!
"It's all over, it ......"

Xing San looked at the dense, seemingly endless sea of ​​monsters outside, and his legs went weak. "We're completely surrounded! There's no way to escape!"

Liu Piaopiao's face also turned pale, but when she looked at Chen Yang, she found that Chen Yang remained calm, and even had a faint smile on his lips, as if he had everything under control.

"At a time like this, you're still in the mood to laugh?"

Liu Piaopiao couldn't help but whisper.

Chen Yang glanced at her, his tone calm.

"Why are you saying discouraging things? We'll be fine."

Su Meng also suppressed her fear and nodded vigorously.

Yes! I believe in Chen Shuai!

His formation will definitely hold!

Seeing that its minions had all assembled, the white monster roared again, seemingly giving the order for a general attack!
"Roar roar roar—!!!"

The besieged monsters surged like a black tide, charging fearlessly towards the pale golden light barrier! Claws, fangs, corrosive breath, and even direct physical assaults!

Countless attacks rained down on the light shield like a storm!
The light from the light shield instantly became incredibly dazzling!
The "Dao patterns" and "water patterns" flowed wildly, unleashing astonishing defensive and counter-attack power!
The demons charging at the forefront, whether attacking with their claws or spewing demonic energy, all seemed to collide with an invisible electric net and purifying light the moment they came into contact with the light shield!
"Bang bang bang! Sizzle sizzle—!"

Screams of agony rose and fell! The charging monsters were sent flying backward, their bones broken and tendons snapped by the immense recoil.

The monsters attacking the light shield had their claws and fangs burned and corroded, emitting black smoke.

The spewed demonic energy was quickly dissolved by the purifying power on the surface of the light shield!
In just one charge, dozens of monsters fell outside the light barrier, either dead or wounded!
The pale golden light shield, though its light flickered violently and fluctuated incessantly, still stood stubbornly upright!
This astonishing defensive and counter-attack effect not only left Qiuniu and the others inside the light shield dumbfounded, but also filled the white demon commanding outside with shock and anger!
"Roar!!!"

It let out another short, sharp whistle, stopping its demonic minions from their pointless suicide attempt.

The monsters retreated slightly like a tide, leaving behind a ground littered with wounded and corpses, as well as the "small bubble" that still emitted a steady golden light.

The white demon stepped forward and slowly paced around the light barrier, its scarlet eyes fixed on Chen Yang inside, as if it wanted to devour him alive.

It seemed to have also sensed the strangeness of this formation, especially the core power that combined "Dao patterns" and "water patterns," which clearly restrained and interfered with it.

It stopped in front of the light shield and slowly raised its claws. This time, it did not slap blindly, but pressed its claws tightly against the light shield!

A more refined, concentrated, and corrosive black demonic energy surged wildly from its claws, attempting to penetrate and corrode the structure of the light shield!
This is precisely its key ability to destroy other formations—powerful demonic energy erosion!

However, when this pure corrosive demonic energy came into contact with the surface of the light shield, the mutation occurred again!
The ripples on the light shield suddenly accelerated, as if they had transformed into invisible vortexes and filters, gradually differentiating, diluting, and guiding the corrosive demonic energy in different directions.

At the same time, the "Dao patterns" that represent rules and stability lit up, radiating a balanced and peaceful yet incredibly resilient Daoist power. Like a stabilizing needle, they firmly stabilized the foundation of the formation and gradually purified and repelled the demonic energy that had been divided by the "water patterns"!
The white demon felt its corrosive power vanish like a mud ox entering the sea, quickly dissolved. Not only could it not destroy the light shield, but the power emanating from the light shield, mixed with Daoist principles and some strange fluctuations, was eroding back towards its demonic energy, causing a series of tingling and numb sensations and weakness in its claws, as if its power was being rapidly drawn away and dissipated!
"Now!"

Inside the light shield, Chen Yang, who had been quietly observing and waiting for his opportunity, suddenly had a glint of light in his eyes!
Taking advantage of the perfect moment when the white demon was fully encroaching but was instead interfered with by the power of the formation, causing its body to momentarily stiffen and creating a gap in the connection of power, Chen Yang made his move!
He moved with lightning speed, not stepping out of the light barrier, but instead thrusting his Xuan Sword through a tiny, pre-prepared "gate of life" on the barrier, just wide enough for the blade to pass through, like a venomous snake emerging from its hole!

This sword strike was fast, accurate, and ruthless! It condensed all his energy and spirit, and was also imbued with the purifying power of the "Life Light" of the Qingwei Yuanjiang Great Art, as well as a trace of his understanding of "momentum"!

The sword light flashed like a startled swan, and in the instant when the white monster's reaction was slightly slowed due to the interference of its power, it accurately sliced ​​through its neck, which was slightly forward due to the exertion of force and had relatively weak defenses!

"Pfft—!"

The dull thud of a sharp blade cutting through leather and bone, though not loud amidst the deafening roars of monsters and the distant sounds of battle, seemed to pause the conversation!

The white monster's frantic outpouring of demonic energy suddenly froze!

In its scarlet eyes, savagery, cruelty, shock, disbelief... a mix of emotions intertwined, before being quickly covered by a deathly gray.

A huge, ferocious monster head covered with pale white bone spurs, dripping with a clump of filthy demonic blood, slowly slid off its massive body.

It rolled to the ground with a thud!
The headless corpse swayed, then crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust!
quiet!
Deathly silence!

Inside the light shield, Qiu Niu, Xing San, and Su Meng stared wide-eyed and gaped, as if they had witnessed the most unbelievable thing in the world. Their minds went blank, and they were completely unable to react.

Liu Piaopiao also covered her mouth, her beautiful eyes filled with shock. But then, her gaze towards Chen Yang's back was filled with an indescribable complex light—surprise, admiration, relief, and a hint of "I knew it."

Outside the light barrier, the ferocious monsters that had been surrounding them were all stunned!
Their crimson eyes all turned to the rolling head on the ground, then to the headless corpse that had crashed to the ground, and then to the young human inside the light barrier who was slowly sheathing his sword, his expression as calm as if he had only done something insignificant.

Their simple minds seemed completely incapable of comprehending what was happening before their eyes—the white king, who was like an invincible demon god in their hearts, leading them to conquer one human stronghold after another… just like that… dead? His head was chopped off by this human hiding in the “little bubble”?
Chen Yang didn't give them much time to react or think.

With a flick of his wrist, he sheathed the blood-stained Xuan Sword.

Then, he bent down, grabbed a thick bone spike on the white monster's head with one hand, and with a forceful lift, lifted the heavy, ferocious, and still dripping blood-stained head.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, he took out a spare steel spear about ten feet long from his Sumeru space, pointed the spearhead at the area below his head, and thrust it in forcefully!
"puff!"

The steel spear pierced through the flesh and bones where the skull and neck met, lifting the white monster's head high into the air!

Chen Yang held the spear in one hand and slowly raised the steel spear with the white monster's head on it above his head!

His gaze swept across the dark mass of monsters outside the light barrier, who remained in a state of shock and bewilderment.

Bathed in a pale golden light, the grotesque, blood-dripping head and the cold-faced youth standing with spear in hand created a striking and impactful image! (End of Chapter)