I'll make you the furnace and the cauldron, so you can refine Yin and Yang and prove the Great

Shocked, Shen Yun immediately activated the defensive array to its fullest extent. These defensive arrays on the islands were all capable of withstanding attacks from those at the Void Refinement level.

Before the defensive array was fully activated, the Void Refining Beast launched its second attack.

"not good!"

Without saying a word, Shen Yun threw out a sixth-tier purple lightning talisman, which slowed down the Void Refining Beast, allowing the defensive array to be fully activated.

"Boom boom boom!" The attack from the Void Refining Beast arrived.

The silver-purple light barrier of the defensive array groaned under the relentless assault of the Void Refining Beast, cracks spreading rapidly from the top of the array walls to both sides like a spider web in the twilight.

Each beam of demonic energy that struck the array wall deepened the cracks by an inch, and each slap of the dark blue tail fin caused the entire island's ground to tremble violently, sending fragments flying like cannonballs that sprayed in all directions.

Shen Yun stood behind the array's core, her palms pressed against the rune core of the array's base. Dark purple spiritual energy flowed into the array's patterns like well water being pumped by a water pump, striving to maintain the array's operation.

Her face was as pale as paper, and the bloodstain at the corner of her mouth, caused by the sound waves, had dried into a thin, dark red line. The hem of her deep purple dress was scorched with fine scorch marks by the constantly overflowing lightning power.

At the same time, she activated a communication talisman: "Qingyun Defense Zone! This is Shen Yun, Sect Master of Zilei Pavilion. The Eighteen Base Islands are under attack by a sixth-tier demonic beast. The defensive array is about to collapse. Requesting emergency support!"

The communication talisman transformed into a silver-white streak of light, shooting skyward towards the main city of Yujing in the defense zone. A moment later, another silver-white light returned from afar, its light dimming as it landed in Shen Yun's hand, its spiritual energy depleted. The talisman burned, and an urgent voice rang out: "All islands within the defense zone are under the full force of the beast tide. Thirteen Islands and Twenty-Seven Islands have fallen. Senior Lianxu is currently reinforcing the core defense zone and will not be able to spare manpower for at least another hour! Sect Master Shen, you must hold on for another hour!"

The voice dissipated after uttering the last word. Shen Yun looked up at the sea—the attack frequency of the Void Refining Beast was increasing. One beam of demonic energy after another slammed into the array wall, causing the already cracked silver-purple light screen to dent and bounce back repeatedly. Deep within the cracks, one could see the scene inside the island through the gaps.

Li Hanshan stood beside her, his Void Refinement level divine sense silently spreading out, like a drawn bowstring probing the entire beast tide.

His divine sense swept across the besieged islands, over the fallen array bases, and over the even more immense aura approaching a large island—a seventh-tier Dao Integration level demonic beast. His figure was like a moving sea fortress; wherever he passed, the waves receded to either side, creating walls of water hundreds of feet high. Lower-level demonic beasts, as if parted by an invisible hand, automatically retreated to the sides, making way for a wide passage.

The moment his divine sense touched the edge of that aura, a mental shock a hundred times stronger than he had anticipated surged back along the threads of his divine sense, as if he had been struck squarely on the forehead by a hammer. Li Hanshan groaned, and the sword of his divine soul instinctively sprang out half an inch from his sea of ​​consciousness, blocking the spreading shockwave at its edge. His face paled slightly, and he immediately withdrew his divine sense, daring not to extend it even an inch further in that direction.

So strong!

Even a demonic beast at the Dao Integration level was nearly injured in its soul just by being swept by the aftershocks of its aura.

Directly in front of that immense aura, an equally vast and profound aura was rapidly rising into the sky, trailing a silver ribbon of light that pierced the heavens as it approached the Dao-Merging demon beast.

The moment the two auras collided on the twilight horizon, the clouds within a thousand miles were completely torn apart, and a golden rift running from north to south split open in the dark blue sky. The aftershocks spread in all directions like invisible ripples, and even the defensive array on the island, which was already on the verge of collapse, shook violently for a moment in the aftershocks of the shockwave.

The Immortal Alliance's Dao Integration cultivators have made their move!

Shen Yun's gaze also fell upon the shattering sky, her face turning from pale to ashen. She could feel that the confrontation between the powerful aura rising into the sky and the enormous creature approaching from the sea had reached a fever pitch. Every collision caused the entire sea to tremble, and the aftershocks rolled in like muffled thunder, crashing against the rocks beneath her feet.

"A Dao Integration-level demonic beast..." Her voice was hoarse. "This is troublesome. If that Dao Integration-level demonic beast doesn't retreat, the Void Refinement seniors here won't be able to spare the energy to support the other islands."

She withdrew her gaze and focused it back on the Void Refining Beast that was continuously attacking the array. She slowly raised her palms from the base of the array and could feel the cracks in the array walls spreading toward the center of the array at a visible speed. The silver-purple light curtain was flickering more and more frequently, like a candle in the wind.

She took out three talismans, each crackling with dark purple lightning, from her sleeve, and held them between her fingers, saying, "I still have three sixth-tier purple lightning talismans, one of which is a double-layered talisman. Activating all three simultaneously should severely injure it, but it will be difficult to kill a Void Refinement level demon beast. Although a sixth-tier talisman corresponds to the Void Refinement level, it is ultimately only equivalent to a full-force attack from a Void Refinement cultivator, not powerful enough to kill in one strike. If it cannot be killed in one blow, it will retaliate in its rage, and this island will fall."

Three sixth-tier purple lightning talismans!

The Purple Thunder Pavilion's talismanic arts are indeed powerful. Shen Yun is clearly only at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, yet she is able to use the Purple Thunder Talisman to severely injure a Void Refinement cultivator.

If she had more sixth-tier purple lightning talismans, she might have been able to kill the Void Refining Beast using only the purple lightning talismans.

However, drawing a sixth-order purple lightning talisman is not so easy. Although Li Hanshan has drawn one, it is actually only a half-finished product. The most crucial element, the ring for infusing spiritual power, is not yet complete. This ring requires a Void Refinement cultivator to infuse spiritual power, which consumes a huge amount of spiritual power. In this process, the slightest carelessness will lead to failure.

The probability of failure is still very high!

After all, a cultivator who infuses spiritual energy is not a talisman master; if the rhythm is not controlled properly, the entire talisman will be ruined.

Unless the talisman master is at the Void Refinement stage, the success rate will naturally be many times higher.

Although she had three sixth-tier purple lightning talismans, Shen Yun did not use them immediately because she was not very confident. However, as time went by, the defensive array was about to collapse, and she became anxious.

"I'll use the Purple Lightning Talisman. You take Qingyue and leave!" Shen Yun made her decision.

The situation left no room for hesitation. If the defensive formation were breached, everyone on the island would die. Therefore, she prepared to use the Purple Lightning Talisman to fight desperately so that Li Hanshan could take Shen Qingyue away.

Li Hanshan pondered for a moment, then took out a pure silver-white bead from his storage ring and said, "Sect Master, I obtained this bead from an ancient ruin many years ago. Once activated, it can release a soul-shaking impact, causing its soul to momentarily freeze. Even if it's only for a breath—as long as you seize that moment and strike its vital points with three sixth-tier purple lightning talismans simultaneously, you should be able to kill it completely."

This bead was actually just something Li Hanshan used to conceal his Divine Soul Sword.

"You actually possess such a treasure?" Shen Yun exclaimed with delight, then asked to confirm, "Are you sure it will be effective against Void Refinement demonic beasts?"

Li Hanshan nodded: "If it doesn't work out, I will take Qingyue away."

Shen Yun nodded: "Then let's do as you say. I will activate all three Purple Thunder Talismans at the same time, targeting the junction of its skull and spine—its central core. Once hit, it will completely sever the flow of its demonic power. Your bead must be released a split second before the Purple Thunder Talismans are activated; too early will alert it, too late will miss the optimal opportunity."

Li Hanshan nodded: "Ready."

Shen Yun took a deep breath, her deep purple dress fluttering in the twilight. Standing at the edge of the array, she held three sixth-tier purple lightning talismans firmly between her fingers. Spiritual energy flowed from her palm into the talismans, and the dark purple lightning patterns began to slowly flow along their surface. Her gaze, like a fully drawn bowstring, locked onto the junction of the skull and spine of the Void Refining Beast—that area, covered in a thick layer of light by its protective demonic power, was the only crucial point in its entire body capable of severing the central flow of its demonic power in one strike.

"Begin." Her voice was like the first crack in the surface of ice.

The moment she spoke, Li Hanshan hurled the silver-white bead from his palm. The bead traced a silver-white arc in mid-air before exploding violently, releasing an extremely pure shockwave of soul power that rapidly spread in all directions from the point of explosion.

But that's just the surface.

The direct killing move is Li Hanshan's Soul Sword!

The sword of divine souls slashed out suddenly, striking the soul of the Void Refining Beast in a place invisible to the naked eye.

The monster froze in its preparation for the next attack. The light in its three pairs of scarlet eyes flickered violently for a moment, then went out simultaneously like a lamp wick being snapped.

"Now!" Shen Yun moved the instant the soul power shockwave spread—three sixth-order purple lightning talismans shattered simultaneously between her fingers, transforming into three thick, silver-purple lightning pillars that struck the connection between the monster's skull and spine from three directions in a triangular formation.

The three lightning bolts struck their target almost simultaneously, exploding in the neck of the demon beast into a dazzling silver-purple lightning bolt that could illuminate the entire sea surface. The lightning bolt contained pure lightning power at the Void Refinement level, weaving together an impenetrable net of destruction.

The demonic power protecting the beast was like a piece of wax being pierced by a red-hot iron rod under the impact of the three lightning pillars. It began to melt, disintegrate, and shatter from the point of impact. The lightning traveled straight through the crack and completely penetrated its central core.

However, just before the monster's body began to disintegrate, the last two pairs of its three pairs of scarlet eyes suddenly blazed brightly at the same moment, and a dark blue beam of light, which contained all of its remaining demonic power, shot out from its shattered neck and slammed straight into the deep purple figure in front of it.

The beam of demonic energy was incredibly fierce, carrying the final rage and struggle of the Void Refining Beast before its death. It struck Shen Yun almost at the same instant the lightning pierced its core.

Fortunately, the defensive array was still intact, but under the impact of the demonic energy pillar, the already crumbling array was actually breached. The demonic energy pillar continued towards Shen Yun.

Shen Yun had just released three sixth-tier purple lightning talismans, and her spiritual energy was in a brief lull, leaving her no time to activate any new defensive measures. She could only hastily cross her arms in front of her to block, and the dark purple spiritual energy condensed into a thin shield in front of her arms, but it shattered like paper under the direct impact of the dark blue beam of light.

The next second, her robes shattered under the attack of the demonic energy pillar, and in an instant, she was completely naked.

The shattering of her robes saved her; otherwise, it would have been her body that was broken. The remaining force sent her tumbling through the air and flying backwards, heading directly towards Li Hanshan.

Li Hanshan instinctively opened his arms to catch her. As he caught her, he was face to face with Shen Yun. Before Shen Yun could react, she bumped solidly into Li Hanshan's arms.

Even more coincidentally, her cherry-like lips collided with Li Hanshan's lips, and her full breasts bumped against Li Hanshan's chest.