Lu Ping and Chu Haitian bade farewell. Moments after they left, the entire island's protective array formation suddenly made a loud noise. Amidst the deafening roar, the entire protective array formation shone brightly. From afar, it looked like a crystal cover had been inverted on the surface of the sea.
Lu Ping looked back and saw that the entrance to the tunnel had already closed. The entire protective array formation had been completely integrated, and there was no longer a single flaw.
At this time, the distant roar of the Heavenly Demon could be heard again. This time, it did not use its powerful soul-devouring power. When Lu Ping looked up, he saw that the soul-devouring black fog that had filled half the sky was gradually retreating, and then it was moving into the distance. The Mara army outside the island was also gradually retreating behind it. The Mara army was actually retreating!
Boom! Boom! Boom …
The continuous roars caused a storm of Spiritual Qi that shocked Lu Ping. This level of battle was no less than a battle between a mid Dharma adept and a Jade Shura.
When Lu Ping turned around to look, he saw that among the Mara army that had attacked Cheng Ling Island earlier, four or five Blood Mara had suddenly self-destructed, causing a huge wave of Spiritual Qi that had drawn in eight or nine Dharma adepts that had been fighting them. When the waves dissipated, only five of the eight or nine Dharma adepts had survived. Two of them were seriously injured and on the verge of death. The other two had a broken leg, and one had a broken arm. The last one looked whole, but he was also vomiting blood.
The aftermath of the self-destruction had also caused a large number of Mara and human and demon Core Forging adepts to die within a radius of a few hundred feet.
At this time, Yuanchong Laozu rushed out of nowhere, looking ragged and ragged. He shouted in the sky above Cheng Ling Island, "The Mara army has retreated. The Mara on Cheng Ling Island has been abandoned. Be careful of their self-destruction!"
Yuanchong Laozu's roar was obviously a use of his own power. Cheng Ling Island was two hundred miles wide, and it was a medium-sized island, but Yuanchong Laozu's roar was clearly heard by the human and demon adepts who were fighting.
While Yuanchong Laozu was shouting, the entire island was still filled with the roars of various spells and treasures. There were even sounds of panic and explosions that were no weaker than the previous ones. But these could not drown out Yuanchong Laozu's roar.
The passageway was closed again, and the Mara army outside the island had retreated. The Mara left on Cheng Ling Island was immediately in a desperate situation, so more and more Mara self-destruction began to happen.
In the beginning, the human and demon adepts were caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties. Six or seven consecutive self-destruction at the level of Mara killed five Dharma adepts, including one at the mid Dharma stage, Laozu. Six or seven others were seriously injured.
In addition, the self-destruction of many small and large Mara also caused many human and demon Core Forging adepts to die, and the number of casualties was even higher.
Yuanchong Laozu's warning was timely enough. In the face of the threat of death, the human and demon Core Forging adepts were naturally very vigilant. Even so, the following series of self-destruction of Mara still caused the human and demon Core Forging adepts to suffer heavy losses.
At this time, Lu Ping could no longer care about returning to Spirit Mountain. Instead, he and Tiankang Laozu hurriedly avoided the existence of those who were at the level of Blood Mara and above, and headed towards the "Three Talents and Five Elements Great Formation" formed by more than 20 Core Forging adepts of Zhenling.
After all, Immortal Xuan Xu was an extremely experienced second-generation adept. Under his command, Zhenling's Great Formation was steady and not greedy. From the time they arrived on Cheng Ling Island until now, there were not many casualties. The only time they lost an early Core Forging adept and two mid Core Forging adepts were seriously injured because they were targeted by a Blood Shura.
However, the moment the passage of the Great Formation was completely sealed, Immortal Xuan Xu naturally knew that this meant that the human and demon Core Forging adepts would win this battle. For a moment, it was inevitable that he would be a little careless.
Not only did Immortal Xuan Xu feel this way, but the more than 20 Core Forging adepts of Zhenling also chose to relax at this moment after their minds had been stretched taut for such a long time.
Two Great Shuras instantly rushed into the Great Formation and self-destructed!
Immortal Xuan Xu realized that the situation was not good when he saw the two Great Shuras rushing into the Great Formation as if they were committing suicide. He hurriedly began to operate the defense of the Great Formation with all his might.
However, the self-destruction was so sudden that three early and mid-stage Core Forging adepts died on the spot. Six or seven others were injured. Among them, three were seriously injured and basically had no chance of advancing further in their cultivation in the future. One of them was even a late-stage Core Forging adept.
After that, Yuanchong Laozu's voice sounded. Immortal Xuan Xu had no time to blame himself and hurriedly operated the Great Formation to defend at all times. As expected, a few more Great Mara rushed over and perished together, but they were all successfully defended by Immortal Xuan Xu. Even so, there were still five or six adepts who were injured by the aftermath of the Mara's self-destruction. This caused the casualties of the more than 20 Core Forging adepts who came to rescue Chengling Island to reach almost two-thirds!
When Kang Laozu and Lu Ping returned, they saw the situation in front of them. Immortal Xuan Xu's face was filled with pain, regret, and guilt. Kang Laozu's expression was frighteningly gloomy. He snorted coldly and cursed, "You led a good team!"
When Lu Ping saw the scene in front of him, he immediately began to treat the injured adepts of his sect. He took out all kinds of elixirs in his hands.
Immortal Xuan Xu's expression became even more remorseful. Lu Ping looked to the side and saw clearly that although Kang Laozu was angry, most of his anger was not directed at Immortal Xuan Xu. After all, the self-destruction of Mara had killed more than ten Dharma adepts and severely injured more than ten. Immortal Xuan Xu had been cautious enough compared to the other adepts who came to help. Among the various sects, the number of casualties was considered low. Kang Tiankang Laozu's heart was really aching for the few dead adepts.
Lu Ping hurriedly tried to calm him down. "Uncle Xuan Xu has done well enough. After all, no one would have thought that Mara would choose such a crazy method at the last moment. Uncle Master, saving people is more important now. Please keep your spirits up!"
Kang Laozu snorted coldly and stood in front of the Zhenling Dao Soldier Formation without saying a word. Immortal Xuan Xu nodded gratefully at Lu Ping. In the distance, Kang Laozu's roar could already be heard. Before a few Mara could reach within a hundred feet of the Zhenling Dao Soldier Formation, they were split in half by Kang Laozu's Mountain Splitting Axe.
At this time, the great cultivators from the various sects and tribes who were fighting with the Asuras outside the island had already returned. These great cultivators no longer cared about the sorry state they were in after fighting with the Asuras. They all began to suppress the frenzied Mara army on Chengling Island.
With the participation of the great cultivators, there was naturally no need to fear the self-destruction of the Mara army. In addition, the Core Forging stage cultivators from the various sects and tribes began to gather together. The casualties of the human and demon cultivators immediately began to decrease.
Three days later, more and more news began to gather. Kang Laozu ordered someone to send a copy of the news to Lu Ping.
In this battle, the Mara army had returned in defeat, but the human and demon races had also suffered heavy losses. According to a rough estimate, more than twenty Dharma adepts had fallen. Among them, there were no less than four mid Dharma adepts. Half of the casualties were caused by the self-destruction of the Mara army after Lu Ping and the others had successfully sealed the passage. As for the Core Forging stage cultivators, the casualties of the human and demon races could be described as innumerable.
In this battle, several great cultivators had paid the price of serious injuries. Including Yuan Chong Laozu and the other two Dharma adepts, it was said that this battle had directly destroyed the possibility of them advancing to the next level, even though the possibility of that was originally very small.
There were also two great cultivators from the Green Sea Snakes and the Kun Fish clan who had their essence damaged. It was said that even if they recovered from their injuries, they would probably be thankful to be able to maintain their cultivation at the mid Dharma stage.
This number of casualties shocked Lu Ping so much that he was speechless. Although this time Cheng Ling Island had an opening, in reality, the human and demon cultivators still had the geographical advantage. Even so, they had still paid such a huge price. If this battle had really been a direct confrontation with the Mara army, it was likely that the human and demon races would have long been defeated.
However, compared to this, Lu Ping was more concerned about the Phantom Hall's explanation for the sudden weakening of the island's protective formation and the opening of the formation.
Through Kong Wu's inheritance, Lu Ping already knew that the foundation of the Phantom Five Islands' protective formation was a huge and four large spirit stone veins under the five islands.
Every mining of these five spirit stone veins had to go through strict calculation and control. It had always been forbidden for all sects to mine wantonly, and every time a sufficient amount had been mined, the mine would be re-sealed.
This time Cheng Ling Island's protective formation had been weakened and even broken through by the sudden appearance of Poison Shura. The fundamental reason was that Zhang Xiyi had entered the spirit stone veins on Yuan Ling Island through the space essence and wantonly stole spirit stones. Later, Dabao had searched for top-grade spirit stones in the veins and finally caused a disturbance in the island's protective formation.
At this time, the great cultivators of the Phantom Hall had naturally found out about the theft of the spirit stone veins on Yuan Ling Island. But unexpectedly, the Phantom Hall only said that there was a problem with the operation of the formation, and as for what the problem was, it was really secretive.
The few North Sea sects on the island were naturally the focus of Zhenling's attention. Lu Ping first looked for information about the Blue Sea Sect and Zhang Xiyi, but found the news that Dongyun Laozu had reported about Zhang Xiyi's death in the battle of Cheng Ling Island and the self-destruction of Blood Shura.
Lu Ping was stunned. When he looked down, he found that the witnesses were actually Yuwen Feixiang and Mr. Wen, who had never shown up during the battle with Poison Shura. The time was when Lu Ping and the others had left after the passage was completely sealed.
The Yuwen family had actually helped the Blue Sea Sect to hide the truth of Zhang Xiyi's death. Since when had the Blue Sea Sect become so close to the number one family in Central Land?
Lu Ping rubbed his chin. If Zhang Xiyi had not died in his hands, no one would believe that the direct descendant of the number one family in Central Land would actually lie. But why did the Yuwen family do this?
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