After truly arriving at the border, Zhu Yao finally understood the difference in this world. In front of them was a forest, yet, it was split into two. This side was filled with lush greenery, while the other side was withered. It was as though they were separated by something. Forming two completely different worlds.
From afar, she could already hear the loud crashing sounds, accompanied by the sounds that resounded through the clouds. On the other side of the forest, there were various demonic beasts that occupied half of the sky. They were currently crashing against the barrier at the center with all their might.
That barrier was huge, as though it spanned across the entire heaven and earth. It formed a gigantic transparent sky, isolating all of the demonic beasts outside. Zhu Yao was a little shocked. She never expected that there would actually be such a huge formation in this world, one that could protect the entire cultivation world's barrier. Even her master couldn't possibly set down such a huge formation.
"The demonic beasts are about to break in. Everyone, hurry and guard the formation core." Someone shouted out. The various sects then dispersed in different directions according to their agreement.
Zhu Yao followed the Blue Parasol Sect disciples and directly descended into the forest in front. In front of her was that transparent barrier. And in front of her, there was even a gigantic demonic beast that was currently crashing against the barrier with all its might. That was actually an eighth-ranked Earthshaking Beast. The strength of an earth-type demonic beast was extremely great.
"Prepare for battle." Xuan Xu did not waste any time either, and immediately had everyone summon their weapons. With a stern expression, he looked at the other side.
Zhu Yao was a little curious about that formation. This was the first time she had seen such a gigantic formation, and the mysterious thing was, even though she was standing so close to it, she did not feel the slightest bit of spiritual energy flow. It had to be known that the larger the formation, the greater the requirement for spiritual energy. For a formation like this that spanned across an entire large formation without being able to feel any spiritual energy, how much of a formation expert must one be to be able to do it?
Though this formation was ingenious, under that Earthshaking Beast's reckless attacks, it still faintly showed signs of breaking through. Ripples began to appear on the initially transparent barrier, and it even caved in a little. It was as though something was drilling into it.
The hearts of the disciples present instantly tensed up, as they tightened their grip on the mystic artifacts in their hands.
Finally, after a dozen or so collisions, that demonic beast broke through a line, and quickly escaped from the barrier. With a flash of light, a gigantic figure descended into the crowd. A gigantic figure descended into the crowd, its entire body shining with dazzling light. It raised its head to the sky and roared, its voice resounding through the clouds, causing people's hearts to tremble.
Xuan Xu was the first to make a move. A huge ball of fire instantly enveloped the entire demonic beast. A spiritual sword slashed down directly towards it. The Demonic Beast's figure flashed and instantly appeared ten feet away. The flowing light on its body also dimmed, revealing a huge black Seventh Order Demonic Beast.
Zhu Yao fiercely widened her eyes, and was a little unable to believe it.
"Sesame, do you see that?"
"How did this happen?" Earlier on, she had already projected everything that was happening outside to Sesame. "This, this … this beast's rank dropped."
"Did you see what was going on?"
"I don't know either." Sesame's face was filled with confusion as well. After a while, he said. "It might be because of that layer of flowing light on its body earlier."
Flowing light? That layer of light only appeared when the demonic beast broke through the barrier. Could it be that formation? But what kind of formation could forcefully lower a demonic beast's rank?
Zhu Yao turned to look, only to see that the barrier that was broken through by the demonic beast earlier had already returned to its original state, as though it was completely undamaged. This barrier could automatically repair itself?
Before Zhu Yao could even think of the reason, that demonic beast had already pounced towards the crowd.
Initially, she was standing a little further away, as she was afraid that her beast attracting physique would cause some trouble. However, due to Xuan Xu's attack, that demonic beast might have sensed that it could not defeat him, hence, it immediately turned around and charged towards the area with the most people.
They were all Foundation disciples, so how could they possibly block a seventh rank demonic beast? Everyone could only scatter on their flying swords. Zhu Yao grabbed onto Yue Ying, and flew up with the crowd as well.
However, she did not know if it was because of bad luck, that demonic beast was actually still in hot pursuit, and was even pouncing towards her.
The hell, this abominable Beast Attracting Physique.
Zhu Yao summoned thousands of vines to wrap around that demonic beast, stopping its movements. The other disciples took this opportunity as well, and threw their mystic arts onto its body. However, demonic beasts with thick skin and flesh were basically not affected by these mystic arts. Instead, it was enraged by the crowd.
With a wild roar.
The ground began to collapse inch by inch, cracking apart as though there was an earthquake. Wood-type mystic arts relied on the earth in the first place, and now that it had lost the support of the earth, Zhu Yao's vines could no longer be maintained as well, and began to scatter. The demonic beast broke free, and as though it was filled with monstrous fury, it leapt.
Straight towards her!
Why was it her again, hey? The attack earlier, the others had a part in it as well, alright?
She wanted to dodge, however, a pressure that was equivalent to an early-stage Nascent Soul practitioner came charging towards her. Zhu Yao's feet froze, and she instantly felt a suffocating aura. She fiercely widened her eyes, and looked at the demonic beast that was approaching her.
This was … killing intent!
A killing intent so dense that it could cause one's entire body to turn cold.
This beast was different from the Risefire Beast, it really wanted to kill her!
Zhu Yao's expression sharpened. Summoning her own weapon, she unfolded her fan and waved it. In an instant, hundreds of wind blades carrying lightning bolts were formed, and they directly slashed towards that seventh rank demonic beast.
With a series of rumbling sounds, that demonic beast instantly let out a miserable cry. Several charred wounds instantly appeared on its body, and it instantly fell from the sky.
The pressure on Zhu Yao's body was released, and she brought Yue Ying along as she quickly flew away from that empty space.
That demonic beast struggled, and it madly wanted to chase after her to attack. Suddenly, a gigantic spiritual sword fell straight down from the sky. In an instant, it pierced through the demonic beast, and the madness in the demonic beast's eyes slowly disappeared, until it lost its luster. Flying on his sword, Xu Xuan stopped in the air above the demonic beast. With a sunken expression, he glanced at the demonic beast. Seeing that it was no longer breathing, he then retracted his sword intent.
"Mistress, this demonic beast … is a little strange." Sesame suddenly spoke up.
"Mn."
Zhu Yao naturally noticed it as well. She kept having the feeling that this demonic beast seemed to be intentionally attacking her, as though it would not stop until it killed her. Yesterday, she was still a good girl who was loved by beasts. Why was it a complete reversal today? You beasties are a little too fickle, aren't you?
Before she could figure it out. A commotion once again appeared on the barrier.
This time, outside the barrier, there were four to five demonic beasts charging at the same time. They were all demonic beasts ranging from sixth to eighth rank. As though they were summoned by something, they desperately attacked the barrier. Not even a moment later, several white flashes appeared, and several demonic beasts appeared in front of her.
Just like the previous one, their ranks had all dropped, and some of them had even dropped by two ranks.
The moment they landed, they began to attack the crowd in a frenzy.
Zhu Yao faintly realized that the moment all of the demonic beasts landed, their first reaction was to attack her.
So it wasn't her imagination. These beasties really seemed to have activated their aggro mode, and every single one of them wished they could take a bite out of her.
The hell, what happened to the promised harmonious coexistence between humans and animals?
Fortunately, there were many people here, so no one had noticed this anomaly yet. However, she could no longer bring anyone along.
"Yue Ying, stay away from me." Zhu Yao turned around and instructed. Yue Ying was currently only at the Foundation stage. Initially, she wanted to protect him, but looking at the current situation, it would instead be more dangerous for him to follow her.
"Why?" His eyes sank, looking as though he was about to cry, he pulled onto her sleeves. "Big Sis Yao …"
"It's not safe to follow me. Find a place to protect yourself." Zhu Yao stroked his head. "Don't easily make a move if you're not confident, understand?"
"…"
After Zhu Yao finished instructing him, not caring if he agreed or not, she turned around and headed in the opposite direction. A fifth-ranked demonic beast instantly changed its direction, and flew towards her.
Yue Ying stood where he was without making a sound, and simply stared intently at the figure that was currently fighting with the demonic beast. His eyes instantly sank, and slightly narrowed, as though boundless rage was being emitted out. The demonic beast that was still lively earlier, suddenly tilted its body, and suddenly fell from the sky. The surrounding disciples naturally did not let go of this opportunity, as they swarmed forward to kill the demonic beast.
Everyone spent a whole hour before they finally cleared out the second wave of demonic beasts.
However, even more demonic beasts appeared on the barrier.
"There's actually more!" There were already disciples who were injured, and they began to discuss tiredly. "Why are there so many demonic beasts this time?"
"That's right. Usually, there wouldn't be five or six of them appearing at the same time."
"Even seventh-ranked demonic beasts have appeared. Weren't there only fifth-ranked ones in the past?"
"I wonder what kind of demonic beast will appear next."
"That's right. If only we could see the demonic beasts."
"It's good that we can see them."
Zhu Yao was startled, as she looked at the few gigantic demonic beasts that were ramming against the barrier. It was clearly a transparent barrier, and the ones outside were all seventh-ranked demonic beasts as well.
They … couldn't see them?
"Pay attention, the next wave of demonic beasts is coming." Xu Xuan loudly reminded. He stared at the barrier that was ringing non-stop, while protecting Yi Ling behind him.
The crowd no longer chatted idly, as they began to fight with all their might.
The following situation made Zhu Yao feel that things were even stranger. The number of demonic beasts increased. In the beginning, there were only a few, but later on, more and more demonic beasts broke through the barrier. Initially, Blue Parasol Sect was still able to barely deal with them due to their numbers. However, as time passed, casualties began to appear.
The demonic beasts became even crazier as well. The moment they entered, they began to massacre. The battle situation was unexpectedly bitter, and the ground was already filled with the blood of disciples and demonic beasts, as though it was about to form a river. However, the number of demonic beasts gathered outside the barrier increased. When Zhu Yao looked over, she was practically shocked.
It was a black mass, and the demonic beasts were ramming against each other everywhere.
As the battle of attrition continued, even Xu Xuan's face paled a little as well. Evidently, this situation had exceeded his expectations as well.
Zhu Yao felt that something was amiss. It shouldn't be like this. Logically speaking, though demonic beasts were united, they were undisciplined and free. It was still rare for them to attack human practitioners so crazily, and furthermore, they did not hesitate to lower their ranks in order to break through.
Unless there was a reason that prevented them from coming.
With a loud bang, a fourth rank demonic beast landed not far away from her.
It only had a single breath left, yet, its bell-like eyes were staring straight in her direction, and its eyes were filled with insane killing intent. Suddenly, a deep and hoarse male voice resounded in her ears.
"Kill! Kill! Kill … Kill … "
As though it was trapped in an endless loop, a single syllable repeated endlessly.
Zhu Yao was startled, and only then did she recall that this avatar of hers seemed to be able to hear the voices of demonic beasts. Earlier, the scene was too chaotic, and she had neglected it for a moment. Taking a deep breath, she calmed her heart. She carefully listened to the sounds in the surroundings.
However, she shockingly realized, not only that demonic beast on the ground, no matter if it was outside the barrier, or the demonic beasts that had already entered the barrier, they were all repeating the same word.
"Kill! Kill! Kill … Kill … "
"Kill! Kill! Kill … Kill … "
"Kill! Kill! Kill … Kill … "
This … What's with the sense of déjà vu caused by a virus infection?
After taking a closer look, even the madness in the eyes of those demonic beasts were the same, as though … they were being controlled.
The moment this thought rose, a clear and melodious sound faintly resounded in her ears. It sounded like a flute, yet, it was even clearer than the sound of a flute. That sound was hidden within the furious roars of the crowd of demonic beasts, faintly discernible. If she had not intentionally calmed her heart to listen to the beasties' voices earlier, she would not have noticed it at all.
Zhu Yao immediately released her divine sense, and probed in the direction of the flute sound.
On the other side of the barrier, behind the dense crowd of demonic beasts, a black figure was mixed within. It was actually a human figure! In his hands, he was currently holding onto a musical instrument, and was currently playing it, releasing rhythmic sounds. And with every sound, the demonic beasts that were slamming into the barrier would put in even more effort, and the demonic beasts that were entering the barrier would become even crazier as well. There were even some demonic beasts that had begun to self-destruct their demonic cores.
The hell, this bitch is controlling this crowd of demonic beasts!
Ting!
Zhu Yao, who knew the truth, dropped the conversation window.
Objective for the second side mission has appeared. Please complete it as soon as possible! Brave young lady, hurry and seize the God's Artifact.
Two!
The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. What was this side mission, and when did she accept it? And what the hell was that 'two'? Why did she have to start a new quest, hey?
She's cursing me, right? She's cursing me, right? She's definitely cursing me, right!?
The conversation window flashed for a moment, and then disappeared. She didn't even bother asking if she would accept it.
Was she betting that she wouldn't reject it?
She … really couldn't reject it.
Momma's egg, that black-clothed man was holding onto a God's Artifact, right? That's why he was able to control the beast wave.
Turning back to look at the desperate situation here, it really could only end after she snatched that man's God's Artifact.
The main point was …
How was she supposed to get over!?
That person was on the other side of the barrier, and she wasn't a demonic beast either. With such a high-end barrier, even if she knew how to burrow into the ground, she wouldn't be able to get out!
Just as Zhu Yao was feeling anxious, she raised her head and looked towards a demonic beast that had just passed through the barrier. Maybe …
"Big Sis Yao." While she was distracted, a demonic beast pounced over. Yue Ying's figure flashed, and carried her away from where she stood. He anxiously sized her up for a moment. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." No matter what, she had to give it a try first. "Yue Ying, help me block them for a moment."
"Alright." Yue Ying habitually nodded.
Zhu Yao patted a high-grade defensive talisman on his body. First, she placed down a layer of barrier around her body, and then, she used lightning spiritual energy to envelop her entire body. She then stared at the barrier with all her might, until another demonic beast broke through the barrier, turning into a stream of light and flew in.
At the same time, she flew up, and before the barrier could recover, she passed through it!
However, the barrier recovered extremely quickly. Before she even flew past, it had already begun to recover.
Zhu Yao's heart skipped a beat. In a moment of desperation, she circulated the spiritual energy in her entire body, and increased her speed. In an instant, her entire body was like a firecracker.
Sou …
Bam. She fell into the beast wave!
Raising her head, her entire world was filled with pairs of crazed blood-red eyes.
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