Black clouds and mist swirled around the ship's hull. The vast Wuwang Sea was bottomless, and beneath the endless, layered clouds was a swarm of roaring and howling Sky Demons.
These human-like things were clearly much harder to deal with than ordinary demon beasts and hungry ghosts.
Among them, a Sky Demon with a Foundation Establishment Level 7 cultivation could actually command a type of furry, frog-sized strange creature.
These strange creatures were densely packed, surging onto the bottom of the ship like a tide. Wherever they passed, they would latch onto the flesh of humans or demons and immediately self-destruct. In an instant, flesh and blood splattered everywhere, painting the scene in various colors of gore—
“Aaaah!”
Someone failed to dodge in time, and their face was blasted by one of the small creatures, causing them to scream in agony. In the next moment, other Sky Demons in the black mist swarmed forward and devoured them completely!
While everyone scrambled to avoid them, a black figure charged forward instead of retreating. Flying up, she swung her Fish-Dragon Guillotine with formidable force. As thousands of the small creatures exploded into brilliant sparks, she forcefully severed one of the arms of that Foundation Establishment Sky Demon!
“Do not let them board the ship! Everyone, join me in slaying the demons!”
Specks of Sky Demon blood were splattered across the young female cultivator's face. Though her expression remained blank and the surrounding mist whistled through her hair, it could not obscure the intense will to fight burning in her eyes:
“Why should we of the cultivation path fear a fight? They are but a few Sky Demons!”
Seeing that she was also a Foundation Establishment cultivator yet dared to directly face a Foundation Establishment Sky Demon several minor realms higher than herself, the crowd's hearts swelled with emotion, and they indeed found boundless courage.
“Fight! Fight! Fight!”
Hai Ying howled as vertical pupils suddenly appeared in her eyes. Sweeping her long tail, she lunged at one of the Sky Demons, her sharp claws tearing off chunks of flesh—
Young sword cultivators followed closely behind, their flying swords slaying the demons as sharp killing intent arrived in an instant!
As if infected by this emotion, the young cultivators, who had been somewhat fatigued, instantly became high-spirited!
Fly whisks, short swords, daggers, and long whips—all sorts of dharma treasures flew through the air. Meanwhile, the people of the Yaksha, Sea Dragon, Jiao people, and Black Crow nations fought with immense valor, together holding back the swarm of Sky Demons beneath the black mist!
The treasure ship floated tens of thousands of feet in the air, with the vast blue sky overhead and the misty Wuwang Sea below. Sky Demons poured endlessly from the black mist, seemingly without limit!
Gradually, high-level Sky Demons with Golden Core cultivation began to show themselves, and everyone naturally began to feel overwhelmed.
“Take turns to adjust your breathing and help each other! Pill and formation cultivators to the rear, sword and talisman cultivators fight first, and demonic and ghost cultivators cut off their retreat!”
Nan Zhi fully utilized her experience as a game raid commander to adjust the layout, finally repelling another wave of Sky Demons.
Since she had just led the charge and possessed the passive boost from her Savior's Halo, many cultivators naturally began to follow her commands in this critical moment.
With a Vermilion Bird Lock every ten meters, their lives were now closely intertwined as they faced the threat from the sky. No one cared about differences between Yaksha and Rakshasa anymore; they only remembered to slay the demons together to survive!
The Yakshas tore at the enemy, the Jiao people conjured mist, the Black Crows commanded their flocks to scout, and the Sea Dragons fought fiercely with dual blades.
Whether they were humans, demons, spirits, or monsters, they rarely put aside their racial prejudices to assist one other.
Hum!
The grand array on the ship's hull suddenly lit up again, shooting out one hundred and thirty-two sharp beams of treasure light. The Sky Demons around the ship were heavily struck, falling straight into the Wuwang Sea like giant black shadows that had suddenly lost all strength.
The Golden Core cultivators inside the treasure ship had finally made their move.
“Roar!”
Low growls echoed from the Wuwang Sea mist. Nan Zhi's expression changed, and she immediately shouted a warning:
“Retreat! High-level Sky Demons are invading! This is not something we can handle!”
On the system map, the character information of two targets—vastly larger than the other red-named monsters—leaped into view:
【High-level Sky Demon Tiancan: Level 86 (Mid-Stage Nascent Soul)】
【High-level Sky Demon Duanyu: Level 91 (Late-Stage Nascent Soul)】
Having just finished a fierce battle, everyone was already exhausted. Hearing that Nascent Soul Sky Demons were approaching, they were all struck with panic and hastily flew upward—
But the enemies were incredibly powerful and arrived far too quickly to be avoided.
Boom!
In the black mist, a humanoid Sky Demon stood in midair. With a casual wave of its hand, blood blossomed on the foreheads of over a hundred cultivators. They fell straight into the Wuwang Sea, turning into food for the black mist.
Nan Zhi turned her head in horror, finally getting a clear look at the appearance of the two high-level Sky Demons.
High-level Sky Demons looked much more like humans.
They were six chi tall, snow-white all over, and bore no gender characteristics whatsoever. Noses, eyes, and mouths had evolved on their faces, but their large, rounded back of the heads were completely hairless.
It made one involuntarily think of skinned rabbits.
Two Nascent Soul Sky Demons!
One was at the Mid-Stage Nascent Soul realm, and the other was at the Late-Stage Nascent Soul realm!
This was bad!
The Dragon Girl and Zongfang's plan had likely gone awry!
Nan Zhi had no time to dwell on this. She rode the wind, quickly shaking off the Sky Demons behind her. But in an instant, the rushing wind behind her ears shrieked a warning!
Killing intent!
The array-building foundation stones beneath her feet slowly revolved, and one by one, spiritual lights lit up. Abundant spiritual energy burst forth, and the formation lines formed a three-zhang-three defense formation, which instantly expanded!
Boom!!
Instantly, the cultivators to her left and right froze in place. A peanut-sized blood hole on their foreheads welled with blood, and in the next moment, dozens of corpses fell into the sea like dumplings.
“Aaaah!”
“Run! Run quickly!”
“Run!!”
Someone had their companion's blood splatter all over their face and screamed in terror, flying toward the ship with all their might. The cultivators protected behind Nan Zhi's formation didn't even have time to express their gratitude as they all burst forth with astonishing speed to flee the area!
A Nascent Soul cultivator killing Foundation Establishment cultivators was like slaughtering chickens.
Under such a despairing suppression of cultivation, no one could summon the thought of fighting back.
Some even had their Dao Hearts shatter on the spot, with only one thought left in their minds: Survive.
Was this a single strike from a Nascent Soul Sky Demon?!
As her formation crumbled, a wave of lingering fear surged in Nan Zhi's heart.
—If she hadn't possessed so many dharma treasures and if Qinglong hadn't been careless and underestimated her back then, whether she could have escaped would still be a mystery.
The Sky Demon who had attacked seemed to glance at her from afar. Though its face was devoid of expression, Nan Zhi could discern a trace of confusion and amusement.
This was not a good omen.
The mist of the mirage pearl spread, shrouding her entire being in thick fog. Her figure was concealed, and in the blink of an eye, she flew over a hundred zhang away!
Fortunately, the target of the two Sky Demons was not her.
The two demons slowly flew upward, landing on a cloud bank opposite the Splendid Platform, looking down at the cultivators below with expressionless faces.
Nan Zhi did not dare to delay. She killed a Foundation Establishment Sky Demon to clear a path. She was only half a step away from flying back onto the ship—
But out of the corner of her eye, she saw Hai Ying, who had spoken to her earlier, falling a hundred meters behind. She was currently grabbed by a massive Golden Core Sky Demon and was about to be swallowed alive!
To save her or not was never a question.
The array-building foundation stones lit up again. In the blink of an eye, Nan Zhi appeared behind the Sky Demon's neck. Thunder surged in her hand, carrying a fierce killing intent as she smashed it down heavily without reservation!
Boom!!
Fierce thunder roared, and electric light crackled in all directions.
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