Chapter Five: Unstoppable

This immortal estate was the lair of the River Wu Immortal, so naturally it was layered with numerous defenses. Although the River Wu Immortal had died, many of the measures he left behind were still useful—for example, the Dao soldiers!

The River Wu Immortal had spent countless treasures to cultivate this powerful army of Dao soldiers. At its peak, it could easily annihilate any loose immortal or earth immortal! But the estate had been abandoned for endless ages, and the original demon Dao soldiers had long since died of old age, leaving behind a large number of Dao soldier armor sets.

In their earlier speculations, Ji Ning and the others had thought that since the River Wu Immortal was a demon immortal, it was natural for him to arrange for some of his kin to live within his estate. The estate world, though far less vast than the Great Xia Dynasty, was still tens of thousands of miles in circumference, comparable to Earth, and demons could continuously reproduce there.

With cultivation methods passed down through generations of demons and the extremely dense natural energy in the estate world, it was normal for great demons to arise.

A group of great demons!

And a group of demon Dao soldiers were two completely different concepts. With precious Dao soldier armor, their strength could increase tenfold or even a hundredfold!

The Ji clan even had Dao soldier armor for mortals.

Dao soldier armor for Xiantian lifeforms and Zifu cultivators was rarer; generally, sects like the Snowdragon Mountain would have some.

As for Dao soldier armor usable by Wanxiang Adepts and Primal Daoists, even the Splitter Sword Sect would have to exhaust its entire sect's resources to obtain it. The River Wu Immortal had spent a great deal of treasures to acquire these sets of Dao soldier armor.

But now, Ji Ning and the others were in trouble!

…

"Rumble~~~" The wave formed by over a thousand demon Dao soldiers surged forward.

"Hold them off!"

Young Master Shaoyan shouted angrily from the great ship. Facing over a thousand demon Dao soldiers, his expression was grim. A layer of black watery ripples appeared on the ship's surface, completely protecting the vessel.

Boom!!!

The edge of the surging wave was like a blade, slashing directly into the great ship, sending it tumbling backward. It slammed violently into a desolate mountain peak not far away. The mountain shook with a thunderous roar, and the warship was embedded entirely into the mountain. The black watery barrier completely disintegrated.

"Uncle Fang, what do we do?" Young Master Shaoyan sent a mental message.

"Young master, the combined full-force strike of these thousand demon Dao soldiers is close to the power of an earth immortal," the swarthy middle-aged man beside Shaoyan Nong sent back. "The leading mermaid demoness is definitely a Primal demon. I must stay by your side to protect you, since I'm only good at close combat. If I charge out, I won't be able to protect you. Let them go, and we'll wait for an opportunity. If we can seize the chance to kill that leading Primal demoness, the threat from this group of Dao soldiers will be much smaller."

"Kill!"

"Everyone, I'm counting on you." Shaoyan Nong sent messages to Ji Ning, Xue Hongyi, Cangjiang Zhenren, and the others.

Ji Ning and the others all cursed inwardly.

This Young Master Shaoyan clearly wasn't willing to take risks himself; he was sending them out.

"Kill!" Xue Hongyi struck first, flicking his wrist to send a streak of snowy light flying toward the approaching thousand Dao soldiers.

"Sword formation!" Ji Ning summoned over seven hundred flying swords around him. Using the Wanxiang-level perfected elemental power and the ninth layer of the Lesser Thousand Sword Formation, he condensed a sword-light flying sword in front of him. This sword-light sword executed the fifth stance of the Three-Foot Sword, 'Moonlight Hidden Sword,' like gentle moonlight reaching out to touch the surging demon Dao soldiers.

"Seal!" Yu Wei pointed from afar.

Whoosh!

A massive ice phoenix appeared in midair, a giant phoenix formed entirely of凝结 ice, spreading its wings and flying over with a heart-stopping power.

"Canglang Sever!" Cangjiang Zhenren chanted gracefully. A black-cyan giant sword hung in the air, covered in dense talisman patterns. Then the sword sliced through the sky, chopping toward the Dao soldiers.

…

Including the Zifu cultivators and Wanxiang Adept death warriors, Ji Ning and the others all unleashed their powerful techniques. In fact, any one of Ji Ning's group could have matched the Primal demoness in a fight! But the Primal demoness, combined with the thousand Dao soldiers, erupted with astonishing power, far surpassing any one of them.

"Boom~~~"

With a loud crash, Ji Ning's sword light, spells, and magic treasures either dissipated or were sent flying back.

The Zifu cultivators formed formations to resist together.

"We must be quick, quick, quick, and seize the immortal estate key as soon as possible. If we're slow, those old fellows will take it," the leading mermaid demoness among the demon Dao soldiers sent mentally. "My children, destroy these humans."

"Kill."

"Kill."

With the thousand demon Dao soldiers united, Ji Ning and the others simply couldn't hold them off.

The surging wave crashed directly toward them. Ji Ning and the others retreated one after another, but the weaker Zifu cultivators began to suffer casualties. Although the Zifu cultivators had formed formations, their formations were no match for the demon Dao soldier formation.

Pfft.

Some of the human Zifu cultivators coughed blood, others had their bodies shattered, and they began to die one by one.

Fortunately, Ji Ning and the others were still desperately resisting; otherwise, in a single breath, all the Zifu cultivators would have been dead.

"Too ruthless," Mu Zishuo sent mentally. "Senior apprentice-brother, that Shaoyan Nong must have many treasures on him, but he won't use a single one, just watching these Zifu cultivators die."

"We've only just entered the immortal estate. Naturally, Shaoyan Nong is reluctant to use his treasures at the start," Ji Ning said.

Ji Ning, Yu Wei, Jiu Lian, and the others all had some life-saving measures.

But no one would use it at a time like this, after all, the entire immortal mansion... they had only just entered.

…

Shaoyan Nong stood watching, guarded by the dark-skinned middle-aged man at his side.

The middle-aged man watched silently as their own Zifu cultivators fell one after another, his expression unchanged. He stared fixedly at the surging giant wave in the distance. The entire demon army had transformed into that wave... the circulation of yuan power within was especially profound.

Suddenly—

The dark-skinned middle-aged man, who had been standing silently, flashed a cold glint in his eyes. A long shuttle appeared in each of his hands. He took a sudden step forward, his right arm beginning to swell and twist, with snakes coiling around it. The massive, grotesque right arm gathered strength and hurled forward with ferocious force!

Whoosh!

The black long shuttle instantly tore through the air, leaving a dazzling trail in space, and stabbed directly into the giant wave formed by the thousand demon soldiers.

Boom!!!

A thunderous explosion.

The surging giant wave directly burst apart, dissipating into nothingness. Among the large group of demon soldiers in midair, over a dozen had their bodies blown into chunks of flesh. The other demon soldiers were shocked, all turning to look at the dark-skinned middle-aged man who had thrown the shuttle.

"What? He actually found the central hub of the entire combined formation and broke it, causing the whole formation to collapse?" The mermaid demon was greatly alarmed. If it hadn't struck the hub, it would have merely passed through the wave without making it collapse.

The mermaid demon also turned her head to look at the dark-skinned middle-aged man who had thrown the shuttle.

But—

Whoosh!

The shuttle in the dark-skinned middle-aged man's left hand was now thrown like lightning. Snakes coiled around his left arm as well, making it incredibly thick and exuding a terrifying aura. A flash of light streaked across the sky, leaving a dazzling trail, and the shuttle pierced directly through the body of the mermaid demon, who tried to dodge but failed!

"This, this..." The mermaid demon showed a look of terror and despair, "How can he be so powerful? I couldn't even dodge. Is he a human immortal?" Then her consciousness faded, and she fell limply from the sky, her body pierced through—dead!

"The king is dead."

"The king is dead! Quick, flee!"

"Run!"

Seeing their king killed so easily, the other mermaid demons lost all will to fight and began to flee.

"Swoosh!"

"Whoosh~~~"

"Boom!"

At this moment, Ji Ning, Yu Wei, Cangjiang Zhenren, and the others naturally showed no mercy. After all, these demons were wearing Dao-soldier armor, at least for Zifu-level demons, and some even for Wanxiang-level. A set of Wanxiang-level Dao-soldier armor was far more expensive than a Earth-grade magic treasure.

"Two, three." Mu Zishuo showed no hesitation, killing repeatedly and striving to seize them.

After a moment.

The demon soldiers fled far away, leaving behind a pile of corpses. Ji Ning and the others also obtained a pile of Dao-soldier armor.

"We killed over two hundred demons, but over a hundred of our Zifu cultivators have died." Shaoyan Nong's expression was grim. Although he had anticipated some danger in the trial, he hadn't expected such a harsh blow right at the start.

"Young master Shaoyan." The dark-skinned middle-aged man beside him retrieved his shuttle and said in a low voice, "We should leave quickly. There may be stronger demons coming soon."

"Mm." Shaoyan Nong nodded.

"Let's go." Shaoyan Nong looked at Ji Ning and the others.

At that moment—

A vast and powerful divine sense instantly enveloped the entire area.

"Humans, you enter the immortal mansion and still think you can leave alive?" A deep voice sounded.

"Such powerful divine sense." As Ji Ning's divine sense touched the other's, he felt the opponent's strength. Even in his most confident area, divine sense, the opponent surpassed him.

"Senior apprentice-brother, look." Mu Zishuo stared wide-eyed into the distance.

"We're in big trouble." Cangjiang Zhenren also stared into the distance.

Ji Ning looked.

In the distant sky, a vast, flood-like giant wave covered the heavens, flying directly toward them. The scale of this wave... was more than ten times larger than the previous one. And the aura of this wave was far more powerful than that of the mermaid demon earlier.

"Over ten thousand demon soldiers!" The dark-skinned, narrow-eyed middle-aged man standing beside Shaoyan Nong said in a low voice.

Ji Ning and the others all felt their hearts sink.

Ten thousand?

That could rival the entire Snowdragon Mountain sect. The most致命 thing was that all ten thousand demons were Dao-soldiers! A sect like Snowdragon Mountain could never afford so many Dao-soldier armors, especially those for Primordial-level demons. With such power, even an immortal would tremble.

"Young master, I cannot hold them off." The dark-skinned middle-aged man transmitted.