Chapter 61: A Common Stand

  Several disciples of Tianji Peak all carry cloth array materials with them, and after entering the Demon Sealing Realm, these materials have not been consumed. At this moment, they are all used up.

  Under their command, more than a hundred inner disciples worked together in harmony, and the speed of formation was quite fast. However, just as Mu Yun had assigned positions to some people, everyone felt that the entire sky and earth suddenly darkened.

  Looking up, the light of that sealed star on the distant horizon was completely blocked by a dark cloud.

  No, what's that dark cloud? It's actually the Heavenly Demon Army arriving, covering the entire sky and stretching endlessly.

  "Quickly! Everyone take your positions, prepare for battle, I'm about to activate the formation!"

  Over a hundred inner disciples rushed into the formation, taking their positions as instructed by Mu Yun in advance, each doing their part to complete the final step of preparation.

  They can become the inner disciples of Tianxuan Sect, their overall quality is not bad at all. When they truly face a crisis, no one makes mistakes due to panic, and everyone is solemnly waiting with a serious expression.

  Of course, Su Che was the only one who had nothing to do and could only wait honestly in the transmission array. At this moment, the transmission array was also covered by the earth-based defensive array set up by Mu Yun and others, which seemed to be the safest place for the time being.

  Whoosh...

  A strong wind blew up, dust and sand flew about, and tens of thousands of heavenly demon troops had already flown to the front.

  Dark clouds are rolling in, and the ghosts are howling continuously. Only by witnessing it with one's own eyes can one understand the kind of terror that comes from having tens of millions of heavenly demons bearing down on them.

  "Heavenly Machine Boulder Formation, rise!"

  Muyun let out a tender shout, unleashing the only top-grade spiritual symbol, and the earth-based spiritual energy immediately infused into the most critical array core where she was standing.

  Boom!

  A brownish glow instantly flashed, covering all the disciples of Tianxuan Sect. The vast power of the earth was borrowed by the Panshi Array, vaguely forming a phantom of a great mountain floating above the heads of many disciples.

  The heavenly machine array borrows the earth's energy to condense and form a majestic mountain range defense, thick and dense, solid as gold.

  A formation of this scale, even if it were a foundation-building cultivator relying solely on their own strength, would be difficult to complete; only by working together like this can it be achieved.

  The strength of a hundred people converged into one entity, forming a hundred-man grand formation.

  As soon as the formation was activated, the demonic army swarmed in with a loud whoosh, like dark clouds covering the sky and shrouding the Tianji Panshi Formation within.

  "Disciple of Tianxuan Sect, die!"

  The eerie sound shook, thundering like thunder, and the terrifying sound waves rolled up dust on the ground, it was unknown how many heavenly demons would have to roar in unison to create such a mighty momentum.

  The disciples of the Tianxuan Sect, protected by the formation and their own true energy, were not afraid of this level of sonic attack; only Su Che's cultivation was too low, and he was shaken so that his blood floated, dizzy and disoriented, almost falling to the ground. Fortunately, a warm current from the Xian prison protected his head, timely neutralizing the magic sound in his ears, thus saving face and not falling to the ground in embarrassment.

  Su Che naturally knew that it was Lao Hei's supporting vitality that had helped him, and he sighed in his heart: "My cultivation is too low, I'm weak and can't withstand the wind!"

  "It's all right, master," Old Black comforted. "The people around here are at least in the late stage of Qi Refining, and you can't compare to them yet; however, wanting to catch up to them is also very quick, and besides, within the same level as a Qi Refining beginner, you already have no opponents."

  "It's good this way, with something to compare, I can more clearly understand my own shortcomings and avoid being complacent just because I've achieved a little success." Su Che thought to himself.

  At this time, more than a hundred giant figures descended from the sky, and several inner door disciples around him exclaimed in shock: "Demon Generals, so many Demon Generals!"

  One hundred and eight demon generals appeared simultaneously, each transforming into a giant several zhang tall. In mid-air, one of the demon generals looked down and bellowed: "Disciples of Tianxuan Sect, do you know your crimes?"

  Many Tianxuan Sect disciples were shocked: "Know the crime? Know what crime? Even the demonic beasts from outside the domain would ask such a thing, in this world, what creature can surpass them in evil?"

  However, although they thought so in their hearts, everyone was eager to communicate with these demon generals, which could delay time and also clarify why they would mobilize a large army and create such an unprecedented anomaly in the Demon Sealing Realm.

  Yu Qing spoke on behalf of everyone, using his true energy to infuse his voice, and replied through the formation: "My disciples have been coming to the Demon Sealing Realm for training for over 2,000 years, it's an established tradition. We're not clear about what you mean by 'crime'."

  "It's normal to practice and hone one's skills, nothing wrong with that." The demon general surprisingly began to reason, saying: "You disciples of the Tian Xuan Sect use us to temper your battle experience, we're also willing to have fun with you, to pass the dull years. This kind of game isn't bad either. But in these past few days, some of you have used special methods to devour the true demon spirits of many of our subordinates, this is thorough and utter annihilation, thorough and utter plunder, absolutely intolerable!"

  "What is the True Devil's Spirit? Humans and devils are different paths, we're not even living long enough, how can we devour the external heavenly devil, it's simply absurd!" Yu Qing and others were stunned, none of them understood what he was saying.

  At this moment, only Su Che and Lao Hei suddenly realized: "So that's it! Those low-level Tianmo were caught by us and thrown into the Xianyin, completely cutting off their connection with the Fengmodomain... This disaster was indeed caused by us!"

  That demon also knew that the inner disciples below were not qualified to know the true secrets of the Demon Sealing Realm, they did not understand the truth that the True Spirit is indestructible and the Heavenly Devil is immortal.

  Then the demon general roared: "My words, one of you must understand, that is to say, this person, brewed this disaster for you. Next, unless this person takes the initiative to stand up and admit everything he has done, all of you will die here!"

  At this point, Yu Qing and the others all understood that no matter what secrets existed in it, someone must have done something that was unbearable to the extraterritorial Tianmo, which led to the current crisis.

  Inside the Array of Boulders, all the inner sect disciples eyed each other suspiciously, yet couldn't quite pinpoint who was the most likely suspect.

  "Who is it? Who made the trouble, hurry up and come out, don't implicate everyone!" someone shouted loudly while looking around.

  "Shut up!" Someone immediately rebuked him: "Don't think you're so loud, it might just be you who's next!"

  "Fart!" The man's face turned red with anger and scolded: "Ge Qing, you're always looking for trouble with me, what do you mean?"

  A young man named Ge Qing burst out laughing: "At a time like this, I'm too lazy to bother with you, it's just that you're brainless and actually believe the words of an outsider demon. Let's not talk about whether the troublemaker he mentioned exists or not, even if he does exist, even if we hand him over, do you think the demon army will really let us off? Get your pig head moving and think carefully."

  The person was suddenly speechless, and only then did he realize that, yes, if we're talking about the most despicable, ruthless, and untrustworthy creatures in this world, it would undoubtedly be the devils from outside the domain. No matter what they say, they are the most unreliable.

  "Ge Qing is right." Yu Qing nodded and said: "The words of the Tianmo are not to be trusted, this is only one aspect; more importantly, the Tianmo outside the domain are the common enemy of all things, and it is not wrong to exterminate them in any way. We cannot hand over those who have exterminated the Tianmo because of this reason. If we do so, we will be betraying our own kind for the sake of survival, and we will not be worthy of standing on the path of immortality."

  "That's right." Mu Yun, who was also guarding the formation, transmitted his voice to everyone and said: "We are all people who have killed Tianmo before. Although the way of killing is different, it has always been our duty and honor to eradicate evil and protect the Tao... If anyone advocates for compromise with Tianmo, I, Mu Yun, will be the first to despise him."

  Even Hualu of the Tianlu Peak nodded in agreement: "Yes, compromising with the Heavenly Demon, I'm afraid that later on when crossing the tribulation, one won't be able to pass the test of their own heart demon."

  "Right, no compromise!"

  "The words of a demon child cannot be taken seriously."

  "I suggest that we shouldn't reject it outright either, and instead use this matter to stall for as much time as possible until the seniors from our sect arrive to rescue us."

  Other inner disciples also nodded in agreement, and someone even came up with a more sensible suggestion.

  Having heard these views, Su Che let out a slight sigh of relief, not because he was afraid of being caught, but because he felt guilty, after all, it was because of his own reasons that they were implicated.

  "Master, I think you really don't need to blame yourself for anything." Lao Hei comforted: "Your Jade Clear brother said it right, no matter what method is used to kill the Heavenly Demon, it's not wrong. Exterminating demons and protecting the Tao is the responsibility of a righteous Daoist."

  "It has nothing to do with me, the demon-hunting Taoist." Su Che said frankly: "Everything I've done is just to increase my strength. It's normal to feel a little guilty for implicating them. Lao Hei, don't worry about me, I understand these principles myself."

  "As long as you understand."

  Lao Hei scratched his head and chuckled to himself: The master's mood is the most important thing, the life and death of others are not worth mentioning... No! It would be a pity if they all died, it would be better to capture everyone in the world and put them in the heavenly prison as the master's free labor.