Where the white crystal flowers spread, the air froze and breath solidified. The toxic mist and bloody rain abruptly transformed into a massive ice spike, growing larger and larger, continuously condensing towards Shui Miao. Within the blink of an eye, it had already reached before Shui Miao, nearly freezing both Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi in place.
“Whoosh!”
In an emergency, Shui Miao disregarded everything else, immediately wrapped Shui Tianyi in his arms, pulled her into the Xiao Qipan Battle Formation, and then fully activated the Time-Protecting Spirit Bead to leap out of the frozen zone.
“Boom!”
A silent explosion rang out.
The light pillar from the Xiao Qipan Battle Formation had not yet vanished. It had already wiped out most of the immortal and demonic soldiers, pierced through the black castle, and reached the arrays beneath the castle, causing immediate chaos and another explosion.
Due to the destruction of the arrays,
The toxic mist and bloody rain abruptly ceased.
Shui Miao’s figure flickered continuously, shifting positions rapidly. He quickly realized that although the Skeleton Demon Emperor looked terrifying, it carried no artifacts capable of reversing time or accelerating its own speed. Shui Miao could thus strike it completely by surprise.
The Skeleton Demon Emperor also hadn’t expected the immortal’s speed to be so fast!
To suppress Shui Miao, the Skeleton Demon Emperor quickly reached into his black robe’s sleeve and pulled out a pitch-black, gleaming orb—
This orb was a Saint-Demon artifact, the best treasure the Skeleton Demon Emperor possessed.
It was called the Withering Spirit Bead, a large-scale destructive weapon that had absolute dominance over human immortals.
Once activated, the Withering Spirit Bead would immediately agitate all energies within a diameter of several thousand meters, causing them to decay and rot, withering all life and bringing about complete annihilation. For humans, this meant aging and death—if a child were placed within the bead’s activated range, the child would rapidly age, decay, and die. If an immortal were placed there, it meant intensified heavenly decay, and a drastic reduction in lifespan.
Mounted atop a white skeletal dragon, the Skeleton Demon Emperor sat cross-legged, murmuring incantations while injecting a stream of evil energy into the Withering Spirit Bead. The bead’s internal formations began to rotate, and within a radius of thousands of meters, all spiritual energy was instantly affected, surging violently.
“What kind of ghostly thing is this?”
Shui Miao sensed a discomfort within his body—an uneasy feeling, though he couldn’t pinpoint exactly what was wrong.
“Hu!”
Seeing the Skeleton Demon Emperor motionless, Shui Miao suddenly flashed to its side, forcefully unleashing a massive surge of Purple Fortune Qi, instantly enveloping it… Then, Shui Miao reappeared above the skeletal dragon’s head, also releasing a surge of Purple Fortune Qi to wrap around the dragon’s skull.
For humans and ordinary immortals, Purple Fortune Qi was the most auspicious energy—its presence brought good fortune.
However, for creatures of the immortal-demon realm, Purple Fortune Qi was the most terrifying weapon!
“No, no…”
The Skeleton Demon Emperor, wrapped in Purple Fortune Qi, immediately panicked, hastily retracting the Withering Spirit Bead while frantically reaching for his black robe, assuming it was something physical that had enveloped him… Soon realizing it was Purple Fortune Qi, he quickly dismounted from the skeletal dragon and fled at top speed, hoping to use the toxic mist and bloody rain to dispel the Purple Fortune Qi.
“Wu wu wu…”
The skeletal dragon let out pained cries, swaying left and right before quickly losing balance and crashing to the ground.
Never had Shui Miao imagined that Purple Fortune Qi would be so effective—it was actually the nemesis of immortal-demons! Haha, excellent! Inspired, Shui Miao quickly rearranged the Five Elements Holy Artifacts on the Xiao Qipan Battle Formation, beginning to accumulate a massive amount of Purple Fortune Qi, ready to launch a fierce attack.
However, while the formation was brewing, Shui Miao discovered that the process consumed an enormous amount of crystals.
For instance, the consumption of crystals needed to generate the seven-colored Yang Light Pillars could be measured in ten tons, while the amount required for Purple Fortune Qi was on the scale of thousands or even ten thousands of tons!
Thus, Shui Miao began to feel the strain.
Yet, given the current situation, he had no choice but to go all-in.
“Boom!”
After fleeing for a short distance, the Skeleton Demon Emperor suddenly collapsed to the ground, convulsed a few times, and then lay still forever.
The Purple Fortune Qi had already infiltrated his skull, directly destroying his soul.
“Dead?”
“That fast!?”
Landing not far from the Skeleton Demon Emperor, Shui Miao observed the white skeletal frame. His spiritual perception detected nothing else except the Withering Spirit Bead.
Under the influence of the Purple Fortune Qi, the skeleton soon disintegrated into ashes.
A Demon Emperor had been so easily destroyed—it was truly unexpected for Shui Miao!
The Purple Fortune Qi, having dissolved the Skeleton Demon Emperor’s body, gathered onto the Withering Spirit Bead.
However, the yin and evil energies here were too strong, quickly diluting the Purple Fortune Qi.
Shui Miao directed his spiritual perception into the Withering Spirit Bead, discovering that the bead had stopped rotating, and there was no artifact spirit inside.
“It seems this Demon Emperor was a figure similar to Ao Hong. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been exiled here to guard the castle. But for me, it’s a great fortune. The formations inside this Withering Spirit Bead are truly mysterious!” Shui Miao memorized the bead’s formations, carefully stored it away, and immediately returned to the castle.
The battle had ended quickly, which somewhat eased Shui Miao’s fear.
He directly infiltrated underground into the castle, hoping to investigate the arrays beneath, but due to the continuous explosions, all the arrays had been completely destroyed.
Unwilling to give up, Shui Miao began searching the castle.
In the Skeleton Demon Emperor’s study, Shui Miao discovered a bookshelf.
On the shelf were two types of books: one was the manual for constructing the Toxic Mist and Bloody Rain Defense Towers, the other was the manual for constructing a Super Transmission Formation!
“Excellent treasures, excellent treasures!”
Shui Miao’s spiritual perception scanned them, finding these formations even more mysterious and wondrous. Instantly excited, he quickly activated his spiritual energy, teleporting the entire bookshelf into his spiritual planet.
Perhaps there were even more treasures.
He immediately released the Holy Mother Shui Tianyi, preparing to search every corner of the castle together. However, just as they entered the grand hall, a ten-meter-diameter transmission gate on the left wall began emitting a faint blue glow…
“Shui Miao, what is that?”
Looking around, Shui Tianyi suddenly spotted the transmission gate and was instantly startled.
Shui Miao turned around, seeing the transmission gate, his heart immediately leapt in alarm—”No good! This is a transmission gate connected to the Immortal-Demon Holy Temple. Once opened, it will teleport a massive wave of immortal-demons here. At that time…”
Shui Miao reacted instantly, quickly closed his mouth, immediately summoning the Xiao Qipan Battle Formation, directly unleashing Purple Fortune Qi towards the transmission gate…
“Roar!”
At the same time, a ten-meter-diameter, horned, super blood python emerged from the transmission gate…
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