The colossal blood python startled Shui Miao greatly!
Fortunately, just as it appeared, a powerful torrent of purple fortune energy surged forth, directly striking its nostrils…
Instantly, the python recoiled painfully, shaking its massive body violently.
The torrent of purple fortune energy passed straight through the time transmission gate and struck the Immortal-Demon Sacred Hall. Many powerful beings inside, along with large numbers of immortal and demonic soldiers preparing to reinforce, were immediately scattered in terror by this surge. A nine-eyed demon giant, ten meters tall with a body like a small mountain, let out a terrifying roar and quickly struck the transmission gate of the hall with its palm, shattering both the gate and the formation array.
The demon giant’s roar was horrifying.
Shui Miao was greatly startled and didn’t hesitate—he quickly retracted the small chessboard battle formation and hurriedly fled with Shui Tianyi.
This place was no longer safe to linger. If he continued to linger for more gains, he would certainly end up with no chance of survival.
Shui Miao felt quite shaken. A sense of ominous foreboding rose in his heart—he feared this incident might provoke another great war between the Celestial Court and the Immortal-Demon Realm.
“Xiu… xiu… xiu…”
Shui Miao released Shui Tianyi, and the two of them activated their demonic shoes to flee at meteor-like speed.
The toxic fog and bloody rain had already ceased—the sky of the Immortal-Demon Realm had returned to its previous state.
Soon, the two successfully found their way back and began their retreat.
After several hours, just as Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi caught sight of the Demon-Suppressing Mountain, the ground of the Immortal-Demon Realm again emitted toxic fog, and the sky once more poured down bloody rain…
That was close!
Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi managed to escape to the Demon-Suppressing Mountain, finally exhaling in relief together.
“Huh… huh…”
Suddenly, a large group of celestial generals flew out from within the Demon-Suppressing Mountain, and the Celestial Commander himself came forward to greet them.
Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi quickly concealed their demonic artifacts.
“Two of you, you’ve worried us to death! Fortunately, you’ve returned safely!” The Celestial Commander looked extremely anxious. Seeing the toxic fog and bloody rain approaching from afar, he continued urgently, “This is not the place to talk. Both of you, follow me back to the main camp.”
Shui Tianyi quickly bowed to the Celestial Commander and solemnly said, “Thank you for your concern, Commander. However, now is not the time to talk in detail. The Immortal-Demon Realm might soon launch an attack on our Celestial Realm. I advise you to immediately withdraw all the celestial soldiers and generals stationed at Demon-Suppressing Mountain, activate all defensive formations immediately, and prepare for any eventuality.”
“Has something serious happened?”
The Celestial Commander was taken aback and quickly turned to look at Shui Miao.
Shui Miao nodded gravely. “We killed several Demon Emperors and injured a blood python with a horn on its head, ten meters in diameter. I’m worried they will retaliate against us.”
“Ahh!!”
“Killed Demon Emperors…”
Upon hearing this, the gathered celestial generals erupted in shock.
“What!”
“Shui Miao, you’re saying you injured a blood python with a horn on its head, ten meters in diameter?”
The Celestial Commander looked at both Shui Miao and Shui Tianyi, his face full of astonishment—not because of killing Demon Emperors, but because he was shocked that Shui Miao had injured the python.
“Senior Commander, is that blood python particularly significant?”
Shui Miao asked in confusion.
To dispel the commander’s doubts, Shui Tianyi quickly nodded, “Yes, I witnessed it with my own eyes.”
“This is a huge problem. A really big one!” The Celestial Commander grew flustered. A few seconds later, he hastily turned to issue orders to the celestial generals, “Quickly, have all the celestial soldiers and generals stationed at Demon-Suppressing Mountain withdraw immediately and return to the main camp. Beat the war drums!”
“At once!”
The celestial generals loudly acknowledged the command and quickly dispersed.
The Celestial Commander then hurriedly led Shui Tianyi and Shui Miao back toward the main camp.
“Dong… dong… dong…”
Thirteen massive war drums, lined up in a row on the left side of the main camp hall, were struck by thirteen giant deities, each nine meters tall. A deafening drumbeat echoed across hundreds of miles. Instantly, all the celestial soldiers and generals took their positions, and a series of defensive formations were rapidly activated. Within moments, multiple colorful protective barriers shimmered into existence across the hundreds-of-miles-wide area.
As the protective barriers solidified, the drumbeats gradually ceased, changing to a single beat every ten minutes.
Inside the main hall of the camp, thousands of celestial generals gathered in nine rows, awaiting the Celestial Commander’s commands.
In the inner chamber, the Celestial Commander, Shui Miao, and Shui Tianyi were engaged in discussion.
“Commander, why are you so panicked?”
As soon as the drumbeats stopped, Shui Tianyi quickly asked.
The Celestial Commander paced back and forth in the inner chamber. Hearing her question, he took a deep breath and stopped pacing to say, “You don’t know the whole story. That blood python is actually the mount of the Nine-Eyed Demon God of the Demon Realm. The Nine-Eyed Demon God is on par with the Celestial Warden Tianji Zunzhe of Punishment City in our Celestial Court. Now that you’ve provoked him, once he becomes enraged, he will surely lead the demon army to attack us. If we fail to defend ourselves, the Celestial Court will be in grave danger.”
“The Nine-Eyed Demon God!”
Shui Tianyi was slightly taken aback. Since the Celestial Court had sealed off news about the Immortal-Demon Realm, she didn’t know who the Nine-Eyed Demon God was.
But now, she understood and deeply memorized the name.
“Senior Commander, don’t panic. How many spirit stones do you still have? I have a small chessboard battle formation that can be used against the Nine-Eyed Demon God.” Shui Miao paused and then explained straightforwardly, “This small chessboard battle formation was evolved from the Hongyu Chess Formation and consists of fourteen supreme-grade holy artifacts. Because I was short on time, I only forged fourteen supreme-grade offensive holy artifacts. However, I currently lack spirit stones. If I had enough, I could use the small chessboard formation to generate a massive amount of purple fortune energy, which is exactly what demon gods fear.”
“Fourteen holy artifacts, all of them supreme-grade! Shui Miao, you’re not joking with me, are you?”
The Celestial Commander was stunned on the spot.
The entire defensive tower he commanded was barely comparable to a single supreme-grade holy artifact, yet Shui Miao possessed no fewer than fourteen of them, all arranged into a formation. Most astonishingly, the formation could even generate purple fortune energy! These revelations were beyond belief—even the Celestial Emperor himself might not possess such treasures.
Could it be that Shui Miao’s treasures surpassed even those of the Celestial Emperor?
Helplessly, Shui Miao summoned the small chessboard battle formation and released the aura of the holy artifacts.
The aura of supreme-grade holy artifacts exuded an imperial majesty.
Combined, the overwhelming pressure of the fourteen supreme-grade holy artifacts could easily force even a Celestial Venerable expert to kneel and worship.
The Celestial Commander sensed the immense pressure and felt his legs tremble.
Shui Miao quickly suppressed the holy artifacts’ aura and bowed respectfully to the Celestial Commander, saying, “Senior, this trouble originated from me, and I must take responsibility for protecting the Celestial Court. However, I urgently need a massive amount of spirit stones. If I had sufficient spirit stones, even if the Nine-Eyed Demon God came himself, he would only be coming here to die.”
“Good! I believe you. How many spirit stones do you need? I have more than enough!”
The Celestial Commander had many things, but what he had most was spirit stones.
Immediately, he supplied Shui Miao with a massive amount of spirit stones, allowing him to activate the small chessboard battle formation and accumulate purple fortune energy in preparation for the impending battle.
With an ample supply of spirit stones and no immediate attack from the Immortal-Demon Realm, Shui Miao, within the inner chamber, focused his mind, splitting his consciousness. Part of his soul entered the Time Tower, where all the artifact-forging furnaces were activated, aiming to complete the forging of the remaining holy artifacts and perfect the Hongyu Chess Formation.
Shui Tianyi was not idle either—she assisted the Celestial Commander in strategizing and preparing for all possible scenarios.
Before long, the toxic fog and bloody rain from the Immortal-Demon Realm began advancing toward the defensive formation.
At the same time, the holy artifacts Shui Miao was forging were successively completed, taken out, and infused with spiritual essence.
As before, the quality of each holy artifact was supreme-grade.
The imperial aura was as abundant as seawater—there was more than enough.
Before Shui Miao could finish forging the last artifact, the war drums suddenly sounded again—the Immortal-Demon army had truly begun its assault!
Simultaneously, a shadow suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the dark corner of the inner chamber.
This shadow was silent, emitting no aura or fluctuations whatsoever.
“Tianji Zunzhe, so you’ve finally come…”
Shui Miao could merge the power of all artifact spirits, effectively combining the strength of more than thirty Celestial Emperors. His divine consciousness was extremely sharp—he immediately detected the silent, invisible shadow!
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