Martial Saint!-Chapter 696 - 0431 The Final Battle is Upon Us (Seeking Monthly Ticket and Subscription)

Chapter 696: 0431 The Final Battle is Upon Us (Seeking Monthly Ticket and Subscription)

Meanwhile.

Around the stronghold, black clouds press against the city, and powerful auras surge from all directions. In the sky, the shadow of a gargantuan blood-red city tears open a rift, appearing out of nowhere. At the pinnacle of the giant city, a blood-armored evil ghost exudes a towering evil qi.

The Blood Prison Ghost King has descended!

While Lu Chenzhou and others secretly go to campaign against the Ape King, the Blood Prison Ghost King and the Six-headed Great Demon King lead their elite troops, gathering more than forty Fifth Realm and nearly two hundred Fourth Realm Demon Kings and Ghost Kings, leading an army to besiege the realm.

The black clouds cover the sky, and within the clouds, various terrifying and bizarre ghost creatures number in tens of thousands; their life magnetic fields connect, forming a storm of yin qi. The piercing yin wind, accompanied by ghostly wails, whistles through the air.

After the blood-red giant mountain of the Blood Prison Ghost King descends, it hurls toward the Wanxiang Battle Group’s stronghold without a word. This joint demon-ghost army went to great lengths, primarily to kill Lu Chenzhou and secondly to hunt down as many Heavenly Pride Grandmasters as possible.

"Cranes Flying Over a Lone Mountain!" In the sky above the stronghold, Wei Fenghua appears, his aura rising as he tears through the ghost mist, and his dazzling sword light crashes into the blood mountain.

Rumble! The sword light shatters, and the blood-red giant mountain presses horizontally, causing the ground for hundreds of miles around to tremble before it even lands, with countless soil and rocks rising and obliterating into dust.

"Blood Prison Ghost King, if you’re so eager to die, I, Daoist, won’t hold back." With a cold snort, the light from the arrays at the four extreme positions of the stronghold shoots skyward to form a massive barrier.

The barrier to the east, south, west, and north boasts an azure dragon ascending to heaven, a Vermilion Bird blazing across the land, a White Tiger roaring, and a Xuanwu shaking the mountain.

Middle Realm Daoist and three End Realm Grandmasters walk out of the void. As observers, they seldom make a move; the Demon King Hall and Myriad Ghost Cave are both targets of the war group’s assessment, waiting for the opportune moment to jointly campaign against them.

However, the demons and ghosts storm forth aggressively, as if poised for an early showdown. Given the urgency, they must intervene. Middle Realm Daoist slashes out with a sword, its power far surpassing Wei Fenghua’s, flushing away the blood mountain like a flood over ten miles.

"Indeed, there are masters!"

Buzz buzz buzz! The black cloud sweeps toward the stronghold; it is composed of numerous bloodsucking worm demons with mosquito-like mouthparts. The black cloud crashes onto the massive barrier, causing it to tremble incessantly, seemingly on the verge of shattering at any moment.

"Ha ha, I didn’t expect you to master the most troublesome array methods of a Qi Refiner." Three Hall Masters of the Demon King Hall descend.

"So what? Charge ahead! Watch me smash their barrier!" A towering hundred-foot-tall Rhino Demon stands atop an ancient bronze war chariot, recklessly charging toward the barrier with demon and chariot in tow. The impact wave shreds layers of earth and sweeps up into the sky.

The barrier quakes violently, its rippling incessant.

Twenty-seven formidable auras rise like wolf smoke, as Grandmasters from various war groups gather, their expressions solemn.

"Blood Prison Ghost King, the second and third leaders of the Demon King Hall; besides the Six-headed Demon, all high-level demons and ghosts are here."

"Why so sudden?"

Middle Realm Daoist conveys to the entire army:

"Do not panic; the Council-bestowed ’Four Symbols Sky Guard Array’ is a Fifth Rank ultra-large defensive array. As long as we have sufficient Primordial Stones, it can even fend off Demon Emperor experts for a period. We have now mined hundreds of billions of Primordial Stones, sufficient for over a hundred years. Yet, Primordial Stones are strategic resources, requiring circulation in upcoming markets; therefore, everyone should go out and hunt demons and ghosts, reducing array pressure and conserving Primordial Stone consumption.

The Old Daoist just received word from the Wanbang Council that merit points for hunting demons are now doubled, and the Heavenly Grade Treasures for exchange have increased to eight items."

Upon hearing this,

The battle group soldiers, as if invigorated, use the barrier as a shield and charge out to fight demons and ghosts, while the lead Grandmasters also charge out, battling the Great Demon King.

At a certain location on the battlefield, Earth Shattering Ancestor observes with worm eyes, his expression dubious: "Where is Lu Chenzhou?"

Whether at the bottom level or mid-high level, the demons and ghosts outnumber the war group, but the war group relies on the array, successfully blocking the demon-ghost army for now. Yet, breaking through the encirclement and gaining advantage is evidently difficult to achieve.

...

Wanbang Council.

Numerous Heavenly King experts are discussing.

"The demon-ghost forces within the realm show signs of getting out of hand. The original plan was to let the Heavenly Pride Grandmasters inside use this as honing until they advance to Great Grandmasters, and then engage them in decisive battle. Now that the demons and ghosts have initiated a grand showdown early, should we intervene?"

"With the ’Four Symbols Sky Guard Array’ in place, it’s still within control. I think there’s no need to intervene, as it doesn’t serve the trial’s purpose, and there’s still three years left, no rush."

"Just worrying, in case..."

The crowd debates endlessly.

The Northern Guardian King concludes: "For now, just observe and wait. Compared to the crisis currently faced by our human world, the minor issues within the smaller realm are negligible. If these can’t be solved, how can they bear the role of helmsmen in the future of human civilization?

The urgent task at hand is for Wan Tiangong, Lu Chenzhou, and others to successfully claim the mine vein occupied by the Lion Ape King, to assess their cultivation results."

...

Million Mountains.

The high echelon of the Demon Palace is also closely monitoring.

"Curses! Lu Chenzhou has yet to appear; he must be in seclusion! No matter what, he must be killed! He absolutely cannot succeed in breaking through the Fifth Rank, otherwise, the Demon God Avatar left by us will also find it difficult to obliterate him."

...

Time passes.

Drunken Immortal Lake.

The earth-shattering epic battle has lasted for an hour, with eight Great Grandmasters and Lu Chenzhou taking turns, collaborating with each other, and there have been no casualties yet.

As for the Lion Ape King, its soft fur is covered in burns, electrical shocks, traces of cold ice, and knife and sword cuts, with wounds all over its body, and its momentum is increasingly waned. The Lion Ape King is known for its explosive strength, but its endurance is average.

Even ants can bite an elephant to death, let alone these master fighters, who came trained and have practiced countless times. Failure is inevitable.

Blood stains the island.

Of course, after one hour of high-intensity battle, the Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters who came to subdue it are also exhausted.

Wan Tiangong’s divine long sword is cracked and spread; Demon Fist Tyrant’s chest is collapsed, the divine armor on it twisted and shattered, armor pieces scattered across the ground; even Mingxin Vajra’s indestructible body is covered in scars; and the one responsible for long-range control and attacks, the Dream Ring, is pale-faced, bleeding from five orifices...

The one who appears in the best condition is Lu Chenzhou because he had teammates to block and intervene, so his Immortal Armor hasn’t been completely shattered yet, leaving him unharmed.

However,

he employed the Kun Character Technique to move the Ape King, raising his qi-blood to a standard of twenty-six thousand, which allowed him to break the Ape King’s defense with "Dripping Water Can Penetrate Stone."

We must know that the lower limit for a Great Grandmaster is twenty thousand qi-blood, while the Middle Realm is thirty thousand. Merely in terms of qi-blood quantity, in Kunpeng Form, he has already surpassed all the Great Grandmasters present!

Not only him but the other Great Grandmasters also dared not hold back, and each unleashed their techniques, burning and sublimating their spirit.

Boom!

The Ape King, having lost too much blood, collapses like a mountain, causing the island to sink, its blood seeping underground.

"Phew, it’s finally over."

"So dangerous, several times nearly lost my life."

"Considering the Ape King’s power, just one solid hit would seriously injure or even kill us, even as Great Grandmasters... Without Top Class Divine Weapons and the Beidou Seven Stars Demon Suppressing Formation, we wouldn’t have the qualifications to confront it head-on."

The crowd adjusted their breathing on the spot, taking out valuable Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures as well as Great Medicine, for time is money, as the Ape King could awaken anytime, so they must hurry to eliminate it completely and eradicate future troubles.

Lu Chenzhou took out a drop of Earth Immortal Dew to ingest, which was found previously while mining in Yellow Wind Valley, totaling twenty drops. He received half.

His senior brother and Chen Tang, each received five drops.

For Grandmaster Experts, Earth Immortal Dew has gradually become an essential combat item, in special emergencies, it can instantly restore injuries and even spiritual power, and can be life-saving.

After adjusting their breathing, their strength restored, Lu Chenzhou looked at the enormous ape collapsed on the ground. "This Ape King is just temporarily fainted due to exhaustion; everyone, let’s attack its head together and annihilate it to prevent future mishaps!"

Yue Bufen sighed, "It’s a pity, this Lion Ape’s stubbornness was such that it refused to submit to us."

During the battle, everyone attempted to tame this beast. Some used intimidation, others used verbal assaults, and even Dream Ring employed a spiritual enslavement mark professionally, but none were effective.

Dream Ring said, "The Ape King is exceptionally proud; when I tried to subdue it, it said if we hadn’t used many against few, no one would be its match, and to be its master, one would at least have to defeat it in a fair duel."

The Spiritual Great Grandmaster can directly communicate spiritually with most beings in the world without language barriers.

Even the self-assured Demon Fist Tyrant shook his head repeatedly, "Defeat the Lion Ape King? Without cultivating another twenty or thirty years, none of us stand a chance."

Wan Tiangong said, "If it weren’t for the restrictions of the world’s rules, with the Ape King’s strength, it should’ve already reached Breakthrough Sixth."

As the crowd spoke, they raised their knives, guns, swords, and halberds, eight brilliant rays falling on the Ape King’s head. Eight Initial Realm Grandmasters, unleashing their full power, earth-shattering force.

After a thunderous tremor, the island sunk a zhang, and as the dust settled, the Ape King’s form disappeared.

The crowd’s hearts jumped.

"What’s happening?"

"Vanished into thin air?"

"Considering the toughness of the Ape King’s body, at most we could have shattered its skull, it couldn’t have been this powerful."

The crowd felt something unusual, Lu Chenzhou said, "Let’s retreat for now. I feel something strange about this place; regarding the mining task, we can discuss it later with the main group."

Suddenly, the entire island with a diameter of nearly a hundred miles sank into the waters, submerged within the lake. In a moment, a colossal shadow seemed to emerge on the lake surface, hundreds of millions of tons of seawater were lifted, transformed into giant waves rolling back in all directions.

In the look of disbelief from everyone, an immense creature broke through the lake surface, its surface covered with layer upon layer of mysterious patterns resembling those on a turtle shell. Be it rocks or trees, they are merely embellishments on the shell.

The giant turtle opened its gaping maw, eyes as massive as a pond looking upon the figures overhead, a powerful suction force arose, causing a massive vortex to appear on the lake surface.

Hundreds of miles all around, the winds and clouds changed color, the space torn and sucked into its belly with the suction force, all those who came to subdue the Ape King were absorbed into the vortex without a trace of resistance.

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