Chapter 260: Number One Immortal Cultivator Of The Middle Land (2)

Chapter 260: Number One Immortal Cultivator Of The Middle Land (2)

Blood Snake King has fallen? Wu Yuan cast a fleeting glance at the wider battlefield. Protected by the array, the Heavenly Rankers clashed fiercely with devil soldiers, the advantage they gained in artifacts was unable to compensate for the overwhelming numerical disadvantage they faced. On top of that, the Communion devil soldiers fought fearlessly without any regard for their lives. This was the most frustrating part about battling a worm devil.

There’s no other choice! Wu Yuan's eyes turned frigid, making a decision. Once again, he flew up to meet the crimson-winged devil soldier. The clash between the two forces intensified. Updated from n0velbIn.(c)o/m

At that moment, Little Black suddenly twisted its body. It darted through the air like a fish in water, its speed skyrocketing as it raced towards Wu Yuan.

However, its actions did not go unnoticed. The two Spiritual Body devil soldiers roared and quickly flew after the Teng Snake, disregarding Qiong Sea King and Mountain Devil King.

Reacting swiftly, Mountain Devil King moved to intercept them, only to be stopped by Qiong Sea King's voice in his mind. "Disengage! Mountain Devil, disengage immediately!"

"Why?" Mountain Devil King was perplexed.

"No time for questions, just move!" Qiong Sea King growled. He had received a command via spiritual transmission from Wu Yuan to assist the other Heavenly Rankers.

Within the Middle Land Immortal Hall, confusion rippled through the gathering of Heavenly Rankers.

"What’s happening?"

"The black snake has fled towards Wu Yuan, pursued by two Spiritual Body devil soldiers."

"Qiong Sea King and Mountain Devil King retreated? They didn't join the fight?" Emperor Dong Pan, Fang Xia, Daoist Wan Xing, and the other Heavenly Rankers looked on in confusion and shock.

The situation on the battlefield changed so quickly that they couldn’t grasp the specifics. For example, why would the Spiritual Body devil soldiers chase the black Teng Snake so persistently? And why would Qiong Sea King disengage so abruptly?

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As the Teng Snake streaked across the sky, its body shrank and intertwined seamlessly with Wu Yuan. This scene left the majority of Heavenly Rankers stupefied, struggling to grapple with what was going on.

They understood that spirit beasts could enlarge or shrink their bodies at will. But in this case, the black flying snake and Wu Yuan seemed to merge into one, revealing only a pair of massive black wings.

Beast Fusion. Only Fang Xia understood the full truth. This was what differentiated a lifebound eldritch beast from other contracted spirit beasts.

Ordinary spirit beasts possessed soul chambers or qi seas of their own, their abilities unaffected by the cultivation level of their masters. Even at the early Qi Sea phase, one could form a contract with an Amethyst Cradle spirit beast as long as the spirit beast was willing to consent.

On the other hand, lifebound eldritch beasts lacked their own soul chambers, a limitation that prohibited them from surpassing the level of their masters' cultivation. Yet, they shared a soul chamber with their masters, resulting in an unparalleled compatibility between the two. It was this synchronicity that granted them the ability of Beast Fusion.

As the Teng Snake merged with Wu Yuan, their collective power multiplied, akin to qi refiners coordinating to control an array. This union boosted Wu Yuan’s power exponentially, similar to the execution of an ether art without the burden of having to expend his vital ether.

Wu Yuan had been saving it for the final decisive battle. However, the worm devil was far stronger than he had anticipated. Relying solely on his own abilities wasn’t nearly enough to slay the crimson-winged devil soldier.

The worm devil must be desperate to kill me because it recognized the Teng Snake. It cannot have that many Spiritual Body devil soldiers under its command, so each one that dies weakens its forces greatly. This crimson-winged devil soldier might even be the highest-ranked soldier of them all.

With a mental command from Wu Yuan, the fifth-grade Heavenly Thunder Talisman flew toward the open wound of the crimson-winged devil soldier.

Instantly, a colossal talon swatted Wu Yuan. Raising his saber to block the strike, his wings flared, and he propelled himself backward with the force of the clash, quickly retreating hundreds of meters.

No! Panic rose in the crimson-winged devil soldier’s eyes as it instinctively sensed the imminent danger posed by the approaching talisman. This talisman was a lethal threat!

But before it could flee, the fifth-grade Heavenly Thunder Talisman activated!

BOOM! Massive bolts of purple lightning snaked through the sky, striking with a force that seemed capable of obliterating the world. Purple light engulfed everything within a radius of several hundred meters.

The crimson-winged devil soldier was buried in the light, as were two other Spiritual Body-phase devil soldiers, and even Wu Yuan! The tempest of lightning transformed the entire vicinity into an overwhelming sea of electricity. Rocks and soil were instantaneously reduced to vapor, disappearing into oblivion.

“Wu Yuan!"

Master? As the tumultuous sea of lightning erupted, Mountain Devil King and Qiong Sea King instantly fled for their lives, glancing back in horror. They clearly felt that each one of those streaks of lightning posed a deadly threat to them. The blinding light obstructed them from pinpointing where the lightning originated from.

"This!"

"This lightning?"

"Wu Yuan?"

Within the Middle Land Immortal Hall, the Heavenly Rankers watched the spectacle unfolding on the light screen with a mixture of astonishment, trepidation, and a glimmer of anticipation.

After a single breath, the lightning sea that had shrouded the world dissipated entirely.

All that was left was the lifeless body of the crimson-winged devil soldier, fragments of its skull falling to the ground. Two streaks of blade rays quickly dismembered the heads of the other two Spiritual Body devil soldiers, who were already split into two by the lightning

The scattered remains of the three Spiritual Body devil soldiers plummeted to the ground, electricity still coursing through their flesh.

In the sky, only one figure remained standing – Wu Yuan. His body was marred by countless injuries, and even his pair of black wings were wounded, oozing blood.

But, he won.