Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 1574: Chapter 1256: Exploitation

Thousands of demon cultivators wailed incessantly in the purification light, their lives dissolving quickly like thin ice under the scorching sun. Only those who had broken through to the Immortal Realm could still resist by using divine powers, managing to hold on for a little longer.

But against the continuously, tumultuously flowing purification light, their resistance was futile, and they could hardly escape death in the end.

However, when the light encountered those few large pits, it could go no further.

From the pits emerged billowing black smoke, demonic qi soared to the heavens, effortlessly blocking Li Zhirui’s attack.

”Quickly! Escape to the Blood Pool, beside the Corpse Pit, this cultivator cannot break the accompanying formation.” Suddenly, a demon cultivator shouted.

In the outside world, a large portion of them would immediately flee at first opportunity, but here in the depths of the underground, there was no way to escape. They could only gather everyone’s strength for a slim chance at preserving their lives.

The surviving demon cultivators, using every means possible, hurried towards the Blood Pool and Corpse Pit.

”Now you dare to boast while Uncle Shi Kui is away, attacking the D Underground Palace. When he returns from his inspection, you will surely die without a burial place!” A demon cultivator, who had first escaped into the black smoke, might have felt protected by it and thus dared to threaten.

”D Underground Palace?”

Li Zhirui’s eyes flashed harshly, ”I didn’t expect that in just over a hundred years, you damned demon cultivators have established so many underground palaces in Shanhai State, and who knows how many beings have died at your hands...”

A, B, C, D.

This means the Demonic Tao has established at least four such underground palaces!

And if each underground palace has a Blood Pool, Corpse Pit, Bone Cave, and Flesh Mountain, then in these hundred years, the number of deaths might be no less than a million.

The key issue is why such large-scale disappearances and deaths have gone unnoticed!

”Then let me see whether Shi Kui returns first or I purify this filthy place!”

As he spoke, pure white lotuses blossomed in the void, and under the demon cultivators’ terrified gazes, the lotuses absorbed the demonic qi, grew stronger, and expanded.

In an instant, the lotuses doubled, almost filling the space above the pit, while the once thick black smoke thinned at a visibly rapid pace.

”Impossible! Such a divine power cannot exist! What we see must be an illusion, yes, it’s all trickery!” A Human Immortal Demon cultivator frantically denied it, unwilling to accept the truth.

But denial was futile because they had already painfully experienced the sting of the purification light!

The once strong demonic qi, after significant weakening, could no longer protect them.

Soon, as the black smoke completely dissipated, leaving them exposed in the dazzling white light, despair was etched on every demon cultivator’s face.

None of them were a match for Li Zhirui, especially now that their powers were severely suppressed; they were even more vulnerable.

”What should we do now?” A fortunate Mortal Realm demon cultivator asked anxiously.

Given the current situation, he was undoubtedly one of the first to die, possibly not at Li Zhirui’s hands but rather at those of his fellow cultivators.

”There’s only one way to survive!”

Suddenly, everyone’s gaze shifted to him, eager for a useful suggestion.

”Everyone rush outside together, live or die, it all depends on your abilities and luck.”

”This...”

The initially hopeful demon cultivators exchanged glances, all falling silent.

This approach, if practiced by an Immortal Tao sect or family, might still hold some possibility of success.

But asking the demon cultivators to do the same was nothing short of a delusion.

They would undoubtedly drag each other down, preventing anyone from escaping too quickly, buying themselves more time.

”Since no one is willing, then wait for death!”

In the rapid discourse among the demon cultivators, Li Zhirui was already close to breaking through their joint defense divine ability.

His combat style had shifted from the usual prolonged entanglement, then bursting to kill, to directly unleashing all his power to resolve the matter quickly.

The reason was simple: the Earth Immortal Demon practitioner they mentioned was a threat that couldn’t be ignored; no one knew when he might arrive.

If Shi Kui suddenly returned to the D Underground Palace before this group of demon cultivators was dealt with, Li Zhirui would be in danger.

Even if he could hide in the void, it would still be quite troublesome.

Therefore, he needed to resolve the demon cultivators and the blood and corpses in the pits before Shi Kui returned.

Rumble—

Suddenly, a clap of thunder exploded, followed by the furious roars of torrents of thunder.

To everyone’s surprise, several streaks of lightning appeared in the hidden underground palace, and it was infused with purification power. Thunder, inherently firm and bright, coupled with the nemesis of evil filth, greatly increased the damage to the demon cultivators.

In just a few breaths, numerous demon cultivators were severely injured and fell.

Li Zhirui had diligently pursued the Thunder Method long ago, though he seldom used it due to lack of skill. But this time, he had learned high-level Thunder Method from Yuhong, integrating it with the Purification Principle.

Moreover, it was a divine power specially developed to counter demon cultivators, and now its effectiveness was indeed remarkable, with demon cultivator deaths steadily climbing.