Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 1952: Chapter 1445: Explosion

When this army, formed by demon cultivators and devil beasts, arrived at the encampment, the sun was sinking in the west, golden rosy clouds filled the sky, and the blazing red sunlight stained the clouds with a blood-like scarlet, adding a peculiar atmosphere to the imminent great battle.

Li Zhirui silently counted the time in his heart. As soon as the thirty breaths agreed upon with the others were up, the deadly killing move he had brewed in his palm for so long instantly transformed into a streak of white light, disappearing at an astonishing speed.

Rumble—

Suddenly, the world resounded with mysterious booming explosions, like the roar of ten thousand thunderbolts making everyone dizzy and disoriented.

”What happened? What’s going on?”

The devil beasts and demon cultivators standing at the rear of the Spirit Boat were confused, but vaguely sensed something amiss. They immediately looked around, trying to find the source of the explosions.

But the creatures at the bow of the boat wore terrified expressions, unable to believe what they saw before their eyes.

”How is this possible?! Wasn’t it said that there weren’t many invaders left in the encampment? How could they unleash attacks of such terrifying power?”

But in such a desperate situation, no one cared to ask such questions anymore.

Now, their minds held only one thought—to preserve their own lives! In panic, they layered themselves with defenses, as if doing so might help them survive!

”Careful! Deploy your defenses quickly!”

A certain devil race clan member, worried that their unguarded army would suffer massive casualties, shouted a reminder to those at the back. Whether anyone listened—or lived—would depend on their luck.

”Ugh...”

But just then, several demon cultivators at the Realm of Human Immortality suddenly died violent deaths!

Upon closer inspection, it wasn’t hard to see that they died because their dantian was instantly pierced through.

Meanwhile, the devil race immortals were focused on resisting the flood of divine powers, and hadn’t noticed the bizarre deaths among their ranks right away.

”Aaaah!”

”Help!”

”Someone, save me!”

...

Wails of agony and pleas for help erupted throughout the army. No matter whether they had listened to warnings, their own strength simply couldn’t withstand this spell torrent, and countless beings were crushed to bits.

Under the violent charge of the spell flood, the surviving devil race immortals’ faces were filled with relief at being spared, but when they turned back, they were shocked to find that all the demon cultivators at the Realm of Human Immortality lay motionless on the ground—utterly lifeless.

”What’s going on?! How did they just suddenly die!”

The few remaining devil beast immortals found it unbelievable, and a strong sense of terror welled up inside them. Any little movement drew their attention, as they feared they might end up the same.

But in the next instant, the sudden appearance of numerous figures within the encampment answered their doubts.

It turned out a large number of cultivators had been hiding in the encampment all along. The previous weakness was merely part of an ambush specially set against them!

But when had these cultivators arrived?

It had been no more than two hours since they were discovered—so short a time that, logically, there shouldn’t be this many cultivators gathered.

Or perhaps these Outer Realm cultivators had recently launched a general attack, wiping out or severely suppressing Korea and Japan, which allowed them to amass so many; and as luck would have it, the invading army stepped right into it!

Or maybe their presence had been detected long ago, while they themselves remained blissfully ignorant, smug and proud—only for reality to slap them hard in the face!

Now, with the battle just beginning, their side was already suffering catastrophic casualties!

Several demon cultivators at the Realm of Human Immortality were all dead; numerous demon cultivators and devil beasts perished because they lacked swift reaction or sturdy defenses.

This killing move dealt not only enormous casualties but also devastated their morale.

”Excellent results!” Li Zhirui revealed himself slowly, gazing at the corpses of the demon cultivators at the Realm of Human Immortality, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

Though this army of devil beasts and demons was still stronger than his family, this ambush at least disrupted part of their forces.

For instance—Li Zhirui!

If before, there had been a full seven Human Immortals, the pressure on him would have been immense; but with several dead demon cultivator immortals, the pressure was now much less.

Furthermore, the alliance between the devil race and the demonic Tao had originally been equal, but now, with all the demon cultivator immortals dead, the demon cultivators hurriedly elevated several powerful individual immortals as representatives to manage the rest.

This naturally placed them at a disadvantage against the devil race—the coalition’s leadership hence fell to the devil race!

So, whenever danger arose, it was certain the demon cultivators would be the first forced into the fray.

And even if those demon cultivators now wanted to withdraw from the alliance, the devil race would absolutely refuse!

Should they attempt to flee, the devil race might well strike even faster than the cultivators defending the encampment.

...

”Kill!”

Taking advantage of the stunned devil beast-demon army, Li Zhirui would not miss his chance to seize initiative. He shouted mightily, casting a rainstorm of ice needles, pouring destruction upon the horde.

His clansmen and loose cultivators reacted instantly, quickly forming hand seals and launching attacks.

In a blink, hundreds and thousands of spirit lights smashed down in a barrage upon the invaders.

Roar!

”Block it for me!”

The devil race Human Immortals roared, transforming into their true forms—giant monsters whose thick-skinned, muscular bodies combined with their own spells nullified the attacks, allowing them to easily withstand this wave.

Because they responded quickly, they saved many devil beasts and demon cultivators; the casualties didn’t repeat the initial disaster.

Moreover, after consecutive threats to their lives, the devil beast-demon army sobered up, realizing they could not go on like this, and began a fierce counterattack.

However, the Li family’s encampment was finely constructed, as if it had anticipated an attack from native creatures, so the passage was exceptionally narrow, lying between two towering mountains—forming a canyon.

This narrow passage restricted the number of attackers from this realm, and the Li family could set all kinds of traps within to shift the tide of battle.

”Kill!”

”Charge ahead! Slaughter these Outer Realm creatures!”

Behind, the devil race constantly sent in low-level devil beasts, driving them into the passageway, sacrificing their flesh and lives to trigger traps and break the encampment’s defensive array.

Low-level devil beasts were mere expendables, cannon fodder; no one cared how many died. The only frustration was that the defenses hadn’t been breached yet.