Daoist Competition

Zhang Boyant laughed maniacally, saying, "Wang Qianli, Liu Zhiqi, you two old fools, defeated foes, dare to come and lecture me?"

The two Jiuling Elders were taken aback by his words, their identities exposed in a single breath, showing signs of shock and uncertainty in their eyes, saying, "You are..."

Zhang Boyant refused to waste words with them. He let out a cold sneer, reached out his hand, took out a banner, and tapped it on the Dharma Cloud beneath his feet. With a spell, he cast the "Sun-shielding Dark Cloud" technique, and instantly, ominous winds arose, with black clouds rolling, from which countless dried devil hands reached out, immediately grabbing and frantically dragging all the surrounding demon spirits inside.

Under the Forbidden Locking technique of Heaven and Earth, many demon spirits were already lacking agility, and now being grabbed and pulled like this, they were even more immobile.

This spell wasn’t Divine Skills, but when deployed within the Demon Cloud, it was particularly effective, rendering outsiders unable to discern its origin. Even the two Jiuling Sect Elders began to panic, hurriedly deploying their Dharma Treasures and Protective Treasure Light to shield themselves.

Seeing the two in a miserable state, Zhang Boyant’s eyes carried a playful huntress gaze, shouting, shaking his body, releasing 108 fierce devils to fly chaotically around, like flies smelling blood, to bite upon seeing the two. After a short while, they chewed their Protective Dharma Treasures to tatters, devoid of spirit light, turning to scraps.

The two were frightened, hurriedly taking out another Dharma Treasure to deploy in the air, but those too couldn’t withstand for long and were destroyed.

After several rounds like this, the treasures on their bodies were all devoured, leaving only the Protective Treasure Light.

Zhang Boyant chuckled coldly, with the two trapped in place and unable to move, no matter how much they struggled, it was futile, merely delaying their death by moments.

Waiting a bit longer, the two’s Protective Treasure Light finally shattered, and over a hundred devils swarmed up, dismembering and consuming them.

Zhang Boyant glanced around, invoking the Netherworld Escape Technique, transforming into a wisp of faint smoke to fly away while issuing a long howl, with hundreds of devils following, circling around the arena, absorbing all the demon spirits’ flesh and blood.

Originally, there were six Jiuling Sect Elders present; now five were dead, leaving one involved in a showdown with Lu Mei Niang.

Although Lu Mei Niang lacked any particularly powerful Supreme Treasure, and her Divine Passage Skill was also ordinary, she left few openings, as she employed a roaming fighting technique. Each time she sensed danger approaching, she’d escape swiftly, making it difficult for the Demon Sect Elder fighting her to seize her.

Seeing fellow sect members die one by one, realizing that the Locking Heaven and Earth technique made escape impossible, the remaining elder made up their mind, took a spell, preparing to ignite the Jiuling Sect skill that would sack everything.

Elder Shen saw Lu Mei Niang was still handling herself, hence didn’t step forward to help, instead maintaining protection on the side, wary of any additional Demon Sect practitioners lurking nearby. Witnessing unusual signs from the Jiuling Sect Elder at this critical moment, his seasoned wisdom sensed something amiss, and he flicked out a sword talisman.

Yet, just as it arrived in front of the elder, the body-protecting Dharma Treasure instinctively flew out, clashing with the sword talisman.

Elder Shen saw the sword talisman blocked, fearing impending disaster, but then suddenly, a gold and red rainbow streak flew by like lightning.

Regardless of whether Elder Shen, Lu Mei Niang, or Old Demon Zhang—all felt a flash before their eyes, and upon close inspection, saw the last Jiuling Elder already decapitated, dead instantly, surprising them all. Turning to look, they saw Zhang Yan standing calmly, surrounded by Five-Colored Light Qi, too dazzling to view directly.

Zhang Yan nodded to the three, leading the way, riding the Dragon Carp towards the Extreme Sky.

The three glanced at each other, also followed closely, and soon felt the surroundings brighten dramatically, having exited the Demon Cloud.

Zhang Yan lifted his gaze, observing Gang Clouds swirling above, at the center was a massive vortex. From this position, the Star Stone was visible, its countless apertures occasionally emitting Gang Winds, momentarily dimming his Protective Treasure Light.

His expression shifted, looking back, he noticed Huo Xuan and the others also escaping from the Demon Cloud.

The Mingcang Sect originally sent thirteen Nascent Soul cultivators this time, but now only five remained. Besides Huo Xuan, Luo Qingyu, and Zhong Muqing, only Elder Chen and True Master Yan’s disciple were left, whereas three disciples who accompanied True Master Qin with Zhong Muqing were missing.

Zhang Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, realizing that within mere moments, Mingcang Sect lost eight Nascent Soul Elders, the battle incredibly fierce. However, the six Demon Sects certainly wouldn’t escape paying a price.

Huo Xuan saw Zhang Yan in place, acknowledged him from afar, but said no more, unfolded a token talisman with Zhong and Luo, transforming into Clear Light to shield themselves, and streaked tunneling light towards the Gang Clouds, promptly reaching Extreme Sky.

After watching them depart, Elder Chen hesitated upon surveying below, didn’t descend to the Demon Cloud, and after calling out to True Master Yan’s disciple, took flight elsewhere.

After Mingcang Sect left, a ripple brewed beneath the Cloud Mist; this time, it was Yuxiao Sect’s party emerging.

Nonetheless, their situation appeared even more tragic. Yuxiao initially arrived with twelve Nascent Soul cultivators, but following Zhou Qingyun’s slaying by Zhang Yan, only eleven remained, yet now, aside from Zhou Huang and Xie Ke Ming, just two elders accompanied.

Zhou Huang also glanced at Zhang Yan but pretended not to see him, whereas Xie Ke Ming glared bitterly. These two seemed unwilling to linger, quickly unfolded their token talisman, transformed into rainbow light, and darted into Extreme Sky, vanishing swiftly.

The two Yuxiao Elders, much like Elder Chen, avoided the Demon Cloud, choosing a detour, navigating tunneling light to fly elsewhere.

Gazing at the Star Stone above the sky, Zhang Yan’s eyes flickered slightly; after contemplating for a while, he suddenly declared, "Return!"

Elder Shen was startled, questioning, "Not going to Extreme Sky?"

Zhang Yan flicked his sleeve, answered firmly, "Demon Sect Elders slaughtered my disciples, how can we let it rest? Even if there are few remaining now, they can’t do much. I’m returning to finish it off then head to Extreme Sky!"

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