342: Chapter 342 A Sudden Attack, a Lure and Kill!

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Xuanzhen Kingdom, Huangzhou, Zhenmo Pass.

This pass was built relying on three third-grade Spiritual Veins. Its city walls, standing thirty Zhang high and cast entirely from black ironstone, served as one of the strongest barriers of the Yiqi Dao Sect to defend against the Myriad Demon Domain. A single pass could hold back a hundred thousand demons!

Inside the main hall of the pass, the atmosphere was solemn and murderous.

Master Qingding's face was deathly pale as he sat cross-legged on a futon, his Daoist robe stained with dried black blood. Standing before him were two Golden Core Cultivators whose bodies pulsed with spiritual light.

The Elder on the left wore an Eight Trigrams Daoist robe and exuded an Aura of majesty without being angry. He was an Elder of the Yiqi Dao Sect, possessing a Late Stage Golden Core cultivation, known as Master Minghe.

The middle-aged Daoist on the right held a horsetail whisk, his face cold. He was the Old Ancestor of a Golden Core Sect, known as Master Qingyun, with a Mid-stage Golden Core cultivation.

"Qingding, you have blundered terribly."

Master Minghe's voice was low, carrying a hint of blame. "Although Huangsha Pass is remote, it is still the gateway to Huangzhou. You, a grand Golden Core Cultivator, were actually forced to abandon the pass and flee by that demon dog Kuang Dou, completely disgracing our Dao Sect."

Master Qingding gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with resentment:

"Elder Minghe, Kuang Dou's cultivation has surged, already reaching Rank Six! Furthermore, he had dozens of Foundation Establishment Stage half-demons assisting him. Those half-demons have incredibly tough physical bodies and are impervious to Daoist spells. How could I possibly hold them off alone?"

"half-demons?"

At this, Master Qingyun sneered from the side, "Those are nothing more than the low-grade methods of the remnants of the Holy Blood Sect. The Myriad Demon Domain brought out a bunch of half-breeds to reap some easy benefits, and it scared you out of your wits."

"Qingyun, how dare you insult me!"

"Enough! The Sect Master True Monarch has issued an order."

Master Minghe raised his hand, interrupting their dispute.

"Those beasts of the Myriad Demon Domain haven't made a move for fifty years. Now they send some half-demons to test us, nothing more than wanting to seize a few more mineral veins and reap some easy benefits."

He took out a green command flag from his sleeve and placed it heavily on the table.

"The True Monarch has ordered that not an inch of the boundary between the Human Race and the Yao Race can be yielded, and we cannot allow the Yao Race to continue growing stronger."

"Fellow Daoist Qingyun, take three thousand elite Disciples, join forces with Qingding, and immediately reclaim Huangsha Pass. Sever that dog Kuang Dou's head and hang it outside the pass!"

"At the very least, we must reclaim Huangsha Pass and expel the demonic evil!"

Master Qingyun flicked his horsetail whisk and replied proudly, "Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Minghe. Kuang Dou only took advantage of a sneak attack. In a head-on battle, how can that hairy beast compare to the foundation of my Sect?"

Master Qingding swallowed a healing Medicinal Pill and stood up.

"Hmph!"

"Fellow Daoist Qingyun is indeed confident, so let's go then."

The two of them wasted no more words. Rallying the three thousand elite Cultivators within the pass, they steered two large spiritual ships, flew out of Zhenmo Pass, and headed straight for Huangsha Pass.

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In just half a day, they arrived at the ruins of Huangsha Pass.

The wind and sand raged wildly, the city walls were mostly collapsed, and the ground was littered with broken Magical Artifacts and pale skeletons.

The two spiritual ships glided through the night sky and hovered above Huangsha Pass.

Standing at the bow of the ship, Master Qingyun swept his Divine Sense below, his brow furrowing. "The half-demons have retreated, and there is no trace of Kuang Dou's Aura either. Could they have fled back to the Myriad Demon Domain after plundering some resources?"

Master Qingding's gaze was gloomy as he carefully sensed his surroundings, a faint sense of unease rising in his heart.

It seemed a little too quiet.

This place was only a thousand miles from the border of the Myriad Demon Domain. Usually, even during sandstorms, there should be low-tier Yao Beasts roaring and roaming about.

Yet at this moment, within a radius of hundreds of miles below, not even a trace of an ordinary wild beast could be found.

It was dead silent.

"Fellow Daoist, something is not right."

Master Qingding said in a deep voice, "Putting aside the grievances between us for now, we should retreat to Zhenmo Pass first before discussing further."

"Retreat? For what?"

Master Qingyun showed his displeasure, saying, "The Yao Beasts have plundered and retreated, which is the perfect time for us to rebuild our defensive line..."

"After all, Huangsha Pass is our foremost gateway. Repairing and rebuilding the pass here as quickly as possible will also ensure the peace and safety of our territory."

Before he could finish his sentence, the dark clouds in the western sky suddenly split open.

A pure, boundless tide of blackness emerged from the edge of the horizon, with rolling Demonic Qi gathering from all directions!

The earth trembled because of it.

At first, it was just a very slight vibration. After three breaths, the sand and stones of the entire wilderness jumped in unison, and a sandstorm tens of Zhang high was forcibly dispersed, revealing the terrifying scene hidden behind the wind and sand.

It was an endless beast tide!

Densely packed Yao Beasts, stretching as far as the eye could see, filled every inch of the land.

Wind Wolves, Ironclad Bulls, Poison-tailed Scorpions... hundreds of thousands of low-tier and mid-tier Yao Beasts gathered into a black torrent of destruction, crushing everything in their path with an overwhelming momentum.

Above the beast tide, demonic clouds rolled.

Six extremely massive pillars of energy broke straight through the clouds, completely blotting out the midday sun!

"That... That is..."

On the spiritual ships, the faces of the three thousand Yiqi Dao Sect Disciples instantly turned deathly pale, and some could not even hold onto their Magical Artifacts.

One side of the sky and earth turned as crimson as fire.

Kuang Dou's twenty-Zhang-long giant dog body trod through the air. With every step he took, a burst of raging fire exploded in the Void Realm beneath his feet!

Then, a vast expanse of green Qi surged as Yu Tian transformed into a thirty-Zhang-long giant green crane. As his wings flapped, the invisible pure Qi of the Qi Dao tore through hundreds of Zhang of the surrounding space, emitting sharp, piercing shrieks.

Even more water vapor soared into the sky as a giant Golden Crocodile over a hundred Zhang long burst from the ground. It was none other than the Water Dao Yao General, Golden Crocodile!

Its massive body crashed directly through a low mountain tens of Zhang high.

It summoned subterranean water to spread, riding the waves to engulf ten thousand miles!

Immediately after, a piercing golden light sliced through the sky.

The Six-Winged Golden Cicada hovered in mid-air, its wings vibrating. It was only the size of an ordinary human, but the pressure it exuded was even sharper and more violent than that of the Golden Crocodile.

Every flash of golden light caused the sky to darken, sending down torrents of torrential rain that swelled the waves ridden by the Golden Crocodile!

As the heavy rain gathered, it was followed by a dense and heavy earth Qi.

Clad in his heavy Monolith Rock Armor, Shi Pan strode at the very front of the beast tide. Each step he took caused the ground below to rumble, like an Earth Dragon turning over!

Behind him, rocks melted into lava.

Flame Bear's massive body swept across the land, carrying surging ground fires. Lava-like fire cloud Qi flowed all over his body, his eyes gleaming with fierce malice.

Six Golden Core Yao Generals quietly descended at this moment!

"Kuang Dou, Golden Crocodile, Shi Pan..."

Master Qingding's face darkened, his lips trembling violently. "Damn it, this group of Yao Beasts isn't here to reap easy benefits at all!"

"They want to start a war! A western expedition!"

At this moment, Master Qingyun's arrogance vanished without a trace.

He stared fixedly ahead at those six Yao Generals with towering Auras, his heart nearly leaping out of his chest. For a deserted Huangsha Pass, the Myriad Demon Domain had mobilized six Golden Cores and hundreds of thousands of a beast tide!

"Flee! Run!"

"Their target is us! This is to lure us into their trap!"

Master Qingyun was now both shocked and furious, frantically activating the spiritual ship's Formations.

"Fellow Daoists, since you are already here, do you still think you can leave?"

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