Chapter 642: 406
The corpses of the Demonic Beasts kept piling up on the city walls, and more Demonic Beasts kept charging up using the bodies of their counterparts as stepping stones.
Given the robust physical strength of the Demonic Beasts, as soon as they breached the walls and held on for a few moments, the cultivators atop Forbidden Army City would find it difficult to sustain the fight.
This was a common strategy employed by the Demonic Beast tides.
The cultivators of the Lin Family commanded the rest of the Foundation Establishment cultivators from Heavenly Phenomenon Island to defend a section of the wall while the remaining three sections were defended by the cultivators of the Xu Ri Army, although a number of Qi Cultivation late-stage cultivators from Heavenly Phenomenon Island also provided support.
The entire sea was in utter chaos.
Above and below, even at sea and underwater, battles raged in unparalleled disarray.
After hunting down a few Purple Mansion pythons, Lin Shiming turned his gaze toward the city walls.
In the next moment, his pupils shrank uncontrollably as he saw the corpses of the Demonic Beasts on Forbidden Army Island decomposing step by step, turning into Spiritual Power and strengthening the black Spirit Patterns shield.
The magical treasure of Red Leaf True Person had indeed caught Lin Shiming by surprise.
Following this trend, as long as the Purple Mansion cultivators could withstand the surge of the Purple Mansion Great Demons, it was very likely that this preemptive attack could thwart the Demonic Beasts' plan to create a breach, resulting in their strategy being undone at the last moment!
The region affected by the beast tide was extremely vast, and, like the Human Race, it was evident that not all Demon Kings were united in purpose; all desired to occupy the human islands and devour the flesh and blood of human cultivators.
At the same time, they also feared the islands of the powerful; if they could intimidate the Demon Kings this time, perhaps the next breakthrough would target other islands, and the goal of the Lin Family would be achieved.
And he believed that Red Leaf True Person's thoughts were the same.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many Purple Mansion cultivators present this time, nor would there be a magical treasure like that of Forbidden Army Island.
Red Leaf True Person was leading a team on her own. He guessed that the measures she had prepared were no less than those of the former Xu Ri True Person.
Suddenly, Lin Shiming realized that at the realm of the True Person, one would seldom resort to moves; a big reputation didn't necessarily equate to great strength, after all, as some techniques were not to be used lightly.
"Chirp!"
"Chirp!"
Suddenly, two piercing cries came from the island.
In an instant, a dazzling five-colored light appeared, like a stretch of five-colored red clouds, emerging amidst the dark tide of beasts and shedding limitless brightness.
Red Leaf True Person's brows finally began to furrow.
The five-colored light and shadow were also recognized by Lin Shiming, for they belonged to the Five-colored Demon King.
Its body as large as an island and the blazing five-colored fiery feathers bestowed immense Spirit Might upon the crowd.
Even many spirit pets belonging to the human cultivators began to lose control to some extent.
Of course, the most despairing aspect wasn't just that; far in the distance, there wasn't just one stream of five-colored flames, but two.
There were two Five-colored Sparrows in succession.
One after the other, they dashed towards Red Leaf True Person, and the auras of the two Five-colored beings were of the Fifth Rank Mid-Stage Demonic Beasts.
The surging five-colored Spiritual Flames emitted a terrifyingly high temperature.
He had only felt such a heat on the Flaming Sword before.
At this moment, seeing this, Lin Shiming was considering whether to take the cultivators of the Lin Family and flee aboard the Zifeng Boat.
Finally, Red Leaf True Person made her move as well. In her hands, a golden figure appeared first, shining bright with golden light, as if a Buddha Cultivator.
The aura it radiated, however, was at the early stage of the Fifth Rank, specifically a Fifth Rank Spiritual Puppet.
Beyond that, there were twelve magical red leaves in her hands that spun around her in the air. The next moment, the twelve leaves scattered and shot towards the two Five-colored Demon Kings.
The golden figure also charged toward one of them, facing the five-colored Spiritual Flames without a hint of fear.
"Courting death!" the two Five-colored Demon Kings exclaimed in unison.
Their five-colored Spiritual Flames were so powerful they could even melt a Fifth Rank Xuan Iron Crystal.
To their colossal form, the twelve red leaf magical treasures seemed incredibly insignificant.
As expected, the Twelve Red Leaves were easily swept aside by their assault.
The Fifth Rank Spiritual Puppet was engulfed by the firebird made of five-colored Spiritual Flames and its golden sheen began to melt rapidly.
But in the next moment, a Fifth Rank Spirit Talisman was deployed, and a golden Muyu appeared in the hands of the Fifth Rank Spiritual Puppet.
The Muyu instantly opened up its suction force, absorbing all the five-colored Spiritual Flames into it.
The Spirit Talisman in hand was a Fifth Rank Windshadow Talisman, greatly increasing the speed of the Fifth Rank Spiritual Puppet as it charged towards one of the Five-colored Demon Kings.
That Five-colored Demon King immediately flew into a rage.
A pair of fiery red spirit claws viciously reached for the Spirit Puppet!
Boom!
In an instant, the Spirit Puppet was grasped so fiercely that it nearly shattered, even showing signs of cracking.
However, just then, deep in the ocean, a red shadow appeared.
That red shadow was incredibly fast, and the resultant tsunami soared to a height of a thousand feet.
The next moment, the red shadow rapidly transformed into a black silhouette, becoming a giant undersea black hole, slowly rising upward.
Boom, Boom, Boom!
Having swallowed a thousand feet high worth of seawater, Lin Shiming only then realized it was an enormous red whale. With a single swallow, it seemed capable of devouring the sky and Earth.
Countless Second and Third Rank Demonic Beasts, as well as several Purple Mansion Great Demons, were like tiny shrimp in the whale's colossal mouth, utterly insignificant.
The black hole also unleashed a massive suction force, along with the spread of black spirit light. Touched by the black spirit light, the bodies of all demonic beasts couldn't help but freeze.
Among them was the Fifth Rank Five-colored Demon King!
"Red Whale, you're still alive!!" one of the beasts trapped by the black spirit light shouted, realizing it was about to be devoured and hastily attempting to ingratiate itself.
Another Five-colored Demon King beside it suddenly spat out a five-colored pearl.
This pearl was extremely similar to the one Lin Shiming had obtained earlier. However, the former was a Fourth Rank Magical Artifact, while this one was Fifth Rank.
The released flames transformed into a hundred-yard-long Five-colored Firebird that bit towards the Red Whale.
And it emitted layer upon layer of soulful spirit light. Lin Shiming felt as if the divine sense of all his magical treasures was stripped away in an instant.
This Fifth Rank Magical Artifact was countless times more tyrannical than the Fourth Rank one; not only could its flames injure one's divine sense, but even the light it cast could burn the divine sense as well.
And to think, he was a full thousand li away from where the Demon Kings battled. But the Five-colored Demon King and the Red Whale seemed so huge, it felt as though they were nearby.
At that moment, like Lin Shiming, many Human Race Purple Mansion Cultivators found their magical treasures suddenly inoperative, while the Purple Mansion Great Demons faced no such issues and instantly swooped in aggressively.
The Purple Mansion Great Demon targeting Lin Shiming was also instantly overjoyed, having been suppressed by him for so long and filled with rage.
A pair of claws ferociously swept towards Lin Shiming's neck.
At that moment, it seemed as if its beastly pupils could see Lin Shiming torn to shreds with ease, just like its previous prey!
However, a suit of Starlight Armor suddenly materialized on Lin Shiming's body.
Simultaneously, a pair of Iron Fists fiercely blasted forward!
Bang!
The Purple Mansion Great Demon naturally disdained Lin Shiming, a human cultivator relying on the little beings of the Soul-Suppressing Pagoda, to withstand its claw.
Yet the next moment, what was once the Purple Mansion Great Demon's unstoppable claw was smashed to pieces by Lin Shiming's fist!
It must be known that Lin Shiming's cultivation of the Starlight Tempering Body Technique, an Earth Rank Technique, enabled him to fight even with Fourth Rank Flood Dragons.
The might of his punch was far fiercer than that of a Middle Stage Purple Mansion Shocking Sea Ape.
The Purple Mansion Great Demon had never imagined it would not only survive being suppressed by Lin Shiming's four Soul-Suppressing Pagodas for a stick of incense's time but would actually meet its end under Lin Shiming's Iron Fist!
Lin Shiming, however, was unsurprised and, with a quick movement, also rescued Lin Shijie.
At this moment, the seascape became even more chaotic; numerous Human Cultivators were cut down by the seizing opportunity of the Purple Mansion Great Demons.
Meanwhile, the Red Leaf True Person sent twelve red spirit leaves towards the remaining Five-colored Demon King.
This time, the brilliance of each spirit leaf was even more intense.
Unleashing tremendous Spirit Might from twelve directions, they slashed towards the Five-colored Demon King.
The Five-colored Demon King hastily released Spiritual Fire again, fanning out fierce winds.
The violent winds instantly formed several tsunami whirlwinds, which, however, were effortlessly sliced apart by the red spirit leaf magical treasure and continued to slash with undiminished force.
"A Fifth Rank Middle Stage set of Magical Artifacts?" The Five-colored Demon King was also somewhat panic-stricken at this point, as its Fifth Rank Five Flames Pearl had already been used once, and there seemed to be no time for another release.
More crucially, the figure of the Red Leaf True Person had disappeared from afar, and in a peculiar turn, reappeared behind the twelve red leaves.
Every single image was incredibly realistic!
This left the Demon King completely unable to distinguish the real from the illusory.