Chapter 722: 9-Headed Snake Demon King
The five Heavenly Armor Corpses were all incredibly frenzied, each moving with ghostly speed and completely fearless of injury.
No pain, even when their bodies were charred black by the Thunder Spear, they still charged madly forward.
What they spat was corpse poison, and their claws, astonishingly long, occasionally left corrosive blood marks on the Thunder Roc.
This made the Thunder Roc roar repeatedly in rage.
The massive wings flapped continuously, and even the three Soul-Suppressing Pagodas teetered on the verge of collapse.
But Lin Shiming took out a Heavy Mountain Magical Treasure, and once it appeared, the Thunder Roc Demon King could no longer escape.
Fortunately, the Thunder Roc could refine the corpse poison with its thunder, otherwise its defeat would have been imminent.
Additionally, Lin Shiming's Five Elements Heavenly Armor Corpses had reached the Golden Core stage, each possessing a fifth-rank Secret Technique corresponding to their attribute.
The Fire Corpse had continuous corpse fire, the Wooden Corpse spread corpse bones all over, and the most formidable was the female corpse, with ghostly speed and sinisterly long claws.
After sustaining consecutive injuries, the Thunder Roc no longer attacked but retracted its wings to defend, yet the soul-capturing light from the Soul-Suppressing Pagoda continued to inflict severe wounds on the Thunder Roc Demon King.
In the end, it could only continuously form a thunder net, surging nearby to ensure it wouldn't be killed.
It could be said that Lin Shiming had surpassed the restraining relationship and was challenging the Thunder Roc across ranks.
The defeat of the Thunder Roc Demon King was almost certain.
Nearby, Lin Shilei, without much need for mention, was also facing a Thunder Roc.
As someone with the Acquired Thunder Body and the Five Elements Divine Thunder, every time he unleashed a divine thunder, it would shatter the opponent's thunder feathers.
The Five Elements Divine Thunder was evidently much stronger than the demon thunder of the Thunder Roc.
This made the Thunder Roc Demon King roar in rage and fear.
The reason the Thunder Roc Clan could rampage through the Southern Sea was due to their thunder demon essence, which few cultivators could withstand.
Even defensive Magical Treasures had difficulty protecting against it.
Previously, only the Five Elements Divine Thunder Technique of Golden Thunder Island threatened them.
Hence, during the last monster tide, the Thunder Roc Clan attacked Golden Thunder Island and seized the millennial Golden Thunder Bamboo.
"Crimson Roc Emperor, these humans are formidable!" The Thunder Roc could only cry for help repeatedly.
It didn't want the other Demon Kings to continue standing by idly.
The humans were evidently well-prepared.
But unfortunately, those distant Demon Emperors and Demon Kings remained indifferent.
Meanwhile, above the sea, the battle raged on, casting the skies into chaos.
The Red-haired Demon Monkey, as a Dragon Ape, was at that moment fighting the Heavenly Wood Ape. Both beasts, dozens of zhang tall, were like two giant monkeys in a brawl.
The Red-haired Demon Monkey refrained from using its true fire.
Instead, it engaged in a complete melee with the Heavenly Wood Ape.
Having just recently advanced to the mid-fifth rank, it needed an invigorating battle, and only flesh-to-flesh combat could activate its Dragon Ape Bloodline.
This excitement drove it to its peak.
The Heavenly Wood Ape, also mid-fifth rank, usually the king of physical combat, was like a punching bag today, relentlessly pummeled.
Beside them, the Golden Winged Mantis and the Profound Wooden Eagle vied for speed in the sky.
The strongest aspect of the Golden Winged Mantis was its Golden Sickle.
But the Profound Wooden Eagle excelled in speed, constantly casting vines and using its quickness to constrain the Golden Winged Mantis.
Even though the Golden Wing had ten wings, being a Spirit Insect, it couldn't match the speed of the Profound Wooden Eagle Demon King.
Nearby, Lin Zekong and Lin Zecheng, having recently broken through, were being suppressed.
This made their expressions unpleasant, especially since Lin Family's Lin Houshou's icebird was performing better than both of them.
The joy of their Golden Core breakthrough was almost entirely diminished.
Golden Cores indeed had disparities.
Meanwhile, Hongyu True Person and Profound Mechanism True Person on Golden Thunder Island were also suppressing their opponents.
Both families had exceptional methods; the former had numerous domineering Magical Treasures.
The latter's techniques were somewhat similar to Red Leaf True Person, possessing Secret Technique Minor Divine Abilities like 'Following the Leaf'.
Nonetheless, the most surprising aspect for both at the moment was the Lin Family.
They could understand Lin Shiming's strength, but now Lin Shiming, Lin Shilei, and Lin Houshou's power far exceeded their imaginations, accompanied by so many formidable Demon King Spirit Beasts.
For a while, their eyes were full of trepidation.
Such a magnificent lineup could possibly make the Lin Clan the real titan in the Southern Sea a century later.
At this moment, apart from the True Persons and Demon Kings, all Purple Mansion cultivators and Purple Mansion Great Demons were embroiled in combat.
The Lin Family had also produced a plethora of talents.
Lin Changxing with the Water Spirit Root and Lin Changxue with the Ice Spirit Root, their Ice Path Divine Skills were causing the demonic beasts immense suffering.
In addition, Lin Zehong's Spirit Talismans, Lin Yanxing's sword techniques, Lin Changxiao's wind-type secret methods, and so forth.
The entire situation unfolded in the way the Lin Family desired.
Especially at this moment, the three fifth-rank War Treasure Ships were all activating sword arrays.
Every time the Magical Treasure Flying Sword descended, it reaped countless demonic beast corpses.
In the sky, a grand Myriad Beasts Banner continued to flutter.
Lin Shiming stood beside the Myriad Beasts Banner, which wasn't absorbing beast shadows; instead, the cultivators Lin Shiming arranged were absorbing demon souls.
The Myriad Beasts Banner was merely a facade.
And with the Myriad Beasts Banner out, a pinnacle fifth-rank Thunder Roc Demon King also flew out, charging toward Lin Shiming.
They knew Lin Shiming was the highest commander this time.
They couldn't fathom how, without a Nascent Soul, humans dared to venture to Myriad Demon Island.
But at this instant, in their view, slaying Lin Shiming would reveal the answer.
The thunder of this pinnacle fifth-rank Thunder Roc Demon King had turned into golden thunder.
It seemed to have absorbed the millennial Golden Thunder Bamboo.
Its speed reached unimaginable levels, and likely, it wouldn't be long before this Thunder Roc Demon King transformed into the Thunder Roc Demon Emperor.
Lin Shiming felt grateful to have arrived promptly this time because if faced with two Demon Emperors.
Even if the Lin Family could destroy Myriad Demon Island, the price would be considerable.
But now, Lin Shiming already regarded the Thunder Roc Demon King's inner core as part of the spoils.
He was just pondering what to gift Lin Shilei.
The kind of profound Thunder Turtle would suit for breaking through to a fifth-rank Demon King.
Lin Shiming was quite expectant.
Just then, a system warning suddenly sounded.
"Be cautious of the nine-headed Demon King and Crimson Roc Demon Emperor's ambush from the sea bottom!"
Seeing the system warning, Lin Shiming was momentarily stunned.
But then he smiled inwardly.
He wasn't surprised by the ambush from the Crimson Roc Demon Emperor, but he hadn't anticipated a Demon King lurking beneath the sea.
Moreover, it was from the nine-headed serpent clan.
The nine-headed serpent was an exceedingly rare entity in the Cultivation World.
Because it was a snake with nine lives.
As long as one life existed, it could survive, and by expending significant cultivation levels, it could regenerate nine lives.
This divine skill made it nearly impossible to kill a nine-headed serpent Demon King.
But the nine-headed serpent clan also found it challenging to propagate offspring.
"Come on!" Lin Shiming drew the Taiyi Grass Sword, readying his sword.
A massive sword aura emerged, shooting towards the golden thunder feathers of the Thunder Roc Demon King.
The power of each golden thunder feather was immense, densely packed, always making the Golden Thunder Demon King triumphant.
Yet this time, the Golden Thunder Demon King's eyes were filled with disbelief.
Because that sword aura instantly shredded its thunder feathers.