This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

The disparity in high-end combat power was so vast that there was no need to say more about the rest.

In such circumstances, every brief encounter between the Underworld Cultivators and the defenders of the tower ended in a crushing defeat for the Underworld side.

Before long, the Underworld had already lost twenty percent of their hundreds of Cultivators.

Even though a few managed to slip through the gaps and escape the encirclement, they were still trapped by the Barrier and could not flee.

The actions of the tower's defenders were, of course, well thought out in all aspects.

It looked to be another instance of catching turtles in a jar, a nearly certain encirclement operation.

The thought crossed the mind of the leading Divine Transformation Cultivator.

It was at that moment, however, that an anomaly suddenly occurred.

A strong wave of Element Force burst forth in the western corner of the island, rapidly expanding and spreading.

"What is this?!" Dantai Qingrun's complexion involuntarily shifted slightly as he observed from outside the Barrier.

There were actually three Divine Transformation Cultivators in this Netherworld branch temple.

And this last Divine Transformation Cultivator, who had been hiding and not showing himself, was not afraid to fight; he was looking for weak points in the Barrier and then intended to break through it by self-exploding directly.

Only in this way could he break through the Barrier in the shortest amount of time!

Almost simultaneously with the self-explosion initiation of the third Underworld Divine Transformation Cultivator, the two Divine Transformation Cultivators from the Underworld on the front lines also suddenly erupted.

One of the Divine Transformation Cultivators let out a cry, unleashing an extremely terrifying and piercing sound wave targeting the Cultivators on the eastern side of the encirclement.

Under the assault of this sound wave, Cultivators on the eastern front fell like birds that had fallen asleep mid-flight, plummeting down in droves.

Of course, using such a powerful technique came at a price, as the Underworld Divine Transformation Cultivator was now bleeding from all five orifices.

But regardless, a gap appeared, albeit briefly, in the encirclement!

The Underworld Cultivators hurriedly escaped through this gap.

The Divine Transformation Cultivator from the tower's defenders' faces changed, and they rushed to close the gap.

At that moment, the other Underworld Divine Transformation Cultivator revealed a fierce smile, positioned himself in front of the gap, and his body was suddenly overwhelmed by a violent wave of energy expanding outward.

It was identical to the wave of Element Force from the western corner of the island.

This was a Nascent Soul self-explosion!

A Nascent Soul self-explosion was a cultivator's suicidal method, very lethal but rather flawed.

Because this type of self-explosion had an activation process.

And during this process, the intense wave of energy was impossible to conceal; that is to say, as long as others chose to flee swiftly from the moment the cultivator began self-exploding, they could completely escape the range of the self-explosive force.

Thus, a Nascent Soul self-explosion often turned into a dud.

But the problem now was that the Divine Transformation Cultivator preparing to self-explode was blocking the gap, creating a situation where the tower's defenders, wary of the power of the self-explosion, could not close the gap in time.

With this self-exploding Divine Transformation Cultivator as the divider, his position blocked the Underworld Cultivators who were fleeing and deterred the tower's Cultivators who feared the lethality of the self-explosion and dared not advance.

It must be said that the timing was very well seized.

The scene was also quite heroic.

Boom!

On the other side, the Divine Transformation Cultivator who had activated his Nascent Soul self-explosion earlier had already exploded into a mist of blood amidst the intense Spiritual Light.

What followed was an explosive shockwave like that of a nuclear blast, with terrifying power.

In this formidable shockwave, ripples spread across the Barrier enveloping the entire island, causing it to tremble violently.

The Divine Transformation Cultivators from the tower's defenders maintaining the Barrier turned deathly pale, struggling to keep the Barrier intact.

Regrettably, under the self-explosion of this Divine Transformation Cultivator sacrificing his life and spirit, their efforts only prolonged the existence of the Barrier for a split second.

Sizzling!

In the next moment, the Barrier shattered into countless Fragments, breaking apart.

The aftermath rushed towards the surrounding sea surface, raising pillars of Water.

One Divine Transformation Cultivator self-exploded to break the Barrier, another Divine Transformation Cultivator self-exploded to temporarily disrupt the encirclement by the tower's defenders.

The Underworld Cultivators' counterattack was filled with uncompromising resolve.

Because they were well aware that, faced with the meticulously planned and prepared tower's Cultivators, turning the tables was nothing but an idle dream, and even the hope to fly away and escape was slim.

There was no other way but to sacrifice some of their own.

A choice both heroic and wise.

But what was incomprehensible was that it was well known that the Cultivators of the Netherworld were mostly vile and ferocious rogues, seduced by interests to join the Netherworld.

So why, at such a time, did these selfish Underworld Cultivators display such noble and selfless valor?

With such nobility, why not live an honorable life instead of playing the villain?

This was a situation that the tower's Cultivators had never encountered in their years of facing off against the Netherworld.

Previously, in the face of encirclement by the tower's forces, the Underworld Cultivators always acted as "every man for himself."

A condition that not even the Demon Race with their heaven-reaching abilities could change.

Because, that is human nature.