I speedrunned the fairies' game!

Chapter 23 begins! Let's turn the tide! (5K views, please continue reading)
The battle grew increasingly fierce.

On the square in front of the Mahavira Hall.

Broken swords and remnants of magical artifacts were scattered all over the ground, and splattered blood beads spread along the patterns of the bluestone slabs, accumulating into a dark red pool.

"Woah woah woah——"

A mournful wail came from underground.

The "Soul-Devouring and Spirit-Locking Array" beneath the earth's veins was catalyzed to its extreme. Countless invisible soul-grabbing hands emerged from the eerie octagonal starlight on the ground, stripping the souls of the fleeing righteous cultivators and annihilating them completely.

Fight till this moment.

Apart from a few elite disciples from major Xuanmen sects such as Shushan, Cihang, and Qionghua, who can barely maintain their Daoist heart and resist the evil energy of the formation,

Of the remaining righteous heroes who participated in the Demon-Slaying Conference, less than one in ten survived.

Just as everyone's morale was about to collapse.

Then, a chilling, shrill laugh echoed in my ears:

"Hahahaha, old dog Chiba, you've been undercover for ten years, and all your efforts have been in vain. You must be filled with remorse right now, right?"

The terrifying giant fox demon, surrounded by the crowd, roared wildly to the sky, and surging scarlet demonic energy poured out from its vertical pupils.

In an instant, its demonic body swelled up again, its neck thickened, and it looked as if it was about to crush the "Spirit-Binding Demon Pearl" on it!
"Go! Hurry up and leave! This old monk can no longer suppress it!"

The Thousand-Leaf Demon Monk, riding on the back of the fox demon, screamed hysterically.

Before he could finish speaking, he vomited another mouthful of bright red blood.

next moment.

There was a crisp sound of "pop"!
The Spirit-Binding Demon Pearl in his hand shattered with a crash.

This also means that

This terrifying black fox of unknown origin, which had taken over the Golden Sandalwood Temple, has been completely unsealed!
All of a sudden.

Apart from the disciples of the major Xuanmen sects, led by Mount Shu.

Everyone took a step back, their hearts pounding.

"Senior Brother Song! What should we do now?"

"Our only option now is to expend our own resources and use the Nine-Bend Profound Yang Formation of Mount Shu! Let's see if we can withstand it!"

"Yes! Senior Brother Song! As long as the Dao exists, righteousness will endure! Let's fight this beast! If we fail, we'll at least pave the way for our righteous comrades and buy them time!"

Seeing their fellow disciples die tragically one by one, the remaining Shushan disciples all looked at their senior brother, the sect leader's personal disciple, with a look of sorrow on their faces.

Song Qingfeng was also sweating profusely at this moment, and angrily retorted: "Fight? What are you going to fight with? Didn't you hear what that old man Qianye said? This demon swallowed the abbot's relic Buddha body and is already at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm? The difference in strength is like a chasm. You bunch of Qi Refining cultivators, no matter how many lives you have, it won't be enough to fill the gap!"

“But Senior Brother Song, you have already reached the peak of Foundation Establishment. If we really use the Shu Mountain’s ‘Nine-Bend Profound Yang Formation’, we might not be able to give it our all.”

One of the inner disciples whispered.

"Fuck you!"

Enraged, Song Qingfeng grabbed the disciple by the collar and shouted, "Listen to me! I, too, long to fight this demon to the death! But I am the leader personally appointed by the sect leader. The lives of the seventy-three junior brothers participating in this Demon-Slaying Assembly rest on my shoulders!"

"I brought you out of Mount Shu, and I must bring you back safely! Do you understand this responsibility?!"

"We understand! We understand!"

"Senior Brother Song, you really made me cry my eyes out!"

The disciples of Mount Shu, who had been harboring resentment, were suddenly moved to tears.

Song Qingfeng nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the mountain of corpses behind him and gritted his teeth, saying, "This array barrier and this rabble cannot escape, but that doesn't mean that we Shushan disciples cannot break through the barrier!"

"All disciples, listen to my command! Retreat to the edge of the plaza! Break through the array barrier with all your might!"

"Yes!"

"Hahahaha!"

The Black Demon Fox slammed its forepaws heavily onto the golden bricks of the meditation platform, its claws carving five deep gashes, its maniacal laughter causing the tiles to tremble violently.

"The disciples of the Shu Mountain sect, the leader of the righteous path, are these all? Running away?"

"Don't think I don't know that those old fogies in your sect deliberately pushed you so-called 'young prodigies' forward, aren't they after my Golden Sandalwood Temple's 'Buddha's Secret Realm'? But they didn't expect—"

"You are the prey—I am the hunter!"

The fox demon, having broken free of its restraints, laughed wildly, and the purplish-black demonic energy around its body intensified, rising three feet and enveloping the meditation platform in a cloud of black mist.

laugh!
Its arms were entwined with powerful demonic energy. It first grabbed the old monk Qianye on its back and slammed him to the ground like a rag doll, creating a pool of blood.

Then, flicking its crimson tongue, it walked step by step toward the remaining disciples.

at this time.

Two incredibly swift sword lights streaked towards us like comets!

Two ethereal maidens in white robes clashed their swords, joining forces to stab at its throat!

middle!

The fox demon trembled violently as a horrifying bloody hole was pierced in its throat, from which filthy, dark green demonic blood gushed out.

"Dong dong dong."

The fox demon clutched its throat, its massive body staggering back several steps, but then gritted its teeth and climbed back onto the meditation platform.

"Hmm, so it's the Holy Maiden Xiao of Cihang Sword Sect. She's quite something."

"If it were before today, you might have succeeded, but now, half of Shi Yan's Buddha body and the souls of these small fry have already been refined by me, the 'Array Master'!"

"Me now."

"It is the Black Fox Clan Chief, a late-stage Golden Core cultivator!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the vortex of demonic energy swept through like a black wind, stirring up rubble and blood foam, and then spread outwards with a roar!

The righteous cultivators who had been about to launch a desperate counterattack after seeing that Saintess Xiao had succeeded were also instantly blown away by the vortex.

"Xi Yue."

Cen Jing, the second senior sister of the Cihang Sword Sect's inner sect, whose clothes were now stained with blood, looked at her junior sister, the Holy Maiden, and said, "Things have come to this. I think we should stop fighting and go!"

Xiao Xiyue gripped her sword, remaining motionless, her beautiful eyes coldly fixed on the fox demon on the meditation platform: "Senior sister, you should leave. I am the Holy Maiden of Cihang Sword Sect, I cannot leave."

"Take a good look! The Shu Mountain forces have already withdrawn! Even the leader of the righteous path fled without a fight, so why should we throw our lives away in vain?"

Cen Jing said urgently, "You are just a Holy Maiden, not the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden we worship!"

"This"

Xiao Xiyue's body trembled upon hearing this, and she looked around—

All the Shushan disciples who had fought together against the enemy were now gone!

"To desert in the face of battle and abandon one's righteous comrades—this Senior Brother Song is simply too much."

Xiao Xiyue bit her cherry lips lightly, her pretty face flushed with anger.

Thinking of how her master and elders had repeatedly tried to match her with this Senior Brother Song, she felt a surge of disgust.

"Leaving aside whether we can break through this array and escape..."

"If I leave, how am I any different from Senior Brother Song? I, Xiao Xiyue, would rather die than associate with such a person!"

With a resolute look in her beautiful eyes, Fairy Xiao spoke, her true energy erupting and radiating a moon-white glow, her snow-white fairy dress billowing like a gust of wind!
The next moment, she lightly touched the ground with her jade-like foot, twirled her sword, and thrust it at the fox demon once more!
"Xiyue!"

Cen Jing gritted her teeth, then disregarded everything else, raised her longsword, and went after him!

"Still not giving up?"

Seeing the two women attack again, the Black Demon Fox, whose throat hole had now completely healed, grinned and revealed its white teeth!

"You—you're courting death!"

With a wave of her hand, the Black Evil Fox swept everyone away like dust, except for Fairy Xiao, who was protected by the Holy Light of Compassion!

"Alright, I don't have time to fool around with you foxes anymore—"

"This mouthful of phlegm should be enough to put an end to your stubbornness, shouldn't it?"

The fox demon let out another ear-piercing laugh, opened its blood-red maw, and a ball of scarlet demonic energy condensed inside!
"It's the demonic surge of a Golden Core demon!"

"Hide quickly!"

Some people in the crowd had already recognized the name!

In an instant, everyone completely lost their will to fight and scattered like birds and beasts.

Just then, from the corner, an unexpected figure rose into the air and rushed towards the face of the fox demon!

It was none other than the Cangming Cult's undercover agent, the Thousand Leaf Demon!
"Hurry! This is our last chance! I can't hold out much longer!"

The old monk Qianye burned his life essence and blood, and once again offered up the Demon-Binding Pearl, tightly locking the fox demon's pointed snout, and the demonic surge disappeared!

"Old man! You're really hard to kill."

The Black Fox Lord swayed violently, swinging its claws to pound the old monk's back, trying to shake him off. However, the old monk seemed determined to perish with him, refusing to let go.

Enraged, the fox demon roared at those around him, "Damn it, a bunch of bald-headed dogs! What are you pretending for?! Do you want to go back to the old days, eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures, worshipping that useless Buddha, or do you want to follow me, eating and drinking well, and playing with big-breasted women? Hmm?"

"We swear to follow Abbot Fox to the death!"

"Long live the new Golden Sandalwood Sect!"

Suddenly, countless sharp figures sprang out from all around the square!

They were all guardian monks of the Golden Sandalwood Temple!

See this scene.

The righteous heroes were both furious and increasingly desperate!
These monks have no demonic aura whatsoever; they are clearly human. Yet now they are helping the demons slaughter humans!
"Damn it, just as that Jirbon said—this Golden Sandalwood Temple is a veritable demon temple!"

"Yes! I initially thought this leader of the Jill gang was just here to cause trouble and make a scene, but now it seems he's telling the truth! He's actually a very honest man!"

"But speaking of which, where is Chief Jill?"

"Is that even a question? With so many people dead, you can imagine what happened."

"Hey!"

"Xi Yue, did you see it?"

Cen Jing's eyes reddened, and she gritted her teeth, saying, "The righteous sects of Shu Mountain deserted in the face of battle, while the demonic monk Cangming sacrificed himself to save others. Now, tell your senior sister, what is righteousness and what is evil? Good or evil has always been determined by 'people,' not by factions, isn't it?" "I..."

Xiao Xiyue's beautiful eyes were also red with tears, speechless and choked with emotion.

Suddenly, she took out the Heart of the East Sea from her sleeve, clutched it tightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "Senior Sister, if you ever see Young Master Chen again—that is, the leader of the Jiji'er Gang—please tell him for me—"

"The moment he gave me that gift was the happiest moment of my life."

"Xiao Xiyue will never forget the moon outside the inn that night."

After saying that, Fairy Xiyue could no longer hold back, and crystal tears streamed down her long eyelashes.

"Xi Yue, what do you want to do?"

Seeing her junior sister begin to perform the sword incantation again, Cen Jing's expression changed drastically. She grabbed her and gritted her teeth, saying, "I'm warning you! If you don't run away now, you won't have me as your senior sister anymore! And this person you mentioned, I don't know him! You can talk to him yourself later!"

The two argued and tugged at each other.

A group of golden sandalwood monks leaped up and beat the exhausted old monk Qianye down with their clubs.

"Hey, you old dog Chiba gave you a chance, but you were useless."

The Black Evil Fox broke free from its restraints once more, laughing arrogantly. Its purplish-black demonic aura surged three feet, completely obscuring the golden Buddhist light emanating from the Great Buddha Hall behind it!

"Humble yourself and accept your fate—become my living sacrifice!"

The fox demon raised its enormous arms, covered in black scales, high as it chanted incantations.

The magic array on the plaza ground lit up with a scarlet, evil light once more. The light condensed in the air and eventually transformed into a strange array energy, which converged on the fox demon's body!

Only then did everyone belatedly realize—

It turns out that the meditation platform where the fox demon stood was the very core of this evil formation!

Fairy Xiyue picked up her immortal sword and walked straight toward the arrogant and domineering demonic figure.

The group gritted their teeth, propped themselves up, and followed closely behind.

At this moment, the Black Demon Fox suddenly raised its neck and let out a wild howl that shook the rubble!

The crowd immediately fell silent and retreated.

"Hahahaha! Is this all there is to the so-called righteous path? It's not even as good as that old demon Qianye."

The Black Fox Lord beat his chest and stamped his feet, laughing wildly, while the corrupt Golden Sandalwood Monks around him echoed his laughter.

The righteous people were furious, but too ashamed to speak.

An atmosphere of sorrow and despair.

In the distance, a clear and calm young voice, incongruous with the atmosphere, drifted over:

"oioi, Sang Biao, haven't you made enough trouble?"

This statement came out.

There was dead silence.

Even the monks of the Golden Sandalwood Sect on the Zen Platform and the Black Calamity Fox who controlled the entire scene paused, their expressions faltering, and stopped their clamor.

"Who! Who the hell is it? Who dares to call me by my childhood name!"

A look of panic suddenly flashed across the black fox demon's furry, twisted face as it looked around.

The righteous people also looked in the direction of the sound.

Then, from the side of the main hall, a handsome scholar dressed in a moon-white Confucian robe walked leisurely with one hand behind his back.

"It's him! The scholar who saw through Jin Tansi's true colors from the very beginning—he's here!"

"Hey! What scholar! He's already introduced himself—he's the leader of the Hardline Gang, Jirbon Ying!"

In an instant, everyone rushed forward as if they had met a savior, their eyes filled with tears.

indeed.

The mysterious scholar who exposed the secret of Jintan Temple and then disappeared has reappeared at this moment. Perhaps he really has a plan to defeat the enemy!

the other side.

Seeing this scholar, with whom he had an inexplicable connection, reappear,
Xiao Xiyue clenched the Heart of the East China Sea in her sleeve, her heart pounding, and her beautiful eyes instantly lit up like stars.

"Hey kid, is it you who had the scripture pavilion opened, going against my Golden Sandalwood Temple?"

Hearing the stories from his henchmen, the Black Demon Fox narrowed its vertical pupils, its fox face radiating murderous intent. "Hmph, even if you're hiding some abilities, now that my Soul Devouring Array is complete, don't you think it's too late for you to show up?"

"I'd like to hurry."

After giving a distant greeting to Xiao Xiyue, Chen Ran coldly looked at the fox demon: "However, to ensure stability, I went to the dungeon again and did some minor work."

"There's nothing I can do about it, you old fox. Your strength may be average, but you're too good at running away."

"You brat, don't be so arrogant!"

Upon hearing this, the enormous demonic figure on the meditation platform was enraged. Its fox arm grew several feet long and reached out to grab the scholar!

Chen Ran's gaze remained calm, showing no intention of avoiding the question.

"It's over!"

"Chief Jill—Danger!"

The onlookers secretly cried out in alarm, but were powerless to do anything about it.

Fortunately, the Holy Maiden Cihang, with her graceful figure and sword held horizontally across her chest, stood in front of the scholar.

next moment.

What happened next was completely unexpected!

The fox demon's enormous body trembled violently for no apparent reason, and its outstretched giant arm suddenly froze in mid-air!

"This"

Everyone looked intently.

Above the azure sky, a stunningly beautiful woman with an incomparably powerful aura conjured enormous white bone claws in her palms, tightly gripping the fox demon's throat!
Next!

With her eyebrows furrowed, she threw the enormous fox demon's body with all her might, forcefully hurling it off the high meditation platform!

The entire audience was shocked and horrified.

"So strong!"

"And who is this extraordinary person?"

"Oh my god, could it be that woman who was absent?"

Someone said something weakly.

In an instant, everyone was shocked and dared not utter another word.

indeed.

If it were truly the legendary, cruel, bloodthirsty, and flesh-loving Cangming Saintess who fell into her hands, it would be better for her to be refined by this fox demon!

"Holy Maiden, you have finally come."

In a corner, the old monk Qianye, tears streaming down his face, actually managed to prop up his battered body and perform a grand salute.

"That one is it."

Xiao Xiyue's gaze fell on the white silk stockings on the woman's legs: "Young Master's concubine?"

"Yes, it's her."

Chen Ran gently stroked Xiao Xiyue's hand and said seriously, "Take me upstairs."

"what?"

Xiao Xiyue was taken aback, then followed the other person's gaze, belatedly realizing something: "Young Master, you mean..."

“That’s right, I want to reach that Zen platform.”

"This"

Xiao Xiyue looked troubled and shook her head repeatedly: "Leaving aside the fact that the demon is still down there, the meditation platform is surrounded by martial monks. It's too dangerous for you to go there, young master. It would be better if I—"

"Oh dear, what time is it? Let's try anything, even if it's a last resort!"

Cen Jing, who was standing nearby, said urgently, "Brother, let me help you!"

"Ok?"

Chen Ran was taken aback.

She stared intently at the NPC senior sister next to Saintess Xiao, "Thank you, dear sister."

"No, you're welcome."

Under the gaze of those gentle and handsome eyes, Cen Jing blushed slightly, then closed her eyes, exerted all her strength, and pushed against the young man's back!

Before Chen Ran could say anything more, his feet had already left the ground.

"call out!"

It flew through the air in a perfect parabola—

"Eh?"

"This benefactor has flown over!"

"Yes, yes."

The monks around the meditation platform murmured to themselves as they watched the young man descend from the sky.

The Black Demon Fox, which had crashed heavily to the ground, barely managed to prop itself up and roared fiercely, "What are you all standing there for! The soul sacrifice is not over yet! Quickly protect the array's core, seize this brat, and throw him off the meditation platform!"

"Too late, Sang Biao."

Chen Ran pulled a stack of talismans from his robes, pressed them down heavily, and a wicked smile crept across his lips:

"From now on, this is my formation."

"Open—let's turn the tide!"

(End of this chapter)