The Primordial Era: Starting from Being Forced to Become an Apprentice of the Three Pure Ones

At the same time, a similar tragedy unfolded outside Longevity Hill.

However, the battle here was far more brutal than that along the Kunlun Mountains.

Zhen Yuanzi was ultimately not a saint; his cultivation only reached the quasi-saint level.

Apart from Qingfeng and Mingyue, he had no other reliable subordinates.

If he were to fight personally, Yingzhao and Shangyang together would be enough to keep him occupied.

If he gets bogged down, the human casualties will only be more severe without protection.

Therefore, all he could do was concentrate all his attention on the Earth Book, pushing this innate grand array, which relied on the earth's veins, to its limit and expanding its protective range as much as possible.

When Ziyi led his remaining forces into the formation, only a little over one billion of the original four and a half billion humans remained.

Among the accompanying cultivators, apart from Ziyi herself and Qingying who had been following her, there were only ten others.

However, even though the human race had taken refuge in the Earth Book Formation, the demon army outside the formation still refused to retreat.

The demon army roared and relentlessly charged against the array boundary, stirring up layers of earthy yellow ripples.

Seeing that he could not break through the formation after a long attack, Yingzhao's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he was about to take action himself, trying to forcibly tear open a corner of the formation.

"Wait a minute. You should know that forcibly breaking the Earth Book Formation could very well trigger divine retribution."

"But His Majesty's decree is to exterminate the entire human race. Why not summon Fellow Daoists Fei Lian and the others to come and share the divine punishment, forcibly breaking the formation?"

"No need. Let someone try it first."

He transmitted his thoughts, and several demon gods at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm responded and each gathered their full strength to bombard the Earth Book Formation.

However, just as the attack struck the array boundary, purple lightning suddenly flashed in the sky.

Several bolts of purple lightning tore through the clouds and struck with pinpoint accuracy.

Those demon gods turned to ashes in the lightning, their bodies and souls annihilated.

"Fellow Daoist Shangyang, this..."

Shang Yang said no more, his figure rising gracefully, hovering outside the great formation, his voice carrying demonic power that pierced through the formation's boundaries:

"Fellow Daoist Zhen Yuanzi, do you intend to become an enemy of my Demon Court today?!"

There was complete silence in the formation, and no response was heard.

The next moment, the earth suddenly trembled, and a spike of earth and stone burst forth from within the formation, piercing straight into the chest and abdomen of the Shang Yang.

Although Shang Yang retreated hastily, he was still grazed on the side by the sharp earth elemental force, and demonic blood immediately splattered out.

He grunted, his eyes flashing with ferocity, but ultimately he did not step forward again.

Inside the great formation, Zhen Yuanzi sat quietly under the ginseng fruit tree, his expression unchanged.

The bloody battle outside Longevity Mountain had not yet ended, while on the other side, the troops led by Suirenshi were also being relentlessly pursued by Guiche and Jiuying, making it difficult for them to break free.

In the Wuyi Mountains, Taibai focused intently on sensing the bleak atmosphere outside, his brows furrowed.

He was only at the Taiyi Golden Immortal level, and in such a calamity, it was really difficult for him to confront it head-on.

Under the command of Guiche and Jiuying, there are no fewer than five demon generals at the Taiyi realm.

At this moment, all he could do was take advantage of the terrain and continuously set up formations to hinder the demon army's pursuit, thus giving Suirenshi a chance to survive.

Aoki paced anxiously to the side, and seeing Taibai remain silent, he couldn't help but speak again:

"My lord! If all else fails, I will go to meet Suirenshi! If this slaughter continues, these ten billion people... I fear there won't be many left!"

"My lord, I possess merit and virtue. Even if I am no match for them, those demons might not dare to kill me easily. Why not let me..."

"Merit..."

Taibai suddenly opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them, and looked sharply at Qingmu.

"Aoki, you truly are a genius!"

He let out a long laugh and suddenly stood up.

With his hands swiftly forming hand seals, the five elements of energy differentiated from within his body, landing and transforming into five solidified clones, each possessing the cultivation of a Golden Immortal.

Immediately afterwards, Taibai summoned the Falling Treasure Coins, and with a slash in the air, the merit within the Gengjin Longsword was activated, and the merit coins fell into the hands of the five clones.

"Go! At all costs, hold off the demon race!"

The five meritorious avatars nodded simultaneously, transforming into five streams of light that shot towards the area where the demon race's pursuers were most numerous.

"Sir, what's wrong...?"

"Merit is bestowed by Heaven and carries the consequences of karma. Those who destroy merit will surely suffer divine retribution."

With merit as armor, even the most monstrous creatures like Guiche and Jiuying will hesitate to act. Every moment of delay brings a greater chance of survival.

Both Guiche and Jiuying are decisive and efficient individuals. Their goal this time is to slaughter humans and collect enough flesh and blood essence.

Therefore, the two mostly used close-quarters combat with weapons to kill each other, and did not use large-scale supernatural powers at the beginning, so as not to destroy too much material.

They divided their demon clan into two parts:

One group charged into the formation to slaughter at close range, while the other retreated to the rear, continuously injecting their demonic power into a pre-prepared Soul-Splitting Array of Ten Thousand Arrows.

As the demonic power of the demons behind them continued to pour in, the demonic power arrows gathered in the sky above the formation reached tens of millions, densely packed and blotting out the sun.

Once Guiche and Jiuying also poured their own magical power into the array's core, the number of arrows suddenly surged, exceeding one hundred million.

The ghost chariot grinned as it gazed at the terrifying cloud of arrows in the sky.

"Fellow Daoist Jiuying, we have enough arrows. Let the young men chase after the rest on their own, and enjoy some fun."

Jiuying nodded in agreement, a cruel pleasure flashing in his eyes.

Sensing the terrifying fluctuations of the formation behind them, the lesser demons who were fighting in front immediately retreated.

Suirenshi looked up and saw the overwhelming cloud of arrows, his heart sank, and he roared hoarsely:

"Form ranks! Everyone retreat towards Wuyi Mountain. Do not look back, and do not worry about others!"

"put!"

Ghost Chariot's raised right hand suddenly swung down.

hum!

Arrows rained down upon the hastily retreating humans.

The protective divine light erected by Suirenshi and the defensive formation hastily set up by his clansmen only lasted for three breaths under the impact of the rain of arrows before becoming covered with cracks.

At this critical moment.

Five beams of light, each a different color, suddenly appeared, blocking the path between Suirenshi and the rain of arrows.

Taibai's five clones simultaneously raised their hands, and countless golden merit coins poured out from their sleeves, rapidly piecing together in the air, layer upon layer, instantly transforming into a golden wall of merit.

Hiss!

Arrows imbued with destructive demonic power struck the golden wall of merit, producing a dense, scorching sound.

With each arrow that was annihilated, the light of the golden wall dimmed a little more.

But as the old wall crumbled, a new one rose, forcefully blocking the devastating rain of arrows from the human race's heads.

Both Guiche and Jiuying were taken aback upon seeing this.

Looking at the merit money flying everywhere, even with their good nature, they felt a sense of absurdity at the waste of such resources.

But then, a chill ran down my spine.

Attacking an object that carries merit is to attack the blessings bestowed by Heaven, and will inevitably result in backlash.

"Stop! Dispel the formation immediately!"

Guiche was shocked and furious. He and Jiuying attacked at the same time, and the two demonic forces slammed into the core of the arrow formation.

Boom!

The arrow formation was forcibly broken, and the remaining demonic arrows scattered out of control.

But it was too late; the divine intervention had already taken place.

High above, dense clouds of tribulation covered the sky, and countless divine lightning bolts of heavenly punishment locked onto the demon cultivators below.

"what!"

"No!!"

Screams filled the air as the demon cultivators participating in the arrow formation were reduced to ashes in droves by the lightning.

Meanwhile, Taibai's five clones took advantage of the chaos to protect Suiren and the remaining members of his clan, and quickly retreated towards Wuyi Mountain.

When the heavenly punishment thunderclouds dissipated, the scene was a mess, with nearly half of the demon army lost.

The rage in Guiche and Jiuying's eyes was almost bursting out.

These two mighty demon saints were actually tricked by a few clones in such a shameless way, and lost so many subordinates for no reason.

"Chase them! Slaughter every single one of those humans! Leave no one alive!!"

The remaining demon army roared bloodthirstyly and once again frantically chased after the direction in which the humans had fled.

This time, the two demon saints held nothing back and personally charged to the forefront, determined to crush everything in their way, including Mount Wuyi.