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

"All swords return to their origin, unleash!"

Taibai formed a sword gesture with his right hand and turned his left hand to block the protective light barrier behind him. The power of the Devouring Law surged from his palm and forcefully poured into the great formation.

In an instant, ten thousand strands of Gengjin sword energy solidified into a tangible form in the void behind them, transforming into a chilling sword forest.

With a flick of his sword, all the sword energy poured towards the demon army outside the formation.

At the same time, a layer of purple patterns appeared on the surface of the mountain-protecting formation.

Hiss!

The sword energy pierced through the air, unstoppable, and in an instant, hundreds of demon cultivators were pierced through the body, screaming as they fell to the ground.

However, these casualties were nothing compared to the tens of thousands of demon soldiers.

"A trivial skill."

Jiuying snorted coldly and raised his hand at the same time as Guiche.

Two streams of magical power blocked their way, causing the Gengjin sword energy that followed to shatter into specks of golden light, making it impossible for it to harm the demons behind them in the slightest.

"Fellow Daoist Jiuying, this kid has quite a few tricks up his sleeve. No wonder the Three Pure Ones value him so highly."

"So what? No matter how many tricks he uses, he can't escape today."

Once we capture him, all the magical treasures on his body will be ours for the taking.

At this moment, the sphere of light, which had gathered the magical power of tens of thousands of demon cultivators, had expanded to its limit, and the fluctuations it emitted caused the entire Wuyi Mountain to tremble slightly.

All the creatures in the mountains, whether they were plant spirits or birds and beasts, were startled by this terrifying aura and converged on the place where Taibai was.

They remained silent, silently channeling their spiritual power into the earth beneath their feet, which flowed through the earth's veins into the protective mountain array.

The dark yellow color on the light screen thus solidified by half.

"Sir! Please go first! I'll hold them off here!"

"Ancestor! Their target is us, the human race! You have done everything you could, leave now!"

"Master, hurry and leave!"

"Immortal, run!"

Anxious shouts rang out from all directions.

These beings, who had been protected and guided by him, did not retreat at this moment; they were all willing to use their bodies as shields to save his life.

As Taibai gazed at those resolute faces, a deep jolt struck his heart.

However, a look of anger suddenly appeared on his face, and he coldly rebuked:

"A bunch of fools! All they care about is my precious treasure!"

Even if you all die here today, they won't let me go! Shut up and obediently guard the formation!

He knew all too well the nature of powerful demons like Jiuying and Guiche.

Greed has taken hold; there is no way to stop until blood is shed and the treasure is collected.

Even if he turned and fled at this moment, with the abilities of the two demon saints, he would surely be caught up.

If they lose the support of the formation, their fate will only be worse.

Only by holding the formation and relying on the strength of the earth's veins and spiritual treasures can we make them hesitant to act, thus creating a stalemate.

boom!!!

Just then, the dark ball of light that had absorbed the demon cultivator's magic power slammed into the mountain-protecting formation.

The imagined violent explosion did not occur.

The torrent of demonic power was devoured the moment it came into contact with the strange purple patterns on the surface of the array.

The great array's light barrier trembled violently, flickering unpredictably, yet it did not shatter. Instead, it absorbed the terrifying demonic power that was engulfing it.

After being transformed by the formation, it became streams of pure spiritual energy, which flowed back to the base of the formation.

This is the wondrous application of the Devouring Law: seizing the enemy's power to sustain future battles.

"Fellow Daoist Jiuying, in your opinion, how long can he hold on?"

"At most ten breaths."

Nine-Headed Serpent and Ghost Chariot stood in mid-air, looking down at the large array below with its flickering light, chatting and laughing as if they didn't care about the array's brief enhancement.

The law of devouring is indeed profound, but it must have its limits.

With tens of thousands of demon cultivators attacking together, they didn't believe the formation could withstand it.

As the two had predicted, ten breaths later, the purple patterns around Taibai's body suddenly dimmed, and his devouring power was finally exhausted.

The great array's light barrier fluctuated violently, no longer able to absorb or transform external attacks.

However, it was not over yet.

Suddenly, Taibai's hand gestures changed, and the Gengjin longsword that had been hovering behind him disappeared.

A scroll flew out from his sleeve, unfurling in the wind; it was a landscape painting he had obtained from a ghost.

At this critical moment of life and death, he no longer cared whether he would be exposed and attract the pursuit of the Nine-Headed Serpent.

Right now, survival is the only priority.

"What?!"

When Jiuying's gaze fell upon the scroll, his pupils suddenly contracted.

"How did my landscape painting end up in your hands?!"

Guiche also saw the object clearly, and doubts arose in his heart: "Fellow Daoist, what is this picture...?"

"I lent this painting to Jing Shu. But Jing Shu borrowed it temporarily on behalf of Gui Ke, and I didn't investigate further at the time, so I granted her permission."

Now that things have come to this, how could Guiche not understand?

His good-for-nothing son had probably already been killed by this boy, and even the magic treasure had been taken away.

"Hmph, so be it. What a useless piece of trash, lacking in skill yet daring to scheme against others. He deserves no pity for dying."

Even so, his right hand, hanging by his side, was clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white, and wisps of dark killing intent emanated uncontrollably from his body.

The next moment, he suddenly raised his hand, and a stream of venom with a ghostly green luster shot out, hitting the landscape painting floating in front of the formation.

laugh.

Wherever the venom touched, the undying spiritual light flowing on the scroll immediately dimmed, its spirituality was greatly damaged, and its ability to withstand attacks plummeted.

"I'm sorry, Fellow Daoist Jiuying. This poison might damage the essence of the spiritual treasure."

Jiuying's eyes twitched slightly, and he was furious, but he knew that this was not the time for internal strife.

The ghost has just lost its child and is in a state of violence. To argue with it at this moment would only lead to unforeseen complications.

Moreover, within that crumbling protective mountain formation, there are several innate spiritual treasures waiting for them.

Taibai reacted extremely quickly, and in the instant when the spiritual light of the Mountain and River Map was about to dissipate, he swiftly pulled it back into his sleeve.

Even so, the remaining nearly 40% of the demonic power still fiercely slammed into the mountain-protecting formation.

The light curtain twisted violently, flickering erratically, and a sickening cracking sound came from the base of the array.

The earth's veins have begun to break.

Several thick, golden ley lines appeared in the air, then cracked open and dissipated into countless points of light.

High above, purple lightning suddenly appeared, and bolts of divine thunder struck with precision, instantly turning the demon cultivators who had directly caused the rupture of the earth's veins into ashes.

Jiuying and Guiche watched coldly, unmoved by the miserable state of their subordinates.

The two had reached their peak, their demonic power surging slowly around them, locking onto Taibai's figure in the formation.

They were just waiting for the formation to weaken even slightly before launching a swift and decisive attack to completely suppress it.

At this moment, whether it was the humans and mountain spirits struggling to hold out inside the formation, or the demon army watching from the outside, they all had already made up their minds:

This chief disciple of the Three Pure Ones has exhausted all his methods and is at his wit's end.

Suddenly, Taibai pointed his fingers like a sword and poured his magical power into the Twelve-Petaled Pure White Lotus.

The lotus platform shone brightly, slowly rotating as the lotus petals unfolded one after another.

In the center of the lotus seedpod, where the moonlight shone, an object quietly appeared.

This object was the Devouring Heaven Bottle that the Three Pure Ones had previously helped Taibai repair.

This is Taibai's last trump card.

The treasure bottle hangs quietly in the heart of the lotus, without any embellishment or color, and no one can tell that it carries the law of devouring.

Outside the formation, Jiuying and Guiche were also disdainful. They had traversed the prehistoric world for countless eons and had seen countless rare treasures.

In such a desperate situation, a broken innate spiritual treasure is no different from a mantis trying to stop a chariot.