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Shen Mo withstood the heavenly tribulation head-on, formed his nascent soul in the midst of battle, and fought a series of bloody battles. At this moment, the power of his nascent soul was greatly depleted, and his aura was slightly unstable, but his eyes were still as sharp as an eagle's.

He forcibly suppressed the anger and urgency rising within him due to the deaths of his fellow disciples, compelling himself to analyze the situation calmly. He had to destroy the last banner as soon as possible, completely severing the source of the Heavenly Demon projection's power and the "gateway" passage! Otherwise, the longer it dragged on, the more unpredictable things would become!

"Su Xiao! Help Shi Tie stabilize the situation and eliminate the remaining Xuan Yin cultists! Pavilion Master Ling Shuang, Elder Leng Yue, I request that you two join forces with me to quickly break through the last banner! I will hold back the Heavenly Demon Projection!" Shen Mo's voice, carrying the unique majesty and unquestionable authority of a Nascent Soul cultivator, instantly resounded throughout the battlefield. He had to make the most efficient deployment.

"Yes!" Su Xiao's figure flashed, appearing amidst the somewhat chaotic disciples of the Battle Hall. His clear, cold voice carried a strange, calming power: "Form a circular formation! The injured must be in the center! Take the necessary pills! Defend against the corrosive evil energy!"

At the same time, she flashed her short blade repeatedly, stabilizing the defensive line by stopping several Xuan Yin Sect loyalists who rushed forward.

Fairy Ling Shuang and Leng Yue exchanged a glance, and without hesitation, they transformed into two streaks of icy blue light, forming a triangle with Shen Mo, and approached the last lonely, increasingly frantic dark red banner on the altar.

Seeing that its last possession was about to be lost, the demonic projection let out a resentful roar filled with endless malice. Its illusory form lunged at Shen Mo in a final, desperate struggle. Although its power was greatly reduced, the chaotic intent and filthy evil energy contained in its attack were still terrifying.

Shen Mo snorted coldly. Although his Nascent Soul power was greatly depleted, his newly broken realm and solid foundation still gave him enough strength to maneuver. He did not engage the demonic shadow head-on. Instead, he moved like a ghost, using the profound movement techniques contained in the Origin Sea Dao Scripture to entangle with it, while creating opportunities for Ling Shuang and Leng Yue to attack.

Fairy Ling Shuang's face was covered in frost, and with a series of swift movements, extremely condensed "Mystic Ice Spikes" shot out like a torrential rain towards the protective evil energy surrounding the banner.

Elder Lengyue circled around to the side, his ice crystal daggers gleaming with a cold blue light, specifically targeting the rune nodes connecting the banner and the altar.

As the last banner's spiritual light rapidly dimmed under the combined attack of the two women, and the defense teetered on the brink of collapse, the demonic shadow became even more frenzied. It didn't hesitate to deplete its own essence, spitting out a mouthful of dark red primordial demonic energy composed of pure evil thoughts and filthy blood. This energy transformed into a solidified blood arrow, abandoning Shen Mo and heading straight for Leng Yue's back, who was attacking the rune node with all her might!

If this attack hits, Leng Yue will be seriously injured even if she doesn't die, and her offensive will inevitably be interrupted.

"Sister, be careful!" Fairy Ling Shuang cried out urgently, but it was too late to help.

Leng Yue sensed the chilling evil and coldness behind her, and her charming expression changed drastically. It was too late to dodge, so she could only pour all her spiritual power into her back to form a thick layer of ice armor, preparing to withstand the attack head-on.

At this critical moment—

"laugh--!"

A fiery arrow, as blazing as the sun in the heavens and radiating terrifying heat capable of scorching mountains and boiling seas, shot through the night like a meteor, traveling at a speed far exceeding the speed of sound, from behind a seemingly empty mountain range on the southeast side of Burial Soul Valley! Arriving later but arriving first, it intercepted the primordial demonic blood arrow and Elder Leng Yue with unparalleled precision!

"boom--!"

The crimson fire arrow and the dark red blood arrow collided with a deafening roar! There was no earth-shattering explosion. The crimson flame seemed to contain some kind of extremely yang and powerful force that specifically restrained yin and evil. Like a red-hot iron falling into ice and snow, it instantly "ignited" the filthy and evil source of demonic energy in the blood arrow. It emitted a "sizzling" burning sound and the screams of countless vengeful spirits within the demonic energy. In just one or two breaths, it burned and purified the blood arrow completely, leaving only a wisp of green smoke!

The crimson fire arrow, its momentum undiminished, transformed into a blazing wave of fire, sweeping back towards the weakened projection of the Heavenly Demon!

The demonic shadow let out a roar mixed with pain and rage. Its illusory form was scorched by the sudden burst of pure Yang fire, twisting and swaying, becoming even dimmer, and it could barely maintain its shape, so it hurriedly retreated.

This sudden turn of events caught both sides off guard.

Shen Mo, Ling Shuang, Leng Yue, and Shi Tie, Su Xiao, and the others who had stabilized their position below all suddenly looked towards the southeast direction from which the crimson fire arrow had been shot.

Behind the once desolate mountains, the space rippled like water, the illusion array quietly dissipated, revealing more than a dozen huge flying ships, all red in color, shaped like flames, and with ferocious sun patterns carved on their prows!

On the flying boat, banners fluttered, bearing a large, seemingly burning character "烈" (fierce/intense). The deck was filled with cultivators clad in crimson spirit armor, their auras intense and powerful. Each held a flaming halberd or a crossbow wreathed in flames, their killing intent palpable, their cold gazes sweeping over the Valley of Burial Souls.

At the bow of the largest flying ship at the head of the fleet, a figure with red hair and eyebrows, a dignified face, and wearing an elder's robe with flame patterns stood with his hands behind his back. Flames flickered around him, making him resemble a human-shaped sun. This was none other than the Great Elder of the Blazing Sun Sect—Fire Cloud True Man! His cultivation level was none other than the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage!

Beside him stood several powerful elders of the Blazing Sun Sect, all at least in the late Golden Core stage.

"The Blazing Sun Sect! It's that old devil Huoyun!" Inside the valley, a surviving cultivator from the Xuan Yin Sect cried out in disbelief and despair. They had always thought the Blazing Sun Sect was a potential ally, or at least a bystander watching the fight unfold. How could they... suddenly attack them?!

On the Tianjian Sect's side, Jian Wuhui's expression also turned extremely grim, the veins on his hand gripping the sword hilt bulging. The Lieyang Sect's appearance at this moment, and even their assistance to the Qingyun Sect, was completely different from his previous assessment and some private "understandings"!

A glint flashed in Shen Mo's eyes, and countless thoughts raced through his mind in an instant. The fact that the Blazing Sun Sect had appeared at this moment, and had severely injured the Heavenly Demon projection with a single move, thus relieving Leng Yue's crisis, made their stance seem self-evident.

But given Huo Yun Zhenren's shrewdness and calculating nature, it was absolutely impossible for this to be a spur-of-the-moment decision. It's likely that... this Grand Elder of the Lieyang Sect had arrived long ago and had been observing in secret. Only now, seeing that he had successfully formed his Nascent Soul, seeing the Heavenly Demon projection weaken, and seeing the Heavenly Sword Sect suffer a setback, did he choose to strike at the most "appropriate" moment, securing victory in one fell swoop, while also maximizing the "role" and "prestige" of the Lieyang Sect.

What a brilliant scheme! What a masterful Fire Cloud Immortal!

However, regardless of their motives, the addition of the Blazing Sun Sect at this moment is undoubtedly a huge boost to the Azure Cloud Sect and to the destruction of the Blood Sacrifice. The enemy of my enemy is, for the time being, my friend.

"Fellow Daoist Huoyun, you've arrived just in time!" Shen Mo spoke loudly, his voice echoing in all directions. "This fiend is a projection of an extraterrestrial demon, wreaking havoc on this realm. Its altar connects to the Nine Netherworlds, intending to summon evil spirits to descend! I implore you, fellow Daoist, to aid me in vanquishing this demon and destroying its altar to bring peace to the Southern Region!"

Master Huoyun's majestic gaze swept across the valley, lingering for a moment on Shen Mo. A subtle, complex emotion flashed in his eyes before he boomed, "Fellow Daoist Shen is right! My Lieyang Sect guards the Southern Region; how can we allow heretics and evil forces to run rampant here! The Xuanyin Sect's perverse actions, using the blood of living beings as sacrifices to communicate with extraterrestrial demons, are truly an outrage against both gods and men!"

"Today, my Blazing Sun Sect will stand shoulder to shoulder with fellow Daoists from the Azure Cloud Sect, the Profound Ice Pavilion, the Hundred Herbs Sect, and the Azure Wood Temple to slay demons and monsters, restoring peace and order to the Southern Region!"

His words were righteous and resounding, instantly positioning himself and the Lieyang Sect as "models of righteousness" and "turning the tide."

At the same time, it also explicitly stated that it was "fighting side by side" with the Qingyun Sect and other factions, which can be regarded as an open acknowledgment of the legitimacy of this coalition and completely binding itself to the war machine.