Wu Hao, Fan Tianyou and others also stepped forward one after another, cupping their hands in salute to Chen Ping, their faces full of admiration.
“Daoist Chen, thank you for turning the tide!” Wu Hao’s voice trembled with excitement.
Fan Tianyou also put away his previous arrogance, saying sincerely, “Daoist Chen’s strength far surpasses mine, I am convinced.”
Chen Ping waved his hand, turning his gaze to the demonic cultivators’ camp, his voice loud and full of provocation. “Soul Devourer Venerable, is this the subordinate you’re so proud of? Do you have any more powerful young ones? Send them out, don’t hide them!”
There was silence in the demonic cultivators’ camp. The demonic cultivators who had been clamouring before now lowered their heads, no one daring to respond.
Jun Buhui was already the strongest among their younger generation. Even he was beaten by Chen Ping without any chance to fight back. Who else could challenge?
Soul Devourer Venerable’s face was so gloomy it could drip water, killing intent surging in his empty eye sockets, yet he was helpless.
He knew that sending anyone else today would just be humiliating himself.
Seeing no response from the demonic cultivators, Chen Ping’s lips curled into a mocking smile. “What? No one dares to come? Where did your earlier arrogance go?”
He stepped forward, golden light and grey radiance erupting simultaneously from his body, a powerful pressure enveloping the entire demonic cultivators’ camp. “If no one dares, then quickly take your people and get out of the Sixth Heaven, don’t embarrass yourselves here!”
The demonic cultivators were forced back repeatedly by this pressure, their faces full of fear.
“You’ve lost, you can leave now.”
Wu Hao said to Soul Devourer Venerable.
“Leave?”
Soul Devourer Venerable sneered coldly, a sinister curve at the corner of his mouth. “Want this seat to leave? It’s not that easy!”
Before his words fell, he suddenly raised his hand and waved his sleeve, shouting fiercely, “Demonic Soul Army, kill! Seize the Sacrificial Scripture for this seat!”
With this command, the tens of thousands of demonic souls behind him let out shrill howls simultaneously, black mist surging explosively from their bodies, sweeping towards the cultivators’ camp like a bursting dam.
These demonic souls had various forms: some held white bone long knives, with foul blood qi coiling around the blades; some had green-black fangs in their mouths, wrapped in resentful soul threads; others turned into semi-transparent black shadows, shuttling through the ranks like ghosts.
The dense demonic souls blotted out the sky, dyeing the entire sky a sombre ink colour, even swallowing the sunlight completely.
“Soul Devourer Venerable! You have no credibility!”
Wu Hao trembled with anger, pointing at the figure on the lion’s back and cursing loudly, “As a demonic lord, you go back on your word like this, aren’t you afraid of being ridiculed by all cultivators in the world?”
Soul Devourer Venerable let out a harsh, grating laugh like a broken gong, full of disdain. “Credibility? What rubbish is that? Can it compare to the Sacrificial Scripture? What this seat wants is control over the Sixth Heaven, as for reputation, it’s worthless!”
He patted the lion’s mane, and the giant beast let out a roar that shook the valley. Its four hooves stamped the ground, carrying him like an arrow from the string towards the cultivators’ camp.
“Ao Lie!”
Wu Hao turned to the forbidden army commander behind him, his voice hoarse with anger. “Lead the forbidden army to meet the enemy! Even if we die today, we must defend the Sixth Heaven!”
“This general obeys!”
Ao Lie knelt on one knee, his armour clashing with a crisp sound. He stood up abruptly, drawing the black iron long knife from his waist, shouting fiercely, “Forbidden army soldiers, heed the order! Form ranks to meet the enemy! Kill!”
“Kill!”
Tens of thousands of forbidden army soldiers shouted in unison, the sound waves shaking the surrounding rocks to tremble and fall.
They wore heavy black iron armour, holding long spears and long knives, quickly forming neat square arrays, with shield soldiers in front, spear soldiers behind, knife soldiers on the flanks, charging towards the demonic soul army like an iron barrier.
“Kill ah!”
The human and beast race cultivators also raised their weapons one after another, charging together with the forbidden army.
