Chapter 249: Unexpected Joy
A hundred-meter black shadow transformed into a giant beast with a sheep’s head and ghostly face, extremely ferocious.
Zhai Gaoyi on the ground just glanced at it, and immediately illusions flooded his vision, nameless anger and stray thoughts arising in his heart.
He was startled in his heart, bit the tip of his tongue, and immediately broke out in cold sweat on his back.
He was terrified in his heart, forcibly steadied his mind, and shouted: “Form formation to guard your minds!”
With his explosive shout, he awakened many Mountain Guard disciples, who fiercely activated the heart protecting mirrors in front of them, barely guarding their minds.
Zhai Gaoyi looked worriedly at Su Yan, who was already surrounded by three black shadow giant beasts, feeling a sense of powerlessness.
Blood Shadow Old Demon looked at Zhai Gaoyi and the others below desperately resisting, revealing a ferocious grin: “When greed, anger, ignorance, and evil thoughts suddenly arise, even if you resist, how long can you hold out.”
Three Beasts Spirit Bewilderment was a great formation he had painstakingly refined, specifically to bewilder minds and incite emotions of greed, anger, and ignorance.
Those with weaker cultivation could hardly control themselves, and even those with slightly higher cultivation could only suppress their strength as it continuously invaded.
“Give up your life!”
Blood Shadow Old Demon drove three black shadows to assault, like the claws of a demon directly grabbing at Su Yan.
This strike was terrifying in momentum; even Yu Lianhua, who was on the same siege formation side nearby, felt dread in her heart.
“That’s it?”
Behind Su Yan, Tiger Subduing Bright King True Intent manifested, solemn and majestic, unparalleled in dignity.
This ten-foot golden body grew against the wind, and in just a moment, it turned into a hundred-zhang divine being.
A low, tiger-like divine voice rang out; the golden arm raised and punched, its light piercing through the black mist like a stab.
The sky shook, and the oncoming huge black claw was directly smashed by this punch.
The ghostly shadow twisted, as if about to collapse.
Blood Shadow Old Demon’s expression changed abruptly; his withered large hand gripped the formation flag in his hand tightly, inputting true essence, stabilizing the Three Beasts Spirit Bewilderment formation.
“Good thief, good technique.”
His eyes were full of wariness; he immediately shouted for the remaining three to join hands.
“Join hands, control the Three Beasts to kill him.”
“Good!”
Zhuo Chengyun, Yu Lianhua, and Ding Kang’s expressions also turned stern; knowing Su Yan was not easy to deal with, they all urged the formation flags in their hands.
True Intents manifested behind them, all taking the form of hundred-meter entities.
Behind Zhuo Chengyun, Eagle Feather Sword True Intent merged with him; sword qi soared to the sky, his true essence merging into this formation flag.
Yu Lianhua merged with the red trap lotus as one, urging the formation flag in her hand to shine with brilliant red light.
The remaining Ding Kang’s eyes flashed with ferocity; behind him appeared a dark red bloodthirsty bone beast, its emaciated form almost matching his, extremely eerie.
Even behind Blood Shadow Old Demon appeared a blood-colored bat shadow, making him look even more sinister.
With the four fully controlling the formation, the entire formation’s power immediately rose greatly.
Amid the formation’s encirclement, Gloomy Clouds prevailed, faintly with countless ghost cries and wolf howls; the three demonic ghostly giant beast black shadows now bared fangs and claws, charging straight at Su Yan.
Die!
Blood Shadow Old Demon Su Tianyu and the other three looked at Su Yan with chilling cold intent, all aiming to kill him.
With such a formation, let alone Su Yan—even if the four of them joined hands inside it, they might not fare well.
Four Dan Qiao Realm True Persons joining hands, plus the formation’s boost—what more than a twofold increase in power?
However, what startled them was that under such pressure, Su Yan’s Tiger Subduing Bright King True Intent stood unmoved.
Su Yan slightly raised his eyes; the three monster phantoms had already surrounded him, extending their ferocious terrifying claws from three directions.
Pitch-black sharp claws blotted out the sky, wrapped in endless black mist; waves of shrill cries sufficient to destroy a martial artist’s mind.
Moo!
A thunderous command rang out, and endless gloomy clouds instantly dispersed.
The ferocious ghost claw was directly gripped by Tiger Subduing Bright King’s giant hand; like a steel-forged arm sweeping, it directly snapped the ghost claw, turning it into scattered black qi.
Su Yan’s gaze swept over; Tiger Subduing Bright King True Intent’s eyes flowed with divine light, divine might exposed, making Blood Shadow Old Demon’s heart tremble.
This Tiger Subduing Bright King, worthy of the Ming King name, was no True Intent to be trifled with.
Subduing tiger fiends, cultivating golden body.
No matter how powerful this Three Beasts Spirit Bewilderment formation, how it could erode a martial artist’s mind.
Before it, it was but a gentle breeze brushing leaves, drifting clouds over mountains—utterly unable to shake its foundation.
Now with divine might revealed, the formation’s aura alone seemed weakened by three parts.
Can’t go on like this!
Blood Shadow Old Demon Su Tianyu immediately realized this; Tiger Subduing Bright King True Intent was his undoing.
“All attack together, strike his true body.”
He tossed the formation flag in his hand; the pitch-black formation flag floated against the wind, black banner waving like serpentine ghost shadows, emitting waves of black halos.
Ding Kang, Zhuo Chengyun, and Yu Lianhua also sensed something wrong and decisively pressed their natal spiritual artifacts forward, flying to attack Su Yan.
True Intents maintaining the formation, true bodies assaulting, along with three hundred-meter black shadows fiercely attacking.
Such an offense—true essence and spirit consumption more than doubled.
But they had no choice.
Clearly Su Yan was designed to be sieged and killed here, yet they felt immense pressure.
“Kill!”
Skinny black Ding Kang’s blood bone staff surged like a heavenly pillar, straight at Su Yan’s face.
Yu Lianhua’s Hundred Flowers Umbrella spun, demonic red light straight at Su Yan’s face.
She charged straight at Su Yan, red light ahead, but a slender hand suddenly reached for her waist, throwing out a black shadow.
The black shadow instantly expanded to ten zhang long, pitch-black all over, nether light swirling around its carapace, revealing a ferocious form.
Su Yan’s eyes lit up; Star Picking Hand struck out, a huge palm grabbing the blood bone staff and slapping it aside.
“Netherworld Centipede King?! Didn’t expect you to have such a trick.”
He showed a delighted expression, but Yu Lianhua thought he was scared and instead urged the Netherworld Centipede King to spit black light straight at Su Yan.
Su Yan waved his large hand, and Troop Devouring Ghost Moth appeared before him; simultaneously, Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower flew out before him, spinning as red light enveloped everyone above.
Bad!
As soon as Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower appeared, everyone’s faces changed.
Su Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he said: “Suppress!”
Wherever the red light passed—be it Hundred Flowers Umbrella, Eagle Feather Sword, or blood bone staff—all stiffened in midair.
Yu Lianhua and the others desperately controlled them but couldn’t wield them freely for the moment.
Su Yan smiled faintly; countless red chains fell from Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower, like swarming insect hordes.
In just one clash, they completely entangled the four’s natal spiritual artifacts.
Sealing power continuously transmitted; clearly all natal spiritual artifacts, yet the difference was like heaven and earth.
Netherworld Centipede King’s black light attack reached Su Yan; Troop Devouring Ghost Moth turned, two black shield phantoms appearing beside it, completely blocking the black light.
Chains like dragons directly attacked toward Netherworld Centipede King.
Netherworld Centipede King dodged in midair, crossing with several chains.
Its hard carapace could withstand ordinary spiritual artifact attacks, but after a few rounds, chains wrapped around.
From its thousand centipede legs to its massive body, all sealed by these chains.
Even as a third-order Calamity Beast with giant form and great strength, under this sealing, struggling was futile; it could only watch itself dragged bit by bit into Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower.
Yu Lianhua was shaken with fear; in desperation losing composure, she pounced directly at Su Yan, a red blood hand seal straight at him.
She aimed to attack Wei to save Zhao, forcing Su Yan to release her century-nurtured Netherworld Centipede King.
Losing Netherworld Centipede King—let alone breaking through to Third Heaven—even Second Heaven would be a big problem.
However, a blood-colored divine light struck, directly piercing the blood palm.
Yu Lianhua couldn’t dodge and was directly hit in the body by the blood light.
In one clash, body armor corroded and shattered; half her shoulder eroded to bloody flesh.
Roar!
A low roar; a tiger beast clad in blood-colored insect armor charged into the battlefield, two zhang tall, blood horns on its head, extremely ferocious.
“You—you actually have another third-order contracted beast?!”
Blood Shadow Old Demon Su Tianyu looked at Su Yan in shock, terror indescribable in his heart.
Su Yan wasn’t an ordinary Dan Qiao Realm to begin with; otherwise, they wouldn’t need to siege him.
But now, not only was he powerful himself—he already had two third-order contracted beasts.
Plus that clearly high-grade spiritual artifact…
Retreat intent suddenly arose, but before they could truly withdraw.
Su Yan’s icy voice transmitted: “Now it’s my turn. Please appraise these modest skills.”
Dragon-Eating Worm climbed out from his shoulder, flashing to midair; its body grew against the wind into a hundred-meter giant insect.
“It’s Dragon-Eating Worm—quick, block this fierce insect, or none of us escape!”
Zhuo Chengyun supported the injured Yu Lianhua, his face full of panic, no trace of a swordsman left.
Su Tianyu and Ding Kang trembled at the words ‘Dragon-Eating Worm’.
This was the insect that devoured flood dragons, with endless ferocity.
The few dared not slack; especially Blood Shadow Old Demon Su Tianyu directly drove three beast shadows to pounce at Dragon-Eating Worm.
Dragon-Eating Worm’s form shifted, instantly becoming a hundred-zhang blood-colored flood dragon.
Dragon might released without reserve; demonic essence around it raged like red waves.
The sky above instantly changed color—blood sea surging, shadows of battling giant beasts; in a few rounds, the commotion overturned heaven and earth.
The three beast shadows were directly torn apart by Dragon-Eating Worm, turning to black mist.
Puff!
Black shadows broken, the four formation flags immediately wailed like mourners; banners tore, flagpoles damaged.
Blood Shadow Old Demon had refined these formation flags with mind and spirit for years; now broken in one move, he immediately suffered backlash.
Even Zhuo Chengyun, Yu Lianhua, and Ding Kang suffered lighter backlash, their qi and blood surging.
Gloomy clouds gradually dispersed; everyone stared dumbfounded at the scene.
Soldiers Fall to Netherworld!
Troop Devouring Ghost Moth flew to midair, netherworld power continuously spreading, turning heaven and earth its nether light color.
Weapons floated in midair—even Feng Hong’s golden light small hammer from before was among them.
Sharp weapons and spiritual artifacts—over a thousand; replicating, one became two, two became three… sky full of thousands of blades.
Fall!
Fierce attacks descended, shooting toward Su Tianyu and the four.
Each attack no weaker than a Dan Qiao Realm martial artist’s strike.
Zhuo Chengyun supported Yu Lianhua dodging nonstop; Su Tianyu and Ding Kang used all means, deploying Spirit Sealing Talismans to form black shields around them.
They weren’t hardening monsters like Su Yan; no matter how strong the physical body, it couldn’t truly match weapons.
For a moment, they dodged arduously, no time or chance to flee.
After one rain of blades, Zhuo Chengyun was like a blood-dyed scarecrow, several sharp swords stabbed into him.
Troop Devouring Ghost Moth had no intent to let go; netherworld power urged, all blades converged into a blade dragon probing from the heavens.
Just one claw struck resisting Zhuo Chengyun to the ground, massive blood gushing; he had lost most combat power.
Ding Kang seized the moment to turn and flee.
But after just three zhang, the blood-colored flood dragon lowered its head, blocking before him.
Boom!
Just one bite, erupting blood-colored torrent, directly drowning him; malevolent energy polluting his body, pain like countless ants gnawing his spinal cord.
Blood Shadow Old Demon now, with the four broken formation flags gone, had nothing left.
He turned to flee, but Rhinoceros Tiger already blocked the path.
City wall just a hundred steps away, but this hundred steps couldn’t withstand a third-order Feral Beast’s block.
Su Tianyu just turned back, but saw Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower shrunk to ten feet tall, instantly suppressing Ding Kang and the three.
Su Yan smiled lightly: “Will you enter yourself, or shall I suppress you?”
“I’ll surrender myself—don’t attack.”
Blood Shadow Old Demon hurriedly begged, bowing low; next moment, blood bat pounced, transforming into dozens of man-sized bat shadows.
Su Tianyu’s form vanished, wrapped in the bat shadows, instantly disappearing.
This was his life-saving technique, sacrificing True Intent power to cover his escape.
“Some skill.”
Su Yan raised his hand and threw Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower; over ten bat shadows instantly exploded, unable to block even a moment.
One shadow dispersed, Blood Shadow Old Demon spat blood and fell, bones broken in countless places.
Heavily injured, he plummeted.
Before landing, blood-colored chains locked him, dragging him into Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower.
“He won?!”
Zhai Gaoyi was completely dumbfounded; moments ago worrying for Su Yan’s safety, next moment Su Yan suppressed the four foes.
“Zhai Gaoyi, hear my order.”
Su Yan’s flat voice came; Zhai Gaoyi immediately straightened alertly.
“Subordinate is here.”
“Enter the city and kill the remnants.”
“Understood!”
Zhai Gaoyi immediately accepted the order, spear pointing: “Everyone, follow me into the city.”
Black Scaled Leopards moved together; eight hundred disciples surged into the city like a black tide.
At this time, Yan Ying Sect disciples in the city sensed trouble and scattered like birds and beasts.
Su Yan saw chaos on the city head and summoned Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust, now no weaker than a third-order Feral Beast.
It immediately released tens of thousands of Fiend Bees, blotting out the sky, extremely frightening.
“Seal the city—not one Yan Ying Sect member escapes.”
Fiend Bees like a tide sealed Bailu County City.
Su Yan collected his spiritual artifacts and formation flags, treading the air; soon landing in City Lord’s Mansion.
City Lord’s Mansion was empty, items mostly cleared out—likely in the four Dan Qiao Realm martial artists’ storage rings.
But Su Yan had no mood for such trifles now.
Netherworld Centipede King acquired.
Then the final piece for Six-Winged Blood Centipede’s metamorphosis was now complete.
Time for Six-Winged Blood Centipede to metamorphose.
