20demayo Chapter 2015: The Symphony of Destruction
Chapter 2015: The Symphony of Destruction
Chapter 2015: The Symphony of Destruction
Kui Gao never expected that Chen Fei would be so decisive, actually willing to burn more than four hundred primordial lotus seeds at once.
Even more unexpectedly, the opponent was able to forcefully manipulate higher-level rules under the cover of the martial arts arena's rules, using the power of the killing mark and lotus seeds, instantly escalating the original challenge into a forced life-or-death duel that could not be fought to the death.
This completely disrupted his plans. He had intended to provoke Chen Fei into a regular duel, so that even if he lost, he would have the option to concede and leave. But now…
A crimson light filled the sky, and the relentless power of the rules completely sealed off the Sky Arena, transforming it into a massive gladiatorial arena. The aftershocks of energy within the arena had not yet subsided, and the air was thick with the stench of blood.
Chen Fei stood still at the center of the formation, his green robe fluttering slightly in the turbulent airflow, his expression so calm it was unsettling.
He raised his eyes, his gaze piercing through the still-unsettled energy ripples and fixing on Wei Gao.
"Didn't you want to kill me?"
Chen Fei spoke, his voice not loud, but every word reached Wei Gao's ears with crystal clarity, "Now, you can come up!"
The shock and anger on Wei Gao's face receded like the tide, replaced by extreme gloom. There was no way out; only a bloody battle remained.
Kui Gao suddenly looked up, his scarlet pupils bursting with a terrifyingly fierce light, and demonic flames around him shot into the sky with a "boom," "Junior, you want to die? I'll grant your wish!"
Before he finished speaking, Wei Gao had already appeared in the training ground.
The moment his feet touched the ground, his right hand shot out like lightning, grabbing at the air, and a vast amount of pure demonic energy instantly condensed and compressed in his palm.
A strangely shaped bronze mirror appeared out of nowhere, its frame dark purple and engraved with countless twisted, writhing, and seemingly living demonic patterns.
The mirror surface is not smooth, but rather like a miniature chaotic vortex, constantly rotating and reflecting fragmented, bizarre scenes.
Dust-free bronze mirror!
This is the phantom of Kui Gao's natal demonic treasure, which he cultivated with his life force. Although it is not a physical object, the power it contains is by no means weak.
The wondrous Dharma of purity penetrates the void and erodes the realm!
Kui Gao's left hand, fingers together like a sword, touched the center of the back of the mirror.
The bronze mirror trembled violently, and the chaotic vortex in the center of the mirror suddenly stopped spinning, with an extremely dark black dot lighting up.
In the next instant, a dark purple mirror light with blurred edges and exuding an aura of annihilation silently shot out from the mirror.
The mirror light seemed to possess a life of its own, slightly distorting itself, completely ignoring the flowing array walls in front of it, easily penetrating them and shooting straight at Chen Fei's body at the center of the array, its speed exceeding the limits of divine sense.
Chen Fei's eyes flickered slightly. Wei Gao's attack method was quite similar to Yu Yanyang's, but its penetrating characteristics were even better than Yu Yanyang's.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Fei pointed his fingers like a sword and gently tapped the void in front of him.
The five elements revolve, annihilating all laws!
"Buzz!"
A dazzling five-colored divine light surged forth from the base of the array, like a waterfall spanning the heavens and earth, blocking the path of the dark purple mirror light.
"boom!"
Two forces, vastly different yet equally terrifying, collided violently, unleashing a deafening, earth-shattering explosion.
The dark purple mirror light trembled violently. Although it was blocked, it did not immediately dissipate. The corrosive Dao rhyme contained within it actually counteracted and eroded the power of the Five Elements Annihilation, stirring up a chaotic flow of energy across the sky.
Like a tsunami, it spread wildly in all directions, crashing heavily against the walls of the linked array, creating ripples.
With his attack blocked, Wei Gao remained expressionless. He suddenly flipped the bronze mirror in his hand, and the mirror surface flashed rapidly. It no longer reflected the chaotic scene, but instead imprinted the energy trajectory and subtle changes of the rules and runes at the moment when the Five Elements Extinction Divine Light erupted.
The mirror shone brightly, and the next moment, a dazzling beam of light, identical in aura and energy fluctuations and even the Daoist principles of the Five Elements' mutual generation and restraint contained within it, shot out from the bronze mirror.
In a daze, it felt as if Chen Fei himself was attacking his own formation, a feeling that was extremely strange.
This is precisely the brilliance of Wei Gao's "Dustless Intercepting Classic".
It's not just a simple imitation of appearance and energy; it also analyzes and replicates the core rules and imprints contained in the attack in a very short time.
The replicated Five Elements Divine Light rushed towards the array wall, causing a momentary stagnation in the array's operation.
It was this negligible momentary delay, combined with the extreme penetrating properties inherent in Wei Gao's attack, that allowed this Five Elements Divine Light to penetrate the array wall even more easily than the previous dark purple mirror light.
They advanced unimpeded, encountering almost no obstacles.
"boom!!"
The replicated Five Elements Divine Light collided squarely with another Five Elements Divine Light that automatically condensed within the formation to intercept it.
With the same power attributes and the same rule fluctuations, they should have annihilated and canceled each other out.
However, the Five Elements Divine Light unleashed by Wei Gao, with a visible advantage, forcefully suppressed the divine light within the formation, continuously forcing it back and dissolving it.
It was as if a sharper sword had cut through a sword made of slightly inferior materials.
The same technique, when executed by people of different cultivation levels and realms, can have vastly different power.
Kui Gao, a Daoist of the Earthly Origin, at the fifteenth level of the limit, possesses a demonic essence that is profound and pure, and his understanding of and efficiency in driving the rules naturally surpasses that of Chen Fei, who is at the late fifteenth level.
Furthermore, the attacks of Yu Yanyang and others would weaken after penetrating the array wall, but Wei Gao, thanks to the deceptive effect of the replication, minimized the loss of his attacks when penetrating the array wall, maintaining almost the full power.
With this ebb and flow, a crushing advantage naturally emerged.
However, Chen Feigang was able to force those demonic cultivators to admit defeat because of the overwhelming advantage formed by the coordination, superposition, and continuous cycle of the entire linked array system, rather than the single Five Elements Extinction Divine Light.
With a thought from Chen Fei, the ground trembled violently, and countless earth vein spears, imbued with the earth's weight and the aura of deathly stillness, burst forth from the ground, crashing fiercely into the unstoppable replica of the divine light, finally blocking it.
Meanwhile, Wei Gao, who was in a distance, pressed his advantage and spun the bronze mirror in his hand again.
"Chucky!"
Countless demonic spears, identical to the Earth Vein God-Slaying Spear, appeared out of thin air, piercing through the array wall once more and raining down on Chen Fei.
At this moment, Chen Fei had already strengthened his vigilance and interception of the chain formation, but Wei Gao's attack was able to penetrate it because the Wuchen Intercepting Scripture itself had a penetrating characteristic that surpassed the Xiaoyao Scripture.
Replicating the opponent's moves is merely a means to make this penetration more efficient. Even with the reinforcement of the array, its core penetrating power remains.
"Boom boom boom!"
The God-Slaying Spear clashed with the God-Slaying Spear, triggering another violent explosion.
At this moment, Wei Gao's strategy is to replicate whatever attack Chen Fei uses.
Chen Fei's greatest advantage is this chain formation. If he can unleash the attack power of the chain formation, then what is there for him to fear in this battle?
Kui Gao was confident that with the foundation of his Earthly Dao, he could completely withstand such a replica of the attack.
Chen Fei seemed oblivious to Wei Gao's intentions, and the sound of swords clashing suddenly arose within the formation.
"Zhengzhengzheng!"
Countless condensed, almost tangible, sword energies surged forth, forming a sword array that swept away the enemy.
Kui Gao grinned maliciously, and the bronze mirror flashed again, unleashing an equally astonishing number of murderous demonic sword energies.
Both sides engaged in another fierce exchange of attacks.
Next, the Yin-Yang Collapse Force Field suppressed the Demon Realm.
Flaming Vermilion Bird versus Dark Demon Phoenix.
Even the Immortal-Slaying Star in the sky versus the Fallen Demon Star.
Whatever attack Chen Fei unleashed, Wei Gao would immediately replicate it, turning the entire training ground into a sea of destructive energy with incessant roars.
For a moment, a strange stalemate emerged, with Wei Gao actually replicating the full attack power of a chain formation all by himself.
At the edge of the training ground, Fu Yinglan, Wu Fanyu, and the other two had their brows furrowed and their expressions were extremely solemn.
“This demonic cultivator’s technique completely replicates Chen Fei’s advantages in formations,” Fu Yinglan said in a deep voice, her eyes filled with worry. “Now it has become a pure contest of energy consumption and a competition of cultivation levels.”
"Fellow Daoist Chen Fei was able to contend with him only because of the array's enhancement, but if the battle drags on..." Wu Fanyu didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was self-evident: Chen Fei's weakness in cultivation was suddenly exposed at this moment.
"The interconnected array is incredibly precise. If any one of the sub-arrays becomes weak due to insufficient energy or is found to have a flaw, causing even the slightest stagnation, the power of the entire array will plummet..."
“Talismans… Fellow Daoist Chen’s previous use of talismans may have turned the tide of the battle, but Wei Gao will certainly be on full alert right now. Moreover, we don’t know how many reserves Fellow Daoist Chen has left. If the quantity is insufficient, it may be difficult to determine the outcome.”
A heavy gloom hung over the hearts of the three cultivators.
The situation is developing in a direction that is extremely unfavorable to Chen Fei.
At this moment, the two sides seem evenly matched, but often, life and death hang in the balance.
The Demon Lotus Realm, nestled amidst vast mountains and rivers.
Countless demonic cultivators, whether concealing their presence or engaged in fierce battles with other cultivators, involuntarily slowed their movements and devoted a portion of their attention to observing the heavens.
When they saw Demon Lord Wei Gao unleash his supreme demonic power, replicating and even subtly suppressing the various array attacks of the green-robed array cultivator, a commotion spread among many demonic cultivators.
Since Chen Fei appeared and slew the demonic cultivators one after another, reversing the tide of battle, the morale of the demonic cultivators has been extremely low. At this moment, Wei Gao's strong performance has rekindled the ferocity in the hearts of many demonic cultivators.
Inside the Sky Arena, at the center of the energy storm, the symphony of destruction continues to resound.
Kui Gao was surrounded by raging demonic flames, and the strange ancient mirror in his hand shone with light, perfectly replicating all of Chen Fei's attacks and blasting them back with even greater power.
The continuous roar of the explosions and the violent shockwaves caused the rules barrier of the entire training ground to ripple violently.
Kui Gao's expression gradually changed from solemn to a sinister grin of complete control. Although his demonic energy was being rapidly depleted, the solid foundation of his Earthly Dao Foundation allowed him to withstand this high-intensity attack.
"Boom!"
It was another earth-shattering collision between the Immortal-Slaying Stars. Kui Gao's replicated Demonic Star once again crushed the illusory star image condensed within the formation by a slight advantage.
Taking advantage of the situation, Wei Gao stepped forward, his demonic power awe-inspiring.
"Junior!"
Kui Gao's voice boomed like thunder, filled with mockery and disdain, "Is this the confidence you had to sacrifice four hundred lotus seeds and forcibly activate this life-or-death duel? Huh?"
This mere late-stage fifteenth-level cultivator's strongest asset is the Chain Array. Without it, he's nothing more than a bug that can be crushed at will.
And now, he is gradually crushing this complex array!
Despite Wei Gao's arrogant laughter, Chen Fei, who was at the heart of the formation, did not show any sign of panic or anger.
Chen Fei simply raised his head slowly, his calm gaze piercing through the raging energy turbulence and landing on Wei Gao's face, which was slightly distorted by pride.
"Confidence?"
Chen Fei repeated softly, his tone carrying a hint of elusive amusement. The next instant, his left hand, which had been hanging by his side, suddenly rose, his five fingers flying to form a complex hand seal.
A pale green light flowed from her fingertips, radiating vitality, yet also carrying a chilling, predatory desire.
"Buzz... hiss hiss hiss..."
It wasn't a violent energy fluctuation, but rather a dense, frantic sound of flapping wings that suddenly erupted from beneath the array symbols deep within the linked array.
The sound was initially faint, like a silkworm chewing leaves, but it quickly became like the surging tide.
Countless strange beetles, their bodies a deep, dark green, their shells gleaming with a cold, metallic sheen, surged forth from every corner of the formation like a bursting green flood.
These beetles are no bigger than a finger, but their numbers are so vast that they seem to cover the sky.
Instead of attacking Wei Gao directly, they quickly dispersed and precisely targeted the Five Elements Extinction Divine Light and Immortal Slaying Sword Qi that were being countered by the chain formation's attacks.
"Crack, click, click..."
The dense cracking sounds blended together, more rapid than the raindrops.
These green beetles opened their mouthparts and began to frantically devour the demonic energy attack unleashed by Wei Gao.
The demonic energy pillars and sword energy that were originally enough to rival, or even surpass, the attacks of the formation were quickly devoured with countless holes by these strange beetles.
Its stable internal energy structure was violently destroyed, its Daoist principles were forcibly disintegrated, and its energy rapidly dissipated at an alarming rate.
Kui Gao's arrogant smile froze instantly, and his pupils contracted sharply.
He stared intently at the swarming green insects, feeling the rapidly weakening and even severing connection between himself and the replicated attacks, a chill running from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
"puppet……"
Kui Gao had calculated everything, anticipating the various changes in the formation, the potential threat of the talismans, and even secretly guarding against other secret techniques that the other party might be hiding.
But what he hadn't anticipated was that this late-stage 15th-level array cultivator had actually constructed such a large number of combat puppets.
Moreover, judging from the energy fluctuations emanating from these beetle puppets, and their terrifyingly fast and efficient devouring, their quality is extremely high. They're only at the late 15th rank of cultivation, yet they know magic arrays, talismans, and now even puppetry, and their mastery of each has reached such a high level.
What plunged Wei Gao into despair was that the Dustless Ancient Mirror in his hand could mimic energy attacks and simulate talisman fluctuations, but it could not imitate such a puppet army.
These are two completely different power systems.
What truly drove Wei Gao to despair was not merely the appearance of the puppet, but his own state of being.
Despite his seemingly effortless and dominant demeanor just now, and even his provocative words, he was actually at his last gasp.
To perfectly replicate and suppress Chen Fei's chain attack, he was operating the Dustless Intercepting Scripture at almost maximum capacity. After all, Kui Gao was using his own power to fight against a chain attack that could draw upon the power of heaven and earth.
At this moment, he had already approached the limit of his power, and had no other additional power to enhance his attack.
His previous arrogance and provocation were intended to undermine Chen Fei's will, hoping to shake Chen Fei's resolve and expose a flaw in the chain formation, thus creating an opening for a fatal attack.
But who would have thought that this mere late-stage fifteenth-level cultivator would possess such a trump card that could completely disrupt the balance?
At this moment, unless Wei Gao spares no expense, burning his innate demonic essence and even his fundamental Dao source to unleash even greater power to deal with this sudden swarm of insects.
"Crack... Crack... Boom!"
Under the frenzied devouring of the Soul-Devouring Insect Puppet, the replica of the Five Elements Extinction Divine Light that Kui Gao had unleashed, which had originally held the upper hand, was the first to give way. It let out a mournful cry, its structure completely collapsed, and it exploded, turning into a sky full of scattered demonic energy.
A chain reaction occurred instantly.
With one attack collapsing, the remaining replicated attacks also lost their support and, under the combined attack of the swarm and the formation itself, exploded one after another.
"Buzz!"
The immense power accumulated over a long period of time by the linked array, now free from obstruction, transformed into a destructive torrent, surging towards Wei Gao in an overwhelming and overwhelming manner.
Kui Gao's expression changed slightly. He subconsciously activated his escape technique, his figure transforming into a blurry shadow as he rapidly retreated in the opposite direction of the attacking torrent, temporarily avoiding the deadly edge.
Just as Wei Gao moved, his heart filled with shock, anger, and panic, a cold and clear voice rang in his ear: "Is this the confidence you have to kill me?"
It was Chen Fei's voice, and the undisguised sarcasm in his tone was a response to Wei Gao's words just now.
Upon hearing this, Wei Gao felt his blood surge.
Just as he was about to retort, he saw at the center of the formation, beneath Chen Fei's feet, countless condensed, almost tangible, sword energies converge, instantly forming a dazzling, silver-white sword energy bridge that stretched across the void, its body radiating a sharp aura capable of tearing everything apart.
In the next instant, Chen Fei's figure appeared out of thin air, hundreds of feet in front of Wei Gao, as if by teleportation, along the Cambridge.
They were so close that they could even see the reflection in each other's eyes.
As Chen Fei appeared, the enormous, interconnected array behind him emitted a deafening roar.
The Yin-Yang Collapse Force Field, the Five Elements Extinction Divine Light, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Qi, the Earth Vein Immortal Slaughtering Spear, and even the Immortal Slaughtering Star that has been re-condensed in the sky... all the power is surging, compressing, and converging wildly, and a series of great formations is about to descend here.
A terrifying, world-destroying wave had already locked onto Wei Gao.
In Wei Gao's pupils, the boundless light of destruction and Chen Fei's cold face were reflected.
An unprecedented shadow of death suddenly enveloped Wei Gao.
(End of this chapter)