readytorunbook Chapter 290 Ji Family's Alliance Request
Chapter 290 Ji Family's Alliance Request
Chapter 290: The Ji Family's Alliance Request
In the Cloud Dream Immortal Domain's Eastern Territory, the Yun Tong Star Domain serves as an important gateway to the core territory of the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace.
At this moment, on the giant floating landmass at the core of the Star Domain, countless descendants of the Demon Race are surging out from the depths of the void, covering the sky and blocking out the sun. The rolling black clouds tightly envelop the three inner layers and three outer layers of the floating landmass, spanning millions of miles.
However, the defensive power on the landmass is also quite formidable. With the command of the Elder Supreme of the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace stationed here, the defensive formations on the frontlines are all activated. Layers upon layers of azure brilliance rise up like raging flames.
In just a few breaths, the sky above the landmass is already shrouded by a hundred-mile-thick light curtain. At the same time, tens of thousands of young female cultivators form a united attack and defense formation, soaring into the air to meet the descending army of Demon Race descendants.
In the next instant, billions of blood-colored thunderbolts pour down, covering the entire sky. They crash onto the azure light curtain, creating a continuous series of explosions that shake the earth and dim the brilliance of the light curtain.
The devastating thunderbolts shatter the tens of miles thick azure light curtain, but that's all they can do. The counterattack from the female cultivators of the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace immediately follows. Long sword rainbows, tens of thousands of miles long and as majestic as dragons, rise up, carrying an unparalleled killing intent as they charge into the depths of the black clouds.
The sword rainbows swirl and sweep through the black clouds. Wherever they pass, groups of aberrations are torn apart by the exceptionally sharp Sword Intent, their bodies reduced to scattered flesh and blood, and their souls and spirits annihilated together.
Then, a gourd about a thousand miles high, radiating golden brilliance, rises slowly from below. The gourd itself is enveloped in layers of golden light, emitting a terrifying pressure. The gourd spews out a pure and flawless white light, which hovers slightly in the black clouds, creating a whirlpool with a radius of tens of thousands of miles.
Deep within the whirlpool, an infinite suction force is generated, pulling in the Demon Race descendants who are closer in proximity, regardless of their strength. They are involuntarily absorbed and disappear without a trace.
As the golden gourd moves at high speed, a massive number of Demon Race descendants are all swallowed up by this treasure, creating large blank areas within the black clouds.
Immediately after, a silver-hued flag flies out, its surface embroidered with the sun, moon, and stars that fill the entire sky. As the flag is waved and unfurled, the sun, moon, and stars on the flag quickly light up, resonating with the countless stars in the depths of the void. A surge of astral winds and thunderous roars occur, and billions of star-powered thunderballs, each the size of a human head and sparkling with crystalline brilliance, manifest out of thin air.
Before those aberrations can react, the star-powered thunderballs shoot out with magnificent trajectories and explode simultaneously in the depths of the black clouds. Each thunderball obliterates an airspace of thousands of zhang, leaving nothing behind.
After a short while, the third treasure ascends into the air. It is a round bronze mirror with an unusually exquisite design and a diameter of over a thousand miles. The smooth and glossy mirror surface emits a hazy moonlight, slowly rotating in the void. The mirror reflects countless grotesque and ugly figures of aberrations.
Any descendant of the Demon Race that is reflected in the mirror will have a surge of gentle and cold moonlight flowing within them, which immediately turns into a burning flame.
Moreover, this flame is extremely domineering and cannot be extinguished no matter what. Within a few breaths, it will burn them from the inside out, leaving nothing behind.
Under the repeated attacks of these three powerful treasures, the overwhelming black cloud offensive is hindered. The large formation formed by the female cultivators of the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace takes advantage of this opportunity to launch an attack. Countless sword lights intertwine to form a web of death, instantly killing more descendants of the Demon Race.
However, the scale of the Demon Race's army is too exaggerated. After killing one batch, another batch appears, seemingly endless. The two sides are locked in a fierce battle in the sky above the floating land.
After an unknown amount of time, a towering pagoda, about a thousand miles high and shrouded in thick blood-red light, emerges from the depths of the black cloud and slowly approaches the floating land. Then, the second, third... forty-nine pagodas appear, forming a strange formation that presses towards the floating land. Obviously, the higher-ups of the Demon Race can no longer restrain themselves. After all, even if they are cannon fodder, they would still feel distressed if there are too many casualties.
The Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace quickly reacts. Dozens of graceful and dignified female cultivators wearing white feathered cloaks appear outside the blue-green light curtain. Their deep and calm beautiful eyes gaze at the approaching powerful Demon Race experts.
The leading graceful and charming woman takes a brief look and a pair of scissors-shaped Spiritual Treasure, about the size of a palm, with a dark red glow and endless murderous aura, flies out of her hand. It swells in the wind and instantly transforms into two dark blood-colored Flood Dragons, each tens of thousands of miles long, which playfully entwine around the main body of the pagoda. With a gentle twist, the entire pagoda is crushed into pieces.
Amidst the deafening explosion, a figure with a strong and slightly disheveled aura flies out from the top of the pagoda. Before it can decide whether to retreat or charge back to reclaim its dignity, the round mirror-shaped treasure has quietly turned around, and its mirror surface locks onto its figure.
A mixture of astonishment and anger fills the air as the powerful Demon Race expert is enveloped in a large group of moonlight flames. It roars and continuously displays various Divine Ability spells, trying to extinguish the flames, but to no avail.
As the sky is filled with crimson haze, three fiery red and dazzling flying swords descend, cutting the severely injured expert into more than ten pieces, which are then burned to ashes by the flames.
"Hmph! A mere peak Golden Immortal-level anomaly dares to act arrogantly in the territory of my Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace?"
The beautiful woman sneers disdainfully and continues to control the Spiritual Treasure to attack the remaining pagodas. The other elders also take action one after another. Numerous Law Treasures and Spiritual Treasures crisscross and kill, and after a moment of fierce battle, seventeen pagodas are destroyed one after another, and even the Demon Race experts inside them are not spared.
In the depths of the dark clouds, a low rumble of thunder echoed faintly. The demonic descendants, who had been charging forward without regard for their lives, stopped one after another and began to retreat.
The elders cautiously pursued for a moment before calling off the pursuit.
From a distance, at the end of their field of vision, the demonic descendants who were left behind were seen feasting on the corpses of their fallen comrades, completely disregarding the fact that they had just fought side by side. Especially for the corpses of the higher-ranking demonic descendants, their flesh and blood had become highly sought-after goods, leading to intense fights among these creatures. Even the powerful demonic descendants in the Floating Tower did not intervene.
"They truly are a group of despicable and morally bankrupt creatures!" A female cultivator cursed disdainfully. Everyone felt a sense of sorrow and indignation. Cannibalism among their own kind was not something that normal intelligent beings would do. Of course, they were all tools born purely for slaughter and destruction, so such behavior was in line with their nature.
"Elder Xiu Xun, you seem unhappy?" A beautiful woman asked curiously. Beside her, a radiant young girl spoke up, "Didn't we just win a battle? These creatures aren't as formidable as rumored!"
"What do you know? They are nothing more than appetizers. The truly formidable ones have yet to appear!" The beautiful woman shook her head and said with a serious expression, "The power of my Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace may be able to protect itself in this unprecedented calamity, but it's hard to say for other sects. Even if they can survive, how many cultivators will be left? Ten percent? Twenty percent? In any case, the Extreme Void Starry Sky cultivation world is destined to suffer heavy losses. Sigh!"
"..."
The female cultivators looked at each other, unsure of what to say. Elder Xiu Xun may not be a Quasi-Saint Emperor, but she was a senior Great Principle-level expert and a highly influential elder in the sect. Even she had such a pessimistic view of the future battle situation, indicating that the situation was more severe than they could imagine.
"However, as long as we can protect the foundation of our sect, it will be enough!" Elder Xiu Xun smiled and said, "As for those other sects, they are not our people, so we don't need to worry too much about them!"
The female cultivators nodded in agreement.
At the same time, similar battles were unfolding throughout the Extreme Void Starry Sky. The sects that had survived the previous demonic calamity were almost all under relentless attack from the demonic army.
Some sects with insufficient strength and preparation suffered heavy losses. Even the well-established Supreme sects paid a heavy price to repel the demonic army's assault.
Among them, the most outstanding performance came from the five female cultivator Supreme sects led by Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace, as well as Dao Court. They easily crushed the first wave of attacks from the demonic army with minimal casualties.
Deep within the Mingqi Immortal Domain was the ancestral land of the Ji Clan.
In the ancestral hall, which had a unique and ancient style, more than twenty large stone seats were arranged on both sides. Each seat was occupied by a high-ranking elder of the Ji Clan, both men and women, young and old. They were the core figures of the powerful Ji Clan.
Standing beside each elder were several young clan members, who were the trusted and valued direct descendants of these important figures, the elite of the clan.
Sitting in the central seat was the current patriarch of the Ji Clan, Ji Yuanjie. Standing beside his seat were a pair of twin sisters who were as beautiful as stars and exuded an extraordinary charm.
The young male members of the Ji Clan couldn't help but focus their gaze on the twin sisters. Their eyes were filled with intense admiration and fascination. As the direct descendants of the patriarch and the most outstanding women of the Ji Clan, they naturally attracted the attention of countless suitors.
However, today, their dreams were about to be shattered.
"...So, this matter is settled!" Ji Yuanjie lightly tapped the armrest of his seat and said in a deep voice, "Since the luck child of this era is most likely from Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace, I plan to personally lead a delegation from our clan, bearing valuable gifts, to visit them. Once it is confirmed, we will establish an alliance with Mu Yinghua, the head of Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace!"
There was a moment of silence as everyone contemplated. A graceful and elegant woman spoke, "Elder brother, now that the demonic calamity has arrived, how can you easily leave? Why not let me go instead? I will go and see what makes this Qin Muling so extraordinary. If he is not the one, then so be it. But if he is, our Ji Clan can officially form an alliance with Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace!"
Ji Yuanjie pondered for a moment and nodded, "Alright, then you, Fourth Sister, will go in my place!"
(End of this chapter)