Chapter 135 Who Devours Whom?
The High Priest of the Demon Clan knew that the most profound institution in the entire Five Elements City was none other than the Ten Directions Academy.
Therefore, the force he dispatched to attack Shifang Academy was the strongest in terms of combat power.
Seeing that the defensive array of Shifang Academy had been breached from afar, he was overjoyed. It seemed that his help was no longer needed here for the time being.
In that case, he would first go to the city lord's mansion and help them quickly eliminate the city lord.
Without a lord, a city's morale will be greatly reduced, and in that case, the extermination of the entire city will only be a matter of time.
Inside the city lord's mansion, Venerable Hesong ordered all low-level combatants to hide in the basement and output spiritual power to the protective array.
He was stalling for time, waiting for the bigwigs of the Sky Alliance to come and provide support.
His divine sense detected that a total of eleven purple demons had entered the Five Elements City.
Including him, there are only two experts at the Tongtian Realm in their Five Elements City.
Given such a huge disparity in strength, without external assistance, the only outcome would be the complete slaughter of the city.
In the basement of the city lord's mansion, he had also arranged a backup plan: a long-distance teleportation array capable of teleporting fifty people at once.
He reserved only one spot for himself, which was for his great-granddaughter—Jiang Yuezhu, a little genius at the first level of the Spirit Realm, who was only twelve years old.
He is the city lord, and it is his destiny to live and die with the Five Elements City, but he must always leave a bloodline for the Jiang family.
His son died young due to his poor aptitude, and his grandson and his wife both died fighting against the beast tide.
His only direct bloodline is Jiang Yuezhu, so he must protect her.
He had already informed the Ten Directions Academy about the teleportation array in the City Lord's Mansion.
If the city were to fall, the academy would activate a short-range teleportation array to send the young elites they were sending away to the basement of the city lord's mansion, and then let them leave with Jiang Yuezhu.
Having made arrangements for his affairs, the city lord kept a close eye on everything, paying close attention to the battle situation within the city.
His biggest concern was of course the Ten Directions Academy, but the enemy's forces there seemed exceptionally strong, and they quickly broke through the defensive array there.
When he first sensed that the Dean was being attacked by three powerful purple demons, the city lord almost couldn't resist rushing over to help.
But he knew that once he left, the city lord's mansion's great formation would be breached, and his subordinates would all become lambs to the slaughter.
Therefore, he cannot leave.
The good thing is that new talent has joined the team, and although the situation with the dean is still at a stalemate, this is the best possible outcome.
The lower-level combat power of Shifang Academy is stronger than that of other places. After all, they are a group of young elites. They may not be able to deal with the Purple Demon, but their strength should not be underestimated when dealing with the Blue Demon and Green Demon.
The defensive array of the city lord's mansion was finally breached. Without hesitation, the city lord ascended into the air and single-handedly withstood the attack of the three purple demons.
He knew he could not back down, or the city lord's mansion would cease to exist.
Even if he were to die, he would hold on until the young elites from the Ten Directions Academy were teleported over, so he could personally watch them take away his great-granddaughter.
The city lord's wounds multiplied, and even with the powerful self-healing ability of the Tongtian Realm, it was too late to heal them.
The blood splattered on the ground of the city lord's mansion made the mood of all the subordinates who were fighting the blue and green demons on the ground even heavier.
With the city lord so badly injured, can they really win this battle?
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Meanwhile, the battles at Shifang Academy were becoming increasingly easier.
Achen successfully restrained the strongest purple demon, and Xi'er promptly used purification magic to dispel the gray fog, greatly boosting the confidence of all teachers and students.
Seeing that Xi'er was not in danger for the time being, Nie Xiaoxiao also released her Xianxian.
Xianxian is now at the seventh level, and its combat power is strong enough to deal with the Blue Demon with ease.
As Xianxian unleashed countless fairy thorns, injuring at least five blue demons in a short period of time, they were forced to activate their invincible cheat.
However, the Blue Demon's invincibility cheat only lasts for a quarter of an hour, which is not scary for students and instructors who have experience hunting Blue Demons.
They seized the opportunity and unleashed their full power, using every means at their disposal on the invincible Blue Demon, preventing them from having a chance to counterattack.
With Xi'er dispelling the gray fog and Xianxian's Immortal Thorn damaging the Blue Demon, the battle on the ground intensified.
In the air, Achen and Boyi worked together seamlessly, and while they were suppressing the Purple Demon, Qiansi finally managed to pierce the sharp thorns on the vines into the Purple Demon's invincible defenses.
Purple Demon's invincible cheat expired prematurely, lasting only twenty minutes.
Realizing she might be killed in retaliation, the Purple Demon finally decided to set aside her pride. She raised her head and let out a sharp screech, calling for the High Priest to come and help.
The high priest, who was heading towards the city lord's mansion, heard the cry for help and his anger rose.
He had already sent his three strongest Purple Demons over; if the three of them worked together, they could deal with a Tongtian Realm expert. Why did he need to ask for help?
Upon hearing the Purple Demon's roar, Bo Yiyan knew something was wrong; she was calling for her companions to come and help.
Taking advantage of the moment when Qiansi broke through Zimo's invincible defense and pierced Zimo's body with a spike containing nerve paralysis toxin, he directly reached out and covered Zimo's heart.
Humans have always avoided direct contact with the Demon Clan during battles, because if they do, the Demon Clan will unleash their devouring ability, consuming all of the human's spiritual power and life force.
By doing this, Bo Yiyan was actually risking his life.
The Devouring ability was his special ability on Algae Star, but he never used it after arriving in the other world.
However, he had personally witnessed Ah Chen using the Mental Cage without suffering any backlash from the Heavenly Dao, so he decided to take the risk and give it a try.
As for whether he would be devoured by the Demon Clan after activating this Devouring skill, he had no idea.
As the powerful Devouring skill was activated, Bo Yiyan felt a tremendous energy surge through his entire body.
At this moment, Bo Yiyan felt as if all his meridians were inflated like a balloon, about to explode at any moment.
His body swelled, and the barrier that had been holding him at the peak of the Heavenly Realm began to crumble inch by inch.
Seriously? At such a critical moment, they're actually going to advance to a higher level?
Bo Yiyan inwardly groaned, but dared not stop. If he did, he feared that the Purple Demon would devour him.
The shock in Zi Mo's heart at this moment was beyond words. Devouring spiritual power and life force has always been an exclusive ability of their Fine Demon Clan.
But why does this human cultivator also possess the same ability? And this person's devouring ability seems to be even stronger than that of their Demon Clan?
Purple Demon was terrified; all she wanted to do was get rid of this terrifying human cultivator as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, creatures locked onto by the Devour skill have no strength to break free.
Her two companions also noticed the abnormality and wanted to rush over to help, but the Dean and Venerable Yusheng desperately stopped them.
At times like these, eliminating one enemy as soon as possible is crucial for the academy to turn the tide of the battle.
And so, the Purple Demon could only watch helplessly as it was slowly drained dry, transforming from a radiant purple sea of light into a withered, yellow haystack.
This is what the high priest saw when he arrived.
His eyes were bloodshot, and with a roar, he activated his invincible state and charged towards Bo Yiyan.
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