My Beasts Grind Proficiency For Me

Chapter 381 - 234: Meat Grinder 2

The wound on its thumb was easy to heal, but the sword wound on its Demon Soul was much harder to mend.

However, the Starfall True Demon no longer needed to worry about this.

Yang Jing, wielding the Celestial Waterfall Sword, unleashed several chilling streams of White Dragon Sword Gang, carving seven deep gashes into the Starfall True Demon’s body.

The Demon-Catching Tripod suddenly appeared above the Starfall True Demon, pulling the heavily wounded creature into its Pot World.

Yang Jing put away the Demon-Catching Tripod and executed two consecutive Thunder Escapes, instantly returning to the Seven Luminaries Demon-Slaying Array. The moment he was back inside, he sat cross-legged and began to meditate to recover his Magical Power.

Although his Magical Power was abundant, techniques like Thunder Escape, the Fire Dragon Sword Scripture, and the White Dragon Sword Scripture were all massive drains on it. The battle outside the Array could require him to act again at any moment, so he had to restore his Magical Power to its peak condition.

The heavy Demon-Catching Tripod landed beside him. It would occasionally jump abruptly and emit a loud ringing sound, a sign that the Starfall True Demon trapped inside was struggling with all its might.

Fire overcomes Metal. As the Five Elements True Fire burned and the Demon-Catching Tripod continued its Refining, the demon’s struggles grew weaker and weaker.

A bloodcurdling scream suddenly echoed from the sky. An Yin Evil Spider Demon had been sliced in two by a Flying Saber, and its corpse crashed to the ground below.

The Cultivators of the Six Sects focused their Cultivation Techniques on building a stronger foundation, which required them to spend immense time and effort honing their Magical Power. As a result, during the Qi Cultivation and Foundation Establishment Stages, they were often a step weaker than Demons and Demon Cultivators of the same Tier.

But after advancing to the Golden Core, the solid foundation they had built began to show its worth, allowing the Golden Core Cultivators of the Six Sects to overpower Demons and Demon Cultivators.

As a True Disciple of the Five Elements True Spirit Sect, Zuoqiu Feng had just slain an Yin Evil Spider Demon while fighting one against four, yet she showed no signs of strain.

Seeing this, Yang Jing closed his eyes and continued to regulate his breathing, reassured.

By the time he had fully restored his Magical Power, the Celestial Demon army on the periphery was laying siege to the Grand Array.

Under the command of High Tier Dragon Power Demons, the Ox Power Demons and Elephant Power Demons were recklessly charging the Tier Two Arrays on the outer edge of the Grand Array. With the Seven Thunders Evil-breaking Formation destroyed, the adjacent Golden Light Binding Array and Void Five Weapons Array began to show their vulnerable flanks.

BOOM!

A flock of Fire Crows, brilliant as fireworks, shot out and burned over a dozen Ox Power Demons to ash. Many more were injured by the Fire Crows, letting out shrill, agonized cries.

The Spirit Soldiers materialized by the Void Five Weapons Array plowed through the Celestial Demons like a great plow, grinding droves of them into pulp.

From within the Array, the Demon-Catching Tripod didn’t even need to be thrown out; it simply unleashed its Demon-Catching Chains to bind the Celestial Demons crowded at the front, either dragging them into the tripod or leaving them to be slain by the soldiers inside wielding their Magical Artifacts.

The number of Celestial Demon casualties was staggering, but the Array’s Defensive Spirit Light was also being consumed at a high rate.

Iron Head periodically commanded the Flying Boat to charge out of the Seven Luminaries Demon-Slaying Array and clear out the Celestial Demons, buying time for the overtaxed Defensive Spirit Lights of the other Arrays to recover.

The Demon Sect Flying Boats forced their way close to the Grand Array, unleashing dazzling demonic light to help the Power Demons below destroy two Tier Two Arrays. However, they suffered heavy losses in the process, severely damaged by the Divine Light fired from the Seven Luminaries Demon-Slaying Array.

Two of the Flying Boats were destroyed by the Spirit Soldiers of the Void Five Weapons Array right after being damaged. Another was sliced in half by Zuoqiu Feng’s Flying Saber. Under the cover of Iron Head’s Flying Boat, more than half of the Demon Suppression Army soldiers from the destroyed Arrays managed to retreat back into the Grand Array.

The commander of the Demon Sect Flying Boats never expected the Demon Suppression Army to maintain such tenacious fighting spirit even when trapped in a desperate situation, forcing the fleet to pay an immense price for every Array they broke through.

After a bitter battle that lasted a day and a night, even the Elephant Power Demons, known for their great stamina, began to show signs of exhaustion.

The army of the Eastern Demon Sect could only sound the retreat and begin to pull back.

The previously summoned Yin Evil Spider Demons, having not had a meal of blood and flesh, were extremely irritable. They strung up over a dozen Elephant Power Demons with their Yin Evil Spider Silk and devoured them in mid-air.

Taking advantage of the Demon Army’s retreat, the Demon Suppression Army within the Seven Luminaries Demon-Slaying Array immediately began to re-establish their Array Formation under the cover of the Flying Boats.

The original defensive line consisted of over twenty Tier Two Arrays. Losing only three was perfectly acceptable.

Because so many Celestial Demons had died, the Demon Fiend in the area was astonishingly dense, even threatening to flow backward into the Spirit Vein and pollute the Spiritual Qi. The Demon Suppression Army had to use a large number of Pure Yang Demon Transformation Talismans to disperse this Demon Fiend before they could successfully set up the new Array.

Yang Jing, with Yinjiao in tow, stepped onto the land saturated with Demonic Qi.

The Golden Crow Pure Yang Mirror hung high in the sky like a Great Sun, standing guard against any Celestial Demons that might try to ambush the Array Masters setting up the formation.

"This battle can only be called a Pyrrhic victory."

Yang Jing stomped a single foot, and Great Cave True Thunder spread across the ground like a spiderweb.

The Demon Fiend, thick as paste, melted away like ice and snow under the Great Cave True Thunder, revealing the ground beneath. A few Demon Shadows tried to retreat in terror, but they were caught in the True Thunder Net.

With a beckoning gesture, the thunder net dragged its catch of Celestial Demons before him.

Three Five Aggregates Demons struggled violently within the net. They had thought themselves perfectly hidden within the Demon Fiend, never expecting to be caught so easily.

Yang Jing pulled the three Five Aggregates Demons into his Inner World to keep the Red Yin Death Demon company.

Yinjiao nodded.

Although they had repelled the Demon Cultivators in this battle, their own losses were severe; a full hundred soldiers of the Demon Suppression Army had fallen. The consumption of various Talismans was also incalculable.

If the Demon Cultivators launched just three or four more assaults like today’s, their supplies would be completely exhausted.

He knew that many in the Demon Suppression Army were clinging to the hope that Canyuan True Monarch would break through the Array from the outside.

"This is a Tier Five Grand Array. Even for Canyuan True Monarch, breaking it is nearly impossible."

Yang Jing had been concealing the Tier of the Nine Nether Profound Separation World Creation Array from most people precisely so they could hold on to this last sliver of hope.

For Cultivators to break a Grand Array of the same Tier, it would take the combined power of at least five of them. If the Grand Array was being directed by an Array Master, the number of Cultivators required would double.

If it was a Tier higher, there was absolutely no chance of breaking it unless they could use another array to counter it.

What’s more, with the Celestial Demons working in concert from within, the Four Demon Sects to the north would definitely pin down Canyuan True Monarch, giving him no chance to return.

Yang Jing laid out the stakes for Yinjiao.

Yinjiao was the most intelligent of the disciples and understood almost instantly. He knew that his master seeking him out for a private talk meant there was a difficult task he needed him to handle.

"Master, you must already have a plan."

"Yes. The key to everything lies with that Heavenly Star Demon Summoning Array."

A cold glint flashed in Yang Jing’s eyes.

With the Heavenly Star Demon Summoning Array active, the Eastern Demon Sect could send a continuous stream of reinforcements from the Outer Realm into the Nine Nether Profound Separation Demon Extermination Array. Under these circumstances, it would be impossible to hold out relying solely on the two-thousand-some soldiers of the Demon Suppression Army and the Seven Luminaries Demon-Slaying Array.

But if they destroyed the Heavenly Star Demon Summoning Array, the Demon Army in the Demon Realm and the Nine Nether Profound Separation Demon Extermination Array would be cut off. Not only would they be unable to break the Seven Luminaries Demon-Slaying Array, but they would in turn be wiped out by the Demon Suppression Army.

Yinjiao immediately guessed Yang Jing’s thoughts.

"Master, since Golden Core Demon Cultivators and Celestial Demons are restricted from entering the Demon Realm, isn’t Junior Martial Uncle Feng the best person to destroy the Heavenly Star Demon Summoning Array?"

He knew his master wanted him to enter the Demon Realm himself and destroy the Heavenly Star Demon Summoning Array.

Yang Jing glanced at him and shook his head.

"Your Junior Martial Uncle Feng doesn’t know any Transformation Skills. She could never fool the Celestial Demons. Only I can go."

Boosted by his Talents, Yang Jing’s combat prowess actually surpassed Zuoqiu Feng’s when fighting Celestial Demons, not to mention he also possessed the Demon-Catching Tripod, a Tier Three Magical Treasure.

"This plan has only one chance. If it fails, the Demon Cultivators will certainly be on high alert," Yang Jing said to Yinjiao.