The First Immortal of Destiny

When Shen Mo, using Fairy Pei Yu’s hand, subjugated the Chaotic Stone Stockade and the surrounding demonic forces, he killed many demons and monsters, allowing Fairy Pei Yu to devour them completely.

Now, she was just half a step from Class V, comparable to a Human Cultivator at the half-step to Divine Bridge Realm.

However, this was far from enough for her to advance; she needed to devour a vast amount of flesh and blood. Even consuming all the demons in the Chaotic Stone Stockade would be insufficient.

Therefore, Shen Mo had set his sights on the demons of the Hou Corpse Cave. As long as enough demons fell in the great battle, their flesh, blood, and souls could serve as cultivation resources for Fairy Pei Yu’s advancement, and this included the demons of the Chaotic Stone Stockade. Whether from the Hou Corpse Cave or the Chaotic Stone Stockade, all demons would ultimately become ”formation materials” for the God Slaying Array. The more that died, the more it would indirectly weaken the future power of the flesh-and-blood array intended to attack Green Cloud Cave. At the same time, the strength of Demon Soul General Peiyu, the true ”insider,” was growing! As one waxed and the other waned, their odds of victory increased further. If Fairy Pei Yu could advance to Class V in one go during this great battle, it would be for the best. For the future direct conflict between Green Cloud Cave and Hou Corpse Cave, their side would gain another Class V (Divine Bridge Realm) combatant. Even now, a Class V demon carried more weight than one at the peak of Class IV, which was more beneficial to Shen Mo’s plans. In the Hou Corpse Cave, there were only three great demons at Class V. As for the Tiger Demon King, under the strict True Immortal’s Edict, even Immortal Masters of the Human Race were considering recruiting him; naturally, he wouldn’t refuse a Class V great demon. Once Shen Mo, controlling Fairy Pei Yu, surrendered to the Hou Corpse Cave, he would undoubtedly obtain the status of the ”Fourth Great King of Hou Corpse Cave.” Compared to ordinary demon generals, he would have a greater chance of accessing their core secrets, as well as an easier time plotting for the array diagram of the God Slaying Array!

For all these reasons, Shen Mo (Fairy Pei Yu) would naturally not explain this to the Three-Bodied Snake Demon or the other demons, big and small, of the Chaotic Stone Stockade.

He (Fairy Pei Yu) put down the wine cup in his hand and said coldly, ”Surrender directly? Wouldn’t the Hou Corpse Cave look down on us? Only by severely dampening their spirits can we obtain more benefits and better treatment when we surrender in the future.”

”The Great King is wise!”

Greed flashed across the faces of Liu Sanmei and the other demons, and they flattered him endlessly.

Little did they know that their very lives and fortunes were being used by Shen Mo (Fairy Pei Yu) as chips to weaken the Hou Corpse Cave and strengthen himself!

「Hou Corpse Cave.」

Not long after Female Yaksha Banzhi Jiaxuan returned to the demon lair, she, along with two peak Class IV demons and eight Class IV demons, led over ten thousand demons of Class II and above, and charged towards the Chaotic Stone Stockade.

One of the two peak Class IV demons had a sturdy physique covered in black scales; the other was a Monster Mandrill that had cultivated into a spirit, possessing green skin, red fur, and the appearance of a ghostly ape.

The former, like Female Yaksha Banzhi Jiaxuan, transformed directly into an ominous streak of light, flying by his own Mana.

The latter, along with the other eight Class IV demons and over ten thousand demon soldiers, formed the God Slaying Array. Their vital energies linked, generating a gloomy blood cloud that blotted out the sun. Shrouded by the cloud-mist and demonic light, they surged towards the Chaotic Stone Stockade with terrifying momentum.

The vast majority of the demons forming the array were only at the Class II or Class III Cultivation Realm.

Yet, the movement speed of this grand array was comparable to the escape speed of Female Yaksha Banzhi Jiaxuan and the Black Scaled Demon—both peak Class IV demons. Not only did it not fall behind, but it even surpassed them slightly!

The power of the God Slaying Array depends on several factors.

First is the quantity and overall strength of the creatures forming the array. The more creatures there are forming the array and the stronger their collective power, the more terrifying the might of the God Slaying Array becomes.

Second is the strength of the experts acting as array cores. Depending on the number of creatures deploying the array and its overall scale, the God Slaying Array can have nine, eighteen, twenty-seven, and so on, up to a maximum of eighty-one array cores. Each array core must be manned by a powerful expert. The strength of other creatures within the array can vary, but those acting as array cores must be among the strongest in terms of cultivation realm, and they must also all belong to the same Great Path Realm. That is to say, if a deployed God Slaying Array has nine array cores, and one is a Class IV (Golden Core Realm) expert, the remaining eight must also be Class IV beings. If one is a Class V (Divine Bridge Realm) expert, the remaining eight must also be Class V beings! Otherwise, these ”array cores” would be unable to sustain the operation of the entire array, and it would collapse upon activation.

Third is the proficiency with which the formation deployer and the creatures within the array operate the grand array. The more skilled they are in the array’s operation, its changes in formation, and so on, the more effectively they can unleash the power of the God Slaying Array!

The Monster Mandrill served as both an array core and the one deploying the formation. Naturally, the might of the array he set up could not compare to the grand array deployed by Tiger Demon King Shan Hao using tens, or even hundreds, of thousands of demons. However, with over ten thousand demons of Class II and above as formation components and nine Class IV great demons as array cores, the power of this grand array was still sufficient to annihilate the vast majority of late-stage and peak Class IV experts!

Female Yaksha Banzhi Jiaxuan’s visit to the Chaotic Stone Stockade, aside from persuading Demon Lord Pei Yu to surrender, also included the mission of scouting the Chaotic Stone Stockade’s foundations. Previously, she had already roughly ascertained the number and overall strength of the demons, both great and small, within the Chaotic Stone Stockade.

Therefore, when the Hou Corpse Cave dispatched troops to attack the Chaotic Stone Stockade this time, no Class V great demons accompanied them.

Both Banzhi Jiaxuan and other great demons like Shan Hao, Pei Wenchen, and Heisha believed that the current contingent was sufficient to annihilate and subjugate the demonic forces of the Chaotic Stone Stockade!

Several days later, the demonic host from the Hou Corpse Cave arrived at the Chaotic Stone Stockade.

Banzhi Jiaxuan, as the envoy for surrender, flew out from the demonic host, beating her bat wings. Channeling her Mana, she shouted sternly towards the Chaotic Stone Stockade, ”Pei Yu, you female demon head, and all you demon spawn within the stockade, listen well! The conquering army of our Hou Corpse Cave is arrayed outside your stronghold! If you don’t surrender quickly, we will see to it that your souls are scattered—”

Before the female Yaksha could finish her words, a dazzling beam of mirror light shot out from the Chaotic Stone Stockade, striking her and sending her tumbling.

Seeing this, the Monster Mandrill overseeing the God Slaying Array snorted coldly. He immediately issued commands to the eight Class IV great demons positioned at the array cores. These great demons, in turn, relayed the orders down the chain of command. In the blink of an eye, all ten thousand plus demons forming the array received the directive to change their formation and posture!

In the next instant, every demon within the array, large and small, shifted their positions as they had practiced, simultaneously allowing the grand array to continuously draw upon their demonic power.

BOOM!

RUMBLE!

The entire God Slaying Array swiftly transitioned from a mobile, defensive posture to an offensive one.

The gloomy blood cloud became increasingly vivid and piercing. An aura of slaughter soared to the heavens as the array, carrying the terrifying might of collapsing mountains and overturning seas, crashed directly into the natural defensive formation outside the Chaotic Stone Stockade!