Slender willows sway in the breeze

Chapter 61 Supreme Yang Soul-Locking Array

The Soul-Devouring Beast slowly opened its blood-red maw, from which a black aura burst forth, as if ready to devour the souls of all living beings at any moment: "Since you intend to stay, then none of you are leaving!"

With each step they took, the entire snowfield trembled. They had all drawn their weapons, their spiritual energy flowing, and a great battle was about to break out.

Liu Mingyan kept swallowing his saliva.

Under the immense pressure, he could barely breathe, but he still gripped his sword tightly.

Suddenly, the Soul-Devouring Beast roared and unleashed an immense power.

Holding the Taixu Mirror, Liu Sijun soared into the air, channeling spiritual power into it, which emitted a dense white light that penetrated every crevice of the Soul-Devouring Beast's scales.

"It's that broken mirror again. Today, I'm going to smash you into mincemeat."

Just as its massive body was about to move, a sharp sword aura slashed straight towards its eyes.

It was Gu Changzhou who made the move.

This was the first time Liu Sijun had ever seen sword energy containing such surging spiritual power.

The Soul-Devouring Beast's weakness is its eyes, and this sword energy forced it to stop and use its demonic power to resist.

Seeing this, Chu Yinghua exchanged a glance with Chu Yanming and Chu Yanjing. The three of them pointed their longswords to the sky, quickly formed hand seals with their left hands, and then injected spiritual power into their longswords. With a powerful slash, a golden lightning bolt as thick as an arm appeared and was thrown forcefully at the Soul Devouring Beast.

The golden lightning, combined with the sword energy from before, was incredibly powerful.

The Soul-Devouring Beast gradually became agitated, its huge head swaying from side to side, and its mountain-like forelegs raised and slammed down.

Its powerful demonic energy seemed capable of destroying the heavens and the earth.

Chu Yinghua cursed, "Master Liu, why haven't you made a move yet!"

There were only seven of them in total. Liu Shiyuan, after all, had the cultivation of the peak of the Golden Core stage, and his weapon, the Vajra Bracelet, was also a decent magic treasure, so he could at least be of help.

Now, however, he was holding the Vajra Bracelet, looking hesitant, and didn't make a move, which made Chu Yinghua really want to punch him.

"This is the ancient ferocious beast, the Soul-Devouring Beast! We'd better run!"

"You, is this something a father should say?" Chu Yinghua sneered. "No wonder your cultivation has been so difficult to improve over the years. With your tendency to back down whenever you encounter problems, you'll never achieve anything great in this life."

That's too harsh a statement.

Chu Yinghua didn't care. If he dared to abandon Jun'er today, and if he could return safely, he would definitely go to the Liu family and make Jun'er sever her father-daughter relationship with him.

Chu Yinghua glared at him menacingly, and Liu Shiyuan temporarily abandoned his plan to escape.

With a flick of the Vajra Bracelet, the spiritual power of a peak Golden Core cultivator was added, making the golden lightning bolt from before even thicker.

Chu Yinghua and Liu Shiyuan both have the metal elemental root. With his addition, the power of the golden lightning is even stronger, but it still cannot do anything to the Soul Devouring Beast.

His palm strike had already landed, and the space around it distorted slightly.

All their moves were neutralized.

Not only that, but it also sent them all flying, leaving them clutching their heads in pain.

Only Gu Changzhou stopped after taking half a step back, and once again drew his longsword, drawing a talisman in mid-air. The sword light flashed, and the blue soul-suppressing talisman was completed.

The Soul-Devouring Beast stared at the male cultivator in front of it, its eyes revealing complex emotions. Although those people had been injured by its demonic power and were unable to form a fighting force for the time being, he was unharmed and could even use the Soul-Suppressing Talisman to deal with it.

It took Liu Sijun and the others a while to straighten up.

The Soul-Devouring Beasts lived up to their reputation; not only were they enormous and incredibly powerful, but their demonic power could also attack their souls.

Gu Changzhou caught a glimpse of them recovering out of the corner of his eye and said, "With me as the core of the formation, activate the Supreme Yang Soul-Locking Formation!"

A flash of sword light appeared, and several runes shot into the sky. Each rune was like a scorching flame, with an imposing momentum that seemed to turn everything around it to ashes. From the outside, everything inside appeared distorted.

Liu Sijun was worried about Gu Changzhou, who was trapped in the formation. Chu Yanjing comforted him, "Don't worry, Mo Linhou's spiritual power is of the highest yang nature. This formation complements him. We just need to do our best to protect this formation."

"Ah."

After comforting Liu Sijun, Chu Yanjing looked at the blurry figure of Gu Changzhou. These were all Sijun's relatives, and he would protect them with his life.

But Gu Changzhou was not.

Is this all for the sake of Marquis Molin's reputation, or for... Jun'er?

Within the array.

With a flick of his longsword, he transformed into streams of energy that instantly ignited, forming a massive offensive that poured down upon the Soul-Devouring Beast.

The Soul-Devouring Beast would not sit idly by and wait for its death. It suddenly leaped into the air, opened its massive maw towards Gu Changzhou, and spewed out a stream of black mist, making everything inside the formation invisible in an instant.

The black mist was all-pervasive. Gu Changzhou produced a talisman in his right hand, chanted an incantation, and the talisman flew into the air, emitting a dazzling golden light, like a sun rising slowly through the darkness, dispelling the black mist that had just been released.

Then, he raised his longsword and swept it across the eyes of the Soul-Devouring Beast. Gu Changzhou's swordsmanship was unpredictable. The Soul-Devouring Beast's demonic power was suppressed by the Soul-Locking Array and could not impact his soul. It could only withstand the attack with its body.

The fighting within the formation intensified.

The more spiritual energy is needed to maintain the formation, the more it needs to maintain its spiritual power.

Liu Mingyan, who had just established his foundation, could no longer hold on. He spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed unconscious.

Fifteen minutes later, Chu Yanming's legs also began to tremble, and his dantian began to throb. He quickly swallowed a Qi-stabilizing pill and continued to grit his teeth and persevere.

He could only hold on for another quarter of an hour before collapsing and unable to stand up again.

With one less person, they had to work harder, and all four of them took out pills and put them in their mouths.

Just after taking the pill, Gu Changzhou and the Soul-Devouring Beast collided with the array circle. This caused Liu Sijun's blood and qi to surge, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Out of the corner of his eye, Gu Changzhou saw the hand gripping the longsword tighten. A fierce battle raged between man and beast, blood flying everywhere. The longsword moved unpredictably, and Gu Changzhou's movements were equally astounding. The Soul-Devouring Beast roared incessantly, its power expanding, yet it remained suppressed and unable to break through.

The battle seemed to last a long time, but in reality it only lasted a few dozen breaths. Gu Changzhou suddenly raised his longsword high, the sword was filled with spiritual power, and he slashed at the vital point of the Soul Devouring Beast with the force of thunder.

Sensing the threat to its life, the Soul-Devouring Beast emitted a dazzling red light, attempting to withstand the fatal blow.

However, it still underestimated the male cultivator's strength. The red light shattered, its eyes suddenly hurt, and then the power in its body quickly dissipated, and its massive body collapsed like a flash.

The Soul-Locking Array shattered at that moment.

The four were blasted away. Liu Sijun and Chu Yanjing, whose cultivation levels were low, were immediately rendered unconscious.

"Jun'er."

Gu Changzhou sheathed his longsword and leaped over.

Chu Yinghua, who was about to check, paused for a moment, and Gu Changzhou said, "Patriarch Chu, go and check on the others."

"well."

Chu Yinghua kept turning back to look at him as she took a step.

Liu Shiyuan checked on Liu Mingyan's condition while keeping an eye on the commotion over there.

He felt a secret joy in his heart.

If the two of them can really get together, his position as prefect will be secure.

Just as Liu Shiyuan was about to laugh, Chu Yinghua, after feeding the two children the pills, immediately went over and pushed Gu Changzhou aside.

(End of this chapter)