Daqin Zhentiansi

However, the monsters lurking in this lost land are far more ferocious and ancient than those in ordinary demon realms!
"Roar--!"

A sharp screech tore through the air, not from the ground, but from those bottomless abysses!
Countless "Abyss Demon Bats," with decaying bone wings on their backs and resembling giant bats, surged out like a black torrent, blotting out the sky!

They spew beams of light from their mouths that can corrode space, and their claws gleam with a dark, cursed light.

Almost simultaneously, the ground shook violently, and one after another, towering "Burial Trolls" that looked as if they were pieced together from rotting mountains crawled out of the rift.

Each step they took cracked the earth, and their massive arms, wielding immense force and carrying viscous, filthy demonic energy, slammed into the human army!
In the darker corners, countless twisted and uncertain "ancient vengeful shadow demons," seemingly composed of pure shadows and resentment, quietly emerged, emitting piercing screams that seemed to strike straight to the soul.

"Form the formation! 'Immovable Mountain'!"

Yue Zhenshan's roar echoed across the battlefield.

One hundred thousand troops responded instantly!

A massive golden light curtain rose up like an inverted giant bowl, with the phantom of a black tortoise and mountain totems appearing on it.

Dense corrosive beams and troll punches slammed into the light barrier, unleashing a deafening roar. The light barrier rippled violently, yet remained unmoved!
The crossbowmen in the back calmly pulled the triggers, and the specially made "Thunderbolt Star-Shattering Arrows" transformed into a meteor shower that tore through the darkness.

The arrow pierced precisely into the swarm of demonic bats and exploded, countless purifying lightning bolts intertwining into a net that burned large swathes of demonic bats to ashes.

"Hmph, you filthy creature, how dare you block my way?"

A cold snort, imbued with supreme authority, rang out.

He is an old man who is the incarnation of a black tortoise.

He took a step forward, his figure remained unchanged, but a will as vast as the sea of ​​stars and as heavy as the primordial earth suddenly descended!
An invisible gravitational field instantly enveloped the several Burial Trolls in front.

The troll, powerful enough to shake mountains, suddenly moved as if trapped in ancient ice.

Its massive body groaned as it struggled under the strain.

The bones shattered inch by inch.

Finally, under that terrifying pressure, it collapsed and disintegrated like mud!
Along with the dense demonic energy surrounding it, it was also completely crushed and purified!
On the other side, a golden light flashed in the eyes of the youth who was the Golden-Winged Roc.

"Noisy!"

He pointed his fingers like a sword and slashed through the air.

"Om-"

A golden thread, so pure it seemed to slice through time and space, flashed by in an instant.

The distorted shadowy area formed by the ancient vengeful demons, along with the soul-piercing screams they emitted, was silently split in two like ice and snow thrown into the blazing sun, and then completely annihilated!

Not even a wisp of his soul could escape!

Such extraordinary abilities are terrifying!
Two powerful divine beasts made their moves in succession, displaying extraordinary strength.

The middle-aged man, in the form of a Qilin, smiled gently and lightly touched the ground with his feet.

On the earth, countless resilient and fiery golden vines burst forth from the soil.

The vines, like living chains, instantly entangled several charging trolls.

"boom--"

An inextinguishable golden flame ignited on the vines, carrying the power of purification and creation. The troll's hard rock body rapidly melted and purified in the golden flame, turning into wisps of blue smoke and dissipating.

"Haha, the thick earth cannot extinguish the flames, truly extraordinary." The white-haired man, who was actually the White Tiger, let out a long laugh, and his blood and qi exploded instantly.

He flashed and appeared at the densest point of the demon bat torrent.

There were no fancy moves, just a simple punch thrown out!
The overwhelming and incomparable killing intent condensed into a massive white fist that seemed to have a physical form.

Wherever the fist passed, space distorted and collapsed!

Thousands of Abyss Bats were reduced to dust before they could even scream, succumbing to pure destructive power.

The aftershocks of the punch flattened a dilapidated mountain behind them!

The divine beast's intervention was earth-shattering!
With a mere gesture, he easily tore apart and purified the terrifying demonic tide that would have plunged the human army into a bitter struggle!
It was an absolute crushing power in terms of status, a natural restraint of the primordial power against the filth of the abyss!
Such a scene filled the hearts of the human soldiers with longing and fervor.

However, the divine beasts' gazes were mostly fixed on the human army formation.

The army of 100,000 remained as steady as a rock despite the initial onslaught of the demonic tide.

Their performance was even more remarkable when faced with the scattered, cunning, and ferocious ancient monsters that swarmed in from all directions after the divine beasts had cleared the field.

"Wedge formation! Pierce through!"

Pan Yue roared like thunder.

The battle formation changed instantly. The vanguard, like the sharpest cone tip, consisted of heavily armored warriors wielding tower shields and demon-slaying cones, who smashed through the formation of a group of charging "thorny demon hounds" covered in bone spikes.

The central army unleashed a volley of crossbow bolts, precisely eliminating the monsters attempting to harass them from the flanks and the air.

The rear guard rotated continuously, replenishing the front's true energy and maintaining the battle formation. At the same time, they released a group purification aura to dispel the ancient demonic thoughts that permeated the air and could erode the mind.

Their teamwork was exquisite, and their transitions between offense and defense were seamless.

Each combined attack resonates with the battle formation's malevolent aura and the golden light of the beacon towers, unleashing a power far exceeding the sum of individual attacks.

A “Deep Abyss Stalker” with strength comparable to a demon general, which attempted to launch a sneak attack, was actually surrounded and killed by a commando team composed of a hundred Grandmaster-level elites, who relied on their exquisite battle formation and their demon-slaying weapons!

The whole process took no more than ten breaths!

"Such a strong fighting spirit! Such an exquisite combined attack technique!" The young man, who was actually a Golden-Winged Roc, had golden light flashing in his eyes, filled with undisguised admiration.

"These ordinary soldiers, gathered together like grains of sand forming a tower, can actually unleash such power, even threatening a demon general-level being?"

"Commander Zhang's ability to train troops is truly unfathomable!"

His initial slight disdain for the individual strength of humans had now vanished.

The old man, Xuan Gui, stroked his beard and nodded: "It's not just the advantage of the weapons and armor, but also the spirit!"

"Three years of bloodshed have deeply ingrained an indomitable fighting spirit and a will to protect into its very bones, subtly connecting it to the network of the Heavenly Dao of Beacon Towers. This military force already possesses the rudiments of an iron wall; given time, it will surely become a colossal force that can support the heavens!"

He looked at Zhang Yuan's back, his gaze becoming even more profound.

Although the human race was not weak in the prehistoric world, it was too loosely organized.

The 38 million guardians of the temple are merely vassals of the celestial beings, serving as a barrier against the primordial demons and divine beasts.

However, the strength displayed by the human elites led by Zhang Yuan is now far beyond what it used to be.

The Qilin and the White Tiger were also slightly moved.

They knew the insignificance of individual humans, but the collective will and art of war displayed by this iron army showed them another possibility that could shake the heavens and the earth.

With the protection of the divine beasts and the relentless advance of the human army, the demons surrounding the ruins were quickly wiped out.

The group finally arrived at the core area of ​​the ruins: a relatively intact, vast basin surrounded by a massive ring-shaped mountain range.

In the center of the basin is a bottomless pit.

On the pit walls, there are traces of massive, breathtakingly large, man-made steps and platforms.

This is the place where the ancient "Sky-Patrolling Teleportation Array" once stood!
Now, all that remains is devastation and a strong sense of temporal turbulence.

All eyes were focused on the silent, taciturn giant in yellow robes, whose aura blended seamlessly with the earth—the incarnation of the earth-elemental divine beast, the Yellow Dragon.

Huanglong slowly walked to the edge of the giant pit, but instead of looking down at the deep pit, he slowly closed his eyes.

He stepped barefoot onto the scorched and broken earth, and an indescribable, profound wave originating from the very source of the primordial land spread out silently from him like ripples in water, instantly covering the entire basin.

The earth beneath his feet seemed to come alive, emitting a deep and soothing pulse.

Countless yellowish-brown light threads, barely visible to the naked eye, like the nerves of the earth, extended from the soles of his feet, penetrating deep into the earth's crust, spreading and exploring in all directions and into the cracks of time and space.

Time seemed to thicken at that moment.

Huanglong seemed to have become the earth itself, his body undulating slightly, in sync with the pulse of the earth.

The air was filled with a rich, earthy fragrance, dispelling the decaying, malevolent aura of the place.

The ring-shaped mountain range surrounding the basin even seemed to emit a faint, resonant hum.

Suddenly, Huanglong's tightly closed eyes snapped open!

Deep within those pupils, there was no longer the whites and pupils of a human eye, but rather the surging, rushing river of lava and the ancient, immovable phantom of a majestic mountain!
He slowly raised a massive, heavy hand, its five fingers spread, and pressed it lightly against the bottomless pit in the center of the basin.

"Mountain spirits return to their source, earth veins obey my command—appear!"

The deep, resonant voice was like the silence of the mountains, carrying an undeniable power of law!
"Boom—!"

The entire basin shook violently!

It wasn't a destructive tremor, but rather like a sleeping behemoth awakening!

At the bottom of the giant pit, countless broken boulders and fragments of fractured array bases, under the pull of an invisible force, began to slowly move and recombine as if they had been given life!
Even more awe-inspiring is that at the deepest and darkest part of the bottom of the giant pit, a faint yet incredibly pure light, seemingly composed of solidified starlight and the laws of space, pierced through the dust and demonic energy of eternity and stubbornly and firmly shone!

The shape of that light vaguely formed the prototype of a huge, ancient, and extremely complex three-dimensional rune!

Huang Long withdrew his hand, and the earth-shaking aura surrounding him slowly subsided. He turned around, looked at Zhang Yuan, whose gaze was burning, and spoke in a voice as steady as a rock:

"Commander Zhang, you have lived up to your mission. The core of the great formation... has been found. Although it is in ruins, its foundation remains."

Zhang Yuan's eyes shone brightly with chaotic and primordial light as he stepped onto the edge of the pit.

At the bottom of that deep pit, a single, brilliant light, composed of solidified starlight and the laws of space, stubbornly shone, outlining the rudimentary form of an ancient rune so intricate it was breathtaking.

It is the core of the Sky-Patrolling Teleportation Array!
"There's no time to lose!" Zhang Yuan's gaze swept over the several divine beast avatars. "I beg you seniors to help me, with the power of our origin, reignite the star core and complete the array!"

“Good!” The old man of the Xuan Turtle was the first to respond. The phantom image of the tortoise shell behind him appeared, and the thick and pure earth elemental power transformed into a pillar of Xuanhuang light, which was then poured into the starlight runes.

The rune trembled slightly, and the light stabilized a little, as if a dry riverbed had welcomed its first spring.

"Wow—!"

The youth, who was transformed from the Golden-Winged Roc, let out a long roar, spread his wings, and countless sharp golden lines that cut through the void shot precisely at the broken and dim array patterns around the runes.

Wherever it passed, the broken remnants of the array base were forcibly put back in place and mended, emitting a subtle yet clear "clanging" sound.

Space was organized, and the chaotic spacetime turbulence was cleared.

The Qilin transformed and lightly touched the ground with its feet.

The warm and vibrant power of wood and fire, like a flowing golden stream, spreads along the newly formed array patterns.

The withered runes, like dead trees blossoming in spring, sprouted tiny, emerald-green specks of light, greedily absorbing this power of creation, and radiating a faint yet resolute glow once more.

The White Tiger incarnation stood to one side of the core of the array, its white hair moving without wind, and a powerful, murderous golden aura soared into the sky, transforming into a pure and extremely refined protective barrier that enveloped the entire core of the array.

Any demonic thought or prying intent that attempts to penetrate from the void melts away like ice and snow upon touching this barrier, emitting a hissing sound as it dissipates.

He was like a pillar of strength, suppressing all external evils and disturbances.

Zhang Yuan stood directly above the core of the formation, his left eye seeing a chaotic galaxy swirling backwards, and his right eye seeing a flowing stream of dark yellow mountains and rivers.

He pressed down lightly with both hands.

The primal power of the Chaos God-Demon Body, the vast will of the Beacon Fire Golden Net, and the iron-blooded fighting spirit of the 100,000 troops gathered behind him transformed into a chaotic and magnificent torrent, continuously pouring into the core starlight rune!
"Buzz—Ang—!"

The entire basin resounded with a deafening roar!

The starlight rune suddenly expanded, transforming into a dazzling "star core"!
Countless rays of light, composed of pure spatial power, grew wildly, spread, and intertwined, centered on the core of the marrow, along the veins repaired by the Qilin, the path combed by the Golden Roc, and the solid foundation of the Black Tortoise!
The shattered remains of the array base were completely melted and reshaped by an invisible, mighty force, transforming into the skeleton that supported the massive array diagram.

A massive three-dimensional array, over a thousand feet in diameter and composed of billions of flowing starlight runes, slowly rose in the center of the basin!
Its complexity far exceeds imagination, as if a miniature starry sky and galaxy are inlaid on the earth.

At the center of the array, the radiant star core slowly rotated.

Each rotation causes the surrounding space to ripple like water, exuding an ancient aura that transcends endless void.

"It's done!"

Generals like Lei Zhen clenched their fists in excitement.

Zhang Yuan's gaze fell on the great formation, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"This formation can actually be traversed, and the Lost Continent still exists!"

Zhang Yuan shouted in a deep voice, using his divine sense to activate the core of the star and imprint a coordinate that had already been calculated and confirmed into it.

"Boom—!"

The entire star array erupted with light that engulfed everything!
Space was compressed and stretched to the extreme, forming a passage made of pure starlight.

Without hesitation, Zhang Yuan and his several divine beast avatars transformed into streaks of light and instantly disappeared into the passage.

The 100,000-strong army formed an ironclad battle formation on the outer perimeter, vigilantly guarding the radiant array.

As the light faded, Zhang Yuan and his divine beast avatar solidified.

Before me lay the ruins of a dilapidated temple, yet glimpses of its former grandeur still remained.

The massive dragon-shaped stone pillar broke and collapsed, the dome shattered, revealing a gloomy sky.

In the center of the temple, a pillar carved from some kind of blue divine jade, with a dragon coiled around it, was covered with cracks. The dragon's head was lowered and its eyes were dull and lifeless.

But an ancient, boundless, and indomitable will still stubbornly permeates the air.

"Who... has awakened my lingering resentment..."

A weak yet incredibly authoritative voice resounded directly in everyone's souls. (End of Chapter)