Chapter 981: Above the High Sky

Kilometers-high gigantic waves crashed ashore, submerging the treasure ships that had just landed, as well as the entire camp of the Five Elements Sect.

This was the power of the Little Demon Venerable, directly wielding the great might of heaven and earth.

The gigantic waves surged across the land like raging beasts. The treasure ships that had just reached the shore were once again swept up by this force, swaying like leaves in a storm, seemingly on the verge of being swallowed whole at any moment.

Just as the Five Elements Sect's camp was about to be engulfed by the vast ocean, a clear, icy sword light illuminated the area. In an instant, it transformed into a frosty tide of ice, cleaving through the kilometers-high waves and turning them into lifelike ice sculptures of crashing tides.

On the shore, the towering Myriad Swords Dharma Body, reaching into the clouds, gripped the Azure Frost Sword. With a gentle swing towards the frozen kilometers-high waves, thousands of sword lights instantly erupted, each piercing into the treasure ships that were also encased in ice.

Although Chen Mobai could use the Sky-Cutting Thread Longevity Sword Intent and the Azure Cloud Sword Intent to activate the power of the Azure Frost Sword, the sword's attributes were fundamentally incompatible with his, preventing him from wielding it with perfect precision.

Therefore, while freezing the waves, he also froze the Eastern Wu treasure ships within them.

However, as the Azure Frost sword light fell, these frozen treasure ships were unfrozen one by one and returned to the shore.

At this moment, all the cultivators of Eastern Wu were filled with fear, their bodies trembling.

A casual exchange between the Little Demon Venerable and Chen Mobai had nearly wiped them all out.

Was this the combat power of a peak Nascent Soul cultivator?!

Just then, the roaring sound of waves on the sea surface resounded once more. But this time, besides the gigantic waves, dark clouds covered the sky, with arcs of sky-blue lightning flashing within them.

With a wave of the Little Demon Venerable's hand, lightning plummeted from the sky, and monstrous waves crashed against the shore from the sea.

Chen Mobai's expression remained unchanged. Under Mo Douguang's command, the disciples of the Five Elements Sect took their respective positions around him, their circulating spiritual energy manifesting as five-elemental lights, forming a war array.

Absorbing the power of the Five Elements Dao Soldiers into the Myriad Swords Dharma Body, this avatar instantly erupted with the terrifying aura of a peak Nascent Soul cultivator.

The Five Extremes Heaven Heart Pendant glowed brightly at the waist of the Myriad Swords Dharma Body. Then, a burst of earthy yellow divine light erupted, instantly transforming into an overwhelming earth-elemental divine light, confronting the mighty power of heaven and earth wielded by the Little Demon Venerable.

The earthy yellow divine light, facing the monstrous waves and roaring thunder, seemed insignificant. But the moment it made contact, it acted like a sea-stabilizing needle, causing the gigantic waves to dissipate and the lightning to dim.

"A fifth-tier earth-elemental divine light!"

The Little Demon Venerable's expression shifted slightly upon seeing this. Its bloodline allowed it to control water and lightning attributes, but its greatest fear was the power of earth.

"Impossible! The One Yuan Dao Child clearly cultivates the Crimson Emperor Scripture!"

Du Mengyun, who witnessed this scene, also widened her eyes in disbelief. As the first obstacle to this invasion of Eastern Land, intelligence on Chen Mobai was naturally a key focus for the Demonic Dao.

Since Chen Mobai's debut, although he was known throughout the world for his Crimson Flame Sword Art, everyone knew that this cultivation method could at most be cultivated to the complete Golden Core stage. Therefore, Du Mengyun speculated that his fundamental cultivation method was the Crimson Emperor Scripture of the One Yuan Dao Palace, merely using the Crimson Flame Sword Art as a disguise.

And the Crimson Emperor Scripture, even if cultivated to the pinnacle, could not produce earth-elemental divine light.

Let alone a fifth-tier one!

"Do you dare to fight in the sky?!"

At this moment, the Little Demon Venerable's brilliant golden eyes flickered with lightning as it issued an invitation to Chen Mobai.

The tens of thousands of disciples of the Five Elements Sect were on the shore, while the Ten Thousand Immortals Island also had elite demon forces hidden within the vortex. If the two were to unleash their full power, they would inevitably be unable to protect their subordinates.

Chen Mobai naturally did not refuse. He even gracefully gestured for the Little Demon Venerable to proceed using his Myriad Swords Dharma Body.

The man and the demon exchanged glances, and simultaneously transformed into a soaring spiritual light, rising directly from the vast ocean and land into the nine heavens.

After the two departed, Du Mengyun's eyes in the sea vortex flared with a bloody light. She ominously looked towards the shore.

However, Mo Douguang sneered. The power of the Five Elements Dao Soldiers gathered once more, and the Geng Metal Dao Soldier stood with its sword, taking Chen Mobai's previous position.

Before leaving, Chen Mobai had already considered this, transferring the power of the Five Elements Dao Soldiers. He believed that, on his own, no one in the Nascent Soul realm could be his match.

Upon seeing this, Du Mengyun let out a cold snort. She believed the Little Demon Venerable would surely be victorious, so she intended to earn merit before her opponent was defeated.

With this thought, Du Mengyun's body erupted with countless bloody shadows. Wielding two blood-colored ribbons, she directly charged towards Mo Douguang.

"How audacious!"

Mo Douguang, seeing Du Mengyun so openly disregard him, his brows furrowed in a cold expression, then he commanded the Geng Metal Dao Soldier to meet her charge, not to be outdone.

During the fierce battle between the two sides, the vortex on the sea surface once again stirred up monstrous waves, and the shoreline, which was originally land, was quickly submerged.

Instantly, the roles on the battlefield were reversed. Monsters from the desolate sea surged out from the water, attacking the submerged cultivators of Eastern Wu and the Five Elements Sect.

Many cultivators began to panic. Some slower ones had already been dragged into the water by the demons. They struggled desperately, but found that the waves seemed to contain an inhibiting power; once wet, the circulation of their spiritual energy became sluggish.

They tried to grab onto anything that could keep them afloat, but the demons hidden within the gigantic waves struck, turning them into corpses. Just as more people were about to be scattered by the seawater, some even directly dragged to the seabed, never to resurface, an earthy yellow light shield suddenly lit up from the center of the Five Elements Sect's camp.

This was an array formation set up by Zhuo Ming. After being activated, it suddenly expanded, separating all the seawater and waves. In an instant, it had re-isolated the submerged land.

The demons that were originally hidden in the seawater were all revealed once the water was gone.

Seeing this, all the cultivators' eyes turned blood red. They wielded their magic artifacts and directly attacked.

On the side of the demon race and demonic cultivators, although surprised by this situation, they did not panic. They also charged forward with ferocious grins.

Neither side needed any further motivation. They immediately plunged into the most intense slaughter!

Amidst deafening roars, the vortex above the desolate sea was already churning out wave after wave of monstrous tides, assaulting the earth-elemental array formation set up by the Five Elements Sect.

However, Zhuo Ming's array formation mastery had received Chen Mobai's true inheritance, and it was powered by the vast supply of spirit stones contributed by the Eastern Wu Alliance.

The resulting light shield was tough and thick. Gigantic waves crashed against it with deafening roars, but the light shield remained as solid as a rock.

After activating the array formation, Zhuo Ming did not just sit idly by. He picked up his Golden Jade Axe and cleaved a third-tier giant crab that was attacking him into two halves.

Besides him, Ning Leshan and others also displayed their various divine abilities, leading the Five Elements Sect disciples to charge into the desolate sea demons.

At this moment, a supremely dull thud echoed from the nine heavens above, causing everyone's hearts to suddenly clench.

They all knew that the key to this battle lay with Chen Mobai and the Little Demon Venerable.

The outcome of their fight would also decide the fate of Eastern Wu and the Eastern Desolation.

High in the sky.

Chen Mobai's true body stood on the shoulder of the Myriad Swords Dharma Body. He held the recently refined Tusita Eight-Sights Lamp in his hand, and his second Nascent Soul floated beside his shoulder, clad in the Pure Yang Suit.

He was very aware that his existence was crucial to everything.

He could only win!

Therefore, when facing the Little Demon Venerable, he prudently displayed his full power.

The Little Demon Venerable's pupils contracted upon seeing this. It found Chen Mobai's strength to be even greater than it had imagined.

It had already heard from the Demonic Dao about the origin of the Myriad Swords Dharma Body, that it was the One Yuan Dao Palace's most powerful divine ability, the One Yuan Dao Body. But with the Azure Frost Sword in its left hand, the Firmament Lightning Sword in its right, and the Five Extremes Heaven Heart Pendant at its waist, this configuration of three fifth-tier magical artifacts made it feel at a loss the moment it saw them.

As for the second Nascent Soul, the Little Demon Venerable took it to be Chen Mobai's Nascent Soul exiting his body, a desperate measure.

The strength of the second Nascent Soul depended on Chen Mobai's divine sense realm. What was currently displayed was the aura of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

This did not surprise the Little Demon Venerable. Based on the demons that died in Xiaoqing Ridge last time, it had already guessed that this One Yuan Dao Child was a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

This meant that the Little Demon Venerable had to face the One Yuan Dao Body, which possessed fifth-tier abilities, while also defending against an attack from late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator Chen Mobai.

Thinking of this, a sharp glint flashed in the Little Demon Venerable's brilliant golden eyes. It would no longer hide its true power!

It opened its mouth and spat out a pearl shimmering with lightning.

The moment this pearl appeared, the free-floating lightning essence in the Sky Ganga was immediately drawn towards it. Accompanied by deafening roars, the surroundings transformed into an ocean of lightning.

In an instant, Chen Mobai's Myriad Swords Dharma Body was submerged by wave after wave of lightning!

But upon seeing this scene, the Purple Lightning Sword trembled. It immediately acted, preparing to devour and absorb this lightning.

"Ptooey, ptooey! Master, these are water-lightning yin-thunder, I can't digest them!"

After only consuming the first bolt, the Purple Lightning Sword couldn't help but spit it out, complaining to Chen Mobai via spiritual transmission.

Seeing the Purple Lightning Sword's uselessness, Chen Mobai sternly reprimanded it. Yet, his movements were swift; the Five Extremes Heaven Heart Pendant glowed with an earthy yellow light.

The fifth-tier earth-elemental divine light rose, like a heaven-splitting divine sword, cleaving a deep rift through the ocean of lightning in the nine heavens.

At this moment, the lightning pearl above the Little Demon Venerable's head erupted with a brilliant electric glow. Faintly, a trace of bloody light could be seen within it, carrying destructive power, instantly descending upon Chen Mobai's head.

Faint golden lines flickered in Chen Mobai's eyes. He lightly raised a finger, multitasking: on one hand, he continued to direct the earth-elemental divine light towards the Little Demon Venerable, while on the other, he controlled the Myriad Swords Dharma Body to raise the Purple Lightning Sword.

Although the Purple Lightning Sword's attributes were suppressed, it was still the most powerful and familiar sword in his possession!

The Myriad Swords Dharma Body, amidst the lightning impact, stood like an unmoving mountain. It raised its sword and shattered the brilliant electric glow.

This exchange also allowed Chen Mobai to discern the rank of his opponent's magical artifact.

It was a fifth-tier inner core. He didn't know which Transformation Spirit demon beast had left it behind, but it seemed to even contain the aura of a true spirit.

Chen Mobai's face remained expressionless. The earth-elemental divine light had already cleaved down before the Little Demon Venerable. However, the latter sneered, stretched out its right hand with fingers splayed, and directly snatched it into its palm.

With a muffled thud, the earth-elemental divine light caused its right hand to distort. Amidst a sudden flash of bloody light, its hand had transformed into a claw covered in dense scales.

The fifth-tier earth-elemental divine light could only cause two scales in its palm to shed.

Undoubtedly, its physical strength, at least its outer scales, had reached the fifth-tier level, just like the Poison Dragon Ancestor.

The Little Demon Venerable opened its mouth and spat out another glistening blue inner core. This inner core appeared even more spiritual than the lightning pearl, and its surface was slightly transparent. Faintly, a phantom image resembling a long snake could be seen at its very center.

The moment this inner core appeared, the water vapor in the nine heavens began to condense rapidly. It was as if vast rivers and seas had descended upon this place, transforming it into the Little Demon Venerable's home ground.

Seeing this, Chen Mobai immediately activated the Azure Frost Sword. Countless frosty sword lights bloomed like stars, each containing the power to freeze the void, falling into the rivers that had largely submerged the Myriad Swords Dharma Body.

As cold air surged like a tide, the vast rivers were also frozen under the Azure Frost Sword.

"It's useless, unless you can freeze the entire heaven and earth—"

The Little Demon Venerable shook its head upon seeing this. As time passed, from the higher layers of the Sky Ganga, and even from further distances, the endless water vapor from the desolate sea below began to ceaselessly surge in, drawn by its inner core.

The rivers that had originally been frozen seemed insignificant compared to the newly condensed vast ocean.

Chen Mobai's expression remained unchanged. He continued to activate the power of the Azure Frost Sword. However, no sooner had he managed to freeze a portion than more water surged in.

Gradually, the Little Demon Venerable condensed a vast sea high in the heavens.

Such power, capable of changing heaven and earth, was already a method of the Spirit Transformation stage!

Upon seeing this, Chen Mobai raised the Purple Lightning Sword in his hand. Simultaneously, the Five Extremes Heaven Heart Pendant emitted its most dazzling light, and five-elemental divine lights burst forth, sweeping towards the Little Demon Venerable's two inner cores.

The Little Demon Venerable, seeing this, did not dare to delay. It directly revealed its true form above the celestial ocean.

Its body began to twist and deform, continuously expanding amidst a dark blue and scarlet demonic aura, transforming into a monster with a human torso and a dragon's tail. Countless dark blue dragon scales covered the Little Demon Venerable's entire body. Two sharp dragon horns pierced straight into the sky. The unique pressure of its true spirit bloodline made this expanse of high heaven tremble.

After revealing its true form, the lightning pearl above the Little Demon Venerable's head immediately melted like flowing water. It settled upon its scales, transforming into ancient and mysterious lightning patterns, as if its armor had been blessed with powerful enchantments.

The five-elemental divine lights, upon striking it, only managed to shatter a few scales.

Upon seeing this, the golden lines in Chen Mobai's pupils were rapidly forming.

His right hand, previously behind his back, reached into his spatial realm, stealthily drawing out the Sea-Stabilizing Sword.