Sect: Starting with Comprehending Thunder Skill Chapter 1429 - 603: Blood-Red Setting Sun, Aftermath of War

Right now, the East Sea Alliance has only one path—to hold on!

"Crack..."

As the Celestial Net Dao Sect kept bombarding, a hundred-zhang-long fissure appeared at the top of the light shield, and over a dozen blood-red pillars of light seized the chance to pierce through!

"Ah..."

Amid miserable screams, three islands were directly vaporized; tens of thousands of cultivators turned to dust in an instant.

The same scene played out elsewhere—the cultivators of the East Sea Alliance below the Nascent Soul Realm level simply could not withstand the focused fire of the Celestial Net Dao Sect, and in the span of a heartbeat, were all wiped out.

"Activate the Celestial Thunder Demon-Extermination Array!"

Li Yunjing’s eyes almost split, as he suddenly drew his sword and pointed to the sky, triggering the second contingency.

Once war descends, much of one’s rationality vanishes. That day he had sworn up and down that if things looked wrong, he would withdraw at the first sign, and would absolutely not stake his life together with the East Sea Alliance against the Celestial Net Dao Sect!

Yet when this day truly arrived, Li Yunjing finally understood what "being swept along by fate" meant!

Watching familiar faces fall one after another into pools of blood—some even in the next instant turning to flying ash, not even a single strand of hair left behind—Li Yunjing’s heart brimmed with fury.

The day before yesterday, when he went to inspect the walls, a young junior cultivator had mustered his courage and greeted him first; he had even offered the boy a few words of encouragement. Never had he thought that right before his eyes, that always-grinning youth would be cleaved cleanly in half by a streak of flowing light!

War had come far too cruelly.

Scenes like this were happening every single minute, every single second.

Li Yunjing no longer had the leisure to worry about which of his acquaintances might have died, or what the casualty count among his sect-mates was!

Slaughter had become the only rhythm.

There was only one thought in his heart—to ignite the Celestial Thunder Demon-Extermination Array and blast those bastards across from him to hell!

"Rumble!!"

Deep within Holy Sound Island, a ten-thousand-zhang thunder pillar tore into the sky!

Thunderbolts as thick as mountain peaks crashed down from midair, suppressing from above, grinding dozens of enemy warships charging at the very front into splinters.

On the surface of the sea, countless charred wrecks immediately began to float.

Within the drifting wreckage, streams of blood seeped out, merging into the blood-colored sea.

The East Sea Alliance had it bad, and the Celestial Net Dao Sect likewise suffered grievous losses!

With a struggle involving several million cultivators, the casualties from every exchange were enough to annihilate an entire sect.

"Just a dying struggle."

Facing this scene, the Sect Leader of Celestial Net remained cold and ruthless, standing on the main flagship with a sneer: "Since the Shenxiao Dao Sect is unwilling to bleed resources, how could they ever be a match for my Celestial Net Dao Sect?"

He slowly raised his hand, and a blood-colored war banner unfurled in the wind.

"Spirit-Extinguishing Grand Array, begin!"

After withstanding the Nine Luminaries Dragon-Sealing Array, the people of the Celestial Net Dao Sect had seized the opportunity to repair the Spirit-Extinguishing Grand Array.

Now that the opening appeared, the Sect Leader of Celestial Net naturally did not hesitate!

As the Spirit-Extinguishing Grand Array activated, the entire sea region abruptly fell into an eerie silence.

All spiritual power began to frantically reverse flow, and the cultivators suddenly discovered in terror that their mana was draining at a shocking rate!

This rate of loss was practically equivalent to casting Great Divine Techniques continuously without pause!

"This is bad!"

Master Lei Ze’s face changed drastically. "They’re draining the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi dry!"

"I’ve known that for a long time!"

Blood leaked from the corner of Li Yunjing’s mouth, yet he suddenly revealed a resolute smile: "This is exactly the moment I’ve been waiting for..."

He crushed the Jade Talisman in his hand with a fierce squeeze. "Five Elements Reversal—Spirit Burst!"

"Boom!!!"

Across the entire Holy Sound Sea Region, a sudden upheaval erupted.

The spiritual energy that had been siphoned away suddenly detonated right at the heart of the enemy formation!

This was the trap Li Yunjing had laid in advance!

On Celestial Wave Star, Five Elements Spiritual Qi is primary; in fact, the vast majority of worlds are also formed from the Five Elements of Heaven and Earth.

Li Yunjing and the Five Elements Master were both Top Grade Five Elements Spirit Root cultivators, innately attuned to Five Elements Primordial Qi.

The two were Array Dao Grandmasters as well!

Ever since the two of them obtained the Celestial Net Dao Sect’s information regarding the Spirit-Extinguishing Grand Array, they had immediately begun researching a method of breaking it.

The array they studied was precisely the Reverse Five Elements Grand Array!

Throughout the Holy Sound Sea Region, innumerable runes and restrictions had been carved into place, though no one knew the exact count.

All of it was for this day!

All the spiritual power absorbed by the Spirit-Extinguishing Grand Array turned, in this instant, into pure destructive energy in backlash.

Hundreds of Tier Three warships became blazing fireballs amidst earth-shattering explosions; from the sky, a rainstorm of burning metal poured down.

Even the thirty-three main battleships of the Celestial Net Dao Sect suffered a certain degree of damage!

"Impossible!"

For the first time, the Sect Leader of Celestial Net’s expression changed.

Between sea and sky, the most elite forces of both sides finally collided head-on in a roaring clash.

Thunderbolts intertwined with blood light; towering waves and war-fire mingled as one.

Just as the Celestial Net Dao Sect’s formation was blasted into chaos by the Reverse Five Elements Grand Array, a black, oppressive shadow suddenly appeared on the distant horizon of the sea.

"That is..."

Li Yunjing’s pupils contracted, then he was suddenly ecstatic. "It’s the Demon Race army from the Youlan Mountain Range!"

He saw tens of thousands of Demon Beasts riding the waves toward them, led by a Golden-winged Roc a full hundred zhang in size.

Circling near it were seven other supreme Demon Kings!

Besides the Eight Top Demon Kings, there were over a thousand Tier Three Demon Kings and fifty thousand Tier Two Demon Beasts—this was the army of the Demon Race!

As for the other Demon Kings at Nascent Soul Realm level?

They had not come!

Clearly, the Demon Kings of the Youlan Mountain Range had not gone all-in; they had left behind sufficient strength so that even if something happened to them, their line could still continue!

This sight, falling into the eyes of the Five Elements Master and Li Yunjing, was naturally far from satisfying, yet far better than nothing!

Moreover, all eight clan leaders were top experts within the Nascent Soul Realm; not a single one’s cultivation was below Sixth Heaven of the Nascent Soul Realm!

The cultivation of the Gluttonous Clan Leader and the Golden-winged Roc King was even comparable to that of the Five Elements Master!