Chapter 187, Petrification

Chapter 187, Petrification

Chapter 187, Petrification

"Nine-tailed Sky Fox!"

Looking at the huge white fox figure appearing above the Tanggu crater, the faces of the monks gathered in Qianmen Fort changed.

As more and more monks gathered, Qianmen Fort had already been under martial law. The city walls were filled with demon-suppressing guards who were ready to fight at any time, as if they were ready to kill anyone who broke through.

No one wanted to force their way into Qianmen Fort, nor did they dare to confront the Demon-Suppressing Guards head-on.

Since they couldn't enter Tanggu, they naturally couldn't find out what was happening inside, but no one chose to leave.

First, the soul star above Qianmen Fort was lit up. Even if they just gathered near Qianmen Fort, their souls could be nourished by the soul power overflowing from the soul star.

For cultivators, the stronger the soul is, the better.

Second, most of the cultivators were concerned about the situation in Tanggu. Half a month ago, a tornado-like black column of demonic energy suddenly appeared in the crater of Tanggu. This was caused by the leakage of demonic energy.

Everyone could guess that the demons that sneaked into Tang Valley had destroyed the center of the formation.

Nowadays, the column of demonic energy has a tendency to grow larger. Once the demonic energy cannot be controlled, it is very likely to overflow into the human world through the Palace of the Holy Instruments.

The monks present were all very worried about this, after all, the place where everyone would mainly live and practice in the future would still be in the human world.

Furthermore, witnessing the progress of events in person at Qianmen Fort would definitely be more accurate than hearing second-hand information from others in the future.

On the side of the Demon-Suppressing Army, Chu Junyi frowned as he looked at Liu Chengxiong on the city wall. As the supreme commander of the Demon-Suppressing Guard of Qianmen Fort, when a demon broke into the center of the formation and tried to destroy it, he should have gone over to stop it immediately instead of standing on the city wall, seemingly guarding Qianmen Fort but actually doing nothing.

Seeing his serious face, Zhonglang Jiang Sheng Pengyun said, "General, don't worry. People from Xiangguo Temple, Tianshi Mansion, Sanqing Palace, and Taisu Palace have all come. They must have spread the news here."

"If the evil spirit really spreads to the human world, it will definitely be controlled in time. Even if it is not controlled in time, it should not cause too much impact. After all, the evil spirit column is not very big, and it will not spread much evil spirit."

Chu Junyi's brows didn't relax at all: "The prison that holds vicious beasts and monsters, do you know why it's called Demon Prison instead of Monster Prison?"

Sheng Pengyun and others standing beside him really didn't know about this and shook their heads.

Chu Junyi explained: "Since the establishment of the Demon Prison, the beasts and monsters imprisoned there were all cruel and brutal. After being imprisoned in the Demon Prison, their hearts were filled with hostility, hatred, and murderous intent. Until these beasts and monsters passed away, these violent energies had grown to a very terrifying level. If a cultivator with a weak mind is infected by them, all kinds of evil thoughts will arise, and they will be influenced or even controlled."

"So, what is emanating from the Demon Prison is definitely not just demonic energy, but demonic energy mixed with a large amount of violent energy."

"If the demonic energy spreads to the human world, not to mention ordinary people, even most cultivators will not be able to withstand it. Once affected by the violent energy, it will definitely cause unimaginable chaos."

"The violent thoughts spawned by the demonic energy are no less harmful than the evil desires fostered by the black flames of the magic lamp."

After hearing this, the faces of all the demon-suppressing soldiers turned serious.

"What are the demon-suppressing guards of Qianmen Fort doing? How did they allow the demons to sneak into the center of the formation?"

"The demon tribe should have entered from Soul-Breaking Mountain."

Sheng Pengyun looked at the huge crater behind Qianmen Fort and wondered, "The Nine-tailed Fox has nine tails, but why do I only see eight?"

Chu Junyi's eyes flashed: "There must be someone in Tanggu who is resisting the monsters and guarding the center of the formation." He paused, "Most likely they are from the Qisheng Palace."

Sheng Pengyun: "How come the Saint Qi Palace has suddenly appeared in the human world without any news?"

Chu Junyi: "It's not that there is no news, they just don't want us to notice them. They are always there." Sheng Pengyun: "Over at the weapon refining workshop, the Demon Suppression Army, the Jinyiwei, and the East Factory are all watching, but they have never found the location of the Weapon Saint Palace. They are hiding deep enough."

"If you ask me, there's actually no need to hide like this. It would be better to recruit monks openly like Lingguang Palace. If you want to develop and expand the Qisheng Palace, you still have to rely on people in the end. How many monks can you recruit if you hide like this?"

“Although the Saint Weapon Palace holds the orthodox weapon refining heritage and is not afraid of no one joining in, but now is the beginning of the spiritual energy recovery, it is the time to fight for people and territory. If we fall behind at this stage, it will be difficult to catch up in the future.”

Sheng Pengyun paused and looked at Chu Junyi: "Speaking of holy places, the other three holy places don't seem to have much movement. General, you said that I have thought clearly about something, and the descendants of the holy places should not have thought of it. Seeing other forces recruiting monks everywhere, how can they just sit there?"

Chu Junyi shook his head: "Many things require timing. Maybe the timing is not right yet."

Just when everyone was worried about the situation in Tanggu, the huge white fox on the crater of Tanggu turned into a ray of white light and flew directly into Tanggu.

A moment later, the white fox transformed into a stunning woman in white and appeared on the boundary stone platform in the center of Tang Valley.

At this moment, on the boundary stone platform, a hammer emitting red light was suspended in the center. Next to the hammer, three people were fighting fiercely. Two of them wanted to seize the hammer, and the other one was trying to stop them.

Going further outside, the three of them saw eighteen stone sculptures of people sitting cross-legged. These stone sculptures sat in a circle, protecting the hammer in the middle.

One of the human-shaped stone sculptures had been largely shattered and fell onto the stage.

Because the human-shaped stone sculpture broke into pieces and fell to the ground, a crack appeared where it had been sitting cross-legged.

At this time, boiling black gas was continuously emanating from the crack. The black gas evaporated into the air and immediately formed a tornado-like cyclone column.

In the distance from the black gas column, four people were fighting fiercely, three of them were Baili Changfeng and his apprentice.

As soon as the white fox appeared, he anxiously said to his three subordinates: "Don't worry about the hammer, just focus on destroying the center of the formation."

It was completely beyond her expectations that there was a strong man sitting at the bottom of the hot spring.

At this moment, Baihu regretted very much. She shouldn't have been greedy. After discovering the treasure at the bottom of the hot spring, she shouldn't have forgotten that the purpose of sneaking into the hot spring valley this time was to destroy the center of the formation and seize the treasure.

The treasure was guarded by a strong man, and her move seemed to have awakened the strong man at the bottom of the bath.

After Baihu finished speaking to his men, he rushed directly towards a human-shaped stone sculpture. The other three demon followers no longer entangled with Baili Changfeng and the other three, and they all attacked the human-shaped stone sculpture.

"Stop it, you evil creature!"

At the same time, at the bottom of the hot spring, Hua Changxi looked at the huge fox tail that fell down and frowned. He remembered that the people of the demon clan sneaked into the hot spring valley to destroy the eye of the formation. He put away the Shennong Ding and the fox tail, glanced at the crack connecting to the space of the sacred tree, and quickly swam towards the top of the hot spring.

When Hua Changxi flew out of the bath, he heard Xia Xue's shrill cry.

"Master, don't~"

Hua Changxi's expression changed slightly, and he flew towards the direction where the sound came from on his cloud. Soon, he saw a huge gray stone platform.

On the stone platform, a woman in white smashed a human-shaped stone sculpture, revealing a hole. In an instant, a large amount of eerie black gas gushed out of the hole.

Black gas gushed out, directly forming a black tornado column that rose from the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When Baili Changfeng saw the black gas column, he rushed over and sat cross-legged on the opening. The outflow of black gas was blocked and the black gas column slowly dissipated. However, Baili Changfeng was petrified at a speed visible to the naked eye.