Translator: CinderTL
"Fellow disciples?" Chi Pei sneered, his contemptuous gaze sweeping over Tang Gui and Sang Bu. "You're nothing more than humanoid medicinal pills. How dare you claim to be my fellow disciples? You were destined to have your cultivation drained and die anyway. At least now you've died serving me, fulfilling your purpose."
After the Azure Profound Dove revealed itself, Chi Pei knew he couldn't defeat it through force. He devised a plan to exploit Tang Gui and Sang Bu, using them to set up the Dual Extremes Unification Formation.
However, they were currently in the core region of the Rotting Miasma Ridge, teeming with sixth-tier and even seventh-tier demonic beasts.
Their earlier joint assault on the Blood-Eyed Divine Ape had already caused a considerable commotion. Engaging both the Azure Profound Dove and the Blood-Eyed Divine Ape—two peak fifth-tier demonic beasts—simultaneously would inevitably create an even greater disturbance, potentially attracting even more powerful demonic beasts.
Therefore, when pursued by the Azure Profound Dove and the Blood-Eyed Divine Ape, Chi Pei deliberately refrained from using any escape techniques, intentionally luring the two demons away from the core region of the Rotting Miasma Ridge before making his move.
Tang Gui and Sang Bu were utterly bewildered by Chi Pei's words, unable to fully grasp their meaning.
But at this moment, they had no time to dwell on the matter.
The white light radiating from the back of the array disk illuminated their faces.
They felt as if the light were piercing through their flesh and blood, directly penetrating into their Seas of Consciousness.
Deep within their Seas of Consciousness, their souls were dragged by an invisible force, forcibly pulled from their minds and drawn along the white light toward the array disk.
"Chi Pei, you slaughter your fellow disciples! You will face divine retribution!" Tang Gui roared in fury.
"Young master, spare my life! I swear to follow you to the death!" Sang Bu pleaded desperately, clinging to a sliver of hope.
Chi Pei showed no mercy, unmoved by their pleas.
Under his control, their divine souls were pulled into the array disk, leaving behind only two corpses suspended in mid-air, bathed in the white light.
As the souls merged with the array disk, the thousand-zhang-tall phantom shadow above underwent another transformation.
Scarlet light blazed in its eyes, as if it had been granted life, awakening from dormancy.
With a mighty heave, it hurled two curved blades from its hands.
The massive, spinning blades resembled two hundred-zhang-wide flying wheels, slicing through the miasma and leaving clear, gaping fissures in their wake.
Seeing this, a flicker of apprehension flashed in the Azure Profound Dove's eyes. It immediately flapped its wings and darted backward, fleeing the area.
Having no personal grudge against Chi Pei or his group, the dove had only come here at the request of the Blood-Eyed Divine Ape. With its life now at stake, it saw no reason to risk itself for a mere promise.
Yet, no matter how fast the Azure Profound Dove flew, it couldn't outpace the phantom shadow's attacks.
Forced to defend, the dove frantically flapped its wings, unleashing successive gusts of gale-force winds while simultaneously spewing azure gale from its beak.
The gale, sharp as blades, combined with the wind's fury, amplifying its destructive power. It surged forward like a raging torrent carrying countless razor-sharp blades, crashing into the two incoming crescent blades.
Boom!
The collision between the crescent blades and the gale erupted in a deafening roar.
The gale's impact drastically slowed the crescent blades, causing the rune patterns etched into their surfaces to flicker wildly. Yet the blades didn't shatter; instead, they pierced through the gale and continued their relentless pursuit of the Azure Profound Dove.
As the crescent blades closed in, the miasma fog behind the dove suddenly churned, and the Blood-Eyed Divine Ape burst forth.
The giant ape instantly assessed the situation. Clenching its right fist, it hurled a thunderous punch at one of the crescent blades.
After a moment's hesitation, the Azure Profound Dove abandoned its evasive maneuvers. With a powerful flap of its wings, it surged forward instead of retreating, meeting the other crescent blade head-on.
Boom! Boom!
Two earth-shattering explosions followed as the crescent blades shattered one after another, dissolving into nothingness.
Both the Azure Profound Dove and the Blood-Eyed Divine Ape sustained injuries.
The Azure Profound Dove, its beak as sharp as a drill, had viciously pecked at the crescent blade.
The curved blade suddenly shifted direction, evading the dove's long beak and slashing toward its abdomen.
Instantly, countless black feathers fluttered through the air as a torrent of crimson blood erupted like a geyser.
A massive gash tore across the Azure Profound Dove's abdomen, blood gushing forth in a crimson cascade.
The curved blade, still carrying momentum, aimed to plunge deeper into the wound, seeking to cleave the dove in two.
At the critical moment, the Azure Profound Dove's razor-sharp, hook-like talons lashed out, seizing the curved blade.
The talons clashed against the blade, emitting a piercing metallic screech.
The dove braced against the violently spinning blade, halting its advance completely.
With a sudden surge of force, the talons clamped down, crushing the curved blade into fragments.
Meanwhile, the Blood-Eyed Divine Ape faced its own ordeal.
By attempting to block the curved blade with its bare fist, the ape had overestimated its own resilience and underestimated the formation Chi Pei had devised to trap and kill two Divine Transformation Stage cultivators.
Already severely wounded, the ape had half its fist severed by the blade.
Undaunted, the curved blade continued its descent, aiming for the ape's chest.
The giant ape's tough hide, normally impenetrable, proved as fragile as paper against the blade's edge, tearing open with ease. The blade then slammed into the ape's chest bone, as hard as granite, with a dull thud.
By this point, the curved blade's momentum had nearly exhausted itself. In the violent collision with the chest bone, both shattered into fragments.
At the same time, the tremendous impact sent the Blood-Eyed Divine Ape's massive body flying, slamming heavily into a small mountain.
The mountain instantly crumbled and shattered, sending rocks and debris flying in all directions.
The Azure Profound Dove glanced at the Blood-Eyed Divine Ape, now buried under a cloud of dust, flapped its wings, and soared rapidly into the sky, fleeing the scene.
The human had conjured a colossal phantom shadow that was simply too terrifying. If it lingered any longer, it risked being annihilated as well.
Seeing the Azure Profound Dove retreat, Chi Pei didn't pursue with the phantom shadow. Instead, he let out a long sigh of relief.
His condition was far from ideal.
The relentless battles, combined with manipulating the Nether Corpse Purgatory Formation and the Dual Extremes Unification Formation—two immensely powerful formations—had severely depleted his spiritual power, leaving him with less than twenty percent remaining. There was no point in continuing the deadly struggle against the Azure Profound Dove.
Beneath Chi Pei's feet, a crimson Blood Sea surged forth.
The Blood Sea coalesced into a thick, fleshy tentacle that shot toward the swirling dust cloud.
The tentacle pierced through the dust like lightning, then retracted just as swiftly.
However, when the tentacle returned, it had a giant ape coiled at its tip.
The ape was still alive, though its breath was shallow and it was clearly near death.
"Blood-Eyed Divine Ape, you've finally fallen into my hands," Chi Pei said triumphantly, gazing at the ape the tentacle had dragged before him.
As he spoke, the tentacle suddenly contracted, crushing the ape's body into pieces, leaving only its head, its eyes wide in death.
Chi Pei waved his hand, and a Jade Coffin materialized in mid-air. The coffin, clearly prepared in advance, was several dozen meters long.
He placed the ape's head into the coffin, then stored it back in his storage ring before turning his attention to the array disk before him.
With a series of swift magic seals, the humanoid phantom shadow high above gradually faded until it vanished completely.
The formation dissolved, and the spiritual light on the three array disks receded entirely.
The moment the light faded, the corpses of Tang Gui and Sang Bu, as if losing their support, plummeted from the sky.
(End of the Chapter)
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