Young Noble Be Monster Slaying-Chapter 875: Fall

When the Demon God's life essence appeared, the fighting inside and outside the Celestial Northern Prison’s fortress gradually subsided. Everyone understood that the battle that determined everything was now in the Celestial Cosmic Ring. The outcome there would shape the future of the human world, and any life-or-death struggle outside no longer held meaning.

Though the captives in the fortress had finally regained their freedom, Moth's potent toxins still lingered in their bodies, leaving them limp and powerless.

Chu Liang pulled out his Poison-Expulsion Whip and struck Du Wuhen three times with sharp, precise lashes, forcing out the poisonous qi. Then, he turned to the other prison guards.

The guards all grimaced bitterly. They had heard of Chu Liang's famous "Whip of Wondrous Rejuvenation," but they were used to being the ones whipping and did not expect that they would suffer such a fate.

Just as Chu Liang was about to help the others detoxify, the glowing ring that had vanished suddenly reappeared. It trembled violently in midair, then expanded a thousandfold in an instant, stretching the entire Celestial Northern Prison to the brink of collapse.

A torrent of spiritual energy burst out from the glowing ring. The aftereffects of the shockwave were enough to hurl everyone present in all directions.

"Even the Celestial Cosmic Ring can't contain this battle?" the Imperial Supervisory Commissioner murmured in awe while hovering in midair.

This spectacle occurred because the spiritual energy inside had erupted with overwhelming force. Even a legendary artifact like the Celestial Cosmic Ring had struggled to contain it, causing part of its power to leak out.

If even the overflowing energy outside was this overwhelming, no one dared to imagine what was taking place inside the Celestial Cosmic Ring.

The cause of the eruption was the massive explosion on the General's Supreme Constellation Disc.

The blinding, world-devouring light finally faded within the Celestial Cosmic Ring. The General's Supreme Constellation Disc had already crashed down, no longer floating in the sky. All the generals positioned on it had collapsed, lying unconscious. None of them had been able to withstand the terrifying shockwave from the explosion.

And that was after Venerable Wen Yuan had relocated them the moment the explosion began. If they had remained on the disc like the Demon God, then even with the protection of a legendary artifact, they likely would have been completely destroyed.

Only Wenren Yue, who held the King position, was fully protected by the spiritual energy of the legendary artifact, which allowed her to remain on the disc during the explosion. Yet, when the blast subsided, the entire General's Supreme Constellation Disc began to plummet uncontrollably. Once again, it was Venerable Wen Yuan who acted in time, relocating the disc above the Vessel of God and stabilizing it.

At the center of the void, a faint shimmer of golden light hovered in silence.

Moth lay motionless, his eyes closed and without a trace of breath. No one could tell whether the Demon God's life essence still remained within him. But the fact that his body had remained intact after such a devastating bombardment was already nearly unimaginable.

After all, no matter how powerful an eighth-realm body might be, it should not have been able to endure this level of destruction. The only explanation was that this was the doing of the life essence of the Demon God.

A brief stillness followed.

No one dared to step forward and verify the Demon God's condition.

In the end, it was the Noble Dharma who took the initiative. He formed a seal with both hands and transformed a trace of his spiritual essence into the shape of a bird, which flew toward the Demon God from a distance.

When the spirit bird landed on the Demon God's body, there was no response. He remained completely still, as if he were truly dead.

Could it be that the Demon God's life essence had really been destroyed?

Just as that thought surfaced, the Demon God's eyes suddenly snapped open, golden light still burning furiously within them.

“Huuuuuuuuuuuuuu.”

He opened his mouth and inhaled, drawing the spirit bird straight into his belly. However, that tiny sliver of spiritual energy was absolutely not enough and did nothing to aid in his recovery.

This trap had been set specifically for him, carefully designed to exploit his every weakness. With no lives to consume in this realm of void, his devouring powers were rendered useless. He had only managed to consume two seventh-realm cultivators before being ruthlessly struck down at his most vulnerable moment.

In a flash of golden light, the Demon God suddenly appeared in front of the Noble Dharma. With a single palm strike, he pierced through the projected apparition and approached the Noble Dharma's true body. He looked completely unharmed.

He had actually endured and survived the world-shaking explosion from moments ago!

Faced with the Demon God's sudden approach, the Noble Dharma made no attempt to resist. Instead, he summoned hundreds of long golden arms that burst from behind him like a blooming flower and wrapped tightly around the Demon God's body.

"Do it now!" the Noble Dharma shouted.

He could sense that the explosion had taken its toll. The Demon God had expended a vast amount of spiritual energy to protect himself and appeared unscathed only because of that effort. At this moment, the Demon God was at its weakest. If he were allowed to devour anything now, he could recover in an instant. This was the perfect opportunity to strike and end him once and for all.

And so, he chose to use his own body as a shackle, binding the Demon God tightly in place.

Three legendary artifacts rose behind him, each one glowing with divine light.

This had always been part of the plan. Whoever the Demon God approached would do everything in their power to restrain him, giving the others a chance to strike. Even if they failed to kill him, they would at least destroy whatever he tried to devour.

No opportunity would be wasted, and no sacrifice would be feared.

When facing an enemy like this, even the slightest trace of fear could become a fatal flaw. It could lead to complete annihilation. The tragic battles of three thousand years ago had already proven this time and time again.

Now that the Noble Dharma had the Demon God pinned in place, any strike from a legendary artifact would inevitably engulf them both. Whether they were willing or not, the others had no choice but to act.

This was precisely why the immortal sects had chosen not to dispatch too many seventh-realm and eighth-realm cultivators at once. Too many people on the battlefield would only cause confusion and get in the way.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Seven-Star Sword struck first, its blade cutting through the thousands of golden Buddha hands. Immediately after, the General's Supreme Constellation Disc unleashed a radiant burst of starlight. Finally, the Mount Shu Sect’s Vessel of God descended in a sweeping cleave. All three attacks landed in near-perfect unison.

A brilliant blue-gold light erupted from the Noble Dharma, followed by a surge of spiritual qi that swept outward with overwhelming force.

He had spent the past years in seclusion at the Holy Mountain of the Northern Regions. Until now, little had been known about the Great Dao he cultivated. Only in this moment did glimpses of the truth begin to emerge.

As the longest-living Eminent One among the human race, the Noble Dharma was one of the rare few in history who had abandoned his original Great Dao and started anew.

In his early years, he had mastered the Great Dao of Primordial Origin, an extreme embodiment of light that stood in direct opposition to the Great Dao of Chaotic Mass, which was controlled by Grand Ancestor Wuchao.

Three hundred years ago, when the Noble Dharma was near the end of his lifespan, he abandoned the Great Dao of Primordial Origin and began cultivating the Great Dao of Longevity, which represented the element of Yang Wood. He ultimately succeeded in becoming the Dao Master of this Great Dao. Since then, he had absorbed the breath of countless living beings, greatly extending his lifespan and allowing him to survive to the present day.

As the Demon God devoured him, he instantly extracted an immense amount of life essence, a form of energy that could be directly converted into lifespan. However, before he could finish absorbing the spiritual qi, the attacks from the legendary artifacts behind him struck.

Whoosh!

A beam of golden light pierced straight through Noble Dharma, followed closely by three converging attacks that triggered a chain of powerful explosions.

When the dust cleared, the Noble Dharma had completely disappeared. The devastating force of the legendary artifacts had most likely destroyed him.

The Demon God, however, managed to escape just in time and fled far into the distance before the explosion could fully destroy him.

No one had expected that the Noble Dharma, known for his wisdom and careful calculation, would be the first Eminent One to sacrifice himself for this battle.

Rumble!

A powerful tremor rippled through the surroundings, and the entire realm began to shudder and crack apart.

"Now that the Noble Dharma is dead, we have lost control of the Celestial Cosmic Ring!" Enlightened Wulou shouted.

Venerable Wen Yuan attempted to control the Celestial Cosmic Ring using his spiritual energy. However, whether because of a skill the Noble Dharma had set in place beforehand or some other reason, he was unable to form any connection with the now masterless legendary artifact.

"We must slay the Demon God immediately! If this world collapses and he escapes into the outside world, he'll slaughter every living being he encounters!" Wenren Yue shouted.

The Demon God had only a sliver of spiritual energy remaining. This was the closest he had ever come to death. If he managed to escape, the first thing he would do was descend upon a human city and gorge himself on blood to restore his strength.

It was easy to foresee the outcome. Widespread slaughter and devastation would follow.

The immortal sects grew increasingly anxious.

A gust of wind swept down from the distant sky as several reinforcements stationed at the edge of the Celestial Cosmic Ring moved in unison.

A colossal battle suit forged from vajra metal charged forward. Its speed and strength had reached the peak of mortal limits. With a thunderous roar, it launched a powerful fist strike.

Boom!

The Demon God responded with a punch of his own.

The two fists collided.

With the power of the Great Dao of Holding Up the Sky and the enhancement of the legendary artifact, this punch had already reached the absolute peak of physical strength. Yet, even a blow of that magnitude only forced the Demon God back by a single step.

The golden light around the Demon God had become so faint and weak, yet he withstood the attack!

Whoosh.

The Xuanhuang Battle Armor recoiled slightly after the strike. A beam of golden light followed, surrounding the Demon God as if sealing him within an illusory world.

Overhead, the Divine Mirror of the Eight Trigrams gleamed with brilliant light. At the same time, the Dharma Lotus Platform granted every Eminent One a Transcendent Dharma Body.

Fwoooom!

The Chunyang Ancient Sword and the Seven-Star Sword surged with spiritual energy and unleashed a storm of sword light.

Unlike the Seven-Star Sword's world-rending brilliance, the Chunyang Ancient Sword unleashed a crimson-gold column of sword qi that blazed forward like a radiant sun!

Waves of overwhelming sword qi surged forth, engulfing the Demon God in an instant.

Attacks of this magnitude were rare, occurring fewer than even once a century, yet today they poured down as if they cost nothing. All of it was because of the enemy standing before them.

At this point of the battle, everyone understood that if the Demon God escaped, disaster would follow. Even the individuals that maintained a neutral stance had been forced to act. At last, the immortal sects stood united in purpose.

The Demon God could not be allowed to escape again!