Chronicles of Heaven's Chosen - Chapter 82

Ying Wuji swept out his sword, sending a surge of sword qi at the Nightmare Beast’s enormous body.

The strike opened a gash in the beast, but black fog swiftly stitched it closed and restored its body to its original state.

The Nightmare Beast raised its other gigantic claw and swatted at Ying Wuji.

Boom!

A terrifying wave of mental power erupted. Had Ying Wuji not raised his defenses in advance, the blow would have sent him flying.

He retreated some distance, then abruptly lifted his gaze. His figure flashed toward the Nightmare Beast. Closing in, he raised his sword and unleashed his technique.

“Ninefold Moon Fills the Sky!”

An explosion thundered. Nine layers of moonlit shadows transformed into enormous blades in midair and hurtled toward the Nightmare Beast, radiating formidable sword intent and waves of mental power.

Bloody light flickered within the beast’s hollow eye sockets. It raised a claw to block the attack.

Boom—

The two forces collided.

The entire region shook.

At that moment, Zhai Qingye realized that Ying Wuji had already broken through to the late Nascent Soul Realm. Disbelief flashed through his eyes.

Three years ago, Ying Wuji had still been in the Golden Core Realm!

Zhai Qingye’s expression shifted, and his grip tightened around his great saber.

As another peerless genius of the Ninth Continent, he naturally refused to fall behind Ying Wuji. In the previous Grand Sect Tournament, he had placed second, while Ying Wuji had only ranked seventh.

Zhai Qingye shot into the air, casting Ying Wuji an unreadable glance.

Just then—

Two more prison rooms broke open. A pink-and-white-haired youth slowly opened his eyes, his gaze dark and icy as he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Not far away, a tall, powerfully built middle-aged man held an unconscious girl in green.

“Third Elder!” The disciples of the Tianyun Sect felt as though their main backbone had finally arrived.

The girl in Third Elder Pang Liang’s arms was Weng Mingshu.

Zong Rao and the others broke free of the Nightmare Beast’s suppression. They swiftly leaped into the air and confronted it.

Pang Liang’s expression turned grave when he saw the Nightmare Beast. Immediately grasping the severity of the situation, he appeared before the Tianyun Sect disciples in a flash and handed Weng Mingshu to them.

“Take care of Mingshu!”

He rushed back into the air and took his place alongside Zong Rao of the Xiaoyao Sect, Elder Yan of the Sacred Order, the Sixth Elder of the Taisui Sect, Elder Feng Degang of the Chongxu Sect, and the elders of the Dual Poles Sect.

Elite disciples from the various sects gathered around these senior experts.

Among them were Xiao Lingwei, Ying Wuji, Xue Jin, Zhai Qingye, and Li Ji.

Even all of them together were smaller than one of the Nightmare Beast’s colossal hands.

Below, the wounded city residents and disciples looked up from the ground. Zong Rao and the others stood before them like an indestructible fortress, shielding them from the Nightmare Beast.

Before the group could exchange so much as a word, the beast attacked.

A bone-deep chill spread through the air, cold enough to penetrate their souls.

Boom!

The Nightmare Beast swung its gigantic claw and slammed it down at them!

The blow carried a terrifying mental assault.

“Dodge!”

Everyone scattered at once, then charged toward the Nightmare Beast as quickly as they could.

“Aim for its skull!” Elder Feng of the Chongxu Sect called out gravely.

Apart from its skull, the Nightmare Beast’s entire body was formed of black fog. Attacking anywhere else could not injure its true self.

Multicolored attacks flashed across the sky.

Everyone did their utmost to close in and strike its skull, but the beast repeatedly knocked them away and grievously wounded them.

Agony stabbed through their seas of consciousness.

Then the Nightmare Beast’s voice sounded inside their minds.

“All of you—”

Those two words crashed into their seas of consciousness like thunder, splitting their heads with pain and making life worse than death!

Many elite disciples went pale. Blood soon streamed from all seven of their orifices.

“Become my nourishment.” The Nightmare Beast’s voice was harsh and grating, as though it meant to cleave their skulls apart.

“To hell with your nourishment!” Xiao Lingwei shot forward, segmented bone whip in hand, and lashed out at the beast.

Her mental power flowed through the strike.

Crack—

The whip grazed the Nightmare Beast’s skull. Rage burned inside the beast at the provocation. It fixed its gaze on Xiao Lingwei, red light pulsing within its empty eye sockets.

Its formidable mental power shot toward her like an arrow.

Sensing the danger, Xiao Lingwei retreated and swung her whip up, trying to block the assault.

Crack!

But the Nightmare Beast’s mental power was far too strong. In a single instant, it shattered her defense and reached her face.

Xiao Lingwei’s pupils contracted.

At the moment when a thousand-jun weight seemed to hang by a single hair—

Two figures flashed in front of her almost simultaneously and slashed with their swords!

Both blades struck at once!

A deafening blast erupted as they blocked the Nightmare Beast’s mental power.

Xiao Lingwei’s gaze shifted when she saw the two standing before her. She darted between the young men and glared up at the Nightmare Beast.

“Jin, Wuji—let’s go!”

The three leaped forward in perfect accord and surrounded the beast.

The others did not stand idle. They, too, joined the assault.

“Form the array!” Elder Fang of the Dual Poles Sect shouted, his expression stern.

At his command, the elite disciples of the Dual Poles Sect, led by Li Ji, immediately scattered to the four sides and eight directions around the Nightmare Beast.

They gathered their spiritual power and formed seals.

More than a dozen formation seals lit up at once. In the blink of an eye, they became totems that spread outward and linked together.

Boom—

The Eight Extremes Confining Shield Formation activated!

The Nightmare Beast immediately felt the formation suppressing its power.

It paid the formation no heed. Raising one massive claw, it slammed down hard.

Bang!

A tremendous crash rang out.

The backlash struck the Dual Poles Sect disciples maintaining the formation, and they coughed up blood.

But even under the backlash, they did not stop channeling their power into it!

“Transform the formation!” Elder Fang’s expression changed sharply. He thrust out both palms and sent his own power surging into the array. “Change—”

“Soul-Locking Formation!”

At his command, the elite disciples began forming new seals to transform the array. The Nightmare Beast attacked again before they could finish, startling them.

Then, to their astonishment, almost everyone present gathered their spiritual power and poured it into the formation.

Bang!

The formation barrier held.

“Hurry!” Elder Yan urged gravely, his face pale.

Everyone on the Ninth Continent knew that the Dual Poles Sect excelled at formations.

Each formation was a world unto itself, equally capable of offense and defense.

The Dual Poles Sect itself was protected by nine times nine—eighty-one formations!

It was the best-defended sect on the continent.

Elder Fang did not dare relax for even a moment. He immediately guided the elite disciples through the formation’s transformation.

The Nightmare Beast seemed to realize what they intended. Its earlier contempt turned to vigilance.

Only one thought remained in its mind: it had to shatter the formation as quickly as possible!

Then, all of a sudden—

It sensed something and looked toward the prison rooms, its gaze blazing with fury.

That damned human was still devouring its mental power!