Chapter 654: Lure Strategy (Please Subscribe and Vote for Monthly Ticket)
The massive Taiqian Mist surged forward like rolling clouds, resembling ocean waves, magnificent beyond compare.
The entire Green Abyss Island, despite its sixty or seventy-zhang walls, seemed almost like fragile hills that could crumble at any moment.
This caused many cultivators' faces to darken considerably, for in their impression, the Taiqian Mist had never been this fast!
In the sky above, more than twenty red birds began to cry out simultaneously, intertwining in flight. Following the lead of the tallest red-crowned bird, they formed a Fifth Rank Red Bird Formation, spewing torrents of fire.
The flames gathered into the spirit shadow of a fire phoenix, which spread its wings and flew freely through the skies.
One by one, these terrifying fire phoenix spirit shadows charged into the Taiqian Mist, instantly evaporating vast amounts of it. At the same time, these fire phoenix spirit shadows erupted spectacularly.
Many demon sharks within the mist didn't even have time to let out a scream before being transformed into vapor.
And this was just the beginning. The massive golden drum suddenly began to resonate, generating golden waves that surged into the Taiqian Mist.
These golden waves were not ordinary spell attacks—they carried divine sense and had been carefully selected by the Qinghua Sect.
Under the fire phoenix spirit shadows, the Taiqian Mist had already dispersed significantly. Now, as the golden waves entered, countless Taiqian Sharks had their divine souls annihilated instantaneously.
Even Demon Kings among them were momentarily stuck in a daze.
At this moment, the allied islands unleashed their full-scale assault.
On Myriad Buddhas Island, a hundred golden Buddha forms appeared, each descending with massive golden palms.
The palms belonging to True Persons were as large as mountain peaks.
The resounding thunderous strikes resembled the end of the world as they smashed into the sea.
Swoosh!
The Qinghua Sect's wood demons also began to wildly grow and sway, as endless spirit light gathered into countless lightning spears and golden spears, materializing in the void and then immediately launched toward the Taiqian Sharks.
The Blood Cultivation Sect unleashed no fewer than a thousand ghostly figures, resembling a night parade of ten thousand ghosts.
With all sects activating their techniques, the Taiqian Mist became a chaotic, tumbling melee.
Evidently, the Taiqian Sharks hadn't anticipated the sheer power of eight sects united as one.
At this moment, the sword array formed by the Taiqian Demon Kings struck back once again, with more than a dozen Taiqian Demon Kings converging together.
All of the offensive attacks were immediately redirected.
"Their Taiqian Mist is being propelled by some ordinary sharks within it," Lin Shiming spoke again in this critical moment.
His piercing gaze seemed to penetrate the Taiqian Mist, identifying the ordinary sharks that had yet to attack.
Previously, he had been puzzled as to why the Taiqian Shark clan had brought along so many Second Rank sharks. Initially, he thought the Taiqian Shark clan was just low in numbers.
But now, seeing the moment the Taiqian Mist was breached and beginning to dissipate, he realized the sects' techniques wouldn't be enough to sustain this effort.
As Lin Shiming revealed this, the Taiqian Sharks seemed enraged, and immediately formed another Demon King Sword Array.
This particular sword array was increasingly unusual, with the spirit patterns on the Taiqian Sharks' bodies glowing faintly like starlight.
It was as if they held the power of the stars themselves.
Lin Shiming's mind filled with heightened vigilance. The next moment, five or six Taiqian Sharks began flickering in the air, resembling his own Leaping Void Disk.
In response, he unleashed a Void Bottle and Sky-Trapping Bowl before him.
Against these flickering Taiqian Shark Demon Kings, space-type magical treasures were notably effective.
The Sky-Trapping Bowl descended from the heavens, while the Void Bottle spewed out countless void star sand to attack the Taiqian Sharks.
Though each grain of star sand was as fine as dust, their combined weight exceeded ten million jun.
Several Taiqian Shark Demon Kings, overzealous in their aggression, were instantly trapped within the star sand.
Upon witnessing this, Lin Shiming also drew forth a Taiyi Grass Sword.
The sword intent he had been brewing around himself surged into brilliance in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, he felt the urgency to charge forward. After all, even the True Monarchs were waiting for him, the foremost Golden Core expert, to show his prowess.
But Lin Shiming knew clearly that if he charged alone, his chances of perishing were high.
Yet now, with the Golden Core Demon Kings coming forward on their own, the situation shifted dramatically.
Thus, upon discovering the Taiqian Shark clan's weakness, Lin Shiming immediately alerted the others—not for altruistic reasons but to lure the Taiqian Sharks out.
In the void, the Sky-Trapping Bowl and Void Bottle generated ear-piercing, resonating booms, almost exceeding what even superior-grade Golden Core magic treasures could endure.
But the next second, Lin Shiming's sword descended.
A terrifying sword field enveloped the Taiqian Demon Kings.
Boom! While the Demon Kings might possess unparalleled offensive strength, their defenses were far from invincible. Furthermore, underestimating Lin Shiming in their first confrontation proved fatal.
In one clean strike, Lin Shiming slew an early Fifth Rank Demon King, reducing its Demon Core to ashes.
The remaining four bodies sustained serious injuries.
"Daoist Lin indeed deserves the title of the foremost Golden Core cultivator." Many Golden Core cultivators observing from afar couldn't hide their astonishment. One strike achieving such decisive results and slaying Taiqian Sharks seemed almost inconceivable to them.
Lin Shiming's expression remained unchanged, though the Sky-Trapping Bowl suffered slight damage.
Thanks to Lin Shiming's breakthrough, the Taiqian Mist showed further signs of dissipating with loud, resounding bursts.
It seemed the island defense would succeed this time.
But just then, the distant Taiqian Mist surged anew, rolling forward like clouds. The Taiqian Shark Demon Kings appeared to be making a desperate final charge. Their fearsome sword intent once again began converging, forming multiple sword arrays at the forefront of their attack.
For the cultivators defending the island, having repelled the first strike gave them confidence to withstand the second.
Various techniques were unleashed once more.
Lin Shiming also retrieved his superior-grade Fifth Rank Extreme Blood Needle magical treasure, aimed specifically at Fifth Rank inferior-grade Demon Kings.
He had no delusions about engaging in single combat; in the end, even the distribution of spoils would depend on the cultivators slaying the most.
Lin Shiming also had a keen interest in the spiritual hides of Fifth Rank Taiqian Sharks.
But the next moment, an overwhelming killing intent surged into his mind.
A fearsome aura locked onto him.
The following instant, a crimson sword light pierced through the Taiqian Mist, slicing through the void toward Lin Shiming.
This crimson sword light was blindingly vivid, impossibly swift, like a blood-red shark preying in the void, embodying its shark shadow.
It seemed to challenge Lin Shiming's earlier strike and counter his covert maneuvers.
This time, the attack came directly from a Nascent Soul Demon Emperor.
"Crimson Shark Demon Emperor, is your wrath so severe that you're targeting Golden Core cultivators today?" Granny Qingyu's voice reached Lin Shiming's ears as a celestial zither materialized in the void.
Granny Qingyu once more unleashed a terrifying battle melody to suppress the Crimson Shark Demon Emperor.
But the latter's crimson sword seemed capable of annihilating all things, momentarily defying her attempts to block it.
With a cold snort, the Taiqian Shark Emperor seemed disdainful. But the next moment, it realized that around it, ten celestial zithers had appeared, the previous one the least significant among them.
"Despicable!" The Crimson Shark Emperor finally understood it had been tricked.
The defenders of the island had clearly set their sights on taking down the Demon Emperors.