The Transmigrator’s Cultivation

Arc 24: Nine Void Battlefield | Chapter 454: Life is Like An Ant

Countless demons formed a dense cloud in the sky, pressing so closely together that there was no end in sight. From afar, they resembled swarms of moths, but each demon was enormous. For those unaccustomed to such battles, just seeing them would fill their hearts with dread and make their skin crawl. Even for those who had experienced it before, the sheer sight of the mass of demons was terrifying in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, the sky turned as dark as night.

Everywhere within sight was engulfed in darkness.

But at that moment, the enormous bright sun behind the shen cultivators became even more radiant and dazzling.

It was like a furnace of heaven and earth, or a towering pillar of fire, blinding yet offering hope.

Simultaneously, the shen cultivators sprang into action.

Xu Ziqing saw the numerous shen cultivators immediately start running, quickly forming five square formations. The rear three formations moved beneath the sun, ready to respond at any time, while the front two formations abruptly spread out into a bow shape, resembling an arc with the bright sun as their anchor, charging outward to slay the demons!

More suns shot up into the sky, floating behind the heads of the shen cultivators.

These suns were the embodiment of their Yang Spirits and the source of their divine power.

Soon, avatars of the Yang Spirits darted out from those bright suns, rushing to the forefront of the shen cultivators. But instead of carrying the shen cultivators to soar through the sky, they all howled toward the heavens and absorbed massive amounts of divine power from the giant sun behind them!

An even more astonishing scene unfolded!

These Yang Spirit avatars instantly transformed into enormous bows!

Unlike the bows the shen cultivators had previously used, these were taller than a person, with backs that were exceptionally sturdy and heavy, glowing with a brilliant gold hue, and radiating an intense, luxurious light!

—The ability of a Yang Spirit avatar to take on other forms was typically only achievable when a shen cultivator reached the Transforming Tribulation Realm. Yet in this great battle, any shen cultivator near the light barrier could forcibly transform their Yang Spirit by borrowing the power left behind by those in the Enlightenment Realm!

These massive bows had another name: the “Sanyuan Bows.”

In an instant, three glowing points appeared on the back of each bow, drawing divine power from the enormous sun, forming three thick, long arrows. Then, the shen cultivator behind the bow braced it with one foot, twisted their waist, and, with the strength of an ape’s arm, fired!

The three long arrows turned into streaks of light, hurtling into the demon horde, exploding in three different directions!

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Each explosion of a long arrow reduced more than a dozen demons to dust, but soon, more demons swarmed in, once again blotting out the sky and surging downwards!

Xu Ziqing couldn’t help but be astonished.

What an incredible bow and arrow! As expected, a bow made from a Yang Spirit and arrows powered by the divine energy of the giant sun!

At the same time, more shen cultivators were on the move.

Each one wielded the same giant bow and long arrows, expending their divine power to shoot all the arrows into the sky, where they erupted into fiery bursts, burning everything in their path.

Every soldier was fiercely courageous, and in this first round of attacks, they completely annihilated the demons at the front.

However, the demons seemed endless. Even with the soldiers firing arrows as fast as they could, gaps still appeared. While the low- and mid-level demons were mostly cannon fodder, the high-level demons seized the opportunity to fly down rapidly, landing on the ground and launching a brutal assault on the shen cultivators!

At this point, the first batch of soldiers leading the charge inevitably suffered some casualties!

Immediately, the second batch of soldiers rushed in to fill the gaps. Their Yang Spirits had not transformed into giant bows; instead, they remained as ferocious beasts and fierce birds, multiplying from one into over ten, scattering to fight and providing protection for the archers while also safeguarding themselves. Their Yang Spirit avatars, empowered by the giant sun, became even larger and more ferocious. Suddenly, the air was thick with the stench of blood, and countless demon corpses gradually fell, continuously blocking the ground, while the soldiers behind them burned and carried them away or collected the ashes of the demons that fell from the sky.

In an instant, the battle seemed to intensify!

At that moment, Xu Ziqing no longer hesitated. He exchanged a glance with his shixiong, and in the next instant, a Tai Chi symbol emerged behind him, with the yin fish and yang fish endlessly rotating. Soon, the yin fish opened wide, and countless blood-red vines surged out, forming a gigantic net around him, with Xu Ziqing as the core and the manipulator of the net. With a single thought, all the vines moved according to his will, providing both offense and defense.

Xu Ziqing then sent a thought deep into the small universe: “Rongjin, enjoy the feast this time.”

Hearing this, Rongjin became increasingly joyful: “Mom, good, good… eat, eat, eat!”

After that, out of the hundreds of vines protecting Xu Ziqing, all but a few shot out like long whips, making a terrifying “crack crack crack” sound in the air.

Yun Lie then swiftly leaped high into the air along with those launched vines!

Xu Ziqing immediately sent another thought: “Rongjin, cooperate with your shixiong!”

Rongjin replied eagerly: “Yes, Mother! Mom… no worries!”

Xu Ziqing paused for a moment, then his expression softened: “Rongjin, be careful too.”

Having exchanged a few hurried words, the two were already immersed in the battle.

Because there were indeed too many demons, quite a few slipped through the cracks and rushed downward. Some of those yet to land caught sight of a white shadow shooting into the sky, immediately sensing the taste of blood and food, rushing in for the kill!

Yun Lie remained calm, flicking his wrist, and in an instant, several arcs traced out ethereal paths in the air, concealed beneath the many vines, silently slaying countless demons! At this moment, the killing swords and life-taking swords took turns to attack, with swift changes in sword moves and transformations, fierce and unstoppable!

Rongjin, now free from restraints, also realized there was a patch of pure bamboo rooted not far from the small universe. In his innocence, he began to understand that perhaps it was time to indulge, without being as cautious as before.

At that moment, he restored most of the vines to their original forms, each as thick as a water barrel, incredibly hard! When encountering low-level demons, they could instantly drain them dry; when facing mid-level demons, they could ensnare them, then work together to devour them; and when confronting high-level demons… they could often hold them off as a dozen or even several dozen vines suddenly pounced, gradually consuming their prey.

Such ferocity and ominous aura were precisely the capabilities of ancient, bloodthirsty demon vines!

Moreover, many other vines collaborated seamlessly with Yun Lie.

At least a dozen demon vines closely followed Yun Lie. Whenever there were many demons, and Yun Lie couldn’t free his hands in time, the vines would come to his defense. If high-level demons launched a group attack, they would act as a barrier for him.

Thanks to Rongjin’s actions, in the moment of blocking, Yun Lie could take the opportunity to escape, turn around, and slay the demons!

Meanwhile, some vines did not return to their original forms; instead, they remained slender as fingers, weaving through the slain demon corpses, quickly collecting countless crystallized forces of time and space!

The crystals inside low-level demons were quite small, but as the demons’ levels increased, the crystals grew larger.

After collecting the demon vines, they would hide the crystals within leaf buds, waiting for Yun Lie to exhaust his true essence in battle and retreat to consume pills. Then, they would take the chance to deliver the crystals, which Yun Lie would sweep into his storage bracelet with a flick of his sleeve.

With such seamless cooperation, the sky was filled with blood and light!

Below, Xu Ziqing was not merely standing by.

Seeing his shixiong fighting freely amidst the mountain of corpses and sea of blood, he felt at ease and turned back, raising his hand to shake out a few glowing orbs from his sleeve.

These orbs landed on the ground and transformed into five or six humanoid puppets, all at the Divine Transformation Stage.

After a moment of thought, Xu Ziqing released a more powerful one, a Spirit Severing Stage puppet, whose strength was comparable to an Entering Tribulation realm shen cultivator, capable of battling high-level demons.

Given the perilous nature of the battle, he and his shixiong had previously inspected the various puppets and discovered that apart from the nearly Great Ascension-level giant puppet, there were also three or four at the Spirit Severing Stage. However, he only released one now to avoid excessive damage, ensuring he still had substitutes left.

With these preparations complete, Xu Ziqing sat cross-legged, holding a bottle of pills in his right hand and a piece of top-grade spirit stone in his left.

With his current cultivation level and after enduring numerous trials, he had compressed his true essence multiple times and actively circulated it, making his dantian more stable and his meridians stronger, allowing him to withstand the impact of the top-grade spirit stone.

With Rongjin fighting fiercely above, his primary task was to ensure his true essence did not deplete, allowing it to continuously exhibit its divine power!

Having made his decision, Xu Ziqing took a deep breath, and in an instant, a surge of extremely strong and pure spiritual energy shot through the acupuncture point in his left palm, rushing directly into his meridians!

“…Ugh!” With a muffled grunt, beads of sweat broke out on Xu Ziqing’s forehead.

Truly, the top-grade spirit stone contained formidable spiritual energy; when it surged into his meridians, the pain was excruciating!

Even with Xu Ziqing’s abundant reserves and exceptional talent, absorbing such energy required tremendous effort to subdue. Only after this energy fused with the true essence in his body did the pain gradually lessen.

However, the feeling of swelling remained, not completely dissipating, yet the true essence in his dantian had become even more robust.

All the puppets firmly guarded Xu Ziqing’s side at that moment.

Due to the fierce killing by many shen cultivators, Xu Ziqing and Yun Lie had not positioned themselves in the center of the formation to avoid disrupting tactical arrangements. Therefore, the demons above were not being slain as intensely as the arrows struck down, and quite a few low-level and mid-level demons surprisingly slipped through the arrows and landed on the ground! Naturally, Xu Ziqing was one of the first to bear the brunt.

Those puppets swayed and quickly transformed their hands into blades, engaging the demons in close combat!

At the same time, the demon vine branches remaining by Xu Ziqing’s side swiftly wove into a cocoon, tightly enclosing him within.

Xu Ziqing focused entirely on absorbing spiritual energy, without distraction.

This continuous and powerful absorption would eventually overwhelm his meridians, but as a wood attribute cultivator, his vitality was flourishing, and with the support of the World of Ten Thousand Trees, he faced no significant issues. Even if his true essence occasionally became slightly stagnant due to rapid circulation, he would immediately consume pills to alleviate it…

Thus, Rongjin was able to take advantage of Xu Ziqing’s true essence to rampage freely in mid-air!

At the location of the divine soldiers, many had fallen.

Both the corpses of demons and shen cultivators quickly piled up and were soon set ablaze.

The lives of countless beings seemed to fill the battlefield like ants.

Yet, despite this, various demons continued to emerge from the seemingly bottomless cracks.

These demons appeared to be unending, intent on devouring this space whole.

Indeed, it was like a wave.

Translator: Lynn

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