Chapter 409: Chapter 280 Canghai Pass
The ice-blue meteor streaked across the night sky, plummeting straight to the south.
Suddenly, a bright light rose to the sky, blooming among the clouds, transforming into a giant ball of light.
The meteor abruptly changed direction, drawing a long rainbow, rushing directly towards the ball of light.
Indeed, under the brilliant light, hundreds of demonic beasts were besieging a human camp in a night raid.
In the center of the camp, cultivators used treasures to set up formations, while around them, samurai bent bows and shot crossbows, continuously shooting talisman arrows that exploded among the group of demons.
However, the number of demons kept increasing, the arrows and talismans were depleted, and the cultivators were also about to exhaust their mana, as the formation seemed unable to hold, about to be engulfed by the demons.
At this moment, the meteor plunged into the demon horde; at first glance, it seemed like a snowball, but in the blink of an eye, it took on the appearance of a porcupine, countless ice swords and ice spikes formed from the snowball.
The ice ball then whirled and leapt among the demon swarm, weaving back and forth, rolling around the camp like a snowball. The Great Demons and giant beasts attacking the formation were shattered into pieces at the slightest touch of the frost flower, bodies torn to shreds, and the remains were instantly sucked into it.
Thus, the snowball kept growing larger, amassing more ice swords, eventually transforming into a massive blood sphere, with mountains of corpse fragments, all clumped together. On the sharp icy spikes and needles hung the remains of demon bodies, piercing through countless debris and flesh fragments.
The Human Clan, staring at the gigantic sphere of flesh and blood before them, were all terrified into speechlessness, afraid that the blood sphere might roll over and crush them into a heap of mangled flesh.
Fortunately, the sphere did not roll over but transmitted a cold voice,
"Where is this place?"
The cultivators in the camp dared not offend such a high master, and promptly bowed respectfully,
"Reporting to the senior, this is Youyun Border County in Genzhou, fifty miles southeast of here is Canghai Pass at Jieshi Mountain."
"Oh."
The ball didn’t say much more, as if it had come just to ask for directions, it rolled over and was ready to leave.
"Pr, please wait, senior!"
The cultivators hastily reminded,
"Currently, the Nine Border Towns are under the partial control of the nine major sects. Recently, there has been a massive attack by demons. We are under orders from the Guardian Immortal to conduct guerrilla warfare outside.
A few days ago, scouts detected a large demon force approaching from the north, and we sent a Flying Eagle message, sealing the pass and forming a barrier, not allowing demons to enter the Central Plains.
Senior, why not join us to cross the sea and temporarily take shelter in the fortress on the island, waiting for the frontline to drive back the demons..."
"No need, I’ve already killed all those I encountered on the way."
The blood sphere leapt up, shot straight into the Sky Dome, and burst open with a "bang," unraveling into a Sword Rainbow that tore through the sky heading south.
As for the countless demon corpses, their bones and shattered flesh fell like hail, scattering all over the ground, the blood already sucked dry.
The bystanders were shocked into silence, unable to speak for a long time.
Meanwhile, Tie Dan flew southwards on a rainbow, and after fifty miles, he saw the Canghai Pass City from afar.
At a glance, the city leaned against Jieshi to the north, surrounded by the sea on three sides, like a fortress on a peninsula. Demons coming south from the north would have to walk a detour on the mountain path before the pass unless they scaled sheer cliffs. At high tide, it becomes a vast ocean, land routes completely cut off, like an island in the sea.
Truly, one man defending the pass, ten thousand unable to breach, it guards the throat and choke point, the terrain extremely perilous. With enough manpower, it truly can be held strong as iron, even tens of thousands of demons would struggle to flatten this pass.
Yet, the real issue is discord among people. The rebel army ravaged throughout the Gen Kingdom, and the original border army stationed here was mostly defeated or defected, suffering huge losses. As the number of demons moving south grows, more defenders have abandoned the pass and fled. It seems the pass is on the verge of being breached by the hordes of demons.
Fortunately, the Mystic Sect noticed an unknown reason causing the difficulty of the Demon Tide to abruptly increase, thus urgently altered their strategy, retreating to the Nine Borders, and hurriedly dispatched cultivators to guard this pivotal route into the Central Plains. They have now set up a formation before the pass to block the tens of thousands of demon armies.
Along the dangerous Northern Slope Mountain, they established Great Wall Outposts, organized patrols by cultivators, and dispatched Golden Core Realm elites to patrol back and forth. Should small groups of demons attempt to bypass, they will intercept them. If a Great Demon God appears, naturally, top experts from the Mystic Sect will handle it.
By relying on the Mystic Sect’s firm intervention, the morale at Canghai Pass has stabilized, managing to narrowly withstand the Demon Tide, ensuring the cities in Yan Yun do not entirely fall and are not consumed by the demon wave.
However, ultimately, the Mystic Sect lacks sufficient personnel, managing to pin down the bulk of demon forces with limited elites is already quite challenging, and they cannot completely eradicate those winged demons and climbing monsters, forming small groups of tens or hundreds, constantly sneaking over mountains and hills, infiltrating southwards.
What’s more, the demons aren’t fools, the Demon Gods do not rush to act recklessly, for they are aware that anywhere they go, Mystic Sect experts will intercept them. Thus, most gather outside the Nine Borders, equally tying down the main forces of the Mystic Sect, preventing them from acting freely.
Meanwhile, the demons rely heavily on their numbers, mobilizing troops and preparing for a massive invasion of the Central Plains before spring thaw. Taking advantage of the weakened defense within the pass, the demon horde steadily gathers, collecting meat supplies outside the pass, amassing strength.
In such circumstances, Tie Dan immediately knew at a glance that the demons were launching a full-scale assault.
Dark clouds shrouded the sea, demon qi soared to the sky, as if a storm was on the brink of arrival.
Inside Canghai Pass, auspicious clouds and bright mists congregated, clearly indicating many True Cultivation masters from the Mystic Sect were defending the formation.
Below, countless demons had already begun to cross the icy straits, wave upon wave, crashing waves against the shore, attacking the city from all directions in relentless onslaughts!