Chapter 1451 : Shadow Crow Mountain

Within the Shadow Crow Mountain, there stood a total of 7 Earth Immortals from the unorthodox sects. Apart from the Shadow Crow Patriarch, who had reached the Great Perfection stage of Earth Immortality, there was 1 at the seventh level of Earth Immortality, while the remaining 5 were all in the early to middle stages of Earth Immortality.

"Given the current situation, they probably don't know that the Shadow Crow Patriarch has died."

Seeing that the Shadow Crow Mountain showed no signs of vigilance, Eldrin finally let out a sigh of relief and said.

Unlike righteous immortals, the relationship between practitioners of the unorthodox path and demonic cultivators is often fraught with schemes.

The 6 other Earth Immortals of the Shadow Crow Sect, though fellow disciples of the Patriarch of Shadow Crows, harbored not a shred of trust among themselves.

To avoid falling prey to others' schemes, the Ancestral Yin Crow would never leave his Soul Lamp on Mount Yin Crow.

With this thought in mind, Lyra nodded slightly, yet a faint frown creased her brow as she said, "Though they remain unguarded, the mountain-protecting formation still stands guard. Breaking through it won't be easy for us."

Everyone furrowed their brows slightly upon hearing this. The Shadow Crow Mountain blessed realm was, after all, a superior-grade blessed land.

With the power of such a blessed land, combined with the strength of the late-stage Earth Immortal realm, even a peak Earth Immortal would find it nearly impossible to breach the Yin Crow Mountain's guardian formation once deployed.

With only a handful of people, breaking through the Yin Crow Mountain's protective formation was still somewhat beyond their means.

Eldrin (Person Name) pondered briefly before finally speaking, "Since a direct assault cannot breach it, we have no choice but to rely on the Void Treasure to infiltrate the formation and risk a battle within."

"While they're still disoriented, if we can assassinate that seventh-level Earth Immortal elder first, we might just decide the entire battle in 1 fell swoop."

Seraphina Qu nodded in agreement. "That seems to be the only way."

Currently, within these Shadow Crow Mountains, the absence of a heaven-splitting treasure with spatial attributes poses little threat to Eldrin, who possesses a spatial spirit treasure.

This was not his first time infiltrating a high-level blessed realm, yet he watched as Eldrin, aided by the Yin-Yang Void Mirror, slipped inside with practiced ease, arriving deep within the Shadow Crow Mountains before he even realized it.

After stepping into the core region of the Shadow Crow Mountain, the group did not immediately take action. They spent several days investigating the secluded cultivation sites of the mountain’s Earth Immortal Elders and pinpointing the heart of its defensive formations.

Once he had fully grasped its intricacies, Eldrin handed the Sky-Sojourning Shuttle to Lyra and instructed, "Later, when we ambush that Earth Immortal seventh-level evil cultivator, you will hold the Sky-Sojourning Shuttle and conceal yourself near the core of the grand formation."

"The moment we strike, the grand formation will surely react. You must immediately launch a surprise attack against him."

Lyra took hold of the Sky-Soaring Shuttle and spoke with utmost gravity, "Very well. Leave this matter to me."

After settling this matter, Eldrin nodded without another word.

Leading the group to the secluded cultivation site of the demonic practitioners at Shadow Crow Mountain, he exchanged a glance with his companions before instantly launching an assault.

Boom—

In an instant, the 7 Extremes Spirit-Severing Sword (Magic Treasure), the Profound Sun Heaven-Entombing Blade (Magic Treasure), the Infernal Prison War Halberd (Magic Treasure), and countless other divine abilities and supreme treasures were unleashed simultaneously, all converging upon the demonic cultivator in secluded meditation.

"Not good."

The sudden ambush caught the demonic cultivator completely off guard.

In his haste, he summoned a demonic treasure to shield himself. After barely blocking the collective strike from the crowd, he transformed into a streak of escaping light and fled into the distance.

But at that very instant, a blinding blade radiance shot forth, piercing through the fiend's demonic treasure and violently cleaving its physical form in 2.

"Pfft—"

The demonic cultivator suddenly suffered a heavy blow, letting out a wretched scream as his combat power instantly dropped by more than half.

Determined to vanquish his foe with a single strike, Eldrin unleashed the Wind-Severing Deity-Calabash, grievously wounding the demonic entity in 1 decisive move.

However, the combat prowess of the demonic cultivator was truly extraordinary. In the past, Eldrin’s Gourd of the Howling Wind That Slays Gods had once unexpectedly annihilated a ninth-level Earth Immortal ghost cultivator in a single strike. Yet, against this seventh-level Earth Immortal demonic cultivator, it had failed to achieve a kill.

Although this was related to the fact that ghost cultivators lacked physical bodies and their primordial spirits were extremely fragile, it still demonstrated that demonic cultivators were truly formidable.

To return to our story, after severely wounding the fiend with a single strike, Eldrin immediately summoned the Primordial Chaos Grasping Hand, firmly suppressing the demon within his palm. Boundless Pure Yang Heavenly Fire swept down, intent on utterly annihilating it.

At the same time, the Earth Immortal demon controlling the Yin Crow Mountain formation instantly reacted. Without hesitation, he activated the grand array, summoning boundless shadow crows that descended from the highest heavens, seeking to suppress Eldrin (Person Name) and his companions.

All 4 Earth Immortal Ancestors from the Shadow Crow Mountain were jolted awake from their seclusion chambers. They immediately charged over with killing intent, intent on rescuing that seventh-level Earth Immortal demon.

But at that very moment, Lyra (Person Name) made her move. Seizing the opportunity while the demon was activating the grand formation, she immediately summoned the Great 5 Elements Pure Yin Divine Thunder to strike down.

In the blink of an eye, boundless divine thunder struck the demon, sending him flying through the air, blood spraying from his wounds.

Ambushing a mid-stage Earth Immortal with the combat prowess of a late-stage Earth Immortal took but a single clash. In that brief encounter, the demonic fiend was already grievously wounded, his combat strength severely diminished.

"Damn it."

The other 4 fiends immediately sought to flee for their lives upon witnessing this, but alas, it was already too late.

But then Eldrin’s Primordial Chaos Grasp tightened abruptly, and the boundless Pure Yang Heavenly Fire instantly annihilated the demonic fetus and primordial spirit of the fiend trapped within his palm.

Then Eldrin (Person Name) struck again. With a flick of his sleeve, the Great 5 Elements Pure Yang Divine Thunder surged across the heavens, instantly reducing an early-stage Earth Immortal demon to ashes of calamity.

The remaining 3 demonic cultivators were also intercepted by the quartet of Aoi, Seraphina Qu (Person Name), Kael (Person Name), and Chen Qiyuan.

Seeing this, Eldrin did not hesitate in the slightest, immediately activating the Yin Yang Void Mirror to seal off the entire Shadow Crow Mountain.

Of the 6 Earth Immortals from the Shadow Crow Mountain, 1 at the seventh level of Earth Immortal realm was ambushed and slain, another at the fifth level who was guarding the formation was severely wounded by Lyra (Person Name), and now yet another has been instantly executed by Eldrin (Person Name) with a single strike. The remaining 3 are no longer worth worrying about.

Eldrin, who wielded the Great 5 Elements Pure Yang Divine Thunder and the Pure Yang Celestial Flames, posed no less a threat to demonic cultivators than a Ninth-Level Earth Immortal.

Kael's Demon Lord and Buddha's Dao Fruit, along with Chen Qiyuan's Solar Laws, exerted immense suppression upon the demonic cultivators. As they continued their assault, the remaining few Earth Immortal elders were rendered utterly powerless to resist.

In less than a few dozen exchanges, the 3 demonic cultivators were utterly vanquished by the group. Even the final demon master presiding over the grand formation found his situation beyond redemption.

Though they had activated the grand formation and barely managed to trap Eldrin, the strongest combatant, the remaining members took action 1 after another. Yet within moments, they were all slain by Lyra.

"The great work is complete."

In a single battle, 6 demonic path Earth Immortals were slain. Eldrin immediately took action, unleashing boundless Primordial Yang Heavenly Flames that swept through the Shadow Crow Mountain.

After the great conflagration, countless demonic cultivators were utterly reduced to ashes of heavenly tribulation that filled the skies, while boundless virtuous radiance descended upon the assembled cultivators.

When everything was finally over, Eldrin tallied the gains and discovered that from the destruction of the Shadow Crow Mountain, the group had collectively obtained 30-4 strands of merit purification light.

Eldrin received 12 strands, Lyra obtained 10, while the remaining 12 were divided among Qing Ji, Seraphina Qu, Kael, and Chen Qiyuan—each acquiring approximately 3 strands.

"Who would have thought that the vast expanse of Mount Nethercrow, with its 6 Earth Immortal elder demons and hundreds of True Demons combined, would only amount to 30 or 40 percent of the Karmic Sinlight emitted by the Nethercrow Patriarch."

(End of Chapter)