OBS Chapter 389 Qiongqi
Chapter 389 Qiongqi
The battle had raged all night, and fires had burned outside Crescent City all night long. The sun rose from the Netherworld Mountains, casting golden rays upon the walls of Crescent City.
A giant golden-beaked demon eagle led a group of flying demonic beasts circling above Crescent City, constantly attacking the barrier. The huge wind blades were like endless sword shadows, falling layer upon layer on the seemingly incredibly tough light screen.
This is a demon king. There are a total of ten demon kings in the entire Netherworld Mountains, and five of them were dispatched for this invasion. They are powerful, and each of them requires a priest to fight them. If it weren't for the protection of the barrier, the Golden Priest would not know if Crescent Moon City could have survived this calamity.
No one knows how long the barrier can last. This magic array, which was personally set up by the goddess Nuwa in ancient times, has never been broken since it was created. Otherwise, the demon race would not have been forced to lie dormant in the Netherworld Mountains, a place with sparse spiritual energy, for thousands of years.
The horde of monsters outside the city surged against the ancient city walls like a flood, showing no signs of fatigue. Perhaps they had been exiled for too long and their pent-up resentment needed an outlet.
Despite the protection of the barrier, the Golden Priest dared not turn a blind eye to the attack of the demonic beasts. This time, the demonic beasts had come out in full force, which made him feel uneasy.
After circling in the air, the Golden-Beaked Demon Eagle launched another fierce attack on the barrier. The Golden Priest could no longer simply sit and command. Compared to the demon beast army, the Blood Witch Clan had too few high-level combatants. The other priests were all fighting the Demon King and had no time to deal with it. The Golden Priest had no choice but to take action himself. He flapped his wings and soared into the sky. With a wave of his staff, countless chains were projected from his staff and enveloped the flying demon beasts in the air.
The Golden-Beaked Demon Eagle was no ordinary creature. It let out a sharp screech towards the Golden Priest, the sound causing the chains to tremble violently. It forcefully tore a large gap in the giant net woven by the chains, and the Golden-Beaked Demon Eagle flapped its wings and passed through the gap, charging straight towards the Golden Priest. A cold light gathered on its sharp golden beak, and even from a distance, one could feel the threat of being struck in the throat by the golden light. The terrifying feeling seemed to grip one's heart, rendering one unable to move.
However, as the head of the five high priests, the Golden Priest was superior to everyone else in both strength and mental fortitude. He half-closed his eyes, chanted a spell, and then threw his staff, which transformed into a golden dragon that charged towards the Golden-Beaked Demon Eagle.
"Boom!" A loud explosion rang out in mid-air. After the explosion, the ferocity of the Golden-Beaked Demon Eagle was fully exposed. It waved its sharp claws and kept grabbing at the Golden Priest.
"Without the Blood Witch King in charge, Crescent City is nothing more than this." A haughty voice suddenly descended from the sky. The dark clouds dispersed, and a demonic beast with a tiger's body and dragon's wings slowly descended from directly above Crescent City. The beast was three zhang long, its entire body as black as a deep pool. From below, it looked like a dark cloud. Its fur flowed with dark blue water patterns, and its eyes were strange, dark blue ice eyes, like ice blocks frozen at the bottom of the sea for ten thousand years. Its expression was arrogant and domineering, making it almost impossible for anyone to look directly at it.
"The Demon Lord Qiongqi!" the Golden Priest exclaimed in shock. He was so shocked because legend had it that Qiongqi was formed from the resentment of the ancient evil god Gonggong. It was ferocious and tyrannical, the true king of the demon beasts in the Netherworld Mountains. Even the Ten Great Demon Kings had to obey its orders. Its strength was unfathomable. It usually hid in the deepest part of the Netherworld Mountains and had not appeared for at least a thousand years. It was said that all those who had seen it before were dead.
"I didn't expect even this guy to come out. It seems that the demon beasts won't give up until they achieve their goal this time." The wood priest, who was fighting the Teng Snake, was also shocked when he saw Qiongqi. His heart was filled with worry. No one knew what the consequences would be if Qiongqi made a move.
Qiongqi landed directly above the barrier, extending one of its tiger claws. A blue ball of light gathered in its claw, and as the blue ball of light took shape, a chill spread through the sky. Even ordinary blood witches in the city couldn't help but shiver.
"It's cold!" someone couldn't help but exclaim.
"Stop it!" the Golden Priest shouted. Although he didn't know what the other party was going to do, the Golden Priest had a premonition that if it was left unchecked, something terrible would happen.
However, the Golden Priest's shouts were meaningless. There were only five people in the entire Crescent City who were powerful enough to approach the Demon Lord Qiongqi, namely the five high priests. However, all five high priests, including the Golden Priest, were entangled by the Demon King and could not get away at all. They could only watch helplessly as Qiongqi stood above the barrier and then pressed the tiger claws, which had gathered a blue light ball, onto the top of the barrier.
The cold spread even more recklessly. Throughout Crescent City, everyone felt as if their heartbeats slowed down, and their bodies felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave. The chill that seeped into their souls made them unconsciously release their spiritual power to resist the invasion of the severe cold. Crescent City seemed to have suddenly turned into a world of ice and snow.
What happened next was even more unbelievable and terrifying. The seemingly illusory golden barrier in the sky froze into a layer of blue ice as the cold air swept over it. In less than a minute, the entire Crescent City was shrouded in that blue ice shell.
The Golden Priest's face turned deathly pale; he already had a premonition of what was about to happen.
"No!" the Golden Priest cried out in anguish.
"Break!" Qiongqi roared, his powerful voice like a raging flood. As his words fell, the blue ice shell made a series of "crack" sounds and then shattered completely, turning into countless ice crystals that reflected a blue, eerie light and fell from the sky. The barrier that had protected Crescent City for thousands of years was breached for the first time.
Everyone stared in disbelief at what they were seeing. For the Blood Witch Clan, the barrier of Crescent City was their faith. As long as the barrier was there, no matter how many demons came, they were confident that they could keep them out of the city gates. But now the barrier was clearly shattering before their eyes, and their faith collapsed as well. Fear spread through their hearts like a tide.
"Impossible!" the Wood Priest shouted hoarsely, and the Gold Priest looked ashen-faced. Everyone couldn't help but think the same thing—Crescent City was doomed.
On the other side of the demon beast army, with Qiongqi's attack, morale soared to unprecedented heights. The charging team stomped the ground simultaneously, unleashing deafening roars that shook the entire earth. The moment the barrier shattered, the demon beasts could no longer control their ferocity and charged recklessly towards the walls of Crescent City. Without the barrier's obstruction, their skills rained down on Crescent City. Fire, lightning, and wind blades raged through the city, and within moments, large swathes of buildings collapsed. Screams and wails filled every street and alley.
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