Cultivation Starts from Killing Pigs-Chapter 365 - 309: Celestial Essence Killing Plan, Lair of the Aberrations

"Quick, everyone evacuate!"

"Recall all battle squads, no nonsense, this is a Divine Dynasty Order personally given by the Sect Leader!"

"Dismantle the Soul Suppressing Tower, be careful, we'll need it later..."

With a single command from Zhang Kui, the entire Kaiyuan Divine Dynasty immediately mobilized.

Including the two cities, Divine Island and Divine Radiance, the Divine Dynasty had also established numerous fortress cities, and within these large or small Yin Mansions, there was already chaos, with endless crowds evacuating.

The Sea of Strange at Fallen Immortal Mountain's Immortal Sect was terrifying. If left alone it wasn't a problem, but once attacked, it would be like disturbing a hornet's nest, with hundreds of Monarchs of the Strange and a matching number of Black Tides of Strange overwhelming in all directions, which the just-starting low-level cultivators could not hope to stop.

If the city is destroyed, it can be rebuilt; as long as people live, there's hope for everything.

Thus, Zhang Kui's plan was to directly decapitate the leadership, even if the Underworld Divine Continent was once again filled with strangeness, to eliminate this scourge completely.

Of course, with the power of the Divine Dynasty Starship, a fleet of a hundred ships could handle it with ease.

But Zhang Kui didn't dare to gamble.

Although the Divine Continent is currently peaceful, the sea routes open, and even trade ships between continents increasing, suggesting a hope for prosperity, beneath the calm sea lies an undercurrent that could overturn the entire world at any moment.

No one knows when that terrifying strangeness will break free of its shell.

Perhaps in a few months, perhaps in a century, perhaps tomorrow...

In this world hiding murderous intent and on the brink of collapse at any moment, the only thing to do is to eliminate the enemy first and quickly carve a bloody path out!

The entire Kaiyuan Divine Dynasty was on edge, for if they failed, even if no strangeness emerged from the Underworld, all the efforts of recent times would be wasted.

A large number of cultivators evacuated, each Yin Mansion returning to darkness, the Divine Dynasty army fully assembled, both for defense and to prepare for a counterattack at any moment, with sixteen starships patrolling day and night...

Zhang Kui wasn't idle either, returning once more to the top of Profound Yin Mountain, gazing at the terrifying Thunder Pool with a grave expression.

"Fool, leave first, the surrounding sea area has been cleared, wait for me on the shore!"

Fatty Tiger, having cultivated to the Divine Travel Realm, cast a worried glance but dared not disobey, and swiftly departed.

Zhang Kui took a deep breath, waved his hand to scatter heaps of Divine Materials, and refined them with Yin Yang True Fire, beginning to set up the array.

With Thunder as the center, the intersection of Yin and Yang giving birth to it, he was to set up a Yin Yang Eight Trigrams Array, maintaining a delicate balance while amplifying its power upon explosion, creating a world-shattering bomb...

...

While the Divine Dynasty was mobilizing, the giant turtle carrying the Divine Hall also left the East Sea, along with the withdrawal of all its armies.

Inside the Divine Hall, the atmosphere was heavy.

"High Priest, are we just going to leave like this?" A Yaksha Elder's eyes were full of reluctance.

The Divine Hall had plotted one thing for thousands of years, the Dragon Pearl was very important to them, they had hoped to force the other side to hand it over, but now they had to leave dejectedly.

"The Dragon Pearl is a small matter..."

The eyes of the High Priest were full of gravity, "This person can actually take an Immortal Artifact, although surely unable to control it, but that is an Immortal Artifact, and his Tao cultivation is profound, I'm not his match either, he is a future major threat!"

The elders exchanged glances,

"High Priest, then we..."

"Do not worry!"

The High Priest snorted, his facial tentacles twisting constantly, black eyes full of eerie light, "We just need to deal with the You Dynasty, an Immortal Artifact, while powerful, with him having that thing, it's not only us who are anxious."

So saying, he turned to gaze at the boundless ocean, "This Celestial Essence Star is now a bloody battlefield, everyone using their means, some fleeing, some fighting for a slim chance, let's see the final result, do not relax, everyone."

The elders of the Divine Hall bowed their heads,

"Yes, High Priest..."

The giant turtle carrying the Divine Hall continuously headed deeper into the ocean.

There lay scattered archipelagos, patrolled day and night by Sea Demons, various Spirit Arrays triggering Divine Light that shot skyward...

There lay vast Sea Race cities, drilled day and night like military camps, with killing intent turning heaven and earth discolored, the sea tides rising and falling...

There lay fathomless ocean trenches, with enormous shadows stirring slowly...

The Celestial Essence Star's ocean covers more than half, the Great Ocean Sea Race with millennia of accumulation possesses unfathomable depth, which is their confidence to dominate all around.

But they aren't invincible.

On the Western Continent of the Celestial Essence Star, ceaseless clouds have not dispersed for thousands of years, eerie cities steeped in drizzle are everywhere. Between cities, atop giant mountains, vast stone altars can be seen at every turn, green Ghost Fire rising and falling...

On the northern Barbarian Continent, amidst snow and ice, all is deathly silent, the sky of eternal night filled with beautiful auroras. Numerous tribes scattered everywhere, with giant beasts covered in white fur, also featuring strange-faced ancient tribes, riding giant Desolate Beasts against one another...

And on the southern Huo Continent, viewed from above, the continent seems ravaged, showing various cracks, dark swamps, and gorges of eerie wind, also castles equipped with defensive arrays of all sizes...

Heaven and earth are like a chessboard; Zhang Kui does not know that even though he hasn't started this game, others have already made various arrangements, with terrible black hands secretly controlling the board.

...

The sea waves rose and fell, Fatty Tiger crouched on the sea's surface, staring motionlessly into the distance.

There lay Profound Yin Mountain, two days ago the overwhelming thunderlight suddenly grew more ferocious, but today it suddenly subsided, even the thunderclouds enveloping it for tens of thousands of years seemed to be dissipating.

Fatty Tiger anxiously scratched his head, "Why hasn't the Taoist come out yet..."

Before the words were finished, a figure flew from the horizon, Zhang Kui's voice echoing in the air, "What are you staring at, get on quickly!"

Fatty Tiger was immediately overjoyed, his body flickering with lightning, appearing instantly on Zhang Kui's auspicious cloud.

He habitually wanted to ask a few idle questions, but seeing Zhang Kui's grave expression, he dared not speak further, quietly lying on the cloud flying toward the Divine Continent.

They didn't go to Lai State Kunlun, but flew across various State Mansions, finally arriving at the sand-swept Shazhou.

At the Gobi Desert surrounding the Stone Man Tomb, a dense army had long been assembled, with warriors sitting cross-legged in cultivation, a Qi of Blood Evil rising.

When Zhang Kui arrived, everyone stood up in unison, their formidable voices echoing through heaven and earth.

"Greetings, Sect Leader!"

Zhang Kui nodded slightly, instructed Tai Shi to open the Mine City's passage, and drove his auspicious cloud straight in.

Before him, a haze of black fog, the once bustling Mine City was a dead silence, after dismantling the Soul Suppressing Tower, it had returned completely to darkness.

"Sect Leader!"

Yuan Huang had long been waiting nearby on the Dragonbone Divine Ship. Once Zhang Kui jumped on board, a streak of golden light pierced the sky, flying toward Fallen Immortal Mountain.

On the way, Yuan Huang wore a grave expression, filled with worry, "Sect Leader, something's not right. The anomalous outbreak might occur soon."

"Hmm..."

Zhang Kui was also momentarily stunned. After careful inquiry, he took a deep breath, "What must come will eventually arrive. How is the preparation on the other side?"

He had made as many preparations as possible.

The Starship is immensely powerful; dealing with those ordinary anomalies is as easy as cutting grass. The number on their side determines that they can only rely on strategy.

Zhang Kui's response plan remains rooted in the array tactics.

Although the Underworld is rich in Spiritual Qi, it's entirely interspersed with the Star Array and the light of the sun and moon stars, leaving the earth veins dead silent and the earth Qi chaotic, making it hard to lay out a Grand Array.

Of course, Zhang Kui had a solution.

The Starship can absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, making it an ideal node to set up the Five Elements Confusing Void Killing Array and conserve energy, as long as the array remains unbroken; the incoming anomalies would all be in vain.

Seeing Zhang Kui's inquiry, Yuan Huang nodded slightly, "According to the Array Map bestowed by the Sect Leader, the ground arrangements are complete, and the captains are jointly practicing..."

While they were talking, they arrived at the periphery of the Sea of Strange, only to see the mist blocking the sky and stirring the yin clouds and black fog over a hundred miles, where fiery lights rotated continuously.

"Not bad..."

Zhang Kui nodded in approval.

Although each Starship is controlled by Yellow Turban Warriors, they are unavoidably clumsy, reliant on the abilities of each captain. The captains of the dozen or so Starships clearly did an excellent job.

At the same time, Zhang Kui also noticed the unusualness Yuan Huang mentioned.

The colossal evil tumor eggs within the Sea of Strange were inflating like balloons, their skins turning extremely transparent, while a blood-red glow pulsed like a heartbeat, and massive, bizarre black shadows wriggled within.

"You all stay here..."

Zhang Kui's face was solemn, "I'll go check it out. Remember, no matter the situation, do not take a single step out of the array."

After giving some instructions, Zhang Kui concealed his figure and headed again in the direction of the Immortal Sect ruins.

The sights along the way were terrifying; most Monarchs hidden in the Sea of Strange had hatched and seemed ready to emerge at any time.

Zhang Kui maintained a stern countenance but did not act.

There is a hierarchy among these Monarchs of the Strange, and the ones guarding the periphery are undoubtedly weaker; the core of the Sea of Strange is where the main force resides.

These creatures absorbing the Immortal Sect's power might mutate into unimaginable forms...

In just a moment, he had reached the core of the Sea of Strange.

The once sky-high broken pillars of the Immortal Sect remained, but the anomalous evil tumors had begun swelling, each hanging on the Immortal Pillars like fruit about to ripen.

Zhang Kui's eyes were full of gravity; thankfully, he had planned to act in advance.

His primary concern was undoubtedly those hanging entities. Despite the fierce Sword Qi from his Immortal Sword, he wasn't confident of a guaranteed victory, uncertain of the current conditions.

Thinking of this, he swiftly prepared to fly up for a closer inspection.

Boom!

Just as he was about to move, seemingly provoked by the Sword Qi from the Immortal Sword, a massive tumor in front of him erupted suddenly.

Roar!

A mountain-sized anomaly roared to the sky, dripping with viscous slime as its insane, malevolent Qi Mechanism swept the surroundings.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In a chain reaction, the enormous tumors exploded violently, with Monarchs of the Strange of various forms emerging.

Some were humanoid but with indistinct faces; others were giant beasts, and many had tentacles and carapaces flying wildly, their appearances unimaginably chaotic.

Buzz!

A massive meatball covered in eyeballs suddenly floated up, all eyes fixating on him.

Damn, I've been discovered.

After the birth of the Monarchs of the Strange, the whole Sea of Strange in the Underworld boiled over, with endless frenzied howls rising, even dispersing the black fog to reveal a crimson starry sky.

Roar!

A beast-like Monarch of the Strange suddenly appeared overhead, its colossal claws enveloping in boundless black light, fiercely descending upon Zhang Kui.

Spatial traversal?

That seems about right...

Zhang Kui dodged effortlessly, his full attention was on the sky above; with the black fog cleared, everything was visible.

Beneath the crimson starry sky, the massive evil tumor akin to mountain ranges began to crack.

Simultaneously, the periphery of the Sea of Strange surged turbulently, seemingly unshackled, rushing at Yuan Huang and the others with maddened howls.

"Quick, guard the array well!"

Yuan Huang and the Celestial Pavilion's demons watched in terror, quickly activating the Five Elements Confusing Void Killing Array.

"No time left..."

Zhang Kui took a deep breath as he gripped the hilt of the Immortal Sword behind him with his right hand.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Strange sounds echoed between heaven and earth, causing the entire space to tremble, and stone blocks roared into the air.

Zhang Kui gritted his teeth, his right arm's muscles trembling continuously before he suddenly roared:

"Break!"

A streak of purple flashed as the colossal pillars piercing the clouds began to fall in the rumbling noise...