Chapter 449 Predicament

Monarch Peacock stood in the vast black river and stared at the True Martial domain in the distance.

Monarch Peacock thought to himself, King True Martial is much stronger than before; he’s even harder to deal with now.

The True Martial domain in front of him was like a huge turtle shell. It could resist the Black River Array Formation and greatly weaken his divine power—Heaven Devouring.

Without cracking the True Martial domain, it would be very difficult for them to kill the Godfiends.

“Black River Guard, use your full strength to attack King True Martial’s domain,” said Monarch Peacock. “Strings, you and I will deal with King True Martial together.”

“Alright,” replied the distant Holy Lady Strings. Instead of getting close to the Godfiends, she hid about 35 kilometers away. She was clearly afraid of King Thousand Wood’s Magic Awl.

“Rise.” The Eighteen Black River Guard simultaneously activated the Black River Array Formation with another method.

Black chains formed in the black river. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of black chains surrounded the True Martial domain.

More than half of the black river’s power is gathered in the chains. It’ll definitely crush this True Martial domain. The Eighteen Black River Guard’s eyes were filled with ferocious killing intent.

Not good! Meng Chuan saw the black chains wrap around the True Martial domain. They wrapped around it and shrunk rapidly.

The expressions of the Godfiends changed.

King True Martial, Meng Chuan, and King Transcendence were still standing in the domain. King Molten, King Thousand Wood, King Calm Sea, and Dao Protector Wang Shan had already hidden in the Fire Refinement Star Cauldron. The cauldron’s walls had become translucent, and the Regis Godfiends-who were protected inside—could clearly see what was happening outside.

“Trying to crack my domain?” King True Martial snorted coldly. The black-and-white Yin-Yang disc spun as it constantly diverted the pressure exerted by the chains. The True Martial domain gradually shrank under the pressure. 900 feet, 800 feet… However, it quickly expanded. 850 feet, 900 feet…

This situation see-sawed between both parties as they alternated between leading forces. The True Martial domain would occasionally shrink before it would exert its own pressure and expand, allowing it to divert the force exerted by the chains.

Boom!

A spear tore through the black river and pierced towards the Godfiends; it was Monarch Peacock’s terrifying spear.

He clearly wanted to take advantage of King True Martial being distracted by the chains and attack him head-on.

King True Martial executed a palm art. His True Martial Seven Absolutes contained palm techniques, finger techniques, claw techniques, fist techniques, and so on. In terms of killing enemies, his fist techniques were the most domineering. His palm techniques were the best when it came to defense. At that moment, his palm projection traversed a few kilometers. The palm project was covered with a blurry, gray light as it tore through the black river water and blocked the terrifying spear.

Boom!

The long spear brought with it a destructive might, shattering everything in its way.

King True Martial’s palm technique seemed to be extremely mild, but it actually fused both Yin and Yang, allowing it to divert the infinitely powerful force emanating from the spear.

Whoosh.

Even after all his efforts, King True Martial was still sent flying back several kilometer True Martial domain naturally followed. However, he didn’t suffer any damage since most of the spear’s force had been diverted.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Monarch Peacock was extremely violent. His spear enlarged—becoming several kilometers long-as he attacked repeatedly. His moves were much cruder than King True Martial’s; they could only be described with one word – violent!

The spear served as the conduit for Monarch Peacock’s terrifying strength as he sent waves of attacks at King True Martial-each strike stronger than the last.

Every strike sent King True Martial flying backward.

At the same time, he found it very difficult to divert his attention to resist the Black River Array Formation’s chains and Monarch Peacock’s relentless attacks.

This is the moment. Holy Lady Strings had been secretly watching this entire time. She seized the opportunity to attack. Countless Nine Lives Cocoons threads suddenly merged to form a white snake—which then charged out from the black river and into the True Martial domain.

The black chains naturally opened a gap in the True Martial domain and allowed the white snake to burrow in. This sneak attack was as fast as lightning, and it had been timed just as King True Martial barely blocked Monarch Peacock’s seventh strike.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The Bloodblades formed a sphere that was dozens of feet wide. They spun and blocked the white snake’s terrifying attack. Meng Chuan had controlled his Bloodblades to help King True Martial block the attack.

“King Eastcalm, Meng Chuan?” Holy Lady Strings was extremely furious.

“Thank you, Junior Brother Meng,” said King True Martial via voice transmission as he recovered from Monarch Peacock’s blow. Even without Meng Chuan’s help, he would’ve still been able to block the attack forcefully, but his injuries would worsen.

“I can only help a little in the defense.” Meng Chuan struggled to block the white snake’s attacks.

The white snake-which Holy Lady Strings had condensed with all her might with the Nine Lives Cocoon threads-was definitely as strong as a peak Creation realm expert. However, the True Martial domain was too powerful. Even the Black River Array Formation was unable to penetrate it completely. The white snake was suppressed, distorted, and worn down by the True Martial domain, leaving only about 50% of its strength left.

The Bloodblade Disc was best at defense, so it was able to block the attack, but it was still a struggle for Meng Chuan to do so. Every time they clashed, the Bloodblades, as though they were about to be destroyed.

The 18 Bloodblades swam like fish, forming an array formation. The Bloodblades formed a small world as they did their best to withstand the impact.

Even with the True Martial domain reducing its might, it’s still very difficult for me to withstand its attacks. My realm is still too low.

With a low cultivation realm, he could only control the layers of runic formations contained within the Bloodblade Disc on a superficial level.

The demons were also vexed by the situation.

Although Monarch Peacock was extremely ferocious and suppressed his opponent, King True Martial was completely able to withstand his attacks. The Black River Array Formation was also unable to invade the True Martial domain successfully.

“Everyone, do any of you have a way to deal with these Godfiends?” Monarch Peacock frowned and sent a voice transmission.

“King True Martial is currently controlling his domain with all his might. The Black River Array Formation can’t even crack it. My black dragon clones can’t enter either,” said Patriarch Poison Dragon via voice transmission. “There’s nothing I can do.”

Holy Lady Strings sent a voice transmission. “He’s using his True Martial domain with all his might. Ordinary demon sages will probably be pulverized if they enter. My Nine Lives Cocoon threads have formed a white snake. Its strength gets halved by the domain’s suppression, allowing even Meng Chuan to block it.”

Monarch Peacock frowned.

“Then there’s only one solution,” said Monarch Peacock via voice transmission. “Black River Guard, I’ll have to trouble you to isolate the world and prevent them from absorbing the Heaven and Earth powers.” “Alright,” replied the Eighteen Black River Guard.

The Black River Array Formation had many functions. However, most of these functions couldn’t be utilized since the Godfiends were hiding inside the True Martial Domain.

As the surging river water enveloped the True Martial domain, countless runes appeared on the Eighteen Black River Guard’s bodies.

“What happened?”

King True Martial, Meng Chuan, and King Transcendence’s expressions changed slightly.

As Godfiends, their bodies naturally absorbed the Heaven and Earth powers. It was akin to a mortal breathing. However, after the Heaven and Earth powers inside the True Martial domain were absorbed by their bodies, they didn’t absorb any more.

The Heaven and Earth powers have been cut off? King True Martial’s expression changed slightly.

“King True Martial, I’m impressed by your strength.” Monarch Peacock held his spear and looked at the True Martial domain from afar. He said indifferently, “As long as you resist, you will constantly use Quintessential Essence. I want to see how long you can last when you’re consuming your Quintessential Essence at such an insane rate without the Heaven and Earth powers replenishing your reserves.”

The demons used the Black River Array Formation’s chains to suppress the True Martial domain, isolating the Heaven and Earth powers from the Godfiends. They then continued this battle of attrition.

Meng Chuan and King True Martial could sense the seriousness of the situation.

“Everyone, do you have a solution?” asked King True Martial.

“Hide in the cauldron. We’ll rely on the cauldron to hold them off. It will give us some time,” said King Molten with a frown.

However, King Northcleanse beside him said, “You also consume quite a lot of energy when you use the Fire Refinement Star Cauldron.”

“King Transcendence can enter the shadow world and escape this array formation,” said Wang Shan as he thought of solutions.

“It’s useless.” King True Martial said, “Yes, King Transcendence can escape, but we consume Quintessential Essence too quickly. No matter how many pills we have brought, we won’t be able to last long. Even if we have a small grotto-heaven, the small grotto-heaven’s Heaven and Earth powers will only last us a month. I believe the demons won’t let King Transcendence freely enter and exit the human world and the World Gap.”

“The most troublesome thing is…” Meng Chuan looked outside and said solemnly, “Even if we can withstand them and continue doing so, we won’t be able to leave. While we’re defending, we can only watch the demons draw a map of the World Gap’s connection points. They can then send fifth Firmament demon monarchs into our human world.”

King True Martial nodded. “That’s right. Being trapped here implies that we have failed our mission.”