bioinnovel Chapter 267 The Abyss Appears, A Desperate Counterattack!
Chapter 267 The Abyss Appears, A Desperate Counterattack!
Corrosive black rain, like a curtain of death, descended upon the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet.
Before the black rain even arrived, a pungent stench already filled the sea and sky, and the steel hulls hissed under the strain.
At the critical moment, a wall of fire shot into the sky!
Ma Tao's beard and hair stood on end, and he held the Zhurong staff high above his head.
Behind him, the phantom of the fire god Zhurong roared to the sky, and boundless flames surged from the void, transforming into a ring of fire a hundred meters high, protecting the entire Chinese fleet within it.
Chi Chi Chi -!
Black rain fell into the sea of fire, producing a sickening corrosive sound.
Flames and black mist intertwined, rising into a sky full of gray smoke.
The wall of fire trembled violently, and Ma Tao groaned, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. Clearly, the corrosiveness of this black rain far exceeded expectations, and even the power of the God of Fire could not completely purify it.
"Elder Yuan!" Ma Tao roared hoarsely.
"They're here!"
Yuan Qingsheng leaped up, and Gonggong's halberd plunged straight into the sea.
Behind him, the phantom of Gonggong pressed his hands down, and the entire sea boiled!
Towering waves rose from the ground, forming a thousand-meter-long water curtain outside the wall of fire.
The water curtain spun, forming a huge vortex that swept the remaining black rain into the deep sea.
Water and fire mingled, steam filled the air.
Upon seeing this, the first demon that emerged let out an angry roar.
With a twist of its body, it abandoned the fleet and pounced on the nearest Pigsy.
Although the demon was insane, it instinctively sensed that the fat man carrying the rake posed the greatest threat!
"Oh dear, you've come after me, Old Pig?" Pigsy grinned, but there was no mirth in his eyes. "Then let me show you the methods of Marshal Tianpeng!"
The nine-toothed rake swung in a circle, and nine columns of water exploded on the sea surface.
Each jet of water transformed into a water dragon, baring its fangs and claws as it lunged at the demon.
The demon neither dodged nor avoided, its decaying body enduring the nine water dragons head-on.
Black blood splattered, bone spikes broke, but its speed did not decrease at all, and its giant claws were already at Pigsy's face!
"Such tough skin!" Pigsy's expression changed slightly, and he blocked with his rake.
clang--!
The clang of metal on metal was so powerful that Pigsy was forced back three steps, and a huge crater was blown into the sea beneath his feet.
"Big Brother! This thing is not easy to deal with!" Pigsy exclaimed urgently.
Sun Wukong was engaged in fierce combat with the man in black robes when he heard this. His fiery eyes swept over the man and he shouted:
"That's a Netherworld Demon General! Born for slaughter! Foolish boy, don't fight it head-on, hold it off!"
Before the words were even finished, the black-robed man's claws were already upon them.
Sun Wukong swept his golden cudgel across, the runes on the cudgel shining like the blazing sun, colliding with the Shield of Ten Thousand Grievances once more.
This time, thousands of pained faces on the shield howled in unison, and the sound waves transformed into solid black blades, shooting towards Sun Wukong in a barrage!
"A mere trick!" Sun Wukong sneered, opened his mouth, and spat out a stream of flame.
Golden flames surged like a tidal wave, incinerating the black blade completely.
The flames continued their relentless advance, heading straight for the black-robed man!
The crimson light beneath the black-robed man's mask finally revealed its astonishment.
He swung his claws rapidly, creating layers of black curtains in front of him, and then retreated violently.
boom!
The Samadhi True Fire collided with the darkness, bursting forth with blinding light.
The black curtain crumbled layer by layer, and the man in black robes groaned as he was sent flying hundreds of meters backward. His black robes ripped apart, revealing a body covered in jet-black scales.
Three beating black hearts were embedded in the chest of the body, and eight bone spurs extended from the back, each topped with a wailing phantom of a soul.
"What... exactly are you?"
Sun Wukong's fiery eyes swept over it, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"Heh heh... ha ha ha..." The man in black robes steadied himself, his voice maniacal. "Do you see that? This is evolution! Abandoning fragile flesh and blood, embracing eternal power!"
He spread his arms, and the black pillar of light behind him surged again.
From the crack, three more demon generals struggled to crawl out!
"Not good!" Tang Sanzang shone with Buddha's light, trying to purify the crack, but the black light was too dense, and the Buddha's light was like a mud ox entering the sea.
"This crack is absorbing the earth's yin energy; if it's not sealed soon, it will keep getting bigger!"
At this moment, the battle situation was completely chaotic.
Sun Wukong fights the man in black robes alone.
Sun Wukong: "If my true form could come here, I could blow you up with one blow!"
The man in black robes sneered.
Pigsy was locked in a fierce battle with the first demon general, facing numerous perilous situations.
Tang Sanzang, Yuan Qingsheng, and Ma Tao joined forces and barely managed to hold off the newly appeared three-headed demon general.
Meanwhile, the Western gods—
The phantom of Zeus's expression shifted constantly.
He looked at the phantom images of Athena and Venus, communicating with them telepathically:
"This madman opened something he shouldn't have. Once the Nine Nether Abyss is fully opened, Olympus will also be doomed."
"But what about China..." Athena's phantom hesitated.
"Let's join forces to seal the rift first!" Zeus's phantom decided decisively. "We can settle our scores later!"
The three divine phantoms reached a consensus and simultaneously turned their attention to each other!
Zeus raised his thunder scepter high, and countless bolts of lightning struck the black pillar of light.
Athena hurled her spear, which transformed into a golden meteor that pierced straight into the core of the rift.
The pink divine light of Venus transformed into countless chains, binding the emerging demon general.
"Western gods, how dare you!"
The man in black robes shouted angrily, trying to stop him, but was forced back by Sun Wukong's staff.
"Hahahaha!" Sun Wukong laughed loudly, "Interesting! Interesting! Let's beat up this madman first, then settle accounts with you!"
His golden cudgel attacks became even fiercer, each strike containing the power to shatter the void, forcing the man in black robes to retreat repeatedly.
At this moment, Su Fan finally caught his breath.
Having just withstood the thunderous sword of Zeus and forcibly merged four powers, his meridians were broken in many places, and his divine power was almost exhausted.
But looking at the apocalyptic scene before him, he knew he couldn't give up.
"System..." Su Fan called out in his mind, "How many popularity points do I have left?"
Current popularity: 5800 million
"If I exchange all of it, what can I get for it?"
[Recommended Exchange: Nine-Turn Golden Pill (Imitation) x1, requires 5 million popularity points. Effects: Instantly restores all injuries and divine power, and briefly raises the user's cultivation level by one small realm, lasting for 000 minutes. Side effects: Weakness lasts for three days after the effects wear off.]
"Change!"
[Exchange successful, remaining popularity points: 800 million]
A pill the size of a longan, shimmering with golden light, appeared in Su Fan's palm.
Su Fan swallowed it without hesitation.
boom--!
The immense medicinal power exploded within his body, the severed meridians healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the depleted divine power surged forth like a tidal wave.
Even more terrifying was that his aura continued to rise, and he broke through the bottleneck in one fell swoop, briefly stepping into the realm of demigod!
Although it's only temporary, it's enough!
"Everyone!" Su Fan soared into the air, his voice echoing across the battlefield, "Follow me to seal the rift!"
He formed a hand seal, and the three cauldrons inside his body flew out simultaneously.
The Jizhou Cauldron, the Qingzhou Cauldron, and the Yangzhou Cauldron spun in the air, their blue light intertwining to form a massive Three Powers Array.
The array covered an area of ten miles, firmly locking the black pillar of light.
"The Three Powers Demon-Sealing Formation, activate!"
Su Fan roared, and the array diagram pressed down.
The blue and black light collided violently, producing a piercing friction sound, and the speed at which the crack expanded slowed down significantly!
"Good lad!" Pigsy exclaimed joyfully, "There's hope!"
"It's not enough!" Tang Sanzang saw it clearly. "One of the three cauldrons is missing, and the formation is incomplete. This formation alone can only delay, not seal!"
Su Fan gritted his teeth; he knew Tang Sanzang was right.
The spirit of the Xuzhou Cauldron has been lost, and the four cauldrons are incomplete, so the power of this formation is less than 30%.
What should I do?
At that moment, a sudden change occurred—
A deafening roar suddenly erupted from the direction of the Western fleet!
A US destroyer exploded without warning, flames shooting into the sky. Then, a second, a third…
"What's going on?!" Apollo, the God of War, turned around in shock and anger.
From the wreckage of the exploded warships, countless twisted black tentacles emerged.
The tentacles were covered with eyes, each one gleaming with the same crimson light as the man in the black robe.
"It's a demonic seed!" Hermes, the God-Slayer, exclaimed, his face ashen. "He planted a demonic seed on our ship!"
It turns out that the man in black robes had already tampered with the fleets of various countries.
He corrupted some of the crew members with evil energy, planting seeds of evil within them.
At this moment, the Nine Nether Rift opened, and the concentration of evil energy reached its peak, instantly activating these demonic seeds!
Not only the American fleet, but also the Russian fleet, the Western alliance fleet, and almost all the fleets present experienced explosions and chaos to varying degrees.
Black tentacles spread wildly, wrapping around the ship's hull and devouring the crew.
Screams, explosions, and alarms mingled together, turning the waters around Midway into a complete hell!
"He's gone mad...he's completely gone mad..."
"Venus the God-Keeper," she murmured, fear appearing in her eyes for the first time.
The man in black robes is dragging everyone down with him!
"Hahahahaha!"
The man in black robes laughed wildly, his laughter remaining insane even as he was forced to retreat by Sun Wukong.
"Do you see that? This is the cleansing! Everything old will be destroyed, and a new world will be reborn from the ruins!"
"Rebirth my ass!" Sun Wukong smashed three bone spurs from the black-robed man's head with his staff. "I'll send you to meet the King of Hell first!"
The battle reached its climax.
Meanwhile, Su Fan is under even greater pressure.
As if sensing the threat of the Three Talents Sealing Demon Formation, those black tentacles split off into dozens, rushing towards Su Fan like giant pythons!
"Protect Advisor Su!"
Chen Zhan roared and led two hundred Divine Warriors to form a battle formation to meet the enemy.
However, most of these Divine Masters were only at the sixth rank, and they were no match for the tentacles that were close to the eighth rank.
In a single encounter, more than a dozen people were pierced by tentacles, screaming as they turned into black liquid.
"Damn it!" Zhao Dabao's eyes turned red.
He raised the magnifying glass of misfortune, wanting to help, but his shout had already exhausted the reserves of the laws of misfortune, and now the mirror was dim and unusable.
Just then, a weak voice rang out:
"Let...let me try..."
Everyone turned around and saw a figure struggling to stand up on the aircraft carrier deck.
It's Lin Qingge!
She was recovering from her injuries in Donghai and did not come with the team.
But sensing the changes at Midway, he rushed over despite his unhealed injuries!
At this moment, her face was as pale as paper, and the Empress's mark between her eyebrows was dim and lifeless, clearly indicating that her injuries were extremely serious.
But her eyes were resolute as she walked step by step to the edge of the deck.
"Qingge, you..."
Su Fan's heart tightened.
"Teacher Su Fan." Lin Qingge turned around and gave him a weak smile. "The Goddess Mazu said... the sea must not be dirty."
She opened her arms and jumped into the sea.
"Qingge!" Su Fan's eyes widened in fury.
The next second—
The entire sea area came alive.
Centered on the point where Lin Qingge fell into the water, the sea within a radius of a hundred miles trembled simultaneously.
Countless blue lights rose from the seabed, the essence of the sea that had been dormant for thousands of years.
The points of light converged and condensed into a huge phantom image of Mazu beneath Lin Qingge.
This phantom was more solid and larger than any before, almost reaching the sky.
"I am the Heavenly Queen, ruling over the four seas."
Lin Qingge's voice overlapped with the divine voice of Mazu, resounding throughout heaven and earth.
"How dare you, filthy creature, defile my territory!"
The phantom of Mazu raised her hand, and four water tornadoes rose from the sea, reaching the sky.
The tornado contains purifying power; wherever it passes, the black tentacles melt away like ice and snow.
Not only that, seawater began to flood into the Nine Netherworld Cracks!
Endless seawater surged into the black pillar of light, clashing fiercely with the evil energy.
Water can overcome evil; this is a fundamental principle of nature.
Although it couldn't completely seal the crack, it greatly slowed down the speed at which the demon general crawled out.
"Alright!" Seeing this, the phantom of Zeus unleashed a blinding light from his thunder scepter. "Now's the time to join forces and seal it away!"
He looked at Su Fan and sent a thought: "Young man from the East, open a corner of the Three Talents Formation so that I can inject my thunderous power!"
Su Fan hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
This is not the time to dwell on grudges.
He manipulated the Three Talents Formation, creating a gap in the northeast corner.
Zeus's phantom pointed his thunder scepter, and ten thousand golden lightning bolts poured into the formation.
Thunder, being extremely yang and powerful, is the nemesis of evil.
The array's power surged, and strands of golden light appeared within the azure glow.
Upon seeing this, the phantom of Athena hurled her spear, which transformed into divine light of wisdom and merged into the southwest corner of the array.
The phantom of Venus hesitated for a moment, then released the divine power of love and beauty. This power, though not good at attacking, could purify the soul and weaken the malevolent energy of evil.
At this moment, the divine powers of the East and West have joined forces in an unprecedented way!
The Three Talents Formation Diagram, blessed by three deities, has its power increased tenfold.
The blue and golden light intertwined, transforming into a giant net that covered the sky and earth, descending upon the black pillar of light.
"No--!"
The man in black robes screamed and tried to stop them, but Sun Wukong smashed him into the sea with his staff.
The giant net fell and collided violently with the black beam of light.
This time, Blacklight suffered a crushing defeat!
The crack began to shrink, and the fourth demon general, who had already crawled out halfway, let out an unwilling roar and was forcibly dragged back into the abyss.
"It works!" Pigsy exclaimed happily. "Keep it up!"
Everyone gave it their all.
Sun Wukong's golden cudgel rained down on the man in black, giving him no chance to retaliate.
Lin Qingge manipulated the illusory image of Mazu, causing seawater to continuously flow back in.
Su Fan burned his life essence to maintain the operation of the Three Talents Formation.
Tang Sanzang, Yuan Qingsheng, Ma Tao, the Seven Western Gods, two hundred Chinese Gods...
Everyone is working desperately!
The man in black robes was slammed into the sea by Sun Wukong, but then burst into maniacal laughter:
"You think... that's all?"
The three black hearts in his chest exploded simultaneously!
Black blood gushed out and merged into the seawater, instantly turning the entire sea area into an ink pool.
"With my very essence, I offer myself to the Nine Netherworlds—" the black-robed man's voice was hoarse, "I respectfully invite... the Demon Lord to descend!"
A deep, muffled heartbeat echoed from the depths of the ocean.
thump—
The heartbeat wasn't loud, but it sent shivers down everyone's spine.
Then came the second sound, the third sound...
With each heartbeat, the crack widens a little more.
From within the black pillar of light, a gigantic hand, as large as a mountain and covered in black armor, slowly emerged.
The mere pressure emanating from his palm caused Sun Wukong's expression to change drastically.
"This is... an avatar of the Nine Nether Demon Lord?!"
The Demon Lord, the ruler of the Nine Nether Abyss, possesses strength comparable to the Four Emperors of Heaven!
Even if it's just a clone, they are no match for it!
After all, the gods from both the East and West are all divine shadows!
Marshal Tianpeng (Zhu Bajie) and Tang Sanzang (Tang Sanzang) were both seriously injured and not at their peak, similar to Shenying!
"Oh no..."
"The phantom of Zeus murmured."
At this moment, the effects of the Nine-Turn Golden Pill within Su Fan's body began to wane.
A feeling of weakness washed over me like a tidal wave.
He looked at the overwhelming, sky-covering demonic hand, at the crumbling Three Talents Formation, and at the people fighting desperately...
Suddenly, he smiled.
"System," he murmured to himself, "I remember you said... that when the Nine Cauldrons are gathered, the Heavenly Gate can be opened?"
Yes. The Nine Cauldrons are divine artifacts used by Yu the Great to suppress the nine provinces. When they are all gathered together, they can summon a projection of the ancient Heavenly Court, open the Heavenly Gate, and welcome the immortals and gods.
"What if... there are only eight tripods?"
[Without all eight cauldrons intact, the Heavenly Gate cannot be opened. However, at the cost of burning one's life force, it might be possible to forcibly summon a fragmented projection and sustain it for three breaths.]
"Three breaths...that's enough."
Su Fan took a deep breath, a resolute glint in his eyes.
He looked at Tang Sanzang, at Zhu Bajie, at Sun Wukong, and at everyone.
"Fellow veterans, fellow comrades."
His voice was calm, yet it reached everyone's ears clearly.
"Help me... buy myself three breaths."
"In three breaths, I will come... to end all of this."
After saying this, he sat cross-legged in the void without waiting for anyone's response.
With his hands forming a mudra, three cauldrons flew out from his body and hovered above his head.
Immediately afterwards, he bit his tongue and spat a mouthful of his life essence onto the three cauldrons.
The essence and blood burned, turning into blood flames.
Amidst the blood flames, Su Fan's life force began to drain away frantically.
What he needs to do is to use life as a catalyst and the three cauldrons as a foundation to forcibly summon...
A fragmented projection of the ancient celestial court!