Chapter Eighty-Nine: Six Slaughters

Annihilate!

The Pure Sun Master, gaunt as a skeleton, old and emaciated, gave a sharp cry when the dark blood came surging in, and swept his emerald whisk through the void.

The Pure Sun Diagram trembled. Vast patterns of radiant yang burst forth, turning into brilliant crimson sigils that roared like searing heavenly fire toward the strange pool of blood.

With a thunderous crash, the scarlet blaze swallowed that pool of corruption.

"Hm?"

The gaunt elder frowned. That pool of tainted blood was peculiar; suspended within the Pure Sun sacred fire, it showed no sign of being dissolved. Instead it released a ghostly, baleful resentment, growing ever more vivid and dense, an aura profoundly unsettling to behold.

"Hahaha, you old Pure Sun dog! Within that are the grievances and agony of billions of dead souls. You will never purify it in this life or the next!" Evil Man Li laughed at the sight.

"To slaughter billions of living beings and offer blood sacrifice to a shrine—such a heavy resentment, such terrible evil! Pure Sun will not suffer such a vile scourge!" said a middle-aged man wrapped in purple ninefold fire, with an eagle beak nose and cold, narrow eyes. He was also a mighty heaven-cutting expert.

He pointed toward the army of star fiends. At once, the sun, moon, and stars hovering above the Pure Sun Diagram descended in suppression, even the surrounding void beginning to distort.

As the purple-flame daoist struck, the sun, moon, and stars blazed scorching hot; their heat was terrifying, melting gold and stone, and hundreds upon thousands of star fiends were burned to ash.

"Hmph, I prepared that pool of blood for your Pure Sun Diagram for several months. Don't think you can escape!" Evil Man Li's expression turned vicious. As he spoke, the lightning mark at his brow suddenly flared, and the shrine above his head even emitted a string of eerie cackles. The strange blood floating in the pool abruptly turned into a blood arrow, which shot with a hiss toward the Pure Sun Diagram.

"Not good!" the man in purple ninefold fire changed color.

The blood arrow was too fast. It struck the diagram in an instant, and after bursting apart, it was like a mosquito exploding, splashing out a pool of bright red that was shockingly conspicuous.

"Ah! What is this? Blood rain from the sky!"

"Save me! Hurry, save me!"

On the spiritual peaks within the world of the Pure Sun Diagram, disciples had been wandering and observing the outside world with curiosity. Then, all at once, blood rain came pouring down, dripping onto their bodies and corroding flesh and bone in an instant.

"Return at once to the Pure Sun Hall."

The gaunt elder frowned and gave a low cry that echoed throughout the entire Pure Sun Diagram. These sect disciples were not strong enough yet, and could easily be corroded.

"Quick, go back!"

"The star fiends outside have slain countless people and refined living souls. This is blood born of suffering—do not let it touch you!" cried the many disciples within the Pure Sun Diagram.

Boom!

A fire spirit of blazing solar power appeared above the Pure Sun Diagram. Its body bore nine apertures, resembling a star howl beast, and in the center of its form was set a crimson, glowing crystal core.

This was the artifact spirit of this dao treasure, the Fire Spirit.

"My situation is poor. That pool of strange blood is filled with such vicious rancor that it has suppressed forty percent of my strength. The Six Slaughters Pure Sun Grand Array will also be affected. Hurry and help drive it out."

The Fire Spirit's voice was grave.

Everyone was shocked. The Six Slaughters Pure Sun power was supremely yang and rigid, capable of refining stars and firmament, fierce beyond measure. Yet now a mere pool of blood had actually severely wounded the spirit of the dao treasure.

"Hahaha!"

Evil Man Li's gaze was sinister. Licking his lips, he laughed. "Imperial Night, Zhao Black Dragon, what are you waiting for? That pool of blood has greatly weakened the Pure Sun Diagram. This is the perfect time to strike!"

"Very well!"

Zhao Black Dragon's eyes turned cold. He bore a deep grudge against Pure Sun. Since the enemy was wounded, he would take the life of the wounded.

With a deafening boom, the dark shrine shot toward the sky and transformed into a black sun, swallowing all surrounding light and letting down boundless deathly aura.

In an instant, black mist churned and surged here. More than ten thousand star fiends threw themselves of their own accord into the black sun, and black armor with ancient secret patterns凝聚 upon their bodies, as though they had walked out of hell itself.

"What immense power! Watch me tear apart these old Pure Sun bastards!"

A burly star fiend wielding a pitch-black ancient spear emerged from the black sun, as if undergoing some sort of transformation. He let out a ferocious, gleeful grin, eyes burning with excitement as he stared at the Pure Sun Diagram.

Boom!

The pitch-black ancient spear was hurled, shattering the crest of a mountain.

Immediately after, more than a hundred star fiends charged into the slaughter.

"That shrine... can actually strengthen those tens of thousands of star fiends," the man in purple ninefold fire said in shock.

"These people came prepared. Activate the Six Slaughters Pure Sun Grand Array at once."

The gaunt elder was utterly calm. A pure white bottle appeared in his hand, and from it immediately flew a strand of crystalline spirit liquid, radiating holy, immaculate energy. It poured over the Pure Sun Diagram, slightly restraining the erosion of the shrine's blood corruption.

"Heaven Slaughter Sword Yang Kill."

The man in purple ninefold fire gave a low cry and formed hand seals. Heaven-cutting spiritual energy erupted wildly. Nine hundred ninety-nine crimson sword lights, dazzling with sharp brilliance, swept across heaven and earth.

"Ah!"

Within the sword light, one star fiend after another screamed in agony. The sword light pierced their bodies and sealed their spiritual cores. As golden-red flames burned with it, they were actually about to be incinerated clean.

"I will return!" a star fiend roared.

Crack!

The black armor vanished, becoming a strand of black light that carried the man back into the black sun. Before long, he appeared again.

"This man can actually be reborn. At this rate they will come endlessly," Yan Youxing said, his pupils tightening as he stared at the black sun. Soon, his gaze flicked aside to the top of Zhao Black Dragon's head. With a cold smile, a corner of the Pure Sun Diagram beneath him burst forth in brilliance.

"Flaying Slaughter Wheel Yang Kill!"

A five-edged yang wheel condensed out of the diagram and whirled toward Zhao Black Dragon, aimed straight at the dark shrine above his head.

It was clear that the black sun and the shrine were tightly linked, capable of creating an undead army. If the shrine were destroyed, the latter would naturally collapse.

"You want to flay my shrine?"

With a sweep of his five fingers, Zhao Black Dragon tore two pitch-black wings through the void. With a sharp clang, they slammed violently against the razor-edged yang wheel.

Cracks appeared in the black wings, countless feathers falling in a flurry, while the yang wheel itself dimmed considerably.

"Strike together."

The gaunt elder spoke. Radiant patterns beneath him blazed, and the emerald whisk released thousands of entwining strands, sweeping toward the star fiends emerging one after another from the black sun.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

As the battle reached fever pitch, the scent of blood gradually spread through the surrounding air.

"Hu Guyuan, Supreme Elder of Pure Sun, three hundred years ago you hunted me down twelve times and forced me into the Star Nest forbidden zone. Let us settle that debt properly!"

The Elder of Imperial Night spoke in a hoarse voice, his gaze dark and icy as he looked toward the southeastern corner of the Pure Sun Diagram. There, seated cross-legged, was an elderly man in a green robe, with a lofty face, a long beard hanging to his chest, and a shocking dark scar at his temple.

"Imperial Night."

Hu Guyuan in green robes spoke coolly. With both hands pressed together, he summoned four blazing scarlet beams.

He held the Slaughter Seat, and when he acted, he released four yang beams in a single breath. In an instant they could annihilate the souls of those star fiends, even leaving the black light no time to protect them. His power was immense.

"Die!"

The Elder of Imperial Night seized the yellow-skinned shrine and enlarged it in an instant. Like a mountain blocking the heavens, it crashed down toward Hu Guyuan with overwhelming force.

At once, this corner of the Pure Sun Diagram shook violently. The spiritual peaks within seemed ready to collapse, rocks rolling down in heaps. The attack of the Elder of Imperial Night directly affected the world of the dao artifact.