madnovel Chapter 390 Qiongqi
Chapter 390 Qiongqi
With the help of the aerial monsters, the first batch of monsters had already climbed onto the city wall. The city gate, which was made of ancient meteorite iron, began to sway precariously. This city gate, which had once blocked the attacks of countless monsters, had lost the protection of the barrier and was now extremely vulnerable.
The Golden Priest, seeing this, had no intention of getting entangled in a fight with the Golden-Beaked Demon Eagle. After releasing countless sword beams to block his opponent, he rushed towards the breach, determined to stop these demonic beasts outside Crescent City no matter what.
"Hmph, like ants trying to shake a tree. Without the barrier, what will you use to stop my army of demonic beasts?" Qiongqi sneered as it watched, then flapped its wings and arrived at the Golden Priest's side in the blink of an eye.
"Ice Burial!" Qiongqi shouted coldly, and countless ice crystals were projected from his tiger claws, burying the Golden Priest in the blink of an eye. Then, Qiongqi slammed his fist on the frozen ice, and the ice shattered into dust.
After the ice crystals shattered and scattered on the ground, the figure of the Golden Priest was revealed. His hair was disheveled, and he was panting heavily. At the critical moment, he did his best to set up a strong shield around himself. Although he barely escaped, his pale face showed that he was not in good condition. In just one round, he was seriously injured.
It should be noted that the Golden Priest is the head of the five high priests, and his strength is close to the peak of the ninth level of spiritual power. However, he was no match for the Demon Lord Qiongqi. As expected of the king of all demons, his strength is terrifying.
"I didn't expect you to have some strength, but it's nothing but a death throes." Qiongqi looked at the Golden Priest with icy eyes and an arrogant expression, and the blue light ball gathered again in Qiongqi's claws.
The icy chill had seeped into the Golden Priest's very bones; he was no longer able to withstand the opponent's fatal blow.
Despair spread through his heart. He finally understood that Crescent City would be destroyed by his own hands today. Tears of regret welled up in his eyes. Although he looked to be in his prime, the Golden Priest's face showed the look of someone who was old and frail.
Perhaps things wouldn't have turned out this way if that man were still alive. He suddenly realized that no matter how hard he tried, he could never catch up to even a tenth of his level.
The four priests of wood, water, fire, and earth flew in from four directions almost simultaneously, launching a fatal attack on Qiongqi with all their might before Qiongqi could launch its final blow against the gold priest.
Although the five high priests were not usually on good terms, now that a formidable enemy was at stake and Crescent City was facing a life-or-death crisis, they instinctively gathered together to fight the enemy when they saw their companion in distress.
A red pentagram appeared beneath Qiongqi, from which dark red, blood-like magma surged forth, transforming into countless tentacles that gripped Qiongqi's limbs as if they were alive. Just as Qiongqi was about to flap its wings to dodge, glowing ghost vines suddenly emerged from its body, tightly binding its wings. A massive meteorite fell from the sky, slamming Qiongqi directly to the ground.
At the same time, five huge bronze pillars appeared around Qiongqi, with chains extending from all four sides to lock onto its neck and limbs.
"With my blood as the guide, with your sins as the offering—" The ancient chanting sound seemed to come from the murmur of gods and Buddhas in the sky. The original red pentagram had turned into a boiling sea of magma on the ground, and the magma surged up and down, burning Qiongqi's body.
"Eternal destruction, the abyss opens!" The fire priest roared, blood flowing from his seven orifices. The wailing of ghosts and howls instantly filled the entire sky. Countless wronged souls and vengeful spirits rushed out of the magma, attached themselves to Qiongqi, and devoured its flesh.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the lava had completely engulfed Qiongqi, which seemed to have made no struggle at all.
"As expected of the Fire Priest's 'Eternal Purgatory,' if we can refine the demon lord in the Netherworld Mountains this time, it will be a great relief for our Blood Witch Clan." The Earth Priest hovered in mid-air, looking at the ground where only endless lava remained, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The Golden Priest frowned as he looked at the churning lava. After a while, his complexion had returned to normal. It was actually the combined power of several priests that had trapped Qiongqi, but he did not believe that Qiongqi could be defeated so easily. The strength that the opponent had just displayed was far superior to that of the group.
"I didn't expect you to have some skill, but it's a pity you're not skilled enough. Otherwise, even I would probably be unable to escape this torment of purgatory." A haughty voice suddenly came from the magma. Everyone's expression changed upon hearing this. Just as the Golden Priest was using his spiritual power to drive the molten gold liquid to further seal the magma, the cold air had already seeped out from the magma. In a few breaths, the entire magma was frozen. Even the gold liquid that the Golden Priest had just driven was frozen in ice. Not only that, the cold air was still spreading, and even the five bronze pillars that trapped it were all frozen.
"Boom!" After a deafening explosion, the ice, like a detonated cannonball, turned into endless ice shards, radiating outwards. The surging impact sent the five priests flying simultaneously. Just as the five were preparing to defend themselves, an invisible energy suddenly swept past, as if some heavy object had struck their chests. Their raised arms quickly fell back down, and Qiongqi appeared beside each of them like a ghost, wielding its sharp blue tiger claws to deliver a finishing blow to each of them.
A moment later, all five people fell to the ground, their faces pale. The Gold Priest and the Fire Priest even coughed up blood. Qiongqi stood in the center of the group, looking down at them with a look of disappointment on his face. He said arrogantly, "Really, not a single one of you can fight. Our demon race has been trapped by people like you for thousands of years."
"Hmph." The Golden Priest sneered, struggling to get up from the ground, and said as he stood up, "You vicious and wicked demons deserve to be exiled here by the Goddess Nuwa."
"Oh, if that's the case, why did you reverse the barrier and give us a chance to see the light of day again?" A mocking sneer appeared in Qiongqi's strange eyes.
"What did you say?" The Golden Priest stared at it in shock, as if struck by lightning.
"You don't actually think I can break this barrier with my power, do you? If that were the case, why would I have waited until today to massacre your Crescent City? Speaking of which, I have to thank you. If you hadn't changed the energy of the barrier, we would really have had a hard time seeing the light of day again, hahaha." Qiongqi laughed wildly, his arrogant voice almost covering the entire Crescent City.
"No, impossible." The Golden Priest looked ashen-faced. He suddenly remembered what Du Chen had told him. Could all of this be a conspiracy? And what was that person's purpose?
"Priest Gold, what exactly is going on?" Priest Wood looked at Priest Gold with a shocked expression.
The Golden Priest's gaze swept quickly over the other priests, a rare look of fear and guilt flashing in his eyes. His lips moved, but he couldn't utter a single word.
"Let me tell you," Qiongqi sneered. "Nuwa originally set up this barrier for you by borrowing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which is why it is indestructible. It was your good Golden Priest who reversed the energy of the barrier, giving me an opportunity to take advantage of it. So, we demons should thank this Golden Priest properly, hahaha!" Qiongqi laughed mockingly.
Upon hearing Qiongqi's words, the other three priests, except for the Fire Priest, all changed their expressions drastically. The Wood Priest, in particular, asked the Gold Priest in disbelief, "Gold Priest, is what it said true?"
The Golden Priest did not reply, but glared at Qiongqi with resentment, his face filled with regret and pain.
"Now that you know the truth, you should be buried along with Crescent Moon City," Qiongqi said coldly. "The demon race should return to the vibrant earth, just like the newborn sun." As he spoke, cold air gathered around him and solidified into hundreds and thousands of huge ice cones that shone with blue light, all pointing their sharp tips at the five severely injured priests.
"Secret Technique: Gravity!" The five priests did not surrender. The moment Qiongqi's ice spikes shot out, the earth priest waved his staff and unleashed his secret technique. When he projected a yellow energy onto Qiongqi with his staff, a strange phenomenon occurred: the ice spikes that had shot out from beside Qiongqi changed direction and shot back at Qiongqi itself.
Moreover, the five priests were located in the city of Crescent Moon. Since the barrier was destroyed, a large number of houses had collapsed. After the earth priest released his skill, the scattered stones rushed towards Qiongqi and soon formed a stone ball with a diameter of more than two meters, completely trapping Qiongqi inside.