Leveraging the Miraculous Grand Array of Heaven and Earth, they bridged the vast chasm of cultivation, slaying the high and mighty Void Refinement demons from a position of perceived weakness.
At this moment, the Star-Sea Continent was incomparably exhilarated. The Qing-God Army's first appearance against an external realm had erupted with unprecedented power.
Were low-level cultivators merely cannon fodder? Were they merely the biological foundation of a world-class war?
At this moment, the answer was a resounding no. High-level cultivators were no longer kings perched high above, and low-level cultivators were no longer mere ants.
"How is this possible?"
"A Void Refinement cultivator was slain by an army containing only a few Soul Transformation cultivators?"
"And they killed so many Soul Transformation and Void Refinement demons at once!"
When these results emerged, the cultivators of the Sky-Dragon Continent watching this scene were all shocked into speechless stupor.
In a cultivation world that worshipped individual martial prowess, such a result was undoubtedly like a super-earthquake.
"What level of formation is this exactly? To allow ordinary cultivators to practice and converge into such terrifying power?"
It was not that the Sky-Dragon Continent lacked formations with this kind of power—in fact, they possessed many even stronger ones—but those formations were only accessible to high-level cultivators, and the probability of comprehending them was not high.
This was because the difficulty of the Path of Formations was, to some extent, even higher than the difficulty of cultivation itself. The more powerful the formation, the higher the difficulty of comprehension. Judging by the intensity of the formation the Qing-God Army had just displayed, even a Void Refinement level cultivator would find it extremely difficult to grasp.
Usually, joint-attack formations that were easy to learn would not be very strong, falling far short of this staggering effect.
"This military formation must be completely destroyed!" a Mahayana cultivator from the Sky-Dragon Continent spoke with iron-clad finality.
"Correct, it absolutely cannot be preserved!"
"Agreed!"
Almost instantly, these cultivators reached an agreement.
This was because they actually felt a sliver of fear originating from the depths of their hearts!
This group, with only a few Soul Transformation cultivators in the formation, could contend with more than one Void Refinement demon. If more Soul Transformation and Void Refinement cultivators appeared among them, would they be able to threaten Unity stage and Mahayana stage cultivators?
If this formation were spread across the Sky-Dragon Continent and utilized by those with ulterior motives, could they assemble an army capable of slaying Unity and Mahayana cultivators?
For those who were accustomed to enjoying the peak of power, this was absolutely unacceptable. Once this pattern emerged, it would shake their safety and their future path to immortality.
At the same time, they also grew secretly wary. Could other cultivators be secretly using this formation to train armies?
But more so, other schemes began to stir in their hearts: Could they secretly enslave a group of cultivators and train such an army capable of slaying Mahayana cultivators of the same rank as a secret trump card?
On the surface, they all insisted on destroying such formations, but in reality, they were already secretly considering which Soul Transformation, Void Refinement, and Unity stage cultivators on the Sky-Dragon Continent were suitable to be covertly enslaved.
Qi Ping did not know that the formation he created had caused such a sensation on the Sky-Dragon Continent, even causing the Mahayana stage cultivators who knew of this scene to secretly harbor many thoughts.
If he knew, Qi Ping would only feel they were overthinking it.
This formation had to be crafted by him using the Path of All Living Beings to refine a special formation foundation to achieve such an effect. It was impossible for others to utilize it.
Furthermore, because the control of the formation was entirely in his hands, he did not worry about this army betraying him. Without his formation's empowerment, although the Qing-God Army would still be formidable, it would absolutely not reach such a level.
"How can the humans of this world be so terrifying?"
"I have never seen such terrifying humans!"
The various demons of the demon race were practically stupefied upon seeing this scene.
Originally, the power of the Demon Blade Dao Lord, the Life-Death Dao Lord, Qi Ping, and the Little Stone Spirit had already made them feel troubled, but it was still within their tolerance, and they still had the confidence to suppress Qi Ping and the others.
However, after the effect of the Qing-God Army's strike came out, it directly crushed their confidence.
Even the High-Rank Demon Blood-Sea Demon Spirit, known for its tenacious vitality, had been directly finished off. How could the remaining demons have enough confidence to block the subsequent attacks?
"Dammit! Retreat!"
"Retreat back into the spatial tunnel! Sacrifice to manifest the tunnel again and usher in the arrival of our race's Unity stage Sacred Demons and the Heart of the Demon Realm!"
"Retreat!"
The demons, led by the Void-Devouring Fiend, immediately made the order to withdraw.
However, how could Qi Ping let them have their way?
Relying on the terrifying formation defense brought by the Little Stone Spirit, he, the Little Stone Spirit, and the Life-Death Dao Lord forcibly guarded the vicinity of the tunnel, fighting a bloody battle with the approaching demons.
The Qing-God Army was not idle either. Every soldier of the Qing-God Army gritted their teeth, erupting with their entire cultivation power to empower the formation. As streaks of powerful energy flowed in, the light of the Qing-God phantom became increasingly fierce.
As the Qing-God phantom slashed down again, the targeted demons were instantly scared out of their wits!
"Flee!"
"Quickly flee from here!"
This time, their will was completely shattered.
No matter what, they never imagined that in a situation where they held the numerical advantage, they would be hunted to such an extent!
It was just that it was already a bit late for them to escape now, because with the roar of the tribulation clouds, the Demon Blade's Unity stage lightning tribulation had arrived!
As those streaks of golden lightning flashed down, the demonic figures within range were rapidly detonated!
Those golden streaks of lightning also seemed to possess consciousness. They actually diverted power to attack and kill the demons within range. The lightning tribulation falling on the Demon Blade did not increase too much because of the demons' intrusion.
This allowed Qi Ping and everyone from the Star-Sea Continent to breathe a sigh of relief.
Because the pressure the Demon Blade faced at this moment was too great. He was already in a state of heavy injury after fighting the Thousand-Eyed Troll. Facing the pressure of such a terrifying Unity stage lightning tribulation was already horrifying enough.
One must know that the lightning tribulation faced by demonic cultivators during their ascension would naturally be several points stronger than a normal lightning tribulation.
Now, there were many demons fighting to the death with the Demon Blade, attempting to perish together with him. Although Qi Ping's group and the Qing-God Army blocked most of them, various extremely terrifying demonic divine techniques still landed on the Demon Blade, adding insult to the injury of his already heavily damaged physical body.
The Demon Blade did not have a Little Stone Spirit to take the damage for him!
Qi Ping even suspected that the Demon Blade intended to drag a portion of the demons to hell at the cost of his life while destroying the demons' void tunnel.
But looking at the demonic nature that continued to boil and strengthen on the Demon Blade's body, a sliver of hope arose. Perhaps the Demon Blade really could safely pass the lightning tribulation under such a desperate situation of heavy injury.
If he could succeed, this world-shaking breakthrough might be enough to echo through the entire cultivation world!