<h4>Chapter 619: The Baleful Demon Heaven-Plundering Formation</h4>


    The skies were overcast.


    Su Yi’s blue robes billowed in the bitingly cold winds.


    He stood near the chasm leading to the mountain’s underground world.


    He was all by himself, yet he was the center of attention.


    A series of signal horns rang out from afar, adding an additional austerity to the atmosphere.


    Demonic cultivators flew in from all directions, one after another.?Numerous powerful figures soared out of the underground world at the bottom of the massive chasm.


    They poured in like rain, with powerful momentum!


    Murderous intent filled the surrounding area, affecting even the wind and clouds!


    Li Changlin and the other martial artists’ expressions shifted. Their earlier mad delight and excitement disappeared, and they came to their senses.


    “This is bad! If Imperial Preceptor Su can’t defeat them, we… I’m afraid we’ll be implicated too…!”


    Some of the martial artists’ hair stood on end, and their hearts filled with terror.


    Reality was cruel.


    They could tell that Su Yi was indeed more powerful than before.


    However, they were even more keenly aware of just how terrifyingly powerful the Celestial Prison Demon Court was!


    Even ignoring the Grain Avoidance and Origin Pce cultivators, there were more than ten dharma protectors here, each a Gathering Stars expert.?Furthermore, Elder Tu Baizhen, a Spiritual Manifestation expert, was here to hold down the fort!


    Combine that with the formations they’d ced throughout Bloodthistle Yao Mountain, their various treasures and trump cards and their power was enough to make just about anyone give in to despair!


    “Even if we wanted to leave, it’s already toote…” Many of them regretted their impulsive decision to tag along.


    Others griped to themselves,?Imperial Preceptor Su could have snuck in and caught them off guard, so why’d he have to shout like that and reveal himself?”


    Everyone could see the situation clearly. If Su Yi had kept quiet, he would never have drawn so many Celestial Prison Demon Court cultivators over.


    This was just great! One sentence, and everyone had gathered here!


    “If I’d known this was going to happen, I wouldn’t havee to watch,” said someone, his expression unsightly.


    Li Changlin detected the change in hispanions’ attitudes, and he couldn’t help but feel sorrowful.


    When it seemed advantageous to them, they would wave banners and cheer.?The moment the situation seemed disadvantageous to them, they’d resent the very person they’d cheered for moments prior, doing all they could to distance themselves.


    This was the nature of a mob.?Unpresentable, unreliable, and fickle. Its members flocked toward perceived benefits and fled from perceived dangers!


    An austere killing intent hung in the air.


    Demonic cultivators gathered on all sides, zing with fury and forming a formation. They overflowed with murderousness.


    The sight struck terror into the martial artists’ hearts.


    However, it was as if Su Yi didn’t even see any of this. He stood there, proud and upright, as calm as ever.


    He’d always beenzy. He was toozy to search every nook and cranny of Bloodthistle Yao Mountain for traces of his enemies.


    It would have been too much trouble.


    Thus, when he reached the entrance to the mountain’s underground world, he shouted to call all his enemies to him. That way, he could deal with all of them at once!


    This was the fastest, most direct method. It was the most efficient, too.


    Enemies arrived, one after another, but they didn’t rush to attack.


    For one thing, they didn’t yet understand Su Yi’s abilities.


    For another, they recognized the unconscious woman Su Yi was carrying. They dared not act recklessly. Better to wait for the higher-ups to arrive and take charge of the situation.


    However, although they didn’t attack, the cultivators of the Celestial Prison Demon Court prepared for battle and sealed off all possible escape routes.


    “What are you all doing here? Don’t tell me you’re nning to revolt?” someone bellowed from afar, his voice booming like thunder.


    He was a tall man in ck heavy armor, and he gripped a ck spear. His cold gaze was fixed on Li Changlin and the other martial artists.


    Whoosh!


    All the demonic cultivators looked over.


    Beneath that terrifying pressure, many of the martial artists’ scalps went numb, and their courage fled them.


    “Your Excellency, we absolutely have no intention of rebelling!”


    “That’s right! We couldn’t possibly be so bold as to betray the Celestial Prison Demon Court. Please, forgive us! Don’t be angry with insignificant figures like us!”


    “Your Excellency, please, don’t misunderstand!” Some of the martial artists’ knees gave out beneath them. They thudded to ground and?pled?for mercy in a panic.


    “Spineless wretches!” Li Changlin’s aged face was ashen with fury, but he too felt dismal.


    Off in the distance, the cultivators of the Celestial Prison Demon Court burst into uproariousughter, their expressions utterly disdainful.


    “We’ll settle the score with?you lotter!” snorted a tall man in heavy armor.


    With his status, he couldn’t even be bothered to deal with these insignificant little martial artists.


    “We’re finished!”


    The kneeling martial artists gave in to despair.


    Those who hadn’t knelt were rmed and terrified, but more than that, they instinctively nced at Su Yi.


    All of them knew that Su Yi’s victory or defeat would determine their survival!


    Suddenly, there was a disturbance among the demonic cultivator’s ranks. “Dharma Protector Ma is here!”


    Everyone watched as a withered, wrinkled elder flew out of the chasm, demonic qi surging around him. He emanated a terrifying majesty.


    This was none other than Ma Chengkong.


    “Liu Ying…”


    When he saw the sultry woman Su Yi was carrying, Ma Chengkong’s tawny eyes were instantly solemn. Now, he understood.?<i>No wonder that Su kid dares push us like this. He’se with a hostage!</i>


    As they stood there, another dharma protector flew out of the chasm, then another.


    The atmosphere was increasingly stifled and murderous.


    In the end——


    When Tu Baizhen appeared, every expert of the Celestial Prison Demon Court looked at him, their expressions solemn.


    Li Changlin and the other martial artists’ hearts trembled!


    Tu Baizhen was dressed in ck, and he was tall and stalwart. As soon as he appeared, the characteristic aura of the Spiritual Manifestation Realm spread out around him, nketing the heavens and blotting out the sun.


    No one else present could even remotelypare!


    Li Changlin and the others were all mortal martial artists. In the face of someone like Tu Baizhen, they were no different from ants gazing upon a heavenly dragon!


    Everyone was looking at Tu Baizhen…except for Su Yi. He was looking at Tu Baizhen’s shoulder.


    An infant only a little more than a foot tall stood there, dressed in blood-red robes. His eyes were bright red, cold, and indifferent, giving his guileless and innocent face a sinister, unearthly quality.


    When he sensed Su Yi’s gaze, the infant smiled, his blood-red eyes yful and inquisitive.


    “So, there’s a demonic infant here…” Su Yi arched his brow.


    A demonic infant was a natural-born demon, with an innate demonic bloodline. They were descendants of true demons!


    In Demonist factions, when they wanted to raise a powerful demonic infant, they started as soon as the baby was born. The first thing they did was erase its awareness.


    Then, they’d seal the will of an old demon in its sea of consciousness.


    The stronger this remnant?will, the greater the demonic infant’s potential, and the more terrifying its power!


    In a sense, from the moment a demonic infant was born, it was destined to serve as an older demon’s “avatar”!


    The old demon used its will to exploit the demonic infant’s bloodline and natural talent. In doing so, they realized a shocking transformation of the Grand Dao!


    I wonder how strong the will sealed within the little monster’s sea of consciousness is. What level of demon does it belong to?


    Su Yi was instantly intrigued.


    Tu Baizhen stood in the air further away, his expression calm and indifferent. “Su Yi, Elder Chu told me about you, but I would never have guessed that you’d throw your life away so soon.”


    His cold voice reverberated throughout heaven and earth.


    He fixed his gaze on Liu Ying and frowned. “However, I can give you an opportunity. Let Liu Ying go, and I can let you leave unharmed!”


    Liu Ying was the sect leader’s younger sister. Although she was only in the Gathering Stars Realm, she had an extremely lofty status.


    This presented a rather thorny problem to Tu Baizhen.


    However, before Su Yi could respond, the demonic infant standing on Tu Baizhen’s shoulder said disdainfully, “The life of a single slut, that’s all. Why bother? Don’t waste words. Just kill him! Right, those ant-like martial artists too. Don’t spare a single one of them!”


    The demonic infant looked young, but his voice was old and raspy. Thebination was strange and unsettling.


    It wasn’t cold, but the crowd nheless shuddered. Even the demonic cultivators felt thoroughly ufortable.


    “This…” Tu Baizhen hesitated.


    “Can’t you tell? Thatte-stage Gathering Stars pup dares behave this arrogant precisely because the bitch’s life is in his hands!” the demonic infant said slowly.


    It was then that Su Yi flung Liu Ying to the side. Then, he said casually, “I, Su Yi, wish to kill you, but I won’t sink to using a woman’s life to threaten you.”


    Everyone was bbergasted.


    “Has this guy gone insane?” The experts of the Celestial Prison Demon Court were bbergasted.


    “Imperial Preceptor Su, he…”


    Li Changlin and the other martial artists were astonished too. They almost dared not believe their eyes.


    With a hostage in hand, the Celestial Prison Demon Court’s cultivators would have to act cautiously for fear of hurting her. They wouldn’t dare do anything reckless.


    Now that he’d given up his hostage, how could the demonic cultivators possibly hold back?


    Tu Baizhen was stunned too, but then, he burst intoughter. “Elder Chu said that although your cultivation base was weak, you were proud?to your?very bones, and yourbat prowess was heaven-defying. At the time, I didn’t believe it, but now, it seems he was right!”


    The demonic infant asked with great interest, “He’s strong?”


    Tu Baizhen nodded. “Esteemed Demonic Infant, ording to Elder Chu, back in the Great Xia, the boy defeated several of the Azure Continent’s Spiritual Manifestation Realm cultivators despite his Gathering Stars Realm cultivation. He’s a heaven-defying genius of the younger generation! Even Elder Chu once suffered a loss at his hands.”


    This revtion stunned everyone present, from the demonic cultivators of the Celestial Prison Demon Court to Li Changlin and the other martial artists. Everyone gasped, and the way they looked at Su Yi changed.


    So, Su Yi hade prepared!


    “Wondrous!” The demonic infant pped his hands in delight. “Quick, kill him! I want his blood!”


    When Su Yi heard that, heughed, then swept his gaze across the surrounding area. “Why don’t I see Chu Xiu?”


    He was waiting for Chu Xiu to make an appearance, but strangely, the crafty demonic cultivator had yet to show his face.


    “If you survive this, I promise to tell you where Elder Chu is,” said Tu Baizhen. He waved. “Get in formation!”


    Boom!


    Cultivators of the Celestial Prison Demon Court were ready and waiting nearby. When they heard their orders, they instantly took action. Demonic energy surged around them, soaring into the heavens.


    In the blink of an eye, their energies fused together, forming a terrifyingbat formation.


    The Baleful Demon Heaven-Plundering Formation!


    This was one of the Celestial Prison Demon Court’s strongestbat formations. It fought at the forefront of a battlefield, joining an entire group of demonic cultivators’ qi and blood. Bybining their strengths, they could unleash endlessly terrifying power.


    However, when Su Yi saw this, the depths of his eyes shed with disdain.