Chapter 2074: 2074

Beneath the Starfire Battleship, a brilliant light burst forth from the Tai Chi Yin Yang formation.

For every blast that was fired from the pitch-black cannon barrels, the formation would enhance it with a burst of golden energy, which was imbued with the mighty power of heaven and earth. As such, the cannon fire became even more destructive and wreaked havoc upon the opposing army.

The concentrated bursts of cannon blasts illuminated the entire Ten-Thousand Spirits Immortal Sect, making it appear as if it were still daytime.

The oncoming Snow Ghouls were once again plunged into the horror of facing the battleship’s relentless bombardment. Some of them were burned to death by the extreme temperatures, while others were killed by the shockwaves from the explosions.

However, despite the intense barrage unleashed by the Starfire Battleship, they only became more and more frenzied in their charge. Even if the energy explosion hadn’t completely dissipated up ahead, they still chose to rush forward without any regard for their lives.

“Tear all of the humans apart!”

The Snow Ghouls’ expressions were twisted with killing intent and bloodlust. It was as if they could sense that the Starfire Battleship was nearing its limits, and their attacks became more ferocious as a result.

Before the Four Nine Immortal Sect members had gotten much of a reprieve, mountainous pressure was weighing down upon them once again. The tactic employed by the Snow Ghouls was very simple; they were going to use their numbers to swamp the enemies up ahead!

Within the Starfire Battleship, Xuanyuan Cheng gritted his teeth, and the muscles on his body tremored relentlessly, as his power and true intent flowed like water into the battleship.

He could see his comrades from the Ten-Thousand Spirits Immortal Sect and the Four Nine Immortal Sect fall one after another, and those scenes evoked within him a burning sense of fury.

“More powerful… I can still become more powerful…”

The energy within his body was pouring forth in a frenzy, and he was frantically spurring on his dao intent.

The Myriad Spirit Taichi was able to absorb the energy of all things between heaven and earth. His power leaned more toward the yang element, thereby allowing him to unleash his explosive power in battle.

“All matters have a spirit, and all matters can be detonated…”

In the sky above, golden missiles suddenly appeared around the Starfire Battleship. Before long, several hundred of those missiles had emerged.

“Myriad Spirit Taichi, Sun Rain!”

The missiles fell like a meteor shower before exploding violently on the locations most densely populated by Snow Ghouls. Each and every one of the missiles unleashed monstrous power and could reduce everything within a radius of several dozen kilometers to dust!

The explosions rang out incessantly.

Several hundred miniature suns rose up from the earth, illuminating everything.

The earth tremored, and the Snow Ghouls howled in anguish.

It was a spectacular banquet of explosions!

After the cannon fire subsided, the Four Nine Immortal Sect members made a rough visual assessment and were shocked to discover that over three million Snow Ghouls had perished during the explosion!

What a terrifying destructive power…

“Pavilion Lord Xuanyuan is truly a fearsome powerhouse!”

“Long live, Prince Charming Xuanyuan!”

“That’s so badass! I love you!”

All of a sudden, Xuanyuan Cheng and his shiny golden battleship had been thrust under the limelight.

A few silver lines flashed through the air.

There was a black Snow Ghoul that was attempting to launch a sneak attack against the battleship, but it was sliced into tens of thousands of pieces by Bai Ling’s spatial lines. It didn’t even get a chance to cry out before it perished.

Bai Ling stood atop the Starfire Battleship, acting as its final line of defense. In contrast to everyone else’s elation, she wore an expression of concern and pain when she appraised the Starfire Battleship.

“Why do you have to push so hard… Can’t you restrain yourself a little? You can decrease the offensive output a little; we can still hold on…”

Bai Ling clenched her fists tightly, and for the first time, she was struck by a sense of overwhelming powerlessness.

If she had just been a little more powerful and accumulated more power, perhaps Xuanyuan Cheng wouldn’t have to sacrifice himself…

The cannon fire from the Starfire Battleship was already extremely devastating.

The number of Snow Ghouls had also fallen to about forty million.

However, the savage nature of the Snow Ghouls had been completely revealed by the explosions, and they began to charge ahead even more fearlessly. They swarmed through the explosions without any concern for their own safety, and they threw themselves at the human cultivators with single-minded ferocity.

The Four Nine Immortal Sect and the Ten-Thousand Spirits Immortal Sect were suffering more and more casualties. However, due to the Starfire Battleship’s contributions, they were still just barely able to hold on.

“We will be the ones left standing at the very end!”

The cultivators resisted with all their might, and the light emanating from the Starfire Battleship became brighter and brighter. It was as if the sun had risen into the sky again, and at the same time, the yin-yang formation had expanded to encompass an insane radius of several hundred kilometers.

Bai Ling seemed to have sensed something, and she immediately turned around as her eyes widened with alarm. “Xuanyuan Cheng, what are you doing? Stop that right now!”

Within the control cabin.

“It’s not enough; I can still do more…”

Xuanyuan Cheng murmured to himself as a scorching aura exuded from his entire body. His energy was quickly being extracted, and due to the overexertion of his dao realm, his cultivation base and life-force energy fluctuations had all become extremely feeble. However, his eyes glowed brighter than ever.

“If I kill more enemies, less of my comrades will die. I can still kill more…”

Xuanyuan Cheng clenched his fists tightly as countless golden veined patterns spread over his body, encompassing his entire body in the blink of an eye. The energy fluctuations radiating from the Starfire Battleship became even more powerful. A violent scorching aura proliferated forth amid a dazzling golden light, and fearsome heatwaves surged through the air in all directions.

That was no Starfire Battleship; it was the Sun Battleship!

All of the exhausted disciples looked up at the incandescent battleship in the sky, and they were struck by an indescribable sense of security. The light was so warm. It might have been intimidating to their enemies, but they felt as if they were being held in a warm embrace.

They no longer had the energy to fight. They were on the brink of death, but the comrades around them could still live on. They could still win the battle, and they still had hope that they could defend the Kingdom of the Nine States…

However, they quickly sensed that something was amiss.

The Starfire Battleship in the sky was only becoming brighter. It was already insanely bright, but it showed no signs of stopping, as if there were no upper limit to how dazzling it could become.

“Has the Starfire Battleship transformed into a sun?”

“It’s not going to explode, is it?”

Just as all of the cultivators were musing in confusion, a familiar voice sounded.

“Let the sun of the Four Nine Immortal Sect forever protect the Nine States!”

The brightness of the Starfire Battleship finally reached an extreme.

The golden light had completely lit up the night, as if the light of the sun had fallen upon heaven and earth.

In that instant, all of the bloodthirsty Snow Ghouls also began to grow brighter, as if some type of energy was about to erupt within their bodies.

“Roar?” The Snow Ghouls appraised their own fur with confusion.

Another concentrated burst of explosions erupted.

One Snow Ghoul after another began to explode on the spot!

Flames erupted amid flying chunks of flesh and blood, and bloodcurdling howls rang out across the entire heaven and earth.

The cultivators were all stunned by the sight of the detonating Snow Ghouls.

There was an extremely large number of those detonating Snow Ghouls. Their snowy-white fur would suddenly begin to glow before they exploded on the spot. Soon, hundreds of thousands of Snow Ghouls had exploded. That number soon rose to a million, then several million, then over ten million…

The vast earth was transformed into a boundless sea of golden light. It was an image created by countless self-detonating Snow Ghouls, and it was a sight that no cultivator could ever forget.

Everyone turned in unison to look up at the battleship in the sky.

The Snow Ghouls only began to mysteriously explode after the golden light from the battleship shone upon them. Was a Return to Void Stage mighty figure really capable of unleashing such a devastating attack?

“The Dao of Myriad Spirit Taichi can maximize one’s connection with other living beings… On top of that, Xuanyuan Cheng’s dao of explosions can enhance the energy within every single particle to its maximal extent. That’s why his spell technique is able to encompass so many living beings, thereby causing them to explode on a cellular level…” Bai Ling murmured to herself as she looked on in awe.

This was an extremely accurate and precise attack that only targeted the Snow Ghouls. Normal mighty figures wouldn’t even be able to imagine how difficult that was to accomplish.

Bai Ling knew very well what price had to be paid in order to unleash an attack of that caliber…

The golden light had become the only color left between heaven and earth.

The detonating Snow Ghouls presented an accompanying piece to that golden light.

The exploding energy appeared particularly beautiful in the night, especially if one were to look down at it from above. It was as if exuberant golden flowers were blossoming one after another, stretching into the distance with no end in sight.

The Snow Ghouls howled in anguish and fled in shock and horror. They tried to unleash their spell techniques to protect themselves, but all their efforts were futile. Their fates had been sealed as soon as the golden light had shone down upon them…

The explosions only last a minute.

The cultivators from the Four Nine Immortal Sect and the Ten-Thousand Spirits Immortal Sect stared blankly at the vast expanse of charred earth before them. There weren’t that many bodies lying around as most of them had been burned into charcoal.

The battlefield was completely silent with the exception of the sizzling sound coming from roasting flesh.

The army of over forty million Snow Ghouls had been completely wiped out!