My Beasts Grind Proficiency For Me

Chapter 372 - 229: Fire Dragon Breaks the Warship

Yang Jing concealed himself within the soaring Fire Dragon Magical Sword.

The Demon Monster transformed from the Pure Yang Apricot Tree had been utterly incinerated by his Five Elements True Fire. All its Demonic Qi and Evil Qi had become fuel for the monstrously powerful flames.

In Yang Jing’s hand was a Pill Pearl, shimmering with golden light.

The pearl was as large as a child’s fist, formed from the condensation of all the Pure Yang Essence Qi within the roots of the Pure Yang Apricot Tree.

When it was still part of the Pure Yang Apricot Tree, the roots had spent six thousand years absorbing and exhaling Yang Qi day and night. The Pure Yang Essence Qi it had accumulated surpassed that of a Golden Core Cultivator.

Even though the trunk had been felled, the remaining Pure Yang Essence Qi was still equivalent to that of an Early Stage Golden Core Cultivator.

With nowhere to go in the Demon Realm, this Pure Yang Essence Qi condensed under the intense pressure of the Demonic Qi, forming this Pure Yang Pearl within the tree’s body.

This was no time to admire the Treasure Pearl. Yang Jing’s gaze shifted, falling upon the battlefield not far away.

Just as he expected, the Demon Cultivators of the Eastern Demon Sect, capable of crossing seas and continents to descend upon the Northern Domain, would never have sent just a few of their own.

The Five Elements True Fire blazed furiously. Under its scorching heat, the very air vibrated, producing a deep, rolling thunder.

Fueled by the Tree Root Demon Monster, the fire now possessed the might of a Golden Core. If not for Yang Jing’s powerful Divine Sense and his Talent, the Five Elements Great Escape, the True Fire would have already spun out of control.

Even so, he couldn’t control it for much longer.

Yang Jing’s eyes settled on the Flying Boat that was continuously activating the Heaven-shattering Earth-collapse Array.

’Take this, a sword strike fueled by the boundless branches of the Pure Yang Apricot Tree!’

In the next instant, the Fire Dragon Magical Sword, with its colossal body, coiled through the air. It seemed to move slowly, but in truth, it shot toward the Demon Sect Flying Boat with incredible speed.

It streaked through the sky like a rainbow of lightning, piercing the Flying Boat’s Array within the span of two breaths.

As the great rainbow-like streak passed by the other Flying Boats, their Defensive Spirit Lights flickered violently.

The commander of the Demon Army, Sha Shuyuan, a True Disciple of the Eastern Demon Sect, had seized control of the Flying Boat just before the Fire Dragon Magical Sword struck. He funneled all of the vessel’s Spiritual Qi into its Defense Array.

The Fire Dragon Magical Sword’s Tunneling Speed was simply too fast; the Qi Cultivators couldn’t react at all.

Under the infusion of a massive amount of Spiritual Qi, the Flying Boat’s Defensive Spirit Light erupted with unprecedented brilliance.

The next moment, the Fire Dragon Magical Sword shattered the Flying Boat’s Defensive Spirit Light.

Although weakened by the Defensive Spirit Light, diminishing its momentum slightly, the sword still sliced through the Flying Boat’s side as if it were bamboo. The Restrictions inside the vessel burst apart, and the hull of Nine Nether Demon Iron proved as fragile as paper before the Fire Dragon Magical Sword.

The Flying Sword’s trajectory shifted, and it shot straight out through the Flying Boat’s deck.

Sha Shuyuan watched the Fire Dragon erupt from beneath him. He only had time for a silent curse before the flames consumed him.

Although he had refined a Magical Treasure—a Tier Three Demon-Summoning Banner—the Defensive Spirit Light coalesced from his own Spiritual Qi shattered like a soap bubble.

Only then did the soldiers of the Demon Suppression Army on the defensive line hear the sky-shaking whistle of the Fire Dragon Magical Sword.

BOOM!

The Spiritual Eye Object on the Flying Boat exploded from the violent impact.

Amidst the massive explosion, countless pieces of debris spewed from the breach in the Flying Boat. The Five Elements True Fire shaken from the Magic Sword ignited the vessel.

The Demon Cultivators on the boat were touched by the True Fire, and no matter what they tried, they could not extinguish it. In their despair, some screamed and flew into the air, only to be swiftly reduced to a cloud of ash.

The Fire Dragon shot back into the sky, pausing for a moment in mid-air as if selecting its next prey.

The Flying Boats below immediately fell into chaos. Having lost their commander, they were terrified of being targeted by the Fire Dragon in the sky.

BOOM!

The Fire Dragon Magical Sword descended in an instant, smashing into a Flying Boat with a weak Defensive Spirit Light like a falling meteorite.

At this point, Yang Jing could no longer control the Magic Sword. The Fire Dragon violently disintegrated, pouring over the Flying Boat like a torrent of molten lava. The Defensive Spirit Light shattered instantly, and the entire vessel was engulfed by the Five Elements True Fire.

The fate of the Demon Cultivators on this Flying Boat was even more tragic than that of the last; they were incinerated in an instant.

Before the roiling Five Elements True Fire, their Defensive Spiritual Artifacts were completely useless. In the searing heat, the Nine Nether Demon Iron quickly grew red-hot and softened, dripping from the cracks in the Flying Boat as liquid metal.

A few breaths later, this Flying Boat’s Spiritual Eye Object also exploded, sending sprays of molten iron flying everywhere. The powerless wreckage plummeted to the ground, smashing a large crater into the earth.

The Five Elements True Fire had not yet been extinguished; it continued to blaze within the crater, with tongues of flame leaping dozens of feet into the air.

This horrifying sight made the remaining Demon Cultivators on their Flying Boats gasp. They fought against the Righteous Dao of the Northern Continent year-round and had even clashed with Cultivators from the Central Continent, but they had rarely witnessed a True Fire this terrifying.

During the final strike, Yang Jing had disengaged from the state of Man and Sword as One with the Fire Dragon Magical Sword, and now hovered in the air.

In truth, he had almost no Magical Power left.

Fighting the Tree Root Demon Monster hadn’t consumed much of his Magical Power. Most of it had been spent controlling the Fire Dragon Magical Sword and accelerating it to the speed of Sword Qi Thunder Sound.

Some Demon Cultivators sensed the weakening of his aura but didn’t dare make a move to test him. They only urged their Flying Boats to speed up, fleeing toward the Demon Realm with all their might.

Yang Jing looked down at the battlefield and saw the wreckage of seven Flying Boats on the ground. Aside from the two he had just destroyed, the defenders on the line had worked together to shoot down five.

However, the Demon Suppression Army had also suffered heavy losses.

Under the concentrated fire of the Heaven-shattering Earth-collapse Array and the Demon Sect Flying Boats, a total of four Arrays had been destroyed. One was the Tier Three Seven Luminaries Demon-Slaying Array he had been guarding, and the other three were ordinary Tier Two Arrays.

"Master!"

"Yang Jing!"

Iron Head and Zuoqiu Feng flew to Yang Jing’s side.

"I’m fine."

Yang Jing slowly descended to the ground and said to the two with a smile,

"What are the Demon Suppression Army’s losses?"

Iron Head’s voice was strained.

"We haven’t done a full count yet, but at least three hundred are dead."

In previous clashes with the Demon Cultivators, their losses had been very light. This was the first time they had faced such devastating casualties. The fallen soldiers of the Demon Suppression Army were often obliterated by the demonic light fired from the Flying Boats, leaving no bodies behind.

"Once you have a clear count, apply for their pensions. Also, immediately send a Talisman to the Governor’s Mansion and the Governor on the Northern Line. Explain the situation here and request reinforcements," Yang Jing said.

He didn’t know how these Demon Sect Flying Boats had managed to pass through the Demon Realm to reach the Western Continent, but they certainly wouldn’t be the last wave. The Seven Luminaries Demon-Slaying Array on the defensive line wasn’t specifically designed to counter Flying Boats; they had to request a new Array from the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion.

"Also, search the Flying Boats and take any surviving Demon Cultivators into custody."