At the summit of Fire Persimmon Mountain.

Meng Kui’s magic power surged throughout his body. At this moment, he exerted all his strength and deployed his means!

He took out a precious seal and directly threw it forward.

The Dharma artifact-grade seal rapidly expanded in mid-air, transforming into a mountain range that crashed down with a thunderous roar.

The precious seal mountain blocked the opening of the volcano, forcefully stopping the spewing lava.

In an instant, the lava flow was halved, significantly reducing the immense pressure on the front line of Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

Meng Kui then took out another Dharma artifact-grade gourd.

He opened the stopper and poured out a vast river from it.

The river poured directly in, like a waterfall, into the top of the volcano.

Water vapor rose, and for a time, smoke spread like a sea of clouds.

Of course, this river water was not ordinary river water, but a special material that Meng Kui had sourced from nature and refined repeatedly himself, reaching the Foundation Establishment level!

By sacrificing a large amount of river water, Meng Kui successfully slowed down the malicious trend of the lava spread by another 30%.

When all the river water in the gourd had been poured out, Meng Kui put away both the gourd and the precious seal simultaneously.

The precious seal had blocked the eruption of lava, and its surface was already nearly half damaged.

Meng Kui didn’t care about the heartache and spread his hands, waving his large sleeves, performing another one of his signature skills.

Divine Ability – Sleeve of the Universe!

The next moment, his two sleeves quickly expanded and grew larger, with the openings as large as houses, dark and profound.

Inside the sleeves, an incredibly strong suction force erupted.

Countless molten lava, held by this absorption force, gathered into two torrents, flowing into Meng Kui’s sleeves respectively.

Meng Kui diverted the lava at the source, suppressing the lava by 30% with his strength alone.

After his and the city’s people’s unremitting efforts, the lava’s spread gradually slowed down, finally stopping completely after reluctantly engulfing a few peripheral buildings on the outermost edge of the Immortal City.

“We won, we won, we won!”

“Fire Persimmon Immortal City is saved, my home is saved!”

“Hahahaha”

Fire Persimmon Immortal City was filled with cheers.

Countless people leaped for joy and shouted excitedly, but a small number of people still looked worried and their faces were grim.

This included Zhu Xuanji and Fei Si.

Zhu Xuanji’s eyes flickered with golden light, looking through the surface of Fire Persimmon Mountain, trying to see inside the mountain body.

He was very aware that the lava problem was not the biggest one.

The real difficulty was inside Fire Persimmon Mountain. More precisely, it was the countless Crimson Flame demonic beasts within Fire Persimmon Mountain.

Roar roar roar…

The roars gradually drowned out the cheers and shouts of the entire city.

Some people heard this commotion and couldn’t help but show confused expressions.

But more people reacted, and their faces turned pale.

“Crimson Flame demonic beasts!”

“This is bad, the volcanic eruption is so severe, the resulting beast tide is bound to be unprecedentedly terrifying.”

“What should we do? What should we do?”

Panic spread through the crowd again.

After a few breaths, sensing the gradual slowing of the lava, endless Crimson Flame demonic beasts surged out of the lava.

They were all in a state of rage!

No matter who it is, if they were living well and suddenly had their world turned upside down by unexpected cannon fire, would they be in a good mood?

The Crimson Flame demonic beasts, like a tide, charged towards the Lava Immortal Palace.

They targeted the place where the cannon was fired from.

If one could hear their inner thoughts, it would definitely be – Revenge, Revenge, Revenge!

Charging at the forefront were swarms of Fire Serpents.

The Fire Serpents had slender bodies, like flowing flames, and they almost merged with the lava, appearing to be everywhere.

Following closely behind the snake swarm were groups of Fire Tinder Mice.

These small but incredibly fierce demonic beasts, in large groups, charged towards the Lava Immortal Palace at an astonishing speed, like a red river.

The spherical light shield protecting Fire Persimmon Immortal City was being fiercely gnawed by the mouse swarm!

Among the mouse swarm, some giant rats with elephant-like physiques served as leaders. Every one of these giant rats was at the Core Formation level.

Larger Blazing Scale Lizards, those at the Core Formation level, had bodies as huge as small hills.

Their limbs were thick, and their skin was covered with a layer of hard Crimson Flame scales. Their tails burned with fire, and every breath could stir up a storm of flames.

The Blazing Scale Lizards hissed and roared, crashing into the Lava Immortal Palace.

And the true kings among the Crimson Flame demonic beasts were the Molten Flame Demonic Apes!

These demonic apes were one to two zhang tall, their entire bodies covered with thick fur. The fur was almost entirely bright red, a pure crimson like fire.

The demonic apes had exposed fangs and wide-open eyes, their bodies were all sturdy and strong. Many demonic apes constantly beat their chests and roared, their howls shaking the heavens and the earth.

Among all the demonic beasts, the demonic apes had the highest intelligence, which also made them the most threatening beast swarm.

In addition to these three main forces, there were also a large number of Red Rock Demon Heads.

They emerged one after another from the lava, slowly floating in the air, surrounding the Lava Immortal Palace from the air.

These stone-like heads were densely packed, in the thousands, an unprecedented number.

The demonic beasts knew the source of the cannon fire and regarded the Lava Immortal Palace as the target of their revenge. However, the beast tide was too large, and coupled with their enraged state, many irrational demonic beasts blindly charged in all directions. A large portion of them charged directly towards Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

There was nothing to say. Zhu Xuanji and the other Core Formation cultivators took their positions on the front line and fought desperately.

For a time, the battlefield was in a stalemate.

Ning Zhuo’s cannon shot was like kicking a hornet’s nest!

He had completely enraged the exceptionally large Crimson Flame demonic beast population in Fire Persimmon Mountain.

Meng Kui at the mountain summit was also continuously attacking, his Nascent Soul level spells covering the area, killing many Crimson Flame demonic beasts.

But more and more demonic beasts continuously emerged from the lava, an endless slaughter.

“Damn it!”

Meng Kui cursed fiercely, because he felt the presence of a Nascent Soul level life aura among the beast swarm.

It seemed to be a Fire Serpent!

It was hidden in the lava, its aura appearing and disappearing. And it was precisely this unsheathed blade that caused even greater psychological pressure.

In Fire Persimmon Immortal City, the cheers of the citizens had stopped.

They watched in immense fear as the massive beast swarm spread out.

There were so many demonic beasts, they were overwhelming! Under such a tide, a single person was so small and helpless.

D-Type, underground secret base.

Boom boom boom…

Along with the battle on the ground, this underground base also trembled from time to time.

Sun Lingtong and Yang Chanyu were hiding inside.

“The volcano has erupted, and the demonic beasts are attacking the city!” Yang Chanyu had not cut off contact with the outside world.

Of course, she knew about such a major event.

“Sun Lingtong, what exactly is going on?” Yang Chanyu looked at Sun Lingtong. Her intuition told her that this matter seemed to be related to Sun Lingtong.

Sun Lingtong rolled her eyes and spread her hands: “I don’t know either, what’s the point of bothering with these things?”

“Now the entire city is in chaos, and almost everyone is putting in their full effort to protect their homes.”

“This opportunity is rare and cannot be missed! Let’s think about where it is most suitable to make a move?”

Yang Chanyu was not easily diverted. Her eyes narrowed, and she stared at Sun Lingtong meaningfully: “Why do I feel like you are not surprised at all?”

Sun Lingtong nodded: “Surprised, of course I am surprised, but does that have anything to do with us?”

“We are not people of Fire Persimmon Immortal City. Even if Fire Persimmon Immortal City is destroyed, we can just pack our bags and leave.”

“Now is the weakest time for various forces. If we are going to do it, let’s do something big. What do you think of those cloud merchants who just entered the city?”

Yang Chanyu remained unmoved: “Your continuous attempts to change the subject are very suspicious. Tell me, what is your relationship with that Ning Zhuo?”

“I didn’t notice during the previous Core Formation free-for-all.”

“The more I think about it recently, the more I feel something is wrong. You’ve done so much, made me pretend and disguise, and also made me forge a fake Demonic Sect True Scripture.”

“As a result, after the Core Formation free-for-all, you didn’t have any subsequent treasure theft actions. The Core Formation free-for-all was more like a play.”

“What about the big action, the big move that you talked about?”

“Why do I feel that our actions are just to clear Ning Zhuo’s suspicion and alleviate his pressure?”

“After all, the previous rumors were very unfavorable to him.”

Sun Lingtong rolled her eyes again: “Sigh, you’re thinking too much, going too far, aren’t you?”

“During the previous Core Formation free-for-all, I also wanted to take action, but the free-for-all didn’t completely break out.”

“Zheng Danlian’s mechanical scythe was too fierce! Even the Core Formation True Disciples of Taiqing Palace had no power to resist.”

“In this situation, how could I dare to do any big business?”

After explaining this, Sun Lingtong added: “But this time, the situation of these cloud merchants and the three great families is different.”

“After all, they are outsiders, and there are strict regulations on the magic tools and Dharma treasures they can carry.”

“Even if they have a Nascent Soul level cloud whale, this behemoth is kept far outside the city and is not suitable for capturing us.”

“I heard that this group of cloud merchants intends to hold an auction in the near future, and there are many quite high-end cultivation resources among the auction items.”

“For example, there are three drops of the Water Element Merit Treasure, Supreme Goodness is Like Water!”

“Hearing this, aren’t you tempted?”

Yang Chanyu scoffed: “Of course I’ve heard this news. But there are only three drops of this Supreme Goodness is Like Water. If you want to steal it and use it on yourself to wash away our marriage contract, it’s still far from enough.”

Sun Lingtong sighed: “Where are you going with this, I…”

Just as she said this, Sun Lingtong’s face suddenly changed drastically, and she turned to look in a certain direction.

She shouted loudly: “Who is it?!”

Yang Chanyu immediately became alert, taking out her Dharma treasure and holding it in her hand, but the entire underground base was empty, with no one in sight.

She showed a look of confusion and looked at Sun Lingtong.

Sun Lingtong muttered: “Is it an illusion?”

She wasn’t quite sure either.

Immediately, her eyes flashed with cold light, and she said solemnly: “But in any case, this D-Type underground secret base can no longer be used. We must transfer immediately!”

Yang Chanyu had no objection.

Before leaving, Sun Lingtong delayed for a moment and set up many traps in this D-Type underground secret base.