Chapter 165: Chapter 162: Joining Forces to Fight the Great Enemy Chapter 165: Chapter 162: Joining Forces to Fight the Great Enemy The seven brothers arrived in the secret realm of Qingqiu in Yingzhou and saw the Yamata no Orochi coiled up, dozing off. The Macaque King revealed its true origin—it was Jiuying, who was supposed to have been killed by Hou Yi in ancient times. However, inexplicably, it did not die and had sneaked away to Yingzhou to recuperate.

The seven brothers set up a plan and each grasped a Magical Treasure and charged towards it.

The speed of Enlightenment Dao was incredibly fast, transforming into a sword light that split into three; this was the ultimate Swordsmanship technique of the Shushan lineage, the Sword Shadow Clone!

This Sword Shadow Clone was formed from Sword Qi, a special kind of sword energy that was significantly stronger than the usual kind and could self-destruct at critical moments, creating a terrifyingly powerful explosion.

Jiuying, hearing a whistling sound, sensed something was wrong. Its eighteen eyes opened simultaneously, only to see a group of Demon Kings charging towards it. It roared furiously like thunder shaking, causing the entire Green Hill Secret Realm to tremble! Hu Li watched from outside, shivering and cautiously moving aside, fearful of being affected, for she had witnessed the ferocity and power of the Yamata no Orochi.

Jiuying’s nine heads shook as its Qilin Body rose from the ground and spoke, “Who are you to disturb my rest?”

The Ox Demon King cursed, “You beast, preying on the Qingqiu clan as food, committing evil—I and my brothers naturally won’t let you go. We must seek justice for the Green Hill Fox Tribe!”

However, one of Jiuying’s heads scoffed, “Just you? Even the great Yi couldn’t kill me.”

Seeing his own strength underestimated, the Ox Demon King became enraged. Without waiting for the sound to finish, he targeted the central head and launched a furious attack, his body growing to a hundred feet tall! The central head of Jiuying opened wide, spewing out True Fire while the Ox Demon King retaliated by spitting a massive Shaman God’s Water Thunder, smashing into it fiercely. Flames and water droplets flew everywhere, causing a torrential downpour in the whole Green Hill Secret Realm that turned all plants to ashes.

“Brothers, let’s go shoulder to shoulder!” cried the Ox Demon King.

One of Jiuying’s heads on the left swayed as it tried to assist, but was intercepted by the Lion Camel King who swung his big sword, striking Jiuying and splattering its blood everywhere.

This Jiuying was huge, like a small mountain, each Demon King transforming into a hundred feet tall figures or revealing their true forms, ferociously fighting with weapons in hand.

Meanwhile, the Enlightenment Dao, on the other hand, was underestimated by the three heads on Jiuying’s right side. They thought little of him due to his small size, but were taken by surprise when Enlightenment Dao pierced and burst their eyeballs with a sword, causing them to scream in pain before turning to deal with Enlightenment Dao and his other two clones.

“Sunrise Sword Technique!”

Enlightenment Dao’s Seven Stars Sword emitted a surge of red light representing the rising sun, a vibrant energy for justice, delivering thirteen sword strikes. The sword light, gleaming with a cold edge, contained hidden traces of red, piercing the body with a sensation of searing heat and chilling cold, a bi-thermal state.

This melee was intensely fierce and spectacular; the seven used their Divine Skills while Jiuying shook and swayed, spewing water, fire, and venom continuously. The whole Green Hill Secret Realm was in constant collapse due to this great battle.

The brothers couldn’t help but feel secretly alarmed, thinking, “How could Jiuying be so formidable, even though it was wounded by Hou Yi? What would it be like in its prime?”

The Ox Demon King had earlier smashed one of Jiuying’s central heads into a pulp, but in the blink of an eye, that head regenerated, appearing even more ferocious and formidable!

Caught off guard, Jiuying bit fiercely into the Ox Demon King, causing him to howl in pain. He struck Jiuying’s head with his staff, and upon a closer look, noticed the flesh was festering. He quickly crushed a Peach of Immortality in his hand, smearing it on the wound to extract the venom.

Jiuying continued to chuckle menacingly, its nine heads shaking vigorously. Its Divine Skills were incredibly potent, especially the central head which was giving the Ox Demon King a miserable time.

Without warning, the nine heads moved in unison, spewing out black smoke which, when inhaled, immediately caused dizziness and disorientation.

“Summon Wind!” The real body of Enlightenment Dao and the two clones simultaneously formed a spell, invoking the Divine Skill of the Ancient Rain Master Chisongzi, and a gust of wind swept through, immediately dispersing the black mist.

As the black mist cleared, a strange Taoist appeared, his face hideous like a demon, his body covered with dragon scales, and a Feathered Arrow in his back, with eight small heads creeping over the contours of his face, inducing nausea and disgust in anyone who saw them.

It was clear Jiuying found it inconvenient to fight in its true form and had thus transformed into a humanoid.

“Kill!” the Ox Demon King shouted, leading the charge towards Jiuying.

The eight smaller heads of Jiuying swayed, emitting cries like a baby’s wailing, causing the Ox Demon King to plummet straight from the sky, landing hardly on the ground, painfully half-dead. The others also found the sound immensely annoying, feeling their Primordial Spirits pulsating and nearly paralyzed.

The Lion Camel King immediately shook his head and transformed into a huge golden lion. With a roar like muffled thunder, his voice even overshadowed the wailing of Jiuying, causing Jiuying to stagger back a step.

Peng Demon King rushed up like lightning, with incredible speed. His title as the “Great Sage of Mixing Heaven” was no misnomer — he was even faster than Wukong’s VLOOKUP. A flash of golden light and his spear pierced through Jiuying’s abdomen, and in his other hand appeared a glittering golden sword, which he slashed down on Jiuying’s head. The sword plunged deep as if slicing into mud.

This golden sword was transformed from his feathers. When he revealed his true form, a flap of his wings could unleash a terrifying golden Sword Rain.

Jiuying’s head immediately swelled up, just as it was initially, and ferociously headbutted the Peng Demon King, hitting him squarely. The impact sent the Peng Demon King tumbling, crashing into a mountain and instantaneously flattening it before blasting right through it. Thus, a small mountain was pierced through by the Peng Demon King.

The Peng Demon King secretly cursed, spat out an old blood, and thought to himself, “It’s good that I had refined Gonggong’s Essence Blood, otherwise that hit would have left me severely injured!”

Jiuying’s life force was too powerful. Despite being stabbed by a spear and slashed by a sword by the Peng Demon King, it seemed unharmed and quickly pulled out the sword and spear while its wounds rapidly healed.

Enlightenment Dao said, “To deal with this fiend, we need to remove his nine heads instantly, just like Hou Yi’s Nine Stars Consecutive Beads method. Otherwise, it’s impossible to kill him!”

Peng Demon King flew over from the side, brushed off the dust from his body, and with a grim look, declared, “Surround him and attack together! Let’s use the Combined Attack Formation we’ve been practicing for the last hundred years.”

The other six nodded in agreement. Ox Demon King stomped the ground and charged with a roar, and immediately after, Peng Demon King soared into the air, growing wings on his back, forming a spell with his hands, and unleashing a vast Sword Rain that forced Jiuying to continuously retreat and counter the falling blades with his Divine Skills.

The Lion Camel King carried the Macaques King and Yu Rong King on his back into battle, while Jiao Demon King kept spewing Water Thunder, bead after bead. Enlightenment Dao rode the winds with his sword, arriving in an instant. In just a moment, the brothers had encircled Jiuying.

Seeing the seven brothers resolutely aimed to kill him, Jiuying, of course, did not hold back. Although trapped in the center by the seven, his vitality was robust. As long as his nine heads weren’t struck simultaneously, he wouldn’t die. Moreover, his Martial Arts and Divine Skills were extremely potent. The battle was closely matched.

“The strength of this Jiuying was largely sealed by the Sun-Shooting Arrow, thus he can’t exert his full power. Otherwise, invoking the Heaven and Earth Laws, we probably wouldn’t stand a chance,” Enlightenment Dao silently pondered, twisting a Sword technique in his hand, sending out a burst of Sword Qi like a galaxy pouring backwards, sweeping across Jiuying, leaving him covered in sword marks. However, in the blink of an eye, these wounds healed completely.

The seven brothers formed a formation, with Ox Demon King leading since he was the most durable. The other brothers cooperated by deploying all sorts of Knife, Spear, Sword, and Halberd attacks, creating a fierce battle.

Ox Demon King took a couple of hits from Jiuying but merely swayed a little, still fiercely swinging his Mixed-Iron Staff, making even Jiuying feel hard-pressed.

This battle had turned into a war of attrition.

In a war of attrition, naturally, Jiuying was at a disadvantage. He was already severely injured and further encumbered by the constraints on his Divine Skills and Mana by the Sun-Shooting Arrow. Meanwhile, each of the seven brothers had dozens of Peaches of Immortality. Growing tired, they merely had to swallow one to instantly regain their vigor and continue the fray!

These Demon Kings had refined Gonggong’s Essence Blood and had tough skins. Jiuying couldn’t kill them; even if they were injured, a Peach of Immortality eaten would immediately heal them. To inflict a severe injury, Jiuying needed to gather his Divine Skills, but with the seven brothers attacking simultaneously, they instantly disrupted his gathering, giving him much trouble.

This battle lasted three days and nights nonstop. The seven brothers surrounded Jiuying, continuously fighting, unleashing all sorts of Divine Skills and Magical Treasures. The entire Green Hill Secret Realm had turned into a wasteland.

Enlightenment Dao’s eyes flashed coldly, he said, “Brothers, step back for a moment!”

At some unknown point, nine clones had appeared in the void above, each forming the same Sword technique. Sword Qi surged, and the Sword Artifacts in their hands buzzed with energy. They held golden swords transformed from Peng Demon King’s feathers; after all, the clones’ Seven Stars Sword had too low a power compared to real objects.

Immediately, Jiuying sensed a strong danger, reminiscent of the feeling when Hou Yi targeted him with his Divine Arrow in the past. His Primordial Spirit began to tremble.

“A sword arrives from the east, while the sun and moon sink in the west; the Nine Heavens thunder, and the sword leads to the flight of the immortals!” The nine Sword Shadow Clones roared simultaneously. Suddenly, the golden swords were lifted, and there was a rumbling thunder from the sky. Nine bolts of lightning descended, caught by the seven golden swords.

Enlightenment Dao stepped back far on his Seven Stars Sword, while Peng Demon King revealed his true form, flapping his wings, whipping up a storm of Sword Rain. Ox Demon King also revealed his true form as a great white ox and retreated, the Lion Camel King carrying Macaques King and Yu Rong King to the side, and Jiao Demon King transformed into a Green Jiao and soared into the sky.

The sky thundered incessantly, and the nine golden swords attracted the lightning, which transformed into beings in golden Taoist Robes.

After all, this Sword Leading Immortal Flight was from Song Lun’s ultimate Swordsmanship technique, and its power was unmatched. As to the outcome, please listen to the next part of the story.