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Chapter 211: All Things as a Sword, Sacrificing the Masses? (Part 2)
Chapter 211: All Things as a Sword, Sacrificing the Masses? (Part 2)
"
He knew that continuing this battle wasn't the best strategy.
But who said they had to keep fighting this way?
"You all, hold the line for a moment, I'll be right back!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The rest of the royal family members, city officials, and masters all felt their scalps go numb.
But now was not the time to be spectators.
They gathered their energy and focused their minds, preparing for the upcoming battle.
At the same time, the Emperor strode forward.
It was at this moment that the Ferocious One and his group reached the edge of the formation.
A Second Realm master from Xu Wangfu stepped forward, pondering for a moment before shaking his head: "The formation's level is extremely high, it's likely they paid a great price to have a Formation Dao master set it up."
"Breaking it... will be difficult."
"We can only try to break it with force, but..."
"Ahem."
Just then, Fan Jian Gang, a Second Realm cultivator, coughed lightly and raised his hand: "Why not let me give it a try?"
He truly didn't want to draw attention.
Even less did he want to be in the spotlight.
What he wanted least was to expose his strength and hidden cards.
But at this moment, he was willing to reveal... a tiny bit.
Just a tiny bit~
"You?"
The Formation Dao master was taken aback, then nodded.
No one looked down on Fan Jian Gang because of his cultivation. Instead, they were highly anticipating him.
After all, although he appeared to be just a Second Stage ant, in his previous battle with Fan Cuicui, he had secretly manipulated her Dao Array Technique, even using it to trap her!
His array formation skills had already surpassed everyone present.
Even...
Fan Cuicui shamelessly claimed that he was a 'Heavenly Array Holy Body'.
But no one had ever heard of such a holy body in this world.
Never heard of it...
Under the gaze of the crowd, Fan Jian Gang didn't hesitate. He approached the edge of the array, touched the light curtain, and closed his eyes slightly.
No one could understand what he was doing.
No one saw what he did.
But the next moment...
Whoosh!
The grand array's light curtain suddenly flickered!
Then, it instantly expanded, encompassing them all.
"Is it here?"
The array master from Xu Wangfu was stunned.
His mind was filled with questions.
How did he do this?
"Not only is it here!"
Qin Wang's face showed surprise. "Moreover, the array has been reversed?"
"What?!"
Everyone exclaimed in shock.
They realized that the array had indeed been reversed!
Originally, it was a defensive array to prevent external attacks, allowing exit but not entry. But now, it had 'turned around', still a defensive array, but now only allowing entry and not exit!
In other words...
Locking the door and beating the dog!"
Even Lu Ming was shocked.
This method was beyond his capabilities.
Clearly, this wasn't a secret technique, but rather a special treasure?
"Damn it."
"No wonder it's called 'Gou Sheng'. Although he seems to stay indoors all day, he does have quite a collection of good stuff. This kid probably has some kind of check-in system!"
Lu Ming was amazed.
But at the same time...
They instantly took action, attacking the powerful cultivators in the city who were caught off guard and could only respond in a hurry.
"Kill!"
"The Sun Moon Immortal Dynasty will be destroyed today!"
They charged forward frantically.
At this moment, Xiao Ling Er wasn't on the front lines.
Firstly, she had fought hard earlier and needed some time to recover. Secondly...
Every team needs a nanny, right?
She had never played games, so she didn't know what a nanny was.
But she understood the importance of logistics!
The high-quality healing and restorative pills in her possession were the best logistical support.
They could reduce casualties and enhance combat effectiveness.
Therefore, she moved around the battlefield, providing pills to their people, allowing them to fight with all their might.
Ao Bing and the Fire Kirin had also taken action.
They hadn't revealed their true forms, and they weren't Eighth Stage opponents, but with their powerful physiques and the True Dragon and Kirin Arts they had learned from Long Nu and Wang Teng, they could still demonstrate considerable strength.
At the very least, they could battle against Sixth Stage cultivators!
The Xu Wangfu and Qin Wangfu experts formed military arrays and charged forward!
This was a unique battle style of 'armies', extremely fierce and bloody. Their presence meant that the Imperial City's forces couldn't afford to ignore the Moon Embrace Sect members, and they had no choice but to fight desperately.
"How dare they?!"
"Our Imperial City's grand array... how could it...?!"
"Kill!"
The royal family members were both furious and panicked.
They had initially been quite calm.
Although they knew they couldn't win in a direct confrontation, with the array and the abundant resources within the Imperial City, they thought they could hold out for ten or even twenty years, right?
But they never expected that the array would be broken in just a few moments!
Not only was it broken, but it had become their own prison, and they couldn't even escape!
"Kill that damn Fan Jian Gang!"
"This is all his doing. He must possess some incredible secret technique. Once we kill him, the grand array will return to normal."
"Surround and kill Fan Jian Gang!"
In almost an instant...
Fan Jian Gang became the target of the royal family's siege.
"Ah?!"
Fan Jian Gang was dumbfounded.
"Don't do this!"
"Hey, hey, hey, please don't do this."
He frantically fled, dodging and pleading, "I can't do it!"
"Listen, even if you kill me and crush my bones to dust, this array won't change back!"
"Please, I beg you, give me a way out!"
"Otherwise..."
"I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself and will kill you all."
As he spoke, Fan Jian Gang suddenly exploded.
The royal family members: "???"
But the next moment, he reappeared behind one of the princes, and a small sword folded from talismans directly ignored the prince's protective treasures and defensive spells, stabbing into his heart.
Prince: "?!?!"
"He's here!"
They immediately surrounded and attacked him.
But Fan Jian Gang exploded again.
Before they could find Fan Jian Gang...
The prince who had been stabbed suddenly looked dazed, and his treasure seemed to act on its own, smashing into the head of his half-brother standing beside him.
Boom!!!
The prince, caught off guard, couldn't withstand the attack even with his protective treasures, and his head exploded into blood mist, scattering his divine soul!
"What?!"
Everyone was shocked.
"It's the talisman paper!"
"Eighth Prince, snap out of it!"
They quickly realized that the talisman paper sword was the issue, and they tried to wake him up, but to no avail. The Eighth Prince was completely controlled, going on a rampage.
"There's no other way!"
"He's been completely controlled, kill him!!!"
"..."
The battle resumed, but this time, they weren't surrounding Fan Jian Gang; instead, they were fighting their own kin, the Eighth Prince.
...
Lu Ming: "..."
"Wow.
He retracted his gaze from Fan Jian Gang's area, his lips trembling slightly.
"I thought that at this level, I could force him to reveal some of his trump cards, but I didn’t expect that he would still only be using 'miscellaneous' techniques. Trump cards, or even the ace in the hole..."
"Perhaps I'll never see them in my lifetime."
He didn't know what Fan Jian Gang's trump cards were.
Because this guy was really too much of a slacker! He knew secret arts and cultivation techniques, but as for treasures, or various odd items, Lu Ming didn’t have them.
For Gousheng, those things were as numerous as cattle.
Lu Ming didn’t even believe that he could use them all up.
Unless...
Facing an invasion from a foreign realm, and then battling alone for hundreds of years?
However, if there were such circumstances, with Gousheng's personality, he would never choose to fight a hard battle. Would one person, for a broken world, oppose another world?
Nonsense, wouldn't it be better to run away quickly?
"..."
Another moment of speechlessness.
Lu Ming decided not to think about this guy anymore.
"With this guy's means, the one I don’t need to worry about the most is him."
"Then, I’ll kill more Eighth Realms."
"Only then can I reduce our own casualties."
Lu Ming and many disciples gathered around the Ferocious One.
Blocking almost all the attacks, they escorted the Ferocious One deep into the imperial palace!
The Chaos Heavenly Boar was in a frenzy.
His previous opponent had been torn apart and devoured!
Song Ru's two imperial armaments shone brightly, causing entire palaces to collapse in their wake!
In the city.
Countless 'citizens,' or ordinary cultivators and scholarly clans, a small part chose to join the battle, but more of them fled from the imperial palace, trembling in the corners.
The capital was huge!
It might not be much smaller than the territory of a mortal nation.
However...
In the midst of the chaotic battle between these Seventh and Eighth Realm great powers, it seemed extremely small.
...
Deep in the imperial palace.
The emperor hurried forward, his face ashen.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Outside, the sounds of battle echoed.
The battle had already reached a fever pitch.
Wherever his divine perception reached, it was almost all flames of war.
This made him extremely angry and mad!
"Fight, fight!"
"There's no need for us to hide anymore."
"So many peerless talents."
"As long as we can kill them all and offer their essence blood and divine souls to the Ascension Cauldron, it will surely recover to an astonishing degree, and then..."
"We will be able to enter the Ninth Stage!"
"If we all enter the Ninth Stage, why should we care about a mere Moon Embrace Sect?"
"Even if the Sun Moon Immortal Dynasty is destroyed, our clan can easily recreate one, ten, a hundred!"
"For our clan, this is a risk, but also an opportunity!"
"Before success, we dared not expose ourselves, only planning everything in secret, fearing that someone would discover us and bring us to our deaths."
"Now, although we are still some distance from success, you, these talents, are the best supplements for the Ascension Cauldron. As long as we kill you, it will be a success!"
"Seize the opportunity, kill you in the shortest time, before those guys react."
"Afterward, even if they come, even if they realize, I will have no fear."
"The Ninth Ascension Immortal Realm, once I enter the Ascension Realm, who can stop me?!"
"Moon Embrace Sect..."
"Fire Virtue Sect!"
"Four Directions Immortal Dynasty?"
"You all deserve to die!"
While muttering, he formed an incredibly profound seal with his hands, silently reciting profound and advanced incantations in his heart.
Suddenly, the seemingly ordinary ancestral stone statue became blurry, and a light curtain opened, transforming into a void portal.
He took a step and entered it.
Gurgling...
An extremely dense bloody smell permeated the entire space.
Bubbles of blood kept rising in the blood pool.
Around it, nine Blood Robed Men sat cross-legged, forming the Ascension Seal with their hands, manipulating the bloodline essence to continuously gather and adhere to the Ascension Cauldron floating above the blood pool!
The Ascension Cauldron was broken.
Only about a third of it had a 'solid' form.
The rest were just shadows.
But even the shadows possessed an extremely powerful aura, almost terrifying.
With the continuous gathering and enhancement of the bloodline essence, the broken Ascension Cauldron was continuously 'recovered,' but the speed was extremely slow, almost imperceptible.
"Blood Sacrifice!"
The emperor said.
"A sudden change has occurred, there's no time to explain."
"Initiate the blood sacrifice, then all of you will join me in attacking the invaders. They are all peerless talents. As long as we kill them and perform the blood sacrifice on the Ascension Cauldron, we can all enter the Ascension Realm!"
One of the Blood Robed Men raised his head and sneered, "I’ve told you to do this long ago, but you were indecisive."
"Blood sacrifice."
His smile was full of evil, "Even if you sacrifice your entire clan, so what?"
"I’ve told you, as long as you step into the Ninth Stage."
"You alone will be the clan."
"You alone will be the Immortal Dynasty!"
"But you dragged your feet and never agreed, and now you suddenly changed your mind?"
"Are you in a hurry?"
The teasing tone made the emperor's face darken, his anger intensifying, "Shut up!"
Seeing their heads all raised, with their mocking smiles, he roared, "Act immediately!"
"Otherwise, I will detonate the blood pool and the grand array, making you die with them!"
"Oh, yes, yes, yes~"
The Blood Robed Man 'feared' and patted his chest, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, we are so scared, we will act now, alright, our... Emperor Your Majesty~"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk~"
Their laughter was particularly grating.
But at this moment, the emperor couldn’t care less.
Originally, he really didn’t want to do it this way.
Sacrificing the entire capital, even the entire clan?
(End of Chapter)Too harsh!
Even after years of cultivation, even if he yearned for it, he wouldn't be willing to do so.
But today, I made the wrong choice!
"And what they said isn't wrong."
He took a deep breath and muttered, "Once I step into the Immortal Realm, I alone will be the one from the clan, I alone will be the Immortal Dynasty!"
He waved his hand, "Make a move!"
The Blood-robed Men didn't say much more, simultaneously making a move, activating a grand... formation?
Suddenly.
They all turned their heads, looking at the already closed entrance.
There, a seemingly thin, honest figure quietly surveyed the surroundings, and exclaimed, "Hiss!!!"
"You actually?!?"
"?!?"
"Who are you? Why are you here?"
They were dumbfounded.
This could be a secluded special mini world.
It was thanks to countless formations and restrictions they had exhausted their entire lives to set, allowing them to hide for so many years without being discovered by outsiders in the Sun Moon Immortal Dynasty.
But now, someone had suddenly emerged?
"Li Changkong!"
A Blood-robed Man suddenly looked at the emperor, Li Changkong, and said in a solemn tone, "Is this your person?"
"Shit!"
Li Changkong angrily cursed, "Fan Jian Gang, how did you end up here?"
He stopped Fan Jian Gang, while at the same time, waving his hand to make the Blood-robed Men immediately begin the Blood Sacrifice.
"Why am I here?"
"You said it well, didn't you?"
"My fellow disciples and sisters are attacking your Sun Moon Immortal Dynasty, this is the territory of the Sun Moon Immortal Dynasty, why can't I be here?"
A sentence directly made Li Changkong retort, the brain buzzing.
You said it well, but I damn well couldn't reply!
But the problem is... you shouldn't be here! There was no sign of the formations and restrictions being broken, how did you get in?
He didn't understand yet.
The Blood-robed Men had already made their move.
Under their joint effort, they didn't know how many years before, a grand Blood Sacrifice formation had been stirring, ready to sacrifice all within the Imperial City!
Li Changkong was fully focused, staring intently at Fan Jian Gang.
Only now did he believe this one wasn't a Second Stage cultivator.
There was definitely a problem! They couldn't let him ruin the Blood Sacrifice.
But, Fan Jian Gang didn't do anything, just watched, watching.
Even, a somewhat lecherous smile appeared on his face.
"This?!"
Li Changkong didn't understand.
Since he could be here and see this hellish scene, why didn't he try to stop, instead laughing and watching?
He even thought, is it that this kid actually had a grudge with the Moon Embrace Sect, intentionally doing this, wanting to bury the Moon Embrace Sect's people?
"Grand formation, activate!"
Nine Blood-robed Men simultaneously shouted.
The Blood Pool instantly churned violently.
Li Changkong also secretly sighed in relief.
Regardless of Fan Jian Gang's purpose, everything was too late now!
The grand formation had already begun its operation, once the Blood Sacrifice started, no one could stop it.
But suddenly, the surging Blood Pool paused, then surged forth more violently, as if to drench the Immortals, the Blood Sacrifice would be the end of all living beings within the Imperial City, not just the Immortal Dynasty, but this small space and all within it, was his... own!
"How could it be like this?!"
"This?!"
"It's you!"
After a brief shock, they reacted, looking at Fan Jian Gang, glaring at him, "Are you messing around?"
"Are you crazy?!"
"Even you, a Blood Sacrifice? Do you know, once the Blood Sacrifice begins, it's the end of life, no longer existing?!"
"I know."
Fan Jian Gang nodded, "I didn't want to live in the first place, I just came to check, seeing you like this, I'm at ease."
"Then what, I'll take a step forward, see you later."
Bang! As his voice fell silent, not waiting for them to make a move, Fan Jian Gang 'Bang' exploded, disappearing.
Li Changkong: "???"
Nine Blood-robed Men: "..."
Damn it!
Is there a way to stop you, and yet say it so righteously, do you want me to carry a reward for you?
"So what do you say, what should be done?!"
Li Changkong burst back, dodging the blood-colored thread, shouting.
"What should be done?"
"Of course, run as fast as possible, the faster the better."
"You should be glad, that kid didn't block the door, otherwise, all of us would die under the Blood Sacrifice!"
A Blood-robed Man opened the exit, charging out head-on.
(End of chapter)
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