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Chapter 371: 370. Plunging into the Underworld (Part 2)
Chapter 371: 370. Plunging into the Underworld (Part 2)
An Azure Peak female disciple gazed at the flying Twin Dragon Swords from a distance.
As the first disciple of the Azure Peak Sect to make contact with the mortal world and the Golden Dragon Sect, Cao Wan vaguely felt a sense of change.
Her master, An Zhiyu, had gone missing during the decisive battle in Nanzhao, and the Azure Peak Sect had assumed that she had perished.
As An Zhiyu's disciple, Cao Wan had cultivated day and night over the years and finally achieved the Upper Three Heavens cultivation base, becoming one of the high-ranking elders of the Azure Peak Sect.
However, this time, as she followed Ji Yao and Li Linxue to the mortal world and the Golden Dragon Dynasty, even the Golden Dragon Sect seemed unfamiliar.
As Cao Wan sighed, she spread her arms wide, almost as if she were offering her neck to the executioner.
She wore the usual cloth clothes and hemp shoes of a Shushan cultivator, along with a plain-colored robe, which now shimmered with a faint cold light, followed by the appearance of colorless mist, resembling the waters of the River of Oblivion.
The mist quietly spread, attempting to cover those Golden Dragon disciples who lacked pure Yang artifacts for protection.
But suddenly, there was a sound of thunder in the air.
A fierce and masculine golden lightning descended from the sky, tearing through the mist.
Cao Wan had just refined her signature treasure, the River of Oblivion Sleeves, after advancing to the Seventh Celestial Realm, and it was currently in use, leaving her relatively weak in defense.
As she was suddenly struck by this masculine lightning, her plain-colored robe almost tore apart.
The signature treasure and its wielder were interconnected, and Cao Wan herself trembled as if she were about to fall from the sky.
Non-Ink Daoist's Lotus Heart Soul-Trapping Pearl, though unimpeded by the cloud mass and even breaking through to continue advancing, had now revealed itself.
With this revelation, the ethereal and graceful purple sword light immediately spun around, swirling and dancing like a myriad of sparkling stars, preventing the Lotus Heart Soul-Trapping Pearl from drawing any closer.
The azure sword light, majestic and fierce, continued to slash towards the Non-Ink Daoist.
"Thankfully, we came prepared," Xie Yiying said.
Ji Chuan sheathed his Pure Yang Flowing Fire Sword, "When distracted, it's counterproductive to controlling the Qingming Sword."
Xie Yiying nodded, "Me too."
As the two newly emerged high-achieving elders of the Shushan Sect in recent years, they had started refining their first natal artifacts when they were at the Seventh Heaven realm, coinciding with the conflict between their sect and the Huangquan Li Shushan Sect.
After discussing, the two of them refined their artifacts with a mutual understanding.
Ji Chuan wielded the majestic and fierce Qingming Sword, and his own natal artifact was set to be the relatively agile, versatile, and well-rounded Pure Yang Flowing Fire Sword.
Xie Yiying, on the other hand, wielded the graceful and ethereal Ziwei Sword, and her natal artifact was set to be the relatively aggressive and domineering Pure Yang Thunderous Sword.
This arrangement not only benefited their individual travels but also allowed them to form multiple variations of cooperation when they acted together.
Thus, at the moment, they were not only successfully suppressing the Eighth Heaven Non-Ink Daoist but also had the spare capacity to attack other Huangquan Li Shushan cultivators.
After their junior sect brothers and sisters took over the Non-Ink Daoist, Zhang Taegang freed up his hands and joined forces with Ji Chuan's father, Ji Dongquan, and other Shushan elders, silently gathering their spiritual energy and simultaneously summoning a large number of artifacts exuding Pure Yang Qi.
"Hmm?"
Li Linxue, the Great Elder of the Huangquan Li Shushan Sect, frowned deeply.
As a Great Vehicle Golden Immortal at the Third Layer of the Ninefold Heaven realm from the Daoist Artifice Sect, she also possessed the Huangquan Sword, the most powerful treasure of the sect, making her indisputably the strongest existence on the battlefield.
On the Great Tang side, Fang Jing Sheng, a Ninefold Heaven Great Confucian, had indeed attained a high level of cultivation. However, on this trip, he did not bring the Chunqiu Pen, the treasure that protected the Fang Tribe of Jingxiang.
The young clan leader of the Xiao Tribe from beyond Long Province, Xiao Hang, came to aid with the clan's treasure, the Haoran Sword. Yet, his current cultivation was only at the Eighth Heaven realm.
Thus, the two of them were currently joining forces to confront Li Linxue.
However, this Great Vehicle Golden Immortal at the Third Layer of the Ninefold Heaven realm had already cultivated the boundless Cangmang Qi, one of the Five Qi Leading to Immortality. She could almost disregard the distance of the vast and boundless world, and her maneuvers with the Huangquan Sword were extremely swift.
Hence, even though she was facing two opponents, she was still handling the situation with ease and maintained control of the battlefield.
The fact that the Great Tang Shushan Sect disciples had summoned a large number of Pure Yang artifacts and treasures also caught Li Linxue by surprise. However, she was even more astonished by the fact that the Celestial Master's Mansion and the Pure Yang Palace were willing to impart their techniques to Zhang Taegang, Xie Yiying, and others, and she began to speculate about how much benefit the Great Tang Shushan Sect had given up to the two Daoist holy lands.
"You bring shame to the Shushan Sect," Li Linxue said coldly.
As she spoke, she wielded the Huangquan Sword and swept it through the air.
The amount of killing and death Qi contained in this treasure was naturally worlds apart compared to the Flying Soul Sword, the Wangchuan Broad Sleeves, and other artifacts and treasures.
The vast and heavy death Qi spread everywhere, even overwhelming the sporadic Pure Yang firelight.
Usually, Pure Yang fire was not as fierce and violent as the fire of the stars, the sun, or the blazing sun, but it was more enduring and pure.
At this moment, although the sporadic firelights flickered like candles in the wind, they still refused to extinguish.
However, as the Huangquan death Qi became increasingly dense, exceeding a certain limit, even the Pure Yang True Fire might be submerged.
Zhang Taegang and the others did not stop their actions, and in a short while, they had summoned countless artifacts one after another.
These were not the natal artifacts that were closely related to the cultivators' cultivation during their journey.
Instead, they were numerous ordinary artifacts that were relatively less effective but could be mass-refined and stored daily.
The quantity depended on the abundance of materials and the cultivators' energy and time.
Although Zhang Taegang, Ji Dongquan, and others had sought guidance from Tang Xiaotang and Lu Jinduan, incorporating the Pure Yang True Fire techniques into their own knowledge, they had done so for a relatively short period, and their foundation was still shallow.
At similar cultivation realms, they were not yet capable of reaching Tang Xiaotang's level or the standards of the Pure Yang Palace's direct disciples.
However, Zhang Taegang, Ji Dongquan, and others had now taken a different approach, summoning a large number of ordinary artifacts imbued with Pure Yang Qi, and suddenly, on the battlefield, they formed a massive formation.
As the formation operated, countless artifacts burst forth with faint golden light, resembling a splendid sea of golden stars.
Within the starry sea, aside from Li Linxue, who remained unperturbed, the other Huangquan Li Shushan cultivators were like trapped in a quagmire.
Li Linxue frowned and slashed with her sword, cutting open a gap in the golden starry sea.
But soon, new starlights quickly filled the gap.
As Li Linxue was distracted by taking care of the other Huangquan Li Shushan cultivators, her figure slightly stalled, and she almost fell into the encirclement of Fang Jing Sheng's Home, Country, and the World.
At the same time, Xiao Hang's Haoran Sword emanated sword Qi that resembled rolling mountain ranges, also closing in on her.
Li Linxue slightly furrowed her brows.
The situation on the field slightly exceeded the scope of her control.
Fang Shihan, Fang Shan, Ye Yue, and others from the Jingxiang Fang Tribe exchanged glances.
They had previously received news that the Shushan Sect's artifact refinement had undergone new changes, incorporating the Pure Yang Transformation, which was believed to have originated from the Celestial Master's Mansion and the Pure Yang Palace.
However, even after witnessing it in person, Fang Shan and the others had not expected the Shushan Sect to have refined so many new artifacts on such a large scale.
The Shushan Sect's refinement of Pure Yang artifacts was specifically aimed at the Huangquan Li Shushan Sect, and it posed no threat to the Jingxiang Fang Tribe.
But the current situation indicated that the connection between the three great Daoist holy lands of the Great Tang was tighter than expected...
The people of the Jingxiang Fang Tribe quietly took note of this.
The Huangquan Li Shushan cultivators, on the other hand, had already engaged in fierce battles.
Li Linxue had destroyed many of the Great Tang Shushan Sect's artifacts.
(End of Chapter)But Zhang Taegang and the others were setting up formations, and their supply of magical artifacts seemed endless.
Of course, this was impossible.
Li Linxue's eyes were sharp, and her senses were keen.
She could perceive that many disciples of the Great Tang Mountain Sect were continuously transporting a large number of newly crafted magical artifacts from the summit of their mountain gate to the battlefield in southern Shu, providing an endless supply for Zhang Taegang and the others.
There must be more than just stockpiles at the summit.
There were probably also a considerable number of Great Tang Mountain Sect disciples working tirelessly to craft new magical artifacts.
A single artifact was insignificant to a master like Li Linxue.
But was it possible to produce so many in a short time?
Li Linxue remained expressionless.
The strategy employed by Zhang Taegang and the others was not meant to counter Ji Yao but was specifically designed to deal with her, an old lady who had not cultivated the divine energy of the fourth layer of the Ninefold Heaven.
They were taking advantage of the fact that she had not reached that level.
Otherwise, no matter how many artifacts of this caliber they had, she could instantly destroy them all.
Strictly speaking, this formation was also incapable of trapping Li Linxue, who wielded the Golden Sun Sword.
However, if she were to break through the encirclement, her allies would be doomed.
Li Linxue had a cold and tough personality, but the situation had not yet reached the point where she needed to make such a sacrifice, so she chose not to charge through on her own.
She stood her ground, maintaining the current front, while also communicating with Ji Yao, the head of the Golden Sun Mountain Sect, and Lu Changpeng, who was steering the Divine Ark in the Snowy Plateau.
Lu Changpeng responded immediately.
After understanding the situation, he and Li Linxue decided that he would not directly bring the Divine Ark to their aid. Instead, he would head straight for the mountain gate of the Great Tang Mountain Sect.
Previously, they had agreed not to attack the Great Tang Mountain Sect directly to avoid becoming the public enemy of the Great Tang.
But now, the situation was special, and Lu Changpeng decided to go straight to the source of the problem.
He was almost certain that the unusual magical artifact refinement activities of the Great Tang Mountain Sect were related, at least in part, to a treasure called the Primal Fire Cauldron.
At the moment, the pure energy artifacts of the Great Tang Mountain Sect were still somewhat crude.
However, if they continued on this path, the outcome would be unpredictable.
Without further ado, Lu Changpeng steered the Divine Ark eastward toward the summit.
At this moment, the summit was completely enveloped by the radiant light of the Primal Fire.
The fiery light rose, forming a massive luminous canopy.
Under this canopy, the pale golden radiance of the pure energy true fire twinkled like stars, covering the summit from all sides.
However, at this moment, the massive Divine Ark appeared above the summit.
Lu Changpeng showed no courtesy as he used the Divine Ark to suppress the Primal Fire Cauldron, while also brandishing his natal artifact, the Dark Moon Mirror.
Thus, beams of light descended from the divine ark, striking the summit of Shu Mountain.
Xu Duan, a Shushan elder in charge of guarding the summit, wielded the Primal Fire Cauldron to counter Lu Changpeng's attack.
Both treasures were not purely offensive artifacts.
However, compared to the Primal Fire Cauldron, the Divine Ark was more adept at combat.
Lu Changpeng, who had reached the perfect Eightfold Heaven realm in his prime, also possessed superior individual cultivation to Xu Duan.
He and the Divine Ark quickly gained the upper hand.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, countless talismans started flashing purple thunderous lights around the summit of Shu Mountain.
Lu Changpeng was left almost stunned as he witnessed a massive talisman rising from the summit, with countless other talismans forming a magnificent talisman formation around it, manifesting the Nine Heavenly Thunders of the Dragon-Tiger Mountain's Celestial Master's Mansion, the orthodox sect of the Arcane Symbol Sect. This thunderous might surged upward, striking the Divine Ark!
The Primal Fire blazed within the cauldron, merging with the Nine Heavenly Thunders, and the combined might of thunder and fire dealt a blow that forced the Divine Ark to retreat.
"You... You possess the talisman of the Arcane Symbol Sect?" Lu Changpeng, a high-achieving elder of the Golden Sun Mountain Sect, had exceptional eyesight, and he quickly discerned the situation, but this realization left him almost breathless.
He calmed his mind and was about to maneuver the Divine Ark to face this new challenge.
However, at
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