Chapter 241: Too Late

At the same time, within the sect territory of Luoshenfeng Sect, the crowds scattered in all directions could clearly see the scene above Baolian City in the darkness of night.

The terrifying pillar of fire reaching the sky in the heavens made countless people instinctively stop in their tracks, shaken to the core, and filled with fear.

"The true foundation of Luoshenfeng Sect has been revealed; one of the Four Great Venerables, Master Chihuo, has made his move."

Fu Qiwen, the Commander of the Tianjin Guard of the Great Li Imperial Court, looked up toward the direction of Baolian City. There, it seemed as if a rising sun had emerged from the darkness, illuminating a sea of fiery clouds as red as fresh blood.

At this moment, for the first time, Fu Qiwen's face displayed an extremely solemn expression.

This number one figure of the Tianjin Guard of the Great Li Imperial Court, even when facing the Peak Lords of the various peaks of Luoshenfeng Sect, had remained calm and composed, never placing them in his eyes.

But facing Chi Huo Zunzhe, he silently gazed at the scene in the distance, yet a rare hint of apprehension flowed through his eyes.

Hu Rui'an, riding alongside him, also had a constantly shifting expression at this moment.

Previously, he had not been very worried about Li Musheng, because he knew deeply the immense martial arts strength of this Eighth Imperial Prince, believing that even if the other party could not defeat the experts of Luoshenfeng Sect, retreating unscathed would be no problem.

But now, having witnessed what Fu Qiwen called the move of "Chi Huo Zunzhe," he clearly showed signs of wavering.

That terrifying ability, which made one's heart tremble, was indeed too powerful and astonishing, far exceeding his past understanding; the scene in the sky, in his view, was like a Fire God descending to the world.

And how could mortals possibly contend with a god?

"My lord..."

Hu Rui'an's expression changed drastically, and he suddenly looked at Fu Qiwen beside him.

However, before his words were fully spoken, Fu Qiwen seemed to already know what he wanted to say, shaking his head and saying:

"We are too far from the Prince; it is too late!"

Speaking thus, he lowered his head, reached into his robes, and pulled out a palm-sized green jade box, a hint of hesitation clearly surfacing deep in his eyes.

But ultimately, he still sighed and put the green jade box away.

Clearly, the time to use this object had not yet arrived; using it prematurely would only cause everything to fail at the final moment.

Immediately, he withdrew his gaze from Hu Rui'an, whose face was extremely grim, and then looked up at the sky again, saying softly:

"Now we can only hope that the Prince can detect the impending crisis in time and escape Baolian City from the hands of Chi Huo Zunzhe."

Hu Rui'an said nothing; Fu Qiwen's action was undoubtedly the most rational choice, not to mention that they could not possibly arrive in time to assist the Eighth Imperial Prince.

Even if they could arrive in time, with just these people of theirs, they would probably not be a match for Chi Huo Zunzhe.

At this moment, a strange sense of despair even arose in Hu Rui'an's heart.

With such a powerful existence stationed at Luoshenfeng Sect, their so-called plan to annihilate Luoshenfeng Sect this time was undoubtedly like an egg striking a stone, seemingly seeing no hope of success at all!

And at the same time, among the Great Li Tianjin Guard attacking Luoshenfeng Sect, almost everyone, after witnessing the scene above Baolian City, now had thoughts similar to Hu Rui'an in their hearts.

And completely different from the situation of the Great Li Tianjin Guard were the Peak Lords of the various peaks of Luoshenfeng Sect and their numerous disciples.

Originally, two distress signals had been transmitted consecutively from within Baolian City, and even the Peak Lord of Baolian Peak had been defeated by an unknown expert of the Great Li Imperial Court.

A string of bad news caused the disciples of the various peaks within Luoshenfeng Sect to begin feeling uneasy, believing that the upcoming confrontation with the Great Li Imperial Court's attack would likely be an extremely difficult and bloody struggle.

Some even secretly harbored the thought in their hearts that Luoshenfeng Sect might be annihilated by the Great Li Imperial Court.

However, from the moment Chi Huo Zunzhe made his move, the disciples within Luoshenfeng Sect seemed to have seen a savior; their spirits were instantly lifted, and all fear and anxiety vanished in an instant.

Especially the disciples of Baolian Peak, whose Peak Lord had just died, were so overjoyed that they wept tears of joy and celebrated.

They were just one step away from turning the birthday banquet originally prepared for Zheng Yunfeng into a celebration banquet for Luoshenfeng Sect annihilating the Great Li Imperial Court's hounds.

At the same time, apart from the Peak Lord of Zhan Yue Peak who was still in seclusion, the remaining six Peak Lords of Luoshenfeng Sect all looked up toward the direction of Baolian City, lost in silent thought.

The mirror-like figure of Especially Yumianjiao, the Peak Lord of Yu Lan Peak, and Ouyang Beiqi Ming Qi, the Peak Lord of the Fifth Peak, stood side by side, gazing at the firelight covering the entire dark sky, and both had an unusual expression on their faces.

In their eyes, there was both desire and fear, but what was more was actually regret and pity.

Because they actually knew very well that the four Venerables of Luoshenfeng Sect were all existences different from ordinary people, possessing divine abilities that ordinary people did not have.

And people like them, who could only be called martial arts geniuses, were fundamentally unable to reach that terrifying level of "dual cultivation of divinity and martial arts," nor could they obtain the true inheritance of Luoshenfeng Sect, spending their lives only able to look up to them from behind.

At this time, the mirror-like figure of Especially Yumianjiao sighed, then turned to Ouyang Beiqi Ming Qi beside her and said:

"With a Venerable making a move, the victory of our Luoshenfeng Sect in this battle is already decided. However, the Venerable will obviously not pay attention to the small characters of the Tianjin Guard attacking the four peaks. Please, Senior Brother Ouyang, help this junior sister, and let us join hands to eliminate the former Commander of that Tianjin Guard."

Although the Peak Lord of Baolian Peak, Zheng Yunfeng, was already dead, the 'Divine Origin Pill' had not yet been delivered, so Especially Yumianjiao used this once again to exchange for Ouyang Beiqi Ming Qi's intervention.

"Junior sister has spent generously. This Seat will go with you to Yu Lan Peak immediately."

Ouyang Beiqi Ming Qi withdrew his gaze; with Chi Huo Zunzhe making a move at Baolian City, the outcome was already known without needing to look.

And under the inevitable trend of Luoshenfeng Sect's victory, him lending a slight hand to help Especially Yumianjiao would also allow him to obtain a Divine Origin Pill, which was naturally a win-win situation.

Immediately, Ouyang Beiqi Ming Qi turned his gaze toward the direction of the Main Peak and shook his head silently:

"The Shao Sect possesses divine abilities and is indeed a worthy martial arts genius; it is a pity he is too arrogant."

"If he had self-awareness like me, once the Venerable made a move, nothing would have gone wrong, and he would not have wasted the talent we all seek in vain."

"Stop! Stop! Stop immediately!"

In a mountain forest, the old man Wu Yong hurriedly spoke out, his gaze fixed on the towering firelight ahead, urgently calling out to the scholar Sui Zhen and the others not to continue rushing toward Baolian City.

At the same time, Lin Tang and the other two naturally also saw the terrifying scene in the sky and immediately stopped their movements.

For a moment, all four stood dazed in place, gazing at the incredibly shocking sea of clouds and fire in the sky ahead, each displaying an expression of disbelief.

"How can there be such terrifying innate divine abilities?"

"How much divine blood have those people of Luoshenfeng Sect swallowed?"

The old man Wu Yong and the scholar Sui Zhen could not help but cry out in shock.

They were also people of divinity, but to unleash their own abilities with such terrifying and powerful might was something they had never seen before, and had not even thought possible.

(End of this chapter)