Chapter 530: Irrelevant Outsiders?

At dawn, clouds churned and surged across the sky.

Under He He Yingcai's farewell, Lu Ran and the others embarked on their journey to the Forbidden City.

He specifically contacted Zhan Ye Dao; hearing that He Qi had rushed back to Wuji Peak overnight and was awaiting an audience with the Peak Master, Lu Ran couldn't help but feel some worry.

After all, the crowd was about to face Mount Jingting Mountain!

No one knew whether Tu, the Peak Master of Wuji Peak, would permit it.

"Ugh." Lu Ran pressed his hand to his forehead in distress, then rubbed his temples.

Last night, he hadn't rested well.

Don't misunderstand; Lu Ran hadn't done anything bad last night, but just before falling asleep, he had been startled by a sudden noise.

High above the heavens, gods and demons were battling once again.

That earth-shaking roar lacked any rhythm; each burst came without warning, continuing intermittently for several hours, truly tormenting Lu Ran severely.

【Sect Master!】

【Hmm?】 Lu Ran frowned tightly. 【What is it, Eying?】

Yan Yan Shuangzi: 【There's a situation here; someone must be fighting. I'm to your front-left!】

【Huh?】 Lu Ran immediately turned to look, but dense forests concealed everything; he strained his ears yet heard nothing.

"What's wrong?" Beside him came Jiangjiang Ruyi's concerned voice.

"Eying says there are people fighting over there," Lu Ran said, simultaneously activating his Death Realm Eye.

Immediately, his pupils contracted slightly.

Lu Ran hadn't held much hope, yet he saw a dead soul slowly drifting upward in the distant sky.

This woman had already assumed a phantom soul state, yet she still maintained habits from her living days; she covered her eyes with both hands, seemingly weeping in grief.

"Everyone, there is fighting to the south," Lu Ran announced at once, signaling the group to change direction.

Jiangjiang Ruyi lightly furrowed her brows.

Since departing, Lu Ran hadn't yet activated the Xie Fa: Mirror Flower Moon; the group had traveled no more than twenty kilometers from Misty Rain Lake.

Near the Yun Qianzhou Alliance's main camp, no evil demons were stationed.

If there was a battle situation...

Was it strife among humans?

Jiangjiang Ruyi's heart tightened; could it be that Mount Jingting Mountain's army was pressing forward?

【There are sounds of electric currents and battle cries... uh.】 Yan Yan Shuangzi's voice transmission paused briefly, then resumed quickly. 【Sect Master, there are Most Dongting believers here.】

【Protect yourself and stay far from the battle group!】 Lu Ran's expression turned grim as he led everyone swiftly pressing forward.

Unlike Lu Ran, Yan Yan Shuangzi possessed only the Evil Dog Xie Fa.

Yet the Yi Pai Shen Fa of Most Dongting—Mount Jingting Cry—was a natural counter to the Evil Dog clan!

Even a powerful Evil Dog, merely hearing natural thunder, could easily be frozen in place.

The Mount Jingting Cry of Most Dongting believers carried a stun effect!

Yan Yan Shuangzi decisively obeyed the order, ceasing attempts to approach the battle group; in her ears rang cries of shouting and the "whoosh-whoosh" sounds of blades slicing through the air.

"Mount Jingting Mountain!!"

A red-robed man over fifty years old, his eyes slightly bloodshot, cradled a woman whose chest had been pierced through.

She died with her eyes open, staring with vacant orbs, her face still bearing an expression of terror.

"All of you, kneel and surrender!" A woman wielding a halberd glared with phoenix-like eyes, the halberd tip pointing at the clustered Sword Lotus believers. "I will spare your lives!"

Eighteen Sword Lotus disciples formed a circle, holding lotus-petal shields.

Lotus flowers bloomed and extended in all directions, centered around the crowd.

Sword Lotus Divine Art: Lotus Bud!

If anyone stepped onto a lotus flower, they would instantly be trapped by the closing petals.

The Sword Lotus disciples attempted to alter the battlefield environment, restricting the enemy's movement trajectories.

Yet they had encountered the Most Dongting faction!

These believers moved so swiftly that the Lotus Buds found it extremely difficult to capture the Most Dongting disciples.

However, even with negligible results, the Sword Lotus believers could do nothing else.

At this moment, surrounded in the center by the eighteen Sword Lotus believers, was precisely that red-robed man kneeling on the ground, cradling a corpse.

"Aah!!"

His pupils turned crimson as he roared in grief and fury.

Terrifying pressure, unique to a Sea Realm expert, shook the surrounding circle of Sword Lotus disciples until they trembled.

"Island Master Pei, I will say it once more!" The halberd-wielding woman's phoenix eyes were sharp as blades. "Kneel and surrender, and I will spare your life."

Accompanying the woman's authoritative words, surging waves of overwhelming pressure crashed forward like ocean tides.

The Sword Lotus disciples, already trembling with fear in their legs, now truly wished to abandon resistance.

Battles between Sea Realm experts were simply beyond the participation of mere Named River Estuary Realm individuals like them.

Let alone Sea Realm experts; even fighting against those ten Named River Estuary Realm Most Dongting believers gave the Sword Lotus disciples very low chances of victory.

Even though the Sword Lotus side held a numerical advantage!

The Most Dongting faction,

was so strong it filled the Sword Lotus disciples with despair.

"Fang Fang Lingfeng!" Island Master Pei stared fixedly at the woman. "Do you intend to wage war against our Yun Qianzhou Alliance?!"

"Who is Island Master Pei trying to frighten?" Fang Fang Lingfeng sneered. "Or has Island Master Pei grown old and confused, forgetting that we are already at war?"

"When our Elder Liu was brutally slaughtered earlier, weren't you the first to make a move?"

The more she spoke, the more formidable Wan Wan Fangling's aura became.

"You! Shameless!! It was you who first—" Island Master Pei ground his teeth in rage.

But before he could finish, the other party cut him off.

"True enough." Wan Wan Fangling arched an eyebrow, her phoenix eyes brimming with mockery, "If Island Master Pei weren't so senile, he wouldn't dare come out to collect the Saint Spirit Qi."

"We have been waiting here for quite some time; only you dared bring people out. Are you truly that loyal to Lord Liangye Jian Liangye Jian Lian?"

Island Master Pei: "Wan Wan Fangling—"

Wan Wan Fangling said coldly, "Old thing, trying to buy time? I'll count to three!"

"If you don't surrender, I'll send you to meet your Lord Liangye Jian Liangye Jian Lian!"

"One!" Wan Wan Fangling gave the other party no chance to interject.

As she counted, she strode forward, wielding a halberd shimmering with cold light.

With every step she took, the killing intent in her eyes intensified by a fraction; terrifying energy churned violently, blowing her shoulder-length hair aside.

She looked just like a god of slaughter!

Ten Most Dongting disciples formed a encirclement around the battle group, standing relatively far away.

Only Wan Wan Fangling walked alone, striding toward the disciples of Liangye Jian Liangye Jian Lian!

Yet this single person crushed eighteen Liangye Jian Liangye Jian Lian disciples until they trembled, nearly losing the courage to resist.

"Two!" Wan Wan Fangling let out a sharp shout, electric currents coiling around her feet with a crackling buzz.

Such a posture perfectly embodied the arrogance and tyranny of the Most Dongting faction!

"Gulp."

"Uh." Sounds of swallowing saliva and terrified throat noises rang out one after another.

The Liangye Jian Liangye Jian Lian believers turned pale, their legs growing softer by the moment.

Sometimes, death itself is not the most terrifying thing.

It is the fear, helplessness, and despair encountered while facing death that truly cause one to collapse.

"Thump!"

A Liangye Jian Liangye Jian Lian disciple dropped to his knees, staring wide-eyed at the ground, cold sweat streaming down his face.

"Stand up!" Island Master Pei finally came to his senses and cursed angrily, "Get the hell up, you bastard!!"

Thump!

Island Master Pei's furious shout failed to improve the situation; another female Liangye Jian Liangye Jian Lian disciple dropped to her knees, head bowed low.

Her face was deathly pale, her eyes filled with terror, and she muttered something under her breath:

"No chance... we'll die, we'll really die..."

When people thought of the Liangye Jian Liangye Jian Lian faction, most would recall a four-character evaluation: soft on the outside, tough on the inside.

However, under absolute military deterrence, the firm hearts of the Liangye Jian Liangye Jian Lian disciples were crushed to dust by Wan Wan Fangling's steady advance.

"Heh." Wan Wan Fangling suddenly let out a cold laugh, looking disdainfully at the crowd of lowly ants.

She did not count "three."

That cold laugh caused several more Liangye Jian Liangye Jian Lian disciples to completely give up resistance, trembling as they knelt on the ground.

"You all—" Before Island Master Pei could finish speaking, his heart gave a heavy throb.

He hastily turned his head to look north, endless hope rising in his heart.

For a female voice drifted from afar: "Hey!"

"Who is it?" Wan Wan Fangling, who had been enjoying the pleasure of toying with and humiliating her enemies, was suddenly interrupted and her expression immediately darkened.

This location was not far from the Yun Qianzhou Alliance.

Could it be that another small team had set out, also coming to search for Saint Spirit Qi?

Hmm... even so, it matters not!

They are merely believers of Bihe, Chenghua, Liangye Jian Liangye Jian Lian, or Tianluan; even if the enemy numbers are several times our own, so what?

We of the Most Dongting faction, what does it matter if we fight three enemies with one?

"Who goes there?"

"Halt!" On the northern side of the battle group, two Most Dongting disciples shouted loudly.

"Shut up." The female voice came again, carrying boundless oppressive force.

"Ah?"

"Uh—" This time, it was the two Most Dongting disciples who felt fear in their hearts.

A woman wearing a conical hat and draped in a wide straw raincoat approached step by step, carrying a massive battle axe.

In a daze, the Most Dongting disciples seemed to see their own He He Tangzhu, Wan Wan Fangling.

This woman in the straw raincoat also possessed a pair of phoenix eyes.

Those slightly narrowed phoenix eyes swept past the two grunts and stared directly into Wan Wan Fangling's eyes.

Wan Wan Fangling's gaze sharpened!

The deity Most Dongting and the deity Xihuangyi were both second-rank gods, and both belonged to the "Four Great Warlords" sequence.

Disciples of the Most Dongting faction were mostly arrogant and haughty.

Disciples of the Xihuangyi Sect were mostly domineering and unreasonable.

One leaned toward arrogance, the other toward insolence, but undoubtedly, the underlying nature of both was the type that was overbearing and tyrannical!

Today, disciples of these two Great Warlords had finally clashed head-on.

"Mount Jingting Mountain is conducting affairs; irrelevant persons depart immediately!" Wan Wan Fangling said in a deep voice.

It must be said, the disciples of the Sea Realm's Most Dongting faction were truly domineering!

Even when facing such a powerful expert, the words with which Wan Wan Fangling advised them to retreat carried an air of arrogant command.

Yellow sand churned beneath Gao Gao Yunyan's feet as she looked at the man clad in a great red robe: "Who are you people?"

Island Master Pei hurriedly said, "The Yun Qianzhou Alliance! Our Yun Qianzhou Alliance is just nearby; we implore you, fellow Daoist, to save—"

Wan Wan Fangling cut him off with a harsh shout, "Irrelevant parties, depart immediately! Otherwise, do not blame us of Mount Jingting Mountain for showing no mercy!"

"Ah!!"

The sudden, miserable scream startled Wan Wan Fangling to her core.

She whipped her head around to look.

There, emerging from behind a large tree in the southern forest, was another tall figure clad in a green straw raincoat and a blue bamboo hat.

Clutching a broken blade, she had pierced through the chest of an Eastern Thunder believer; from the jagged tip of the blade, blood droplets were still dripping down.

Everyone:!!!

When did this person arrive?

And how did they appear behind the tree?

"Thud!"

The corpse on the broken blade was flung to the ground.

The woman's slender fingers pinched the brim of her conical hat, lifting it slightly upward to reveal a pair of sharp, piercing eyes.

This woman's gaze was not merely on par with Wan Wan Fangling's.

It was even sharper than the other's!

Deng Deng Yuxiang's lips curled up slightly as she looked at the astonished and furious Wan Wan Fangling: "Now, are we relevant?"

(End of Chapter)