Chapter 180

Without sleep or rest,

They marched rapidly for several days, crossing thousands of kilometers of vast yellow sand.

Along the way, aside from being delayed for some time by encountering demonic beasts, quicksand, sandstorms, and other terrain and celestial phenomena, they did not suffer any attacks from the Profound Martial Heaven Palace cultivators.

"We are four hundred to one thousand kilometers away from the other two group armies, and we expect to complete the convergence in at most twenty-four hours."

"Also, increase vigilance."

An Siyan's solemn voice sounded in the legion channel: "The journey has been too quiet; the Profound Martial Heaven Palace has an abnormally strict hierarchy. If the Four Poles Boundary-Fixing Array is lost, it is possible that all these Foundation Establishment cultivators will be executed; they shouldn't be doing nothing."

"This makes me feel uneasy."

"Understood."

In fact,

Not just her, including Jiang Ding, almost everyone had the same feeling.

"Great Sun Sword Pavilion Sword Child..."

"Top-tier sword intent..."

"Xia Wenren, are you sure your soul isn't hallucinating? The Great Sun Sword Pavilion was destroyed three thousand years ago!"

Deep underground in the yellow sand more than two hundred kilometers away from here, a quasi-Tier 3 concealment defense array was set up, dozens of meters deep, where five people were whispering.

One of them was the big-eared youth who had attacked the Eastern Group Army multiple times with rune golden spears!

"I have already transmitted what my soul sensed to you all."

The big-eared youth's voice was cold: "The death of that dwarf also has to do with the Great Sun Sword Child; I already told him that with the Great Sun Sword Child around, if the heart-blood magic artifact is lost, it's lost. He didn't believe it himself, so he deserved to die."

"This is a heart-blood magic artifact; it's very likely that his cultivation path is broken because of this. How could it be so easy to let go?"

A one-eyed girl shook her head, and mysterious runes could be vaguely seen flashing between her pupils.

The others looked at her with great wariness.

She was a core disciple of the Void Heaven Palace, one of the upper nine palaces of the Profound Martial Heaven Palace's seventy-two palaces, inheriting the Void Heaven Palace's Cave Void Divine Light, which is rumored to specifically counter the five elements of the world, breaking everything.

After another few decades of polishing, she has the potential to become a Profound Martial candidate Daoist.

"Even the Dwarf Child is dead; it seems it really is true."

The others revealed murderous intent: "Candidate Daoist Xia Hou sent a message before entering seclusion: as long as we can kill this extremely abnormal Great Sun Sword Child, even if all the array bases are broken, he will plead for us and try to get forgiveness from the elders in the palace."

"Then let it be so!"

The Eastern Group Army advanced another few dozen kilometers.

Jiang Ding, who was scouting more than twenty kilometers ahead of the main army, had his expression change suddenly.

Under the sensing of his sword intent, terrifying murderous intent came from all directions—dozens, hundreds, everywhere, with no focus at all.

Hundreds of Foundation Establishment cultivators!

Unknown to them, the Profound Martial Heaven Palace Foundation Establishment cultivators from other directions had moved here, vaguely forming a siege and approaching the main army bit by bit.

Once so many Foundation Establishment cultivators entered within a two-kilometer range, tens of thousands of people would die in an instant, and they could be wiped out within a dozen breaths.

"Enemy attack!"

"A large number of Foundation Establishment cultivators!"

Jiang Ding said calmly.

When dense armor-piercing cruise missiles appeared in the sky, his deep blue flying sword slashed out, tearing two Foundation Establishment cultivators to shreds along with hundreds of armor-piercing cruise missiles.

He broke his stealth, exposing himself openly before the opponent, his clanging sword intent humming.

"Great Sun Sword Child!"

In an instant, countless greedy gazes from Foundation Establishment cultivators were cast here.

Five core disciples made a Great Dao oath: whoever kills the Great Sun Sword Child will be rewarded with five Core Formation Pills; two of the Core Formation Pills will be given to the one who makes the direct kill, and the remaining three will be auctioned off by those who participated in the attack, with the spirit stones obtained divided equally among all participants!

Five Core Formation Pills!

This is enough to buy the lives of countless peak Foundation Establishment cultivators!

What's more, under spiritual sense scanning, it was clearly told to them that this was a mortal in the Primordial Realm!

"Kill!"

At least twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators attacked simultaneously; flying swords, flying knives, large seals, and other magic artifacts, carrying powerful Foundation Establishment spell fluctuations, flew toward this location.

Those who didn't attack were only because they hadn't entered the attack range yet!

"Soul-Splitting!"

"Minor Soul-Bewitching Technique!"

"..."

Almost instinctively, after scanning the soul fluctuations of a clear Primordial mortal, these battle-hardened Foundation Establishment cultivators used soul-attack spells, even if they weren't particularly proficient in this area.

The Great Sun Sword Child, no matter how strong his strength is, is still a mortal; his soul can't be that strong, right?

Clang!

Amidst a clear sword chime, high above in the endless sky, an ancient tree rose from the ground, piercing into the firmament; branches and leaves dropped countless sword qi, and the tree-shade phenomenon spread for several kilometers, metallic luster flowing, eternal, immortal.

"Ah!"

All the Foundation Establishment cultivators who launched soul attacks screamed; their spiritual sense felt like it had pierced into a sharp and scorching deep blue Great Sun, instantly being stirred to pieces and burned to nothingness.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Over ten thousand armor-piercing cruise missiles cruising in the sky fell, crushing all the flying magic artifacts and spell attacks, tearing the twenty-plus Foundation Establishment cultivators to shreds.

"Soul attack..."

Jiang Ding's expression was calm.

With the Taiqing flying sword and sword intent as protection, spiritual sense below the Jin Dan level could hardly cause him any harm.

The surroundings fell silent.

All the Foundation Establishment cultivators desperately hid their murderous intent and disappeared from the sword intent sensing range again.

"All directions! Grenades, reconnaissance shelling!"

An Siyan also seemed to feel the overwhelming heavy pressure.

Boom, boom!

Dense grenades flew out in all directions; each grenade could cover an area of several hundred meters in radius. Nearly ten thousand grenades were fired, immediately forming a death zone within several dozen kilometers nearby, killing all Qi Condensation lifeforms.

Cling, cling, cling!

Amidst the grenade splashing, at least fifty or sixty Foundation Establishment early-to-mid-stage cultivators whose concealment spells were not well-practiced were exposed, and they were quickly locked onto by the spiritual particle radar waves.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Over ten thousand armor-piercing grenades flew out; amidst the deafening roar, these Foundation Establishment cultivators who were exposed early were torn into pieces.

Without concealment ability and distance, Foundation Establishment cultivators are nothing more than this!

"Too many!"

An Siyan's heart was ice cold.

These were only the Foundation Establishment cultivators exposed by the grenade coverage shelling; she dared not imagine how many were hidden and how strong they were.

Once so many Foundation Establishment cultivators broke into the two-kilometer range, even though the Eastern Group Army had a force of 180,000, it would only take seven or eight breaths for them to be wiped out.

After a slight hesitation,

"Target currently non-existent, requesting Tier 3 tactical nuclear weapon saturation attack..."

An Siyan used the tactical nuclear bomb without hesitation!

This was extremely wasteful; such weapons were major killing tools on the Jin Dan battlefield. If it weren't related to the struggle for a realm, Qi Condensation troops would never be equipped with them.

Using them against Foundation Establishment cultivators was too wasteful.

Even if all the Foundation Establishment cultivators died, the impact on Jin Dan combat power would not be that great.

"Great Sun Sword Child, tactical nuclear weapon is about to be deployed; please hide or evacuate quickly."

An Siyan said calmly: "My unit suffering such a scale of surprise attack should have something to do with you; try your best to survive and guide the coordinates of the Jin Dan combat power for the tactical nuclear bomb in the final battle."

Once the tactical nuclear bomb is deployed, it's unknown whether the enemies will die, but the Immortal Sect cultivators and martial artists will definitely die.

(End of chapter)