Chapter 279

"The target is now in the territory of the Heishi Sect."

"Expected to arrive in four days."

Jin Lingfeng took over the command authority of the aerospace brigade and said in the temporary brigade channel: "Before that, we will pass by the Gumu Sect and clean up this sect along the way to minimize accidental factors in the final battle."

"When the Li Yun Sect rebelled, the three sects—the Gumu Sect, the Heishi Sect, and the Tianhai Sect—all refused to go to the Canghai Steel Floating Island to pay their respects. Their reasons were very sufficient, but undoubtedly, they all have major suspicions."

"Not moving before was to stabilize them temporarily; now is the time to settle accounts one by one."

"Understood!"

In the minor realms of the Immortal Sect, it is difficult to suffer other accidents.

Two days later, they successfully arrived 100 kilometers away from the Gumu Sect.

Streaks of white trails from aerospace fighters crossed the sky, 360 in total, forming the number of the Zhou Tian stars, each forming a Tier 3 military array.

Ten terrifying auras spread in all directions, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged, and the pressure weighed down on the land.

Slowly advancing, they entered the 90-plus kilometer combat radius and circled incessantly.

"Immortal Sect!"

"Disaster, a great disaster!"

Many Gumu Sect cultivators were terrified; even from over a hundred miles away, they felt the terrifying pressure and were filled with panic.

"Where is the Ancestor? Where is the Ancestor?"

The cultivators were sweating profusely, searching frantically within the mountain gate. Many even left the sect's array directly and knelt on the ground to show they were upright and had absolutely never done anything illegal or undisciplined.

Such people kept increasing.

Soon, the inside of the mountain gate became empty, with only a few spiritual beasts walking in the mountains.

Outside the sect, a vast crowd of cultivators was extremely quiet; one could hear a pin drop.

"The First Temporary Aerospace Brigade summons the Gumu Sect, True Person Jumu."

Jin Lingfeng said lightly.

The voice spread through the military array for hundreds of miles; the array could not block it.

"Sigh!"

After a long time, a deep sigh came.

"The Immortal Dao is so harsh to us cultivators of the minor realms."

"The Immortal Sect suppresses us, drawing lines that cannot be crossed, cannot be touched, and we can never advance a single step for all eternity. The Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, relying on its profound inheritance, treats us like monkeys to be played with at will."

An old man with graying hair appeared.

He looked longingly at the grass and trees around him, slowly flew into the sky from the highest peak of the mountain gate, his Jin Dan aura extremely conspicuous.

"Ancestor!"

Many Gumu Sect cultivators' eyes turned red, and they couldn't help but shed tears.

Clearly, this True Person was a true elder within the sect, showing much love to the younger generation, not implicating them in matters, and even more so, not setting up restrictions to control their lives and deaths.

"True Person Jumu, have you refined the Blood Longevity Elixir?"

Jin Lingfeng asked.

"I have."

True Person Jumu said frankly: "I am even older than Tianhai. Although my technique has life-extending effects, I am also reaching my limit. After the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace cultivators provided the refining method for the Blood Longevity Elixir, it didn't take long before I believed it."

"Believing it earlier than others, being the first to take it, and then being a living example, prompted them to be moved."

"Hundreds of thousands of mortals and rogue cultivators died at my hands. It was all done by my own hands; I did not use any sect disciples, including other auxiliary spiritual medicines."

"Yet I didn't expect... it was all for nothing."

He said bitterly.

"The Xuanwu Heavenly Palace wouldn't even use real life-extending elixirs to lure us into risking our lives, even if it only extended our lives by twenty or thirty years, that would have been good."

"Why not go and join the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace cultivators for one last stand?"

Jin Lingfeng asked curiously.

"Without trust, there is no standing."

True Person Jumu sighed: "No matter what the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace cultivators say, I will not believe them again."

"That makes sense."

Jin Lingfeng looked at him, stopped speaking, and a chill arose.

Looking at the aggrieved, kind-looking elder with graying hair.

In reality, he had personally slaughtered hundreds of thousands of cultivators and mortals. Did he really think someone would forgive him?

Of the hundreds of thousands of people before, did anyone forgive them?

"Immortal Envoy, perhaps I can fight for the Immortal Sect again..."

True Person Jumu's face stiffened, and he said with a thick-skinned old face.

He was not as detached as he appeared. Even with less than a year of lifespan left under the Blood Longevity Elixir, he was still extremely attached and unwilling to leave.

Hum!

The ten aerospace battalion military arrays operated, Hunter missiles poked out of the bomb bays, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth whistled and gathered, and a terrifying pressure spread.

Uncertain Jin Dan combat power,

is not needed!

"Immortal Envoy, since that is the case, then so be it."

True Person Jumu's heart was as dead as ashes.

A Horned Dragon Shield magic treasure emerged from his dantian. On the shield, three dark green horns were sharp and menacing; it was a low-grade magic treasure that could both attack and defend.

"Ancestor!"

Many Gumu Sect disciples trembled, holding back their grief, and looked up.

"Disciples, do not worry. Life and death are just ordinary things. This old man also deserves to die; retribution is a cycle, there is no need to have any other thoughts."

"Let us part here!"

At the very end, True Person Jumu was instead calm. He slammed his head into the glowing Horned Wood Shield, and his head exploded like a block of tofu, red and white scattering all over the ground.

A headless corpse fell from the sky, twitched for a moment, and stopped moving.

Several drones flew over from afar, collected his magic treasure and corpse, and flew into the distance. After layers of testing, they fell into the aerospace fighter group.

"Soul aura correct."

"Flesh and blood aura correct."

"It can basically be determined that True Person Jumu is dead, and the culprit in the Gumu Sect area has been cleared."

The commanders of the ten aerospace battalions judged one after another.

"Whether others in the Gumu Sect are involved is not for him to say; it must be tested soul by soul to ensure there is truly no involvement."

"This matter can be handled later; now, just retake control of the Gumu Sect's array."

A large number of drones and quadruped robots flew into the Gumu Sect, checked inside and out, and after confirming there was no threat, over a hundred people descended from the aerospace fighters to orderly replace the Gumu Sect's array.

"Let's do this for now."

Tens of minutes later, the aerospace fighter group roared and flew into the distance.

The Gumu Sect cultivators breathed a sigh of relief.

They stood up, faces filled with sorrow, and collected the few skull fragments of True Person Jumu to make a cenotaph.

Two days later,

the aerospace fighter group arrived in the Heishi Sect territory and entered the 90-kilometer combat range of the mountain gate.

This was a yellowish Gobi landscape, barren of grass and trees, with large boulders and mountain peaks visible everywhere. Occasionally, wind would blow, whipping up sand and dust across the sky.

In the Gobi, a mountain range like obsidian protruded, containing a Tier 3 low-grade spiritual vein; this was exactly where the Heishi Sect mountain gate was located.

"Is the target still in the Heishi Sect?"

"If so, True Person Zhenshi must have given up and turned to the enemy, or he has been controlled."

Jin Lingfeng guessed.

According to the etiquette prescribed by the Immortal Sect, a summons order was issued to the Heishi Sect mountain gate, summoning the Heishi Sect's Supreme Elder, True Person Zhenshi.

"It is indeed here."

Jiang Ding glanced at the compass magic tool in his hand; the needle pointed clearly to the Heishi Sect mountain gate.

Ten breaths later.

The summons order received no response.

Instead, the Heishi Sect mountain gate array operated at full power, and pitch-black stone slabs surged up along the array patterns, wrapping the mountain gate shield layer after layer.

"Rebellion confirmed."

"Clear it."

Jin Lingfeng issued the order.

Swish, swish, swish!

Amidst the shrill sound of breaking air, 360 Hunter missiles crossed the sky, instantly covering the sky and earth, trails of white intersecting, submerging the Heishi Sect mountain gate.

(End of chapter)