Chapter 281

"The Five Elements divine arts are this powerful?!"

Mo Fengqing, a senior of the Sword Sect, exclaimed in astonishment.

To these masters of great sects, five-element spiritual roots were no different from worthless roots.

Not only in the major sects registered with the Immortal Alliance, but even in small Dao academies, those with five-element roots were at the bottom.

The key issue was that most five-element roots were mixed roots with extremely low purity, requiring vast resources to compensate for their deficiency in purity.

As the words ended, two divine lights shot from the east and landed before Yang Jian: one was the divine weapon, the Three-Pronged Two-Edged Blade, forged from Tong copper of Shoushan Mountain and refined with the primordial spiritual fire of Huorong; though not among the primordial weapons, it was still a rare and formidable blade.

The old camp of the Taba Army was barely sixty li from Fuhe; surely the Khitan scouts had already spread before them, and every move of the Taba was under enemy control.

Yang Yi headed straight for Su Fei's golden carriage—capture the leader first, a principle no one understood better than Yang Yi; if he captured Su Fei, the war would essentially be over. Excited, he sheathed the Stone Sword at his waist and pulled out the Rose Scepter from his robe as he galloped.

Yang Yi was calm and unflustered, for the Empress was a formidable woman; her blunt words clearly revealed her ruthlessness. Yet court power struggles were indeed complex—but Yang Yi followed the Empress's path and had no fear of the Prime Minister's Diaonan.

Both sides stood ready, the air thickening with deadly tension; even the sunlight above dimmed.

The beautiful kite brought by Ye Lai Niang soared higher in the spring breeze, causing Jia Lianwen and Jia Lianzhen to stop chasing butterflies; they gathered together, gazing upward at the kite, laughter and chatter echoing constantly into the pavilion.

She stared at him in shock, pointing at him, then at herself, speechless for the first time.

Bing Jing and He Yan knew nothing of the connection between the two; they merely sensed that Yang Xuan's aura stirred differently than usual. He Yan said nothing—he was hot-tempered and loved combat, especially against cultivators of the evil path, and here was a perfect chance to fight freely; his fiery true qi surged outward, wild and unrestrained.

Xu Anjing stared blankly at her phone, then after three seconds, hurled it away, grabbed her hair with both hands, her face twisted in frustration and annoyance.

At the very moment the Dragon Emperor killed the last soldier, shells roared in, burying the position under artillery fire; dozens of shells reduced the area to rubble, utterly destroying all Japanese soldiers' corpses and their weapons and ammunition. Smoke concealed the Dragon Emperor's form.

The group headed toward one of the four teleportation arrays in Qinglong City; the arrays were busy, but after Lin Tian and his group cut in, they were each teleported to Bingxin City and Qilin City respectively.

The previously noisy, bustling air gradually grew silent. Uneven utensils and food remained cold and motionless, as if mocking everything that had just happened.

Yet once this weapon was deployed, it proved utterly devastating; the Chinese offered no resistance and fled in disarray, abandoning armor and weapons. From this, Niijima Sadao and others confidently concluded that the Great Japanese Empire's fortune still flourished, protecting its citizens abroad.

Chen Chen had always been attentive and gentle, supporting Xia Qianmo as if afraid she might fall or bump into something.

Not far beyond the Yellow River lay a large city; Lin Tian entered, left Taxue at a major inn, paid a substantial sum of silver, then returned to his Star Ring space.

Of course, he had not lost his head; before any order emerged, rushing blindly into the Lost Lands would be unwise. Only by gathering detailed intelligence beforehand and preparing thoroughly could one demonstrate the capability of an excellent player.