Chapter 210: Playing Mind Games with My Holy Sect?

"You actually didn't run?"

Looking at Lu Yang standing with his hands behind his back, Duobao Tongzi dispersed his escape light, his face turning a shade of iron green, and instinctively released his divine sense to sweep around.

"Something's wrong. There's no ambush."

Duobao Tongzi looked utterly puzzled.

To be fair, seeing that Lu Yang had no intention of fleeing at all, he had thought he had been baited and fallen into an ambush, but it turned out not to be the case.

On the other side, Lu Yang also frowned: "Why is it just you?"

Wasn't there also a Dragon-Fishing Old Man?

Didn't they come together? Are they not accomplices?

Or perhaps...

The next second, Lu Yang's brow relaxed; if the other party truly had connections with the Dao Court, they must have gone south to 【Qing State】 to find help.

So, there's still a big fish?

Thinking of this, Lu Yang's expression became even more calm: "Truly a wild scattered cultivator, utterly without morality; one moment finishing a transaction, the next coming to ambush and kill."

These words instantly struck Duobao Tongzi's heart demon, his expression becoming extremely ugly: "You, a True Person of the Mo Sect, dare to talk of morality here? A transaction on the surface, an ambush behind the back; those who collect numerous rare treasures without paying a single coin are precisely you Mo Sect True Persons!"

"You can still recognize me?"

Lu Yang deliberately frowned, then his expression turned solemn: "You are quite bold; knowing I come from the Holy Sect, you still dare to pursue and kill me?"

"I am killing the Mo Sect!"

Hearing this, Duobao Tongzi suddenly roared, and a round mirror appeared floating behind his head; the mirror light descended, revealing a flying message spiritual light.

"Hahaha!"

The next second, Duobao Tongzi waved his hand, intercepting that flying message spiritual light; after a sweep of his divine sense, he immediately laughed: "So it was just bluffing!"

In this single flying message, there was clearly a distress signal; in Duobao Tongzi's view, this was obviously the Mo Sect True Person before him feigning calmness, actually stalling for time while secretly seeking reinforcements, but he hadn't expected Duobao Tongzi's skills to be so superior, intercepting the flying message he used to call for help!

Thinking of this, Duobao Tongzi's suspicions vanished completely.

"Today, you shall not leave!"

As the words fell, brilliant treasure light instantly lit up behind Duobao Tongzi; the treasure light gathered into a tide, waves surging, and in an instant transformed into a long river.

【Ten Thousand Treasures River】!

This river was formed entirely of gathered treasure light, with countless objects floating and sinking within it: knives, spears, swords, halberds, pagodas, bells, tripods, and cauldrons, seemingly endless.

Then, seeing this river sweep downward, Lu Yang immediately felt a massive, overwhelming force descend; for a moment, he couldn't even control his own body, stumbling and falling into the river, whereupon the objects within the river flew one by one, crashing against his body.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The bombardment of numerous magical treasures fell upon Lu Yang, yet only produced a burst of brilliant sparks; Lu Yang remained motionless, like a reef beneath the waves.

"What a 【Ten Thousand Treasures River】..."

Lu Yang's gaze was strange as he examined the hundreds of magical treasures in the river; these treasures were not chosen at random, each one meticulously crafted.

Taken individually, the treasures were not rare.

However, they complemented each other, and when combined and activated with secret arts, they could actually borrow the Qi of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, manifesting supreme divine wonders!

Pity, the small workshop is still too conservative.

"【Ten Thousand Treasures River】; named Ten Thousand Treasures, it naturally requires ten thousand magical treasures to be considered a river; a mere five hundred treasures can only be called a small stream."

Of course, there was no way around it.

After all, Duobao Tongzi was merely the Zhang Sect of a small sect in Jiangbei; having five hundred magical treasures was already no small feat; ten thousand treasures was simply too difficult for him.

However, the Holy Sect was different!

The Holy Sect had a dedicated artifact-refining department, brimming with talent, refining artifacts twenty-four hours a day without cease, fully capable of easily meeting the demand for a Ten Thousand Treasures River!

"And with only a few hundred, the flaws are too obvious."

Lu Yang shook his head, then took out the Centipede-Wasp Bag, opened the mouth, and in an instant, a black swarm of Qi-Eating Insect shadows surged out from the bag.

Having heard the legend of the Qi-Eating Insects from Patriarch You, Lu Yang had always kept it firmly in mind, thus never neglecting their cultivation; now released by Lu Yang in one breath, hundreds of millions of Qi-Eating Insects, like hungry tigers pouncing on food, disregarded casualties entirely, throwing themselves forward to gnaw at the treasure light emitted by the 【Ten Thousand Treasures River】.

Seeing this scene, Duobao Tongzi's expression instantly changed.

"What kind of demon insect is this?"

Although his 【Ten Thousand Treasures River】 could refine numerous magical treasures into a single superior spiritual treasure, its essence was still composed of hundreds of combined magical treasures.

Therefore, between the treasures, flaws still existed.

And the Qi-Eating Insects were all-pervading, drilling into these flaws and gnawing at its treasure light; although the damage caused by a single Qi-Eating Insect was negligible...

But there were simply too many!

Thinking of this, Duobao Tongzi quickly formed a hand seal; the 【Ten Thousand Treasures River】 shook violently with a boom, countless magical instruments clashing, and the ringing sound instantly triggered a divine wonder.

【Treasure Chime Sound】!

As the divine wonder moved, the sound of chimes resounded continuously throughout heaven and earth, clearly generated by the collision of the hundreds of magical treasures within the 【Ten Thousand Treasures River】, carrying a strange resonance force; wherever it passed, the Qi-Eating Insects could not control their own bodies, exploding from the inside out.

"Interesting..."

Seeing this, Lu Yang showed a look of curiosity; under the perception of his divine sense, he knew that besides the divine wonders of the magical treasures, the opponent must have also activated an innate divine ability.

However, exactly what divine ability it was, Duobao Tongzi had deliberately concealed it.

'Pity, since this matter concerns Master Chongguang's success or failure in seeking the Jin Yin, True Lord Qingcheng Feixue personally intervened to conceal the Heavenly Secrets; even a Foundation Establishment True Person would be powerless to calculate the cause and effect...'

Lu Yang pondered in his heart, but his hand movements were not slow at all; with a wave of his wide sleeve, a purple-gold official seal hovered in the air; it was the 【Ziwei Official Bestows Supreme Jin Yin】, a magical treasure given to him previously by Ying Tongshou while overseas, which was remarkably effective at suppressing metal and iron objects.

"Stabilize!"

Lu Yang formed a seal and pointed; the 【Ziwei Official Bestows Supreme Jin Yin】 crashed down with a boom, pressing directly onto the surging 【Ten Thousand Treasures River】 like Mount Taishan pressing down from above.

The next second, the 【Ten Thousand Treasures River】 suddenly froze stiff.

As for any magical treasure, they are basically forged from metal and iron; suppressed extremely severely by the 【Ziwei Official Bestows Supreme Jin Yin】, the moment the seal fell, it instantly lost its divine wonders!

Seeing this scene, Duobao Tongzi couldn't help but narrow his eyes: "Mo Sect..."

His eyes held greed and hatred, but soon he broke into a smile, looked up at the sky, and laughed loudly: "Hahaha! Your death has come!"

As his words faded, several more streaks of light shot through the sky!

When the streaks landed, out stepped Diaolong Weng, True Person of the Five Elements, and others—six Foundation Establishment True Persons in total, two of them at mid-Foundation Establishment.

Add Duobao Tongzi, and there are three mid-Foundation Establishment.

In an instant, a vast aura sealed the void, pinning Lu Yang firmly in place, ensuring he could not escape—not even a Foundation Establishment cultivator could flee.

"Duobao, you've done a great service this time."

True Person of the Five Elements laughed; Duobao Tongzi looked relaxed, and even the most cautious Diaolong Weng could not help but exhale in relief.

After all, no matter how you looked at it, this was already settled.

Seven Foundation Establishment True Persons—three mid-stage, four early-stage—nearly half of Qinguo's total Foundation Establishment combat power, surrounding a Holy Sect True Person.

Even if the Holy Sect True Person was famously powerful in battle.

The odds were seven to one—advantage is ours!

Yet just as everyone felt the outcome was sealed, Lu Yang suddenly laughed: "Excellent! Duobao, you've truly done a great service!"

Duobao Tongzi froze at these words: "What?"

Before he could finish speaking, an even greater aura erupted from outside the seven Foundation Establishment True Persons' encirclement—turning the tables and surrounding them!

"Ah!"

The next instant, Xia Weiming, the elder ancestor of the Zhaoxia clan among the four early-stage True Persons, let out a piercing scream as a giant hand violently pierced his chest!

Xia Weiming's reaction was not slow—he shattered his dharma body into a storm of light, which swiftly reassembled beside True Person of the Five Elements—but even so, his expression was filled with utter terror; their strike had not only pierced his dharma body, but also his Dao foundation.

This had nearly destroyed nine-tenths of his combat power—he had almost died!

"You're quite good at running."

Among the crowd, True Person of Yinshan's expression was dark, his tone devoid of any emotion, as he merely flicked his hand: "Enough. Wounding one is sufficient."

On the other side, Lu Yang laughed: "Brother, why are you only now here?"

True Person of Yinshan finally curled his lips into a smile: "Took me a while to find you, but this time I really caught a school of big fish."

As he spoke, figures stepped out from beyond the seven Qinguo Foundation Establishment True Persons—each releasing their aura. They were the Foundation Establishment True Persons who had just left the trading fair: all except Hanxiang, the mid-Foundation Establishment, plus a martial, armored woman of striking presence.

From the very beginning, Lu Yang and True Person of Yinshan had sensed something was off.

Or rather, they had merely suspected something was wrong—but given the Holy Sect True Person's modus operandi, it was always better to shoot first and draw the target later, to prevent any mishaps.

Thus, while Lu Yang acted as bait, True Person of Yinshan secretly gathered the Jiangbei cultivators and lay in ambush, waiting for the fish to bite!

"You Jiangdong rats dare play tricks on the Holy Sect?"

"How presumptuous!"

Seeing this, True Person of the Five Elements turned pale. Recalling Lu Yang's earlier words, he whirled around and glared furiously at Duobao Tongzi:

"You betrayed me?!"

(End of Chapter)