Chapter 198

According to Master Wanfeng, as long as an opening appeared in the formation, he and Elder Wu would go to deal with Tuoba Zhen, while Lady Youlan would slip inside to destroy the city-protecting formation.

In this way, all threats could be eliminated.

Upon hearing this, Lady Youlan said, "I feel this matter is improper. That Biyou Tianzun said Tuoba Zhen is considered a leader among Sage Realms, and with the baptism of the Snow Leopard God's holy blood, he can be said to be immortal and indestructible, possessing infinite combat power. If you two get entangled, it will be disastrous."

Regarding this statement, Master Wanfeng was unimpressed.

"The so-called immortal and indestructible, and whatever infinite combat power, are all exaggerations. Once such a title is spread, it makes opponents timid, or rather, misleads opponents, making them afraid to fight him to the death. From ancient times to the present, there have been many who claimed to be immortal and indestructible, but in the end, didn't they still die?"

His words contained an element of arrogance, but what he said was indeed reasonable.

The so-called immortal and indestructible is only relative.

Some people, after cultivating special techniques, have three lives or five lives, so they claim to the outside world that they are immortal and indestructible, and that they cultivate an immortal technique.

Then their opponents, after killing them once or twice and feeling powerless, will naturally retreat, and the title is established.

Master Wanfeng felt that Tuoba Zhen must have a certain number of resurrections, and killing him a few more times would reveal it.

"What you say is not wrong, but I think it is better to follow what Lady Youlan said, everyone be steady. It is not necessarily the case that there is only one Sage Realm here, Tuoba Zhen. Biyou Tianzun's two senior brothers are also Sage Realms. Even if we two barely manage to kill Tuoba Zhen once, by the time other Sage Realms arrive and he revives, it will be very difficult for us to escape," Elder Wu also analyzed seriously.

This moment is very critical, because it is near the enemy's city, and they have to bear the risk of being surrounded by a massive army.

If it were two Sage Realms, two against two, they could still run, but adding the countless soldiers' Harmonic Meridian Formation, that would be hard to handle.

Hearing Elder Wu say this, Master Wanfeng also nodded, indicating he understood.

The three of them being Sage Realms does not mean the other side does not have them.

And perhaps the Snow Eagle Clan still has trump cards? What powerful magic treasures, spirit beasts, etc., these are all immeasurable things.

Master Wanfeng was indeed a bit inconsiderate; it seems Elder Wu was right to come this time.

The three continued to search for the so-called 'formation opening' near Holy Shancheng.

Holy Shancheng is very vast, and there are actually exits in all directions. Whether they can bump into Tuoba Zhen appearing depends on their luck.

The place Master Wanfeng chose to lie in wait was the north side of Holy Shancheng.

It is now late at night, and the north side of Holy Shancheng is covered by a layer of faint moonlight gauze, the whole world immersed in a piece of tranquil deep blue.

The climate in the north is originally freezing, and the Shengshan has a high altitude, making the temperature even colder.

If it weren't for being Sage Realms, I'm afraid staying here for a long time would cause illness from the cold.

Master Wanfeng, Elder Wu, and Lady Youlan hid in the forest, their eyes fixed tightly on the heavy city gate at the back of Holy Shancheng, looking forward to Tuoba Zhen's appearance.

The night wind in the forest carried a bit of biting chill, blowing the clothes of the three, making a rustling sound.

However, this sound was quickly covered by the sound of the leaves.

The breeze stopped, and the moonlight shone through the sparse branches and leaves into the forest.

This forest looked devoid of any danger, but no one knew that three Sage Realm powerhouses were hidden inside.

"Why haven't they come yet? Did Tuoba Zhen go through the east gate or the west gate?" Master Wanfeng muttered in a low voice, somewhat anxiously.

They had already waited for several hours; if Tuoba Zhen didn't appear again, they would have to return empty-handed.

"Don't be anxious, marching and fighting is inherently a path of deception; movements are not so easily guessed," Elder Wu responded steadily, his gaze never leaving the city gate.

This sentence was also to comfort Master Wanfeng, letting him be patient, and it could also be said that if Tuoba Zhen didn't come out, this was also a way for Master Wanfeng to save face.

Lady Youlan, on the other hand, said nothing, just waiting quietly, a faint worry hanging on her face.

Just at this moment, a burst of rapid and heavy hoofbeats broke the tranquility of the forest.

A team of powerful cavalry swept in from the outer perimeter of the north side like a gale. They wore heavy armor, held sharp blades, and exuded a biting murderous aura, absolutely the elite of the elite of the Wang Ting army.

Especially the one in the lead, who was like a lion on the grassland, mighty and domineering.

One look and you knew he was the absolute soul of this team, the absolute core.

At this time, Master Wanfeng and the other two had just arrived in the north and had never seen Tuoba Zhen, so they had no idea that this was Tuoba Zhen.

They only felt that this guy should have a certain status in the Northern Wang Ting, and his strength was definitely not weak.

However, their goal was to sneak in and destroy the formation, not to kill this cavalry team, so they could only continue to hide their aura and wait for this team to call for the gate.

Tuoba Zhen had just returned from the Great Snow Mountain. Hearing that the new Emperor of the May Tian Ce Dynasty had arrived in person, he ran to this place overnight, fearing any accidents.

Arriving nearby, Tuoba Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Holy Shancheng was still there. It would certainly not be easy for Li Chen to capture Holy Shancheng.

The cavalry team stopped not far from the city gate. The leader was clad in silver armor, riding a mighty warhorse; it was indeed Tuoba Zhen.

Tuoba Zhen arrived under the city and shouted loudly, "Open the gate!"

As the Khan of the Northern Wang Ting, the soldiers naturally recognized Tuoba Zhen and shouted, "It's the Khan who has returned, open the gate quickly!"

"It's Tuoba Zhen's team!" A flash of surprise crossed Master Wanfeng's eyes.

Having waited for Tuoba Zhen for half a day, he didn't expect him to be returning from the outside. No wonder he didn't appear today; it turned out he wasn't in Holy Shancheng at all.

Knowing Tuoba Zhen's prowess, Master Wanfeng was not impulsive and immediately signaled the other two to prepare.

Immediately after, a powerhouse opened the formation, the gate of Holy Shancheng opened accordingly, and Tuoba Zhen led the cavalry team roaring inside, heading straight for the city.

"The opportunity has come!" Master Wanfeng gave a low shout and immediately led the other two to take this opportunity to prepare to sneak in.

In the dim night, their figures moved like ghosts near the city gate. The smoke and dust from the cavalry team were heavy, and they attempted to sneak in under the cover of it.

However, they underestimated Tuoba Zhen's keen insight.

Although Tuoba Zhen was in the team, his mind was constantly alert to all movements around him.

When he perceived three strange auras mixing into the team, his eyes immediately became sharp.

"Hmph, what kind of petty thieves dare to sneak into my army!"

Tuoba Zhen gave an angry shout, like a thunderclap exploding in the night sky.

The surrounding soldiers also reacted instantly and began to investigate the situation around them.

Master Wanfeng and the three were shocked; they didn't expect to be discovered so quickly before they had even snuck in.

Even more terrifying was that an extremely massive energy was pressing down toward the three of them!

Tuoba Zhen erupted with terrifying strength, a powerful aura surging from his body, as if a sleeping beast had been thoroughly awakened.

A huge phantom of a snow leopard suddenly appeared beside him, the world shook, and the surroundings were like an icy and snowy land, the cold air pressing in.

At this time, Tuoba Zhen also managed to see clearly the three people who were preparing to sneak in secretly in the dark.

"Where did these cultivators come from, daring to trespass into my Holy Shancheng, seeking death!"

Tuoba Zhen roared, his figure rushing toward Master Wanfeng and the three like a ghost.

Seeing this, Master Wanfeng immediately erupted with his wind and fire attribute sword cultivator strength.

The long sword in his hand danced, strange fire surging to the sky, turning into streaks of scorching flame sword light, attacking Tuoba Zhen.

This was a duel between Sage Realms; he went all out, not daring to be careless!

However, Tuoba Zhen seemed to have a natural restraining power against flames.

His snow leopard phantom roared, spitting out streams of cold air, instantly extinguishing the flame sword light, and more than half of Master Wanfeng's offensive was neutralized.

Seeing this, Elder Wu gave a loud shout and wielded a terrifying saber technique.

His saber light turned into a fierce tiger, roaring as it pounced toward Tuoba Zhen.

However, Tuoba Zhen just waved his hand lightly, and the fierce tiger dissipated instantly as if it had encountered an invisible barrier.

Such terrifying strength made even Elder Wu feel chilled.

Tuoba Zhen took the opportunity to kill, his hands erupting with divine power, shaking the wilderness!

It was as if the claws of two giant beasts were attacking Master Wanfeng and Elder Wu.

Seeing this, Lady Youlan knew the situation was critical.

She immediately erupted with her defensive strength, condensing a galaxy of flowers in front of her two teammates.

That sea of flowers shimmered with brilliant light, like a natural chasm! It could dilute all attacks!

The claws of the two giant beasts slammed into the galaxy of flowers, and the remaining power was still enough to send Master Wanfeng and Elder Wu flying more than a dozen meters away.

"A bit of skill, but you won't live either!"

Tuoba Zhen shouted loudly, as if declaring the death of the three powerhouses in front of him.

He activated his technique, a divine eagle spreading its wings above the nine heavens, collapsing the clouds in the sky!

The divine eagle flapped its wings, and the powerful energy was like streaks of ice blades, carrying a gale that destroyed everything, roaring over.

Tuoba Zhen erupted with this world-destroying power, the intensity of the attack was as if the sky had collapsed!

Master Wanfeng and the three activated their magic treasures to resist together. They only felt streams of powerful energy impacting their bodies, and the opponent was getting stronger and stronger, about to reach the peak of eruption; they had already exhausted all their strength.

Tuoba Zhen's strength was truly too powerful, and they gradually felt powerless.

"Not good, we underestimated his strength!"

Master Wanfeng's expression changed drastically; he knew he had failed to steal the chicken and lost the rice this time.

Just at this moment, Lady Youlan desperately activated her magic treasure, the magic treasure in her hand shattered, exploding into a galaxy of flowers.

That sea of flowers instantly erupted with brilliant light, turning into streaks of powerful energy fluctuations, attacking Tuoba Zhen.

However, Tuoba Zhen just smiled slightly, his tiger body shook, and he shook away this attack. The galaxy of flowers in front of him slowly retreated, and illusions began to appear.

But this attack was actually just Lady Youlan's diversion. Taking this opportunity, she took the heavily injured Master Wanfeng and the injured Elder Wu and fled the battlefield.

By the time Tuoba Zhen shook open the area of the galaxy of flowers, the three Sage Realms were already nowhere to be seen.

Lady Youlan's move was very powerful, capable of making all traces around disappear, and even creating illusions to confuse the opponent. By the time the opponent solved it, they had long since run far away.

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The last time they couldn't get out at Li Chen's place was because they were trapped by Li Chen's formation, and many things could not be used.

Tuoba Zhen's personal guard cavalry were about to chase out, but Tuoba Zhen waved his hand to let them return.

These personal guard cavalry had followed him on two long journeys, and considering the enemy lured them out of the gate, besides, Tuoba Zhen didn't know where Master Wanfeng and the others had run, so he could only return to rest first.

"Hmph, the people of the May Tian Ce Dynasty are nothing more than this." Tuoba Zhen's strength was beyond doubt.

This time, one against three, and the opponents were three Sage Realms.

This made his self-confidence begin to explode.

Returning to Holy Shancheng, the opening of the formation closed.

Tuoba Zhen recounted the situation of the three he had just encountered, and then asked his subordinates, "Was Li Chen among those three?"

After Altai and the other generals finished listening, they shook their heads, indicating that Li Chen was very young, and according to the Khan's description, those three should be Li Chen's subordinates.

This time, the May Tian Ce Dynasty dispatched a total of four Sage Realms.

Only three came to sneak attack, proving that Li Chen was mostly still in the main army tent.

Hearing that Li Chen hadn't come, Tuoba Zhen felt bored. If he could wipe out the four Sage Realms of the May Tian Ce Dynasty here in one fell swoop, plus Li Chen's status as Emperor, then the May Tian Ce Dynasty's army would absolutely lose all morale!

Guo Poyun guessed correctly; Tuoba Zhen really liked decapitation tactics.

It was already night, and Tuoba Zhen learned about the recent situation from the mouths of several generals.

He was also furious about the actions of Sha Tushe, the leader of the Giant Bear Clan.

If Sha Tushe hadn't died, he would definitely have killed this guy himself to vent his anger.

Tuoba Zhen already understood the situation, and having made two long journeys, he was also somewhat exhausted, so he prepared to return to his harem to rest, especially to find the women of the Giant Bear Clan to vent properly.

Seeing this, Altai and the other generals knew what this lecherous ghost wanted to do.

The leading commander bit the bullet and reminded Tuoba Zhen that he had to face the May Tian Ce Dynasty's army recently, asking him to conserve his energy.

Tuoba Zhen was still able to listen to advice at this time, so he agreed.

He thought to himself: It won't be too late to sleep with these women after killing Li Chen; I'll let you off today.

Thinking of women, Tuoba Zhen recalled the female cultivator of the May Tian Ce Dynasty he seemed to have seen under the moon just now; she was truly mature and beautiful.

Normally, even Tuoba Zhen wouldn't be distracted during a battle, unless the enemy was defeated; otherwise, he wouldn't think about those things in his mind.

Thinking of it now, he felt somewhat yearning.

Then Tuoba Zhen called people over to inquire about the news of the other Sage Realms of the May Tian Ce Dynasty.

Because these Sage Realms had already made a move yesterday when facing the Northern Tribal Alliance, the investigation had started yesterday.

Tuoba Zhen learned that the female cultivator was named Lady Youlan and was from the Tianyan Divine Sect.

It seemed he hadn't heard of any relationship between her and Li Chen for the time being.

Tuoba Zhen felt that Li Chen was truly a character; could he even hold back from making a move on such a woman?

If Li Chen knew he thought this, he would definitely say: Which eye did you see it with, that you dare to say such things?

On the other side, the three who fled in defeat were on their way back to the camp.

"This time we really planted it." Master Wanfeng said through gritted teeth while taking elixirs.

His eyes flashed with unwillingness and anger; who could have thought that he would actually be restrained? He was very unconvinced.

"I didn't expect Tuoba Zhen to be so powerful; the three of us joining forces were not his match."

Elder Wu was also dejected. He had just entered the Sage Realm and was considered to have relatively low strength among Sage Realms, so he could be relieved.

Lady Youlan said nothing, just silently circulating her energy to heal her wounds.

She knew that although this battle had failed, it would be even harder to sneak in next time.

Future battles would depend on Li Chen; the three of them were indeed no match.

Late at night, upon returning to the camp, they found Li Chen and told him this important intelligence.

Seeing the three of them, Li Chen frowned slightly and asked, "Why are you all injured?"

Master Wanfeng sighed and told him what had just happened.

But in the end, he stubbornly said that Tuoba Zhen's ice attribute completely restrained him, and he occupied the geographical advantage, so he couldn't fight; otherwise, he would have peeled a layer of skin off Tuoba Zhen.

Not being able to beat him is one thing, but one must always find some reason.

Master Wanfeng didn't believe that if Tuoba Zhen went to the Lingyan Dao Sect, he wouldn't be able to beat him.

Elder Wu also spoke up, indicating that Tuoba Zhen's strength was unfathomable, and the main thing was that he occupied the geographical advantage.

In such a freezing place, especially near the Shengshan, the temperature was so low that they couldn't exert all their strength.

Elder Wu emphasized this point, not to be stubborn, but to tell Li Chen about the opponent's advantage.

His daughter was Li Chen's consort, so he certainly didn't want anything to happen to Li Chen.

Only by letting Li Chen pay attention to these could he be at ease.

And Lady Youlan said nothing.

Having heard enough intelligence, Li Chen said, "You have worked hard, leave it to me tomorrow."

Although they hadn't seen Tuoba Zhen, the fact that they said this further indicated that Tuoba Zhen was definitely not a weakling.

Having waited all night tonight, Tuoba Zhen hadn't come to attack; it turned out he had been outside all along.

After the three of them took their leave, Lady Youlan circled back to the main army tent.

Just now, out of respect for Master Wanfeng, she hadn't spoken up. Now that there was no one here, Lady Youlan told the truth.

"Tuoba Zhen is very strong. Apart from you, the only other person who could directly disperse my galaxy of flowers in one strike is him."

In Lady Youlan's description, there were many Sage Realms capable of world-shaking power, but not many were as strong as this.

Tuoba Zhen was definitely the strongest Sage Realm Lady Youlan had ever seen besides Li Chen.

As for which of them was stronger, Lady Youlan couldn't judge.

In a battle of the same level, there are many factors to consider: the timing of the battle, geographical advantage, one's own state, attribute restraint, the quality of weapons and magic treasures, etc.

From many aspects, Lady Youlan felt that Tuoba Zhen had a greater advantage. He was not only familiar with this place, but his own attributes were also very compatible. If he stayed put and stayed in Holy Shancheng, it would be very difficult for Li Chen to win.

Lady Youlan certainly cared about Li Chen, which is why she spoke so many heartfelt words.

Li Chen was thinking at this time that since this was the case, he had to find a way to trick Tuoba Zhen out, preferably making him fall into a well-laid formation and ambush him.

But the problem was, Tuoba Zhen had no reason to come out.

If Li Chen were guarding Holy Shancheng, he would also feel there was no need to go out to battle, unless his brain had a problem.

Just as Li Chen was thinking about how to make him leave the city to meet the battle.

The next day, Tuoba Zhen came out himself, and he even challenged the May Tian Ce Dynasty's army, naming Li Chen for a one-on-one duel.

This left Li Chen speechless. Hearing this news, Li Chen was thinking at the time: Does this guy really have a problem with his brain?

(End of chapter)