Chapter 1815: The Struggle of the Six

When the cold, murderous voice of Ling Shu flowed through the Star Hall, the hearts of Yan Changsheng and Su Ying sank abruptly.

They had not expected that, after such an endless stretch of years, when they once again encountered a former companion, everything had already changed — they had even reached the point of drawing weapons against each other, treating one another as enemies.

The red-clad young girl before them was no longer the companion they had known.

This filled Yan Changsheng and Su Ying's hearts with utter desolation.

Li Luo also sighed inwardly. He had previously assumed that among the Faceless Six, only Li Li Tianwang had been bewitched by the Dark Sect Master, his mind eroded into becoming a faithful servant — but he hadn't expected that this Ling Shu was the same...

Moreover, she might have been one even earlier than Li Li Tianwang.

Come to think of it, Ling Shu could even be said to be the first person in this world to witness the birth of the "Dark Sect Master."

Only, the price had been far too heavy. The "Dark Sect Master" at that time was brimming with strangeness, and the terror it brought directly shattered Ling Shu's — a Divine Fruit Heavenly King — very perception. Her state of mind was then broken, and taking advantage of the opening, a demonic seal was planted within her, turning her into a servant.

"Ling Shu, you alone are no match for us."

"And besides, outside the sect's ruins right now are many Heavenly Kings of this era. You cannot escape. For the sake of our once being companions, surrender yourself. Though the Dark Sect Master is strong, the final victor is still unknown. If that day of true victory truly comes, we will find a way to purify you and drive out the demonic seal," Yan Changsheng said in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, an ambiguous, shadowed smile surfaced on Ling Shu's cheeks. "Oh? When did I ever say I was alone?"

The expressions of Li Luo, Yan Changsheng, and Su Ying all changed at once.

Their gazes turned to the space behind Ling Shu, where the starry sky violently twisted at this moment, becoming a spatial vortex. The next instant, a figure wearing a bronze mask slowly stepped out from within.

A familiar and oppressive pressure of Divine Fruit rank swept outward.

It was Li Li Tianwang.

"Truly a place long missed." Within the eye sockets of Li Li Tianwang's bronze mask, black flames rose. He gazed upon this starry sky arena as his hoarse voice slowly rang out.

Li Luo stared at the suddenly appearing Li Li Tianwang, his expression involuntarily darkening. Outside the ruins, Heavenly Kings of Outer Shenzhou had them surrounded layer upon layer — how had he broken in?!

"He was remotely teleported in by Ling Shu, who took control of the sect-protecting grand array. It seems that during all these years Ling Shu was sealed within the ruins, she had already tampered with the sect-protecting grand array to some extent." Su Ying seemed to know what Li Luo was wondering, and immediately gave a soft sigh of explanation.

Li Luo's brows knit tightly. If this Li Li Tianwang had also thrown himself into the mix, then the situation had been pulled level once more.

"Li Luo, do not leave the Sect Master's Wang Zuo. That region, none of us can enter." Yan Changsheng also understood that with Li Li Tianwang's appearance, a great battle was now inevitable.

"I never imagined that the four of us, as members of the Faceless Six, would one day wage war against each other within the Sect Master's cultivation arena."

Yan Changsheng's voice was filled with a kind of desolation and weariness. The next instant, his body burst forth with dazzling golden light. Accompanied by a heaven-shaking cry of a peng, a golden-winged great peng with no end in sight appeared, spreading its wings within the starry sky.

Its cloud-dragging wings beat, raising up the vast and mighty power of Divine Fruit rank.

Su Ying also let out a somewhat sorrowful sigh, and then her figure appeared atop the golden-winged great peng's head. A streak of light flowing with resplendent radiance surfaced between her brows, and within that streak of light, a Divine Fruit flowing with endless rosy clouds light could be seen.

That was Su Ying's strongest aspect — the Rosy Clouds Aspect.

She formed a seal with one hand, and endless Divine Fruit rank power poured forth like rosy clouds light, all of it converging upon the massive body of the golden-winged great peng that Yan Changsheng had transformed into. Immediately, the golden plumes of the latter began to flow with the color of rosy clouds light.

There were even extremely magnificent rosy clouds light divine feathers extending from the tail of the golden peng. The divine feathers radiated every color, possessing a pressure that made even ordinary Heavenly Kings feel their hearts palpitate.

"Five-Colored Rosy Clouds Feathers."

"Back in the day, I truly saw with my own eyes quite a few great demon kings of the Dark World suppressed by this light. I never thought today I would get to experience it personally." Li Li Tianwang gazed at the golden-winged great peng flowing with rosy clouds light, feeling that oppressive force, and even his indifferent voice could not help but gain a note of lament.

"It seems when it comes to fighting former companions, you two husband-and-wife are quite ruthless." Ling Shu also teased with a charming laugh, but her eyes were full of cold indifference, with no trace of companionate affection.

"But unfortunately, if we were fighting you two husband-and-wife outside, you might really have suppressed us. But here, this is my home ground."

The red-clad young girl extended a slender, fair-as-jade palm and clenched it violently. In an instant, this entire starry sky arena emitted a thunderous roar.

Yan Changsheng and Su Ying jerked their heads up, only to see the starry sky collapsing at this moment. Vast and terrifying divine might poured down, grinding everything in its path into nothingness.

The golden-winged great peng that Yan Changsheng had transformed into beat its wings. The multicolored Divine Fruit rank power seemed to become a golden flood tinted with rosy clouds light, rushing to meet that terrifying divine might.

Boom boom!

Destructive ripples raged out in full force, grinding the countless stars in this stretch of sky into dust.

Li Luo looked up and saw that the starry sky arena above had already collapsed, revealing the vault of the Star Hall. Outside the vault, the sect-protecting grand array had actually begun operating at this moment, and was exerting its full force, aimed squarely at Yan Changsheng and Su Ying.

This sight made Li Luo's expression involuntarily grow much uglier. This Ling Shu could actually manipulate the sect-protecting grand array to attack at will? Wasn't such authority something only the Sect Master could do?

"Yan Changsheng, Su Ying, I have been trapped here for such an endless stretch of years that I have long since remodeled this sect-protecting grand array. So now, even if the Sect Master himself were to arrive, he could not take control of it from me."

"Within this sect's ruins, I shall stand invincible!"

Ling Shu's cold voice echoed through the starry sky. The next instant, she directly drove the sect-protecting grand array at full power. Vast divine light poured down, transforming into a star tower a million zhang tall.

Upon the star tower were inscribed countless ancient talismans, from which seemed to emanate streams of vast, ancient rank power.

Within this sect-protecting grand array was condensed the rank imprints inscribed by the many Heavenly Kings of the Faceless Holy Sect across the generations. This tower was also called the "Ten Thousand Kings Star Tower," and even a Divine Fruit Heavenly King would not dare face it head-on.

Boom!

The star tower descended mightily from the heavens. Its base radiated divine light, and within it seemed to be contained an independent world, as it fell toward the golden-winged great peng.

Yan Changsheng let out a heaven-shaking long cry. The divine feathers radiating every color at his tail swayed and moved, and endless divine light howled forth to collide with the star tower.

Boom boom!

The star tower trembled, and the speed of its descent slowed.

"Hmph."

At this moment, Li Li Tianwang snorted coldly and spat out black starfire. The starfire swept out, directly igniting the countless stars in this stretch of sky, which then transformed into Nian Chou Hou Zhong black flame talismans that landed upon the star tower.

The star tower instantly grew scorching and heavy, and even the five-colored divine light jointly driven by Yan Changsheng and Su Ying was gradually crushed.

The five-colored divine feathers at the tail of the golden-winged great peng also began to show signs of withering under this terrifying suppression.

Clearly, facing Ling Shu driving the sect-protecting grand array, combined with Li Li Tianwang's augmentation, the two of them had also obviously fallen into a disadvantage.

This battle of methods between Divine Fruit Heavenly Kings was more intense and perilous than imagined.

Fortunately, the commotion erupting within the sect's ruins also drew the attention of Jiang Li Tianwang and the others stationed outside the ruins. They immediately knew something had gone wrong within, and so made a decisive choice without hesitation.

"All Heavenly Kings, strike together — attack the ruins!"

Accompanied by Jiang Li Tianwang's long howl ringing out, the Heavenly Kings of Outer Shenzhou immediately drove their rank power, transforming it into a vast offensive that fell toward the Faceless Holy Sect's sect ruins.

But at this moment, the sect-protecting grand array also operated at full strength. Within the ruins, from among countless jade towers and pavilions, illusory figures of light actually surfaced — ancient and powerful.

At this moment, they glared furiously at the Heavenly Kings attacking the sect, as if issuing a rebuke from the distant past.

"What rabble dare to offend my Holy Sect?!"

The next moment, those light-shadows urged forth tremendous power, meeting the attacks of the Outer Shenzhou's Li Tianwang, obstructing these unfamiliar Li Tianwang from invading the sect.

In an instant, the great battle erupted once more.

Heaven-shaking tides of energy swept through every corner of the ten great Outer Shenzhou once again, causing countless living beings to gaze at each other in terror, thinking the ten-year deadline had arrived.

And Li Luo, seated upon the Sect Master's throne, watched Yan Changsheng and Su Ying, who were falling increasingly at a disadvantage. He knew that, if the situation continued like this, Yan Changsheng and Su Ying would likely be suppressed.

He had to do something.

So he lowered his head and looked at the "Empty Mist Physique" suspended before him.

This would be the third "pseudo tenth-grade" physique in this world.

But he no longer had any Myriad Physique Seeds — so how was he to bear this physique?