Chapter 246: Beneath the City Gate

The Immortal Master of the Dueguan Society said: "The Dueguan Society naturally keeps its word and supports the Hidden Dragon. I will say it again: the rules are set there, and they are very fair to everyone."

"We must see clearly what kind of quality the next generation of the factions we support possesses, whether they can shoulder the heavy burden, and whether their intellect is extraordinary. We must never again allow a terrifying madman like the one from the Chan Hai Guan Wu to be trained, causing hundreds of millions of living beings to die miserably."

"Fine, we shall wait and see!"

The old man in the Confucian robe raised his head and looked toward the other side of the sea of clouds, where colorful clouds stretched for ten thousand miles and demonic shadows were dense. A phoenix nest, like a planet, hovered under the moon, releasing an aura that shook the heart.

Below, that small, lightning-fast figure in the city, like a moth to a flame, finally reached the battlefield, drawing the gazes of countless older powerhouses toward the Southern City.

Is there really someone who can, like a four-ounce weight moving a thousand pounds, rewrite the direction of the world?

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"Tap! Tap! Tap……"

A team of knights in black armor charged out from the alleyway, all of them masked, with white rice ear patterns embroidered on their face cloths, knocking the Imperial Court's Five Seas Realm Wu Xiu flying and trampling them into ruin.

Jiang Ning had fought for three consecutive days, exhausted and with her magic power bottoming out. Her provincial governor's robe was covered in blood, and she used her battle halberd to support her swaying body with her long hair disheveled.

Her gaze was sharp as she stared through the sea of fire and smoke at the black-armored knights coming in a mighty torrent.

Around her, the surviving Imperial Court Wu Xiu all gathered toward her.

"It's that group of evil sect members who walk in the shadows…… How did they get involved too?" Yin Shisan was so tired his hands were trembling; he really wanted to flee, but unfortunately, Jiang Ning would not leave.

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Cang Li protected Li Ling, who had a broken leg, behind him, constantly retreating. With every exchange of blows with the Heartless Golden Ape, a mouthful of blood would spill from his mouth, and his injuries worsened further.

All around were Tianya Ridge demon cultivators, each one eyeing them covetously, just waiting for them to fall so they could gnaw on their flesh and blood.

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The Zuoqiu Sect, the Jiuli Tribe, the Zhu Men, the Imperial Court, and the scattered Snow Sword Tang Ting Wu Xiu all slowly retreated toward the Bingzu Marsh.

As long as they held out until the bell rang and the Dragon Palace appeared.

Once they entered the venue of the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival, the slaughter would stop, and they could keep their invitations. Perhaps…… the Dueguan Society would see their struggle and their unyielding spirit.

"Swish!"

Li Youyi, carrying two swords on his back, arrived with the speed of lightning, leaping onto the top of the city tower where Zuoqiu Hongting had previously stood, unable to believe the tragic scene before his eyes.

Under the moonlight, dead bodies lay everywhere.

The smell of blood rushed toward him.

On the streets of the inner and outer cities, there were countless corpses; even some Gushing Spring Realm Wu Xiu could not help but join the battle.

In the sky and on the ground, fighting was happening everywhere.

He took out the black iron seal and injected magic power into it.

"Boom!"

The sound of thunder resounded throughout the entire city domain, attracting countless Wu Xiu to look over.

The steps of the Bright Moon Seven Stars Pavilion had been stained red with blood. Yin Shiyi and the Wu Xiu of the Zuoqiu Sect were being beaten back step by step by Luan Sheng Lin You, and then scattered and fled.

The Wu Xiu of the Thousand Mile Mountain stood on both sides of the stairs, watching as if they saw nothing.

Hearing the thunder, Luan Sheng Lin You raised his head, initially thinking that the Lei Xiao Sect had finally made a move, but he never expected to see a figure he could never have imagined on the city tower several miles away.

"How could it be him?"

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"Clatter!"

"Boom!"

Li Youyi suddenly landed on the ground, and the black iron seal in his hand flew out more than a dozen blinding purple lightning bolts, spreading forward along the street, shaking that group of black-armored knights with rice ear masks until men flew and horses neighed.

The street, over a hundred meters long, was cleared in nearly a single strike.

Some of the black-armored knights had their bodies pierced by the lightning and fell to the ground dead.

On the street, sand flew and stones rolled, the wind was strong, and earthworm-like currents spread to the feet of Jiang Ning, Yin Shisan, Yang Qingxi, and other Imperial Court Wu Xiu before dissipating.

It was too overbearing; it was the dominance of one man sweeping away a thousand troops.

"It's the God……"

After Yin Shisan saw who had arrived, he was so excited he forgot his own identity and almost shouted out the words "Hidden Person" that followed.

"He really did appear after all!" Yang Qingxi held her sword and looked at the wailing black-clad knights on the ground, her gaze finally falling on the figure beneath the city gate. For a moment, her heart surged, and her beautiful eyes shone brightly.

Li Youyi looked deeply at Jiang Ning, confirming it was her gaze.

Taking two steps back, he turned and rushed toward the outer city, leaving behind a back view that was determined in its momentum.

Just a single strike had consumed a huge amount.

He put away the black iron seal and breathed and exhaled, recovering the magic power in his Qi Sea.

He walked out of the city gate and quickly rushed to the place he had observed earlier where Cang Li and Li Ling were being besieged. Catching a glimpse of the huge bronze tripod, a zhang high, in the square, his gaze sank.

Magic power surged and flowed in his meridians, transported to his arms.

"Bang!"

He struck out with a palm, the sound like a god or Buddha striking a bell.

The bronze tripod, weighing who knows how many tens of thousands of jin and filled with boiling water, flew toward the group of demon cultivators from Tianya Ridge.

Screams rose one after another, and on the spot, several demon cultivators were smashed to death or sent flying.

The Heartless Golden Ape had a tall and sturdy body, as if cast from gold. Sensing danger, it gave up attacking Cang Li and rushed toward Li Youyi, one step per zhang, the golden light on its body growing increasingly intense.

It clenched its fists, wearing golden rings on its wrists, releasing hundreds of scriptures.

"Bang!"

Li Youyi stood firm and unmoved, striking out with a palm.

The two bodies differed in size by more than ten times.

The Heartless Golden Ape's physical strength was overbearing, nearly cast into a Dao Body, but after a head-on collision, Li Youyi caught it while standing in place and actually pressed it back.

"Bang! Bang……"

Every step the Heartless Golden Ape retreated, the ground shattered over a large area, and finally, its back crashed into the city wall with a boom.

That small human body possessed strength that was extremely overbearing.

The next moment, the Heartless Golden Ape's wrist was grabbed, and the entire ape was swung into the air by Li Youyi.

He kicked it in the chest, the light and shadow of the jade tripod on the sole of his foot flashing and then vanishing.

"Bang!"

The Heartless Golden Ape's body, like a small golden mountain, was kicked flying a hundred meters away, knocking over many Wu Xiu on the street.

It wore armor and was not too severely injured. It immediately stood up, waving its four arms, and let out a long hiss at Li Youyi, the hiss turning into a hurricane.

Cang Li stared at Li Youyi in the center of the square, seeing in him a trace of the momentum that only powerhouses like Luan Sheng Lin You possessed. Suddenly, he burst into loud laughter…… which agitated his injuries, followed by a low, muffled groan, and he sat down on the ground, his body trembling.

"Zheng!"

"Zheng!"

Li Youyi stood beneath the city gate and drew his two swords, one hand holding Huang Long, the other holding Jing Yu. His eyes met those of the Heartless Golden Ape in the distance, his heroic bearing as proud as an unyielding divine peak.

"Whoosh!"

He slashed out with the Jing Yu sword.

The sword Qi turned into ten thousand feathers, sweeping away a patch of Tianya Ridge demon cultivators, blood splashing like a waterfall.

"Awooo!"

Watching the Heartless Golden Ape rushing over in anger, Li Youyi stepped on the Huang Long Ascending Heaven footwork, left the street, and rushed toward the Dragon Palace and Zuoqiu Hongting, who were dueling above a complex of palace-style buildings.

Behind him, the Heartless Golden Ape pursued relentlessly.

Zuoqiu Hongting caught a glimpse of him from afar, and an strange look appeared in her eyes beneath the wooden mask; she was clearly in disbelief.

The distance to the Dragon Palace grew closer and closer.

At the twentieth zhang, the first divine shadow of Li Youyi's battle intent rose behind him, followed immediately by the second, the third……

By the time he was only ten zhang away from the Dragon Palace, all six divine shadows of his battle intent were fully presented.

How sharp was the Dragon Palace's eyesight? Naturally, he knew the newcomer was no small matter. He flexed his arms and channeled Qi, striking out with a palm print that distorted space. At the same time, a five-zhang-long green dragon battle intent flew toward Li Youyi, winding alongside the palm print.

"Awooo!"

From the sword edge Li Youyi swung, a deafening dragon roar also erupted, and a yellow dragon condensed, crashing directly through the green dragon with an unstoppable momentum.

After the yellow dragon light and shadow repelled the Dragon Palace.

The next instant, the Jing Yu sword and Li Youyi's true body had reached the top of the Dragon Palace's head.

The Dragon Palace took a deep breath, his tiger eyes like torches, and swung his bronze battle halberd. Dense scriptures erupted on the shaft, colliding with the Jing Yu sword.

"Boom!"

The scriptures exploded in all directions amidst the ripples of magic power.

Zuoqiu Hongting swept forward, breaking the Dragon Palace's protective magic power with a finger, causing even his golden armor to dent slightly. The finger force penetrated the armor, striking his true body and sending the Dragon Palace flying backward.

"How do we fight?" she asked.

"Fight together, fight to the death."

Li Youyi, Zuoqiu Hongting, and the Dragon Palace were locked in a melee, the magic power and scriptures so dense they turned into a chaotic cloud.

From time to time, the two of them would swing a sword or strike a palm toward the Heartless Golden Ape.

Ordinary inheritor-level Wu Xiu found it difficult to squeeze into the battle circle of the three.

Despite it being their first time joining forces, the two coordinated seamlessly, as if their minds were connected.

After a dozen moves.

The Dragon Palace was beaten until he had nowhere to escape, taking a sword strike from Li Youyi head-on and then a palm strike from Zuoqiu Hongting. His hair crown fell off, he spat out blood, and he tumbled heavily onto the street, disheveled.

The golden armor on his body had been shattered, and his chest and abdomen were bleeding.

Just at this moment.

Yin Shiyi, who was severely injured, was pursued to this place by Luan Sheng Lin You.

Zuoqiu Hongting's Daoist robe had turned blood-colored. She stood on the flying eaves of a building on the left side of the Qiankun Avenue, holding a Dao ruler. The second battle intent, "Life and Death Eight Trigrams Seal," hovered above her head, her gaze shifting from the Dragon Palace to Luan Sheng Lin You.

Li Youyi flashed and appeared on the workshop wall on the right side of the Qiankun Avenue, took off the cloth bag hanging from his waist, and threw it onto the street.

"Bang!"

The cloth bag hit the ground, and a head of a Cinder Spirit rolled out.

"Luan Sheng Lin You, you are next!" Li Youyi naturally had the confidence to say this, because he had already seen the shadows of seven torrents of insect swarms on the city wall.

The Wu Xiu in the vicinity of this street had all stopped fighting, looking toward the few people in the center area with the most powerful aura.

Yin Shiyi was both excited and afraid; as an ordinary inheritor-level Wu Xiu, being drawn into the battle intent field of the four great experts naturally made him panic.

"You have risen so quickly, it somewhat exceeds my estimation!"

Luan Sheng Lin You stood with his hands behind his back, glancing at the head of Qi Jin on the ground. His eyes, which were always calm, also surged with cold intent, and the magic power beneath his feet spread out like a thick fog.

"Whoosh!"

Two types of battle intent, the Green Luan and the Qilin, appeared behind him. The former spread its wings and cried out, while the latter raised its hooves and roared.

"Brother Youyi, we are here!"

Shi Shishi roared, and together with Bai Shu and the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, led seven torrents of fierce insects, flying over the heads of the Wu Xiu such as Cang Li, Li Ling, Jiang Ning, Yang Qingxi, Yin Shisan, Zhuang Yue, and others beneath the city gate, sweeping toward the straight Qiankun Avenue.

Qi Xiao raised his saber, stood up from the pile of dead bodies, and looked up, dumbfounded. He couldn't help but curse something, but it was drowned out by the sound of the insects, making it unclear.

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