Chapter 247: Beneath the City Gate

The True Person of the Crossing Tribulation Temple said, "The Crossing Tribulation Temple naturally keeps its word and supports the Hidden Dragon. I will say it again: the rules are set there, and they are fair to everyone."

"We must see clearly what kind of quality the next generation of the forces we support possesses, whether they can shoulder the heavy burden, and whether their minds are extraordinary. We must never again be like the Fog of Zen Sea Temple, which taught a terrifying madman and caused the tragic deaths of hundreds of millions of living beings."

"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, hung under the moon, releasing a heart-shaking aura.

Below, that small, high-speed figure in the city, like a moth to a flame, finally reached the battlefield, drawing the gazes of countless powerful elders toward the South City.

Is there really someone who can, with the strength of four ounces, deflect a thousand pounds and rewrite the direction of the world?

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"Clatter! Clatter! Clatter..."

A team of knights in black armor killed their way out from the alleyway. Every one of them was masked, with a white rice ear pattern embroidered on their face towels, knocking the Imperial Court's Five Seas realm Wu Xiu flying and trampling them into ruin one after another.

Jiang Ning had fought for three consecutive days and was exhausted, her magic power at the bottom. Her provincial governor's robe was covered in blood, and she supported her tottering body with a battle halberd, her long hair disheveled.

Her eyes were sharp amidst the sea of fire and smoke as she stared at the mighty black-armored knights approaching.

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

"It's that group of evil cult 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. Every time he exchanged a blow with the Heartless Golden Ape, a mouthful of blood would spill from his mouth, and his injuries worsened further.

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

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The Zuoqiu Sect, the Nine Li Tribe, the Zhu Gate, and the Imperial Court, along with the Snow Sword Tang Ting Wu Xiu who had been scattered, all slowly retreated toward the Soldier Ancestor 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 killing would stop, and they could keep their invitations. Perhaps... the Crossing Tribulation Temple would see their struggle and their unyielding spirit.

"Swish!"

Li Youyi, carrying two swords, arrived like a bolt of lightning. He leaped and landed on the top of the city tower where Zuoqiu Hongting had previously stood, unable to believe the tragic scene before his eyes.

Under the moonlight, corpses were everywhere.

The smell of blood rushed toward him.

On the streets of the inner and outer cities, countless corpses lay, and even some Spring-Gushing realm Wu Xiu could not help but join the battle.

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

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

"Boom!"

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

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

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

Hearing the thunder, Luan Sheng Linyou raised his head. He had thought it was finally the Thunder Roar Sect taking action, 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 landed on the ground with a thud. The black iron seal in his hand flew out a dozen dazzling purple lightning bolts, spreading forward along the street, shaking that group of black-armored knights with rice ear masks until the men flew and the horses neighed.

The street, over a hundred meters long, was almost cleared in 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 and stones flew, the wind was strong, and earthworm-like electric 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 a thousand troops.

"It's the God..."

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

"He really did show up!" Yang Qingxi held her sword and looked at the wailing black-clad knights on the ground. Her gaze finally fell on the figure beneath the city gate, her heart surging with emotion for a moment, her beautiful eyes shining brightly.

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

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

A single strike had consumed a huge amount of energy.

He put away the black iron seal and breathed in and out, 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. Glancing at the huge bronze tripod the size of a man on the square, his eyes sank.

Magic power surged and flowed in his meridians, moving toward 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 pounds and filled with boiling water, flew toward the group of Tianya Ridge demon cultivators.

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

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

It clenched its fist, wearing a golden ring on its wrist, and released hundreds of scriptures.

"Bang!"

Li Youyi stood firm and struck out with a palm.

The two were more than ten times different in size.

The Heartless Golden Ape had powerful physical strength, almost as if it had cast a Dao Body, but in a head-on collision, after Li Youyi caught it while standing in place, he actually pushed it back.

"Bang! Bang..."

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

That small human body actually possessed extreme strength.

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 a jade tripod flashing on the sole of his foot.

"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 was wearing armor and was not too severely injured. It immediately stood up, waving its four arms, and hissed at Li Youyi, the sound 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 Linyou possessed. Suddenly, he laughed out loud... which aggravated his injuries, followed by a low groan, and he sat on the ground, his body trembling.

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

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 posture 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 large swath of Tianya Ridge demon cultivators, blood falling like a waterfall.

"Awoo!"

Watching the Heartless Golden Ape charging over in anger, Li Youyi stepped on the Huang Long Ascending the Heavens footwork, left the street, and rushed toward Long Dian 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 incredulous.

The distance to Long Dian grew closer and closer.

At the twentieth yard, the first battle intent divine shadow rose behind Li Youyi, followed immediately by the second, the third...

By the time he was only ten yards away from Long Dian, all six battle intents were fully revealed.

Long Dian had keen eyes and naturally knew that the newcomer was no small matter. He swung his arms to channel Qi, striking out a palm print that distorted space. At the same time, a five-yard-long Green Dragon battle intent, accompanied by the palm print, flew toward Li Youyi in a winding fashion.

"Awoo!"

A deafening dragon roar also erupted from the sword edge Li Youyi swung. A yellow dragon condensed and, with an unstoppable momentum, directly crashed through the green dragon.

After the yellow dragon light and shadow repelled Long Dian.

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

Long Dian took a deep breath, his tiger eyes like torches. He swung his bronze battle halberd, and dense scriptures erupted from 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 Long Dian'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 Long Dian flying backward.

"How do we fight?" she asked.

"Fight together, fight to the death."

Li Youyi, Zuoqiu Hongting, and Long Dian were locked in a chaotic battle, the magic power and scriptures so dense they turned into a chaotic cloud.

The two of them would occasionally swing a sword or strike a palm at the Heartless Golden Ape.

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

Although it was their first time joining forces, the two cooperated seamlessly, as if they were of one mind.

After a dozen moves.

Long Dian was beaten until he had nowhere to escape. He took a sword from Li Youyi head-on and then a palm 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.

The severely injured Yin Eleven was chased to this place by Luan Sheng Linyou.

Zuoqiu Hongting's Daoist robe had turned blood-red. She stood on the eaves of a building on the left side of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, holding a Daoist ruler, her second battle intent, the "Life and Death Eight Trigrams Seal," hanging above her head. Her eyes shifted from Long Dian to Luan Sheng Linyou.

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

"Bang!"

The cloth bag hit the ground, and a human head of the Ash-Ember rolled out.

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

The Wu Xiu near this street had all stopped fighting, looking toward the few people in the center with the strongest aura.

Yin Eleven was both excited and afraid. As an ordinary successor-level Wu Xiu, being caught in the battle intent field of four top experts naturally made him very panicked.

"You rose so quickly, it somewhat exceeds my estimation!"

Luan Sheng Linyou stood with his hands behind his back, glancing at the head of Qi Jin on the ground. His usually calm eyes also surged with coldness, and the magic power beneath his feet spread out like a thick fog.

"Whoosh!"

The two battle intents of the Green Luan and the Qilin appeared behind him, the former spreading its wings and crying, the latter raising its hooves and roaring.

"Brother Youyi, we are here!"

Shi Shi roared, leading Bai Shu and the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, bringing seven torrents of fierce insects, flying over the heads of Cang Li, Li Ling, Jiang Ning, Yang Qingxi, Yin Shisan, Zhuang Yue, and other Wu Xiu beneath the city gate, sweeping toward the straight Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

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

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