Chapter 371: The Tiangong Realm Experts Strike

Everyone concealed their qi, took brief rest, recovered from days of travel, and made final confirmation of the plan.

Li Tianjun and Yan Birui and several other leaders gathered together, exchanging rapid whispers via telepathy.

Moments later, Li Tianjun's eyes flashed with lethal intent; he met Yan Birui's gaze and nodded, then gestured sharply—

"Kill!"

No more words—long-stored killing intent erupted violently.

Led by Li Tianjun and Yan Birui, dozens of figures shot forward like arrows released from bows, tearing through the darkness and mist before dawn, charging fiercely into Wangyue Valley.

Behind them, more figures became streaks of light; shouts of battle erupted thunderously, shattering the valley's deathly silence.

"Intruders—!"

Alarms shrieked and Mo Sect disciples cried out in panic throughout the valley.

But the ambush came too fast, too fierce—the first wave crushed everything like dry grass before a storm.

Sword light crisscrossed, fist energy exploded; attacks of fire, ice, and other elemental qi instantly engulfed the valley entrance and outer zones.

Unprepared Sun-Moon Mo Sect disciples didn't even see who their enemies were before they fell in droves beneath dazzling, lethal light—flesh and blood sprayed, screams echoed.

Crude camps and watchtowers shattered like paper under the furious assault.

Only after the initial chaos did the Dengmo Sect members barely react—some alert ones fled frantically into the valley's depths, while others, fierce and bloodshot, roared Mo Sect slogans and resisted desperately using terrain and pre-set crude barriers.

The valley descended into utter chaos—roars, screams, clashing weapons, exploding qi—colors of light flashed wildly, illuminating the brightening valley.

【Corpse detected. Collect?】

"Yes!"

【Corpse detected. Collect?】

"Yes!"

……

One card after another was seized.

Chen Mu blended into the attacking crowd, not rushing ahead.

His gaze, sharp as an eagle's, swept swiftly across the chaotic battlefield, searching for areas where captives might be held, while quietly gathering qi to guard his body.

As a Mo Sect minor commander was blasted away by an Xuanwu Sect expert, spitting blood and struggling to rise, Chen Mu's figure flashed like a ghost to his back, fingers like talons, sealing qi clamping onto his neck's vital points, dragging him into the shadow of collapsed rocks nearby, churned up by battle.

"Speak! Where are the people you captured recently?" Chen Mu's voice, cold and low, pierced directly into the man's ear.

The Mo Sect commander's face was caked in blood, eyes filled with terror—he felt the hand gripping his neck like an iron vice, and a chilling qi seeping into his meridians, freezing his entire body.

"W-what people? I don't know anything!"

He stammered.

"A little girl, about seven years old, surname Long." Chen Mu released a trace of qi from his fingertip—the man's face twisted in agony.

"L-little girl?"

The Mo Sect commander gasped painfully, "I don't know their exact names… but… recently, all the people ordered captured… seem to have been temporarily held in the 'Yanlong Cave' at the valley's deepest bottom… that's one of our branch's dungeons…"

Yanlong Cave!

Chen Mu's eyes flashed with cold light; his fingertip qi erupted violently, piercing the Mo Sect commander's skull, collected the card, then casually tossed the corpse into the pile of rubble.

His form shifted, avoiding several fierce battle clusters, flowing like shadow-merged water, racing swiftly toward the valley's depths.

……

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Violent explosions shattered the sky as three dark figures, wreathed in overwhelming Mo Sect qi, erupted from the valley's deepest point—so fast they left three twisted black trails in the air.

Terrifying pressure surged like a solid tidal wave, engulfing everything.

Wherever it passed, even air groaned under strain; lower-level warriors on the ground felt their blood churn and limbs weaken.

The Sun-Moon Mo Sect's Tiangong Realm experts had finally been roused!

"Hmph!"

"Kill~!"

Almost simultaneously, Li Tianjun, Yan Birui, and another black-robed elder from Xuanwu Sect, whose aura was as heavy as Mount Tai, all let out a cold roar.

All three unleashed overwhelming power equal in magnitude.

Li Tianjun's sword qi surged skyward, slicing through the demonic qi.

Yan Birui's body shimmered with metallic resonance, sharp and unstoppable.

The Xuanwu Sect elder conjured phantom tortoise and snake forms, thick and grounded.

Three figures leapt upward, becoming streaks of blue, gold, and black, charging headlong toward the three demonic shadows.

They collided violently in midair.

No feints—each strike was lethal from the start.

Deafening explosions erupted in succession; violent energy shockwaves rolled outward like invisible wheels crushing all directions.

The sky split cleanly in two—one side crisscrossed with sword qi, metallic clangs, and dense overwhelming qi;

the other, blazing demonic flames, wailing spirits, flickering bloodlight.

Clouds were shredded, light bent, even the battle cries below seemed muted by this terrifying high-level clash.

Combat at the Tiangong Realm level had surpassed the reach of ordinary warriors; they tacitly lifted the battlefield into the sky to avoid harming their own side—but even the residual pressure cascading down made those below tremble.

Chen Mu glanced up once at the battle's flickering light above, then lowered his gaze, pushing his body to its limit, flowing like a wisp of smoke, continuing his stealthy advance into the valley's deeper recesses.

Along the way, scattered Mo Sect disciples either fled in panic or tried to organize resistance.

Chen Mu avoided them whenever possible.

When avoidance was impossible, he pressed two fingers into a sword, his piercing qi striking their vital points with precision.

With his Earth Altar Realm Fifth Qi Alignment cultivation, combined with refined martial arts and battle awareness, he slaughtered these ordinary Mo Sect disciples and even some late-stage Primordial commanders with a single strike.

The muffled thud of the corpse collapsing was drowned out by greater clamor.

【Corpse detected. Pick up?】

"Yes!"

……

Not long after, the Flame Long Dong appeared of its own accord at the edge of vision.

It was a massive entrance set into the mountain's rock face, over three zhang high and nearly two zhang wide, its edges stained an unnatural dark red, as if scorched by prolonged high heat.

Continuous waves of visible, searing heat distorted the air, surging endlessly from within the cave, making the air near the entrance ripple faintly and blurring the surrounding scenery.

It was indeed the "Flame Long Dong."

At this moment, the guards near the entrance were far stricter than expected—no fewer than twenty formidable warriors, at least at the Innate Realm's late stage, held weapons and stood tense at the entrance, while several subtle spiritual waves swept back and forth around the opening, clearly indicating the presence of alerting forbidden arrays.

Yet, the earth-shattering cries of battle and the terrifying pressure from the clash of Heaven Palace Realm experts clearly unsettled these guards; the line showed signs of unrest, many frequently turning their heads toward the valley where the fight raged.

The timing was perfect.

Chen Mu took out an invisibility card and activated it.

Swish!