Chapter 51: The Rematch

After a period of repair and arrangement, the Wujian Gate army regained its vigor, and they again began to line up for battle.

Red Bright Daozu naturally gladly accepted the challenge.

"Ha ha, Mo Zhu, it seems the lesson we gave you last time wasn't enough; you have to let all your disciples die out before you stop." Red Bright Daozu taunted.

He said it deliberately, also to strike the enemy's morale.

"Who dies out is still uncertain, Red Bright, I advise you not to be too smug." Mo Zhu Daozu said calmly.

"Kill!"

At Mo Zhu Daozu's command, the Wujian Gate army charged again.

And the Red Bright Realm army naturally met them without fear.

"Qian Yu Tian Shen, dare you fight my three brothers?" Tun Tian Da Sheng roared across the void; above him hovered a golden‑feathered giant eagle several thousand zhang long, the elder of the three Demon Saints, Tun Shan Da Sheng.

On the other side stood a hideous, hornless dragon, the second brother, Tun Hai Da Sheng.

At this moment, with Tun Tian Da Sheng's roar, the divine power of the three Demon Saints began to surge.

Boom!

The battlefield suddenly gained a towering Three‑Eyed Demon God.

The Three‑Eyed Demon God Formation combines the power of the three Great Heavenly Gods, further amplifies it, and together with Tun Tian Da Sheng's spatial power, it barely reaches the threshold of a Dao Ancestor's might, making it a major weapon on this battlefield.

"Leng Mian Tian Shen, Feng Yun Tian Shen, join me." Zhou Yu at this moment immediately called the two great Heavenly Gods.

He relies on divine power to unleash divine arts and heart‑force support, but it is not lasting; especially the heart‑force, which will soon be exhausted.

Without revealing that he is a Second Grade True Immortal, he must also depend on formation support to fight Tun Tian Da Sheng.

"Yes!"

"Here it comes!"

Leng Mian Tian Shen and Feng Yun Tian Shen both rushed over swiftly.

The three together unleashed divine power, and in an instant formed a towering giant; the giant's visage shifted repeatedly, finally taking Zhou Yu's form.

This is Zhou Yu's self‑created Heavenly God Formation; in terms of subtlety and layers, it should be somewhat inferior to the battle‑hardened Three‑Eyed Demon God Formation.

However, precisely because this formation is Zhou Yu's own creation, he can unleash its full power; in practice its effect is not far behind the Three‑Eyed Demon God Formation of the Tun Long Shan San Yao Shen.

"Kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

On the battlefield, battle cries thundered.

The two armies collided again, and Zhou Yu's Heavenly God Formation clashed with the Three‑Eyed Demon God Formation.

The two great formations, in terms of power, had little difference, and with the base power raised, Zhou Yu again unleashed divine arts and applied heart‑force support; although still effective, it could no longer produce the completely one‑sided situation of before.

At this point, the importance of pure combat skill became evident.

"Both you and I wield Fourth‑Tier spatial power, and I have been fighting since antiquity, eventually devising close‑quarters techniques; how could my close combat fear you?"

Tun Tian Da Sheng now controlled the Three‑Eyed Demon God Formation, wielding two great hammers, venting his pent‑up fury.

The same power, different combat methods, indeed produce a great disparity in strength.

If an ordinary Fourth‑Tier sword‑force technique faces a Fourth‑Tier sword‑force master who has learned the Wu Bao Sword Technique, the former will lose miserably, possibly defeated in a few moves.

The hammer method created by Tun Tian Da Sheng, though far from the realm of the Wu Bao Sword Technique, is indeed rather perfect, fully unleashing Fourth‑Tier spatial power.

"Interesting, then try my combat method as well." Zhou Yu at this moment brandished two divine swords, and his technique suddenly changed.

One sword manipulates time, erratically fast and slow; the other sword manipulates space, erratically forward and back.

The two swords cooperate, the pressure hits head‑on, making Tun Tian Da Sheng feel as if his heart were spitting blood.

"Didn't you say his time power is inferior to his spatial power? Is this what you call 'inferior'?" Tun Tian Da Sheng was startled.

According to intel, when Qian Yu Tian Shen acted in the Great Summer World, his time power was indeed average; has he now broken through?

Or perhaps he was concealing his weakness before?

"Youcang Dao Friend, your disciple truly makes me envious; his combination of time and space is extremely perfect, I fear he will soon comprehend the Time‑Space Power." In the Hall of Ten Thousand Clans of the Great Yu People's World, Patriarch Bodhi remarked.

The combination of time and space is somewhat like the union of Wuji and Taiji, merely two forces cooperating.

In this state it still does not count as Time‑Space Power; only when fully merged does it become Time‑Space Power.

But Qian Yu Heavenly God combines the two powers so perfectly, and with Youcang True God as his master, the distance to mastering Time‑Space Power is probably not far.

Opposite, Zhou Yu merely smiled faintly upon hearing this, offering no further explanation.

He deliberately did not unleash Time‑Space Power; otherwise, though they are master and disciple in name, all their methods would be identical, which would be absurd.

However, Zhou Yu also plans to let his true self improve gradually, eventually manifesting the full Time‑Space Power.

Great Summer World, on the battlefield.

"Qian Yu Tian Shen is too strong; at this rate the Tun Long Shan San Yao Shen will soon be defeated," Mo Zhu Daozu observed the battlefield, feeling the situation was tricky.

Once the Three‑Eyed Demon God is defeated, the remaining formation will require a group to jointly resist Qian Yu Tian Shen's Heavenly God Formation; at that point, with his side's troops depleted, Red Bright Daozu could easily seize the opportunity and cause a great rout.

"We must act immediately," Mo Zhu Daozu began to redeploy forces at once.

However, had there been sufficient time, he could have silently manipulated the battlefield; the rushed redeployment now gave Red Bright Daozu some clues of irregularity.

Although Red Bright Daozu has not yet pinpointed the issue, he can still judge that something is definitely wrong.

He had previously sensed that Mo Zhu might have some hidden tactic, but it remained concealed; now Red Bright Daozu realized that Mo Zhu Daozu may be about to employ it.

"Dong Zhe, hurry."

Red Bright Daozu decisively chose to play his final trump card.

In this realm war, Nüwa's camp provided him three aids: first, Dao Ancestor Ying Long sent many Heavenly God True Immortals; second, Zhou Yu, the peerless Heavenly God, volunteered to help; finally, the hidden archer Dong Zhe.

Dong Zhe, also of ancient human lineage, has mastered the Hou Yi Archery and his heart‑force has reached the Fourth Tier, making him one of the top‑ranked divine archers in the Three Realms.

Dong Zhe?

It's him!

At this moment, the Boundless Gate side immediately received the news.

With their intelligence capability, someone rushed toward the Red Bright Realm at lightning speed, and it could not be concealed at all.

But the Red Bright Daozu at this time also didn't expect to hide from the Boundless Gate; his feeling before the gamble was not an illusion.

And the fact was the same: at this moment, the Ink Bamboo Dao Ancestor's order had already been issued. Even if the Ink Bamboo Dao Ancestor immediately learned that the Red Bright Daozu's side also had reinforcements arriving, it was too late to change the plan; they could only fight to the end.

(End of Chapter)