Chapter 79: Breaking the Stalemate with Force

The dense forest of the Xuanzhi Shanmai is deep and terrifying.

But it cannot stop Rong Yexiang's ambition to strive for fame and profit upstream.

The longer he carefully surveys Mo Gu from all sides, the more he intuitively feels this place is connected to the Wangbei Manor raid case.

While excited, he suddenly sees Zhang Gui like a ghost, appearing abruptly in Mo Gu.

He naturally closes in and questions:

"Who are you, when did you arrive in this valley, and how could you evade my senses?"

The barren mountains and wild ridges make the location even more unusual.

Encountering an unceremoniously interrogating cultivator, Zhang Gui, alert, immediately activates the Main Divine Cluster.

He transforms into a towering metal giant and loudly retorts:

"You ask who I am; I must ask in return, who are you?"

At this moment, other Rong family thugs surround them.

One against many.

Zhang Gui ceases idle talk, standing in place and waiting silently.

Rong Yexiang feels he now has numerical superiority and encircles Zhang Gui.

Although he harbors some reservations about Zhang Gui's metal‑giant form, his attitude does not change at all.

"Who exactly are you? If you don't answer honestly, we won't be polite."

Zhang Gui, as if not hearing, suddenly says softly to himself:

"As the Nation Holder of Zhenlong, in the capacity of a legislator, adds a criminal law:

Conspiring to assassinate the Emperor within the Zhenlong realm, the conspirator and all accomplices may be sentenced to the Unique death penalty.

Execute immediately!"

Then he closes his mouth and strolls forward.

Rong Yexiang, feeling inexplicably, thinks Zhang Gui is deliberately playing dumb.

His suspicion grows.

He draws his sword technique and thrusts forward with a feint.

The sword weapon in his wide sleeve flies out with the momentum, hovering to press against Zhang Gui's abdomen.

Rong Yexiang does not truly strike, but coerces his opponent to answer.

But Zhang Gui's steps never halt; he lightly slices his own abdomen.

He then immediately activates the Judicial Divine Authority, "I sentence, all conspirators to assassinate the Emperor and their accomplices shall be executed by decapitation."

As the words fall, divine power of maximum intensity at the upper‑B limit, with magnitude of Lesser Divine Ability, erupts in the void.

It appears as countless invisible giant hands pressing onto Rong Yexiang and his subordinates.

Forcing them to kneel for execution.

Cultivators who train Primordial Spirit sword‑mastery have always attacked high and defended low.

Even a third‑rank sword‑master finds it hard to resist with flesh against the Ding Category divine power originating from Xihe.

With a brief attempt, those with duel‑sword experience, quick wits and reflexes immediately abandon bodily resistance, activate their sword weapon, and cut through the obstacle.

Although the divine power is invisible, aerial sword‑mastery also relies on unseen, untouchable Primordial Spirit force.

The sword weapon makes several cuts, truly breaking the first round of the Judicial Divine Authority's execution.

Unfortunately, the divine power for the second round of decapitation execution appears again immediately.

Those Rong family thugs, bound by the divine power and having made no correct choice, are already forced to kneel on the ground.

They bend their waists halfway, their necks stretching long.

Sensing their next terrifying fate, they howl loudly:

"No, no, no, you dare, you dare!";

"I am a Shuanghu Rong family descendant, I have not offended you; why would this become a mortal feud!";

"It is Rong Yexiang, that arrogant scoundrel, who offended you.

If you were truly that powerful, you should vent on him; killing me makes you no hero!"…

But alas, the mouth cannot block the blade.

Before the words finish, the invisible gate‑blade above their heads suddenly drops, cleaving several heads off.

Rong Yexiang, though also a third‑rank transcendent, possesses exceptional talent; while others can wield only one sword weapon, he can launch three simultaneously.

Two sword weapons serve as defense.

The remaining one shows no mercy, delivering a lethal strike toward Zhang Gui.

And his cultivation has a specialty.

Although Zhang Gui's Swift Foot from the Main Divine Cluster enhances agility, granting endless long strides.

The four‑door Zongheng techniques he cultivates also possess the trait of light, swift movement, appearing on the left then suddenly on the right.

Compared with the Heavenly Gallop Like Thunder Sword, his speed is far slower.

After several rounds, he has already been stabbed in the throat by Rong Yexiang.

If not for the numerous Main Divine Cluster blessings within his body.

"Flaming Gold", makes his body as hard as metal and stone; even if pierced by a flying sword, a severe wound becomes merely light.

"Hundred Herbs Life Mandate", allows him to use pre‑stored herbal essence in his body to swiftly heal injuries.

Zhang Gui could not possibly be without mortal danger when his techniques are completely nullified.

However, being passively beaten like this is not his style.

Enduring the excruciating pain of his body being nearly pierced, Zhang Gui summons fierce Qi steam, unleashes the Zongheng Finger Crossbow Master, and in a flick of his finger releases hundreds of compressed steam projectiles toward the formidable enemy.

If he can calmly wield his sword while flying, dodging these steam bombs is a piece of cake for Rong Yexiang.

But at this moment he also has to contend with divine power intrusion, and launch a strong attack on Zhang Gui, being hampered everywhere and distracted constantly.

After a string of steam bombs flashed ahead, because a sword weapon split off to fly, he could no longer perfectly defend against the invisible grappling of Zhang Gui's divine power.

His body halted, and the continuously incoming compressed steam bombs struck him in succession.

Instantly, steam burst all over Rong Yexiang's body.

Thousands of degrees of hot vapor surged and rolled, scorching his skin instantly.

In pain he couldn't help but howl.

But as soon as his mouth opened, steam poured back into Rong Yexiang's throat, windpipe, and stomach.

Immediately all the steam evaporated rapidly, carrying away a massive amount of heat.

Within a few breaths the thousands‑degree heat turned into near‑minus‑100‑degree cold.

The Rong Yexiang who had been almost steamed alive suddenly became an ice statue.

Under the expansion of heat and contraction of cold,

countless tiny cracks opened across his body, as if a light touch would shatter him into powder.

Yet even so, Rong Yexiang did not die.

The finger‑sword technique shifted, three sword weapons returned to formation, lifting their master and turning into sword light.

With triple‑speed lift, they rose into the sky and vanished into the boundless heavens.

The National Territory shrouded by Territorial Divine Authority relates to Zhang Gui as a Divine Kingdom does to a celestial deity.

Here he faces many opponents alone.

Killing opponents whose combat strength is not vastly different is a matter of course.

But unfortunately, for a genius who cultivates higher‑level arts, he still lacks a decisive method.

Moreover, the strongest move "One Breath Penetration" requires a pre‑swing, making it virtually useless against a fleeing opponent.

"You fool, your horizons have opened.

The more superior Way of Entry techniques you witness, the more you realize that top‑tier arts meeting top‑tier learners boost a person's power no less than the supreme Main Divine Cluster.

Yet my bloodline stems from an ancient Demon God that once shaped human history.

And the thin lineage passed down for thousands of generations, because of an unrepeatable ritual, miraculously became whole.

Yet it still cannot kill a youth who has only cultivated a few decades of superior Way of Entry techniques.

This is just too unfair!"

The shameless one muttered a few lines, and Zhang Gui activated the Main Divine Cluster "Tai Sui Entering Spirit" in his mind.

Black slime seeped from Lu Gate, turning into a fungal carpet.

It swallowed the remaining traces of the Rong family thugs after their death.

Of course, Zhang Gui personally collected the Gold and Silver ornaments, jade pendants, silver notes, and the like.

Then, light as a feather, he rose and flew out of Mo Gu, entering the pitch‑black Xuanzhi Mountain.

Suddenly discovered there is a clan leader, so added an extra chapter to congratulate gagaga

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(End of chapter)