Chapter 576: Destiny's Return

On the highway, Li Fei severed the black tide with a single slash of his blade.

After that one slash, a deep trench was carved into the highway.

Over a hundred Imperial Guard cavalrymen behind the black tide did not rush to launch a charge; instead, they spurred a second wave of baleful energy.

The fifty-plus Imperial Guard cavalrymen Li Fei had encountered previously could not spur baleful energy continuously like this; there would be a noticeable pause in between.

This is the strength of a military formation once the number exceeds a hundred riders.

This time, the baleful energy was no longer a black tide sweeping across the sky, but transformed into a massive vortex, with Li Fei at its center.

This vortex of baleful energy easily tore through the concrete ground, grinding gravel and soil into fine powder!

The ground began to cave inward, and all matter was being continuously pulverized!

With Li Fei at the center of the vortex, the purple-gold Primordial Star Armor on his body was also under constant impact, gradually becoming covered in cracks.

He waited in place for a few seconds, then swung his blade to strike again.

This time, beams of purple-gold light bloomed from the center of the black vortex.

Countless rays of light ignited the night!

【Infinite Brightness Fire】!

After being imbued with the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi, the blooming light carried the will of all living beings, and the light and fire, which originally held a Zen-like quality, turned into the fireworks of the mortal world.

Changing from pure to chaotic, it did not reduce the power of the move; instead, it became even more magnificent.

After one move, all the baleful energy dissipated, and Li Fei stood in the middle of a massive crater.

He leaped out of the pit in one step and looked again at the hundred-plus riders ahead:

"Is that it?"

Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, he wanted to experience the power of the Imperial Guard cavalry more fully.

Who knows, he might face them again in the future?

The Imperial Guard cavalry ahead began to further spur their own power, and some fell directly to the ground, breathing their last on the spot!

This Imperial Guard cavalry unit had previously fought a fierce battle with Luo Shi and was heavily depleted; they had not been able to fully recover in just a few short hours.

But under the control of the Great Luo Order, they disregarded their own lives, forcibly draining the last bit of their essence, energy, and spirit to pour into the military formation.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The crowd shouted in unison, the sound of killing shaking the heavens.

The baleful energy transformed into various weapons, smashing toward Li Fei.

Each weapon seemed as if it were held in the hand of a martial arts expert, executing exquisite techniques and containing artistic intent.

It was not just simple speed and power.

At this moment, Li Fei seemed to see the heroic spirits who had died on the battlefield resurrected, holding weapons and charging at him.

These heroic spirits were both martial arts experts and battlefield soldiers; they could fight alone and also coordinate in battle.

Military Formation — Hundred Weapon Tomb!

Once the number of Imperial Guard troops exceeds one hundred, they can form a special military formation, no longer just aggregating everyone's power, but capable of unleashing special strength.

The few famous Imperial Guard units in this world all possess unique and powerful military formations.

Among them, the Sky Blue Iron Cavalry is the greatest!

This "Hundred Weapon Tomb" is considered a relatively common type of formation.

Facing the many incoming weapons, Li Fei struck them down one by one with his blade.

For those he couldn't break in time, he blocked them head-on with the Primordial Star Armor.

With the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi, he no longer needed to "replenish breath"; his power was endless!

This battle lasted for over ten minutes, until the power of the Imperial Guard cavalry could no longer sustain the hundred-man formation, and the "Hundred Weapon Tomb" dissipated.

Li Fei stood with his blade, feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

He noticed the Imperial Guard cavalry ahead beginning to turn their horses around, preparing to retreat, so he immediately stepped forward to pursue them.

Soon, he discovered the Possession-stage Great Mage who was being heavily guarded by the many Imperial Guard cavalrymen.

Accelerating his pace, Li Fei forcibly killed his way into the crowd, charging toward this Great Mage.

The surrounding Imperial Guard troops turned and swung their blades at him one after another; he blocked them head-on with the Primordial Star Armor and used "Star Shift" to deflect them all, quickly arriving behind the Great Mage.

The opponent turned and offered up a bronze seal toward Li Fei.

This small bronze seal was like a small mountain peak, smashing down with heavy might while also carrying a spiritual shock intended to stun one's mind.

Li Fei struck the bronze seal with his blade, slicing this magic treasure directly into two pieces!

Then he caught up to the opponent in one step and decapitated the Great Mage with a single slash.

Without the control of this Great Mage, the surrounding Imperial Guard cavalry stopped one after another, standing dazed in place.

Li Fei stepped forward and picked up the imitation Great Luo Order from the Great Mage's corpse.

Outside Jinshan Fucheng.

The key to victory still lay here.

Xiang Yunshu's injuries were becoming increasingly severe, and several more cracks had appeared on his natal magic treasure, the Luo Heaven Star Chart.

"Chongcheng has held out, but it is a pity that you cannot hold out."

The voice of True Person Qingxu rang out, "I will give you one last chance: submit to me, and in the future, in my Daoist State, you can still be the State Preceptor, and I can also give you the chance to attain the Dao and immortality!"

Xiang Yunshu remained silent, only struggling desperately to hold his ground.

"So be it."

True Person Qingxu stopped trying to persuade him, his methods becoming increasingly fierce.

Xiang Yunshu was waiting for the fortune in his hands to be exhausted, making it impossible to support the establishment of the Daoist State.

But he knew very well that the fortune in his own hands was still sufficient.

Eight hundred years of fortune for the Great Luo Sect, eight hundred years of fortune for the Daoist school—how could it be so easily exhausted?

Although some accidents had occurred, victory would eventually be his!

True Person Qingxu had never doubted whether he could succeed.

Just as he had said to Tai Yu—if not me, then who?

At a certain moment, a golden Buddha statue arrived from the west.

If a high-level practitioner of the arts were to look down from the sky, they would be able to "see" a magnificent grand formation almost enveloping the entire Ming Province.

This grand formation currently had only one obvious gap, occupied by a purple-gold aura, preventing the formation from being perfected.

When this golden Buddha statue arrived from the west, it crashed directly into the grand formation, creating a new gap!

Boom—

In Jinshan Fucheng, True Person Qingxu's thousand-meter Dharma form suddenly shook violently.

"Pudu Temple!!"

True Person Qingxu let out a massive roar.

From beginning to end, this True Person had appeared powerful and composed, as if everything were under his control.

Even when Li Fei unexpectedly mastered the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi and held Chongcheng, he had not lost his composure.

But at this moment, seeing that golden Buddha statue that had forcibly crashed into the formation.

True Person Qingxu was thoroughly enraged!

"Qingxu—"

Xiang Yunshu immediately lifted his spirits, "This is where destiny belongs!"

He had risked his life and gambled his future on the Dao, dragging things out with True Person Qingxu until now.

Of course, it was impossible to pin all his hopes on True Person Qingxu exhausting his fortune prematurely.

Nor was it possible to pin his hopes on Li Fei being able to hold Chongcheng.

What he was truly waiting for was this Buddha statue!

Several hours ago, starting from the Buddhist holy site of Pudu Temple all the way to Ming Province, all the temples along the way had constructed formations with the help of the local Sifa Academy, regardless of the cost.

The formations built within these temples were like relay stations along the way, "paving the road" for this Buddha statue from Pudu Temple.

"Amitabha!"

The golden Buddha, several dozen meters tall, soon arrived at the battlefield where the two True Persons were clashing, and a magnificent and compassionate voice emanated from the statue:

"Donor Qingxu, in order to attain immortality, you have wantonly slaughtered the common people, causing the world to suffer. My Buddha is compassionate; today, I shall rid the human world of a great demon such as you!"

There was no person inside this Buddha statue; all it contained was a string of prayer beads.

These prayer beads were the natal magic treasure of the Abbot of Pudu Temple, the contemporary Buddha!

"High-sounding words! Isn't it just because you fear the rise of my Daoist school, so that from now on, no one in the world will believe in Buddhism!"

True Person Qingxu said angrily.

Aside from the Great Lan Dynasty, the Buddhist school was certainly the one least hoping to see True Person Qingxu succeed.

It was just that Pudu Temple was thousands of miles away, and True Person Qingxu had never thought beforehand that the Buddhist school would have the chance to intervene in this battle.

Pudu Temple is the only thousand-year-old great sect in the world, with a deep foundation, possessing one Buddha and two Martial Saints.

But even if the Abbot took action personally, combined with the two Martial Saints, and supported by the formations established by many temples along the way, it was still not enough to send the Abbot's natal magic treasure thousands of miles away.

To achieve this step, it also required sacrificing the fortune of the Buddhist school!

Besides this, there were other methods that True Person Qingxu had not anticipated.

"If you are allowed to attain the Dao, there will be no peace in the world. My Pudu Temple's action is for the sake of all living beings under heaven."

The golden Buddha statue spoke thus.

Following that, a magnificent power surged from within the Buddha statue and joined this battle!

(End of chapter)