Chapter 159: Jieyin

Watching Taiyi rush toward him with boundless might from overhead, Lu Yun took a deep breath, his mind already made up.

Just then, Jieyin Daoren urged him again: "Lu Yun, what are you still hesitating for? Quickly join my sect, and I will personally ensure your safety!"

Lu Yun, however, sneered and said, "Jieyin Daoren, thank you for your good intentions, but Lu does not feel he has any affinity with the Western Sect, so I will not trouble you!"

Having said this, the void behind him, which had been empty, suddenly rippled.

"The Map of Mountains and Rivers?"

Jieyin's face revealed astonishment; clearly, he had not expected that Nuwa would actually leave this item to Lu Yun, making it Lu Yun's third option now!

He instinctively moved to stop Lu Yun, but before he could act, Lu Yun's figure flickered, transforming directly into a streak of light that dove into the Map of Mountains and Rivers.

Taiyi, who had rushed here in a hurry, was shocked at the sight and hurriedly activated the Eastern Emperor Bell, wanting to blast Lu Yun out of the Map of Mountains and Rivers.

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

The Eastern Emperor Bell vibrated frantically, erupting with waves of terrifying energy storms that tore countless spatial rifts across Ziwei Star!

However, as a Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Map of Mountains and Rivers possessed formidable defensive power, and at this moment, it had merged with the heaven and earth void, appearing as if it did not exist at all.

No matter how he activated the Eastern Emperor Bell, it was as if he were striking into the void, completely unable to shake the Map of Mountains and Rivers in the slightest.

"Cowardly rat, come out and die!"

Taiyi was so angry he cursed loudly.

Jieyin Daoren's expression also sank; he had not expected that Lu Yun would rather hide in the Map of Mountains and Rivers than join his sect.

This made him feel somewhat troubled, as he knew the formidable nature of the Map of Mountains and Rivers and naturally dared not rashly charge into it.

Seeing this scene from afar, Nuwa and Houtu breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Lu Yun was safe for the time being.

As long as Lu Yun hid in the Map of Mountains and Rivers and did not come out, neither Taiyi nor Jieyin Daoren could do anything to him.

Now, she only needed to finish off Zhunti first and then return to the Map of Mountains and Rivers, and the situation would return to how it was under the Thunder Spirit Immortal Wood! Thinking of this, Nuwa's attacks against Zhunti became increasingly fierce, the Red Hydrangea sending Zhunti fleeing left and right in a sorry state.

Houtu looked nervously toward Ziwei Star, thinking Jieyin would retreat, but that was not the case.

Zhunti frowned as he looked toward the direction of the Map of Mountains and Rivers, wondering what he was thinking, while Taiyi floated in mid-air with a face full of anger and unwillingness, clearly still waiting for an opportunity to attack Lu Yun again.

Although the two could not do anything to him for now as long as Lu Yun hid in the Map of Mountains and Rivers, based on Houtu's understanding of Lu Yun, she feared he would not stay obediently inside and would inevitably think of risking things! "It seems I must enter the Map of Mountains and Rivers; on one hand, I can persuade Lu Yun, and on the other, if Taiyi and the others recklessly charge in, I can assist him in battle!"

Houtu made her decision, and with a thought, she continued toward Ziwei Star, preparing to charge into the Map of Mountains and Rivers.

However, just at this moment—

"Hum!"

In the starry sky, several more pillars of starlight suddenly descended toward Ziwei Star, instantly drawing everyone's attention.

Taiyi glanced at them, a look of joy appearing on his face as he said, "It looks like the Demon Race below has conquered those occupied main stars!"

With more main stars incorporated into the Zhou Tian Star Formation, the power he could unleash would be even greater; perhaps he would have a chance to break open the Map of Mountains and Rivers and force Lu Yun to appear, so he was naturally very happy.

If the Map of Mountains and Rivers were in the hands of a Saint, he would naturally not dare to have such thoughts, but in the hands of a mere Great Luo Golden Immortal, as long as his attack power was strong enough, it was not impossible to break it!

Houtu's first thought was also that the situation was bad; she had to speed up, otherwise, Taiyi might not give her a chance to enter the Map of Mountains and Rivers at all.

Jieyin's eyes, however, brightened slightly.

If Taiyi forced that Lu Yun out, he could still follow the same plan as before and force that Lu Yun to join the Western Sect!

He even considered whether he should lend Taiyi a hand and join forces with him to break open the Map of Mountains and Rivers! But before Jieyin could make a decision, a sudden change occurred!

"Boom!"

Those pillars of light falling from the starry sky slammed into Taiyi, but instead of merging into the operation of the Zhou Tian Star Formation like the other main stars, they directly and fiercely knocked Taiyi away! Taiyi had no defenses at all and was actually knocked flying by these rays of starlight toward the entrance of the Map of Mountains and Rivers! "No!"

Whether it was Taiyi or Jieyin, their expressions changed drastically, realizing something was wrong.

It turned out that the starlight was an attack launched by Lu Yun's avatar, with the goal of catching Taiyi off guard and knocking him into the Map of Mountains and Rivers! Taiyi tried to stop his momentum, but he was too close to the Map of Mountains and Rivers, and at this moment, he felt a terrifying suction force coming from the Map of Mountains and Rivers, making it impossible for him to break free.

Seeing this, Jieyin naturally wanted to act immediately to pull Taiyi back, but a massive, earthy-yellow figure suddenly appeared before him—it was none other than Houtu, who had rushed over in a hurry!

"You!"

Jieyin's face turned dark.

He did not care about Houtu as an Ancestral Witch, but being blocked by her like this caused his movements to pause slightly, and he instantly missed the chance to pull Taiyi back, watching as Taiyi dove headfirst into the Map of Mountains and Rivers!

Jieyin was furious and was about to attack Houtu in his rage, but he discovered that after blocking him, Houtu herself was also flying toward the Map of Mountains and Rivers! There was no doubt that Houtu was going to enter the Map of Mountains and Rivers to help that Lu Yun deal with Taiyi! Once Taiyi entered the Map of Mountains and Rivers, he would lose the enhancement of the Zhou Tian Star Formation, and it was possible he might truly be suppressed by Houtu and the others working together! Thinking of this, Jieyin was about to move to stop Houtu from entering the Map of Mountains and Rivers, but to his frustration, the very pillars of starlight that had pushed Taiyi into the Map of Mountains and Rivers were now suddenly shooting toward him!

Even though Jieyin did not believe anyone in the Great Desolation other than a Saint could harm him, he still instinctively dodged when he was suddenly attacked.

The result was that he missed the chance to stop Houtu again, allowing her to enter the Map of Mountains and Rivers directly.

A dignified Saint being toyed with twice in a row made Jieyin's expression extremely terrible.

What made him even more depressed was that in the current situation, he did not know whether he should enter the Map of Mountains and Rivers or not.

Logically speaking, there were no Saints inside the Map of Mountains and Rivers now, so there should be no danger if he charged in.

But just at this moment, Zhunti's voice suddenly entered his ears.

"Senior Brother, help!"

Jieyin looked up and discovered that Zhunti was actually being chased and beaten by the furious Nuwa, looking incredibly miserable! In such a situation, he naturally could not sit idly by and could only helplessly give up on entering the Map of Mountains and Rivers, turning instead to charge into the starry sky to rescue Zhunti.

……

Near the Sun Star, on the battlefield.

Di Jun and the others were still desperately holding back Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches, not letting them rush to Ziwei Star to provide reinforcements.

Without relying on the Zhou Tian Star Formation, doing so naturally required paying a huge price.

Whether it was Di Jun or the Ten Great Demon Sages, they were all wounded now, and the Great Luo Golden Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals under their command had suffered even heavier casualties! Yet, they were all fighting to the death to create an opportunity for Taiyi to kill Lu Yun.

Unexpectedly, an accident occurred again; Di Jun and the others suddenly discovered that Taiyi had stopped mobilizing the Zhou Tian Star Formation. "What is going on?"

"Could it be that His Majesty the Eastern Emperor has already killed that Lu Yun?"

"That's great!"

"As expected of His Majesty the Eastern Emperor, haha!"

"Your Majesty the Demon Emperor, quickly mobilize the Great Array; the lesser demons can barely hold them off anymore!"

Amidst the excited shouts of the Ten Great Demon Sages, Di Jun also subconsciously began to mobilize the Zhou Tian Star Formation, restoring the state of using the Great Array to confront the Wu Clan as before.

Yet, compared to Baize and the others who were all incredibly excited, Di Jun could not bring himself to be happy.

On the contrary, he inexplicably felt a sense of unease.

Therefore, after hurriedly stabilizing the situation, Di Jun could not help but try to contact Taiyi, but he surprisingly did not receive a response for a long time.

Even the faint, peculiar connection that existed between him and Taiyi as fellow Golden Crows had now almost vanished.

This caused his heart to sink, and the unease in his heart grew increasingly intense.

He suddenly ordered: "Baize, immediately have the Demon Race near Ziwei Star investigate clearly what exactly happened over there?!"

Baize was stunned, then realized that the situation was not quite right; if Taiyi had truly dealt with Lu Yun, he should have returned immediately to help them fight.

He dared not ask more and hurriedly replied: "As you command!"

The moment Taiyi entered the Map of Mountains and Rivers, he felt the power of the Zhou Tian Star Formation vanish and instantly realized he had fallen into a trap.

He roared in anger and directly urged the Eastern Emperor Bell to smash forward, attempting to break open the Map of Mountains and Rivers and charge out.

However, as a Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure, the defensive power of the Map of Mountains and Rivers was far more formidable than he had imagined. Furthermore, having now lost the support of the Zhou Tian Star Formation, his strength was sharply reduced, and no matter how he urged the Eastern Emperor Bell, he could not shake the Map of Mountains and Rivers in the slightest.

"Damn it!"

Taiyi was so angry he gritted his teeth, yet he was helpless.

Just then, he suddenly felt a formidable aura attacking from behind and hurriedly turned to look, only to see that Houtu had already rushed into the Map of Mountains and Rivers and was killing her way toward him.

"Houtu, do you really think this Emperor dares not kill you?!"

Taiyi shouted angrily and went directly to meet her.

With his current strength, even if he could not borrow the power of the Great Array within the Map of Mountains and Rivers, he still had the confidence to suppress Houtu.

However, what he did not expect was that Houtu bypassed him directly and flew toward another direction.

"Where is she going?"

Taiyi was filled with doubt, but he did not pursue Houtu, instead turning around to continue trying to break open the Map of Mountains and Rivers.

But just then, he suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis attacking from all directions.

He subconsciously looked up and discovered that Lu Yun was hovering in mid-air, looking at him with a cold sneer, while behind Lu Yun, a massive scroll of mountains and rivers was slowly unfolding, as if it were about to swallow him whole.

"Lu Yun?!"

Taiyi narrowed his eyes slightly.

From the scene he saw at this moment, Lu Yun was actually the Controller of this Map of Mountains and Rivers! This left him deeply shocked; he had not expected Nuwa to value Lu Yun so highly, which also made him vigilant to the extreme.

Perhaps Lu Yun's own strength was not as great as his, but this Map of Mountains and Rivers, along with the other four Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasures on Lu Yun's person, could not be underestimated, not to mention that Lu Yun had Houtu assisting him at this time! "Fighting here, this Emperor's strength is greatly restricted, while their strength has been enhanced!"

The more Taiyi thought about it, the more furious he became; he had not expected that he, one of the dignified Emperors of the Demon Race, would be schemed against to such an extent by a mere Human Race Great Luo Golden Immortal and an Ancestral Witch.

However, he had no time to dwell on these things now, because Lu Yun had already manipulated the Map of Mountains and Rivers to envelop him.

Taiyi took a deep breath to force himself to calm down, while simultaneously forming seals with both hands to urge the Eastern Emperor Bell to protect his entire body, and began trying to break the blockade of the Map of Mountains and Rivers.

"Boom—"

The powerful force covering him from all sides collided with the protective treasure light formed by the Eastern Emperor Bell, erupting with an earth-shattering roar.

Taiyi continuously tried various methods to break the blockade of the Map of Mountains and Rivers, yet no matter how hard he tried, he could not shake the Map of Mountains and Rivers in the slightest.

This Map of Mountains and Rivers was like a small world independent of heaven and earth, completely isolating him from the outside world.

At the same time, Houtu also found an opportunity to launch an attack; she was surrounded by the Earth Great Dao Law, which transformed into terrifying attacks that whistled toward Taiyi from all directions.

Facing the joint attack of the two, even someone as strong as Taiyi felt immense pressure.

He had to temporarily abandon his plan to break the Map of Mountains and Rivers and deal with their attacks with all his might.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The forces of the three parties collided continuously within the Map of Mountains and Rivers, erupting with even more terrifying power fluctuations.

The entire Map of Mountains and Rivers seemed as if it were about to be burst open by this power, trembling incessantly.

Although Taiyi was powerful, he could not borrow the power of the Zhou Tian Star Formation within the Map of Mountains and Rivers at this time and could only rely on his own strength to contend with the two.

Meanwhile, Lu Yun and Houtu occupied the advantages of timing, location, and human support; Lu Yun even directly activated four Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasures, launching fierce attacks continuously, wanting to suppress Taiyi here.

As time passed, Taiyi gradually fell into a disadvantage, suffering injuries in many places on his body, and his aura became somewhat chaotic.

He knew clearly in his heart that if things continued like this, let alone killing Lu Yun and Houtu, the only thing awaiting him would be a dead end!

He could not continue to stay here!

Thinking of this, a look of determination flashed in Taiyi's eyes, and he directly burned his own origin power.

"Lu Yun, Houtu, do you really think you can trap this Emperor like this?!"

Taiyi shouted loudly, his whole body erupting with blinding golden light, and waves of terrifying power surged out from within his body, crashing crazily toward a void nearby!

(End of chapter)