Chapter 589

"What? Di Shitian lost not only to Ximen Wudi, but also to Wu Wudi?"

"What is this Wu Wudi? Could he be that emaciated old man below the cliff?"

Lian Chengzhi was utterly astonished—he never imagined Di Shitian had been defeated by Wu Wudi, and at just twenty years old.

Does this mean centuries of cultivation are less than a twenty-year-old youth?

Is Wu Wudi's talent too strong, or is Di Shitian's talent too weak?

To say Di Shitian's talent is weak, yet he hunted the Phoenix, obtained Phoenix Blood, and lived for millennia, ultimately becoming a legend.

Yet to say his talent is strong, he still couldn't defeat a twenty-year-old Wu Wudi…

At this moment, Lian Chengzhi was filled with curiosity about Wu Wudi.

He also secretly found it strange—why do all those named "Invincible" seem truly invincible?

Should I change my name to Lian Wudi?

Chi Xue naturally knew nothing of Lian Chengzhi's bizarre inner thoughts; she continued recounting the ancient legend.

"This Wu Wudi's ancestor was none other than Wu Wuer, who defeated the ancient demon god Shi Dingtian."

"After defeating Di Shitian at twenty with Tenfang Wudi, he vanished like a shooting star."

"For years, the upper echelons of the martial world have still spoken of him."

"But no one has seen him since."

Hearing this, Lian Chengzhi found little useful information, so he pointed to the Emperor Wenlong below.

"Then is this man Wu Wudi?"

"Probably not…"

In truth, Chi Xue didn't even need to confirm it.

Wu Wudi defeated Di Shitian at twenty.

After decades, what level would his cultivation have reached?

How could Xuanwu Jun and the others hope to oppose him with mere arrays alone?

"But I notice this man's Wu Gong resembles the legendary 'Tenfang Wudi' Divine Art!"

Chi Xue studied him again, then sighed helplessly, offering only an ambiguous answer.

"Enough! Xue'er, whether he is Wu Wudi no longer matters."

Not understanding, Lian Chengzhi no longer cared to understand.

"Since this man broke in, with his strength, he is better suited than Ao Jue to open the Sword Realm."

"But he has no sword in hand—will he still succeed after we trigger the Sen Luo Liu He Array to ignite his battle spirit and will?"

Lian Chengzhi sacrificed over a hundred You Dongying warriors and lured Ao Jue here.

Precisely because Ao Jue's cultivation was decent and he was a master of the sword path.

He calculated that pushing Ao Jue to his absolute limit should open the Sword Realm.

"No matter! If he truly knows 'Tenfang Wudi,' then he possesses a sword art."

"As long as we push his battle spirit and will to the extreme."

"Then order Xuanwu Jun and the others to lure him into using his sword art."

"The Sword Realm will surely open."

The method to open the Sword Realm was left behind by Xiao Aoshi.

Yet after Chi Xue studied it and integrated it with the data from Wu Tian Lianyu, she had already grasped its true essence.

After calculation, she concluded Emperor Wenlong was actually more suitable than Ao Jue!

"Good! Then let's not wait!"

"The great calamity of a thousand autumns is about to begin."

Lian Chengzhi, having received confirmation, immediately waved his hand and pressed his palms into the empty air.

The next instant, the space around his body shimmered with illusory distortion.

Six invisible, profoundly obscure energies poured down from his body.

Then, locating the positions of Xuanwu Jun and the other six, he directly infused them into their bodies.

"Sen Luo Liu He! Marvelous, marvelous!"

Others felt nothing, but how could Emperor Wenlong not feel it?

Sensing the Sen Luo Liu He Array fully established, he couldn't help but praise it, his battle will rising another notch.

Today, he would fight to his heart's content with Tenfang Wudi (Defensive)!

Kill the dog emperor!

The Sen Luo Liu He Array originated from Xiao Aoshi's Wan Dao Sen Luo.

Wan Dao Sen Luo consists of eight principles: Heaven, Earth, Odd, Even, Yin, Yang, Life, Death.

Each principle can absorb martial arts of its corresponding attribute and integrate them.

When all eight merge as one, Wan Dao Sen Luo reaches perfection.

But ordinary martial arts of these eight attributes were beneath Xiao Aoshi's notice.

Of those fitting the attributes, over a thousand years, he had only collected six.

Thus, based on these six, he created the Sen Luo Liu He Array.

The array's advantage is uniting the six within it into a single whole.

Not only do their attacks and defenses flow as one,

But even their cultivation energies circulate fluidly, complementing each other perfectly.

Even if the six' cultivation methods are diametrically opposed, the Sen Luo Liu He Array can still harness them!

On top of that, the Myriad Dao Forest itself was a martial art that walked the path of the heart.

Once inside the formation, whether the one who set it up or the one who entered it,

would all be continuously drawn upon by the Forest Six Directions Formation, raising their fighting spirit and stimulating their battle-heart.

With all these augmentations, the combined might of the six who set the formation was multiplied at least tenfold.

Therefore, after Seeing Lian Chengzhi deployed the Forest Six Directions and had the six Xuanwu Lords lay out the grand formation,

the Emperor Wenlong, who had been invincible and whom only the Xuanwu Lords could take one or two strikes from head-on, was gradually suppressed.

At the same time, because of the properties of the Forest Six Directions Formation, the Emperor Wenlong's fighting spirit swelled ever higher, his battle-heart burning ever fiercer.

His full strength was slowly drawn out to a hundred and twenty percent!

"Thrilling! So this is what it feels like to fight with no holds barred."

Though the battle was grueling, the Emperor Wenlong fought with growing courage, and began to roar aloud.

The Xuanwu Lords and the others, drawn in by the Forest Six Directions Formation, were not affected.

The other Dongying warriors lying in ambush nearby, watching this world-shocking battle, were terrified to the marrow yet also dumbstruck.

Who could have imagined that a wizened old man like the Emperor Wenlong could erupt with such terrifying power.

The fierce battle also gradually jolted Seeing Ao Jue back to his senses.

Though he still had not figured out whether the grudge against the Emperor Wuchang truly belonged on this wizened old man's head,

right now, his battle-heart was seized by this great battle!

A martial artist was, at his core, one who struggled against men, against the earth, against the heavens!

The spectacle and destructive force of this present battle naturally could not compare to the one back then at Long Yin,

yet with the augmentation of the Forest Six Directions Formation, the ferocity of this battle was rare indeed in all the world.

Any martial artist who saw it would have his blood surging, yearning to throw himself into the fray.

Seeing Ao Jue was precisely such a martial artist!

Watching the seven fight this great battle, his battle-heart drawn in, he let out a wild howl toward the sky, then gripping the Sword of Defeat, charged over as if his life meant nothing.

"Eh? This Seeing Ao Jue isn't even afraid of death?"

Seeing Lian Chengzhi, who was in the rear controlling the grand formation and stood far off, was not affected by the battle-heart, and so could not understand what Seeing Ao Jue was doing.

It was instead Chi Xue, whose foundation in the Heavenless Purgatory ran deep, who knew a thing or two about fighting spirit and battle-heart.

He said at once,

"This Xiao Aoshi is truly fearsome; the Forest Six Directions Formation he left behind can even draw in a top expert like Seeing Ao Jue."

"What do you mean?"

Seeing Lian Chengzhi split his attention to control the Forest Six Directions, continuously rousing the fighting spirit and battle-heart of the seven below.