Chapter 746

Without waiting for Mu Huali's command, the God of Immortality shot up into the sky, drawing on countless Heaven and Earth origin power with the God-Shifting Art.

It transformed into a massive, almost visible palm force, surging forward like an avalanche to crush the Azure Dragon.

The force of this palm had already far exceeded what the Azure Dragon alone could withstand.

At this critical moment, the Azure Dragon was about to strike, and the other three Divine Generals were also preparing to rise and help.

They could see that this was not something the Azure Dragon could handle alone.

But before they could rise, an ethereal voice suddenly rang out,

"Leave this person to me. You deal with the Yuan army — Yin Moon Cave Heaven must not be broken!"

At the crucial moment, a streak of Jin Guang suddenly appeared in the sky above.

This Jin Guang had no shadow or trace, yet it was vast and mighty.

The God of Immortality's certain-kill palm, striking this Jin Guang, could not shake it in the slightest.

"Another Daoist art? Who are you? Why not show yourself?"

After his earlier clash with Yan Chixia, the God of Immortality recognized at a glance that this Jin Guang contained not only Heaven and Earth origin power.

More crucially, the one wielding the Jin Guang had borrowed Daoist arts to achieve such might.

Following the God of Immortality's words, a figure slowly emerged from behind the Jin Guang.

This person wore a splendid golden robe, its style identical to that of the Xuanxinzheng Sect.

He only heard him suspended in the air, slowly beginning to speak,

"I am Jin Guang, Sect Master of the Xuanxinzheng Sect.

This Yin Moon Dynasty is the most evil unorthodox sect. Within it are not only unorthodox cultivators, but also many true demons.

If they appear in the world, they will surely plunge all living things into misery.

Master Changsheng, you are a hero of your realm — why must you insist on aiding tyranny?"

This person was none other than the incomparably mysterious Sect Master of the Xuanxinzheng Sect, Jin Guang!

For a moment, Mu Huali, who had been about to order the three great Yuan armies to immediately storm the mountain, was stunned in place.

He never expected the Xuanxinzheng Sect to be so persistent about this place.

Not only did they have a top-tier expert like Yan Chixia, they had also dispatched the Four Divine Generals of Xuanxin, along with so many disciples.

More crucially, their Sect Master had also come in person.

If that's the case, then attacking the mountain would mean truly going to war with the Xuanxinzheng Sect in full?

At this thought, even the decisive Mu Huali could not help but hesitate.

After all, attacking the mountain before could be considered, at the smallest, a conflict between the Great Yuan and the Xuanxinzheng Sect.

There was still room for maneuver.

Now that their Sect Master had shown himself, persisting in battle would mean completely tearing faces with the Xuanxinzheng Sect.

If they won, it would be fine — they'd surely receive Tie Muzhen's commendation upon return.

If they lost, Mu Huali's political enemies would surely seize the chance to attack and slander him.

Mu Huali would fall into a passive position.

The God of Immortality, high in the air, heard Jin Guang's words and could not help but laugh,

"What demons, what Dao — in my eyes they are all ants.

If you know what's good for you, withdraw the protection here. Our Great Yuan naturally will not make an enemy of your Xuanxinzheng Sect.

If not, the tens of thousands of troops and the hundreds or thousands of experts below this mountain are not something your mere few hundred people can stop."

Floating high in the air, a top-tier expert of the Nine Provinces,

the God of Immortality swept his divine sense and clearly saw the number of people the Xuanxinzheng Sect had brought this time.

Counting Sect Master Jin Guang, Yan Chixia within Lanruo Temple, and the Four Divine Generals of Xuanxin,

the Xuanxinzheng Sect had, at the very most, fewer than five hundred people in total.

Among them, the experts were only Jin Guang, Yan Chixia, the Four Divine Generals of Xuanxin, and two women.

Clearly, they were most likely Shi Feixuan and Qin Mengyao, the two women on the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers Ranking.

But this number, compared to the Great Yuan's tens of thousands of troops and nearly a thousand experts, was truly no different than a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Perhaps in terms of high-end combat power, the Xuanxinzheng Sect was formidable.

But this was a battlefield, not a contest of individual strength.

"Sigh! I didn't expect someone of your cultivation to also be unable to see through the unorthodox path."

Jin Guang, however, was completely unconcerned. He waved his hand and pointed in all directions,

"Do you truly wish to fight?"

"Enough talk."

Having failed to take down Yan Chixia in their earlier bout, the God of Immortality was already feeling very displeased.

Just now, Jin Guang had been able to receive his palm strike, which made him all the more curious.

The people of the Xuanxinzheng Sect clearly had ordinary cultivation, yet through unique Daoist arts and techniques, they could always match his own strength.

Therefore, since Jin Guang had shown himself, the God of Immortality naturally held back no courtesy either.

Stirring up his true essence, he deployed the God-Shifting Art and began to fight Jin Guang.

Both were extraordinary experts, and the commotion of their battle was tremendous.

Therefore, once the two truly began to fight, they naturally dared not stay too close to the ground.

After all, if the battle's aftershocks spread and the Four Divine Generals of Xuanxin were no longer there to shield with the Four Spirits Formation,

then harming their own people would not be good.

So after exchanging two moves, the two flew higher into the sky in unspoken agreement.

With the two of them leaving, the formal confrontation between the Yuan army and the Xuanxinzheng Sect was about to begin.

But on General Zhebie's side, things were strange — Mu Huali had already said that once the maze formation was broken, they would attack the mountain immediately.

He had even personally gone to the very front, ready to lead the charge.

After all, among the Great Yuan experts present, Mu Huali needed to coordinate the overall situation.

The Undying God had already been entangled by Jin Guang, the Sect Master of the Xuanxinzheng Sect.

Long Xiang Seng was a monk, unfit to lead troops.

That left only him, Zhebie, fit to serve as Vanguard Commander.

Therefore he had volunteered himself as Vanguard Commander, staying with the vanguard, ready to storm the mountain the moment the maze formation broke.

But the maze formation had already been broken, and the order from the central army still hadn't come.

Zhebie immediately handed the army over to his deputy and flew with his body to the central army.

Only to see Mu Huali there deep in thought, looking hesitant and indecisive.

"Mu Huali, the great battle is upon us — what are you thinking about?"

Zhebie was baffled and asked directly.

"This…"

Mu Huali was taken aback — he couldn't just tell Zhebie straight out that he feared the consequences of an all-out war with the Xuanxinzheng Sect, could he?

If word of this got out, to say nothing of how Zhebie would view him —

The righteous, awe-inspiring front he had just put on, the goodwill he had won from Long Xiang Seng, would all be lost in an instant.

After all, Long Xiang Seng was from Wang Si, and held the deepest aversion to Daoist sects like the Xuanxinzheng Sect.

Thinking it over, Mu Huali knew the knife was now at his throat.

No matter what, this battle could only go on.

"Nothing! Open the attack!"

Zhebie couldn't help wanting to glare Mu Huali to death — what on earth was this fellow thinking!

But since he had now said to open the attack, Zhebie could not wait any longer either.

He immediately spurred his horse without pause, returning from the central army back to the vanguard.

The moment he arrived, sure enough the horn sounded and the order for general assault was issued.

Tens of thousands of troops, under the unified command of their respective generals, immediately launched their attack on this small mountain.

He saw that the mountain was littered with giant boulders everywhere, yet not a single person of the Xuanxinzheng Sect had been crushed to death.

These Yuan soldiers had long known that stone-throwers alone could not deal with these Wu Gong experts.