Mysterious Academy.
Black clouds rolled in, and a gentle rain slowly fell, adding a touch of mist to the entire city.
In the center of the city, a huge semi-spherical white light barrier firmly covered an area several miles wide.
Within the barrier, massive muscular figures were entangled in a fierce battle with several black-armored, blue-light human forms.
These were the Grandmasters and Masters of the Confucian sect, forming an array and cooperating, trying to eliminate the blue-light black-armored human forms suppressed by the formation.
Buildings were affected by the immense force, collapsing with a roar, bricks and wood chips exploding everywhere.
The entire central area was in a mess, quickly transforming into a heap of ruins.
"Lingwei Sword Shadow!" Suddenly, a white-robed elder rushed in from afar, leaping into the air, and swiftly drawing the longsword from his back.
Swish!
A radiant sword light, like a peacock spreading its tail, like a pure white lotus, flew abruptly and landed precisely among the blue-light human forms.
The moment the sword light lotus reached the ground, it exploded with a roar.
The shimmering white sword light, invisible to the mortal eye.
But to the Spirit Core and worshippers, the flying white sword light was a terrifying offensive capable of cutting gods and destroying thoughts.
After the dense sword light flew out, it transformed into flexible, entangled threads, fast winding around the blue-light figures.
In a few moves, they were immobilized.
"Mr. Chong Yue!"
"The leader of Chong Yue Vein is here!"
"Students, pay respect to the leader of Ren Vein!"
All the people involved in the battle below breathed a sighed relief and bowed to the elder.
"No need for ceremony. Utilizing the array and his Gentleman’s Sword’s might, we can suppress these Spirit Generals of the Spirit Flying Church. However... why did they suddenly attack us? This matter needs clarification. Logically, we’ve already expressed our stance to them..." Elder Chong Yue frowned.
In the central area.
Zhang Rongyu finally emerges with her son, Zhang Huanqing.
Two others surrounded and protected her, clearly making her the core figure of the Yi Vein now.
"Student Rongyu, paying respects to Leader Chong Yue." She respectfully bowed to the elder.
"Today’s events, were they started because of you and your son?" Chong Yue, the renowned Confucian scholar, highly positioned in the court, upon seeing Zhang Rongyu and her son emerge, immediately had a flash of thought.
"Rongyu does not know what happened, but it seems these people indeed came directly at us..." Zhang Rongyu was also bewildered.
"They are not ordinary Spirit Generals, but former top-tier experts of the Spirit Flying Church, hidden and long past." Chong Yue sighed, "If not for losing their minds, only proceeding with brute force, we couldn’t have suppressed them so easily. This matter is of great importance; you must promptly clarify the reasons and handle it properly."
"Student understands." Zhang Rongyu quickly nodded.
"I’ll stay and guard with you for three days. After three days, I have other urgent matters, and everything will be left to you." Chong Yue stated deeply.
As a fellow Gentleman’s Sword holder, his gaze fell upon Xiaohuanqing nearby.
Sighing, he leaped, gently landing atop a building, sitting down to rest.
Zhang Rongyu and others bowed to him once more and withdrew to the center of the formation, organizing the situation.
Not long outside the Mysterious Academy.
A blood shadow descended from the sky, gently landing on a small mountain near the academy.
Zhang Rongfang looked towards the depths of the academy, his gaze passing over the Gentleman’s Sword holder Chong Yue stationed there.
Halfway through, he received news from a Bloodline Daoist. Fortunately, his sister’s Confucian forces were strong, and opposing a few Spirit Generals, they could use the formation and Gentleman’s Sword to forcibly suppress them.
It’s much easier compared to the Wish Girl Gorge.
’Your sister is safe here. While the path she chose doesn’t allow as much freedom as your own powerful self, it still has merit.’ White Scale sighed likewise.
’Those who gain the Way have many allies, those who lose the Way have few. Your sister now has many supporters, which is another form of the Way.’
’White Scale.’ Zhang Rongfang suddenly said.
’What?’ White Scale paused, rarely hearing Zhang Rongfang speak in such a serious tone.
’You’ve gained so much from me. Shouldn’t you help me with something?’ Zhang Rongfang stated flatly.
’What do you mean I’ve gained so much? I’ve also put in effort, haven’t I?’ White Scale felt something was wrong.
’How much has your Void grown compared to before? I frequently come and go, and changes are obvious to me. You can’t hide it from me.’ Zhang Rongfang countered.
’Well... it’s just grown a bit bigger. I’m just a small white snake god, my body isn’t big, and I can’t accommodate much. Growing bigger doesn’t really matter, does it?’ White Scale felt a bit guilty.
’Then why don’t you leave me?’ Zhang Rongfang chuckled twice.
’Why bother? We’ve faced hardships together for so long; we’re companions and friends, supporting each other through many challenges.’ White Scale hurriedly said.
’Are you going to help or not?’ Zhang Rongfang straightforwardly put it on the table.
’.....’ White Scale was silent for a moment. ’Okay, tell me what you want me to do.’
’Your consciousness needn’t follow me anymore. Let the Wish Girl and Blood God cooperate and help me guard the Wish Girl Gorge! How about it?’
Zhang Rongfang knew these Residual Gods had gained much nowadays following him.
Their strength had grown significantly compared to before.
’Places where we can intervene, we must have connecting objects...’ White Scale stammered.
’In the temple, there’s your newly crafted statue, the Wish Girl’s wish bell, and the Blood God’s Blood God Statue. Is that enough?’ Zhang Rongfang disclosed straightforwardly.
’But how can we possibly compete against Spirit Flying Heaven...’ White Scale tried to argue.
’Then you shouldn’t follow me anymore.’ Zhang Rongfang’s Spirit Core rotated in his mind, ready to sever the connection with her.
He knew his blood could block the senses of gods, let alone White Scale’s.
The previous continuous connection was because he used the Spirit Core to separately connect several Residual Gods.
But as long as he wishes, he can isolate it from the Blood Lotus at any time.
’Wait! I’ll do it! Isn’t that enough!?’ Bai Lin was on the verge of tears. Originally, she merely liked watching the commotion, and now... She couldn’t even finish watching it before she had to wade into the muddy waters herself...
’Go work. Don’t let me catch you slacking off. Otherwise....’ Zhang Rongfang was qualified to make such harsh remarks.
Now Bai Lin’s only anchor point of existence was him alone. If he deliberately isolated Bai Lin, she would instantly be pulled into the abyss of forgetfulness, becoming part of the Sea of Oblivion below.
Forever losing her own existence.
Moreover, this time was actually an opportunity.
’I’ll go find the Wish Girls first.’ Bai Lin, unwilling to be the only one exploited, volunteered immediately.
’Have them all come out and work, otherwise don’t stay on me in the future.’ Zhang Rongfang reminded.
’.....’ Bai Lin always felt that their dignity as Residual Gods had been completely eroded by this guy.
Soon, Zhang Rongfang felt that within the Blood Lotus at his back, apart from Great Spirit Lust Heaven, all the Blood Gods and Wish Girl auras flew out a wisp and dissipated in the air.
Clearly, Bai Lin had persuaded both of them.
But the remaining Great Spirit Lust Heaven, the dragon-headed person, stayed motionless.
Obviously, because he had quite a few followers, Zhang Rongfang was not the only marker, and he didn’t care about threats.
Immediately, Zhang Rongfang did not utter a word, his Spirit Core rotated, instantly severing all connections with him.
At the same time, his essence blood covered his entire body, eroding the special sight that Great Spirit Lust Heaven had cast here.
He didn’t know by what mechanism gods and buddhas paid attention to him, but he knew his essence blood was potent enough to isolate Spirit Flying Heaven’s gaze.
Being able to isolate Spirit Flying Heaven, naturally, there’s no need to mention mere Great Spirit Lust Heaven.
Soon, the aura belonging to Great Spirit Lust Heaven rapidly dissipated from the Blood Lotus, eroded away completely.
Zhang Rongfang released the blood water, his gaze focusing on the few blue-eyed, black armored humanoids bound by arrays in the inexplicable academy.
’Report to the Human Immortal Temple leader, new black armored humanoids are quickly attacking the main temple!’
Immediately, information was transmitted by the Bloodline Daoist.
Zhang Rongfang’s face turned frosty, his double wings flapped, and he soared into the air, flying towards the distance.
But this time, he did not fly towards Wish Girl Gorge, instead, towards the Great Capital!
As he ascended, dark red blood mist began to gradually permeate around him.
The blood mist followed him, gradually thickening, becoming more dense, increasingly abundant.....
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Shells and stoneballs crisscrossed the sky overhead.
The scent of blood and the friction breath of weapons and armor mingled together, forming a strange and unpleasant smell.
On the battlefield.
A group of Tadorra giants charged fiercely into the Spirit Army’s formation, causing widespread casualties.
Relying on the army’s momentum, the Grandmasters defeated Tadorra’s massive bodies one after another.
The Spirit Guard Army, along with the huge armies led by the Deer, Canglang, and Snow Rainbow Pavilion’s Fierce General, formed a encirclement, besieging the broad plain battlefield where the Great Sect Alliance was located.
Grandmasters from the Spirit Army fell one by one, as their Spiritual Lines were devoured, resulting in increasing casualties.
The military formations also began to disintegrate one by one, fleeing, causing the originally solid and elite Spirit Army momentum to become increasingly weakened amid such gradual collapse.
At the core of the battlefield.
The Divine Shepherd sat atop a Tadorra’s head, the blue light in his eyes faintly swirling with subtle snowflake patterns.
He was controlling distant Spirit General puppets, launching a new offensive on Wish Girl Gorge.
At the same time, using his Sky Blood ability, he was influencing and interfering with Grandmasters on the battlefield, causing them to repeatedly err and misstep.
Suddenly, the Divine Shepherd’s gaze moved, looking towards the far right.
There, several figures were swiftly approaching.
Within a few breaths, these figures reached the edge of the battlefield.
They were like several sharp knives, slicing straight into the battlefield, wherever they passed, whether Tadorra or the Spirit Guard Army, or even more elite Deer Antler Canglang leaders, couldn’t stop these few people from charging.
"They’re here." The Divine Shepherd stood up, his blue robe fluttering amidst the gun smoke.
"This time, I won’t slip up again!" The Sacred Dance slowly formed behind him, his expression cold.
"With me here, you certainly won’t." The Divine Shepherd smiled. Suddenly his expression paused. "Yue Dewen isn’t here?"
Among those who rushed onto the battlefield were Zhenyi Sect’s Daoist Qingyi, Great Sect Alliance’s Vice Alliance Leader Cosimo, Jade Void Palace’s Jin Yuyan, and Shangguan Feihua.
In terms of strength, only these people could contend with them.
Others could be ignored.
But the greatest threat they perceived, Yue Dewen, and his disciple Qiankun’s Zhang Rongfang, were surprisingly absent.
"Interesting, do they really think, just with this bit of strength, they could stand on par with us?" Sacred Dance sneered.
"Of course not." Suddenly, another female figure in a cloud-white long dress floated over from afar, her toes tapping on Spirit Guard Army’s heads in the battlefield, every Spirit Guard soldier she touched immediately collapsed into a pile of Black Sand.
"Reverse against the Vault of Heaven, how could it possibly be without our Sensing Sect’s involvement?"
A large group of figures rose behind the woman, leaping and surging into the battlefield like a pack of invincible beasts.
Although they weren’t numerous, each had exceedingly strong strength, their foreheads faintly bore the mark of a white moon seal.
Clearly, they had done ample preparation before coming here.