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Chapter 400 Unexpected Changes
Chapter 400 Unexpected Changes
"Not a hallucination?"
Li Wan'er blinked in confusion, then quickly realized what was happening.
This space has long been sealed off by special restrictions, making it impossible to use the fourth-order escape talisman.
Not only that, but in addition to the escape talisman, the one-time fourth-tier Xuanbao [Jade of Descending Truth] that she carried with her also lost its power and could not summon the Nascent Soul True Monarch's Dharma Image to descend and protect her, or remind the sect to provide support.
That is why, when Li Wan'er saw Chen Beiwu arrive at the critical moment in such an illogical way as breaking through space, her first reaction was that it was a hallucination before death.
"Oh no, junior brother, run!"
With a formidable enemy at hand, there was no time for reminiscing. Li Wan'er quickly transmitted her thoughts through divine sense.
The first Golden Core is still a Golden Core, not a Nascent Soul True Monarch.
Faced with the three Crimson Sun Generals and three hundred Upper Sun Soldiers, even someone as strong as my junior brother would find it difficult to traverse thousands of troops and annihilate the three peak Dao Generals amidst a large number of Dao soldiers.
Instead, they might get trapped in the Taoist army's formation, exhaust their magic power, be unable to break through the encirclement, and be captured.
Of course, if the junior brother could activate the escape technique to lead them away from this place and restore the power of the treasures on her body, the three of them working together might be able to try to annihilate this Shangyang army.
"Junior brother, be careful of Master Zhou!" Yun Yishu reacted even faster.
Unlike Wan'er, she had personally witnessed her junior brother stand out from the crowd, defeating the arrogant Daoist of the Eight Desolations Sect in public, demonstrating a formidable combat power far exceeding that of a Golden Core cultivator.
While the Shangyang Army and the three Crimson Sun Generals are indeed formidable, they may not necessarily be able to stop a Golden Core cultivator like my junior brother, whose combat prowess is unparalleled.
At this moment, more than external enemies, what Junior Brother needs to be wary of is the traitor within the sect!
The reason is simple: Danxingfang's formation broke too quickly!
Danxingfang is one of the sect's strategic locations. Although there is no Nascent Soul True Monarch stationed there, the defensive array of this market is comparable to that of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, consuming a large amount of the sect's resources.
On the day the Danxingfang Formation was completed, a Nascent Soul True Monarch from the sect personally descended to test it, and it took half an hour to break the formation.
Even if the Chiyang Sect cultivators were fully prepared, without the help of an inside traitor, it would be absolutely impossible for them to break through the Danxingfang Grand Formation in just a quarter of an hour.
It was precisely because of this concern that Yun Yishu only trusted her junior sister Wan'er when she fled, and did not join forces with the strongest person in the market, Zhou Zhenren, whose cultivation had reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm, to escape together.
Especially just now, when the two of them were about to self-destruct their golden cores, Master Zhou did not take the opportunity to escape, but instead intervened without any reason, which made Yun Yishu increasingly suspicious of Master Zhou's motives.
"It's alright, they're just a group of Golden Core cultivators."
Upon hearing her junior brother's telepathic message, Yun Yishu was taken aback, her eyes showing considerable surprise.
Just a Golden Core cultivator?
Could it be that after decades apart, my junior brother has successfully overcome that hurdle and attained the Nascent Soul True Monarch realm, now able to disregard Golden Core True Monarchs?
"Then I'll leave it to my junior brother."
A sense of security, indescribable, welled up in Yun Yishu's heart.
"You've come at the perfect time."
Upon seeing Chen Beiwu arrive, a young Chiyang general's eyes lit up with joy, and a greedy thought arose in his heart.
This operation was quite successful; they managed to capture Fairy Yunwan and Fairy Yishu, which was enough to earn them a great achievement.
However, if they could capture Mirror Moon Dao Child and receive a generous reward from the sect, these Dao Generals trapped in the Golden Core stage might be able to rebuild their foundation and gain an opportunity to become True Monarchs.
On the contrary, the other two Crimson Sun Generals wore solemn expressions.
The fact that Daoist Jingyue could resolve the self-destruction of a Golden Core cultivator, which they couldn't handle, demonstrates that his strength far surpasses that of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator at the peak of cultivation.
"Suppressing a Golden Core with a flick of the finger, Daoist Jingyue truly lives up to his reputation."
One of the Crimson Sun generals stepped forward and said confidently, "Perfect timing! My sect's patriarch has always wanted to invite Daoist to visit the Crimson Sun Sect, and this is indeed a perfect opportunity."
"Noisy."
Chen Beiwu turned his head, his gaze sweeping over the three hundred Dao soldiers in formation, and looked at the person who had spoken: "You dare to spout nonsense in front of me when you are only leading a group of Dao soldiers."
Sensing Jingyue Daozi's disdain, the three Crimson Sun Generals exchanged a glance and smiled silently.
Indeed, Chen Zi'ang was right.
The title of the number one Golden Core cultivator in the Earthly Realm is well-deserved. Even if they led three hundred Dao soldiers and risked casualties, they might be able to defeat Chen Zi'ang, but they might not be able to take him down.
However, they came prepared this time, carrying with them the sect's most precious weapon, the Zhou Tian Chi Yang Banner.
The Zhou Tian Chi Yang Flag is a supreme Daoist weapon forged by the founding patriarch of the Chi Yang Sect using the true essence of Chi Yang. The flag is nine feet and nine inches tall, corresponding to the extreme Yang number of the Zhou Tian. The flagpole is made of ten-thousand-year-old red wood, and the flag surface is woven from gold essence fire wire, possessing boundless power.
Using this treasure, together with three hundred Shangyang soldiers, they set up the Zhou Tian Chi Yang Grand Formation. Even when facing a Nascent Soul True Monarch from the Mirror Moon Sect, they were confident that they could fight and retreat, preserving their strength to escape the Mountain Annihilation Realm. How much more so when dealing with Chen Zi'ang, a mere Golden Core True Person.
"Charge!"
Without the slightest hesitation, the leader of the Red Sun Guards immediately raised the Zhou Tian Red Sun Banner.
The small red flag swelled in the wind and instantly transformed into a huge military flag five zhang tall, radiating a brilliant red sun aura.
"Form ranks!"
Three hundred Shangyang soldiers roared in unison, raised their long spears, and formed a domineering military formation with perfectly synchronized movements.
The moment the Daoist army formation took shape, the energy, blood, spirit, and magic power of the three hundred Daoist soldiers and the three Crimson Sun Generals all converged together, condensing into a crimson cloud of blood and energy that shot into the sky, unleashing a power far exceeding that of a Golden Core cultivator and comparable to that of a Nascent Soul True Monarch.
This power is comparable to that of a Nascent Soul True Monarch!
Yun Yishu's heart skipped a beat, and she looked at Chen Beiwu with worry in her eyes.
Or should we just run away?
Li Wan'er swallowed hard and subconsciously grabbed Chen Beiwu's wrist.
Too dangerous!
These Daoist soldiers have already gained momentum. Unless my junior brother possesses the overwhelming power to defeat the three Crimson Sun Generals and three hundred Upper Sun Army soldiers in one fell swoop, defeat is inevitable.
"Please rest assured, senior sisters."
Chen Beiwu smiled calmly, took a step forward, and said casually, "With the help of external objects and the three Crimson Sun Generals, the three hundred Dao Soldiers have only reached the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Beiwu slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers slightly bent, and formed a hand seal. An ancient and profound seal, a seal for refining truth through tribulation fire, naturally took shape.
As the most lethal seal among the Five Primordial Tribulations Seals, the Jade Void Crimson Bright Seal is extraordinary, with unparalleled power. It can lock down a cultivator's three treasures—essence, qi, and spirit—collapse their foundation, and annihilate their soul.
"Destroy!"
Without any further action, Chen Beiwu struck down with his seal, and Yun Yishu and Li Wan'er witnessed countless blood-red fireworks exploding.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
As a series of muffled explosions rang out, the bodies of the Dao soldiers stiffened, and they exploded and vanished without warning.
When Chen Beiwu's right hand completely fell, all three hundred Shangyang soldiers were reduced to ashes and vanished into the air.
The three leading Crimson Sun Generals coughed up blood, their faces turned ashen, their backs hunched, their legs trembling uncontrollably as they knelt on the ground.
The power of that single strike was terrifying!
The three hundred Shangyang soldiers were instantly annihilated, completely erased from this world, leaving no trace of their existence.
Only the overwhelming stench of blood in the air and the three kneeling figures of Chiyang could prove that the horrific scene just now was not an illusion, but an unbelievable reality.
"This—this, Junior Brother, you've reached the mid-Nascent Soul stage!"
Seeing Chen Beiwu standing still, dressed in white as snow, with an indifferent demeanor as if he had casually wiped away the dust, Yun Yishu froze, her eyes filled with confusion.
She knew her junior brother was very strong, stronger than she had imagined, otherwise he wouldn't have been so calm.
But no one expected that after his junior brother became a True Monarch, the difference in strength between the two sides would be so vast that even organized Dao soldiers could be wiped out with overwhelming force.
"Mid-Nascent Soul stage? Senior sister, you misunderstand. I am not a Nascent Soul True Monarch yet."
Chen Beiwu shook his head slightly, denying it.
Before he achieved the Golden Core perfection, he was confident that he could defeat a Nascent Soul stage True Monarch in the Southern Wilderness with a single seal, let alone now that his cultivation has reached the limit of the Golden Core stage.
A mere early-stage Nascent Soul True Monarch can be destroyed with a flick of the finger.
Not a Nascent Soul cultivator?
Hearing this outrageous reply, Yun Yishu was stunned, feeling that her own understanding had been shocked and refreshed.
It's not that anyone at the Nascent Soul stage can possess such combat power. What exactly is the grade of the Primordial Golden Core that Junior Brother created based on the Taiyi Pill Forging Method?
"Junior brother, you're amazing!"
Li Wan'er's beautiful eyes lit up, and she opened her arms and hugged Chen Beiwu's right arm tightly, looking like a child.
Feeling the softness from his arm, Chen Beiwu paid no attention and looked at Senior Sister Wan'er.
He had no interest in pedophilia; he preferred fair-skinned, beautiful women with long legs and slender figures, even if Senior Sister Wan'er was a legally loli.
"Senior sister, no, junior sister, I need to correct the way I address you. I am now the sect's Daoist disciple, so you should call me senior brother," Chen Beiwu teased deliberately.
Li Wan'er blinked and snorted softly, "No way. Once you're my sister, you're my sister for life. Junior brother, you should know that."
Listening to his senior sister's fabricated story, Chen Beiwu smiled helplessly and did not correct her.
He didn't care about titles, especially among his close fellow disciples.
Since Senior Sister Wan'er likes it, it's fine to call her that in private.
Anyway, in formal occasions, Senior Sister Wan'er knows what she's doing and won't violate etiquette.
"How is this possible? How could we have lost so badly!"
At the same time, looking at the half-damaged, fallen Zhou Tian Chi Yang Banner, its spiritual power greatly diminished, a Chi Yang general's soul trembled, and he kept muttering to himself.
"Damn it, Daoist Jingyue wouldn't have appeared at Danxingfang for no reason. The sect's intelligence was wrong. We've fallen into a trap!" Another Chiyang general's faith crumbled, and he was filled with the will to die.
"Tell me, how did you bypass the border defenses of the Mountain Annihilation Realm and appear here?"
Chen Beiwu looked at the two remaining Chiyang generals and interrogated them, "Who is the traitor within the Mirror Moon Sect who colluded with the Chiyang Sect?"
If he hadn't deliberately held back, intending to leave survivors for questioning, a single strike of his seal would have been fatal, even for a Golden Core cultivator.
"Who else could it be but Zhou Yushu, the True Man?" Chi Yang looked up at the True Man Zhou not far away, his eyes filled with mockery.
"Slander! This is a smear campaign by the Red Sun Sect cultivators who know they are doomed to die, deliberately trying to smear and mislead the public!"
Realizing that he was being locked onto by Daoist's divine sense, Master Zhou shouted angrily.
"It doesn't matter. Whether it's a stain or not can be determined by searching the soul and refining the spirit."
With a thought, Chen Beiwu captured the remnant souls of the three Crimson Sun Generals and forcibly seized the information hidden deep within their memories.
However, in order to maintain secrecy, some cultivation sects usually use special restrictions to seal the memories of Dao generals and Dao soldiers, so as to prevent the methods of refining and cultivating Dao soldiers from being leaked.
"The alliance of three sects and four factions, the Demonic Sect's Nascent Soul True Venerable secretly plotting, the Eight Desolate Sect providing support from behind, and the Mirror Moon Sect elders betraying them—"
While Chen Beiwu was searching his soul, Zhou Zhenren, who had a guilty conscience, dared not hesitate any longer and activated his escape light to flee.
Its speed was so fast that it surpassed that of a cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core stage, clearly indicating the use of a trump card technique and talisman.
"It really is you!" Yun Yishu's eyes turned cold.
No wonder the pills recently transported from Danxingfang to the front lines were attacked twice; it turns out that Master Zhou was behind it all.
Why?
Danxingfang is a large market town. As the head of the town, Master Zhou's power and status are second only to the elders of the Jingyue main lineage. He is also the most powerful person in the local area. There is no need for him to risk the extermination of his clan by betraying the sect.
"Do you think you can escape?"
Chen Beiwu looked up at Master Zhou and pointed a finger.
Knowing that the other party has a problem, he naturally wouldn't let his guard down.
Zhou Zhenren's escape at this moment is practically tantamount to self-destruction, which saves Chen Beiwu some energy.
As Master Zhou was fully activating his escape light, a chill ran through him. He then felt the surrounding space become incredibly heavy, and his body froze in mid-air.
No, open it for me!
Master Zhou burned his essence and blood and the Daoist essence of his Golden Core, unleashing his full power, but he was still unable to break free from the shackles of the Primordial True Man.
"Thump!"
As he fell in a parabolic arc, Zhou Zhenren crashed heavily in front of Chen Beiwu, kicking up some dust.
One seal wiped out the Shangyang Army; one finger sealed the Golden Elixir from afar!
Faced with absolute power, even a Golden Core cultivator, whom ordinary cultivators consider inviolable, is nothing more than an ant.
Just then, Chen Beiwu's eyes flickered slightly, and he looked up at the sky.
"Snapped!"
"Snapped!"
"Snapped!"
Three slow, clear claps suddenly rang out.
Upon hearing this voice, Chen Beiwu was able to remain calm, but Senior Sister Yun and Senior Sister Wan'er felt their hearts sink and their faces turned ugly.
The reason is simple: the applause, though not loud, carries a special rhythm that can stir the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, producing an extremely strange resonance that makes a Golden Core cultivator feel an indescribable crisis of death.
The next instant, the moon disappeared, the clouds dispersed, and a figure materialized slowly from the ethereal.
A terrifying pressure, as vast as the sea and as powerful as a dragon, suddenly descended.
This oppressive force was not directed solely at Chen Beiwu and his two companions, but rather enveloped the entire world, dominating all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
"Nascent Soul True Lord!"
"And he's a complete stranger, a Nascent Soul True Monarch!"
Yun Yishu's expression changed drastically, her eyes filled with shock.
If a Nascent Soul True Monarch from another sect dares to enter the Mountain Annihilation Realm, it's either because they've suffered a defeat on the front lines, or because the three sects and four factions are unwilling to continue their stalemate with the five major factions of the Earthly Evolution Realm, and the Nascent Soul True Monarch has stepped in, intending to determine the victor by the number of True Monarchs.
Regardless of the possibility, it indicates that the great war between the three realms of the Southern Wilderness is about to spiral out of control, rather than the high-ranking officials of each sect maintaining a tacit understanding and keeping it within a certain intensity.
"hateful!"
Li Wan'er's eyes narrowed, but she remained silent. She used her magic to straighten her clothes and stood stubbornly beside Chen Beiwu.
So what if he's a Nascent Soul True Monarch!
She would stay with her junior brother and not let him face such a powerful enemy alone.
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