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Chapter 507 Three Powerful Enemies
"What are you waiting for?"
Hearing the words that suddenly came from behind him, Xu Chengxiu's pupils contracted, and the hand seals on his hands changed again.
But he was still a little too slow!
"boom!"
Xu Chengxiu was struck as if by a heavy blow; the blue cloud above his head collapsed, and his body was violently retreated.
The sheer amount of magical power generated by the burst of energy from his body completely destroyed the entire Danxin Pavilion.
Danxin Pavilion is located in the core area of Huidan Market. It is heavily guarded and has many cultivators on guard. Such a huge commotion will surely attract the attention of the Nascent Soul True Monarch of the market.
But to Xu Chengxiu’s surprise, everything he had done seemed to be in vain.
No cultivators noticed, and no powerful figures came to the rescue; the entire Huidan Market seemed to have become a desolate immortal city.
"Ahem!"
Xu Chengxiu coughed twice, letting the blood drip from the corner of his mouth, his divine sense locked onto the domineering figure that was gradually approaching in the smoke and dust.
"tread!"
"tread!"
"tread!"
Chen Beiwu remained calm and composed as he slowly walked towards Xu Chengxiu.
With his current cultivation level, he no longer feels much pressure when facing a late-stage Nascent Soul True Monarch.
If he were to unleash his sword intent to soar to the heavens, he could even suppress Xu Chengxiu with a single strike, so naturally he wouldn't take Xu Chengxiu seriously.
"No wonder even the Crimson Dragon True Monarch fell!"
Xu Chengxiu's heart sank, and he felt a chill run down his spine.
The reason was simple: he clearly sensed an indescribable crisis of death emanating from Chen Zi'ang.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, how about we discuss cooperation again?" Xu Chengxiu said with a smile.
Unlike before, this time he was genuinely inclined to surrender, rather than stalling for time.
"Want to discuss cooperation? Simple, take this knife."
Chen Beiwu looked down at him and said, "If you can't even withstand one of my strikes, what right do you have to cooperate with me!"
Xu Chengxiu moved his right hand, suppressing his frustration, and took out the Twin-Wheel Ice Blade Mystic Treasure:
"Please, Fellow Daoist Chen, draw your sword!"
In the cultivation world of the Southern Wilderness, strength reigns supreme.
Although Xu Chengxiu valued his reputation, even knowing he was no match for Chen Zi'ang, despite feeling humiliated, he wouldn't risk his life to anger him with the words, "True Lord Zhengxue Xu Chengxiu? Nothing but a hollow name!"
Unexpectedly, Chen Zi'ang shifted his gaze and suddenly looked towards the outside of Danxin Pavilion.
Xu Chengxiu sensed something was wrong, and with a clasp of his hands, the two ice-blade mystic treasures collided violently.
"Tian Gang, Xuan Jiao Dharma Form!"
In an instant, a chilling aura erupted, and the temperature plummeted.
The ice blades in Xu Chengxiu's hands quickly assembled, bursting forth with countless tiny ice crystals, forming an enormous icy ice blade.
Behind Xu Chengxiu, a ferocious silhouette over a thousand feet tall slowly took shape, forming an ice crystal dragon that let out an extremely cold roar powerful enough to freeze the soul of a True Monarch.
At that very moment, blood gushed from Xu Chengxiu's chest, revealing the immortal golden core within his dantian.
"Crack! Crack!"
Xu Chengxiu only realized what was happening when he heard the sound of his golden core shattering.
No wonder Chen Zi'ang said he was all talk and no action. It turns out that the slash had been made long ago, but he hadn't realized it. Even the Xuanbao talisman he carried with him hadn't been triggered.
"You...you really are a mid-stage Nascent Soul True Monarch?" Xu Chengxiu lowered his head, his hands trembling slightly.
The difference is too huge!
Despite his superior cultivation level, he felt as if he were facing a peak Nascent Soul True Monarch or even a perfect Nascent Soul True Monarch, and was completely unable to contend with Chen Zi'ang.
"Of course, it's just that the scenery I saw in the mid-Nascent Soul stage was a little different from yours."
Chen Beiwu did not turn around, and sheathed his Xuan Blade.
It must be said that the fifth realm of the sword path, [Sword Intent Soaring to the Heavens], is indeed an insurmountable barrier for cultivators in the Southern Wilderness.
Furthermore, with the Great Evolution True Mystery activated by the golden egg, even a late-stage Nascent Soul True Monarch would find it difficult to detect when he drew his sword.
"roar."
The golden egg raised its three dragon heads proudly, showing off its perfect teamwork.
The next second, the thousand-foot-tall Dharma image behind Xu Chengxiu shattered with a crash, scattering ice crystals everywhere. The nascent soul deep in his sea of consciousness also dissipated within an instant due to the erosion of the sword intent, without even a chance to escape.
"Successfully solving one problem means seizing half a stroke of good fortune."
As soon as Chen Beiwu finished speaking, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed, revealing the Danxin Pavilion completely unharmed.
"True Lord?"
The black-robed cultivator noticed something amiss and looked up, only to find a figure standing with its back to him.
"Who are you? How dare you trespass into Danxin Pavilion!"
Without hesitation, the black-robed cultivator channeled his magical power, unleashing the aura of a golden core.
boom!
Chen Beiwu remained indifferent. With a heavy slam of the golden dragon claw on his shoulder, the converged Three Absolute True Qi directly shattered the black-robed cultivator's body, and most of the Danxin Pavilion was also affected, collapsing with a deafening roar.
"Hey!" (Go easy on me!)
Schiller looked pained.
While Chen Beiwu was making his move, it was not idle; it kept taking valuable pills and rare treasures from Danxin Pavilion.
"roar."
Golden Egg glanced at Schiller with disdain.
It's not that it doesn't want to continue using illusions to conceal its tracks and make a fortune, but that it simply can't!
The strong in Huidanfang City are not useless.
When Chen Beiwu drew his sword to kill Xu Chengxiu, the slightest glimpse of his aura had already attracted the attention of the array within the market, and even alarmed the powerful figures present. "Boom!"
Just then, a thunderclap boomed, and a dazzling bolt of lightning tore through the sky and struck above Danxin Pavilion.
The golden egg looked up and saw the clouds and mist dissipate, lightning gathering in the sky, and a figure in a green robe walking on lightning.
Thunder roared, and a streak of azure lightning pierced through space, slashing towards Chen Beiwu's head.
"call out!"
The golden egg activated the Three-Phase Indestructible Profound Power and stood in front of Chen Beiwu without hesitation, colliding head-on with the azure lightning.
"Clang clang clang!"
Lightning exploded, and countless blue lightning bolts burst forth from the scales on the golden egg's surface.
In pain, Jin Dan activated his Three Absolute True Qi and clenched his fist, crushing the rampant azure lightning around him, and quickly retreated to Chen Beiwu's side.
Even the strongest profound abilities require the support of cultivation!
If it were still a Nascent Soul early-stage demon king, its Three-Phase Indestructible Profound Power would have at least resulted in severe injury if it had directly withstood the killing move of a Nascent Soul peak True Monarch. However, it is now a Nascent Soul mid-stage demon king with a cultivation level of 3,200 years, and with the advantage of its Heavenly Gang Profound Beast bloodline, it is able to suppress Nascent Soul late-stage cultivators across realms.
Even if one were to withstand a killing move from a peak Nascent Soul cultivator, at most one would only suffer minor injuries, which would be recovered in the blink of an eye.
"You dare to trespass into Huidanfang City with the authority to command three Nascent Soul Demon Kings?"
The figure in the green robe stood with his hands behind his back, perched on the eaves of a nearby building, looking down at Chen Beiwu and the golden eggs.
Chen Beiwu's divine sense also locked onto the newcomer, and he immediately recognized his identity.
This person is none other than Lu Xi'an, the Thunderous True Monarch, a peak Nascent Soul cultivator of the Azure Spirit Sect and the guardian of the Pill Market!
In the list of True Monarchs Huang Yan compiled and promulgated by Xuanji Tower, True Monarch Lei Ming ranked fifteenth. He had extraordinary swordsmanship and comprehended the fourth realm of swordsmanship, where he could break through all laws with a single sword strike.
Furthermore, he once served as the deputy sect leader of the Qingling Sect, and single-handedly fought and killed the Nascent Soul Peak cultivator "Yongye Zhenjun". However, he was demoted and transferred to Huidanfang City for committing a serious crime, where he held power in a local area.
"A mere three-headed demon king, yet you dared to kill my Qingling Sect's Taiyi True Monarch, capture four thousand of my sect's cultivators, storm my sect's alchemy market, and assassinate True Monarch Zhengxue..." Lu Xi'an's expression grew colder as he spoke, raising his right hand: "Today, I will personally send you on your way!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the energy of heaven and earth suddenly sank, and the lightning that was wrapped around Lu Xi'an gathered together, turning from points into lines, and from lines into swords.
This sword is three feet four inches long, with an extremely thin blade and a dark blue-green color.
Nine innate lightning restrictions are engraved on the spine of the sword, with faint traces of lightning crackling and exploding, drawing upon the mighty power of heaven and earth. This is none other than Lu Xi'an's fourth-tier supreme-grade Xuanbao, the Azure Thunder Sword, which roamed Huang Yan.
Clearly, although Lu Xi'an spoke with disdain, he was not careless at all when facing four opponents alone.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
The moment Lu Xi'an grasped the Azure Thunder Sword, three beams of light of different colors shot into the sky, breaking the tense atmosphere in this world.
The crimson light dissipated, revealing a short, human figure.
He wore a crimson robe and stood on a fiery lotus. His face was youthful, like that of a six-year-old child, but the aura emanating from him was quite powerful. "True Martial Lord is indeed audacious, daring to enter the Dan Market alone."
The child looked at Chen Beiwu with an unfriendly expression and spoke in a precocious tone.
"The Supreme Elder of the Crimson Sun Sect, True Monarch Fire Lotus, Yun Tianfang." Chen Beiwu's eyes flickered as he recognized the child's identity.
Fire Lotus True Monarch has a special physique, possessing the Nine Yang Body. However, at the age of seven, he was drained of his vital essence by a demonic cultivator, which damaged his primordial yang and caused damage to his spiritual foundation. As a result, his appearance and physique have remained in his childhood.
However, this person is quite remarkable. His heart is set on the Dao and he is not swayed by external things. After becoming a True Monarch, he did not use the Nascent Soul origin to reshape his physical body. Instead, he advanced to the late Nascent Soul stage within a thousand years and made a great name for himself in Huangyan.
As for the hostility in the other party's eyes, Chen Beiwu naturally knew what it meant.
The number of True Monarch cultivators who died at his hands in the Chiyang Sect was no less than that in the Qingling Sect.
"Lord Lu, shall I take action?"
An elegant, graceful female cultivator dressed in white palace attire spoke up.
"Alright, Fellow Daoist Guo, if you help me capture Chen Zi'ang, I can grant you a Xuan Ying Pill," Lu Xi'an said calmly.
He was confident in his powerful cultivation and believed he could easily defeat Chen Ziang, but he would not underestimate his opponent.
The reason is simple: if Chen Zi'ang were a fool, he could never have grown into a True Monarch powerhouse feared by the major immortal cultivation sects of the three realms of the Southern Wilderness. The fact that his opponent dared to appear in the Pill Refining Market indicates he must have something to rely on; it's definitely not just three powerful, fourth-tier demon kings with cultivation comparable to the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm. If he could successfully persuade the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Crimson Sun Sect and the Blood Fortune Sect to join forces, he might be able to mitigate some of the risks.
"Woof?" (Who is she?)
Tie Dan's eyes were solemn as he discerned an immense and overwhelming karmic burden of sin within the beautiful female cultivator, and could even faintly hear the wails of countless wronged souls. The sheer magnitude of her karmic burden was unparalleled among all the Nascent Soul True Monarchs he had ever encountered in the Southern Wilderness.
Chen Beiwu scanned the area with his divine sense and used his Nine Breaths Divine Power to observe, discovering that the female cultivator's aura was somewhat strange.
There's no other reason than that their luck level is too low!
Guo Lu, the Crimson Serpent True Monarch, was at least a renowned late-stage Nascent Soul demonic cultivator of the Blood Fortune Sect.
However, the aura surrounding him was only dark blue, not even comparable to that of a 99% Golden Core cultivator.
Moreover, the aura of calamity and misfortune emanating from him was like dark clouds covering the sky, indicating that he was about to perish.
Logically speaking, with such a calamity and misfortune, it would be almost impossible for True Monarch Guo Lu of the Crimson Serpent to survive, unless he carried a supreme treasure that could suppress the fortune.
Be careful!
Chen Beiwu's eyes narrowed slightly as he prepared to leave at any moment, ready to shake off the ten gates before him.
Huidanfang City is more complicated than he expected, and he must have a way out.
The four little guys, Jin Dan, Tie Dan, Xue Le, and Zhi Ling, all nodded in unison, not daring to be careless.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, if you make a move, I can grant you a Nascent Soul Pill."
Lu Xi'an turned his gaze to the burly man not far away.
The burly man had an ordinary face and wore simple clothes. His Taoist robe was patched and mended, making him look quite poor, but he had the demeanor of a superior person.
Liu Yiwei, the Deputy Master of Xuanji Tower and True Lord Xuanzhao!
It's no exaggeration to say that, apart from Chen Zi'ang, the only True Monarch present who could make Lu Xi'an feel wary was Liu Yiwei. Liu Yiwei was almost a genius in divination and prediction, claiming that he could be 80% accurate in predicting the heavens, 70% accurate in predicting the earth, 50% accurate in predicting people, and only 10% accurate in predicting himself. He had even successfully predicted the life and death of three Nascent Soul True Monarchs and four immortal cultivation prodigies in the Huangyan Realm, two of whom were Nascent Soul Perfection cultivators, thus gaining great fame and being hailed as the number one divination and prediction expert in the Huangyan Realm, and mastering the compilation of the ranking list of True Monarchs in the realm.
In addition, Liu Yiwei is the closest peak True Monarch to the Nascent Soul stage in this area, ranking tenth on the Huang Yan True Monarch list, five places higher than Lei Ming True Monarch Lu Xi'an.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, I am merely a passerby, a mere spectator. You need not take offense."
Liu Yi decisively distanced himself and refused, indicating that he had no intention of interfering.
He was extremely afraid of death and longed for a long life, so he entered the Mysterious Pavilion and cultivated the art of divination and fortune-telling.
When the secrets of heaven are obscure and divination is unclear, Liu Yi never interferes in the karma of others.
Let alone just one Nascent Soul Pill, even if Lu Xi'an offered the entire Hui Dan Market, Liu Yiwei would not break the rules and take any risks.
Upon hearing this, Lu Xi'an's heart sank.
As a fellow Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Yellow Realm, he had a certain understanding of Liu Laoguai's personality.
Old Liu's reluctance to get involved in the mess meant his guess was correct; Chen Zi'ang's daring to storm the Pill Market must have a purpose, not just a spur-of-the-moment decision. "Fellow Daoist Chen, you are already surrounded by us. Why not surrender and save some face?" Guo Lu said softly.
Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu remained calm.
One Nascent Soul Peak cultivator, and two Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators.
The three Nascent Soul True Monarchs joined forces to form an array, and even a Nascent Soul Perfection True Monarch could briefly contend with them, but the outcome was destined to be defeat.
Although Chen Beiwu was confident, he didn't believe his current strength was comparable to a Nascent Soul Perfection True Monarch; he was only close to the peak of the Nascent Soul realm. However, he wasn't fighting alone. With the assistance of Jin Dan, Tie Dan, Xue Le, and Zhi Ling, and the protection of the Immortal Alliance's mystical treasures, he could create opportunities to try and kill even a peak Nascent Soul True Monarch.
If he can successfully complete his plan, suppress the three Nascent Soul True Monarchs before him, and then take control of the Pill Refining Market, turning this place into a thorn in the side of Huangyan Realm, leaving the border city of Huangyan Realm isolated, then the progress of collecting purple qi using the Fate-Controlling Embryo Divine Power should be more than halfway complete. "No, it's you who are surrounded by me."
As soon as Chen Beiwu finished speaking, Tie Dan and Xue Le, who were on either side of his shoulder, stood up together and, together with Jin Dan, unleashed their aura, taking the initiative and seizing control of this area.
In an instant, the sky collapsed and the earth caved in; the wind stopped and the clouds dispersed.
The demon king's imposing aura shook all directions, and silence fell over the surrounding thousand miles.