Longzang

Chapter 136 Siege and Killing
The thirty cultivators who had been arrayed retreated a hundred feet back into the realm, where they fought desperately at the edge. Meanwhile, the cultivators who had fled earlier, now fully equipped, returned one after another to fight, barely managing to halt the Witch Clan's offensive.

Wei Yuan and Xiao Yu also retreated into the boundary, barely managing to withstand the siege of more than a dozen late-stage Dao Foundation cultivators by relying on the boundary's suppression. Besides the warriors, there were also many sorcerers hiding among the sorcerer troops, launching sneak attacks with curses. At this moment, Wei Yuan and Xiao Yu were covered in various colors of blue, red, yellow, and green. The power of the Azure Nether was insufficient to remove all the curses, and even within the boundary, their movements became increasingly heavy.

The casualties among the cultivators below gradually increased, but none of them retreated; they simply fought to the death. Behind them lay the boundary stone, leaving them nowhere to retreat.

As Xiao Yu fought, his anger surged. Suddenly, he shouted and the light of his Immortal Sword, the Great Sun, burst forth, igniting a mid-stage Dao Foundation cultivator in front of him from the inside out!
But this one-way sword strike also exposed Xiao Yu's weakness. Two spells instantly struck him, and Xiao Yu's face turned pale. He spat out a mouthful of black blood on the spot!

Another warrior at the late stage of Dao Foundation immediately threw a javelin, which slammed into Xiao Yu's chest!
Seeing that he couldn't dodge in time, Xiao Yu became even more ferocious, slashing back with his sword as if to take them both down with him. The Wu Clan warrior was equally ruthless, refusing to give up the spiritual connection to the javelin, and chose to parry with his spear. As a result, the short spear was cut in half by Da Ri's sword, and then the immortal sword continued to fall, slicing open most of his chest and shoulder.

But the javelin thrown by the samurai also reached Xiaoyu! The javelin had barbed teeth on its tip and was dark green, clearly indicating that it was highly poisonous.

Just as Xiao Yu was preparing to take the spear head-on, his vision suddenly blurred, and Wei Yuan was already in front of him, holding a large cauldron as a shield to block the spear.

The javelin was incredibly powerful, piercing straight through the square cauldron and then into Wei Yuan's abdomen. Fortunately, the cauldron provided some protection; otherwise, it would most likely have passed right through him.

Without uttering a word, Wei Yuan pulled out the javelin, tearing a piece of flesh and blood from its serrated edge! Then, Wei Yuan used his Dao power to seal the wound and continued fighting his opponent.

Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment before recalling the Immortal Sword. Just as she was about to obtain the Immortal Sword, Da Ri, a white light suddenly appeared in the distance, and something flew towards Xiao Yu like lightning!

In an instant, the shadow of death made Xiaoyu's hair stand on end, and she could only barely raise her immortal sword to block in front of her.

But the object was too fast and too powerful. Although it was only a small thing, it overwhelmed the entire area, rendering everyone unable to move.

The Great Shaman has made his move!

Suddenly, a large hand appeared behind Xiaoyu, grabbing her by the back of her neck and pulling her aside. The object then locked onto Wei Yuan, who produced a large cauldron in his hand, inside which was a medium-sized cauldron, and inside that, a small cauldron. The three cauldrons were stacked one inside the other, protecting his chest.

With a soft thud, the object pierced through the three cauldrons and shot into Wei Yuan's heart. Then, Wei Yuan's back suddenly exploded, revealing a hole the size of a bowl! The object pierced through Wei Yuan's body, flew out from his back, and then a large spurt of blood, flesh, and shattered organs sprayed out of the wound!

Before Wei Yuan could even treat his injury, he immediately flew out a small, burning cauldron from his hand and used it to plug the wound on his back! The raging fire scorched the flesh and blood, and a cloud of blue smoke immediately rose up.

Xiaoyu, having narrowly escaped death, was stunned by what she saw.

"Escape!" Wei Yuan only uttered one word before flying at full speed toward Qingming, seemingly intending to remove the boundary stone and escape.

"Trying to escape? Too late!" A booming voice echoed throughout the entire area, causing everyone to pause for a moment.

A faint green shadow appeared, passing Wei Yuan and rushing directly towards Qing Ming. Its speed was unbelievable; Wei Yuan barely sensed it before it had already flown into the main hall!
However, suddenly, ribbons of silk appeared around Qingming, completely protecting the hall. The incredibly fast green shadow tried to break through the ribbons several times, but failed to enter the hall.

It suddenly became agitated, the tassels looking like mortal enemies. It rammed into the hall more than ten times in a frenzy, but the tassels broke one by one, yet it still wouldn't open. It seemed that it wouldn't be able to enter the main hall without smashing all the tassels.

The Nine-Story Demon-Suppressing Pagoda quietly appeared, descending from the sky to suppress the demons!

The green shadow cried out in surprise, revealing its true form. It was a green lizard, over a foot long!

Seeing the situation was dire, the little lizard turned to run. However, under the sealing power of the Nine-Layered Pagoda, its speed was reduced to only one-tenth of its original speed, a speed that Wei Yuan could easily keep up with. Wei Yuan manifested a vast landscape and mobilized the power of his domain to suppress it with all his might, instantly causing the little lizard to emit smoke and reduce its speed by half again.

The little lizard, having been repeatedly restricted, flew into a rage, unleashing a terrifying aura from its body. This aura caused the Nine-Layer Demon-Suppressing Tower to jump upwards, and its power swept across the entire realm, almost shattering the Azure Nether Realm!

However, at that moment, four immortal swords appeared at the four corners of the realm and fell one by one.

As the first sword struck the ground, the little lizard suddenly let out a miserable cry, a gaping wound appearing on its body, from which green blood gushed forth! It spewed out a cloud of green gas in an attempt to seal the wound, but the wound simply could not heal.

In the blink of an eye, the second immortal sword fell, leaving another wound on the lizard's body, almost slicing it in two.

The third sword fell, this time the wound appeared on the lizard's neck, cutting open a small part of its entire neck!

The lizard let out a scream, its body violently thrashing about, and it broke into three pieces! Each piece then fled in a different direction. However, at that moment, a jade mountain appeared in the sky, falling down and smashing all three pieces of the lizard to the ground below! The fourth immortal sword slowly, finally took its place.

A tremendous force suddenly erupted from beneath Jade Mountain, blowing it away and sending the lizard's head flying out. Ignoring the dual suppression of the realm and the Nine-Layered Pagoda, it flew directly westward. The lizard's head was almost cleaved in half, barely held together by its mouth.

Zhang Sheng unleashed four swords simultaneously, nearly killing the previously unharmed great shaman! However, the fourth immortal sword was not completed; it was still just a little short, allowing the great shaman's head to escape.

The lizard's entire head was enveloped in a strange gray-green aura. A small tree floated on the surface of the gray aura, and a wisp of black aura swirled around it, but both were blocked by the green aura and could no longer reach the lizard's head.

This was the hidden scheme planted by Bao Yun and the fishing line used by Ji Liuli with Wei Yuan's luck, both of which have now been exposed by the gray-green aura. That gray-green aura was clearly of extremely high status, not something an ordinary great shaman could possess. It should be the lizard great shaman's life-saving method.

At this moment, the lizard shaman regained his senses and immediately realized he had been tricked. He fled desperately. Protected by the green aura, the effectiveness of the Demon Suppression Tower and the boundary seal was greatly reduced, and his speed increased rapidly, seemingly about to break out of the boundary.

Suddenly, Wei Yuan appeared in front of the lizard's head, reached out with his left hand, and grabbed the lizard's head!

The green energy immediately enveloped Wei Yuan's entire palm, instantly corroding away a whole layer of skin and flesh, revealing pale golden hand bones in some places! The remaining green energy spread upwards along Wei Yuan's wrist, reaching his elbow in an instant.

One of his hands was corroded to the bone, and Wei Yuan's face flashed with pain, but his hand gripped the lizard's head tightly. With the lizard's head directly in his grasp, many of the protective effects of the green aura became ineffective, and the power of the realm and the power of fortune returned to the lizard's head.

Suddenly, a withered branch appeared in Wei Yuan's right hand, piercing directly into the lizard's mouth and then emerging from behind its head, impaling the lizard's head on the branch.

The lizard desperately tried to bite the withered branch, but it couldn't get a grip on it, not even breaking through the bark. A flash of light appeared on the withered branch, and the lizard's eyes suddenly lost their luster. In the air, a colossal ancient crocodile, over ten zhang long, appeared, writhing and struggling before gradually dissipating.

The withered branch in Wei Yuan's hand disappeared, and the lizard's head fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and then remained still.

The Great Witch was truly difficult to kill, Wei Yuan thought to himself. At this moment, the wounds all over his body began to throb with pain, making him feel slightly dizzy.

Seeing the Dharma Form shatter, the outer Wu tribe army knew that the Great Witch had fallen. The rear guard, without hesitation, immediately fled, fully demonstrating the Wu tribe's consistent tradition. Only after the rear guard fled did the remaining Wu tribe forces begin to retreat. A dozen or so Dao Foundation Warriors and Wu warriors were still directing the troops in a fighting retreat, not immediately collapsing.

But suddenly a giant tower, tens of meters high, appeared and suppressed the sky!
Where the giant tower landed, it immediately pinned down thousands of witch soldiers, seven or eight Dao Foundation Warriors, and three witch warriors below, making their movements extremely slow, as if they were inching forward in a swamp.

Countless bells swayed in the wind atop the Demon-Suppressing Tower, emitting clear, ringing sounds. However, the witches imprisoned beneath the tower suffered terribly from the sound; those with weaker cultivation writhed on the ground. As the bells grew more urgent, nearly transparent souls were gradually extracted from the witches' bodies and absorbed into the Demon-Suppressing Tower.

In the blink of an eye, the witch clan members beneath the tower fell in droves, dying silently.

This was also the first time Wei Yuan had seen the Demon Suppression Tower activate its suppression mode; it was truly a divine weapon for dealing with massive numbers of miscellaneous troops. Most of the Witch Clan's vanguard cavalry were suppressed by the Demon Suppression Tower, and a delicate treasure tree appeared above the surviving troops and the central army.

At that moment, a branch on a tree swayed without wind, and then a fierce wind swept across the battlefield, carrying countless coarse sands. These sands struck the witch warriors, instantly creating small holes in their flesh. The flesh inside these holes quickly turned to sand, and the wounds widened. Some of the weaker witch warriors stood there, dozens of small holes spewing sand from their bodies, until they were reduced to piles of fine sand in the blink of an eye.

In the Western Regions, wood and water elements prevail, while earth elements are restricted. However, if earth-based magic could be unrestricted, it would be most lethal to the Wu tribe.

Several Dao Foundation Realm experts were also not spared; after being hit by the sandstorm, they could only barely hold on and quickly escape.

The instantaneous killing power of the sandstorm was not great, but its coverage area was even wider than that of the Nine-Layer Demon-Suppressing Pagoda. Those tiny wounds greatly affected their movement. Dao Foundation Realm experts could still escape despite their injuries, but ordinary warriors would fall to the ground one by one after running less than a hundred feet, and could only turn into sand dunes in despair.

Bao Yun's sandstorm left behind over two thousand members of the Witch Clan, but its immediate destructive power was insufficient, allowing all the Dao Foundation Warriors and Witches to escape. Nearly a thousand Witch Clan knights were wiped out beneath the Demon Suppression Tower, and the Dao Foundation Warriors were still struggling, but it was only a matter of time before their deaths.

At this point, the human cultivators had suffered more than half their casualties, so they were naturally unable to pursue. Zhang Sheng's immortal sword's power would greatly decrease after he left the realm; having exhausted his Dao power while slaying the Great Witch, he did not participate in the pursuit.

Ji Liuli and Bao Yun pursued the enemy for a while longer, leaving behind more than a thousand Wu tribe warriors before returning.

At the summit of the realm's main peak, Wei Yuan sat on a rock, his left hand, almost entirely bone, coated with a layer of black ointment. Xiao Yu stood behind him, undressing Wei Yuan, then grasping the small cauldron used to seal the wound, her hands trembling slightly.

(End of this chapter)