Longzang

Chapter 345 Praise of the Sage
"I am Xu..." Before Elder Faxiang could finish announcing his name, he suddenly became alert, his figure flashed to the side, and then a large sword slashed past where he was standing.

The Dharma Elder was both shocked and furious. He turned around and looked at the two tall, silent Dharma Warriors. For some reason, even though he knew they were puppets, he always felt a chill when he saw them. He felt that they were secretly observing him when he turned his back to them.

These two guys seem like they could come back to life at any moment and become true Dharma Aspect cultivators.

The two Dharma Aspect puppets summoned by Wei Yuan were only at the initial stage of Dharma Aspect cultivation, and their movements and reactions were quite sluggish, incomparable to a true Dharma Aspect cultivator. If the elder were to face the two puppets alone, he should be confident of victory, but for some reason, the elder had a hunch that the puppets' sluggishness was feigned.

If it weren't for the fact that both warriors were over ten feet tall, the elder might have even suspected that they were real people.

Therefore, Elder Faxiang fought cautiously, unleashing a series of defensive and trigger-based life-saving spells to ensure his own invincibility before tentatively throwing two spells at Wei Yuan, both of which were countered by Wei Yuan's own spells.

He moved closer to Wei Yuan, intending to break through from there, but then a dim yellow light appeared on the tip of Wei Yuan's spear, startling him so much that he shrank back.

In an instant, Wei Yuan and the two puppets surrounded the elder from all sides, but the elder flew swiftly, dodging like a fly, making it impossible for Wei Yuan to make a move.

Fortunately, the two Dharma puppets had their eyes firmly locked on the elder. If he dared to flee recklessly, he would be met with two thunderous blows. The two sides remained locked in a stalemate.

On the other side, Master Chuhe fought two elders alone, and neither gained the upper hand. Cat-Snake wasn't human, so he also fought alone.

However, the cat was injured and its strength was reduced, so Master Chuhe could only maintain his position and not be defeated quickly; he didn't even have the power to fight back.

Although Feng Tingyu was at a disadvantage, the "Jia Mu Sheng Xuan" technique was extremely beneficial for a body cultivator like her who relied on physical combat. While others would take pills to replenish their strength, Feng Tingyu was essentially receiving a direct infusion of energy into her body. Coupled with the extraterrestrial luck boosted by Wei Yuan, her blood and qi were surging, and her Dao power was inexhaustible, making her capable of fighting until the end of time.

Xu Zhongxing, facing a dozen or so mysterious figures who were protecting Zhang Sheng, could only feel furious, enraged, and raging. Fortunately, he had a very high level of composure, allowing him to vent his anger while fighting rationally and keeping an eye on the overall situation.

In the rear, Fan Donghe had already ordered his troops to disperse and avoid the relentless artillery bombardment. He suddenly gave an order for 10,000 archers in the rear army to discard their bows, draw their swords, and charge towards Xuan Weisan along with 10,000 infantry.

Fan Donghe discovered that the entire 30,000-strong army had gone underground and their aura was rapidly disappearing, while the enemy's aura was only slowly declining. In the blink of an eye, his side had suffered more than 10,000 casualties, while the defending army had suffered less than 2,000 casualties!
Both sides were fighting underground. Fan Donghe knew that his soldiers, in their panic, would have no way to find an exit, and if their morale collapsed, they would only be slaughtered by the enemy. Therefore, he made a decisive decision and immediately sent 20,000 reinforcements, but their main task was not to kill the enemy, but to rescue the troops trapped underground.

Then Fan Donghe planned to send men to guard the surface exits to prevent the underground troops from coming out. After defeating Wei Yuan's main force, they would turn back and slowly wipe out this side.

Fan Donghe knew that Wei Yuan wasn't that stupid and must have arranged other escape routes underground, so he didn't expect to annihilate this army completely.

Although the cultivators on both sides were fighting fiercely, no one had suffered any real casualties or deaths yet. However, the casualties of the troops were rising steadily, with hundreds or even thousands dying every moment.

While playing hide-and-seek with the Dharma Elder, Wei Yuan continued to bless the warriors on the main battlefield, and then commanded them to join the battle.

A Qingming Dao Foundation cultivator stabbed a Xu army junior officer, who had reached the Great Perfection of Body Forging, to death with a single spear thrust. Then, with lightning speed, he picked up two scattered bullets from the loose soil of the trench, quickly reloaded them, and fired, killing two more Dao Foundation captains in quick succession. The morale of the surrounding Xu family warriors immediately plummeted, and their fighting spirit dropped considerably.

At this moment, most of the Xu family's army had already rushed into the battleground, and the two sides were fighting fiercely in every corner. However, the Qingming side had a far greater number of Dao Foundations than their opponents. Each Dao Foundation was a cornerstone, and a dozen or even dozens of warriors gathered around it could form a powerful squad.

Wei Yuan continued playing hide-and-seek with the Dharma Elder when he heard the voice transmission from Master Chuhe: "Can you hurry up on your end? That old cat of yours can't hold on any longer; it's planning to run away!"

Wei Yuan replied, "It's not the critical moment yet, Master, please hold on a little longer."

"how long?"

"Two quarters of an hour?"

"Then you'll need at least two pounds of Netherworld Soil to heal!"

After Wei Yuan agreed, Master Chuhe took out a piece of jerky made of some unknown material and tossed it to the cat with a pained expression.

After eating, the cat's aura surged, its temperament became ferocious, and the image reflected in its eyes was no longer that of the Dharma Elder, but a frail white mouse.

Wei Yuan continued playing hide-and-seek, the strange feeling in his heart growing stronger. Suddenly, the Dragon Blood Tree shed another fruit, which sprouted upon landing, while the shadow in the moon unleashed ten streams of celestial fortune in one breath!

At this moment, deep within Wei Yuan's eyes, black and white appeared, and the entire world completely transformed into large, interwoven clumps of black and white, representing various forms of destiny. Some areas were rising steadily, while others were rapidly declining, but along a clear trajectory, the black and white were collapsing madly, turning into nothingness.

On a larger scale, the flow of fortune is rapidly converging on a certain high place!

Without hesitation, Wei Yuan instinctively manifested the vast landscape, activated the Heaven and Earth Madman skill, and then bestowed all the newly acquired extraterrestrial fortune upon Zhang Sheng!
The clouds in the sky parted, revealing a finger, and then a clear voice said, "Even a grain of rice can shine?"

The finger pointed directly at the center of the position, and instantly, like a celestial river bursting its banks, a vast and mighty stream of light converged into a mighty river, cascading down! In an instant, the entire Azure Netherworld trembled, and all people, plants, and creatures, regardless of friend or foe, instinctively trembled. Wherever the river of light passed, life was extinguished, while outside the river of light, fortune desperately surged.

This is a strike from a true lord!
The core of this pointing gesture is Zhang Sheng.

Zhang Sheng showed no sign of panic at this moment. He was calm and composed, and every movement was as swift as lightning, yet with a clear rhythm. He flicked a pale red sword aura from his fingertips, which landed on the Scarlet Night Immortal-Slaying Sword. The entire sword lit up instantly, and its power increased dramatically!
Zhang Sheng slashed against the river of light with his sword. A thin wisp of pale red sword energy leaped from the blade, flowing upstream in the river of light, causing the light streams to inexplicably disappear wherever it passed. This sword energy defied the heavens, traveling thousands of feet before slowly vanishing.

Beyond the heavens, someone exclaimed in surprise, "It's actually a celestial sword?"

There are very few truly divine artifacts in the world. Many True Lords would shamelessly compete for such a divine artifact as the Scarlet Night Immortal-Slaying Sword.

As the pale red sword aura vanished, the stream of water that had covered Zhang Sheng became dim and transparent. Zhang Sheng then unleashed four more sword strikes, each strike causing the water to dim even further.

The river of light descended to the mortal realm, rushing through the center of the battlefield. Everyone within its range, friend or foe, fell to the ground and died silently.

From the corpses of many Azure Warriors, wisps of black mist, invisible to the naked eye, rose and drifted towards a certain place beyond the sky.

Zhang Sheng knelt on one knee and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood that was full of flowing light, as if he had spat out a galaxy.

His aura plummeted, almost to its limit, but ultimately it did not, and he withstood the True Lord's attack head-on!
Beyond the heavens, the True Lord who had made the move was extremely angry. He let out a heavy snort, causing dark clouds to gather in the sky and a torrential downpour to begin instantly.

Then the dark clouds parted, and the finger reappeared, pointing at Zhang Sheng again. At this moment, obvious cracks could be seen on the fingertip, which should be due to the backlash from the Shattered Domain. However, the True Monarch's attack had failed to kill Zhang Sheng, and he had lost face. He was obviously really angry and was determined to finish him off despite the backlash and injury.

Suddenly, a red line appeared between heaven and earth, one end on the earth and the other beyond the sky. Even though there were many Dharma forms present, almost none of them could see how the red line appeared.

In Wei Yuan's vision, he could only see a blurry figure in red taking off into the sky, leaving only a few afterimages before disappearing from the world.

A sudden storm swept across the sky, forcefully pushing aside the dark clouds and revealing a large expanse of sky!

A voice filled with shock and anger rang out: "Zhu Yuanjin! You attacked me while I was entangled in karma, how treacherous!"

A soft, melodious female voice came from the sky: "I'm ashamed to say that I'm slightly inferior to you."

"Aren't those mortals below also lives? If you had acted a moment earlier, you could have saved them! Do you think they aren't lives in your eyes?"

The woman said, "Qiuniu, you killed them. If you cut off your own hands on the spot, then I can apologize to them."

Storms raged across the sky, one after another, with flashes of red light, clearly indicating a fierce battle.

The aura of Qiuniu was vast and boundless, filling the heavens and earth, while the red light was like a spark, extremely faint, yet indestructible.

"Zhu Yuanjin! You and I are fighting here, are you abandoning the northern mountain gate? How can you be so disregardful of the overall situation?"

"Hehe, I'm the one who advocates abandoning the northern mountain gate. What's the point of guarding that remote and impoverished place? We might as well just abandon it and then sit back and watch the foreign races annihilate your Xu family and desecrate your ancestral land. My Taichu Palace still has two mountain gates, but your Xu family will be wiped out. Once you've fought to the death, we can come back and reclaim your Xu family's former territory, then rebuild the mountain gates. Wouldn't that be great? It's a pity those old guys won't listen to me. It's alright, once they're all dead in battle, I'll be in charge of Taichu Palace."

Qiuniu's breathing was already noticeably uneven. The woman chuckled and said, "You've only taken two of my cuts, why are you dodging? Hmm, your pants are pretty sturdy, they didn't even cut through. Let me find where the thread is... or you could take them off yourself."

Qiuniu said, "Stop! If we continue fighting, the heavenly tribulation will arrive!"

The woman said leisurely, "You're the one burdened by karma, not me. If there's a heavenly tribulation, it'll strike you first. As for the remaining aftershocks, how many do you think I can withstand?"

Qiuniu cried out hatefully, "You vicious woman!"

"Thank you for the compliment! Actually, the sage once wrote a book specifically to praise me."

Qiuniu asked instinctively, "How could a sage praise you? You're not from the same era."

"Of course I have praised him. The sage said: 'Only petty men and I are difficult to deal with'; the sage also said: 'Only women and I are difficult to deal with'."

(End of this chapter)