My brother is so cunning

Chapter 1151 The Sage's Face
"I don't know how high the sky is!"

Yuanshi Tianzun snorted coldly, flipped his wrist, and the Ruyi suddenly increased in size a thousandfold, smashing towards the fleet with the power to shatter mountains and break seas.

At this moment, the fleet was in a distant orbit, hundreds of thousands of miles away from the primordial atmosphere, yet the jade ruyi arrived in an instant, its flight speed already reaching sub-light speed.

Wherever Ruyi passed, ripples spread through the space, as if even the stars were trembling.

Dozens of warships had no time to dodge and were directly hit by the Ruyi. Their hulls instantly shattered, and the wreckage exploded in space, turning into brilliant but deadly flames.

The scene was just like the Trisolarans' droplet shattering the Earth fleet. This Ruyi was not originally a striking magic weapon, just as the droplet was not originally an offensive weapon. It was only by a sage's thought and a change in its application that it gained such power.

It should be noted that the armor of this third-generation warship has been replaced with a material with strong interaction force, and the strongest defensive array of the Jie Sect is engraved under the armor. Ordinary Golden Immortals would not be able to break through the warship's shield even if they used all their skills. Even the original water droplets would be violently bounced away when they hit it.

The methods of a sage far exceed common sense, as if all scientific and metaphysical defenses are as thin as a sheet of paper.

Seeing this, the remaining warship captains dared not linger any longer and immediately initiated the warp drive. The warships transformed into streaks of light and disappeared completely into the depths of space, without even leaving behind a single communication.

This was also a contingency plan that had been prepared long ago. Although the space dock has strong shipbuilding capabilities and low costs, we cannot waste production capacity and consume warships like fireworks.

Having dealt with the space fleet, the three sages turned their attention to the martial arts puppets that were still darting and launching surprise attacks across the battlefield.

These puppets were clearly unaffected by the nanoclouds and mechs, remaining as agile as cheetahs, constantly circling around to the flanks of the Immortal-Buddha Alliance, slashing at the defensive barriers with high-frequency vibrating battle blades. Many young disciples had already been injured by the puppets due to the broken barriers, which, while not fatal, further disrupted the already chaotic formation.

As Buddha opened his palm, a semi-transparent "Buddha Kingdom in the Palm" space appeared, filled with Buddhist light. He gently inhaled at the group of puppets, and a powerful suction force instantly enveloped the battlefield. Countless silver puppets flew uncontrollably toward the Buddha Kingdom space—in just a few breaths, most of the martial arts puppets were sucked into his palm.

The Buddha's Palm, seemingly a small area, can extend infinitely. Martial arts puppets trapped within it, no matter which direction they rush in, are like ants held in the palm of a hand, unable to escape its grasp.

But at that moment, the puppets that had been sucked into the Buddhist kingdom suddenly began to flash with a dark blue light. Fine curvature-accelerated spacetime bubbles appeared on their bodies, and a hexagonal spatial rift intertwined in front of the spacetime bubbles.

"Om-"

A soft yet extremely penetrating vibration resounded, and all the puppets that had been sucked into the Buddhist Kingdom tore apart the space within the Buddha's palm and returned to the battlefield.

Several puppets even landed on the battlefield, where some bewildered immortal and Buddhist disciples were smashed into a cloud of mangled limbs and blood mist by the puppets that suddenly rushed out of the spatial rift at near-light speed.

Upon seeing this, Yuanshi Tianzun's expression grew even more solemn.

He knew very well that ordinary supernatural powers were no longer sufficient to completely eliminate these puppets—if they couldn't be annihilated in one fell swoop, they would only continue to harass and launch surprise attacks using warp technology, wearing down the already exhausted allied forces of immortals and Buddhas. Ordinary methods, even when used by a sage, were proving somewhat inadequate.

If these martial arts puppets were merely exceptionally skilled, incredibly strong, and indestructible, that would be one thing; but when a sage takes action, there is nothing in this world that cannot be destroyed.

But no matter how powerful a saint's attack is, it can only be effective if it hits. These martial arts puppets all have the supernatural ability to traverse space, making them slippery and elusive. When they encounter danger, they can escape into the void.

The sage could target one of them and use the supreme technique of traversing the void to slash across it, but there are tens of thousands of puppets in the sky. Slashing them one by one would take an unknown amount of time to completely annihilate them. By then, the disciples of both the immortal and Buddhist sects would have been wiped out long ago.

The Celestial Venerable gritted his teeth and took out four ancient array diagrams stacked together from his sleeve. The edges of the array diagrams were worn, obviously due to years of carrying them.

He unfolded the array diagram, and on the four diagrams were engraved four large black characters: “诛” (Zhū), “戮” (Lù), “陷” (Xiàn), and “绝” (Jué). These were the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Array diagrams that he had secretly copied during the last Investiture of the Gods war, when the Tongtian Sect Leader set up the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Array and all sides were in chaos. Although he had not been able to fully comprehend the essence of the array diagram back then, he was still able to barely activate its core power.

"Today I will use this formation to end these mortal creations!" Yuanshi Tianzun's voice carried a barely perceptible gritted teeth—this formation diagram was his trump card, and also evidence of his "stealing" his junior brother's Taoist magic back then. If it weren't for the critical situation today, he would never have used it lightly, for fear that the Tongtian Sect Master would find out and laugh at him mercilessly.

He tossed the four array diagrams into the air, his hands rapidly forming hand seals while he silently chanted incantations. The array diagrams spun rapidly in the air, transforming into four jet-black chaotic sword energies. The sword energies intertwined in the air to form a giant sword array covering several miles. Within the sword array, chaotic energy surged, carrying a terrifying aura of "severing all things and destroying everything." Even the surrounding light was swallowed up by the sword energy, leaving only darkness.

Even though it was just a replica of the Zhuxian Sword Formation, its power was enough to shake the Three Realms. Upon seeing this, the disciples of the Chan Sect and the Western Sect subconsciously took a few steps back, fearing that they would be accidentally injured by the sword energy.

"Go!" At the command of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, four chaotic sword energies simultaneously rushed towards the group of martial arts puppets.

The puppets clearly sensed the danger and tried to activate the warp drive program again, but the warp cannon failed to generate for a long time. This time, their warp drive program completely failed. The chaotic airflow within the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation had already locked the surrounding space, and any spatial fluctuations would be instantly torn apart.

The hexagonal portal to the leap space had just appeared when it was struck by the chaotic sword energy and vanished in specks of blue light.

Immediately afterwards, the sword energy swept through the group of puppets like a whirlwind. The puppets' alloy armor was as fragile as paper in front of the chaotic sword energy, and was instantly cut into pieces. The core components inside the puppets were directly shredded by the sword energy. Even the nanoparticles that made up the puppets were completely disintegrated in the chaotic airflow and could never be reassembled.

In the short span of half an incense stick's time, all the martial arts puppets on the battlefield were devoured by the sword energy and disappeared without a trace, directly disintegrated and erased from the material level.

The two Western Saints withdrew their supernatural powers, but their faces showed no sign of relief. Yuanshi Tianzun also put the Zhuxian Sword Formation Diagram, the Pangu Banner, and the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi into his sleeve.

The sages intervened and the crisis was immediately resolved, but the expressions on the faces of the sages were extremely grim.

In a sense, by forcing them to take action against the enemy chieftain who was not even the culprit, they had already lost more than half the battle. Even if they killed Wen Rui in the future, they would be ridiculed by the Tongtian Sect Master for all eternity. The face that the sage valued most was completely lost.

(End of this chapter)