I became an immortal in the mountains

Chapter 957 The Divine Artifact is in Hand!

Gu Yuanqing showed a slight look of surprise. This floating city in the sky actually had such power, forcibly raising the combat power of a Huntian Undying to a level close to that of a true god.

It must be said that the Great Wei Dynasty has a very rich foundation.

However, this alone was not enough to make Gu Yuanqing wary.

What truly made him wary was the true intention behind Wei Wuji's actions.

Since the Great Wei Divine Dynasty has connections with the Ancient Divine Sect, it should be very familiar with his strength.

In addition, Wei Wuji had personally intervened in the previous battle, so he should know that this power, which was only at the True God level, was no match for Gu Yuanqing.

We can't possibly send these people to their deaths, can we?

Or perhaps there are other methods hidden in the shadows?

Even though the enemy before him was nothing, Gu Yuanqing still maintained the spirit of a lion hunting a rabbit.

His aura surged dramatically, seemingly crossing the boundary of demigods in an instant and firmly establishing himself at the level of a true god.

Facing Lü Zhang's slash, imbued with the power of the suspended city and as swift as a cascading celestial river, Gu Yuanqing neither dodged nor evaded, but instead pointed his fingers like a sword and slashed forward.

The Sword of All-Encompassing Calamity!
The clash of blade and sword light produced no boom, no explosion. The blade, powerful enough to cleave mountains, vanished like mud into the sea, dissipated layer by layer by the sword light. The remaining force of the sword energy continued to fall towards the suspended city.

Billions of runes flashed, transforming into a protective barrier. Ripples spread out, causing the entire floating city to tremble violently and retreat three feet before the damage was completely neutralized.

This was a suppression of swordsmanship and power; those from the Primordial Divine Dynasty all wore solemn expressions upon seeing it.

The army in the floating city numbered in the hundreds of thousands, and consisted of the true elite of the Great Wei Dynasty, with countless experts. Yet, they were shaken by a single, casual sword strike from the enemy.

Situ Xuan shouted in a low voice, "Don't act alone, activate the great formation!"

On the suspended city, hundreds of thousands of soldiers simultaneously formed hand seals, causing the runes on the city walls to glow brightly.

At the same time, the great array formed by the earth veins within a radius of thousands of miles around Cangwu City also shone brightly, echoing the suspended city.

This grand formation is based on thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, with the suspended city as its hub, gathering all the power of heaven and earth into the formation.

Gu Yuanqing felt that the surrounding void began to thicken, as if invisible chains were wrapping around him from all directions, trying to bind him to this world.

This is no ordinary magic array, but a sealing array constructed using the power of the earth's veins and the floating city.

The space itself seemed to freeze, as if this area had been separated from the ancient realm.

It seems that the people of the Great Wei Dynasty not only wanted to use this formation to suppress Gu Yuanqing's power, but also worried that he would escape.

"That's interesting," Gu Yuanqing chuckled.

Boundary Imminent!

The phantom of the Northern Spring Realm unfolded, and mountains, rivers, the sun, the moon, and the stars appeared behind him.

Expanding outwards from him, the illusory figure caused some of the invisible chains to snap like spider silk, while others simply vanished without a trace.

This is the power of the rules of the Northern Spring Realm and the power of Gu Yuanqing's Celestial Realm, directly embedded into the rules of heaven and earth of the ancient realm, directly turning the power of the imprisoning array into nothingness.

The runes on the floating city flickered violently, their brightness uncertain, clearly indicating that they were also under immense pressure.

Situ Xuan's expression changed slightly, and he shouted, "Activate the national treasure!"

Chen Heng responded and gestured with his hand.

Deep within the suspended city, a dazzling golden light shot into the sky, transforming into a two-foot-long golden mace that hung atop the city wall.

The golden mace was covered with densely packed runes, and although its shape was grotesque, it exuded a powerful aura that could suppress all things.

The golden light was blinding; I dared not look directly at it.

The legendary artifact of rules, the Demon-Suppressing Mace!

This mace is extremely powerful and yang, unparalleled in attack, and has a strong restraining effect on demonic paths and the power of life and death. It has always been enshrined in the Heavenly Prison to suppress cultivators who have lost their minds.

As soon as the golden mace appeared, Gu Yuanqing felt an invisible pressure coming towards him, and even the illusory image of the Northern Spring Realm slightly contracted.

"A rule-based artifact?" He raised an eyebrow.

As the level of power they come into contact with increases, they encounter more and more powerful artifacts that govern the rules of the world.

Although this artifact should only be a lower-level rule artifact, its power should not be underestimated!
Like the Sword of Cause and Effect in Zhou Wei's hand and the Gui Cang Hall in Wei Zhao's hand, each of them possesses incredible power.

Even with only a slight sense, one can tell that this mace possesses the power to harm oneself.

Even though the cultivators in that floating city seemed to be at most at the Chaotic Undying Realm, under the enhancement of that magic array, they posed a greater threat to him than Zhou Wei!
"go!"

With a sharp shout from Chen Heng.

The golden mace trembled, emitting a clear and melodious sound, and a golden beam of light shot out from the mace, heading towards Gu Yuanqing.

Gu Yuanqing raised his hand and pressed down, and all paths returned to nothingness.

Boom!

The powerful force shattered the void, scattering blinding light. Some of the light fell into the nearby Cangwu City, and anyone who touched the artifact immediately had their body shatter and turned into yin energy.

The yin energy hissed and emitted black smoke within the light.

When cultivators below the Heavenly Transformation level looked directly at its light, their eyes immediately turned into black holes, while cultivators at the Heavenly Transformation level also let out a miserable scream, shedding tears of blood, with faint black energy emanating from their bodies.

This weapon suppresses demonic forces, and even the Demon Lord's demonic thoughts will be affected.

Upon seeing this, Situ Xuan frowned deeply.

No wonder Gu Yuanqing was able to kill General Feng and seriously injure Supervisor Zhou. He dealt with the power of the divine weapon so easily.

A cultivator from the Linglong Realm is incredibly powerful.

He shouted again, "Activate the full power of the formation!"

On the suspended city, thousands of soldiers burned their life essence and poured all their power into the formation.

Within this vast city, the top-grade spiritual veins buried at the various array bases are all channeling their vast primordial energy into the arrays under the guidance of numerous cultivators.

Meanwhile, the Earth Vein Array was also activated to its limit, and the spiritual energy of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers flowed into the suspended city like rivers flowing into the sea.

All the power was ultimately channeled into the Demon-Suppressing Mace under the guidance of the Three Officials.

The golden mace shone brightly and flew out with a clang. A huge golden phantom appeared around it, like the arm of a god, and slammed down hard on Gu Yuanqing.

Gu Yuanqing's power surged once again, pushing the power of the boundary to its limit. The power of the Northern Spring Realm flooded into his body like a tide, pushing his aura to an unprecedented height.

The Demon Refining and Immortal Ascension Tower enveloped his body, a bright mirror hung high, and the sun, moon, and stars seemed to flow in his eyes. The Void-Piercing Heavenly Eye observed every change of the approaching divine artifact of rules.

With a thought, wisps of sword energy appeared out of thin air, and the Myriad Manifestations Sword Formation of Calamity Control was formed instantly!
With a flick of his finger, a sharp, five-sided white-gold sword rainbow flew out.

The power of the sword formation followed, and countless sword energies intertwined, each carrying the meaning of creation, endlessly and continuously.

The platinum sword rainbow and the golden phantom collided violently in mid-air, exploding into a shower of light.

Although the golden light of the Demon-Suppressing Mace was intense and domineering, it was blocked head-on by the sword rainbow and the sword formation, making it difficult to advance even an inch.

Meanwhile, the surrounding array of sword energy, like a persistent carbuncle, continuously eroded and wore down the power of the Demon-Suppressing Mace.

With each point consumed, the golden mace's radiance dimmed, and the surrounding phantoms were continuously weakened.

Situ Xuan's expression changed drastically. He could feel the power of the Demon-Suppressing Mace being stripped away layer by layer, being worn away by the sword formation.

"How is this possible..." Lü Zhang exclaimed. The Demon-Suppressing Mace was the national treasure of the Great Wei Dynasty, and once it was passed down, no one could rival it.

But today, this myth has been shattered!

Gu Yuanqing wasn't surprised by this; he had clashed with artifacts governed by rules many times.

Judging from the confrontation with the Gui Cang Hall, the body of the rule artifact is almost indestructible. Even he had no confidence in destroying it. However, although its power is strong, it ultimately depends on the person who activates it.

Without the support of these forces, the Demon-Suppressing Mace is like water without a source; no matter how sharp it is, it cannot unleash its full potential.

With his strength, even the Gui Cang Palace, activated by the gods, would find it difficult to deal with him, let alone these people!

This suspended city, combined with the power of thousands of miles of earth veins and hundreds of thousands of Wei soldiers, is indeed powerful, but how can it compare to Gu Yuanqing, who can borrow power from the Northern Spring Realm!
Led by the three Undying Chaos Gods, the soldiers of the Great Wei Dynasty unleashed their full power, desperately activating the Demon-Suppressing Mace in an attempt to break through the sword formation's blockade.

The golden mace trembled, and the golden phantom expanded again, scattering the surrounding sword energy. But the next moment, even more sword energy surged in from all directions, like a tide, enveloping the golden phantom layer by layer, compressing and eroding it little by little.

Gu Yuanqing stood calmly in mid-air and said indifferently, "If this is all you have, then there's no need to struggle. This artifact of rules can't even protect them!"

Seeing Gu Yuanqing's seemingly effortless movements, Situ Xuan and the others felt their hearts sink even further.

But they were unwilling to just leave.

Even though this land has changed in their hearts, as generals of the Divine Dynasty, they have volunteered to come and protect the land and people of the Great Wei. How can they retreat like this?

Some cultivators who were already resigned to death exchanged glances and then burned their source energy, pouring their power into the floating city.

People like Situ Xuan and Chen Heng even resorted to their last resort, recklessly extracting spiritual energy from the city.

In an instant, the entire floating city buzzed and trembled violently. The runes on the city walls shone brightly. Finally, Chen Heng roared and a phantom of a god and demon appeared. He raised his hand, grasped the Demon-Suppressing Mace, and smashed it down on Gu Yuanqing.

The power of this strike instantly surged to the peak level of a true god, and seemed to be about to break through its limits.

Gu Yuanqing's expression also became somewhat serious. With the power of his true self coming through, the illusory image of the Northern Spring Realm came to life.

The Daoist imprint within his body shone brightly, and the phantom of the Taixu Creation Heavenly Wheel also appeared behind him.

He raised his hand, and sword energy gathered in the air, taking shape.

The sword's body was as clear as ice, and countless tiny runes flowed along its blade, changing in countless ways.

He wields the sword to control all paths, compressing all his cultivation into a single sword strike!
At this moment, the phantom of the god and demon, wielding the Demon-Suppressing Mace, crashed down, causing the void to collapse layer by layer, and the heavens and earth within a radius of thousands of miles trembled.

Gu Yuanqing made a sweeping motion in the air, and his long sword flew out silently and so fast that neither the naked eye nor divine sense could detect its trajectory.

Or rather, because of the power of space, it collided with the Demon-Suppressing Mace the moment it moved.

The extremely concentrated power ensured that the clash between the two produced no explosion or roar.

The sword tip pressed against the illusory image on the mace. The two forces clashed and collided within a very small area. Only a black dot appeared, as if the surrounding spacetime was collapsing around it.

The stalemate lasted only a moment.

The golden light on the Demon-Suppressing Mace suddenly dimmed, and the arm of the illusory god and demon shattered inch by inch.

The longsword pierced through the phantom and struck the mace directly, producing a sharp clang. The Demon-Suppressing Mace flew backward and crashed straight into the floating city.

The runes on the city wall were like paper in the face of this power, shattering instantly.

The golden mace crashed into the city, turning hundreds of miles of city walls and palaces into nothingness. The Wei soldiers who were touched by it also collapsed directly, dispersing into clumps of gray-white and black aura.

The entire floating city shook violently, and the cultivators within it all coughed up blood.

Situ Xuan, Chen Heng, and the others were also pale-faced and weak, and almost fell backward.

Of those hundreds of thousands of soldiers, the majority had their souls shattered by the recoil, turning into ghostly spirits. Some even lost their physical forms, leaving only yin energy; they were already dead.

Situ Xuan staggered backward, grabbing onto the broken city wall, and shouted sharply, "Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

The remaining runes of the floating city lit up again, and the entire city shone brightly. It then crashed backward, attempting to tear through the void and escape.

Cracks appeared in space from the impact, and most of the floating city had been submerged in the void rifts.

"Did I let you go?"

Gu Yuanqing took a step forward, and his figure appeared above the floating city.

The phantom of the Northern Spring Realm enveloped everything, completely freezing the void within a radius of ten thousand miles.

The expanding spatial rift was also frozen, trapping the suspended city within it, unable to move forward or backward.

Gu Yuanqing raised his hand indifferently, and the Beiquan Town World Seal crashed down.

Situ Xuan and the others intended to regroup their forces and activate the magic array to resist.

However, the power of the Floating City was greatly reduced, most of the cultivators died, and even he, a peak Undying Being, was seriously injured. How could he possibly hold them off?

Before the defenses could be erected, the great seal, which had transformed into a towering mountain, crashed down on the suspended city.

The thin defensive shield couldn't even stop it for a moment, and the seal landed directly on the city itself.

Countless runes flashed and then vanished in an instant.

The city walls collapsed, the palaces shattered, and the entire city fell from the sky, faster and faster, until it crashed heavily onto the ground.

Boom!

The entire ancient land collapsed hundreds of feet downwards, kicking up clouds of dust and rubble, and Cangwu City was completely destroyed beneath the falling suspended city.

He stood above the ruins, looking down at them.

Countless sword energies surged from the illusory image of the Northern Spring Realm, covering the entire city.

Wherever the sword energy passed, the surviving cultivators fell silently, turning into grayish-white vapor.

Situ Xuan knelt on one knee in the ruins, looking up at the falling sword energy, a bitter smile on his face as he closed his eyes.

As the sword energy fell, his figure vanished.

As for Chen Heng, Lü Zhang, and others, they had already died in Beiquan Town.

Although Hun Tian Bu Si possesses the characteristic of immortality, in front of Gu Yuan Qing at this moment, he is not much different from an ordinary cultivator.

Without the protection of the floating city and the artifact of the rules, how could they possibly survive?

Moments later, the shattered floating city fell into complete silence, with only the howling wind echoing through the ruins.

Suddenly, a golden light flew up from the city, about to disappear into the distance, but Gu Yuanqing raised his hand and grabbed it tightly.

It was that Demon-Suppressing Mace!

Gu Yuanqing finally revealed a smile; he was still somewhat interested in the rule-based artifacts.

These magical artifacts contain the most fundamental secrets of this great world. Last time, Zhou Wei escaped with that sword. How can we let him escape before our eyes today?

The lower-level rule artifact is a good resource to study, and it may give us more confidence in dealing with such situations in the future.

Then, he raised his hand, and the yin energy that permeated the ruins quickly gathered in his palm!
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Inside the imperial palace of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Zhou Wei stared at Wei Wuji on the throne.

"Why did you send them to their deaths? You know perfectly well that even with the Floating City and the Demon-Suppressing Mace, they are no match for Gu Yuanqing, Your Majesty! What exactly do you want to do?"

(End of this chapter)