The road is vague

Chapter 476 Master Tongyang
After witnessing the massive Lu army arrive at the border of Ba State, covering the sky, and stationed hundreds of miles away from the fortress of the Da'an Empire, a tense standoff ensued between the two sides.

Li Mo, who had been lurking in the shadows, finally couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

Once war breaks out between the two sides, the Qian Kingdom's objective will be achieved.

Regardless of who wins or loses, Qian Kingdom will be the ultimate winner.

As an envoy of the Great Qian Kingdom and the Director of the Road Guidance Office, Li Mo naturally could not participate in a direct conflict in the general sense.

Wei Tiangang had already assigned him his first task.

That would be to sabotage the Lu army, which was already in a precarious position, to open a war between the two sides and to eliminate the possibility of peace talks as much as possible.

Coincidentally, Zhao Changchun assigned Ying Shi the task of spying on the Lu State's camp.

Neither side had expected that Ying Shi had now been possessed and controlled by An Lei, so Li Mo and Ying Shi could be considered as one person, and therefore the two tasks could be treated as one.

"It seems that Wei Tiangang and Zhao Changchun are in some kind of competition."

After muttering to himself, Li Mo couldn't help but glance towards the Lu State camp again.

An Lei has been gone for a day and a night, and according to the agreement, it should be about time for him to return.

Another quarter of an hour passed.

Suddenly, boundless light emanated from the distant horizon, like a small sun rising slowly, shining continuously in all directions, causing Li Mo's pupils to shrink.

"This is……"

Squeaky, who was munching on wild fruit nearby, quickly climbed onto Li Mo's shoulder with Old Man Dai, gazing at the small sun that was rapidly approaching.

"The Order of the Illumination?"

Li Mo said with some disbelief.

It is also a supremely yang order that burns spiritual energy, releasing it indiscriminately in all directions like the sun, and has an incredible restraining power against yin, evil, and filthy forces.

the difference is.

Li Mo relied on the Spirit Illumination Sword Sheath to continuously nurture the Flowing Gold Like Fire Sword, thus endowing this flying sword with the Spirit Illumination Order.

This person, however, based his power on his own spiritual energy, continuously releasing pure and scorching power. He was clearly more adept at using it, and these spiritual lights seemed to come alive, far surpassing the power of the Flowing Gold and Fire Sword.

"My respected master, let's go!"

An Lei gasped, "It's Master Tong Yang of the Xiantian Sect!"

Upon hearing the Daoist title of Master Tongyang, Li Mo's expression changed slightly.

This is a top-tier Nascent Soul cultivator recognized by the Lu Kingdom. Fortunately, there are very few Nascent Soul cultivators in the Innate Sect, so this sect leader rarely leaves the sect. Unexpectedly, the other party has come here to participate in the battle this time, which shows that the Lu Kingdom has indeed reached a point of being stretched thin.

"Have all the tasks been completed?"

"Everything has been successfully completed!"

After receiving confirmation from An Lei, Li Mo noticed that An Lei was clearly in poor condition and had obviously suffered a great loss under the spiritual illumination of this Master Tong Yang. He immediately opened the "An Lei Heavenly Book".

An Lei let out a sigh of relief and quickly hid inside the "An Lei Heavenly Book," transforming into an illustration.

After doing all this, Li Mo leaned against a boulder to conceal his aura, his eyes flickering slightly.

"No peeping allowed in this area."

The ripples of the ban slowly spread outwards.

At this time.

Blinding beams of light streamed down from the gaps in the forest, making one wonder if it would soon turn into a sea of ​​fire.

However, the forest affected by the Spiritual Illumination Order did not experience the scorching heat that Li Mo had imagined. Instead, it was bursting with vitality, growing lush and strong, which surprised Li Mo.

He couldn't help but glance at the sun in the sky, and for a moment he seemed to be deep in thought.

"You scurrying, runaway bug, you must be the leader of the army on your seventh day after death. You dared to launch a sneak attack on the main camp while the army was still settling in. I've come here to kill you as an appetizer!"

The roar in the air sounded like thunder.

The original shadows gradually brightened under this spiritual order.

As Li Mo felt this vast and powerful force of order, his heart surged with excitement, and the dualistic chaotic thunder path within his body seemed to be suppressed.

However, from the perspective of the level of understanding of order, this person's spiritual illumination order almost completely overwhelmed his dualistic chaotic thunder path in terms of antiquity, sublimity, and grandeur.

This seems a bit too terrifying.

Fortunately, he then vaguely realized that the other party's order seemed to have formed some kind of secret connection with the sun in the sky, which created this terrifying suppressive force.

This made him wonder if the sun in the sky was not real, but another source of spiritual order, and that the reason why this Master Tongyang possessed such terrifying suppressive power was because he had borrowed the power of the sun, as if he had performed a begging for spirits technique, thus forming a special blessing.

"If that's the case, it's really hard to say who is stronger between the Floating Immortal and this person. Hmph, a good show of a fierce battle is about to begin."

Thinking this to himself, Li Mo realized that all the plants and trees around him that had been enhanced by the other party's spiritual illumination order seemed to have come to life and were looking at him.

After a brief moment of surprise, a terrifying beam of light descended from the sky.

boom!
The scorching beam of light, composed of a continuous stream of rays, resembled billions of light arrays shooting into the ground, instantly covering an area of ​​several dozen feet around Li Mo.

The earth suddenly collapsed and caved in, and the surrounding grass, trees and rocks seemed to lose their gravity and rise into the air.

The beam of light lasted for several breaths.

As the spiritual light gradually subsided, a round-faced old man with white eyebrows and a white beard, radiating boundless energy and enveloped in intense spiritual light, descended from the sky. He looked like a small sun, proudly admiring his world-destroying rhythm.

He then stroked his beard and burst into laughter, extremely pleased with himself.

"Haha, the king of assassins who died on his seventh day after death doesn't seem so impressive after all. He's gone just like that?"

Crack!

A bolt of lightning suddenly shot out, actually drawing upon a trace of the power of heaven and earth, exuding a violent and destructive aura that could shock the soul. It moved with incredible speed, appearing in front of Master Tongyang in the blink of an eye.

boom!
After a brief moment of hesitation, Master Tongyang finally regained his senses before the lightning struck him. His eyes shone with a blinding light as the two beams collided with the lightning, unleashing a shockwave.

The old man looked at the figure covered in strange paint with a hint of surprise and doubt.

"Heaven-reaching power!?"

After a brief moment of surprise, he quickly calmed down.

Fortunately, the opponent could only summon a tiny fraction of the Heavenly Power, while his own power of order was clearly more ancient, sublime, and boundless.

With such a triple advantage, this immense power is utterly inadequate.

"No, you're not that guy from before, you're... Black Dog Monster!"

Master Tongyang looked at Li Mo and said in surprise, then his face lit up with joy, and a hint of madness appeared in his eyes.

Hearing that even this Lu Kingdom giant, who had focused on the path to immortality and lived for countless years, called him Black Dog Old Monster, Li Mo's expression turned quite ugly. Almost no one remembered his Chaos Thunder Lord Daoist title.

But then he noticed the madness in the other person's eyes.

Before Li Mo could react, Master Tong Yang suddenly made a gesture of opening his arms and praying to the sky.

All of a sudden.

Centered on Master Tongyang, the spiritual order radiated indiscriminately in all directions. Li Mo immediately summoned the Panlong Heart-Protecting Mirror and quickly retreated, looking at his opponent with a shocked expression.

For a moment, he even thought he was facing a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Ding ding ding ding.

A series of impact sounds came from the Panlong Heart-Protecting Mirror. Each impact caused the magical artifact to vibrate slightly and become increasingly hot until Li Mo retreated several miles away, at which point the situation improved slightly.

No wonder Dark Thunder was helpless against him; he's practically an old monster.

"Haha, Black Dog Old Monster, I've avenged Yuanhun Zhenren's physical disintegration today!"

Immediately afterward, to Li Mo's astonishment, a visible, heaven-reaching force descended from the sun and landed on a bronze mirror.

"A Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure!!"

After taking a deep breath, Li Mo almost activated the Compound Thunder Transformation Technique, transforming into a raging bolt of lightning and shooting off into the distance without hesitation.

Li Mo's astonishing speed surprised Master Tongyang.

But I was only slightly surprised.

As he slightly manipulated the bronze mirror in his hand, Li Mo felt the temperature of the surrounding space rise sharply. Almost all the vegetation in sight turned to ashes in an instant due to the high temperature. The earth collapsed suddenly under the invisible and terrifying pressure. Even Li Mo, who had activated the Thunderous Transformation Technique, could not help but fall down.

Li Mo felt as if he had fallen into an alchemy furnace, surrounded by endless raging flames. The paint on the demonic mask flickered incessantly, and the true demonic clone roared in pain. Li Mo felt as if he had nowhere to go but to heaven and nowhere to hide.

"Is this the true strength of a peak Nascent Soul cultivator? As expected, I am still not capable of contending with him."

Under the continuous scorching power, the Panlong Protective Mirror could no longer withstand it. The mirror shattered suddenly, and its spirit transformed into a dragon, protecting its master before exploding.

boom!
An astonishing spiritual pressure erupted.

This magical artifact was truly powerful, managing to briefly withstand the might of the Heavenly Treasure and isolate the overwhelming spiritual light.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Mo quickly fled into the ground, attempting to escape.

"Hahahaha! Black Dog Monster, you can't escape!"

As Li Mo plunged deep into the earth, the temperature around him suddenly rose, and then the surroundings quickly turned into magma, once again enveloped by the power of the heavens.

Li Mo gritted his teeth and, with no other choice, flew out of the ground. He then extended his right index and middle fingers and lightly pressed them against his forehead, and a bolt of dualistic chaotic lightning, drawing upon the power of heaven and earth, shot out suddenly.

However, even a trace of the power of heaven and earth is utterly insignificant under the true heaven-reaching power of a peak Nascent Soul cultivator activating a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure.

puff……

Like moths drawn to a flame, the lightning bolt shot out a distance of about a mile before being dispersed in the intense light.

In a remote camp beyond the Great Wall, the twenty-odd Nascent Soul cultivators who were holding a meeting in the main camp sensed something and soared into the sky, looking into the distance with astonishment.

After all, the State of Lu had sent an envoy a few days earlier to deliver an ultimatum to the Da'an Empire.

The promise that if the war criminals of the Qian Kingdom are handed over, past transgressions will be forgiven and the Da'an Empire will be recognized, with tomorrow being the deadline, has caused internal divisions within the Da'an Empire, creating a turbulent undercurrent.

That's why.

Wei Tiangang and Zhao Changchun then gave Li Mo and Ying Shi an urgent task: to persuade the people of the seven factions as much as possible.

"The power to reach the heavens... Could it be that someone has activated a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure?"

"Nonsense, it can't be a Nascent Soul cultivator descending!"

"Such extraordinary power...who is it?!"

Amidst the various opinions, the bugle call sounded in the military camp, and the army began to organize and form ranks.

The already activated city-protecting formation was experiencing a continuous increase in spiritual pressure, with the amount of spirit stones required each moment being heartbreaking.

the other side.

Just as Li Mo's face showed despair and he was about to activate the Heavenly Talisman in his hand...

The bamboo and rattan scabbard on his back seemed to be gradually reviving in the continuous spiritual order, constantly heating up, absorbing the omnipresent spiritual order, and converging on the Golden Fire Sword.

"what?"

Master Tongyang noticed the anomaly and couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation.

Li Mo also noticed the anomaly. He had not used the Golden Fire Sword because he considered that although both were of the Spirit Illumination Order, the Golden Fire Sword contained far less power of order than the other, and a direct confrontation would be unwise. He did not expect that it would mutate now.

The Spirit Illumination Sword Sheath was like a bottomless pit, continuously absorbing the surrounding Spirit Illumination Order.

"Could it be..."

Tong Yang Zhenren's instinctive reaction was that the other party also possessed a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure that could absorb his spiritual order for its own use. Greatly alarmed, he immediately put away the treasure mirror in his hand.

Then he noticed a large army emerging from the direction of the Great An Kingdom in the distance.

Now that the Lu army has not yet established a firm foothold, he would not be foolish enough to continue to linger here and be surrounded by the enemy. Moreover, since the Lu army has not yet established a firm foothold, if these small allied forces abandon their hopes and fight with all their might, even if the Lu army wins this expedition, it will be a Pyrrhic victory, and the Qian state will reap the benefits.

Think of this.

Master Tongyang gave Li Mo a deep look, made a mental note of this black-dog monster, and then left quickly without looking back.

Li Mo was slightly out of breath in the scorching heat, relying entirely on the coolness of the divine talisman in his hand.

He then noticed the Anguo army in the distance. After a slight glance, he quickly concealed his disheveled injuries with the Shadow Mask. He looked at the scorching hot Golden Flame Sword behind him and then drew it out with a roar. The blazing light spread in all directions, as if he had caused all the destruction here.

really.

When the Anguo army cultivators arrived nearby, they were stunned to see Li Mo standing there proudly, dressed in the robes of the Great Qian Dynasty and holding the Flowing Gold Fire Sword.

A massive army, dark and overwhelming, blotting out the sky.

Thousands of warships and countless spirit birds and beasts, along with cultivators of varying ranks, occupied an area of ​​hundreds of miles, enduring the scorching heat of the earth.

As everyone looked at the ravaged land, the omnipresent spiritual aura permeated the air, exactly the same as the aura of the fire sword in Li Mo's hand. Many Nascent Soul cultivators' eyelids twitched wildly, and for a moment, no one spoke.

"Ugh."

Li Mo let out a soft sigh, looking at everyone with a hint of loneliness.

"I originally intended to gather intelligence on the Lu State camp for you all first, and try to kill one of the commanders to achieve a resounding victory. However, I did not expect that Master Tongyang's supernatural abilities were truly extraordinary. I failed to kill him in one fell swoop, and he escaped. I miscalculated."

The cultivators from the Seven Kingdoms often interacted with the cultivators from the State of Lu.

Upon hearing Master Tongyang's Taoist name, many people widened their eyes in disbelief.

This……

Who on earth is this person who dares to openly declare the intention to kill Master Tong Yang? This is the recognized peak Nascent Soul cultivator of Lu Kingdom, and the leader of the Innate Sect!
Could it be that the Great Qian Kingdom sent someone other than that Thunderclap Hermit?

"Fellow Daoist, are you referring to Master Tongyang, the leader of the Innate Sect?"

Blood Blade Master of the Blade Intent Sect asked incredulously.

"It was this person. His Heaven-Reaching Bronze Mirror, a magical treasure, was truly extraordinary, which allowed him to escape by sheer luck."

Li Mo's regretful expression made Blood Blade Master break out in a cold sweat.

He stared intently at the masked cultivator from the Great Qian Dynasty before him, secretly guessing his true identity, for he had dared to utter such arrogant words as annihilating True Person Tong Yang.

It's unclear whether this person's strength is too terrifying, or whether that Master Tong Yang exaggerated.

"Everyone, everyone!"

Zhao Chang clasped his hands and laughed, "I have already said that the Great Qian Dynasty will never tolerate the barbaric behavior of the State of Lu and will fully support the establishment of the Great An Empire. The so-called Master Tongyang is nothing more than that. Hmph, even the Master of the Xiantian Sect, who should be guarding the mountain gate, has been sent here. It seems that the State of Lu has indeed reached its dead end..."

that's it.

After a brief period of deliberation, the compromise faction was defeated by the radical faction. The seven factions of cultivators finally made up their minds to no longer compromise with the State of Lu and to rely on the support of the State of Qian to completely break with the State of Lu.

Then the army continued its advance in a mighty march, intending to strike a heavy blow while the Lu army was still establishing its foothold.

A few hours later.

As tens of thousands of cultivators from both sides charged wave after wave from the sky to the ground, and the spiritual light cannons of the giant warships continuously rained down on the enemy's positions, the cultivators of the Qian Kingdom, who were the masterminds behind this conspiracy, couldn't help but reveal victorious smiles behind their masks.

Mountains and rivers were destroyed in the battle, the earth crumbled and collapsed, warships continued to fall into the ground belching thick smoke, and enormous war beasts let out their dying howls.

Li Mo didn't feel the slightest bit of cruelty; it was as if he were listening to a piece of music.

"here you go!"

Wei Tiangang's smile, which could not be concealed even by his mask, was a heartfelt expression of admiration for Li Mo.

"Cough cough."

He had been acting all along, but now that his goal had been achieved, he no longer needed to pretend and show any signs of weakness or exhaustion.

He clasped his hands slightly and sighed.

"In any case, the goal has been achieved. However, although the Lu army was not large in number, they sent three people who were comparable to Master Tongyang. This shows Lu's determination."

After a brief moment of surprise, Wei Tiangang quickly understood.

"Since you are unwell, fellow Daoist, you need not participate in the upcoming battle. You can rest and recuperate here. It is time for us to lend a hand."

At this point, he turned to look at the battle between the two sides in the distance and immediately let out a cold laugh.

"Hmph, since the Lu Kingdom doesn't have the numerical advantage in the cultivator army, this battle will last at least half a month, or at most two or three months. As long as both sides fight with their true fury, suffer casualties among high-level cultivators, and utilize the resources of their sects, our mission will be completely accomplished..."

As Wei Tiangang said, the current situation is just a large-scale battle between low-level cultivators and a small number of Nascent Soul cultivators.

Both coaches are still taking a wait-and-see approach.

Some sects' resources, enough to influence the course of the battle, are still gathering strength and ready to be unleashed.

(End of this chapter)