Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 224 Joining Forces to Break the Formation, The Abandoned Spiritual Spring

As Di Yi and Luo Sha reached a stalemate in front of the barrier.

Outside Phoenix Nest, in the Giant Whale River basin, the Seven Realms of Shatuo and the Rakshasa army are locked in a fierce and chaotic battle.

The Rakshasa clan's top experts were all confined to the Phoenix Nest, giving Zhang Ruochen a huge amount of room to maneuver. In just half a month, he accumulated more than 30 million merit points with just himself and his sword.

On the banks of the great river, a great battle had just ended. Exhausted, Zhang Ruochen leaned against the broken riverbank, panting heavily.

His white holy robes were stained black and red, and his Hundred Saints Blood Armor was covered with marks from weapons.

Mu Lingxi descended from the sky, took out a healing elixir and gave it to him, saying with a pained expression, "Zhang Ruochen, you should heal your injuries first. There is still almost a month until the end of the Merit Battle. If you continue to push yourself like this, your body will suffer serious problems."

After refining the medicinal power of the Sacred Pill by circulating the Nine Heavens Bright Emperor Scripture, Zhang Ruochen regained some color in his face and smiled easily: "Star Spirit, I'm fine. It's rare that the top expert of the Rakshasa Clan is restrained. I must hurry up and collect 100 million merit points to help the Guanghan Realm obtain exemption."

Mu Lingxi knew that Zhang Ruochen had made a deal with Di Yi, who then intervened to restrain the top experts of the Rakshasa Clan, giving Zhang Ruochen a chance to obtain 100 million merit points.

No one knows how long he can hold out. It is a pipe dream to hold back the top combat power of the entire Rakshasa army of the Ancestral Spirit Realm by himself. It is already a miracle that he has lasted for half a month.

"Star Spirit, you stay outside and don't separate from the army of the Guanghan Realm. I'm going to the ninety-nine sacred mountains to find the Rakshasa Marquises. The sacred mountains are full of the Rakshasa clan's elite. Killing these low-level Rakshasa Marquises will only increase my merit points too slowly." Zhang Ruochen showed no fear in his eyes. After repeated battles, his cultivation was only a step away from the Supreme Saint realm, and he could break through at any time.

Once he breaks through to the Saintly Realm, even a first-class marquis of the Rakshasa Clan cannot threaten him.

Using his abilities to manipulate time and space, no one can stop him unless the most powerful Rakshasa clan members make a move.

“Going to the Holy Mountain is fine, but I want to go with you. My cultivation has now reached the early stage of True Saint, and I can even fight against a Supreme Saint. I won’t hold you back,” Mu Lingxi said.

Zhang Ruochen hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed. Leaving Mu Lingxi outside wouldn't necessarily be safe; in the current Ancestral Spirit Realm, every place was a battlefield, and there was no safe place to speak of.

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Inside the Phoenix Nest.

Emperor Yi remained seated cross-legged on the Yellow Dragon Dao Seed, surrounded by two completely different powers: the Purifying Divine Fire and the Extreme Yin Nether Ice.

The Divine Flame of Purification, alternating between blue and white, is nearing equilibrium. In a few more days, it will completely transform into the Minister Flame.

The power of the extreme yin ice is pale blue, and is only at the lower yin level, but it is constantly transforming and strengthening.

In just half a month, the number of Sacred Rules within the Tongtian Ruins more than doubled, exceeding one thousand, but Emperor Yi still hadn't broken through to the first-step Sacred King level, which left him somewhat frustrated.

Normally, an ordinary cultivator only needs five or six hundred Sacred Dao Rules to break through to the Saint King realm, and at most a thousand Sacred Dao Rules to break through to the Saint King realm.

The number of Sacred Rules within the Tongtian Ruins has exceeded 1,100, yet he still hasn't broken through. This is actually a good thing, indicating that Di Yi's foundation is more solid than other cultivators. He has laid a solid foundation from the very beginning, and it will be much easier for him to reach the supreme achievement of the Sacred King Realm in the future.

However, he currently needs to break through to the Saint King realm to gain combat power that surpasses the four strongest members of the Rakshasa clan, and his realm is unable to break through for a long time, so the situation can only remain deadlocked.

While he failed to break through in martial arts, his spiritual power did increase, advancing from the early stage of the 55th level to the middle stage. This allowed him to comprehend formations much faster, and he already had one foot in the realm of formation mastery. He had some clues about how to break the life-and-death dual formation.

Just then, the Rakshasa warships sailed towards them from afar, and soon they were right in front of them.

Luo Shuihan and the other three stopped cultivating and looked warily toward the warship.

The warship finally stopped three hundred feet away. Luo Sha stood on the deck, looking down at Di Yi, and said, "Neither of us can break the barrier outside the Phoenix Nest alone. How about we join forces?"

After a moment's thought, Di Yi asked, "How can we join forces?"

"The spatial array and the life-and-death dual array must be broken simultaneously to open the barrier. I am confident that I can break the spatial array. Can you break the life-and-death dual array?" Luo Sha asked.

"I'm fairly confident," Emperor Yi said.

Luo Sha was not surprised by this. Di Yi's spiritual power was no weaker than hers, and he was a Primal Cultivator. Even if his mastery of formations was not as good as hers, he could still see through the operating rules of the Life and Death Extreme Formation and find a way to break the formation by relying on Primal Methods.

"Alright, let's join forces to break the barrier. As for the treasures inside the Phoenix Nest, we'll each have to rely on our own abilities."

Di Yi thought about it and agreed.

Only Princess Luo Sha, the master of space, has sufficient confidence to break the spatial array.

Emperor Yi was able to temporarily stabilize space using the Dao of Origin, but breaking the Great Array of Life and Death at the same time proved quite difficult, and the chances of success were not high.

Having reached a consensus on cooperation, Luo Sha and Di Yi joined forces, one in charge of the spatial array and the other in charge of the life-and-death dual array, to begin breaking the barrier.

While breaking the formation, Di Yi was also observing Princess Luo Sha's spatial abilities and keeping a watchful eye on the four powerful figures on the warship.

The four people's auras were stronger than before, which clearly indicated that they had obtained an opportunity from the sacred mountain and improved their cultivation after refining it.

Di Yi and Luo Sha joined forces, and the barrier outside the Phoenix Nest was peeled away layer by layer.

The yellow dragon and the warships were slowly making their way into the lair.

It took a full ten hours before the entire array barrier was broken.

Immediately, a powerful wave of destruction emanated from the Phoenix Nest, impacting all directions. Di Yi activated the Hundred Saints Blood Armor, which condensed into a crimson barrier in front of him to block the impact.

Luo Sha used spatial techniques to deflect the impact, and with a flash, flew towards the Phoenix Nest.

At the same time, the four powerful figures on the warship attacked together and stopped Di Yi.

"The Phoenix Nest is a fortuitous opportunity for Her Highness, so you should not go in." Twenty-seven Chongxue said coldly, holding a silver curved sword of the level of a ten-thousand-patterned sacred artifact.

Di Yi ignored him and turned to look at the coastline. The Rakshasa army, which had been silent until now, began to move and surrounded Han Qiu, A Le, Bei Gong Lan, and Ying Huo.

"Are you all indifferent to whether Young Master Lingquan lives or dies?"

"You overestimate the value of Lingquan. Young Lord is just an identity. He could be Lingquan or the offspring of other gods. After the battle in the Ancestral Spirit Realm, even if Lingquan returns to the Hell Realm alive, he can no longer be Young Lord."

"In fact, two days ago, Her Highness the Princess received a statement from the young master of Lingquan, saying that there was no need to let Lingquan's actions affect the actions of the Rakshasa army."

"I only refrained from making a move to trick you into breaking the life-and-death dual-element formation."

Twenty-seven layers of snow wore a mocking expression.

On the shore, Lingquan Shaojun, who had regained consciousness, looked at the Rakshasa army rushing towards him like a tidal wave. His face was ashen, and he realized that he had been abandoned by the Rakshasa. As if resigned to his fate, he collapsed to the ground.

"Di Yi, you are very strong, but the opportunities within the Phoenix Nest are destined to elude you. If you choose to retreat now, you will still have a way to survive. Otherwise, the Phoenix Nest will be your burial ground today." Yue Jian was tall and slender, with a appearance no less than Luo Sha's. Because he was a sword cultivator, his temperament was even more serene and cold.

"They think they can bully the weak with numbers? Do they really think there's no one in the Kunlun Realm?"

A strong, resonant voice rang out from the shore.

Wan Zhaoyi has a divine mandate above his head, wears a blue dragon armor, carries the Hunyuan Qiankun Blade, and rides a silver-clawed holy dragon.

Beside him, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, the four sect leaders of Confucianism and Taoism, the Burial Moon Sword Saint, the Dragon Burial, and other powerful figures from the Kunlun Realm appeared one after another.

On the other side, the Spirit Flame Demon Queen rode a demonic dragon tens of miles long, leading thousands of powerful figures from the Great Demon Ten Directions Realm to arrive.

Above the Demon Dragon's head, besides the Spirit Flame Demoness, there was also the shadow of a Heavenly Demon wielding the Azure Sky Bow and the White Sun Arrow, with the Emperor-Slaying Demon Sword on his back.

From beginning to end, Di Yi never truly believed that Lingquan Shaojun could exchange for the prisoners of the Seven Realms of Shatuo. Instead, he secretly instructed the Heavenly Demon Shadow and the cultivators of the Kunlun Realm to keep an eye on the Rakshasa cultivators sent out by Luo Sha, thereby successfully finding the place where the prisoners of the Seven Realms of Shatuo were being held.

The Spirit Flame Demoness was full of heroic spirit. She slowly raised her two jade arms, and two balls of Nanling Dragon Fire surged from her palms. She was a genius ranked in the top 1,000 on the Saint Merit List. Her strength was extremely powerful, even stronger than Ning Dongliu and Wu Hao.

"Leave this to us. We can't let the Rakshasa clan get the inheritance from the Phoenix Nest."

The Heavenly Demon Shadow nodded slightly, then leaped up, its figure ethereal, and headed towards the Phoenix Nest.

Before the Phoenix Nest, Emperor Yi's spiritual power surged, and the wings of the Yellow Dragon Dao Seed vibrated, opening a safe passage in the Nether Ice Sea, sending Luo Shuihan and the other three back to the shore. The power of the Extreme Yin Nether Ice could no longer pose much of an obstacle to him.

Emperor Yi summoned the Heaven-Sealing Sword, activated the third layer of the Hundred Saints Blood Armor, and drew upon the power of one hundred high-level saints.

Using the White Emperor Heavenly Pivot Sword Technique, he launched a preemptive attack on the four powerful members of the Rakshasa Clan.

At the same time, the Heavenly Demon Shadow arrived, drew back the Azure Sky Bow, and shot the White Sun Arrow toward the Twenty-Seven Layers of Snow.

The Heavenly Demon Shadow's martial arts realm is only half-step Saint King, and his physical body is far less powerful than Emperor Yi's. In a direct confrontation, he can at most contend with one of the four powerful figures. However, by using the Azure Sky Bow and White Sun Arrow to restrain him from the side, and relying on the tacit understanding between him and Emperor Yi, the effect he produces is immeasurable.

The Twenty-Seven Layers of Snow were locked onto by the White Sun Arrow, requiring the user to be distracted, which caused a flaw in the Great Luo Four Directions Battle Formation that was being executed.

Emperor Yi swung his sword and launched a fierce attack, breaking through the defense line formed by the four.

Then it rushed into the phoenix nest.

The four masters naturally dared not leave him alone. With Di Yi's strength, Luo Sha would have no chance against him alone.

"Chase after him, we can't let him interfere with Her Highness the Princess." Twenty-seven Snow repelled the White Sun Arrow with a single strike and immediately gave chase.

Lei Xiao, Feng Liudao, and Yue Jian followed closely behind.

After passing through the barrier, what came into view was a huge nest with a diameter of ten thousand feet, which was entirely constructed of rainbow vines.

Rainbow Vine is a rare treasure that only appears at the place where eminent Buddhist monks pass away.

These rainbow vines in Phoenix Nest were brought back by the Ice and Fire Phoenix from the Sumeru Temple. They were born under the Buddha's light when the holy monk of Sumeru passed away, and are more miraculous than ordinary rainbow vines.

Di Yi absorbed the Heavenly Demon Shadow into his body and was about to search for Luo Sha's whereabouts when a sword-wielding aura suddenly attacked from behind.

The four powerful members of the Rakshasa clan pursued relentlessly and intercepted him once again.

Di Yi frowned slightly, his body a mixture of purifying divine fire and extreme yin ice power, which swept over the four people.

"Do you really think I'm afraid of you? Since you insist on blocking my way, then today I'll fight you properly."

(End of this chapter)