Who taught him to practice swordsmanship like this?

Chapter 174 Encirclement and Suppression of the Yuan Demon

The dragon spewed poisonous flames in an attempt to block the Great Mao Divine Sword.

If this was only Su Baichen wielding the Great Mao Divine Sword, it naturally wouldn't be able to break through the true fire of a dragon.

The problem is, this is a sword strike from Su Baichen that gathers the power of all 189 members of the Yin Sect. How could that dragon possibly deal with it so easily?

Thus, the sword energy, as lone as a snow-capped mountain peak, shot past, shattering the poisonous fire spewed by the dragon, and pierced into its open mouth with unparalleled sharpness.

"Knock!"

The divine sword pierced the dragon's skull, pinning it firmly to the bow of the giant Changchun warship.

At this moment, Su Baichen still did not disperse his sword energy, but instead simply transformed his Xuan Yin spiritual energy into extremely cold ice!

The Great Mao Divine Sword, originally constructed from the profound Yin spiritual energy of the crowd, was now completely frozen along with the upper half of the dragon, pinning it diagonally to the bow of the ship.

The dragon was not dead for the time being, but it could only twist its body in vain. In the end, it was completely frozen and bound to the bow of the giant ship Changchun.

Even so, the dragon was still alive—its vitality was truly terrifying.

But now, its dangling, swaying dragon tail reveals a cruel reality to the sheer cliff below.

Reality: Changchun Palace, they're coming!

Any enemy that stands in the way of the Changchun behemoth should think carefully about whether their lives are as tough as this dragon!

Su Baichen is essentially treating this dragon as a threatening structure for the Jue Ling Mountains, which is extremely ruthless.

Master Kaiyang looked at Master Xuanyin with considerable amazement: "Junior brother, the methods of your disciples are truly ruthless."

But how to put it? The expressiveness of this approach was just too strong, making the fellow disciples of Changchun Palace feel secretly pleased.

The only one who's unhappy is probably the Sword Sect.

After all, the combined sword strike of the Yin Sect disciples was something that even the Sword Sect members admired.

But how come the strongest sword of Changchun Palace is not in the Sword Sect but in the Yin Sect?

Guanlan Jianchang couldn't help but complain again: "It's all your fault, Xiaohan! If only you had insisted on recruiting Bai Chen into the Sword Sect back then!"

Qingfeng Han was going crazy. He said, "But Master said it wasn't necessary back then!"

Suddenly, a chilling gaze descended from above, and Qing Fenghan immediately shrank back, not daring to utter a single word.

He knew that he was destined to be a scapegoat for the rest of his life.

It's so painful.

But what can be done about it?

Who told him to be so unlucky?

At the bow of the Changchun behemoth, the dragon was pinned down by a frost sword piercing its head, and it occasionally let out mournful cries, which immediately amplified the Changchun behemoth's intimidating power.

Although this dragon is not the most powerful demon in the Desolate Ridge, it is definitely one of the more difficult ones to deal with.

Now that it's nailed to the bow of the ship as a deterrent, those demons naturally dare not underestimate it.

Su Baichen's "underworld-like" maneuvers allowed the Changchun giant ship to sail safely.

As they traversed the treacherous, miasma-ridden mountains and arrived above a sinkhole in the mountains, the Changchun giant ship slowly came to a stop.

"This is it, the Yuanmo Cave."

Master Xuanyin murmured something with a complicated expression.

At this moment, a group of elders from Changchun Palace came to the edge of the giant ship, looking down at the sinkhole below with complicated expressions.

Su Baichen can't see it!

He was getting anxious, so he simply jumped up and stepped on the dragon's head.

"Roar~"

A deep roar still emanated from the dragon's throat as Su Baichen lightly stepped on its forehead.

The next moment, a mysterious Yin sword aura pierced into its skull, accurately locating its soul and pulling it out.

"Since you're already dead, let your soul be reincarnated. Don't stay here and get in the way."

Having mastered the power of Yin, he had a very clear understanding of the boundary between life and death, and could easily give a push to those who teetered on that line.

Regardless of where the dragon's soul had gone, he looked down—

What a sinkhole!

Looking down from above, all you can see is a vast expanse of darkness.

The divine sense tried to probe downwards, but it couldn't find anything.

Master Kaiyang flew to his side at some point and said, "Ever since I learned about the Formless One, I have consulted the books in Changchun Palace many times and finally discovered some clues."

Su Baichen looked over curiously.

Master Kaiyang whispered, "A thousand years ago, when the Boundless Realm was destroyed, it split into four larger fragments."

"One piece fell in the central part of China, one fell outside the East China Sea, one fell outside the Northwest Region, and the last piece fell in the Southwest Ridge."

Su Baichen continued, "So, this sinkhole was created by a fragment of the Boundless Realm?"

"And beneath this Yuanmo Cavern is actually an environment similar to the Boundless Realm?"

He was finding his own guess unbelievable.

At this moment, Youlian overheard the conversation and flew to Su Baichen's side, saying earnestly, "That's not the case. This sinkhole is actually an ancient relic, but because of its long history, we don't know what exactly happened here. The earliest demonic cultivators settled here three thousand years ago, and it took another thousand years for it to develop into the Yuanmo Cave."

"As far as I know, Changchun Palace was only just beginning to emerge two thousand years ago, wasn't it?"

Master Kaiyang coughed and said, "That's right. I'm not saying that this sinkhole was created by the Boundless Realm. I just want to say that the Yuanmo Cave has been in the Absolute Ridge for many years. It should know where that fragment of the Boundless Realm is."

Su Baichen asked in surprise, "Why does the Palace Master want to find the fragments of the Formless Realm?"

At this moment, the leaders of various sects also quietly gathered around.

Master Kaiyang then said, "This is just a guess."

"The threat of the Formless Ones should not have been ignored by the cultivation communities in various regions, but the cultivation communities of Northern Wei, Northern Qi, and Yong Kingdom have all turned a blind eye to their existence."

"I suspect that they might be using these Formless Ones for something—and the most valuable and easiest to connect with are those fragments of the Formless Realm that were shattered back then."

Su Baichen then understood what Master Kaiyang's true intention was.

It must be said, this is truly worthy of being the Palace Master; his perspective on problems is indeed different.

When he finished speaking, he looked at Youlian, clearly hoping to get something from her.

Youlian shook her head blankly and said, "I have been in the Yuanmo Cave for more than 30 years and have never heard of any fragments of the Boundless Realm."

Master Kaiyang then said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter if we don't have it, then we don't need to worry about it too much—Lotus Dew?"

The sect leader of the Array Weapon Sect, He Lu, immediately straightened her posture.

Master Kaiyang pointed at the sinkhole and said, "Junior Sister, let this giant Changchun warship make its appearance!"

The sect leader of Helu revealed a breathtaking smile, responded, and immediately went to the cabin of the Changchun giant ship to carry out the operation.

Su Baichen felt a chill run down his spine—the smile of the Helu Sect Master just now was terrifying.

Before long, magic arrays and spirit patterns lit up around the Changchun giant ship.

This entire giant ship was actually part of a magic array!

The sect leader of Helu and her array weapon sect have accomplished something truly remarkable: they have transformed the Changchun Giant Ship into a mobile composite array that can fly in the sky!

As the magic array charged, beams of light converged beneath the Changchun behemoth.

Good grief, this is starting with a main cannon shot right from the start!

Su Baichen saw that there had been intense spiritual light fluctuations in the sinkhole below, indicating that the people in the Yuanmo Cave had realized they needed to take defensive measures.

But is it too late to realize this now?

Beneath the colossal Changchun warship, supported by the ship's incredibly complex array patterns, a thick beam of light descended from the sky, slamming violently into the black arc of light rising from the sinkhole—

The next moment, heaven and earth seemed to freeze.

After a brief, jarring shock, the beam of light pierced through the black arc of light and landed deep within the sinkhole.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for the effect.

Su Baichen was somewhat anxious. What would happen after this attack?

It's a pity he's not on the ground right now; if he were, he might be able to use his innate earth elemental power to sense everything happening over there.

But his "long wait" was actually just an illusion; a few breaths later, the sound of the earth shaking violently came from below the sinkhole.

Immediately afterwards, a dark red and scorching color appeared inside the sinkhole, and the fire elemental energy in the air surged dramatically.

At this moment, the Supreme Elder Shi Chang, who was mingling among the disciples of the Five Elements Sect, laughed heartily: "You little brats don't know, the sinkhole where the Yuan Demon Cave is located was originally a dead volcanic crater. Over the years, I have gone to great lengths to finally divert the underground lava flows there—"

"Now let's see how it erupts!"

He rubbed his hands together and said with a proud look on his face, as if afraid that others would not know that this was the good deed he had done.

Su Baichen didn't dare to say a word more. He felt that he was no different from a greenhorn in front of these hot-tempered seniors.

Look at what the Array Weapon Sect and the Five Elements Sect have done. Compared to them, the dragon that was nailed to the bow of the ship by him seems to have no prestige.

Just as the fire elemental energy was becoming increasingly intense, spiritual light finally appeared again in the deep pit, suppressing the hellish red light that was rising from the ground.

It's obvious that the Yuanmo Cave has left behind some methods after so many years here.

"Damn it, we failed."

Master Shi Chang appeared very disappointed.

Master Kaiyang comforted them, saying, "This is already very good; it has distracted them."

"Now, Wu Feng, Mao Zhen!"

Wu Fengjian and Mao Zhenren immediately stepped forward and agreed. Only then did Su Baichen realize that Mao Zhenren's real name was Mao Zhen, which was quite an interesting Taoist title.

Master Kaiyang pointed downwards and said, "Sword Sect, clear the way; Five Elements Sect, follow. Charge in!"

The Sword Sect and the Five Elements Sect charged out in a mighty force.

Master Kaiyang then said, "Mysterious Yin!"

Master Xuanyin calmly responded.

"You will lead the Yin Sect disciples to defend the northern outskirts, and you must not allow any demonic cultivators to escape—nor can you allow anyone to get close."

Master Xuan Yin nodded, and then led the Yin Sect disciples outside.

Wu Xiangyu, somewhat disgruntled, asked among the disciples, "Why are we made to stand guard outside? Doesn't that mean it'll be difficult to get any credit?"

The fisherman chuckled, "Little girl, look where those people from the Yang Sect have gone!"

Not only Wu Xiangyu, but everyone turned their heads to look and discovered that the disciples of Yangzong were heading south of the sinkhole.

Wu Xiangyu asked in surprise, "They're guarding outside too?"

Shuiyin Princess explained, "Given the selfish nature of the demonic path, when faced with such an obvious crisis, their first thought would naturally be to protect themselves."

"So they will run away, the more capable they are, the more they will run away, and our mission is to guard this place and prevent them from escaping."

Everyone then showed a look of realization.

Thus, the Changchun Palace's plan to besiege the Yuanmo Cave was as follows: the Sword Sect and the Five Elements Sect would enter and force out the demonic path, while the Yin and Yang Sects would guard outside the sinkhole to ambush the Yuanmo disciples, and the Array Weapon Sect would stay behind on the Changchun Giant Ship and monitor from the air.

In this way, all the Yuanmo disciples will be completely wiped out.

The members of the Yin Sect took their places.

Su Baichen felt grounded and suddenly had a sense of peace.

Because at that moment, his body rapidly connected with the earth's veins, and his consciousness merged with the pulse of the earth—

In that case, we can have a proper battle.

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