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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 4: [Shuangsheng Dao Sect (Twin Rice Sect)]
Chapter 172 (427): [The City Falls]
(172nd of Volume 4)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Blood streamed from the corner of Zen Hai Guanwu's mouth.
Her reckless killing had come at a price.
The Hundred Hells Wind Chime couldn't fully block the power of the Five-Stringed Harmony Sounds of Heaven and Earth.
Five waves of concussive force struck her fragile body, inflicting grievous wounds.
"Boom!"
During the clash, Zen Hai Guanwu had only committed a fraction of her power to controlling the Thunderstrike Jade, allowing the Demon Kingdom Crown Prince to escape.
The Crown Prince used the Cloudveil Immortal Gate's close-range protective barrier and the Stellar Immortal Gate's long-range defenses.
He then manipulated the Wind Thunder Immortal Gate to smash into Lingxiao City's West City, hoping to force Zen Hai Guanwu to abandon her pursuit of Li Longshu and the Crimson Phoenix and rush to the city's rescue.
But he had miscalculated!
Zen Hai Guanwu refused to be drawn into his tactical game.
Her resolve to eliminate Li Longshu and the Crimson Phoenix remained unwavering.
Unless she systematically annihilated as many Transcendent beings as possible, she couldn't afford to divide her attention.
Moreover, allowing the enemy to exploit her emotional vulnerabilities would spell utter disaster for everyone within Lingxiao City.
"Boom!"
The Wind Thunder Immortal Gate's impact shattered over twenty miles of the West City's walls.
The three city blocks closest to the walls saw their defensive formations collapse entirely, and every structure crumbled.
Within moments, hundreds of thousands of civilians - even Dao Seed Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators - perished instantly.
The Demon Kingdom Crown Prince's full-force strike was devastating beyond imagination.
Of course, had the City-Protecting Formation remained intact - unbroken by the Phoenix Terrace's attack and with the Qilin Terrace unscathed - it could have withstood the blow.
The secret duel before the battle had ended in a draw.
Without the efforts of Li Weiyi, the Jiu Li Hidden Sect, the Zuoqiu Clan, the West Sea Slave Veterans, and Yao Qingxuan, the current situation would have been impossible.
The Wind Thunder Immortal Gate, a hundred zhang tall, stood amidst the ruins of West City, its wind and thunder roaring deafeningly.
The wind transformed into heavenly blades, while the thunder manifested as a hundred beasts.
The combined force of wind and thunder surged into the city like a tidal wave.
"Whoosh!"
Chen Su, a transcendent official of the Imperial Court, emerged from hiding and appeared in the alleyway closest to the Wind Thunder Immortal Gate in West City.
Wielding the power of thirty-six Earth Veins, he countered the overwhelming wind and thunder sweeping toward the city.
Above each prefectural domain, the Prefectural Governor's Official Seals flew toward West City, coalescing into a magnificent defensive barrier.
Zen Hai Guanwu, using her Psychic Power, channeled the remnants of the City-Protecting Formation.
Instantly, countless Formation Scriptures, auroras, and lightning bolts twisted into a vortex, descending from the heavens alongside her to crash into the Phoenix Terrace.
"Boom!"
The nine-hundred-zhang-tall Phoenix Terrace was pierced through by the strike, causing massive sections of the mountain to collapse.
Zen Hai Guanwu personally destroyed the palace complex she had built.
The Second Palace Master of Phoenix Terrace, having broken free from the Nine Heavens Beyond the Clouds Grand Formation's suppression, escaped before the terrace collapsed.
The Demon Kingdom Crown Prince, carrying two Immortal Gates, flew toward West City from the mountainside.
Over twenty miles of West City's walls had crumbled, and the City-Protecting Formation's foundation was severely damaged, leaving a massive breach.
Zen Hai Guanwu traversed space, relentlessly pursuing the Demon Kingdom Crown Prince, denying him the chance to kill Chen Su.
The Void Sword in her hand vibrated, its clang growing sharper with each strike.
"Whoosh!"
"Rumble!"
The Second Palace Master and Madam Ye dove down from either side, flanking Zen Hai Guanwu in a triangular formation alongside the Demon Kingdom Crown Prince.
"Master, you won't stand by and watch Lingxiao City become a ghost town. You have compassion in your heart. You can deceive everyone else, but not me."
The Second Palace Master's body was engulfed in a halo of Buddhist light and a surging Nether River, leaving only two Battle Swords visible in his hands. Her imposing aura shattered every Formation cast by Duke Tai Shi and the Third Palace Master.
Madam Ye descended in her chariot, its wheels thundering like thunder. The Rebirth Qin's strings resonated with the sounds of battlefield slaughter, her solitary figure commanding the presence of a million-strong army.
Zen Hai Guanwu swung her left arm backward, and from the vortex center of the City-Protecting Formation, the Thunderstrike Jade shot forth.
Empowered by the formation's momentum and the energy of the Supreme Spiritual Artifact, it transformed into a colossal jade bracelet a mile in diameter.
"Boom!"
Electric arcs illuminated the Ten Cubes.
The Thunderstrike Jade spun outward, soaring into the sky and crushing the Rebirth Qin's murderous melody as if cleaving heaven and earth in two.
"Bang! Bang..."
Inside the carriage, Madam Ye's twelve layers of defensive Formations were shattered one by one.
The Thunderstrike Jade hurled the carriage skyward, where it exploded into fragments.
"Pfft!"
Madam Ye, a Psychic Master with a relatively weak physical body, was struck by the Jade.
Her lower half was obliterated, leaving only her torso and head.
Clutching the Rebirth Qin, she stared at the Blood Mist that had been her lower body and let out a piercing scream.
"Whoosh!"
The Void Sword, like a white rainbow piercing the sun, shot upward from below, bisecting Madam Ye's upper body.
Her brow center spirit realm shattered simultaneously.
The Spirit Realm - her Innate World - collapsed, dissolving into the void.
This formidable figure, a contemporary of Zen Hai Guanwu, met her end in the Lingxiao Realm, leaving no trace of her remains.
The Demon Kingdom Crown Prince glanced skyward, his brow furrowed.
He sensed Zen Hai Guanwu's overwhelming ferocity - a ruthless determination to eliminate her opponent at any cost.
Facing such an opponent tested one's courage and composure to the extreme.
The Demon Kingdom Crown Prince landed atop the Wind Thunder Immortal Gate, which stood amidst the ruins of the city.
With his back to the shattered city walls and the Cloud Heaven Immortal Plain, he turned to face Zen Hai Guanwu, who had already caught up.
"Without the Void Sword and Thunderstrike Jade, chasing me now is just courting death, isn't it?"
Zen Hai Guanwu didn't pause.
"Cloudveil, Wind Thunder, Starlight."
The Demon Kingdom Crown Prince immediately channeled the power of the three Immortal Gates, unleashing a Holy Fist strike - fierce, domineering, and imbued with divine power.
He refused to believe that Zen Hai Guanwu's fragile mortal body would dare to clash with him head-on without relying on the power of a Supreme Spiritual Artifact.
Zen Hai Guanwu shielded herself with the Hundred Hells Wind Chime, countering with a palm print that pierced through the combined forces of the three Immortal Sects, closing the distance.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
Fists and palms collided, figures shifting in a blur.
The space trembled, as if two demonic gods were locked in combat.
In an instant, Zen Hai Guanwu's arms shattered into bare bone.
Her right hand, now a skeletal palm, struck the Demon Kingdom Crown Prince's chest with the force of a divine bell, the metallic clang reverberating for miles.
"Boom!"
The Four-Colored Immortal Haze Armor on the Demon Kingdom Crown Prince's chest caved inward, sending him flying dozens of miles away to crash outside Lingxiao City.
Regaining his footing, he braced his legs, spread his arms wide, and channeled his Spiritual Qi like a surging river.
Layers of vast demonic clouds erupted from beneath his feet, spreading outward in waves.
Zen Hai Guanwu struck again with lightning speed, her white bone right arm, two fingers gripping her sword, piercing the Demon Kingdom Crown Prince's chest armor at its weakest point.
She then shifted her grip, transforming her fingers into a palm, and delivered another crushing blow.
Too fast!
The Crown Prince could see her movements, yet he couldn't block them.
Her Psychic Power suppressed his Soul Spirit and Intent, slowing his reaction time and rendering him helpless.
"Boom!"
The Crown Prince was sent flying over three hundred miles, carving a deep ravine across the Immortal Plains.
Blood gushed from his mouth and nose, and crimson stained the shattered armor on his chest.
Zen Hai Guanwu's earlier two-fingered strike had pierced his heart.
She couldn't pursue.
As her palm struck the Crown Prince, the Second Palace Master, who had arrived from behind, pierced her back with her sword.
Her crimson robes and the Hundred Hells Wind Chime blocked the blade, but not the shockwave.
Blood streamed from Zen Hai Guanwu's seven orifices.
Crimson cracks spiderwebbed across her chest and back, her Spiritual Qi in utter chaos.
The Second Palace Master struck with ruthless efficiency, her other sword crackling with lightning as she aimed for her neck.
"Swish!"
Zen Hai Guanwu shifted her form, teleporting away with staggering steps.
Backed against the ruins of Lingxiao City's West City, she flicked her fingers, using her Psychic Power to manipulate thirty-six Earth Veins.
They twisted into thirty-six earth dragons, which slammed into the Second Palace Master.
She parried with one sword and blocked with the other.
But it wasn't enough!
"Boom!"
"Rumble!"
The Second Palace Master was struck by the combined force of thirty-six Earth Veins, shattering her defenses and sending her flying backward.
Her flesh and blood were continuously eroded, her bones snapped one by one as she skidded across the ground for thousands of miles southward.
Lord Lan descended from the sky, his lantern shattering the Earth Veins' attack.
The Second Palace Master slowly rose, now a figure drenched in blood.
After swallowing an Imperial Medicine, she declared, "Her bones are those of the former Martial-Mystic Dao Heavenly Emperor, but her flesh, blood, and Qi Sea are newly formed. This is her greatest weakness."
"Furthermore, she likely acquired elder sister's two Other Shore Heavenly Pills only recently and hasn't fully integrated them. The Spiritual Qi within her body isn't entirely under her control."
"Attack her internal organs and Ancestral Field! Shatter her new body and disrupt her Spiritual Qi!"
Zen Hai Guanwu stood beneath the collapsed western city wall, retrieving the Thunderstrike Jade and Void Sword.
She secretly circulated her cultivation technique to regulate her breathing, already hearing the cries of the Azure Phoenix echoing from the western horizon.
Using Psychic Power, she transmitted her instructions to Duke Tai Shi and the Third Palace Master: "Open the North City Gate and evacuate as many as possible. I'll intercept all enemies to the south. The North Heavenly Gate, guarded by Snow Sword Tang Court, remains our only path to survival."
"Little Zhang, hold your position within the city and focus on repairing the Formation Art. Cong'er, assist Huo Di in maintaining the Immortal Origin Formation. Hold out as long as you can."
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East of the Cloud Heaven Immortal Plain, the sun gradually rose.
Its rays struck the three-thousand-zhang-high cliffs of the Immortal Plains, causing the Formation's barrier to reflect a dazzling golden radiance.
The county town undergoing the Blood Sacrifice lay two hundred and eighty li from the cliffs.
The Divine Wing Marquis stood atop the town's tallest watchtower, his gaze piercing one hundred and fifty li into the distance, his golden eyes blazing with murderous intent.
Far off, the young man in purple official robes wielded a strange spear, blocking Luo Tian's path.
The three Bloodwing Clan elders, each carrying a Formation Flag, were forced to retreat and counterattack.
The Windchaser Beast, gravely wounded, flew into the town and collapsed in an open space, using Psychic Power to report its ordeal to the Divine Wing Marquis.
Enraged, the Marquis drew the two-meter-long Thousand-Character Artifact, the Ice Soul Bow.
No arrows!
Locking his Intent onto Li Weiyi, he drew back the bowstring. Immortal Qi from his body converged on the string, solidifying into an icy arrow.
"Thwack!"
The air above the entire county town shuddered.
The icy arrow, trailing a long, frosty tail, shot across one hundred and fifty li.
The instant Li Weiyi felt the Marquis's Intent lock onto him, he sensed the danger and immediately dodged.
Guided by the Marquis's Intent, the arrow didn't fly in a straight line, but relentlessly pursued Li Weiyi.
At the last moment, Li Weiyi transformed into a ball of Purple Mist, crossed space, and took refuge within the Formation Plate erected by the three Bloodwing Clan Elders.
"Boom!"
The icy arrow streaked past the Formation Plate and struck the ground, leaving a crystalline trail of ice stretching over ten miles through the mountain forest.
Even the arrow's near miss shattered the Formation Plate with its explosive energy.
"Swish! Swish!"
Seizing the opportunity, Li Weiyi unleashed three Body-Fixing Talismans, which struck the three Bloodwing Clan Elders, all at the Sixth Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm.
Summoning the Yellow Dragon Sword, he transformed into a series of afterimages.
Before the eyes of the Demon Kingdom's Immortal Realm Giant, he decapitated all three Elders in a single breath.
Standing in knee-deep snow, Li Weiyi held a spear in one hand and a blood-drenched sword in the other. He gazed at the county town shrouded in Blood Mist, a hundred and fifty miles away, and shouted, "You can't kill me from this distance!"
In the next instant, Li Weiyi pursued Young Marquis Luo Tian, who had fled a mile away.
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END OF CHAPTER
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