"Whoosh, whoosh—"
The wind howled past their ears. Chen Junting and Gu Tianchen stood on their swords, suspended high in the sky, letting the fierce wind brush against their faces.
Below them lay the breached Mingdou Mountain Range.
Gu Tianchen completely ignored the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion below. Turning his head, he looked at Chen Junting, who was expressionless and staring straight ahead. "Is it really appropriate to have Yuhao take care of Dai Hao in an alternate space?"
"Appropriate."
"Because Dai Hao is his biological father?"
"They already severed their ties. Why would it be for that reason?"
Chen Junting's eyes were profound. "It's simply because Yuhao has the weakest cultivation among the three of us. Also, they're here."
As the last words fell, Gu Tianchen instantly turned serious. Eight soul rings flashed, and the first red soul ring instantly dyed the surroundings in a bloody hue. "Sixth Soul Skill: Coiling Dragon Shield!"
With a bone dragon's roar, it spiraled into a shield.
The moment the bone shield blocked them, a golden pillar of light launched a surprise attack from the front. Wherever it passed, the air turned into nothingness, as if everything was being annihilated by the golden pillar.
Boom—
The strike landed. The bone shield was scorched black, and even pits and cracks appeared; it was clearly on the verge of being pierced.
"It's impolite not to reciprocate."
With a thought from Chen Junting, a long sword appeared in mid-air. His spiritual power locked onto the attacker. With a slight tremor of his soul power, the long sword instantly shattered, transforming into scales that formed a divine dragon soaring in the sky.
Roar—
A Void Gate opened wide, and the divine dragon swung its tail and darted inside.
The next second, it suddenly appeared in the distant sky. Amidst the ringing of swords and the roar of the dragon, it coiled in the heavens. A sharp attack was unleashed from there, spreading in all directions and catching them completely off guard.
But it was only a momentary surprise. In less than three breaths, Chen Junting's attack was neutralized.
Several streaks of flowing light cut through the air. Led by Xu Tianyuan, Ye Yulin, and Jing Hongchen, they appeared before Chen Junting and Gu Tianchen.
Chen Junting directly ignored the other two leaders and instead fixed his gaze on Jing Hongchen. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly; his expression didn't look like he was facing an enemy, but rather an old friend he hadn't seen in a long time. "Hall Master Jing Hongchen, I trust you've been well."
"I've been well? Hehe—" Jing Hongchen let out a cold sneer. "It was you who just rescued Dai Hao, wasn't it?"
His gaze swept over them. "Where is Huo Yuhao? If I'm not mistaken, the illusion in the Sun Moon main camp just now was his handiwork, right?"
Chen Junting didn't seem to care about the other Class-9 Soul Engineers of the Sun Moon Empire gradually surrounding them. He also gave an affirmative answer to Jing Hongchen's guess.
"That's right, exactly as you guessed, Hall Master."
"After all, the White Tiger Duke is a pillar of the Star Luo Empire. If he were to perish here, wouldn't it be extremely beneficial to the Sun Moon Empire?"
Chen Junting's tone seemed to give off a feeling like a gentle spring breeze, but in reality, it hid a sharp, hidden edge, resolute and unyielding.
"Is that so." Jing Hongchen narrowed his eyes. Paired with his chubby face, his eyes completely turned into slits, hiding his eyeballs from view.
"Since that's the case, we'll capture you two first, and then deal with Dai Hao and the Star Luo Empire." At this moment, his tone suddenly turned vicious. "Go!"
As soon as the words fell, the Sun Moon Empire experts immediately took action.
Gu Tianchen placed his hand on Chen Junting's shoulder at the exact same moment. Just as the attacks were about to reach them—Swish—
Boom—
The attacks collided, but the two of them had vanished.
"Watch out!" There was no need for Jing Hongchen to remind them. Knowing that one of the two possessed spatial abilities, their guard had already been raised to the maximum.
Xu Tianyuan was just about to take out a soul tool to seal the space when suddenly, the instincts of a Titled Douluo made his hair stand on end! Almost instantaneously, his Invincible Barrier automatically triggered.
Clang—
The moment the Seven Kill Sword was blocked, the two Class-9 Soul Engineers beside Xu Tianyuan immediately attacked. However, Gu Tianchen and Chen Junting repeated their old trick and vanished from the spot once again.
But this time, they didn't attack. Instead, they appeared closer to the Star Luo Empire's side, a straight-line distance of a full kilometer away from the Sun Moon experts.
Xu Tianyuan immediately took action, sealing the surrounding space.
At the same time, he and Ye Yulin gave orders one after another. Their Titled Douluo-level cultivation allowed their voices to carry across the entire Mingdou Mountain Range.
"To the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion, hear my order: Withdraw to the main camp!"
"To the First and Twelfth Legions, hear my order: Withdraw to the main camp!"
The Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion executed the order without hesitation. The second after Xu Tianyuan gave the command, they used their flight soul tools to rapidly retreat, and the Sun Moon Empire's First and Twelfth Legions quickly pulled back as well.
Obviously, Xu Tianyuan and the others were worried that the battle about to erupt would engulf the Sun Moon army. If they were actually caught in the crossfire, it would be the Sun Moon Empire's side that would feel the heartache.
Their reaction was a bit too fast.
Chen Junting rubbed his fingers against his palm, silently sighing in pity.
"Surrender." Jing Hongchen and the others sealed the space, faintly forming a siege around Chen Junting and Gu Tianchen. But this time, Chen Junting didn't deliberately ignore them. Instead, he looked at them with a smile.
This smile instantly triggered their vigilance.
But before they could speak—Swish— Chen Junting flipped his palm, and a black dragon scale instantly shot toward the sky.
Seeing this, Jing Hongchen's eyes widened. "Not good! That's Di Tian's Reverse Scale!"
Di Tian's Reverse Scale!?
At this moment, everyone from the Sun Moon Empire instantly acted as if they were facing a mortal enemy.
However, to their surprise, this Reverse Scale didn't summon Di Tian. Instead, strange array runes instantly spread outward from the scale as the center, covering the Mingdou Mountain Range.
The next second—Rumble—
The weather drastically changed. The originally clear, cloudless sky was actually covered by dark clouds in less than a single breath, while rolling muffled thunder echoed.
Seeing this, Jing Hongchen and the others were greatly alarmed! "Not good! It's a Heavenly Tribulation!"
To unify the continent, the Sun Moon Empire had collected all the information they could gather to know their enemy. Because of this, the news of a Heavenly Tribulation blocking three Ultimate-tier combatants—the Evil Emperor, Ye Xishui, and the Devil Queen—had naturally been repeatedly studied by the Sun Moon Empire.
The moment the weather changed, they immediately recognized it.
"Dodge!" The Sun Moon Empire experts instantly fled far backward!
Boom—
The very moment they retreated, the thunder tribulation from the heavens poured down. However, this time, the Heavenly Tribulation was different from the ones Chen Junting had set up in the past. It didn't chase after the Sun Moon experts; instead, it descended like a curtain.
Connecting heaven and earth, it turned into a barrier, stretching across the Mingdou Mountain Range.
Those Sun Moon legion soldiers who couldn't retreat in time were naturally enveloped by the descending Heavenly Tribulation, turning into ash in an instant.
Chen Junting looked at this thunderous sky curtain and said, "Let's go!"
"Alright!"
The Seven Kill Sword soared into the air, carrying the two of them as they fled far away.
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