Eternal Life Begins with Learning

Chapter 330: Chapter 302: When the Tree Falls, the Monkeys Scatter

Since they were already injured, the longer they held on, the more severe their injuries would become.

The more gravely injured the Nascent Soul existences were, the more the strategic balance would... tilt.

Once it was completely lost...

Chu Mu couldn’t help but glance again at the faint figures in the sky. They stood high in the clouds, looking down upon Jingmen.

’Are they waiting for the Grand Array to fall, or for it to exhaust the Nascent Souls’ power...’

’Then Jingmen... is waiting for reinforcements?’

The thought flashed through his mind. He pursed his lips, scanned his surroundings, and fixed his gaze once more upon the City Defense Array before him.

Array Prohibition Inscriptions swirled about it. Water and fire worked in harmony, threads of fiery red and pale blue intertwining with the dazzling lights from outside. The barrier rippled with power. If one ignored the carnage outside the city, it would have been a truly beautiful sight.

"Your Clan, don’t you have a plan for retreat?"

As his thoughts churned, he looked at Xie Ning beside him, the renowned genius of the Jingmen Artifact Hall. He sent her a telepathic message, asking the question as if it were a casual one.

Xie Ning froze. Her lost expression seemed to gain a hint of unease. Her lips parted as if to speak, but in the end, she remained silent.

Seeing her reaction, Chu Mu understood. Whether it was the Righteous Alliance or the Xie Family, in a situation like this, they must have a plan to retreat and preserve their Primordial Energy.

And Xie Ning undoubtedly knew it.

But she was likely bound by an oath or some other restriction, preventing her from revealing it.

’But with the army besieging the city, how could they possibly retreat?’

As far as he knew, Jingmen City had a Teleportation Array leading to the rear, but with an army laying siege, it would surely be sealed off and the space around it disrupted.

Using the Teleportation Array would be suicide.

None of the remaining escape methods could possibly get past the Longevity Sect outside the city...

After a moment’s thought, he pushed the idea to the back of his mind. When the time came that all was lost, with a city as large as Jingmen and with so many Cultivators, the chaos would be unprecedented. In that kind of situation, being alone would be his best chance to escape.

If the Righteous Alliance managed to turn the tide in this battle, that would be another story entirely. He might even be able to make a fortune from the war.

With his thoughts swirling, he patted Wangcai, who was crouching beside him, then turned and continued along the city wall.

The stalemate in this rapidly escalating war lasted far longer than Chu Mu had anticipated.

The Longevity Sect’s army was at the gates. Every second of every minute, formations gathered outside the city, their endless, dazzling lights clashing with Jingmen’s Guardian Array.

High in the sky, the three Longevity Flying Boats relentlessly poured firepower down upon Jingmen City.

Below the city walls, blood had completely stained the earth. Looking down from the ramparts revealed a scene from Hell.

Crimson blood flowed and pooled in the craters. Severed limbs were scattered everywhere.

As long as the Grand Array stood, the war was cruel and bloody for the Longevity Sect Cultivators below.

For the Righteous Alliance Cultivators inside the city, the war also felt like a massacre—a one-sided slaughter they could inflict at no cost to themselves.

It wasn’t until the fifth day that the war finally seemed to reach a turning point.

However, this turning point seemed to be...

The dazzling lights that filled the sky and the continuous roar had ceased.

Inside and outside the city, every Cultivator’s gaze was now fixed upon the heavens.

The Longevity Flying Boats had retreated to the horizon. In the sky, Spiritual Qi of various colors and Attributes surged like a tide.

Bursts of Spiritual Qi rippled outward, like exploding clouds etched into the sky.

Several figures flickered and teleported across the sky. With a single wave of their hands, they unleashed Divine Power that roiled a vast expanse of the heavens.

The terrifying Spiritual Pressure that leaked out was enough to make one tremble, even with the Grand Array’s protection.

A dead silence fell both inside and outside the city. All eyes were glued to the terrifying Nascent Soul Battle unfolding in the sky!

But at this moment, the Cultivators of the two powers—inside and outside the city—had completely different feelings.

Outside the city, there was palpable excitement and joy.

Inside the city, there was a deathly silence and unspeakable despair.

The power of the Nascent Soul Realm was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

But in the Nascent Soul Battle before them, three Nascent Soul Cultivators from the Longevity Sect were ganging up on one from the Righteous Alliance.

The extent of their power was on full display.

There was no need to imagine the outcome. It was clear to the naked eye that the Righteous Alliance’s Nascent Soul Great Power was in grave danger, facing constant peril under the siege of three Longevity Sect Nascent Soul Great Powers.

"Xu Lingtian, are you really going to slaughter us all?"

In the sky, the Righteous Alliance’s Nascent Soul Great Power dodged wretchedly as he let out a sharp cry.

"Instead of hoping for our mercy, why don’t you hope for those two cowards to come out and help you?"

The leading man from the Longevity Sect, who carried a sword on his back, had a cold expression.

"You won’t escape today, and those two cowards won’t live either!"

"When you schemed to ruin my path to the Dao, you should have expected this outcome!"

As he spoke, the man drew his sword. Sword Qi shot into the sky, and an endless ringing of blades echoed across the heavens.

The clouds and the halos of fissuring Spiritual Qi were shattered by the sword’s light. At a glance, it looked as if the very sky had been broken.

The man held his sword high. As he raised the blade, a terrifying aura pressed down on the world. The faces of every Cultivator in the city flushed red, as if they were enduring immense and terrifying pressure.

"Xu Lingtian, don’t force my hand!"

The Righteous Alliance Nascent Soul’s face was filled with terror, his voice lacking confidence as he shouted the threat.

"Hmph!"

The man snorted coldly and swung his sword down. A flash of sword light split the entire sky in two.

And at the end of that spreading light was the Nascent Soul Great Power...

"If you want my life, then you can all die with me!"

Following his nearly crazed roar, a speck of light appeared. In an instant, the speck transformed, and a brilliant radiance spread out, as dazzling as a blazing sun.

BOOM!

An earth-shattering roar. Blinding light covered the entire sky.

A world-destroying wave of Spiritual Qi swept across heaven and earth.

The hovering Flying Boats and the countless Puppetry Tools outside the city were all utterly destroyed in the cataclysmic explosion.

The Jingmen City Defense Array, which had held firm for days against countless Attacks, lasted for only a moment against the sweeping wave of Spiritual Qi before it shattered with a deafening crash.

At the same time, from the central manor in the city, two beams of light shot into the sky and vanished over the horizon in an instant.

Amidst the brilliant light, a sword suddenly cried out. A streak of sword light tore through the sky, chasing after the two beams.

Behind the sword light, the other two Nascent Soul Great Powers from the Longevity Sect were clearly in a wretched state.

Their clothes were torn and stained with blood.

But they reacted just as quickly. Following the sword light, they too vanished into the clouds in a mere instant.

The Nascent Soul Battle seemed to be over.

But its aftershocks continued.

After the City Defense Array shattered, the surging wave of Spiritual Qi crashed directly into the towering city walls like a tsunami.

The majestic walls only held for a breath or two before visible cracks spread rapidly across their surface.

CRACK! CRACK...

"Go!"

Chu Mu stood on the wall, his face ashen, his eyes filled with the madness of a cornered man.

He snatched up Wangcai, summoned one Puppet after another to shield his front, and activated his Magic Robe, Shield, and every Defense Technique he had. With all his defenses enveloping him, he fled frantically toward the city’s interior.

But it seemed his reaction was a little too late.

In just one or two seconds, the hideous cracks that had appeared on the wall interlinked, and in the next moment, the wall crumbled with a thunderous roar.

Dust and rubble flew, but in an instant, they were engulfed by the surging tide of Spiritual Qi, which swept over the walls and into the city like an apocalyptic storm.

The Array of the Four Symbols lasted less than a second before all four Cyan Wolf Puppets disintegrated.

His Guard Puppets threw themselves in front of him one after another like moths to a flame, only to be shattered by the relentless tide of Spiritual Qi.

Fortunately, these multiple layers of obstruction weakened the blast and bought Chu Mu a precious moment to fight for his life.

The Divine Wind Boots on his feet, which he had already reforged into a Top Grade Spiritual Artifact, erupted with power once more. In an instant, his entire body shot forward hundreds of meters, as if by Instant Teleportation.

After a few flickers, although the sweeping wave of Spiritual Qi was still getting closer, he was lucky that the city was full of buildings, most of which were protected by layers of Array Prohibitions.

Although these Array Prohibitions were insignificant against the immense wave of Spiritual Qi, each one served as another obstacle.

From the City Defense Array, to the majestic city walls that had become mere Artifacts, to the layers of Array Prohibitions within the city, and the last desperate struggles of countless Cultivators...

This world-destroying tide of Spiritual Qi finally dissipated after destroying a vast area outside Jingmen and leveling more than half of Jingmen City.

The once-mighty city had been reduced to rubble.

Chu Mu stood amidst the ruins, his face showing only the relief of having survived a catastrophe.

A Nascent Soul’s self-destruction...

’Terrifying! Absolutely terrifying!’

He didn’t dare to think back on it, but the ruins of more than half of Jingmen City before him, and the mountain range outside the city that had been completely flattened...

All of it was clear proof... of a near-apocalyptic terror!

He felt something wet on his cheek and looked up at the sky. The once-dazzling heavens were now an eerie, blood-red color.

The Nascent Soul’s self-destruction had sent a wave of Spiritual Qi sweeping across the world, stirring up the blood that had accumulated for days and annihilating countless Cultivators.

And now, as the terrifying wave dissipated, all that churned-up blood, under the influence of the East Lake Water Vein, had turned into... a rain of blood!

Blood rained from the sky as a sickening stench rolled through the air.

Looking toward the horizon, he could see the Longevity Flying Boats and countless figures in white robes slowly emerging.

The true close-quarters combat had not yet begun.

But the outcome of the war for Jingmen was already sealed.

Many Righteous Alliance Cultivators had survived inside Jingmen City, a great many in fact.

But at this moment, not a single one was putting up a fight. They were all scattering like birds and beasts, like... monkeys fleeing a fallen tree.

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