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While the group was talking, three people from the First Sect also joined the fray. However, the cultivators from the Sun Sect were stubborn and refused to join forces with them. Or rather, they didn’t want the First Sect’s cultivators to snatch an easy victory, which threw the area around the volcano into chaos.

The ignited Spiritual Qi set the sky near True Yang Mountain ablaze. Parts of the conflagration inevitably drifted, spreading farther away and falling toward the ground. Without the protection of the Barrier Formation, the surface of True Yang Mountain was quickly set on fire. The crimson mountain melted directly into lava, which began to flow downhill.

Next was the Inspiration Realm. The affected Spirit Bodies let out ear-piercing shrieks. Influenced by the frenzied aura of the fire spirits, they grew agitated and began to devour each other at an accelerated rate. Some transformed directly into twisted fire-spirit forms.

Finally, a thick mass of fire spirits enveloped the volcano, intensifying the acrid smell of sulfur. The smoke from the raging flames turned black, completely obscuring the sky. It was as if night had fallen in an instant, accompanied by layer upon layer of thick smoke that blocked all sight.

"Fire spirits really are disgusting!"

Yu Lian said, annoyed. She then opened her mouth and spat out a breath of Water Spirit Qi, clearing away the billowing smoke and flames.

Ganxing frowned. "I haven’t formed a Primordial Spirit yet. This place is extremely disadvantageous for me!"

Wang Ping immediately replied, "Then you should retreat for now. I’ll leave the disciples from the southern sects in your care!"

Although Artifact Cultivators were ferocious fighters under normal circumstances, they had many weaknesses. The lack of a Primordial Spirit Consciousness was their greatest fatal flaw.

After cupping his fist in thanks, Ganxing immediately descended and fell back.

"Fellow Daoist Huaimo, go support Fellow Daoist Wu."

"Yes!" The two switched positions as they spoke.

"Someone’s coming!"

"I see them!"

At the very front, the giant metal fan floating before Tongming Wanderer spun rapidly, releasing twelve cones engraved with Golden Spirit Runes that hovered at his sides.

Beside him, the Mountain Guard opened his left hand, and more than ten white metal spheres began to circle around him. He then performed a spell with his right hand, causing the bloodline power within him to resonate with the spheres. It seemed as if they would explode at any moment.

This was the "Spiritual Burst Technique," an ability awakened by the Sheep Demon race after condensing a "Fake Pill." A Sheep Demon’s Qi Sea, where the Fake Pill was stored, was immense and could produce a special kind of bloodline energy. This energy would explode upon resonating with Spiritual Qi. Clearly, the Mountain Guard had added some extra ingredients to his explosion.

"Halt!"

Tongming Wanderer’s hands formed a spell, and the cones circling before him shot out in streaks of golden light, intercepting the approaching group. This group was a strange mix, consisting of nine cultivators in total from the Sun Sect, the Shangjing City Court, the Xia Imperial Family, and Linshui Prefecture.

"Hmph!"

A Fire Cultivator from the opposing side charged forward, flicking two flaming longswords to parry the metal cones. He then coordinated with a cultivator from Linshui Prefecture to engage Tongming and the Mountain Guard.

Following close behind were three Sun Sect cultivators. Their target was clear—they headed straight for Wang Ping. Just as Wu Quan and Zhi Gong were about to move to intercept, three figures shot in from a distance.

"They’re on our side!"

Wang Ping sent a mental transmission to those beside him. The newcomers were three cultivators from the First Sect. Honoring their agreement, they intercepted the Sun Sect cultivators.

At that moment, a Gold Cultivator from the Shangjing City Court swallowed an elixir, causing Gold Spirit Qi to spread throughout his body. He roared, "We only have one chance! Attack together and kill Changqing!"

"You’re courting death!"

Wang Ping formed a spell with his hands, and seventy-two iron bamboo swords materialized around him. He then summoned the two Golden Armored Puppets that Zi Luan had given him. They now had their own designations: ’Jia-One’ and ’Jia-Two’.

Yu Lian, on his shoulder, transformed into a two-zhang-long creature and coiled around him. Mystical runes shimmered with a green light on her layers of scales, and her vertical pupils were filled with killing intent as she stared at the five remaining enemies, who were itching to make a move.

The first to charge were two Gold Cultivators sent by the Court. They likely hadn’t practiced the orthodox Mystic Sect’s Golden Body Six Techniques, as they couldn’t use ’Rend,’ the most powerful Third Realm ability of the techniques.

"How dare practitioners of a lesser art try to show off before an expert!"

Huaimo Taoist was the first to act. Waves of platinum-colored immortal energy radiated from his body as a Profound Light materialized behind him. With a gentle flick of the duster in his right hand, he raised his left and pointed a finger into the void.

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A streak of green light flashed, followed by the echo of it tearing through the air.

The green light seemed to pierce through space itself. With a crisp, ringing clang of metal, the chest of one of the Court’s Gold Cultivator’s Spiritual Body was pierced straight through.

The next moment, several more streaks of green light appeared. Before the Gold Cultivator could even react, his Spiritual Body had disintegrated. His remaining Primordial Spirit subconsciously tried to flee.

"The Saints are merciful. Alas, I have broken the precept against killing again today."

Huaimo Taoist made a Taoist gesture and sighed with a look of pure compassion on his face. His gaze then fell upon the other charging Gold Cultivator. Terrified, the man stopped in his tracks, collected his companion’s remains, and prepared to retreat.

But just then, a resonant voice boomed across the sky: "Suppress!"

It was Wu Quan, who had deployed the tall tower by his side to use the ’Mountain Suppressing Technique’. The ’Mountain Suppressing Technique’ of a Three Realm Earth Vein Cultivator was truly like a great mountain crashing down upon the retreating Gold Cultivator, causing both his Spiritual Body and Primordial Spirit to plummet toward the ground.

The impact from the ’Mountain Suppressing Technique’ created a vacuum in the roiling smoke and dust, and the tremors in the ground caused the entire True Yang Mountain to shake.

Zuo Xuan, who had just retreated to Sanshui City, hadn’t even had a chance to catch her breath and take stock of the casualties. The sudden eruption of battle on True Yang Mountain made her heart tremble. As the entire mountain shook, she saw an invisible pressure descend from the sky, pass through the vast clouds of dust, and crush a peak on the southern face of True Yang Mountain, leaving a perfectly round crater in the ground.

And all of this happened in the blink of an eye!

Then she saw—no, all the retreated Second Realm Cultivators, as well as the Entering Cultivators and Foundation Establishment Cultivators maintaining the green light barrier, saw a figure get utterly crushed by that pressure.

"That was a Third Realm Cultivator, wasn’t it?" someone asked subconsciously.

BOOM!

BOOM!

The answer came in the form of successive explosions, booming from within the thick cloud cover.

Zuo Xuan then saw the ’Armor Talisman’ on her body activate on its own. A metal particle the size of a fingernail struck the light barrier formed by the talisman, and the powerful inertia sent her flying backward.

Fortunately, Liu Shuang, who was beside her, noticed in time and reached out to stop Zuo Xuan’s body.

’Is this the kind of opponent Master has to face?’

Liu Shuang murmured to herself as she waved a hand, levitating the metallic particle that had fallen to the ground into her palm.

It was a very ordinary metal particle.

This was a product of the Mountain Guard’s ’Spiritual Burst Technique’. The bloodline power gathered in the Qi Sea of a Demon Pill Realm expert could, upon reacting with Spiritual Qi, generate enough energy to tear space itself. When the fine metal particles scattered with the explosion, the cultivator from Linshui Prefecture was worn out just trying to dodge them.

After more than ten metal spheres had exploded, the cultivator from Linshui Prefecture had been forced into a steady retreat.

But the Mountain Guard was composed. He glanced back at Wang Ping’s position and, after mentally repeating his most important task, did not give chase.

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