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On the other side, Tongming Taoist was in a rather sorry state, as he was up against a Fire Cultivator who countered him perfectly. But when the Fire Cultivator saw his own side repeatedly taking losses, he wisely retreated along with the Lishui Prefecture cultivators.

Next, the three Sun Sect cultivators in the distance also retreated in frustration, drawing loud laughter from the First Sect cultivators.

"A perfect chance!"

Yu Lian cheered in Wang Ping’s Spirit Sea. She then conjured dense droplets of water out of thin air around two Xia Imperial Family cultivators in front of them who hadn’t yet had a chance to act.

It was her ’Acid Water’!

The next moment, the acid water actually began to vaporize. The two cultivators from the Xia Imperial Family reacted quickly, using some kind of magical artifact to escape and teleporting several miles north just before their Spiritual Bodies could be melted away.

But just as they stabilized themselves, the thick smoke and dust from the volcano began to churn. The sensitivity of Wood Spirit Qi allowed Wang Ping to easily pinpoint their escape direction, and his ’Killing Array’ naturally followed close behind.

One of them summoned a tall tower, a common defense for an Earth Vein Cultivator. However, Wood Spirit is the natural counter to Earth Spirit. The defensive barrier he erected lasted for only two breaths before an iron bamboo sword laced with ’Spiritual Poison’ pierced through it. As it did, the other cultivator activated another teleportation artifact. This time, after stabilizing themselves, they didn’t dare to be arrogant and immediately fled further north.

"Are these guys a joke?"

Yu Lian looked around, using her sensitive Primordial Spirit to scan the surroundings, making sure there were no more hidden assassins.

Wang Ping was also scanning the surroundings with his Primordial Spirit. He had been cautious about this assassination attempt from the start, but he hadn’t expected that aside from the three cultivators from the Sun Sect and one from Lishui Prefecture, all the others were heterodox cultivators.

"They are a pitiful bunch as well."

Huaimo Taoist relaxed the Taoist Family hand seal he was maintaining and said, "The path of a Heterodox Cultivator is much longer than ours. Without absolute luck and conviction, they are destined for a life of mediocrity."

"You seemed to look down on them so much just now. What’s this? Admiring them now?" Wu Quan teased.

"I admire their unwavering will. That doesn’t stop me from looking down on their strength," Huaimo Taoist replied to Wu Quan in a tone that suggested it was perfectly obvious.

"Can’t we get rid of this annoying smoke and dust?" Yu Lian asked, spitting out another water pellet.

"We could, but it would consume a lot of True Essence. It’s not worth it." Wang Ping stared at the surrounding dust, which was growing ever thicker.

The volcano’s crater.

Luo Feng was powerful, but he was ultimately outnumbered. Several cultivators from the First Sect and the Sun Sect had already entered the volcano.

Furthermore, many unidentifiable Third Realm Cultivators had appeared around True Yang Mountain at some unknown time. They were likely coveting the Fire Spirit inside the volcano.

Fortune favors the bold.

There’s never a shortage of adventurers in any era!

’They’re all wearing special masks, afraid of their identities being known,’ Yu Lian communicated to Wang Ping in his Spirit Sea. ’Some of their auras are very familiar. They’re Artifact Cultivators from the Nine Tripods Sect on Shanwu Road.’

"I can already sense the auras of those madmen," Liu Huai’en sent to Wang Ping via voice transmission. The "madmen" he referred to were not the First Sect, but the fanatical destroyers within the Jimin Association.

"Third Realm Cultivators from Chongyuan Mansion and the Nine Heavens Pavilion came this time too. Huh, they’ve left already. It seems they really were just here to watch."

Liu Huai’en said this sentence out loud.

"The Nine Heavens Pavilion is interested in coming here? Hu Mountain Country is a complete mess right now. Instead of being busy mediating, they’re here meddling in other people’s business. In recent years, the Nine Heavens Pavilion has also become untrustworthy," Huaimo Taoist said in his usual cold tone.

’Don’t provoke this old guy in the future,’ Yu Lian warned Wang Ping in his Spirit Sea. ’He’s incredibly powerful. When he used his Divine Power just now, I even felt like he could move heaven and earth!’

The ’old guy’ she was referring to was Huaimo.

"Luo Feng has gone into the crater too!"

Hu Yin had been focused on True Yang Mountain. When her Primordial Spirit sensed Luo Feng’s state, she immediately alerted Wang Ping, implying that he should be the one to decide whether or not to follow and take a look.

The moment she finished speaking, several people dove into the crater. A brief silence fell over the scene, after which a dozen more cultivators plunged inside.

Immediately after, a violent roar echoed from the crater; a fight must have broken out.

Zhi Gong Daoist hadn’t been wrong. There had to be a special Stabilizing Array inside True Yang Mountain; otherwise, it would have been blown apart by these Third Realm Cultivators long ago.

Wang Ping scanned his surroundings. The Nine Tripods Sect cultivators Yu Lian had pointed out earlier were now retreating toward Shanwu Road without a second thought. It seemed they had given up on this conflict.

"We must also go down and lend our support!"

Three nearby First Sect cultivators cupped their fists toward Wang Ping before transforming into three streaks of flame and flying toward the crater.

Wu Quan began to say, "After today, the number of Third Realm slots in the Three Yang True Inheritance will be more than plentiful..." He was only halfway through his sentence when the space in front of Wang Ping distorted without any warning.

Wang Ping subconsciously formed a Spell, and an energy shield from an Armor Talisman enveloped him. At the same time, Yu Lian instantly erected an ice wall shield in front of him.

In that fleeting moment, the distorted space twisted into a black vortex more than twenty feet wide, from which a powerful suction force emanated.

The ice wall shield Yu Lian had erected was shattered by the immense suction force the moment it appeared!

"It’s an Outer Realm Demon!"

Zhi Gong Daoist cried out, her hand forming a rapid series of Spells. She directly channeled the Third Realm of the Earth Cave Sect’s "Great Earth Sutra"—a signature ability also known as the Life and Death Realm: using one’s Primordial Spirit to connect with the life force of the earth.

"Perish!"

She pointed at the black vortex and issued an Imperial Decree.

Following her Imperial Decree, a terrifying surge of energy that was both formless and tangible erupted in the space around the black vortex, spanning heaven and earth as it completely enveloped the anomaly.

"The Earth Vein Power is truly terrifying. It directly strips all life force from that area. Even if a Third Realm Cultivator were to be touched by it accidentally, they would instantly lose most of their life force."

Yu Lian marveled.

While she was marveling, Wang Ping quickly retreated several hundred feet. The suction from the black vortex was growing stronger. At the same time, he positioned the two Golden Armored Puppets at his sides and had his seventy-two iron bamboo swords shifting in formation, ready to strike at a moment’s notice.

Beside him, Liu Huai’en’s smile vanished. His left hand maintained a Spell gesture while his right held a Sealing Crystal Stone, poised to act at any moment.

"You know what that is?" Wang Ping asked.

"Yes!"

Liu Huai’en nodded but didn’t elaborate. It seemed he needed to concentrate at that moment.

The black vortex within the Earth Vein Life and Death Light Curtain was like an illusion, completely unharmed. Before everyone’s astonished eyes, it fired a sharp, grey-black ray of light. The ray flashed past, passed through the Earth Vein’s Life and Death Light Curtain without any resistance, and shot toward Wang Ping’s position.

"Look out!"

"Dodge!"

Zhi Gong Daoist and Hu Yin shouted at the same time.

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