Qingyunzi’s flying swords penetrated another guard’s armor like torrential rain, leaving dozens of bloody holes on his body.
The Great Elder of the All-Law Sect used a restrictive spell to trap the third guard in a distorted space. The guard struggled desperately in the space, his limbs twisted like pretzels due to the distorted space.
Even though the golden-armored guards were all rank nine True Gods, they suffered heavy casualties from the combined attacks of the three experts.
The remaining guards began to tighten their defenses, staying close to the Heavenly Venerate’s carriage and not daring to leave.
The Heavenly Venerate’s face turned deathly pale.
While repelling David’s sword energy, he turned around and roared towards both sides: “Xuanbing Sect Master! Shengguang Palace Master! How much longer are you going to stand there? Move now!”
Venerable Xuanbing stood on the Xuanbing Chariot, his ice-like blue robe remaining motionless.
He glanced at the battle in the square, then at Venerable Holy Light.
The Holy Light Venerable was also looking at him, with a mysterious smile still on his lips.
The two looked at each other for a moment, then turned their heads together to look at Venerable Tianji.
“Lord of the Heavenly Palace.”
Venerable Xuanbing’s voice was as cold as ten thousand year old ice, “Didn’t we agree that you would lead the attack and we would work together? You haven’t even barged in, and you’re already asking us to act. This isn’t exactly what we agreed on.”
Venerable Holy Light nodded, his tone as gentle as an old neighbor, “Pavilion Master is right. Heavenly Palace Master, you said you could barge in. If we act rashly, it would be against the rules. Just hold on a little longer, and once you barge in, we will naturally follow.”
“You guys” Venerable Tianji’s eyes almost spat fire, “If I lose, none of you will escape!”
Venerable Xuanbing didn’t answer, but just smiled.
That smile was cold, colder than the eternal ice he had.
The fighting in the square continued.
The casualties in Tianji Palace had exceeded 1,200 people, and the remaining less than 1,800 people were trapped in a corner of the square, surrounded by enemies.
Guiyuanzi, Qingyunzi, and the Great Elder of Wanfamen joined forces to destroy the last line of defense of Tianji Palace, layer by layer.
Breaking through the defenses was no longer possible; The encirclement tightened, and any Tianji Palace cultivator who tried to break through would be hit by at least three different attacks simultaneously within three breaths.
Meanwhile, Venerable Tianji himself was being hugged tightly by David.
The holy light on the golden spear was somewhat dim, and the tip of the spear was filled with holes and scratches burned by chaotic flames.
The power of chaos eroded his holy light, weakened his defenses, and drained his spiritual power with every battle.
Sweat trickled down his forehead. A peak level three Gold Immortal had been forced to this point by a level seven True Immortal. This was the greatest humiliation he had ever suffered in tens of thousands of years.
“Mystic Ice! Holy Light!”
The Heavenly Venerate’s voice had turned into a roar, hoarse and mixed with almost imperceptible panic, “Are you guys really going to stand by and watch me die?!”
Venerable Xuanbing and Venerable Shengguang remained motionless.
They stood quietly on the edge of the battlefield, watching the Heavenly Palace army struggling in a pool of blood, and watching the Heavenly Venerable being pushed step by step into a desperate situation by David’s Chaos Fire.
Their faces were expressionless, but their eyes shone with the same cunning—the light of calculation, the patience of waiting for an opportunity, and the cruelty of a praying mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it.
The Heavenly Venerate finally understood.
The two old foxes never intended to help him from the start.
They waited for him to die.
After he died, the Heavenly Palace’s territory, resources, and cultivation techniques, as well as the supreme treasures he coveted on the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, would all be theirs.
However, he realized it too late.
The Heavenly Venerate stood atop a destroyed chariot, his golden robe charred with dozens of black holes from the chaotic flames, revealing an equally tattered golden armor beneath him.
His hand split open at the base of his thumb, and golden blood flowed from the gun barrel, dripping onto the cracked stone slab with a sizzling, burning sound.
All eight heavenly horses had perished. Some of his internal organs were shattered by the shockwave, while others were scorched to ashes by the chaotic flames. The corpse of the last heavenly horse hung half from the broken chariot axle, its eyes wide open, dying with its eyes still open.
Behind him, the Heavenly Palace formation had shrunk to less than three hundred feet.
Two thousand two hundred cultivators were attacked from three sides on the Wan Yao Ridge, and more than half died. Less than a thousand people remained, huddled back to back, their shields shattered, their spears broken, and their spiritual energy nearly depleted.
Their armor was covered in blood and mud, making it difficult to tell whether it was their own blood and mud or that of their comrades.
The field was littered with their corpses. Some had been torn apart by the Guiyuan Sect’s sword formation, some had been embedded in the ground by the Qingyun Sword Sect’s flying swords, and some had been scorched to charcoal by the Wanfa Sect’s restrictions.
Blood dripped through the cracks in the stone slabs, eventually pooling in the low-lying areas of the square, forming a pool of thick, dark red blood.
Dozens of seriously injured cultivators struggled in pools of blood, reaching out for help, but no one could pull them up.
FAQ NovelQ: What is the Qingyun Ten Thousand Swords Formation?A: The Qingyun Ten Thousand Swords Formation, as described, is a devastating technique employed by the Qingyun Sword Sect that unleashes a torrential downpour of sharp swords, imbued with their unique sword Qi, to overwhelm enemy defenses.Q: How are the Heavenly Palace cultivators being outmaneuvered?A: The Heavenly Palace cultivators are being systematically outmaneuvered through a combination of the Qingyun Sword Sect’s relentless sword attacks, the All Laws Sect’s constricting magical nets and escape route traps, and the Thousand Demon Ridge’s advantageous use of terrain and formations, forcing them into a confined and lethal battleground.The tides of battle have turned, leaving one faction scrambling for survival against an onslaught of combined forces.
FAQ Novel
Q: What formidable forces are converging against the Heavenly Palace in this chapter?
A: The Heavenly Palace faces a combined assault from the Qingyun Sword Sect, the All Laws Sect, and the Thousand Demon Ridge, each employing devastating tactics.
Q: How is the Qingyun Sword Sect specifically impacting the battle?
A: The Qingyun Sword Sect is unleashing its “Ten Thousand Swords Returning to Origin Formation,” creating a suffocating rain of sharp flying swords infused with Qingyun Sword Qi, tearing through the Heavenly Palace’s defenses.
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