Chapter 121: What You Trampled On / The Path You Have Tread (9)
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"Damn, the weather is annoyingly good."
The head of the Gongmyo n, Gongmyo Ryeong, frowns as she looks at the sky.
The sky is so clear that celestial energy is distinctly visible just by looking up.
And the celestial energy she sees is a great omen of misfortune.
"Damn it, even if they are green and inexperienced, over 200 Core Formation cultivators have gathered, bringing all the power umted by the numerous ns and factions... Despite our meticulous n and prepared traps, the celestial energy still shows great misfortune."
"It can''t be helped. Isnt that just how fearsome Nascent Soul cultivators are?"
Byeok Cheon-gi clicks his tongue as he speaks.
In the middle of the Heaven-Treading Desert, at the sealing site of Yuan Li.
Around the ck castle, hundreds of Core Formation cultivators are positioned.
On the outskirts, Qi Building cultivators carefully selected from each n surround the area.
Above them are warships, massive dharma treasures requiring multiple operators, cannons, and battering rams prepared by each force.
War dharma treasures are also abundantly set up.
"Prepare the Yin Guiding Summoning Wind formation for the Qi Building cultivators!"
At themand of Makli n head Makli Hwang-cheon, the Qi Building cultivators of the Makli n began to gather energy at the back with formation gs.
Rumble, rumble!
Within their formation, terrifying yin energy began to gather, creating a ferocious wind.
"We of the Jin n can''t be inferior! Prepare the White Dragon Spreading Wings Formation and the Yang zing Red me Formation. Show whos superior to those Makli brats!"
Qi Building cultivators of the Jin n gathered to form their formation.
And within, blood-red, fiery mes began to emerge.
The mes of the Jin n, fed by the heat of the scorching Heaven-Treading Desert, grow evenrger than the yin wind collected by the Makli n.
Seeing this, Makli Hwang-cheon''s eyes twitch, and an elder of the Makli n notices it.
The elder of Makli n gestures to a lower-ranked elder, who, with a flushed face, turns and shouts.
"Expand the yin windrger than the Jin brats! If you properly increase the yin wind, each of you will receive three Life Spirit Pills! But if you fall behind them, expect something very interesting to happen!"
Rumble, rumble!
As soon as he finished speaking, the yin wind of Makli n shook off the desert''s heat and grew evenrger.
In response, the Jin n also increased their mes, and both nspetitively erged their unique formation methods.
Seeing this, Cheongmun Jung-jin chuckles.
"Those two ns, when put together, are never boring."
"Oh my, Cheongmun Orabeoni speaks the truth. If our two ns join forces, there would indeed never be a dull moment"
"Jinlu n head, please choose your words carefully."
"Hmph, there''s still time before Serving Command Pce appears, can''t we rx and chat a bit?"
Jinlu n head, Jinlu Yeon-cheon, a voluptuous beauty dressed in a ck robe with blue eye makeup, retorts.
"And how is the union of ns a personal matter? Isnt it a matter of public interest? Orabeoni?"
"Hmm, Yeon-cheon. The heads of the six ns of Shengzi are ring at us. What will you do if internal strife breaks out before the war?"
"Hmph, Ha n, Geo n, Jun n, Yeoljeon n, Ori n, Jeon n. Evenbined, they cant match the Jinlu n, so what do they know? Let''s not talk about such trivial matters, Orabeoni. Can''t you treat me as you used to?"
Cheongmun Jung-jin rubs his forehead as if in pain, then hardens his face and speaks.
"Jinliu n head, please return to your position."
"Think about it, Orabeoni. The bloodline of the great Cheongmun n, descended from Azure Tiger Saint Cheongmun Sunwoo,bined with Jinlu n, the founding ancestors of Shengzi"
"Enough! I will not permit further idle talk. As the Alliance Leader, I order the Jinlu n head to return to her position. Any further and it will be dealt with as a military matter!"
"Hmph. Very well, Alliance Leader. I hope you think it over."
Jinlu Yeon-cheon winks at Cheongmun Jung-jin and returns to her position with a broad smile.
Cheongmun Jung-jin presses his head as if in pain.
"Anyway, why isnt Cultivator Seo here yet"
He asks Byeok Cheon-gi, who had been subtly sticking close to Gongmyo Ryeong.
"Byeok n head, didnt a Core Formation cultivator of the Byeok n go to fetch Cultivator Seo?"
"Ah... About that."
Just then.
Kugugugugu!
From the east of the Heaven-Treading Desert, a shadow enveloped in a mass of darkness flies towards the sealing site of Yuan Li.
Wo-woong!
Dark curse spells burst out in all directions.
Within the center of those curse spells, the shadow looks around.
[It seems I''m not toote.]
Poof!
Following the shadow, Byeok Mun-seong promptly approaches Byeok Cheon-gi and greets him respectfully.
"I greet you, n head. The mission has been aplished."
"Oh, is that so? Well done. Haha, Alliance Leader. It looks like everyone we were waiting for has arrived."
"That''s right..."
The shadow wrapped in dark curses, Seo Eun-hyun.
The Eastern Lord, wrapped in white bandages, Manli Minp.
The confident head of the Byeok n in a blue and white robe, Byeok Cheon-gi.
The three stepped forward in front of Cheongmun Jung-jin.
"You all must be familiar with the n, so I have nothing specific to tell you. However, I would advise all three of you to keep visualizing the situation in your minds."
"Understood."
Byeok Cheon-gi replies, but Seo Eun-hyun and Manli Minp just nod their heads.
"And also as Serving Command Pce will appear soon, ept this in advance."
Cheongmun Jung-jin hands over storage artifacts to Byeok Cheon-gi and Manli Minp.
"I have put the liquor in the storage artifacts."
"Ha, truly immortal liquor. Just drinking it temporarily enhances all sorts of abilities."
Byeok Cheon-gi admires the liquor inside the storage artifact, and Manli Minp, without a word, immediately takes out the liquor and drinks it on the spot.
Kooong!
After drinking all the renowned immortal liquors, Manli Minp''s momentum transforms.
Koong!
His cultivation seems to surge momentarily, and he takes a deep breath.
"Good, it''s only for a short time, but"
"Then, Byeok n head"
"Ah, I''ll drink mine before activating the Heaven-Striking Talisman."
"Do as you wish."
Cheongmun Jung-jin''s gaze turns to Seo Eun-hyun.
"Cultivator Seo, are you drinking it now?"
Seo Eun-hyun, within the curse spells, nods his head.
[I''ve been drinking while waiting.]
"Lets hope the n proceeds well"
Cheongmun Jung-jin finishes speaking and gathers his energy with a solemn expression.
Then he looks up at the sky.
All the Core Formation and Qi Building cultivators present are looking up at the sky.
Seo Eun-hyun gazes not at the sky but at Yuan Li''s castle.
Manli Minp takes out arge cannon from his storage artifact and begins inserting spirit stones into the back of it.
Byeok Cheon-gi infuses his energy into the Heaven-Striking Talisman.
While everyone is calcting the celestial energy and timing while looking up at the sky,
"It''s time!"
Gongmyo Ryeong shouts loudly.
"Liberation Pce"
One of the Eastern Lords mutters in a low voice.
"Serving Command Pce appears."
One of the tribal chiefs from the Northern Grasnds hardens their face.
Kugugugugu!
The void distorts, and a cylindrical pce, drifting through another dimension, enters the physical realm.
Kugugugugu!
Simultaneously, numerous cultivators present feel the surrounding heaven and earth energy shift.
The energy of Liberation.
What is blocked opens up.
What is sealed is released.
The being confined is set free.
The one sleeping awakens.
Creak, creak, creak!
Gongmyo n''s secret formation.
The Eight Trigrams Spirit Absorbing Sealing Formation that connected and sealed the nearby dragon veins.
Within the formation, streams of red energy begin to burst forth.
Rumble!
Simultaneously, numerous cultivators feel the pressure of spiritual energy and stiffen their faces.
The entity within is striving to break free from its confinement
Liberation Pce fully enters the physical world, anchoring itself.
And with it, the nearby heaven and earth energy begins to assimte more of the energy of Liberation.
Crack, crack!
Blood-red light begins to crack and break through the formation.
The entire arid desert starts to resonate with the scent of blood.
Ssshh...
Blood mist flows through the cracks.
Crack, crack, crack!
Gradually, the sealing formation begins to crumble.
A Core Formation cultivator swallows hard.
Kugugugugu!
The formation breaks into pieces, and the heaven and earth spiritual energy that formed it visibly scatters in all directions.
And finally.
Wo-woong!
The sealing formation ispletely broken.
A blood-red hue spreads across the world, and the entire desert bes soaked in the smell of blood.
Swoosh!
The ck castle is shrouded in a chilling bloodmist.
From within its depth, a figure emerges step by step.
A blood-red robe.
Grayish-white hair.
Hands with deep, wrinkled skin.
And a face still hidden behind a bizarre, translucent ck mask.
Its Yuan Li, the Bloodwood Practitioner.
[Have you been well?]
Kugugugugugu!
The 400 Core Formation and Qi Building cultivators gathered in the area felt suffocated from just that one sentence.
"Nascent Soul"
Cheongmun Jung-jin trembles as he tries to gauge his cultivation level.
"Middle stage"
Byeok Cheon-gi''s face darkens.
"Did he form both the Yin Spirit and Yang Spirit? Has he managed to freely merge and separate Yin and Yang Spirits in the middle stage of Nascent Soul?"
[No need to fear.]
Seo Eun-hyun interrupts Byeok Cheon-gi.
Ssssh...
Dark curse spells spread around him.
The blood mist could not prate the world formed by the ck curses.
[He boasted he would reach thete stage of Nascent Soul, but he only managed to reach the middle stage. Isnt he ashamed to not keep his word as a Nascent Soul cultivator?]
Kugugugugu
The dark curse spells bubble and, upon touching the blood mist, causes it to rot and fall to the desert.
[Come at me, Yuan Li. Today you die.]
[What''s this? It doesn''t feel like devilish arts, but it certainly looks like it. Has he mastered a method derived from devilish arts?]
Yuan Li paid no attention to Seo Eun-hyun''s words and just observed him.
[Interesting, an impudent fellow. But there seems to be a misunderstanding]
I speak to Manli Minp.
[Begin the attack.]
Manli Minp nods and aims his cannon at Yuan Li, who is in the midst of his speech.
The hundreds of spirit stones he had inserted into the cannon glow at once.
And then.
sh!!!
A blue beam shoots towards Yuan Li.
For a moment, the world turns into night as the beam draws in all the rays of the sun.
Boom!
Sound follows btedly, shaking everything around.
Ssssh...
A cloud of dust rises.
Manli Minp speaks as if hopeful.
"We got him"
[Thats unlikely. Makli n and Jin n, and all other ns, unleash your attacks!]
Cheongmun Jung-jin conveys my words all around.
Then, the Qi Building cultivators of Makli n release their prepared Yin Guiding Summoning Wind Formation towards Yuan Li.
Jin n also simultaneouslyunches their Yang zing Red me Formation at him.
Several Qi Building cultivators use the power of their formations tounch a wide-area attack at the lone entity.
"We hit
[No, we didnt. The real battle starts now, so everyone, be ready.]
I pour out more curse spells while looking into the dust cloud.
And then, blood-red pierces through the dust.
Cheongmun Jung-jin''s voice echoes from behind.
"Disperse!!!"
Boom!
A bloody red beam shoots towards our location.
And as the dust settles.
Kugugugug!
Above the ck castle.
There stood Yuan Li, unharmed, with thousands of ck and red jiangshi lined up beneath him.
All his dharma treasures and artifacts are naturally on disy, exhibiting their might.
Standing there,
Yuan Li holds an unfamiliar blood-colored leaf fan in one hand.
[200 years was not a short time for me or for you. Let''s have some fun]
Whir!
He raises the blood-colored leaf fan.
And then.
Boom!
As he waves the leaf fan, a bloody wind mixed with the blood mist spreads in all directions, pushing back the entire alliance of Core Formation cultivators.
Trantor Notes: And so it begins Extra donated chapter by mjspixel and Heavenly Sword Demon. Thanks for the support!
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