The middle-aged man named Shen Jiu raised his hand and a red astral wind engulfed the world. It blew away Boundless Lord in its smoke form.
The lord wailed in agony, wanting to materialize again but couldn’t, eventually being blown away and losing its soul.
“Crimson wind of death.” Feiyun murmured and knew the man’s ident.i.ty.
This was an ability only available to mighty cultivators.
“Daring to disobey my decree, death awaits you.” Shen Jiu said calmly but his aura was raging towards Feng Feiyun: “What a mighty aura, but that’s only in appearance.”
He waved his hand again to release another crimson wind, blowing away the gigantic phoenix.
It felt as if a star had just struck him. Feiyun spat out a mouthful of blood and was reverted to his original appearance. He fell out of the sky and landed in the citadel, creating a huge pit.
The middle-aged man was powerful indeed. Feiyun would have been turned to ashes without his divine armor.
“Oh?” The man was surprised to see Feiyun surviving.
“Greetings, Sacred Palace Lord.” The Enlightened Beings from Sacred Spirit flew back and kneeled on one knee in front of the man.
Enlightened Beings were arrogant and proud. Alas, this group was showing their subservient before a true master.
He came and immediately injured Feng Feiyun and Supreme, also eliminating Boundless Lord. These top characters couldn’t handle one blow from him.
No one dared to act recklessly including the ones hiding in the shadow. Grand Southern fell into a hush; it was as if time itself was frozen.
“Heaven’s Emergence?” Bi Ningshuai rubbed his eyes. This land was more frightening than his expectation. This middle-aged man could kill him with one palm.
“Not yet or my soul would have been obliterated earlier.” Feiyun’s chest was still bleeding. He took off the divine armor.
Though it took the brunt of the attack earlier, some remnant waves still seeped through and caused serious injuries.
His spirit energy was depleted and the wound made it worse. He had to eat a spirit fruit in order to recover at a fast rate.
He looked back and saw fog and mist engulfing half of the citadel. This was the body creation stage. Unfortunately, Sacred Palace Lord was here in person to stop her.
On the other hand, Supreme had blood runes all over her body, on the verge of collapsing.
Yao Ji and Heavenly Witchcraft G.o.ddess resorted to their most powerful barrier technique to protect the city.
Everything would be fine as long as the Evil Woman could make it through the fifth transformation.
“G.o.ddess, I respect the Witch G.o.d and do not wish to kill you. Stand aside.” Sacred Palace Lord and his men walked towards the citadel. Clouds and lightning bolts condensed above them.
The energies of the world moved alongside him, resulting in destructive images.
The G.o.ddess took out her tree and planted it in the citadel. Thick, steel-like roots looked like dragons. Branches and leaves covered up the area. Waves of light emanated from the tree to protect the citadel.
“A calamity is coming that will wipe out all inhabitants in this land. Not even a tile will remain, only the Evil Woman might be able to stop it.” The G.o.ddess looked spiritual. She had perfect, glowing white skin with red mists shrouding her face.
“It’s useless, I’ve severed the spirit veins underground. She can’t do it.” The lord revealed this terrible news.
This meant that the Evil Woman wouldn’t be able to gather enough spirit energy to break through and would die as a result.
The palace lord reversed the tide and dealt with the issue, fully stopping all possibilities.
However, Feiyun knew that the Evil Woman had the Daomization Stone which should be enough. He said: “You’re strong but still no match for Yama!”
“Sacred Spirit Palace will be leaving this area after today. We prepared long ago.” The lord revealed.
“Then why are you still stopping the Evil Woman?” Feiyun became confused.
“Because of Immeasurable Tower, a legendary saint artifact actually here in Jin. If she didn’t drag it out from Wanxiang, I wouldn’t have sensed its presence. Maybe with it, I’ll be able to defeat Yama and we won’t have to leave.” The lord clearly recognized the tower’s background.
This was a saint artifact written in the records of the daoist faction. Just obtaining one part of it was enough for him to dominate.
Of course, the moment he obtained it, he would eliminate everyone in order to stop this information from spreading.
He stopped speaking and used a power to destroy the barriers. Yao Ji couldn’t handle the power and became bloodied from top to bottom.
Feiyun opened the path to his kingdom and caught her in midair. He then let her go inside. Bi Ningshuai also wanted to go there but Feiyun stopped him.
“Let me in!”
“No, Ningshuai, you’re a heroic man, you can’t leave right now.”
“I don’t wanna be heroic anymore!”
“No, we’ll fight to the very last breath, you and me, together!”
Ningshuai’s head was inside the portal but Feiyun dragged him out by the pants. Monk Jiu Rou took advantage of this and leaped inside.
Feiyun then closed the portal. He knew that Bi Ningshuai had a strong backing so he wanted to take advantage of it. It might be enough to deter this Sacred Palace Lord.
Though Yao Ji was out, the G.o.ddess still managed to stop the first attack. She used the tree and its majestic life force to heal the initial damage.
“Boom!” The palace lord wanted the tower and decided to hurry it up. He channeled the worldly energy and the runes of the earth to create a heaven-slaying slash.
The slash cut through the branches, nearly splitting the tree in half. A deep canyon was created in the process.
The G.o.ddess trembled slightly; a strand of blood dripped down from the corner of her lips. She channeled her energy again in order to aid the tree.
“s.h.i.+t, Feiyun, this lover of yours is quite strong but why is she only defending? I think she’s strong enough to fight against that old man.” Ningshuai thought that Feiyun was being ridiculous for bringing these ladies back as reinforcement.
This was no longer the case after he saw her cultivation, ‘This Feiyun is something else.’
“If they were to fight, the five dynasties would be affected. The shockwaves will kill countless innocent people. She fought against Yama ten thousand years ago and destroyed most of the land. Thus, fighting him would render trying to stop Yama pointless since nothing will be left anyway.” Feiyun said.
“That’s the reason why she’s only defending?” Ningshuai gave her a glance of confusion. Why was there someone like her around in this world?
“Most likely.” Feiyun saw a wound on her forehead. One drop of blood dripped down her cheek.
“Feiyun, you’re a smart guy, why did you find such a dumb lover?” Ningshuai patted his shoulder and complained.
Feiyun’s lips twitched, annoyed. He then grabbed Ningshuai’s hand.
“Hey, what the h.e.l.l are you doing?!” Ningshuai protested.
Feiyun kept on touching his chest until he found the badge in the chest pocket. He then lifted Ningshuai up to the top of the citadel and raised the badge towards the palace lord: “Halt!”