Bang!
The sound of a heavy collision rang out as a blood-red figure and Poison Undying, whose entire body was overflowing with golden light, were both knocked backward at the same time.
The one who launched the sneak attack was Ye Xishui. She had been hiding in the shadows all along, intending to seize the perfect moment to deliver a fatal blow to Poison Undying. However, before she could find that opportunity, Long Xiaoyao was the first to lose his ability to hold on.
For the sake of her old lover's safety, Ye Xishui decisively launched her ambush. But because she acted in haste, she failed to inflict any real damage on Poison Undying.
As for Poison Undying—given his strength, he had long since noticed the situation at the back mountain of Heavenly Court. With the Holy Spirit Cult's evil soul masters and Long Xiaoyao appearing, was it really hard to guess that Ye Xishui would show up as well?
As a result, Poison Undying had been guarding against this old woman the entire time.
Long Xiaoyao's Martial Soul True Body had suffered severe damage, causing his combat strength to drop significantly. Even after joining forces with Ye Xishui, they were unable to gain much of an advantage. Instead, Poison Undying repeatedly seized openings to mercilessly beat them while they were down.
After the initial chaos passed, the alliance soul masters and the city defense army finally managed to react, albeit at the cost of more than a hundred lives.
Relying on their dual advantage in numbers and cultivation, the alliance soul masters stabilized their formation. However, the effects of Fate Judgment could not be removed, and their strength had inexplicably dropped by more than ten percent.
Heavenly Court only gained a brief advantage, but that was already enough. Over three hundred people gradually formed coordinated formations. Assault-type soul masters charged at the front, fighting desperately and tearing apart the enemies before them without regard for their own safety.
The other soul masters also displayed their specialties. Support-type soul masters retreated to the rear, using long-range soul tools to kill enemies, while others cast soul skills to enhance their allies.
Relying on his extremely high metal affinity, Xiao Hongchen directly condensed more than a dozen massive soul-guided cannons on the spot. The thick-barreled cannons continuously spewed fire, unleashing fierce bombardments toward the rear of the alliance soul masters from afar.
Perhaps because Xiao Hongchen's performance was too eye-catching, among the alliance soul masters, a high-level Agility-type Soul Saint quietly approached him.
After noticing this, Xiao Hongchen picked up a soul-guided ray gun and emptied a full burst at the Soul Saint. However, the opponent was, after all, a Soul Saint, and with the battlefield in utter chaos, Xiao Hongchen unsurprisingly missed.
That Soul Saint had already arrived right in front of Xiao Hongchen.
Just as he was about to deliver a killing blow, a powerful aura locked onto him. In the next instant, the once-arrogant Soul Saint exploded into a cloud of blood mist.
Xiao Hongchen froze for a moment, then saw a middle-aged man of short stature and heavy build, wearing a black robe embroidered with golden patterns, suddenly appear in front of him.
"Grandpa, why are you here?" Xiao Hongchen exclaimed in both surprise and delight.
Who else could it be but his grandfather, Jing Hongchen?
"You little brat—do you think your grandpa would just watch you get beaten to death?" Jing Hongchen scolded angrily.
From the very beginning, he had anticipated that Heavenly Court would face such a calamity. What he hadn't expected was just how many enemies Heavenly Court had made. At such a critical moment, there was still no sign of Huo Yuhao—could it really be as the rumors said, that something unfortunate had happened to that boy?
Jing Hongchen's appearance immediately drew the attention of many Title Douluo.
Xu Buju stepped forward. The three Title Douluo of the Body Sect had already been seriously injured, and with Xu Tianwei, Yu Yuanba, and Mu Yuzhu present, that front could be handled.
They absolutely could not allow Title Douluo to interfere in the battlefield of lower-level soul masters. Otherwise, it would be an outright disaster. Among everyone present, only a few of them could spare manpower.
"Jing Hongchen, what do you mean by this? Are you, the Hall of Virtuous Enlightenment, planning to go to war with us?" Xu Buju demanded as he descended from the sky, stopping a hundred meters in front of Jing Hongchen.
Jing Hongchen sneered, showing no intention of saving face at all. "How my Hall of Virtuous Enlightenment conducts itself is none of your business. There's no need for your sarcastic tone. If you want to start a war, we'll accompany you anytime."
With Jing Hongchen saying this, Xu Buju instead hesitated. Although he had come in aggressively, he truly did not dare to openly challenge Jing Hongchen.
Jing Hongchen's cultivation was only at level ninety-four, but he was also a veteran Rank Nine Soul Engineer. His true strength even surpassed that of ordinary level ninety-five Title Douluo.
Moreover, who knew how many fixed-installed soul tools he carried on his body? Once Jing Hongchen joined the battle, the alliance soul masters would be facing far more than just one additional Title Douluo.
The soul tools of the Sun Moon Empire were not something Heavenly Court or the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could compare to. For this reason, Xu Buju was extremely wary of Jing Hongchen.
Seeing that Xu Buju couldn't utter a single word for a long while, Jing Hongchen let out a disdainful cold laugh and couldn't be bothered to argue further. He turned back to his grandson and said, "Xiao, come back with Grandpa."
However, to his surprise, Xiao Hongchen dodged Jing Hongchen's outstretched hand. Ignoring the anger on his grandfather's face, he said, "Grandpa, I joined Heavenly Court of my own free will. Over this past year, I've received many benefits and even managed to break through to Soul Emperor.
"I've taken from Heavenly Court. Now that Heavenly Court is in trouble, it's time for me to repay them. How could I just leave?"
After speaking, Xiao Hongchen ignored his grandfather's reaction and threw himself back into the battlefield.
This time, Jing Hongchen did not stop him. Let the boy do as he wished—no matter what, he could at least guarantee his grandson's life.
Jing Hongchen's gaze returned to Xu Buju, but he had no intention of making a move. In his view, Heavenly Court's decline was already irreversible. Even if they managed to repel the enemies this time, it would be meaningless.
After all, the alliance soul masters had only mobilized part of their strength, whereas Heavenly Court and the Body Sect had nearly gone all out. They might block this assault—but what about the next one? And the one after that?
Since Jing Hongchen did not act, Xu Buju was even less inclined to move. The two simply stared at each other, locked in an eerie stalemate that was completely out of place amid the surrounding carnage.
After Jing Hongchen, another Title Douluo soon appeared. This one was completely unfamiliar—no one present recognized him.
Upon appearing, this Title Douluo immediately went to the side of a female Soul Saint among Heavenly Court's members. Her name was Qiangu Xinyue. Her Martial Soul was the Coiled Dragon Staff, her soul power was level eighty, and she held the position of Deputy Hall Master of the Inspection Hall.
"Xinyue, hurry up and leave this place with me."
This unfamiliar Title Douluo was Qiangu Liming, Qiangu Xinyue's father.
Earlier that day, Qiangu Liming had received intelligence from the clan that the Tianhun Empire was mobilizing troops on a massive scale toward Heavenly Court. Sensing grave danger, he rushed over without delay to save his daughter.
Qiangu Liming originally had a son and a daughter, but his son died shortly after birth, before even reaching one month old. As a result, he regarded his daughter as his entire world. Naturally, his first thought was to take her away from this hotbed of trouble.
"Dad?"
Qiangu Xinyue was first taken aback, then began to hesitate. She had gained quite a lot from Heavenly Court—less than a year after joining, she had already been promoted to Deputy Hall Master.
However, during that time, she had misjudged people. In Heavenly Court's internal struggles, she had subtly sided with Ning Zhiyuan's faction.
She had originally thought it was merely internal power struggles, never imagining that Ning Zhiyuan would collude with external enemies.
Although Qiangu Xinyue had not followed Ning Zhiyuan in defecting, it was undeniable that she had helped him multiple times in the past. And now, was she going to abandon Heavenly Court and flee like a deserter?
Such a complete lack of moral bottom line was something even Qiangu Xinyue herself found hard to accept.
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