Looking at the city before him that had already been completely destroyed, Liu Bai's expression grew a few degrees more solemn.
"How is the situation of the battle?"
Judging from the scene alone, the Nine Nether Palace side had clearly fallen into a disadvantage. Otherwise, Wind Howl City would not have been destroyed so thoroughly.
"Earlier, forces from the Hundred Battles Domain kept attacking continuously, and Wind Howl City was once lost. After we brought reinforcements, we launched a counterattack and were originally close to success. However, the enemy also received reinforcements. At present, both sides have troops clashing repeatedly within tens of thousands of li," Liu Shi said with a weary expression, clearly having already fought against enemy experts.
"It seems they want to take Nine Nether Palace as the first target before the Conquest War fully begins. I just wonder whether the strength they prepared is enough," Liu Bai said, as a trace of excited bloodthirsty light flashed deep within his eyes.
Beyond Wind Howl City, only a few thousand li away, lay the territory of the Demonic Lightning Sect. With the Conquest War of the Great Heavenlaw Domain causing such massive disturbance, the Hundred Battles Domain would naturally take notice. As a result, Nine Nether Palace, this protruding force, became the primary target of attack.
In the eyes of many, Liu Bai's decision to occupy the Thunder Flame Plain was nothing short of foolish. If one wanted benefits, simply plundering would have sufficed. Occupying the territory only exposed oneself directly to all the forces of the Hundred Battles Domain, leading to endless battles.
Unfortunately, they did not understand that this was exactly what Liu Bai wanted.
In a short time, he had created a suitable grinding ground for experience, allowing a steady stream of experience to come to him. At the same time, he could use the unending warfare to temper the Nine Nether Guards.
Originally, Liu Bai had intended to directly lead his forces against the Demonic Lightning Sect. However, since Jiu You needed time to break through, he chose to temporarily slow his advance. This also gave him more opportunities to first eliminate the Demonic Lightning Sect's peripheral forces.
"How many experts has the enemy sent this time?" Liu Bai asked.
Ye Zhan cupped his hands and replied, "At least three Third Grade Sovereigns, all at mid stage. Mountain Master Liu and I can only fight them to a standstill one on one. My younger sister can only defend when facing them."
"However, the enemy does not seem eager to take us down quickly. When the battle reached a stalemate, they withdrew directly."
Liu Bai chuckled softly. "It seems they are waiting for me."
"That works perfectly. I also want to see exactly what kind of trump cards they have prepared."
"Qiu Shan, Bei Mo, Lan Hai," Liu Bai shouted sharply.
"Present," the three stepped forward from among the five thousand Nine Nether Guards.
"I order you to lead the Nine Nether Guards and immediately sweep away all invading enemies within Nine Nether Palace territory. Anyone who does not belong to Nine Nether Palace is to be killed without exception."
"Yes," they responded loudly.
The three immediately led the five thousand Nine Nether Guards into the battlefield.
"Liu Shi, Ye Zhan, heed my command."
"Present," the two replied loudly.
Strictly speaking, neither Liu Shi nor Ye Zhan were Liu Bai's subordinates. They were leaders of forces affiliated with Nine Nether Palace, equal in status. Only the Nine Nether King could truly command them.
"You two shall lead your armies and coordinate with the Nine Nether Guards. Since they dared to enter, do not let a single one escape."
"Yes."
After responding, Liu Shi and the others suddenly realized something and quickly spoke up.
"My lord, are you planning to face the enemy experts alone?"
With Liu Bai sending all of them out, would he be left alone to face the Third Grade Sovereigns in the enemy camp?
"Is this not too risky? Moreover, we still do not know how many experts they have," Ye Yue, the silver armored female general, said with concern.
"Rest assured. I can handle it. Besides, I am quite curious to see what kind of secret weapon they prepared to deal with me," Liu Bai said confidently.
In truth, with sufficient experience points, Liu Bai was confident in facing any enemy.
Hearing this, the three said nothing further and immediately went to mobilize their forces to support the Nine Nether Guards.
Liu Bai's gaze pierced through layers of space, landing on a mountain peak a hundred li away that faintly emitted strange fluctuations. A cold smile curved his lips.
Transforming into a streak of light, Liu Bai flew directly toward the mountain and stopped before it. His icy voice echoed across heaven and earth.
"I am already here. Continuing to hide is meaningless."
"Hahaha. As expected of the number one commander of the Great Heavenlaw Domain. You truly have some skill."
Along with laughter, overwhelming spirit light poured down from the mountain peak. Within the dazzling radiance, several figures appeared in midair. The previously suppressed spirit energy fluctuations erupted without restraint, instantly causing heaven and earth to lose their color.
"One, two, three. Six, seven, eight."
"Eight Third Grade Sovereigns. You really think highly of me."
Liu Bai could not help but sigh.
After all, on the surface, he was merely a Second Grade Sovereign. Even though he had achievements of killing Third Grade Sovereigns, the enemy sending so many experts to ambush him was still unexpected.
"Heh. What is it, Commander Liu? Are you afraid? If so, we would be quite disappointed."
At the forefront stood an old man covered in lightning. Judging by his attire and the lightning patterns on his body, it was obvious he came from the Demonic Lightning Sect.
"Someone from the Demonic Lightning Sect. I wonder which figure you are," Liu Bai asked calmly.
In this region, only the Demonic Lightning Sect had the capability to gather so many Third Grade Sovereigns.
"Demonic Lightning Sect. Vice Sect Master Qin Qian."
Liu Bai frowned slightly. He had never heard of the Demonic Lightning Sect having a Third Grade Sovereign as vice sect master.
"Qin Qian? Never heard of you," Liu Bai said deliberately.
"Hmph. That is because of your ignorance. When this old man roamed the Hundred Battles Domain, you were not even born yet," Qin Qian said coldly, his eyes filled with fury.
He was indeed a veteran expert of the Demonic Lightning Sect. Decades ago, he had entered deep seclusion within the Demonic Lightning Abyss. Only recently had he emerged, his cultivation reaching the peak of Third Grade Sovereign, even stronger than Qin Ling, the Great Elder who commanded the Demonic Lightning Sect.
Enraged, Qin Qian did not give Liu Bai any chance to stall and attacked directly.
He clenched his palms, and in the next instant, gray black lightning slithered across his body like serpents.
Sizzling sounds rang out.
Lightning flashed as Qin Qian's body seemed to expand slightly. It was obvious he had cultivated a lightning attribute body refining secret art. Such individuals often possessed combat strength exceeding their cultivation level.
Liu Bai narrowed his eyes slightly. With a lift of his hand, vast spirit energy surged forth. Accompanied by rumbling thunder, it transformed into sky filling lightning spirit swords that poured toward Qin Qian like a storm.
"Trivial tricks."
Qin Qian clenched his palms as gray black lightning erupted violently, forming a lightning barrier around his body. The moment the lightning spirit swords touched it, they transformed into pure lightning spirit energy and dissipated.
"Playing with lightning in front of me. You truly do not know your limits."
After easily dissolving Liu Bai's Ten Thousand Lightning Sword Control Art, a look of disdain appeared on Qin Qian's face.
Liu Bai smiled faintly, showing no surprise at all, then raised a finger and lightly tapped forward.
In an instant, the sky filling lightning spirit swords vanished. In their place, a single purple spirit energy longsword appeared in midair. The blade looked like purple crystal, with violet flames burning upon its surface. The next moment, with a sharp whoosh, it shot straight into the lightning barrier.
In the blink of an eye, dense purple flames spread wildly, directly incinerating the gray black lightning they touched into nothingness. Meanwhile, the spirit sword continued its straight trajectory, aiming directly at Qin Qian's brow, a vital point.
This sudden and ferocious assault caused Qin Qian's expression to change abruptly. However, as a peak Third Grade Sovereign, he reacted instantly. He flipped his palm and smashed a punch straight toward the purple flame spirit sword.
Boom!
The blue black fist collided head on with the purple flame longsword. Instantly, extremely violent spirit energy fluctuations erupted and swept outward. Qin Qian's figure flickered as he retreated hundreds of zhang away. Lowering his head, he looked at his fist, which had turned scorched black, and his expression darkened considerably.
"Not a bad body tempering method. But relying on just this to defeat me is that not looking down on me a bit too much?" Liu Bai said with a faint smile as he looked at Qin Qian.
Qin Qian's old face instantly turned even more livid. Still, having roamed the world for many years, he knew that he had indeed underestimated the man before him. Someone capable of leading forces to directly seize the entire Thunder Flame Plain was certainly no ordinary figure.
"Hmph. Trying to provoke this old man. You are still far too inexperienced."
"Move!"
With Qin Qian's furious shout, the four experts rushed out simultaneously. Purple spirit light erupted from their hands and rapidly formed a massive light array that enveloped Liu Bai.
"A Spiritual Array?" Liu Bai raised his brow slightly and muttered inwardly.
Among these four, there had absolutely been no Spiritual Array Master. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to evade his perception. Moreover, the array was completed far too quickly, and it was activated jointly by four people. That meant there was only one possibility.
They were using something similar to array flags.
"Heh. I have not even used a Spiritual Array against you yet, and you already took it out yourselves. Are you trying to reverse heaven and earth?"
The instant the grand array appeared, nine streaks of light shot out from the light barrier. Within each streak was a massive chain. Upon closer inspection, the chains were densely covered in ancient runes that flickered with a dangerous glow.
"A trapping Array."
Liu Bai's heart stirred. At once, vast spirit energy surged within him. A colossal golden figure manifested behind his back, its massive form seemingly attempting to forcibly shatter the formation.
"Hmph. Delusional."
Qin Qian snorted coldly.
"Stop struggling, brat. This Nine Heavens Locking Dragon Array is said to be capable of trapping even true dragons. Let alone a mere Second Grade Sovereign like you."
"We know your Sovereign Celestial Body has strange properties. But no matter how strange it is, you will not escape death today."
Clearly, they had already taken into account the terrifying strength of Liu Bai's Sovereign Celestial Body. This scheme was carefully planned, exploiting the arrogance that might arise after consecutive victories, and setting a trap specifically for him.
What Qin Qian did not expect was that this man truly walked straight into it.
Or rather, he chose to walk straight into danger despite knowing it was there.
"Young people are headstrong. Arrogance and conceit will teach a lesson to anyone who underestimates them."
At this moment, Qin Qian was brimming with confidence, and he had good reason to be. This Nine Heavens Locking Dragon Array was a fragmentary Grandmaster level Spiritual Array. Although heavily damaged and far from capable of trapping a true dragon, and even struggling to restrain a Fifth Grade Sovereign like Jiu You, it was more than enough to deal with Liu Bai.
"All of you, attack. Break his Sovereign Celestial Body first."
They had heard of the Daluo Golden Body. In previous battles, Liu Bai's Sovereign Celestial Body had displayed astonishing defensive power, enduring simultaneous attacks from six Second Grade Sovereigns without injury. So what about now, with eight Third Grade Sovereigns attacking together?
After speaking, Qin Qian was the first to act.
A thunderous boom echoed as lightning filled the heavens. Countless gray black bolts of lightning surged upward like thunder serpents, converging behind Qin Qian in a scene of overwhelming grandeur.
"Demonic Earth Lightning."
This was Qin Qian's true trump card. He had secluded himself within the Demonic Lightning Abyss for decades precisely to subdue this Demonic Earth Lightning. With it protecting him, Qin Qian dared to challenge even a Fourth Grade Sovereign.
At the same time, several other attacks gathered across the surrounding heaven and earth. Scarlet flames, pitch black profound water, soaring starlight, and countless spirit swords filled the sky.
At this moment, Liu Bai faced an onslaught of terrifying attacks. Forget a Second Grade Sovereign. Even a Third Grade or Fourth Grade Sovereign would face near certain death under such circumstances.
Taking a deep breath, Liu Bai felt the horrifying restraining force of the chains binding his body. Breaking free by force would be difficult. However, given some time, he was confident he could break this array.
After all, it was only a damaged array. Although it possessed the power of a High- Level Earth-Grade Array, it had many flaws. With Liu Bai's Void Heart Eye, he could locate them quickly.
But no matter how short the time required, it was still a process. Qin Qian and the others clearly would not give him that chance.
"If you will not give me time, then I will create it myself. System, allocate points."
Boom!
Three million experience points vanished instantly. In return, the spirit energy within Liu Bai's body surged several times over.
At the same time, his Five Spirit Deity Celestial Body, which had already reached a thousand zhang in height, expanded another hundred zhang. The five ferocious masks simultaneously released five colored radiance, forming a magnificent canopy above his head. From it, tens of thousands of five colored rays cascaded downward.
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