Chapter 424: Chapter 422: The Army Collapsed and the Mountain Fell

“Kill!!!”

A deafening battle cry filled the air, as countless Xia Country cultivators flew eastward, sweeping through the onlookers from Sangyu Country like a fierce wind carrying away remnants of clouds.

Ning Daoran’s body sank, carrying the Azure Dragon Spear, he employed the Water Escape Technique and submerged into the water, swiftly gliding through in search of his target.

“Forgetful Demon Dog, go to your death!”

A furious shout came from the sky, and the moment the True Monarch Qi Xing’s flying sword tore through the air, a flash of light from the Yimu Divine Ruler in his hand jerked back the body of the fleeing Demon Lord of Forgotten Love.

Sword light surged wildly in the sky, and Lin Tiannan recklessly slashed down through the air!

“You!”

Demon Lord of Forgotten Love was utterly horrified and swiftly summoned a Magical Treasure-level inner armor and Bone Shield, but they were futile against Lin Tiannan’s pervasive and intricate Sword Intent. The complexion of Demon Lord of Forgotten Love turned deathly pale in an instant, his nostrils and mouth bleeding ceaselessly!

“Go!”

True Monarch Liu Yun materialized within the White Dragon Sea Splitting Formation. With a gentle tap on her Storage Bag, eight beams of light instantly shot out in all directions. The next second, a formidable Ten Directions Forbidden Array rose majestically, enveloping a great number of Sangyu Country cultivators.

“Not good!”

A chilling sense settled in the heart of True Monarch Qing Lin. He transmitted loudly, “Purple Flame Daoist Fellow, they are forcefully taking action. Fellow Daoist, act quickly and break the Ten Directions Array to cover everyone’s retreat!”

However, Purple Flame Demon Lord was immobile in the sky, confronting Shen Luoyan.

Though he was in the Nascent Soul Late Stage with an undeniable status in Sangyu Country, the incredibly beautiful female cultivator before him was no ordinary person. It was Shen Luoyan, who practices Dual Cultivation of magic and body. Purple Flame Demon Lord doubted his chances of victory against Shen Luoyan might not even be thirty percent.

Moreover, confronting this formidable woman would mean she might not play by the rules. Even if she couldn’t obliterate Purple Flame Demon Lord, erasing his Sect and descendants thereafter would be as easy as flipping her hand.

“Leave quickly, do not linger in battle!”

The transmission from Demon Lord of Forgotten Love was perfunctory, showing no intention of intervening.

…

Over the sea, thunderous battles persisted.

Lin Tiannan, Monarch Ling Fu, and True Monarch Qi Xing, three Nascent Soul Mid-stage cultivators, together, overpowered the Nascent Soul Early-stage Demon Lord of Forgotten Love. Eventually, Lin Tiannan crushed the Demon Lord of Forgotten Love’s Nascent Soul in one hand!

True Monarch Liu Yun had already set up the Ten Directions Forbidden Array. Now, no one could teleport with their Nascent Soul; they had to rely on brute strength to fight to the end.

“Lin Tiannan!”

In the distance stood True Monarch Qing Lin side-by-side with Temujin, their bodies burst into Nascent Soul Spirit Pressure as they roared, “Is Xia Country indeed so shameless and unreasonable? After agreeing to five battles, you directly attacked without warning. Have you no regard for the principles of the Eastern Wasteland Cultivation World?”

“Principles?”

Lin Tiannan sneered, “Sangyu Country plotted against the Nascent Soul seeds of Xia Country, grievously injured Liu Wushuang, murdered Lin Baoping, and even attempted to use the Nascent Soul Rebirth secret technique to kill Ning Daoran. This is your Sangyu Country’s principle? Now you discard principle, don’t blame Xia Country for being unrulesome. Attack!”

The four Nascent Souls attacked together, annihilating the two Nascent Souls of Sangyu Country!

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~”

In the sea, Ning Daoran turned into a ripple and sped swiftly. At this moment, countless Sangyu Country cultivators were being chased and scattered by Xia Country cultivators on the sea. Ning Daoran’s target was naturally Jing Tiancheng!

This person was in fact the Ancestor of Wuhen Mountain in Sangyu Country. Despite his young appearance, he was actually an Old Golden Core of more than five hundred years, with little life span left. He had killed Lin Baoping by leveraging his rich experience in combat technique and the Falling Star Array!

Ning Daoran and Lin Baoping were not exactly close friends, but after having been in each other’s company for over a month, it was a heaven-sent chance for him to avenge Lin Baoping. Missing this opportunity might allow Jing Tiancheng to retreat back to Sangyu Country to hide, or continue being the Ancestor of Wuhen Mountain, which would be far more troublesome with the whole Sect backing him.

In the sky, a tunneling light raced; it was indeed Jing Tiancheng!

“Ning Daoran!”

Jing Tiancheng’s heart pounded, realizing from the beginning he was locked by a Divine Sense, he coldly turned and sneered, “Do you think you alone can kill me?”

“Let’s try!”

Ning Daoran abruptly surged from the water, swung his hand, and a trail of sea water rose violently like a dragon drawing water, its long tail like a bright moon, savagely cleaving towards Jing Tiancheng’s head!

Water Moon Divine Technique, a secret technique of the Return to Nature Level, also counted as a killing move!

“How naive!”

Jing Tiancheng’s gaze sharpened as he spun around, raising his hand to point, and the Ancient Sword behind him clanged out of its scabbard, instantly drawing tens of meters of Sword Intent, directly shattering the offensive of the Water Moon Divine Technique. Countless droplets fell from the sky, forming a dense curtain of water.

“Die!”

From within the water curtain, a blood-roaring figure burst out, it was Ning Daoran holding the Azure Dragon Spear. The spear’s tip tore through the air with a harsh sound, wrapped with a trailing silver-white Dragon Mark, executing the secret skill level killing move–Silver Dragon Water Collection!

Jing Tiancheng’s face turned cold, his hands crossed, channeling Mana crazily into the drawn sword aiming to block this spear!

“Boom!”

With a loud noise, the Azure Dragon Spear struck like a mountain crushing down on the sword. Immediately, the sword in Jing Tiancheng’s hand twisted dramatically, the blade bending as if touching his scalp, his body also sinking heavily, his Mana scattering, failing to fully block the spear!

“You…”

Jing Tiancheng’s complexion turned frosty, not expecting Ning Daoran’s physical strength to be so tremendous. An expert’s move showed its expertise. Ning Daoran’s spear was not something Lin Baoping could compare with.

“Ning Daoran!”

Jing Tiancheng swiftly retracted himself and, slapping his Storage Bag, took out a sword box brimming with killing intent, saying, “Do you truly wish to be my enemy? Lin Baoping is the Holy Daughter of the Furong Immortal Palace, unrelated to you by blood or kin, why must you be so obstinate?”

As he spoke, Jing Tiancheng gave a sharp shout, and the sword box opened on its own. From it, several Flying Swords swiftly shot out, all of which were of Second-order Top-grade Spiritual Artifact quality. While not considered exceptionally good, these Flying Swords were a complete set, thus their value was definitely not cheap, perhaps comparable to a Magic Treasure Level Treasure.

“I, Ning, shall see Fellow Daoist off!”

Ning Daoran, not wanting to waste words, burst forth with Mana surging from his entire body, thrusting forward with a spear!

Secret Skill: Silver Dragon Emerges from the Sea!

At the instant when the spear was pointed, a majestic Dragon Demon Power appeared behind Ning Daoran, as if a thousands-of-feet high Dragon Demon stood in the air, looking down at Jing Tiancheng, the pressure he faced was unimaginably terrifying.

“Twist!”

Jing Tiancheng was a Sword Dao genius, able to kill Lin Baoping meant he possessed numerous techniques, clashing his hands into a Sword point and thrusting forward, immediately numerous Top-grade Spiritual Swords, like fine fireflies, spiraled in a swift attack, intending to use the air pressure stirred up by the Flying Swords to forcibly counter the thrust from the Azure Dragon Spear!

“Peng~~~”

Amidst the loud booming, the Spear Radiance instantly grew several times larger.

“Not good!”

Jing Tiancheng’s expression drastically changed, he did not expect that Ning Daoran had held back in his previous thrust, retaining at least fifty percent of his strength! In a moment of urgency, he channeled robust Mana into his vestment robe, which immediately vibrated, emitting a glowing golden light, blocking the strike from the Azure Dragon Spear!

“Boom~~”

A thunderous explosion sounded as the Spear Radiance and the vestment robe’s radiance collided, making it hard to tell the victor, but at that moment, Ning Daoran suddenly twisted his wrist, causing the Azure Dragon Spear to swiftly spiral up, aside from the profound strength of the spear itself, a trace of Mana seeped in, ejaculating a large character from the tip of the spear!

“Break!”

That was a Heavenly Book Character understood by Ning Daoran from the Spirit Turtle Inscriptions, the character “break” directly pierced through Jing Tiancheng’s Mana and landed on his ribs.

“Crack~~Crack~~”

The sound of bones shattering densely, Jing Tiancheng immediately spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

“You… what kind of technique is this?”

Jing Tiancheng’s face filled with astonishment, having cultivated for hundreds of years, he had never seen such a person as Ning Daoran, not only were the techniques varied, each technique had been cultivated to perfection; even though he was a once-in-a-millennium genius with exceptional talents, he shouldn’t be this powerful!

“Too much talk!”

Ning Daoran pried open Jing Tiancheng’s vestment with a spear, his body sinking, and a punch full of solid strength landed on Jing Tiancheng’s face, immediately causing a loud crack, Jing Tiancheng’s nasal bone fractured, eye socket skewed, and even his eyeballs almost burst out, his entire appearance was no longer as graceful as before, but extremely miserable.

“Out!”

Ning Daoran lightly hooked with his pinky in the air, and the Spirit Cage Silk that had been laid in the void immediately tightened, binding Jing Tiancheng from all directions.

“You wish!”

Jing Tiancheng, with a thought, had three glowing Array Flags and an Array Plate fly out from his Storage Bag, about to repeat his old trick and lay down the Falling Star Array once more!

“Keep dreaming!”

Ning Daoran quickly cast several spells, all aimed at disrupting the operation of the Array, causing the several Array Flags and Array Plate to rotate incessantly in the air, unable to activate.

“Die!”

Ning Daoran clenched his five fingers, and the Spirit Cage Silk tightened fiercely, instantly slicing Jing Tiancheng’s body into countless fragments falling down.

However, Ning Daoran not only did not intend to allow Jing Tiancheng to retain a complete corpse, he even didn’t want to leave his body, after retrieving the Storage Bag, he raised his hand and cast a few Nine Yang Extreme Flames, instantly incinerating Jing Tiancheng’s corpse leaving nothing behind!

Of course, he left a head.

To honor Lin Baoping’s spirit in heaven, a sacrificial offering was needed.

“Collect!”

Several more spells were cast, directly collecting all the Array Flags and Array Plate of the Falling Star Array into the bag, thus perhaps relying on these complete Array Flags and Array Plate to reverse-engineer the Falling Star Array’s Array Dao Inheritance, after all, it was a Fourth-order Middle Grade Killing Array, which was something Ning Daoran, who excelled and enjoyed ambushing, loved most.

Of course, doing so would come with a greater cost, requiring much time and effort to immerse and refine, but would undoubtedly yield results.

Therefore, if Jing Tiancheng’s Storage Bag contained a complete inheritance, that would be perfect, but it seemed unlikely, as the Falling Star Array had long been lost.

However, to ensure thoroughness, Ning Daoran still decided to do something.

He waved his hand, casting the Soul Searching Technique!

“Whoo~~~”

In front of him, a blood-colored blurred figure slowly stood up, taking the form of Jing Tiancheng.

“Ning Daoran, you beast!”

Upon seeing him, he immediately erupted in rage.

Ning Daoran, however, swept his sleeve, a Blood-colored Pagoda spiraling out, directly capturing Jing Tiancheng’s Divine Soul into the tower, and later, he could slowly conduct a Soul Search, perhaps extracting some useful information.