Now that the Heavenly Silkworm Robe has been destroyed, Wang Xuan is furious. Naturally, he cannot vent his anger on the dead Bai Guyi, so he can only take it out on the masters of the Emei Sect.
"Huang Zhong, take out your bow and arrows and shoot those two cowards from the Emei Sect to death!" Wang Xuan glared fiercely at Master Miaoyi and Master Xuanzhen on the Guangcheng Golden Ship.
The Guangcheng Golden Ship beneath your feet is indeed incredibly fast; we cannot catch up with it. However, the arrows shot by a master like Huang Zhong can catch up with it.
Huang Zhong, covered in dust and dirt, flew up from a small hill in the distance. Upon hearing Wang Xuan's command, he did not hesitate at all and immediately summoned a golden painted bow.
Just now, Bai Guyi, the Cloud Chaser, self-destructed, blasting Huang Zhong far away. If it weren't for the protective armor bestowed upon him by Wang Xuan, he would probably have been seriously injured by the blast.
It's impossible to say that Huang Zhong had no temper.
Huang Zhong stretched out his hand and made a grasping motion, and a golden arrow appeared out of thin air in his right hand. This arrow was formed entirely from his magical power, enough to deal with experts below the sixth level, but it was somewhat inadequate against Celestial Immortals like Master Miaoyi and Master Xuanzhen.
However, when Huang Zhong nocked the magic arrow onto the painted bow, countless tiny runes flashed across the arrow, condensing it several times, making it powerful enough to threaten the life of a sixth-tier expert!
The reason for this change is entirely due to the painted bow in Huang Zhong's hand. Don't be fooled by its ordinary appearance; this painted bow was actually taken from the Ziyun Palace and is an ancient treasure left behind by the Heavenly Mother Jinmu.
"Watch out for the arrow!" Huang Zhong roared, and then a streak of light flashed past, striking the Guangcheng Golden Ship directly.
"boom!"
The Guangcheng gold ship shook violently, and its speed was momentarily halted.
Wang Xuan, Fairy Jinghuan, Monk Liaokong, and Lü Bu were all in hot pursuit. If Master Miaoyi and his companions were to capsize, they would surely be ganged up on and beaten to death by Wang Xuan and his group!
"Not good! I need to fully activate the Guangcheng Golden Ship. Xuanzhenzi, you go and block their arrows!" Master Miaoyi was startled and immediately handed over the Nine Condensation Cauldron to Xuanzhenzi for defense.
In the blink of an eye, Huang Zhong's next arrow came flying. But this time, Xuan Zhenzi was on guard. The Nine Condensation Cauldron emitted a dazzling light, directly deflecting Huang Zhong's arrow.
After flying a distance, the arrow exploded in mid-air, shattering all the clouds in the sky into nothingness, and for a moment, the sky was cloudless and clear.
"I had hoped to achieve my goal in one battle, but in the end I was unable to accomplish it completely!" Wang Xuan was somewhat disappointed. He knew that he would not be able to keep Master Miaoyi and Master Xuanzhen this time.
The Guangcheng Golden Ship was simply too fast; Master Miaoyi didn't even try to engage them head-on, focusing solely on escaping. Defeating them was easy, but killing them was a difficult task.
"This is the last time I can use the Kunlun Mirror." Wang Xuan looked at the Kunlun Mirror floating above his head and decided to try one last time.
The Kunlun Mirror is a spiritual treasure with spatial attributes. Wang Xuan can manipulate this treasure to perform spatial teleportation.
If this were a world of high-level martial arts, Wang Xuan wouldn't need to hesitate at all; the Kunlun Mirror could reach him instantly, no matter where he was.
However, the Shushan world is a mythological world with extremely stable space. Even the Kunlun Mirror has a limit to the distance it can teleport.
Chapter 229 Attacking Ningbi Cliff
The Kunlun Mirror shone brightly above Wang Xuan's head, tearing through space and instantly disappearing from the spot with Wang Xuan's body.
The next moment, Wang Xuan appeared out of thin air a hundred miles away, much faster than he could fly.
But Wang Xuan showed no joy whatsoever; instead, his brows furrowed.
Moving hundreds of kilometers at once sounds fast, but in reality, the Kunlun Mirror's power was suppressed by 90%.
If this were in a high-martial arts world, Wang Xuan could activate the Kunlun Mirror and teleport tens of thousands of miles away in one go!
Now only a hundred miles remain, but how can a spatial teleportation distance of a hundred miles be enough?
Each time Wang Xuan activated Kunlun to teleport, it took him a short while. Meanwhile, Master Miaoyi, a mid-stage Celestial Immortal, could fly a hundred miles in an instant aboard the Guangcheng Golden Ship, no slower than Wang Xuan's teleportation speed!
This is Wang Xuan's speed of spatial teleportation alone; he might barely be able to catch up with Master Miaoyi. But if he were to chase after him alone, he might be killed by Master Miaoyi and Xuanzhenzi working together.
If Fairy Jinghuan were to accompany them, the speed of spatial teleportation using the Kunlun Mirror would be even slower, making it impossible to catch up with the Guangcheng Golden Ship.
"Very well, we can only let Master Miaoyi Qi Shuming go for now. Let's take care of the remaining masters of the Emei Sect first, and then we can attack Ningbi Cliff of the Emei Sect!" Wang Xuan sighed and did not continue to chase after them. Instead, he turned around and flew back to the battlefield.
The Emei Sect sent experts to fight against the Xuantian Holy Sect. In addition to the five celestial immortals, the Three Immortals and Two Elders, nearly twenty terrestrial immortals were also sent, and there were hundreds of experts below the terrestrial immortal level.
These are the essence of the Emei Sect. When Master Miaoyi fled, he didn't have time to take many with him. He only managed to rescue a few on his way to save Xuanzhenzi on the Guangcheng Golden Ship.
If Wang Xuan were to wipe out all the remaining Emei Sect masters, it would cause the Emei Sect to suffer heavy losses and be heartbroken. It could even jeopardize the Emei Sect's fortune.
The three immortals and two elders of the Emei Sect were either killed or fled in defeat. The remaining members realized that things were not going well, and they dared not linger any longer, so they scattered and fled.
Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, and other fierce generals pursued relentlessly. They were all seasoned warriors who had fought on the battlefield, and their attacks were deadly, showing no mercy whatsoever.
Meanwhile, the native masters of the Shu Mountain world, including Fairy Wanmiao Xu Feiniang and Red-haired Ancestor, who had joined the Xuantian Holy Sect, also took advantage of the situation, and one by one, the Emei Sect disciples perished at their hands.
When Wang Xuan and several other sixth-level experts returned, they sealed off the surrounding area, cutting off the Emei Sect disciples' last hope of escape.
The Emei disciples had only two choices: surrender or be killed.
For thousands of years, the disciples of the Emei Sect have been arrogant and domineering, but now, faced with a life-or-death threat, it has been proven that not many of them are willing to sacrifice themselves for righteousness; more than 70% of the Emei Sect disciples have chosen to surrender.
As for those who resisted to the bitter end, they were naturally and completely wiped out by the experts of the Xuan Tian Holy Sect, without any doubt.
This level of combat was not worth Wang Xuan's personal intervention. He quietly hovered in mid-air and watched, only intervening to stop the Emei Sect disciples when they attempted to escape from his side.
After all the Emei Sect disciples were captured, Wang Xuan confirmed that there were no unexpected incidents. Then, with a wave of his sleeve, he led a large group of his followers toward Ningbi Cliff of the Emei Sect.
The Shu Mountain world is a mythological world, vast in area, equivalent to at least several hundred low-level martial arts worlds. If Master Miaoyi and Master Xuanzhen are determined to hide, Wang Xuan might not be able to find their whereabouts.
However, the Emei Sect is a large and powerful organization, and it is absolutely impossible for them to abandon Ningbi Cliff, where their mountain gate is located.
Ningbi Cliff is the most blessed land in the Shu Mountain world and the foundation of the Emei Sect, representing the source of the Emei Sect's great fortune. Once Ningbi Cliff is lost, the Emei Sect will be completely reduced to a second-rate sect, not even comparable to the current Qingcheng Sect, after all, the Qingcheng Sect still has the supreme expert Li Jingxu, who is close to the Golden Immortal realm, to guard it.
More importantly, the Azure Cliff still possesses the protective array left behind by the Long-Browed Immortal Ren Shou, and is further protected by the Primordial Chaos Supreme Purity Divine Talisman. Even if a being of the god, demon, or golden immortal level were to arrive, it would take a very long time to break through the protective array of the Azure Cliff.
With this barrier, Master Miaoyi and Master Xuanzhen are inherently invincible, and it is impossible for them to abandon Ningbi Cliff.
Wang Xuan was certain that as long as they surrounded Ningbi Cliff, they would be able to trap Master Miaoyi and the others inside.
The battlefield where the previous great battle took place was nearly ten thousand miles away from Ningbi Cliff, the mountain gate of the Emei Sect. Ordinary cultivators have limited flying speed and cannot arrive immediately, so Wang Xuan and a few other sixth-level experts set off first, with the other cultivators following slowly.
Before long, the five masters Wang Xuan, Fairy Jinghuan, Monk Liaokong, Lü Bu, and Huang Zhong arrived at Ningbi Cliff.
These individuals all possessed sixth-level cultivation, equivalent to the Celestial Immortal realm in the Shu Mountain world. Their powerful aura pressed down on Ningbi Cliff, causing the air to seem to freeze.
"Dao Ancestor, you're saying that Master Miaoyi and the others are hiding in Ningbi Cliff?" Fairy Jinghuan said with some eagerness, "Why don't we just storm in? With the combined strength of the five of us, taking down the two of them is more than enough!"
Wang Xuan put his hand to his forehead, somewhat speechless, and said, "Who gave you the courage to think you could just charge into Ningbi Cliff?"
"Do you really think that the protective mountain stronghold set up by Master Ren Shou back then was just for show? Master Ren Shou is a direct descendant of the Taiqing Dao Ancestor. He used the Hunyuan Yiqi Taiqing Divine Talisman as the core of the array to suppress the mountain gate. Even a seventh-level god-demon golden immortal would have a headache if he entered!"
Fairy Jinghuan was skeptical, but for the sake of her own life, she had no intention of risking her life. She simply took out the Spirit Jade and smashed it down towards the Azure Cliff below.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, a beam of azure light burst forth from above Ningbi Cliff, enveloping the entire mountain peak. Then, Ningbi Cliff, like a faded ink painting, slowly faded away and finally disappeared from Wang Xuan and the others' sight.
"What a powerful formation! It can even blind our senses. It's truly terrifying!" Fairy Jinghuan gasped. She had originally planned to charge directly into Ningbi Cliff, but fortunately Wang Xuan stopped her, otherwise she would be trapped in the formation now.
Wang Xuan rolled his eyes, ignored Fairy Jinghuan, and shouted into Ningbi Cliff, "Master Miaoyi, you are now surrounded. You'd better surrender quickly."
Chapter 230 Primordial Qi Supreme Purity Divine Talisman
Wang Xuan shouted towards Ningbi Cliff for a moment, but there was no response from within. Clearly, his attempts to persuade them to surrender had failed; Master Miaoyi, Xuanzhenzi, and the remaining experts of the Emei Sect were prepared to resist to the bitter end!
"Dao Ancestor, are we just going to stand by and watch?" Lu Bu was somewhat impatient. He wasn't afraid of a direct confrontation, but if he were to break the formation, he would be dumbfounded.
Wang Xuan glanced at Lü Bu and said expressionlessly, "Since you, Fengxian, can't sit still anymore, then you should make a move and test the waters."
Lu Bu was on the verge of tears. Sending someone who knew nothing about formations to break through the Emei Sect's protective formation was like sending him to his death.
Of course, Wang Xuan wouldn't have such a heartless thought. Lu Bu was one of the few sixth-tier experts under his command; he was too busy training him to send him to his death.
"Don't scare yourself. I didn't ask you to rush into the Emei Sect's protective formation to test it. You just need to bombard it from outside the formation. There's no danger to your life."
After hearing Wang Xuan's explanation, Lü Bu was finally relieved.
The Emei Sect's protective formation is indeed powerful, but as long as Lu Bu doesn't actively rush into the formation, the formation can't just fly over and attack him, right?
Lu Bu took a deep breath and took out the Iron Ruyi Jingu Bang, pouring his surging magical power into it.
The Iron Pillar that Stabilizes the Sea instantly grew longer and thicker, transforming into a thousand-foot-long iron pillar, which Lu Bu held in his arms and smashed down towards the Azure Cliff below.
"Buzz!"
With a clear ringing sound, Lu Bu's Iron Needle seemed to strike thin air, unable to withstand the force.
Immediately afterwards, the protective array on Ningbi Cliff began to operate rapidly, and a huge Tai Chi diagram appeared.
The Tai Chi symbol rotates endlessly, and Lü Bu's Iron Needle, as if stuck in the tire of a speeding car, was flung away and disappeared into the distant horizon.
Lu Bu didn't fare well either. His hands, which were holding the Iron Staff, exploded into blood and foam, turning the once-great warrior Lu Bu into an armless swordsman.
"Hiss! What a fierce formation!" Fairy Jinghuan, Monk Liaokong, Huang Zhong and the others all gasped, their eyes filled with pity as they looked at Lü Bu.
"Dao Ancestor, you've tricked me!" Lu Bu cried out in grief and indignation, "You said there would be no danger!"
"When did I say there wouldn't be any danger?" Wang Xuan said calmly, looking at Lü Bu as if he were an idiot. "I only said there wouldn't be any danger to your life. Although what happened just now was dangerous, it wouldn't threaten your life at all."
Lu Bu opened his mouth, realizing he had been tricked, and could only swallow his grievances.
In the short time it took to speak, Lü Bu's hands had already regrowed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Last time, Master Miaoyi Qi Shuming's arm was shattered by Fairy Jinghuan, and it took him a full ten years to recover. But now, Lu Bu's two arms were destroyed, yet they regenerated in just a dozen breaths, and their strength is not much weaker than before.
This is the difference between martial arts and immortality. Immortalism focuses on the cultivation of the primordial spirit. Unless one is a cultivator who takes the path of physical immortality, the physical body is relatively fragile.
Martial arts are different. The Divine Martial Way focuses on the physical body. When one reaches the Transcendent Realm, severed arms can regenerate. And when one cultivates to the Divine Power Realm, as long as the head is not destroyed, even if the entire body is shattered, it can quickly regenerate.
Even though martial artists who follow the Immortal Martial Path primarily cultivate their primordial spirit, and their physical strength is not as good as those who follow the Divine Martial Path, they are still much stronger than cultivators of the same realm.
After his hands grew back, Lü Bu reached out and grabbed at the distance. A streak of light flew swiftly from the sky, which was none other than the Iron Needle that had been knocked away earlier.
This ancient treasure has been completely refined by Lü Bu. With their minds connected, he can control it freely even when separated by hundreds of miles.
"Don't stop, keep probing!" Wang Xuan urged. As the saying goes, one thing can be done with two masters. The matter of probing the Emei Sect's protective formation will be left to Lü Bu.
Lu Bu gave a wry smile and swung the Ruyi Jingu Bang (a magical staff) at the enemy again.
However, having learned from his previous experience, he was much more careful this time. The moment the Sea-Stabilizing Needle Iron collided with the Taiji diagram on the outer edge of Ningbi Cliff, he quickly withdrew it.
Even so, the Iron Pillar that stabilized the sea was still sent flying back by a tremendous force, almost hitting Lü Bu.
With Lü Bu testing the waters, Wang Xuan sat quietly cross-legged in the void, his eyes gleaming with golden light.
Faced with such a grand formation set up by a Golden Immortal, Wang Xuan's current cultivation level was simply insufficient to break it; the only way was to rely on the power of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth.
He activated the Eternal Divine Eye granted to him by the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, slowly analyzing the structure of the Emei Sect's protective mountain formation.