UGB Chapter 137: Backstab
Chapter 137: Backstab
"He clearly has the third-tier treasure ship of the Azure Flame Immortal Sect, yet he doesn't activate it. Instead, he wants to bring out his own array diagram. This behavior is obviously meant to tell the world that Li Hongtai, even without the help of the Azure Flame Immortal Sect, is capable of pacifying second-tier forces." Zou Chengyan stroked his beard and said calmly, "He can even challenge those who have reached the Core Formation stage..." His eyes gleamed.
Seeing through everything perfectly.
"I see!" Jin Yaowen suddenly realized.
He had been wondering just now that the third-tier "Azure Phoenix Blazing Ship" could clearly unleash Core Formation level combat power.
Why did Li Wenchang have to bring out the battle formation himself?
At this moment, it seems that Li Hongtai wanted to use this opportunity to intimidate the villains and demonstrate his strength to the cultivation world of Chu.
Therefore, if anyone tries to stop him from forming his core, they should think twice!
After all, if he can produce a third-tier array diagram, does he also have a third-tier forbidden artifact?
Therefore, even a Core Formation cultivator would not be willing to act rashly.
Zou Chengyan remained calm, merely glancing indifferently at Li Wenchang and the others ahead, showing no sign of emotion.
They seemed to be watching a good show that had nothing to do with them.
At this moment, in the air ahead.
Li Wenchang, Li Huacheng, Li Zhanfei, Mu Xun, Mu Shoucheng, Yun Xiaoyue, and Yun Zichong, seven Foundation Establishment cultivators, attacked together. With a single hand gesture, a vast amount of magical power within their bodies transformed into a long river and poured into the array diagram in front of them.
The fire crow on the array diagram, its eyes flashing with emerald flames, let out a joyful cry and opened its beak to absorb all the magical power into its belly.
Immediately, the fire crow's wings trembled slightly and spread out.
The array diagram it resided in immediately extended slowly, unfolding gradually in the air.
Accompanying this was a burst of azure light, which painted the sky with rosy hues, and auspicious colors descended.
In just five breaths, the array fully unfolded, transforming into a length of 26 feet, hovering high above Li Wenchang's head. A vast flame emanated from the array, transforming into overlapping waves that swept outwards, directly impacting the protective light shield above Black Wind City.
The protective light shield around the city trembled.
A powerful aura pressed down, and even though Yan Wuchang was outside the array's light barrier, he still felt his heart pounding.
He staggered backward.
Fang Daxian, whose body was as solid as an iron tower, staggered backward, his face pale, staring in horror at the array diagram in front of him.
"The aura of a third-order array is terrifying!" Fang Daxian murmured, feeling as if his soul was being crushed by the sky.
Breathing became difficult.
At this moment, in Blackwind City.
Inside the battle formation.
On a nine-foot-high platform, a precious mirror hangs high.
Through the magic mirror, one can see the scene outside Blackwind City.
There were thirty-six array pillars beside it, drawing in dense black wind and evil energy, which was then poured into the high-hanging treasure mirror.
Runes appeared on the edge of the precious mirror, evolving into beams of light that poured into the sky.
It was integrated into the array light barrier within the city.
boom!
At this moment, the vast torrent of fire outside the city crashed against the array's light shield, and a recoil force poured down through the mirror.
He Zizai, who had merged his divine sense into the formation, staggered backward.
"Fellow Daoists, please give it your all and help me manifest the Black Wind Fiend Wolf!" He Zizai shouted as he steadied himself.
He didn't look behind him, but instead formed a hand seal, creating a magic seal which he then poured into the array platform in front of him.
At the edge of the array platform, runes and patterns bloomed, evolving into a vortex that frantically absorbed the black wind and evil energy drawn from the thirty-six array pillars around the array chamber, causing the evil energy in this array platform area to churn, as if it had transformed into a sea of energy.
Within He Zizai's Qi Sea, Dong Yutian and Ding Liyuan exchanged a glance. Then, they flipped their hands, and a talisman appeared in each palm. A dense stream of magical power was injected into the talisman, and then they threw it towards He Zizai.
One of them was a second-tier, mid-grade "Black Water Thunder Talisman." As it flew, black lightning flashed within the talisman, striking towards He Zizai.
One of them was a second-tier superior-grade "Golden Light Splitting Arrow Talisman". The talisman's light patterns flickered and golden light bloomed, transforming into one hundred and eight golden arrows that pierced towards He Zizai. In just an instant, He Zizai was completely locked onto by lightning and golden arrows.
At this moment, He Zizai began to manipulate the magic seals, fully activating the formation and gathering black wind evil energy.
As the black lightning flashed and struck, He Zizai felt a chill run down his spine, and a sense of death surged into his heart. With a thought, he sensed the lightning coming from behind and the 108 golden arrows.
"Mysterious Yin Black Wind Shield!" In an instant, He Zizai's divine sense stirred, and the cold mist on the 'Human Flower' and 'Earth Flower' within his dantian, which were filled with mysterious yin cold mist, bloomed. Immediately, a powerful mysterious yin black energy burst out, and in an instant, black patterns rose from his robes, evolving into a tornado formed by the condensation of mysterious yin energy, protecting his entire body in the wind.
Surprisingly, at the moment of crisis, He Ziyu activated his Dao Foundation Phenomenon: "Wind Dragon Whirlwind".
The tornado stirred and annihilated all the bolts of lightning!
The golden arrows that pierced through were also swirled to the ground by the black gale.
However, at that moment, another black bead struck, exploding directly in the area where the black tornado was located.
However, after Dong Yutian used the Black Water Thunder Talisman, he also threw out a Black Water Thunder Pearl.
The bead exploded, unleashing a terrifying force that caused the black tornado protecting He Zizai to cave in and collapse.
Immediately, lightning flashed within the bead, striking He Zizai squarely.
He Zizai was cleaved away.
Just then, another burst of golden light pierced through He Zizai.
However, it was Ding Liyuan who made the move, summoning the second-tier mid-grade spiritual weapon, "Golden Shuttle".
As the shuttle hurtled towards him, He Zizai pulled it with both hands, and a light shield appeared in front of him to block it.
But as soon as the light shield appeared, it was pierced by the flying shuttle, which also pierced its heart meridian.
puff!
He Zizai was immediately pinned to the platform in front, coughing up blood and suffering serious injuries.
The array platform was cracked from the impact, but it did not collapse, which clearly indicates that the materials used in the near-third-tier array platform were extraordinary.
Before He Zizai could say anything more, Dong Yutian made another hand gesture, and countless black waters around his body writhed and condensed into water blades in the air. Then, under his guidance, hundreds of black water blades roared and rushed towards He Zizai like a meteor shower.
Clang!
Instantly, He Zizai's body was pierced by countless black blades, blood gushing out, and his magical power rapidly drained away.
He Zizai was only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
In his haste, he used the magic power from the "Human Flower" and the "Earth Flower" to create a Dao Foundation Phenomenon; a black tornado protected him.
This is already extremely difficult.
After the Black Wind Tornado was broken, it was severely injured and its magic power was insufficient. Therefore, the wind shield it condensed could not withstand the Golden Shuttle. As a result, it was pinned to the wall of the array by Dong Yutian and Ding Liyuan, without any power to resist.
All of this was because Dong Yutian and Ding Liyuan chose the wrong time to make their move!
After doing all this, Dong Yutian and Ding Liyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
With a hand gesture, Ding Liyuan sent the "Golden Shuttle" that had been pinned to He Zizai flying back to him, shimmering with golden light.
Boom!
He Zizai landed below the battle platform.
Dong Yutian and Ding Liyuan looked coldly at He Zizai.
"This...this..." Zhang Maoheng, standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded, panting heavily, his heart filled with fear and horror.
From the moment Dong Yutian and Ding Liyuan made their move until now, only five breaths had passed.
This sudden turn of events left Zhang Maoheng momentarily stunned.
"Why...!" He Zizai landed and looked at Dong Yutian and Ding Liyuan, speaking weakly.
Zhang Maoheng had already recovered his senses and moved with lightning speed, immediately retreating a hundred feet.
At the same time, he looked at Dong Yutian and Ding Liyuan with a surprised expression.
"Hmph, you accepted the benefits from the Immortal Sect to attack Yunmeng Lake... and after your failure, we are expected to share the risks with you? What kind of logic is that?" Dong Yutian said coldly to He Zizai. If Yan Jiuming and the others had not acted recklessly, they would not have been implicated.
"If it weren't for the intervention of the Immortal Sect, how could Yan Jiuming have destroyed the old city lord and seized the Black Wind Mountain Range?" Ding Liyuan said coldly.
He was also a veteran Foundation Establishment cultivator in Blackwind City, and had even received favors from the old city lord.
Years ago, Yan Jiuming destroyed the old city lord Ge Min, and Ding Liyuan could only submit.
Now that Yan Jiuming has died, he naturally will not risk his life for Yan Wuchang and the others.
"I should have..." He Zizai frowned, his face full of regret.
However, Dong Yutian did not give him a chance to say more. He directly made a hand gesture, and a short spear crackling with lightning flew out, piercing He Zizai's forehead. The lightning flashed and shattered the immortal foundation in his dantian, causing him to perish.
Immediately, Dong Yutian waved his hand, and black mist swirled out, capturing the storage bag at He Zizai's waist into his palm.
Then he and Ding Liyuan exchanged a glance.
But then Dong Yutian moved his hand, and the black mist swept up He Zizai, who had perished, and he flew out of the array chamber.
The two ignored Zhang Maoheng, who had stepped aside.
With He Zizai's demise, the power of the "Black Wind Wolf Formation" weakened, and it could only operate normally to accumulate power.
boom!
Just as Dong Yutian and Ding Liyuan flew out of the array chamber, a loud bang suddenly resounded throughout the entire Black Wind City.
Zhang Maoheng looked up.
Then they saw that the black wind protective shield displayed on the floating mirror on the platform in front of them was shattered as if the mirror had broken.
"Black Wind City... is finished!" Upon seeing this, Zhang Maoheng was distraught and didn't know what to do.
……
At this moment, outside Blackwind City.
The "Azure Flame Array Diagram" above Li Wenchang's head was not only fully unfolded, but also filled with rolling flames, as if there was a rolling azure sea of fire inside. One after another, azure flames flashed in the eyes of the azure crows, and flew out of the array diagram.
The number of spirit crows was enormous, covering the sky, numbering in the hundreds, as they attacked Blackwind City.
At this moment, the protective shield of Blackwind City had already been shattered by the torrent of fire unleashed by the "Crow's Blazing Flame Array Diagram".
Now Yan Wuchang and Fang Daxian are without protection and are completely within the attack range of the array.
Before the fire crows could even arrive, the fiery torrents stirred up by the flock swept in like a monstrous wave.
Where the fire flowed, the Black Wind City Wall and the standing banners were burned to nothingness.
On the city wall, the tower was ablaze.
Many rocks began to smoke and glowed red-hot.
"The third-tier true fire is terrifying!" On the city wall, Yan Wuchang, who had been hesitant, was filled with awe.
The terror of a third-order true fire is far beyond what a Foundation Establishment cultivator's flame can condense.
"Retreat!" Yan Wuchang's eyes flashed, and he immediately threw out several talismans, which transformed into black wind shields that hung high in the sky outside the city.
They protected him from the flames.
In addition, the spiritual boots beneath his feet shimmered with light, creating a gust of wind that carried him rapidly towards Blackwind City.
Fang Daxian immediately made a hand gesture, and golden light shone from his body, condensing nine golden light shields, each ten feet wide, in front of him and hanging high in the sky to resist the sweeping fire streams and the hundreds of fire crows that were rushing towards him from behind.
Immediately, he also rode the wind and sped towards Black Wind City.
They had only fled a hundred meters when the light shields were burned to nothing by the fire.
In addition, high in the sky, Li Wenchang, with a cold gaze, made a hand gesture and chanted in a low voice with a majestic tone, "Feather blades are like shooting stars, covering eight thousand miles in an instant." Before the words had even finished, flames immediately burst forth on the 'Spirit Raven Flame Array Diagram' floating above his head.
A turquoise fiery cloud swept out, resembling a sea of fire suspended in the air, covering an area of ten thousand meters in radius, with a vast and oppressive force like the sky pressing down from above.
The cultivators of Black Wind City below gasped for breath, their souls nearly shattered.
Many people were terrified, kneeling on the ground, trembling, begging Li Wenchang not to harm them.
Immediately, fiery feathers, like sharp blades, shot out from within the array.