On this Mountain, cultivator after cultivator arrived, riding on their swords.
The one at their head was clad in a general's armor. If it were the common folk who lived year-round in the Imperial Capital, or those high officials and powerful nobles, they would surely recognize this person.
He was the Capital's Garrison Commander; normally, when there was nothing else to do, he would lead his soldiers on patrol!
Lai Teng, who had originally been surrounded by the people from Azure Cloud, had, on the contrary, now had his people surround Li Kuanghua and the others.
"Hahaha!"
Lai Teng laughed loudly at the panic-stricken group from the Li family.
"Did you think," he taunted, "that only you people from the Li family were making preparations, and that we were just some people sitting here waiting to be slaughtered?"
Among the tens of thousands of Tian Xing avatars, Lai Teng considered himself to be absolutely the most diligent. He cultivated diligently, and he knew how to turn shame into courage.
Back then, after being forced to retreat by the people of the Li family and Azure Cloud, he too came to know the importance of having his own power and influence.
He climbed upwards, step by step, becoming a Divinity Transformation expert and also a general.
He prepared for a hundred years, and what he was waiting for was this very day.
Today.
To wash away all the humiliations of the past, he would establish a firm foothold in this Imperial Capital and wait to become the final, true vessel!
"So you are the bastards who oppose General Lai?"
That Garrison Commander, a Divinity Transformation expert, slowly floated down and stood before Lai Teng.
He sneered, "I've heard of the matters in Azure Cloud. To run amok in the domain of my Imperial Capital, that is truly in keeping with the wantonly reckless style of you Li family people. But today, you are truly courting death."
Hearing this.
Li Kuanghua still remained expressionless.
That Lai Teng, however, let out a cold smile.
His years of continuously giving gifts to the Garrison Commander had not been in vain.
He raised his head high and looked down upon Li Kuanghua.
"Your Li family is truly finished," he said. "You thought that by releasing those numerous 'caged sparrows,' you could force us into a corner step by step, and you wanted to catch us all in one net. But you never imagined that in doing so, you were likewise exposing your own whereabouts!"
"For all these years, we were never able to find any trace of you. We could only wait for you to walk right into our trap and make all the necessary preparations!"
"You thought you had found our weakness, but in reality, if a weakness is exploited properly, it can instead become a sharp weapon for killing the enemy."
"Your clansmen, just like you, are falling into our trap, step by step. They will all die!"
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Outside Solaria City.
In the sky, the vines formed several days prior by Li Yaoqing using the 'Divine Art' had long since vanished. The ground was covered in broken and withered vines.
At this moment, high in the sky.
Within a pale green, poisonous miasma, which could not only block one's line of sight but could even block the perception of a Primordial Spirit or a Nascent Soul.
Within this bewildering miasma, Qu Yang floated, standing in mid-air as he surveyed his surroundings.
These past few days, he had been fighting a battle with Xian Tong and Li Yaoqing.
Xian Tong had only just entered the Divinity Transformation realm, and although he was a Fifth-Grade Divinity Transformation expert, he was still far from being his (Qu Yang's) equal.
But he never expected that when Xian Tong coordinated with an extraordinary pharmacist like Li Yaoqing, they would actually be able to fight him until now and have truly tied him down!
That Li Yaoqing's divine arts were bizarre. He didn't know what kind of heaven-defying techniques or formulas she practiced, but those vines were endless and could even help Xian Tong temporarily increase his cultivation base.
This woman also had numerous pills and spirit medicines, which put Xian Tong in an undefeatable position.
"Swoosh!"
Within the poisonous miasma, a figure could be seen shuttling through, disappearing in the blink of an eye. That was Xian Tong.
This extraordinarily gifted, doll-like child practiced a heaven-bestowed art.
He could transform into thunder, combining slaughter and speed into one, and was truly difficult to deal with.
This was especially true since he carried a heavenly fire; if an ordinary person were to be touched by even a little of it, I fear that not even ordinary liquids could extinguish this fire.
"How much longer can you hold out?"
Qu Yang laughed loudly, unhurried and composed. "You can do nothing to me. Did you genuinely believe that by preparing for a hundred years, you would have a chance to fight us? What do you have to fight us with?"
"So what if you found our weakness? Did you also truly believe that we do not understand ourselves well enough?"
"You prepared for a hundred years, and we have likewise prepared for a hundred years!"
Within the bewildering miasma.
Xian Tong's childish voice rang out angrily, "Hmph! You've already lost contact with your other avatars, and look how arrogant you still are."
"So what?"
Qu Yang also hadn't expected this sudden turn of events. Like all the other avatars, he too had panicked at that moment, but he quickly snapped out of it. Afterward, Qu Yang laughed loudly.
"That Shang Mi," he sneered, "did he genuinely believe that by helping you, he could truly destroy us? He is too laughable."
"On the contrary, I have some good news to tell you. Shang Mi is dead. He had long since sent letters to numerous powers. With his prestige, our avatars in Eternal Sun Prefecture were undoubtedly exposed, and we can no longer gather the people of Eternal Sun Prefecture to encircle your Li family."
As soon as these words were spoken, Li Yaoqing, within the bewildering miasma, knitted her brow.
Qu Yang was heard to continue, still like a hunter about to enjoy a great feast.
"Unfortunately, from the moment you Li family people set foot in Eternal Sun Prefecture, you had already fallen into a trap. We had long since made all the necessary preparations."
"I imagine your Li family must have thought you had considerable influence and would seek out help, right?"
"Heavenly Light Sect?"
"Lei Dong of the Wu Clan?"
"The Sacred Hall Sword Pavilion that the Heavenly Star Sword Saint joined?"
Qu Yang was truly pleased with himself. "The Jiang family of Azure Cloud Region? The Mi family? Or the numerous masters who have joined Azure Cloud in recent years?"
"All the people you could possibly call upon, none of them can come! You are isolated and without aid, with no helpers left. With just you people from the Li family, here in my Eternal Sun Prefecture, you are nothing but turtles in a jar!"
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