Chapter 232: Bought Over with Just One Technique?
"No need for the two of you to fight over it, I'll step in myself."
Another powerhouse walked forward.
This person was none other than the Northern Yu Divine Emperor, the only Half-Saint present. The weight his words carried was immeasurable.
As he spoke, he touched the storage ring on his hand, his heart filled with emotion.
In just the past few days, he had received too much favor from Daoist Li Xun. First, Li Xun had given him an incomparably precious spiritual herb. Then, he had bestowed upon him a Saint level divine technique.
His gratitude ran so deep it could not be expressed in words.
Although he had helped Li Xun once before, compared to what he had received, it was far from enough. To repay such a debt of gratitude, he could only do so little by little.
Now, lending a hand to help Li Xun deal with this small matter was, in his eyes, nothing more than a casual gesture.
After all, the people that the Great Chu Dynasty and the Spirit Clan had brought here were clearly not Li Xun's match. Everyone present knew it. Li Xun had, after all, slain no less than five Divine Palace Realm experts already.
"Your Highness, there are some things that you are not qualified to touch. If you insist on going forward, you will have to pass through me first."
Yang Yi stood at Li Xun's side and spoke slowly.
Though he came from the Great Chu Dynasty, it was obvious he was not on the same side as Chu Lingfeng. Long ago, he had already chosen to stand with Li Xun.
"Hm?"
Chu Lingfeng and the old servant behind him stood together, looking rather lonely and out of place.
Everyone else had crowds of followers gathered at their backs, yet they were left with only the two of them.
When others had spoken earlier, it hadn't bothered Chu Lingfeng too much. But when Yang Yi spoke, that completely broke his composure.
On his side, he already had no available manpower left—only one old servant and Yang Yi. And now Yang Yi, instead of helping him, openly stood on Li Xun's side. That was something he could not endure no matter what.
He glared fiercely at Yang Yi, then looked at the powerful figures standing beside Li Xun, a trace of unease creeping into his heart.
So many had spoken up for Li Xun—if he said he wasn't nervous, that would be a lie.
"Yang Yi, your conduct today—I will naturally report it truthfully to the Emperor when I return. And as for the rest of you… do you truly wish to oppose the Great Chu Dynasty?"
Chu Lingfeng spoke solemnly.
When his words fell, not a single person in the crowd responded. All eyes instead turned toward that faintly glowing pale violet figure in the crowd, as if waiting for his answer.
"As for you, Li Xun, don't think that just because so many people are standing behind you, you can act wantonly. The Profound Sun Holy Land you rely on, in the eyes of my Great Chu Dynasty, is nothing more than a slightly larger ant."
"Are the people of the Great Chu Dynasty all this brainless?"
Li Xun shook his head with a sigh.
The affairs of the Great Chu Dynasty might be unclear to outsiders, but he knew them inside and out.
First, there were those within the dynasty colluding with Otherworldly Demons. Then there was Chu Lingfeng—his life already hung by a thread in Li Xun's grasp, yet he still dared to spout threats.
Was he so tired of living?
In Li Xun's eyes, the Great Chu Dynasty wouldn't shine for much longer. Beneath its prosperous facade, it would likely be reduced to ashes in just a few short years.
After all, within the dynasty stood Yang Yi, someone carrying the protagonist's template. Now that he's bound to the Great Chu's chariot, it was only a matter of time before he uncovered the dynasty's hidden rot.
And when that day came, Yang Yi might well break away from the dynasty entirely.
One could say, from the old generation to the younger generation, the entire Great Chu Dynasty had already chosen a narrow path.
"I'll have to trouble you, my fellow Daoists."
Li Xun waved his hand lightly, speaking at a leisurely pace.
Boom!
In the next instant, spiritual energy erupted, mana surging like a vast ocean, as if a volcano had erupted, engulfing heaven and earth. Terrifying might swept across all directions.
A mighty figure stepped forward—his frame towering, a jade crown upon his head, his bearing incomparably majestic. With a single stride, he thrust out his right hand, shattering thousands of feet of empty space.
"Daoist Li Xun, this should have been done long ago."
So spoke the Northern Yu Divine Emperor.
Boom!
The moment he struck, countless more powerhouses followed. Divine techniques of every kind filled the heavens, seven-colored brilliance surged into the skies, as though recreating the very opening of the heavens and earth. The surging auras were beyond imagination.
The sight was utterly staggering—no less than a hundred Divine Palace Realm experts had unleashed their might at the same time.
Such a scene was usually only seen when a Holy Land was being destroyed. Yet today, they had the fortune to witness it with their own eyes.
On the periphery, countless spectators roared in excitement.
"Unbelievable! In my lifetime, I never thought I'd see such a spectacle. Hundreds of Divine Palace Realm cultivators striking at once—forget mortals, even a Saint would suffer a bitter loss against this!"
"Not so simple. Saints are supreme, their power is beyond our comprehension. Still, I can say for certain that among those of equal realm, no one alive could withstand this strike."
"To be born a man, to eat as if from the Five Tripods, to die as if cooked in them—even if one perished under such a strike, it would be a tale worth boasting of on the road to the underworld!"
"Provided, of course, one's soul isn't completely obliterated."
"With just a single command, Daoist Li Xun can mobilize so many powerhouses. From this day forth, anyone who dares to oppose him had best weigh the consequences carefully."
"It's over…"
Behind Chu Lingfeng, his old servant's face was filled with despair, his body frozen stiff.
Faced with such might, he didn't even consider resistance—he knew there was no chance. His strength could barely hold out against a single Divine Palace Realm cultivator, but now there were a full hundred arrayed against them.
What worth did he or his young master have to warrant such a fate?
"Why?"
Chu Lingfeng roared in his heart. He refused to accept this reality. Why… why would so many powerhouses heed Li Xun's command?
Just for a single cultivation technique?
Even the Northern Yu Divine Emperor himself had taken action on Li Xun's behalf.
Those outside, though speaking of how dying beneath so many experts was a death of glory, could not truly understand the despair without being there themselves.
Looking around, Chu Lingfeng saw nothing but terrifying divine powers sealing off every direction.
No escape remained.
The place where he stood—within a hundred-mile radius—had become an absolute deathtrap. For anyone caught within, there was not the faintest sliver of survival.
"I am the son of the Great Chu Emperor, you—"
Chu Lingfeng hastily summoned a spiritual treasure, raising it above his head. But the treasure didn't even last a single breath before disintegrating into dust.
The next moment—
He himself, along with the old servant at his side, vanished without even a scream, their bodies reduced to nothingness.
Boom!
Countless divine techniques poured down upon the earth, like a heavenly river bursting its banks. Within a radius of several hundred miles, the land erupted in chaos. The terrifying force swept across in every direction.
The very void twisted.
Mountains crumbled into dust, the scene like the end of the world. Everyone who saw it trembled uncontrollably, their legs weak, hearts quivering with lingering fear.
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