Chapter 464: Shura Battlefield
The turbaned man dispersed his divine power, and the corpse of the female divine practitioner from the Mu family fell, plummeting downward. He smiled, "Truly childish, harboring the same unrealistic fantasies as the previous Human Sovereign."
Although his sword strike had only severed the arm of this female divine practitioner from the Mu family, the sword intent had already penetrated her entire body, causing her primordial spirit to dissolve within that sword intent, vanishing into ashes.
With his level of swordsmanship, he didn't even need to directly wound his opponent; he could destroy their primordial spirit with sword intent alone.
Mu Yingxue clenched her fists, suppressing her rage, and did not act out.
The one who died was a member of her clan, but facing the mysterious and unfathomable Ba Gou, she dared not act rashly.
The turbaned man turned his head to look at the clan leaders of the various tribes. Behind him stood the towering mountain giants and the extraordinarily majestic True Heaven Palace. He said leisurely, "Clan leaders of the Western Lands, you have rebelled and risen up for the power of True Heaven Palace, unaware that the power of True Heaven Palace was given by me. I offer you a way to live. Withdraw now, cut off the head of this Qin Human Sovereign, and deliver it to True Heaven Palace, and I will let bygones be bygones."
Qin Mu stood firm, looking at the leaders of the Western Lands. Many of them were already wavering.
The army of the Western Lands he had gathered this time was not a monolithic bloc; they had come together for their own interests. Although most of the female clan leaders of the Western Lands were as beautiful as flowers, and Qin Mu even shared deep feelings with some of them, like the sect leaders and patriarchs of the Central Lands' Yankang, these beautiful women also prioritized the interests of their own clans.
Personal feelings would not distort these women's rational judgment.
If they retreated because of this, Qin Mu would not be surprised.
Suddenly, Mu Yingxue shook the bell on her wrist, producing a crisp, tinkling sound, and laughed, "Any of you can retreat, but the Mu family cannot. What the Mu family owes the Xiong family must be repaid to the Xiong family. Otherwise, I will never find peace of mind for the rest of my life!"
He Yiyi said calmly, "Yu Bochuan died in my Jun City, and I cannot shirk the blame. It's better to simply overthrow the Yu family's rule. The He family cannot retreat either."
Liu Ruyin hesitated for a moment, then looked at Liu Zhenqing, who was sitting on a small coffin beside her. Liu Zhenqing was holding a sugar-coated hawthorn stick given to her by Xiong Qi'er.
The little girl was earnestly licking the candy, then suddenly looked up and said sweetly, "As Sect Leader Qin said, it's just the avatar of a true god; killing it isn't difficult. But for a true god to descend to the mortal world, that's far too hard. Mother, since I accepted Sister Qi'er's candy, I have to do something for the Xiong family. Besides..."
Her smile grew even sweeter: "Who can guarantee that the Yu family won't settle scores later? Their minds are very narrow. If we get rid of the Yu family, the mother and daughter of the Xiong family will rule True Heaven Palace and will still need to rely on our Liu family. The gains outweigh the risks, so why not do it?"
Qin Mu felt relieved.
Although Liu Zhenqing looked like a little girl, she was truly an old fox. Her words seemed childishly innocent, but they voiced the thoughts of all the major clans in the Western Lands.
This speech was enough to sway the other great families and clans, and even Ba Gou could not change their minds!
Among the clan leaders present, perhaps only Mu Yingxue genuinely wanted to help the mother and daughter, Xiong Xiyu and Xiong Qi'er, out of a desire to atone for her sins. The others all had their own interests to consider, but for Qin Mu, that was enough.
The turbaned man smiled faintly. "Men die for wealth, birds die for food. Even women as pure and refined as you are foolish and ignorant, wasting the beauty of your forms. Very well, since you want to die, I will send you to your deaths."
He was about to turn and leave when He Yiyi suddenly laughed, "Since Ba Gou has come, there's no need to leave!"
Countless boulders surged around her, rushing toward the turbaned man with a loud clatter.
At the same time, almost all the clan leaders of the Western Lands' great families unleashed their techniques. Behind Fang Caidie, the mountain giants raised enormous stone pillars, using peaks as weapons to sweep toward the turbaned man.
Luo Yinyu drew her sword and thrust it forward. Countless flying swords followed her blade, skimming along the peaks swept by the mountain giants, whistling as they attacked the turbaned man.
Mu Yingxue flicked her fingers repeatedly, while Fu Yunxi pulled her hands downward with force. Countless bolts of lightning erupted, and a thunderstorm, carrying the deadly poison Mu Yingxue had thrown, surged toward the turbaned man!
Liu Ruyin and her daughter Liu Zhenqing untied the chains on the golden coffin, and the chains shot out like black flood dragons, coiling toward the turbaned man.
The leaders of the major clans in the Western Lands completely ignored the rules of the martial world. Without a word, they all charged forward together, determined to stop him at all costs!
Qin Mu nodded inwardly. "Well done."
The turbaned man walked straight toward True Heaven Palace, his sword flashing behind him, cutting through everyone's attacks in a single stroke.
He Yiyi's formation had not yet closed when he sliced a path through it with his sword. The stone pillars swept by the mountain giants were severed by his blade, which moved like a bolt of silk. The thunderstorm in midair was intercepted by his sword technique, splitting the sky. The chains from the golden coffin were struck by the tip of his sword and recoiled.
"Excellent swordsmanship! In terms of pure sword technique, no one in the entire Western Lands can match him! Truly excellent swordsmanship!"
Qin Mu's expression grew grave. This turbaned man's swordsmanship was truly miraculous, reaching a level of ghostly, unfathomable mastery. Mundane formations and sword techniques could hardly stop him.
"Qi'er, activate the Azure Dragon Pearl!"
Xiong Qi'er activated the Azure Dragon Pearl, and suddenly a brilliant azure light burst forth, accompanied by a dragon's roar. A flood of azure light surged toward True Heaven Palace.
Wherever the azure light passed, everything was petrified into wood. Even the mountain giants surrounding True Heaven Palace suddenly stiffened, their bodies turning a greenish hue as countless vines grew rapidly.
The women of True Heaven Palace standing atop those mountain giants were instantly controlled by the Azure Dragon Pearl. With soft popping sounds, buds and flowers sprouted from their heads and faces!
The Azure Dragon Pearl, one of the four great spiritual treasures of True Heaven Palace, displayed astonishing power in the hands of the little girl Xiong Qi'er. The turbaned man, bathed in the azure light, also stiffened suddenly, his body seeming on the verge of turning to wood!
The might of the Azure Dragon Pearl was beyond imagination!
Just then, amidst the drifting sea of clouds, several women emerged from the palace and stood atop the clouds, each raising a pearl in their hands.
Three pearls rose into the air, growing brighter and brighter. One pearl contained the souls of a turtle and a snake, another held the spirit of a white tiger, and the third glowed with flames, a divine bird soaring within it.
The three pearls shone in the sky, colliding with the azure light of the Azure Dragon Pearl. The pearl in Xiong Qi'er's hand trembled violently, and the dragon's roar grew louder. An azure dragon flew out of the pearl. As soon as it emerged, its body became enormous, coiling and swimming around the towering mountains, a truly awe-inspiring sight.
In front of True Heaven Palace, the light of the three other spiritual treasures grew ever brighter. The white tiger, the soaring serpent and dark turtle, and the vermilion bird flew out of their pearls. The white tiger crouched on a mountain peak, roaring at the sky. The vermilion bird shrieked, flapping its wings and scattering a sea of fire. The dark turtle trod upon the ocean, the sea roaring beneath its feet, floating in the sky, while the soaring serpent darted through the waters.
The three women of True Heaven Palace activated the other three spiritual treasures, joining forces to counter Xiong Qi'er. The combined power of the three treasures suppressed the Azure Dragon Pearl's might.
The wood-like traces on the turbaned man's body rapidly faded away. He smiled faintly, his flying sword returning to its sheath, and his figure vanished into True Heaven Palace.
"Eliminate them." His voice came from within.
The disciples of True Heaven Palace atop the mountain giants shed the wood-like traces as the Azure Dragon Pearl's power was suppressed, freeing them.
The azure light on the mountain giants also receded. One by one, the mountain giants moved their enormous bodies, wielding mountain-sized swords as they charged toward the major clans of the Western Lands.
He Yiyi shouted sharply. The massive catapults operated automatically, their long arms swinging with a whoosh, hurling smaller stone figures into the air. Compared to the mountain giants, these stone figures were pitifully small, but as they were thrown, they unfurled in midair and lunged at the mountain giants.
Flames burst forth in the sky, and many stone figures were shattered in midair, destroyed by the mountain giants' enormous weapons.
Those were town-suppressing treasures, unleashing terrifying power in the hands of the mountain giants, crushing the stone figures into dust, turning them into clouds of debris in the sky.
However, many stone figures still landed on the mountain giants. They climbed rapidly, racing toward the giants' heads.
On the heads of the mountain giants, the disciples of True Heaven Palace were on high alert, unleashing their techniques and divine abilities to the fullest, extracting the spirits from the stone figures as they lunged. Stone figures kept collapsing and disintegrating into piles of rolling rocks.
Whoosh—
A torrential downpour fell, a vast green rain pouring down amidst thunder and lightning. It was a poisonous rain conjured by the divine practitioners of the Mu family and the Fu family working together.
In the poisonous rain, even the crackling lightning bolts were green, carrying deadly venom as they surged, mixed with the rain, toward the peaks of the mountain giants!
More women poured out of True Heaven Palace. Countless spiritual weapons flew out, like a myriad of golden and silver rings, darting among the mountains.
The spinning golden and silver rings attracted the lightning and rain, binding them within the rings, then passing through and flowing down the mountains.
The dark clouds in the sky churned. Tornadoes descended from the heavens, twisting like dragons, sweeping toward these golden and silver rings.
Inside True Heaven Palace, the woman controlling the Dark Turtle Pearl activated it. The ocean poured in, crashing into the dark clouds with a thunderous roar, swallowing the clouds, lightning, and tornadoes all at once!
"Kill!"
Shouts of women rang out beside Qin Mu. The massive catapults strode forward with a rumble, covering a li before squatting down. Many women jumped into the large baskets and were hurled into the air with a whoosh.
Many mountain giants charged from behind, colliding with the mountain giants guarding True Heaven Palace with a thunderous crash. Tens of thousands of disciples from the Fang family stood atop the giants' heads, unleashing countless spiritual weapons to battle the True Heaven Palace disciples on the opposing peaks.
Countless vines extended through the air, coiling around the mountain giants. Women of the Xi family stepped on the vines, darting among the mountains to attack the True Heaven Palace women on the peaks, while the vines wrapped around the mountains themselves.
Boom!
A pagoda-shaped mountain came crashing down, crushing countless Xi family women into dust. But no one had time to grieve. Women of the Fang family rode rivers as long as flood dragons, racing among the mountains, colliding with waterfalls and rivers surging from the peaks. Countless water giants rose from the rivers, wielding swords and blades of ice, charging at these women.
True Heaven Palace had become a vast Shura battlefield, and the warriors on this field were those enchanting, beautiful women.
"Fatty Dragon, protect Qi'er!"
Qin Mu moved, leaping onto the boulder that He Yiyi was riding through the air. The massive Jun City had completely disintegrated into a torrent of giant rocks, carrying them high into the sky.
Zi Yu Mo, Happy Birthday!
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