Protect Our Patriarch
Book 6: Chapter 20: Great victory! Defeated the True Immortal Realm!
"Boom!!"
A dazzling sword light suddenly erupted, slashing directly at the Evil Formation Immortal with unmatched momentum!
The terrifying power surged skyward in an instant.
At some point, a towering humanoid Dharma Aspect appeared behind Liu Ruolan, along with the Primordial Water Sacred Diagram exuding a vast aura.
The immense and profound aura seemed to contain the ultimate truths of the universe, spreading from both and finally converging into the sword light.
The sword light was like snow, carrying a resolute will that seemed capable of tearing through the starry sky and piercing the heavens.
Wherever the sword light reached, the void trembled, and even the surrounding space seemed unable to withstand it, cracking with fissures.
This familiar sword intent and power made the Evil Formation Immortal feel as if he had been transported back a hundred thousand years. A chilling fear crawled up his spine, penetrating his true spirit, making him feel as if he had encountered a natural enemy, his scalp tingling, his body trembling, and his face turning deathly pale.
The Mystic Spirit Saintess!
She, she was still alive?!
As someone who lived through that era, no one understood the power of the Mystic Spirit Saintess better than he did, a woman who instilled fear just by being remembered.
In extreme terror, he instinctively flung out a defensive array disc.
It was a tortoise shell-shaped defensive array disc, with a dark exterior engraved with mysterious inscriptions, looking very ancient.
The array disc spun in the air, instantly expanding countless times. Under the array's glow, a thick energy tortoise shell shield quickly formed, encasing the Evil Formation Immortal like a solid barrier.
In the blink of an eye.
Just as the shield finished forming, the sword light struck the tortoise shell shield.
"Boom~!!!"
The void shook violently, and the terrifying energy wave exploded instantly.
The seemingly indestructible tortoise shell shield trembled violently, as if it might collapse at any moment. The dark array disc also seemed to bear immense pressure, with cracks spreading across it, the faint "crack" sound making the Evil Formation Immortal's scalp tingle.
Under the impact of the energy shockwave, even within the array's protection, the Evil Formation Immortal still had blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
He looked at Liu Ruolan in disbelief.
It was only at this moment that he noticed Liu Ruolan's cultivation was actually at the late Divine Realm!
The current Mystic Spirit Saintess was only at the late Divine Realm?
His heart relaxed slightly, but then his scalp tingled again.
Only at the late Divine Realm, yet the power of this sword was already so terrifying. If she were at the Void Realm, wouldn't that sword have directly slain him, a True Immortal?
For a moment, the Evil Formation Immortal felt a sense of having narrowly escaped death.
But the most crucial point wasn't this; it was that the Mystic Spirit Saintess wasn't alone this time, but had gathered a group of formidable followers.
With the Mystic Spirit Saintess's personality, she would never let him go.
In a flash, the Evil Formation Immortal had only one thought: run, run, run!
Without any hesitation, he immediately abandoned Wei Deming and Wei Qingyun, leaping away, stepping on a shuttle-shaped array disc, and swiftly fleeing into the void.
"Sister Mystic Spirit~ We can't let that traitor escape, he stole our companions' relics!" Bobo was extremely anxious.
"Hmph! He won't get away."
Liu Ruolan's eyes were icy, and she commanded her sword with her will, instantly giving chase.
With the Primordial Water Sacred Sword Bobo's support, her speed was truly like lightning, even faster than the Evil Formation Immortal, catching up to him in the blink of an eye.
Boom boom boom!
One sword light after another lit up in the void, the terrifying shockwaves from the energy explosions continuously shaking the space, causing a series of rumbling sounds!
This sound transmission was even faster than through the air.
Seeing the Evil Formation Immortal being chased all over by Liu Ruolan, the Immortal Emperor and Immortal Sovereign who followed were left speechless.
This Wang's Clan matriarch was truly fierce! A mere late Divine Realm, yet she was chasing and beating a True Immortal!
This was simply unheard of.
The Ancestor of the Wei Clan, Wei Deming, and Wei Qingyun were even more dumbfounded.
Wasn't it agreed that as long as they passed through the void tunnel, the plan would succeed? How could it end up like this?
Seeing the group of powerful figures arriving together, their hearts felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave, chilling to the bone, their faces ashen, frozen in place, not daring to move.
They knew it was all over, completely over!
Not only them, but the entire Wei Clan, their millennia of foundation, was all over!
Wei Qingyun was even more puzzled.
Why? Why was it this Changning Wang's Clan again!
Last time, they didn't even see the face of the Wang's Clan leader and were defeated by Wang Fugui. Now again, inexplicably defeated. Was this Changning Wang's Clan destined to clash with their Wei Clan?!
Unfortunately, everyone else's attention was not on them at this moment.
"Esteemed seniors," Wang Shouzhe cupped his hands to the surrounding, "My wife alone might struggle to slay the Evil Formation Immortal. I ask all seniors to join in, quickly resolve this, and avoid complications."
Wang Shouzhe always advocated for overestimating the enemy, so this time he had brought many people, including the true forms of the Immortal Emperor and Immortal Sovereign, as well as Di Xiu and Enlightenment, even Elder Tianji, who had just exited seclusion and was busy repairing the [Great Void Transfer Array], was called over to assist.
With all the experts gathered, they naturally wouldn't let his wife face the Evil Formation Immortal alone.
Even the Immortal Emperor felt that the Evil Formation Immortal was truly unlucky. After finally plotting a scheme, he just happened to run into Wang Shouzhe.
"Shouzhe, rest assured. Leave it to us."
The Immortal Emperor smiled sweetly at Wang Shouzhe, summoned the Cold Moon Immortal Sword, and charged out.
The other True Immortal Realm experts naturally wouldn't refuse Wang Shouzhe's request, and they too charged out to assist Liu Ruolan.
Having previously fought together, their coordination was already quite skilled. Elder Tianji's puppet body was responsible for close combat, entangling the Evil Formation Immortal, while the Immortal Sovereign, Immortal Emperor, and Liu Ruolan were the main attackers, Di Xiu Immortal Monarch assisted and dispelled negative states, and Enlightenment Immortal Monarch focused on enhancing and occasionally disrupting the Evil Formation Immortal's attempts to escape through space jumps.
With five True Immortal level experts attacking together, the Evil Formation Immortal was immediately suppressed to the point of suffocation, and within moments, he was left with nothing but a pitiful escape.
Seeing the Evil Formation Immortal being handled so clearly, Wang Shouzhe then turned his attention to the Ancestor of the Wei Clan, Wei Deming.
He sighed, "The dignified Wei Clan, wouldn't it be better to develop steadily? If you had reported the Evil Formation Immortal to the Immortal Emperor as soon as you discovered him, instead of secretly collaborating with him, you wouldn't have ended up like this."
With the Wei Clan's foundation and size, even though they had suffered a severe setback last time, they wouldn't have been completely weakened, and with steady development, they might have returned to their peak.
"Master Wang Shouzhe, there's no need for such sarcasm."
Seeing the True Immortals fighting the Evil Formation Immortal, Wei Deming's heart stirred, finally seeing a glimmer of hope.
With a flick of his wrist, a Daoist long sword was in his hand, and with a roar, he charged at Wang Shouzhe and his group.
"Qingyun, run!"
As he spoke, a surging aura rose from him, a massive Dharma Aspect appeared behind him, and even the codex floated above his head, pages flipping.
To buy Wei Qingyun a chance to escape, he used all his strength from the start, sword light crisscrossing, every move targeting Wang Shouzhe's vital points.
Wei Qingyun also reacted quickly, seizing the opportunity to rush toward the void passage.
However, just as he moved, his "nemesis" Wang Anye appeared before him.
Wang Anye stood proudly in front of the void passage, one hand behind his back, and with a sword gesture of his right hand, countless treasured swords flew out from the Void Sword Tomb, forming a massive sword formation in the starry sky above him in an instant.
Leading the formation was his newly acquired Immortal Sword, the "Haotian Sword," while the original main sword of the formation, "Wanwan," had to reluctantly give up its position and settle for second place.
Wave after wave of sword energy emanated from the massive sword formation, sharp and imposing, the terrifying power causing the void to tremble faintly.
With such formidable sword formation power, combined with Wang Anye's extraordinary bloodline talent, he could face mid to late Void Realm without fear.
To put it bluntly, with Wang Anye's current strength, as long as a True Immortal didn't appear, he was unafraid.
Poor Wei Qingyun, just an ordinary Divine Realm inheritor of the codex, how could he resist Wang Anye?
In just a few breaths, he was captured by Wang Anye, bound with the Soul Lock.
And Wei Deming didn't fare any better.
Without needing anyone else to act, the moment Wei Deming charged, an ancient and heavy Immortal Bow appeared above Wang Shouzhe's head.
This was a long bow entirely crimson, with a massive bow body seemingly burning with flames, faint golden patterns flickering across it, looking extremely mysterious and powerful. It was one of the treasures obtained by the Yincha Demon God in the Hyperspace Corridor—[Sun Shooting Immortal Bow].
Under Wang Shouzhe's profound energy and divine sense, the Sun Shooting Immortal Bow burst into dazzling light, the bowstring vibrating as an arrow light shot out instantly, a blazing rainbow seemingly capable of piercing even the sun in the sky.
Such power surpassed even the full-force strike of an ordinary Void Realm by several measures!
Unfortunately, no matter how strong Wang Shouzhe's bloodline, his cultivation was only at the late Divine Realm, unable to fully unleash the Sun Shooting Immortal Bow's power, and without consuming pills, he couldn't sustain long-term combat with it.
Of course, combining it like this was much stronger than letting the Sun Shooting Immortal Bow fight on its own. Despite the Spirit Artifacts being quite clever, most, except for a few old hands, couldn't compare to humans in terms of intelligence.
Moreover, fighting on its own relied solely on the bow's stored energy, needing to absorb ambient energy while fighting, barely managing against a Void Realm, far less effective than when controlled by someone.
The moment Wei Deming saw the Sun Shooting Immortal Bow appear, his face changed, and when the arrow light shot out, his expression turned extremely grim, yet he could only grit his teeth and defend with all his might.
"Boom!!"
Wei Deming was directly sent flying by the immense force, spewing blood, severely injured. But it wasn't over.
Before Wei Deming could react, a peak Void Realm puppet, Wang Xiao Jia, appeared behind him. Attacked from both sides, despair finally appeared on Wei Deming's face.
Naturally, he didn't have a good ending, being knocked to the ground in a few breaths and bound with the Soul Lock by Wang Xiao Jia.
Thus.
The Wei Clan's group exploring the ancient battlefield relics was completely wiped out. After dealing with these small matters.
The battle with the Evil Formation Immortal was also nearing its end.
In just half a stick of incense's time, the Evil Formation Immortal had fled over a thousand miles, only to be smashed to pieces by the five True Immortal Realm experts and the formidable Liu Ruolan.
This time, not only his body but even his soul didn't escape, being controlled by the Primordial Water Sacred Sword Bobo.
Having been trapped by the formation before, with new and old grudges, Bobo showed no mercy to the Evil Formation Immortal's remnant soul, arrogantly cursing, "You old bastard, weren't you arrogant? Take that for bullying Bobo! Take that for being arrogant and domineering! Take that for your wickedness~"
And after the Evil Formation Immortal's immortal body was destroyed, his storage ring and some treasures exploded out, being casually collected by Liu Ruolan.
It was at this moment.
The Nine Prison Demon God, who had been relentlessly pursuing the "thief," crossed a stretch of void, executing a long-distance teleportation to arrive.
"Hahaha~ Little thief! Prepare to die!"
An arrogant voice echoed from the turbulent space, resounding in all directions. As the words fell.
The burly and robust figure of the Nine Prison Demon God burst from the torn space, descending with overwhelming dominance.
Under the starry sky, his wings spread wide, unleashing a boundless demonic might, exuding the aura of a supreme demon god descending upon the world.
However, just as he emerged from the space, before he could stabilize his form, he was instantly dumbfounded.
One, two, three, four, five... Five powerful beings had surrounded him, among them the Immortal Emperor and Immortal Sovereign, whom the Nine Prison Demon God was quite familiar with... The arrogant words about to escape the Nine Prison Demon God's lips were abruptly cut off.
The two sides stared at each other, neither speaking for a moment. What the hell, what's going on here?!
The Nine Prison Demon God scanned with his divine sense, instantly realizing something was wrong.
In this space, the energy remnants of a battle had yet to dissipate, the scent of a powerful being's death lingered.
Clearly, a destructive battle had just occurred here, and the one who died was likely the thief from the Eclipse Moon Palace.
Even as a high-ranking demon god, facing five True Immortal Realm experts, the Nine Prison Demon God felt a bit apprehensive.
His domineering aura gradually receded, and he spoke to the obviously strongest Immortal Emperor in the human language, "Yun Tiange, I only came to hunt the thief, I have no intention of being your enemy. Farewell~"
With that, the Nine Prison Demon God began to retreat, frantically tearing open space, preparing to escape immediately. But the Enlightenment Immortal Monarch was quick to act.
Just as the Nine Prison Demon God moved, he swiftly flicked out an Enlightenment Immortal Leaf.
The Immortal Leaf exploded, instantly forming a domain of chaotic heavenly laws, the space becoming distorted and chaotic, directly interrupting the Nine Prison Demon God's escape.
"Giggle~ So it's the Nine Prisons, why the rush to leave after coming?" The Immortal Emperor laughed joyfully, "Today is truly a good day, buy one get one free!"
Before the words finished, the Immortal Emperor charged with the Cold Moon Immortal Sword, the dazzling cold moon sword light enveloping the Nine Prison Demon God.
Simultaneously, the other four True Immortal combatants also charged in unison, beginning to gang up on the Nine Prison Demon God.
As for Liu Ruolan, she retreated a bit, rarely taking a seventh-grade treasure pill to recover her energy, holding a top-grade spiritual stone to quickly replenish her depleted profound energy.
Though the previous battle mostly relied on sword intent to drive the Primordial Water Sacred Sword, the consumption was still significant. After all, this was a Sacred Sword, its power formidable but its consumption much greater than an Immortal Sword.
She didn't re-enter the main battlefield but quietly observed the battle.
"Yun Tiange, don't think I'm afraid of you, I just don't want unnecessary conflict." The Nine Prison Demon God roared angrily while fighting.
Even against five, he fought with vigor, not falling behind.
If the Immortal Emperor weren't already at the mid True Immortal Realm, he might have been counter-killed by the Nine Prison Demon God.
"Nine Prisons, don't be naive." The Immortal Emperor was both shocked by the Nine Prison Demon God's terrifying combat power and more determined in her resolve, "Fellow Daoists, the Nine Prison is a great enemy of our human race, today he's alone and caught by us, we must keep him even at the cost of sacrifice."
"Rest assured, Tiange." The Immortal Sovereign also said solemnly, "If it comes to a one-for-one, let it be me. Trading an early stage for a high-ranking demon god is worth it!"
Even as everyone was filled with fighting spirit, the Nine Prison Demon God, worthy of being a high-ranking demon god, was powerful and resourceful, far beyond the likes of the Demon Sovereign or the deceased Evil Formation Immortal.
If not for the Enlightenment Immortal Monarch's unique interference and support methods, even their combined efforts might have struggled to retain the Nine Prison Demon God.
Meanwhile.
Wang Shouzhe and others also arrived at the battlefield.
Though their cultivation was still lacking, making it difficult to enter the main battlefield against the Nine Prison Demon God, they could provide support from the sidelines.
First, Wang Anye acted, with the Sword Ji and Formation Ji codex appearing above his head. With their assistance, he instantly set up the strongest sword formation!
Under the leadership of the "Haotian Immortal Sword," the sword formation continuously restrained and attacked the Nine Prison Demon God, somewhat alleviating the pressure on the five True Immortal combatants.
Wang Shouzhe was even more focused.
He had Wang Xiao Jia protect everyone, prepared with the Holy Emperor's Protection and Holy Emperor's Wrath, especially the latter, which posed a significant threat even to True Immortals.
This was to prevent the Nine Prison Demon God from recklessly attacking them, the younger generation.
Simultaneously, Wang Shouzhe also wielded the Sun Shooting Immortal Bow, acting like a mobile artillery, providing long-range suppression against the Nine Prison Demon God.
Additionally, his life source profound energy occasionally supported the various experts, aiding in their recovery.
As for Wang Ningxi, though assisted by the ever-improving "Wang Shouwei," he found it challenging to enter such a high-level battlefield. He attempted to use the launcher in his "puppet spider" to fire a few "miniature Heaven's Wrath."
Unfortunately, even the large Heaven's Wrath had limited effectiveness against the Divine Realm, let alone this miniature weapon. It could sweep small-scale minions, but against a high-ranking demon god, even a direct hit was just a scratch.
"Ningxi, stay on the sidelines." Elder Tianji directly said, "Don't get in the way here." Wang Ningxi was speechless.
But he understood the terror of a high-ranking demon god like the Nine Prison Demon God, secretly resolving to one day develop a weapon capable of killing high-ranking demon gods.
...Meanwhile.
Liu Ruolan, having recovered some profound energy, began wielding the Primordial Water Sacred Sword, occasionally entering the battlefield.
With the Primordial Water Sacred Sword in hand, her already formidable combat power received a significant boost, her sword intent greatly strengthened, posing a threat to the Nine Prison Demon God second only to the Immortal Emperor Yun Tiange.
Surrounded and besieged by so many, the Nine Prison Demon God grew increasingly frustrated, constantly seeking escape opportunities, retreating toward the Eclipse Moon Palace, hoping to find the other two demon gods for assistance.
With their help, the balance of victory would instantly tip in his favor. Unfortunately.
The demon army led by the Chi Yan Demon God and Mo Yu Demon God was also facing significant trouble.
The leaders of the three void races, previously suppressed by the Nine Prison Demon God and not daring to show themselves, took advantage of his absence to unite, setting aside their racial grudges to counterattack the demon army.
This battle was chaotic and brutal, with heavy casualties on both sides, the Chi Yan Demon God and Mo Yu Demon God also suppressed by the three void race leaders, unable to exert much influence.
Such a situation plunged the Nine Prison Demon God into despair, fearing total annihilation if this continued.
The Nine Prison Demon God, having dominated the demon realm for so long and becoming one of the most powerful demon gods, was no indecisive character.
Immediately, he decisively sent a retreat message to the Chi Yan and Mo Yu demon gods, while his blood began to boil.
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang~!!"
Amidst the cracking of dense scales, thick blood energy dispersed, and almost instantly, the Nine Prison Demon God's figure was engulfed in blood, then suddenly repelled the surrounding attackers, transforming into a blood-red meteor disappearing into the starry sky.
"Heavenly Demon Blood Escape"!
This is one of the Nine Prison Demon God's lineage's secret arts, allowing for terrifying speed in a short time, even traversing space, at the cost of consuming one's own essence blood, essentially burning one's life, often leaving severe aftereffects and prolonged weakness.
After tens of thousands of miles, the Nine Prison Demon God finally fell from the twisted space.
By now, he was no longer the spirited figure he was at the start, his robust body covered in shattered scales, blood-stained, even his face pale and weak, looking as if he might die at any moment.
Such a battle would likely take at least a century to recover to peak condition.
"Damn humans, damn Yun Tiange!!" The Nine Prison Demon God roared in anger, recalling his previous plight, "I will never let this go!"
Unfortunately, despite his fierce words, the current situation was beyond his control, and he had no choice but to retreat as quickly as possible.
While the Nine Prison Demon God fled alone at high speed, the Chi Yan and Mo Yu demon gods suffered, retreating with their remnants, heavily wounded and demoralized. After finally escaping the pursuit of the void races, their remaining forces were sparse, less than a thousand demons, all severely injured and with extremely low morale.
At this moment, the Immortal Emperor Yun Tiange's team, having failed to capture the Nine Prison Demon God, began pursuing the Chi Yan and Mo Yu demon gods at Wang Shouzhe's suggestion.
The Mo Yu Demon God fled relatively quickly, but the Chi Yan Demon God wasn't as fast, unfortunately intercepted by Yun Tiange and the True Immortals with a small group of remnants.
Before long, Wang Shouzhe, Liu Ruolan, and others arrived at the battlefield on the Mystic Spirit Shuttle. It was a one-sided battle.
The Chi Yan Demon God, along with over a thousand remnants, was permanently buried in this starry turbulence. The "Nine Great Demon Gods" of the demon realm were thus reduced to "Eight Great Demon Gods."
As the Chi Yan Demon God's remnants were exterminated, the three void races sensed the unfavorable situation.
This starry turbulence was no longer safe, and their tribes had suffered significant losses, likely no match for those fierce humans.
Almost simultaneously, they reacted, quietly retreating, preparing to permanently migrate away from this terrifying starry turbulence.
Only the Void Floating Dragon tribe encountered a small mishap during migration. They had suffered too much loss, with only a little over a hundred Void Floating Dragons left.
Yet they were greedy for the "many corpses" from this battle, not forgetting to "pack and take away" various bodies as they left, intending to eat them during the long migration.
As a result, this behavior delayed their departure, and with their slow pace, burdened with family and baggage, they were intercepted by the Mystic Spirit Shuttle.
At this point.
The Void Floating Dragon leader, the Floating Dragon King, regretted deeply, bluffing and roaring at the Mystic Spirit Shuttle, as if expressing that their Void Floating Dragon tribe was not to be trifled with.
Inside the Mystic Spirit Shuttle.
Wang Shouzhe was dumbfounded by the scene, momentarily seeing his niece: "How do these Void Floating Dragons think? For a bite to eat... they let their tribe fall into such a predicament..."
"Hee hee hee~" The Primordial Water Sacred Sword Bobo, in the form of a little girl, sat on Liu Ruolan's shoulder, swinging her feet, smiling, "Void species generally have low intelligence, otherwise they wouldn't be void species, but void civilizations. However, these Void Floating Dragons are indeed gluttonous, I usually call them greedy dragons. But it's not their fault, they're large and consume a lot, if they don't prepare enough food, they might starve half the tribe during migration."
Wang Shouzhe's mind stirred: "Bobo, you're familiar with these void species?"
"Of course, I'm very familiar, I often fight them." Bobo puffed out her little chest, looking proud, "Though it's a bit tough to solo the Floating Dragon King, they have many in their tribe, I just cut a few small ones and run, they can't do anything to me. So, all three tribes are quite afraid of me~"
"Alright, communicate with the Floating Dragon King." Wang Shouzhe pondered, "If it's willing to surrender, we can spare their tribe."
"Communicating is fine, but why should I listen to you?" Bobo looked Wang Shouzhe up and down, arrogantly saying, "Though you're handsome, Bobo is already taken, I was born as the sword of the Mystic Spirit Saintess, and I'll die as the sword soul of the Mystic Spirit Saintess."
"Because, your Mystic Spirit Saintess sister is my wife." Wang Shouzhe smiled.
"What?" Bobo was struck as if by lightning, looking at Liu Ruolan in shock and fear, "Mystic Spirit Sister, didn't you hate men the most? You're married, doesn't that mean, doesn't that mean you sleep with that man? Wuwu~ So scary~"
"What's so scary?" The Immortal Emperor Yun Tiange couldn't help but roll her eyes at Bobo, teasing, "Your Saintess and Shouzhe have already started a family."
Started a family?
Bobo seemed to have received a huge blow, dumbfounded.
Her pure Saintess sister had been defiled!
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