"Senior Brother Ji," Li Nanzhu’s crisp voice suddenly interrupted him. Her face carried a hint of perfectly measured concern and warning. "The incense has burned out, and the debate is over. Master Huixin has already conceded and departed. According to our agreement, don't you think… it’s my turn to ask a question?"
She blinked her large, innocent eyes, her tone so sincere it was impossible to find fault with. "Surely you aren't thinking of staying, are you? The Wuji Sect… shouldn't be so lacking in contractual spirit, right? If you leave now, there's still time."
A flash of annoyance from having his thoughts exposed crossed Ji Yanzhi's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a deeper determination. He gritted his teeth, and a cold smile actually managed to squeeze back onto his face.
"Junior Sister Li, that’s where you’re wrong." Ji Yanzhi’s voice regained its previous coldness, though it carried a note of specious calm. "The agreement? Naturally, it counts. However…"
His tone suddenly shifted, his speech quickening. "The agreement just now was between us—meaning my Wuji Sect and the Mingguang Sect. If we lost the debate, we would make way. Now, Senior Brother Huixin of the Mingguang Sect has unilaterally conceded and left. That is his personal behavior; it does not represent my Wuji Sect! Furthermore, it does not represent the joint decision of both our parties!"
He swept a sharp gaze across the field, his voice suddenly rising. "Since the Mingguang Sect has withdrawn, the previous agreement is naturally voided by the departure of one party! At this moment, only my Wuji Sect and your group remain! What agreement is there left to speak of?!"
This display of sophistry and equivocation was so blatant that even some of the Wuji Sect disciples showed looks of discomfort on their faces.
"Attack!" Ji Yanzhi didn't give the other side a single chance to rebut. Before his voice even finished echoing, he had already struck out!
Dozens of talismans flickering with various dangerous lights shot out from his sleeves. At the same time, his hands didn't stop, rapidly casting out one hand seal after another!
Fortunately, Jiang Yifan and Zhu Yinxi were already prepared and moved simultaneously to intercept!
Boom—!!
Deafening explosions rang out as the various spiritual lights collided!
Jiang Yifan and Zhu Yinxi both groaned, their bodies shaking violently as they slid several steps back. Their faces turned pale, but they ultimately managed to block this furious strike from a nascent soul cultivator!
Almost at the exact same moment Ji Yanzhi moved, the Wuji Sect disciples behind him followed suit as if receiving a command. Various spells and magic tools exploded with light, pouring toward the group!
However, at this critical juncture—
Buzz—!
A low but clear hum echoed without warning from the earth beneath everyone's feet!
Immediately following that, centered on where Feng Qingping stood, the tiny bone fragments and bone beads she had silently embedded into the ground and rock crevices suddenly lit up with a faint but pure milky-white glow!
These points of light connected in an instant, forming an array pattern that covered almost the entire area where the Wuji Sect disciples were standing!
The array's light flared up, and a strange, powerful suppressing force instantly enveloped all the Wuji Sect disciples!
"What's going on?!"
"My spiritual energy is becoming sluggish!"
"My cultivation… my cultivation is dropping!"
Cries of alarm rose one after another!
The most obvious change was in Ji Yanzhi, who bore the brunt of it!
He felt as if invisible shackles had suddenly been placed upon him. The surging nascent soul spiritual energy within him seemed to be frozen, its circulation speed plummeting, and his spiritual pressure dropped rapidly.
Early stage of nascent soul… the threshold of nascent soul… golden core peak!
His cultivation was forcibly suppressed back to the golden core peak stage!
"An array?! When?!"
Ji Yanzhi's expression changed wildly, and for the first time, his eyes showed unbelievable shock!
He snapped his gaze toward Feng Qingping, who was protected in the center of the group. Her face was as white as paper, and a trace of blood even leaked from the corner of her mouth, but her hands remained locked in a complex hand seal!
"It's those bones! It's that array cultivator's doing!" Ji Yanzhi understood instantly, his heart filled with both shock and rage!
He hadn't expected that the opponent would actually lay down such a strange and powerful suppression array right under everyone's eyes. Moreover, it was precisely targeted, affecting only their Wuji Sect!
"Sigh…" Li Nanzhu looked at Ji Yanzhi, who was trapped in the array with his cultivation severely dropped. She let out a mock sigh, her small face full of regret. "Senior Brother Ji, when I advised you to leave just now, it really was for your own good… why wouldn't you listen? You just had to force us to use this little trump card."
She shook her head with a hint of pity. "Originally, this array was a surprise prepared for both Master Huixin and yourself, two nascent soul seniors. It’s a pity Master Huixin chose to keep his dignity, so this surprise can only be enjoyed by you… alone, Senior Brother Ji."
"Bastard!"
Ji Yanzhi was so angry he nearly spat blood. He refused to believe it; how could an array set by a golden core cultivator suppress a nascent soul for long? It had to be a fleeting effect!
"Break for me!"
He frantically pushed his suppressed spiritual energy, while simultaneously waving his sleeves. Dozens of high-grade talismans shimmering with various lights instantly shot out in all directions!
They covered the sky, attempting to use the power of the talismans to forcibly blast the array open and stall the opponent's assault!
His judgment was correct.
To set up and maintain this suppression array against a nascent soul, Feng Qingping had exhausted nearly all of her divine sense and spiritual energy. She was already at her limit. The array's suppression would last, at most…
One minute!
But for the well-prepared Five Elements Dao Sect and Hehuan Sect, one minute was plenty!
"Now!"
Jiang Yifan and Zhu Yinxi didn't bother with the flying talismans at all. No matter how many talismans there were, they needed time to activate and had flight paths.
And what they wanted was precisely this split-second opening!
The two of them moved like lightning, their coordination perfect to the extreme as they threaded through the gaps between the talismans at incredible angles!
Just as Ji Yanzhi’s talismans left his hands, the figures of Jiang Yifan and Zhu Yinxi had already pierced through the barrage and appeared right in front of him!
"Not good!"
Ji Yanzhi’s pupils shrank!
If he had his nascent soul cultivation, he wouldn't fear close-quarters combat even as a talisman master, but currently, he was only at the golden core peak!
Facing the combined assault of two top-tier experts who were also at the golden core peak and perfectly synchronized, he instantly fell into an absolute disadvantage.
Bang! Crack!
Jiang Yifan's fist and Zhu Yinxi's flute-sword struck simultaneously!
Ji Yanzhi blocked in a rush, but he only felt a massive force surge through. His protective spiritual energy shattered instantly, his chest felt as if it had been struck by a heavy weight, and he tasted sweetness in his throat as a mouthful of blood sprayed out!
At the same time, he clearly felt the jade pendant in his robes, representing his secret realm qualification, being struck precisely by a sharp blade of sword qi. With a snap, it shattered into pieces!
An irresistible teleportation force instantly enveloped him!
"No—!"
Ji Yanzhi let out an unwilling roar as his figure rapidly faded and vanished before everyone's eyes.
The chief disciple of the Wuji Sect, nascent soul cultivator Ji Yanzhi—eliminated!
All of this happened in a matter of heartbeats!
From the activation of the array to Ji Yanzhi’s elimination, it was so fast that the other Wuji Sect disciples didn't even have time to react!
"First Senior Brother!" The remaining Wuji Sect disciples cried out in terror, their formation falling into chaos.
"Take the points!" Jiang Yifan and Zhu Yinxi didn't stop for a second, turning to charge into the scattered Wuji Sect disciples!
Rong Yuying, Duan Xianxing, Liu Qingyang, and the others also erupted simultaneously, like tigers entering a flock of sheep!
Having lost their leader and with their cultivation partially suppressed by the array, how could the Wuji Sect disciples stand against the people of the Five Elements Dao Sect?
In just a few moments, they were completely routed. The sound of jade pendants shattering was continuous, and streaks of white light flashed as they were all teleported out of the game!
The battle was over!
The Wuji Sect was nearly wiped out!
Rate on N.U.
