Establishing Authority
The army of immortals is extremely powerful.
However, some immortals are only of average skill. If a top-tier immortal expert, such as Immortal Emperor, were to enter the ranks of immortals, they would be like a tiger among sheep, slaughtering indiscriminately. But if the immortal army were truly so easy to deal with, the three Immortal Emperors would not have been able to use their armies to intimidate the Immortal Realm.
The immortal army can not only attack, but also defend. A million immortals simultaneously setting up a massive defensive formation—the power of which is absolutely terrifying. Even an Immortal Emperor could not break through...
However, Zhang Xingfeng can.
Because he possesses the terrifyingly powerful Saint Artifact — the Fire Blade, and the Absolute Space around Zhang Xingfeng's body can easily break through this defensive formation.
The million-strong army of immortals in the Purple Cloud Realm is divided into ten groups of one hundred thousand each, forming a coordinated attack. This means the Purple Cloud Realm possesses ten powerful attack points. The reason for using one hundred thousand immortals as the unit is that the combined attack power of one hundred thousand immortals is just enough to deal with Low-grade Divine Human.
At this moment, Zhang Xingfeng smiled as he looked at the million-strong army in front of him. The ten distinct block groups appeared very orderly.
"I'm sorry, the reason I'm dealing with you today is partly due to the Ziwei fellow, but that's not the main reason. The main reason is that I want to demonstrate my power and let all the experts in the Immortal Realm know how powerful I, Zhang Xingfeng, am. From today onwards, I will let everyone know that I, Zhang Xingfeng, am invincible, and no one can contend with me." Zhang Xingfeng thought to himself.
Zhang Xingfeng's goal was to be like the Fire God, making everyone fear him and dare not provoke him, so that the Tianxin Sect's dominant position in the Cultivation World could be stable and lasting.
Suddenly.
Zhang Xingfeng's figure flashed, and then a whistling sound suddenly rang out, causing both sides of the battle to look in horror...
Golden light!
A golden humanoid figure streaked across the sky and charged directly toward the million-strong army.
However, few people noticed that within this golden humanoid body was a Fire Blade that emitted almost no light.
"That's Zhang Xingfeng. He looks quite imposing. But this defensive formation set up by a million-strong army isn't so easy to break. Chiyang, do you think Zhang Xingfeng can break through this defense?" Azure Emperor said with a relaxed air.
He wasn't nervous at all, while Ziwei was tense inside, despite her confidence. Nervousness was inevitable, after all, her opponents were the Azure Emperor and the Heavenly Emperor.
The Heavenly Emperor listened to Zhang Xingfeng's earth-shattering roar and gazed at the almost tangible golden light emanating from Zhang Xingfeng's body, a testament to the perfection of his Immortal Undying Body Great Accomplishment. The Heavenly Emperor recalled several times the calm and wise look in Zhang Xingfeng's eyes.
"I believe him because... my intuition tells me he's the most talented person I've ever seen, and his cultivation speed is the fastest I know. Another reason is that he has two extraordinary masters: Pangu has almost no weaknesses, and the unfathomable God of Fire God. However, the most important reason is... he is Zhang Xingfeng! In just a few hundred years, he rose from an ordinary immortal to the level where he could kill a late-stage immortal expert like Zi Yan with a wave of his hand. Perhaps the name Zhang Xingfeng represents a miracle, and I believe his legend will surely spread throughout the Immortal Realm in the future!" the Heavenly Emperor said calmly.
Upon hearing this, Azure Emperor and the others recalled Zhang Xingfeng's deeds and nodded in agreement. For a moment, everyone looked at Zhang Xingfeng...
"Puff!"
A sound like a balloon being pricked by a needle rang out, and then...
"Ah!" "Ah!" "Ah!" "Ah!" "Ah!" "Ah!"...
Screams rose and fell in waves...
At this moment, Zhang Xingfeng and Fire Blade were separate. Fire Blade was very fast and moved through the million-strong army according to Zhang Xingfeng's wishes. Any immortals that Fire Blade passed through were directly incinerated from the inside by the Blazing Heavenly Fire. Fire Blade was so fast that it could be said that it crossed the entire million-strong army in the blink of an eye, and then turned around and moved through it again from another direction...
Zhang Xingfeng, relying on Absolute Space, rampaged through the army of immortals. Zhang Xingfeng unleashed Blazing Heavenly Fire from the outer edge of Absolute Space, causing the immortal army to fall and be thrown into chaos...
Ziwei was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage, and roared at the generals of the immortal army, "Attack! Attack that guy! Attack him! Collective attack! Concentrate all your strength and attack him!"
Meanwhile, the ten groups within the million-strong army had been swept away by Zhang Xingfeng's Fire Blade. These generals were unable to control the 100,000 immortals for a while. Helpless, the ten commanders of the immortal army simultaneously ordered the immortals under their control to attack Zhang Xingfeng at the same time!
Although the army was in disarray at this time, each group commander had 20,000 elite soldiers, who were all experts at the level of Nine Heavens Profound Immortal!
The elites of ten groups attacked simultaneously, totaling approximately 200,000 elite troops! 200,000 experts at the Nine Heavens Mystic Immortal level!
Suddenly, countless orbs of light, like hailstones, surged towards Zhang Xingfeng from all directions!
Although these orbs of light came from all over the million-strong army, they all had only one destination— Zhang Xingfeng!
"This is dangerous. An attack by 200,000 elite troops would kill even Low-grade Divine Human on the spot. Zhang Xingfeng has no hope!" The Azure Emperor shook his head and sighed.
"One hundred thousand people can deal with Low-grade Divine Human, and Zhang Xingfeng is not even a deity yet. The outcome is already decided... What a pity!" Gourd Venerable shook his head and sighed.
"Xingfeng, you're in real danger this time, but I have faith in you!" Through his interactions with Zhang Xingfeng, Huangyan True Person knew that Zhang Xingfeng never fought a battle he wasn't sure of winning.
"Haha... Zhang Xingfeng, you're going to die, you bastard, go to hell!" Seeing Zhang Xingfeng, Ziwei's old grudges and hatred surged. She glared at Zhang Xingfeng with a ferocious expression.
Li Qiang looked at Zhang Xingfeng. He knew who the Fire God was, so he didn't believe that the God of Fire God's disciple would die from such an attack. Besides, if Zhang Xingfeng really couldn't withstand it, he would also take action, after all, his master and the Fire God had a good relationship.
"Boom!"
The combined attack of 200,000 experts at the Nine Heavens Mystic Immortal level was so powerful that it could almost destroy the heavens and the earth. Immediately, the area where Zhang Xingfeng was located was filled with explosions, the sound of the earth cracking, and the howling of the wind, creating chaos and making it impossible to see clearly what was happening inside.
Everyone stared wide-eyed!
"Hahaha... hahahaha, that's all the attack you've got, it's not even enough to tickle me!" Zhang Xingfeng's loud laughter came from the center of the explosion.
Zhang Xingfeng knew very well that an army of 100,000 could deal with Low-grade Divine Human, an army of 1 million could deal with Mid-grade Divine Human, and to deal with High-grade Divine Human, it would probably require an army of 10 million immortals! And Zhang Xingfeng's Absolute Defense was so strong that even High-grade Divine Human could not break through it, let alone an army of only 200,000.
As the smoke and dust cleared, Zhang Xingfeng's proud figure appeared before everyone. His clothes were unblemished, and even Zhang Xingfeng hair remained flowing. Within a three-meter radius of him, the grass on the ground still thrived!
Everyone was stunned!
The attack of 200,000 Nine Heavens Mystic Immortals didn't even scratch Zhang Xingfeng's clothes!
"How is this possible? How is this possible? Even a god is dead, how come he doesn't even have a scratch? His clothes are perfectly fine, it's impossible, absolutely impossible!" Ziwei shook her head repeatedly, unable to accept this result.
"Ah, how can Zhang Xingfeng be so powerful? Even two hundred thousand immortals can't pose any threat to him. With someone like that existing, what will become of my Fengyuan Gate in the future..." The Azure Emperor was a little worried. Although he was allied with the Tianlong Sect, Azure Emperor relied on Li Qiang and never considered the Tianlong Sect to be on the same level. In his mind, although the two sects would jointly govern the Immortal Realm in the future, the Fengyuan Gate say.
In the eyes of the Azure Emperor, there should be no one who could threaten his rule!
The Azure Emperor immediately laughed, "Hehe, it's alright. No matter how powerful he is, he can't possibly be more powerful than my disciple. My disciple is Immortal Realm Inheritor, and he is invincible in the Immortal Realm!" The Azure Emperor put down his worries.
Seeing Zhang Xingfeng unharmed from afar, Gourd Venerable sighed inwardly, "Indeed, this small place's defenses are indeed divine. No wonder I was able to take the Divine Stone from the Immortal Planet back then."
Huangyan True Person laughed, "So small, you really are confident in doing things, but your confidence is too great. I can't withstand such an attack!"
Li Qiang, who was standing next to the Azure Emperor, suddenly changed his expression.
"Disciple, what's wrong?" Azure Emperor asked immediately when he saw Li Qiang's expression change drastically.
Li Qiang said incredulously, "Master, I just noticed that within a three-meter radius around Zhang Xingfeng, not even the smallest blade of grass was damaged. I got a surge of competitive spirit and prepared to test his defense with my immortal energy! But..."
"But what's wrong? Tell your master!" The Azure Emperor was anxious. Li Qiang was controlling the Yuan Power of the Immortal Realm, which was the key to the future dominance of the Immortal Realm by his Fengyuan Gate!
Li Qiang said in disbelief, "I actually found... I found that there is no immortal energy within a three-meter radius around him, or rather, I cannot control the immortal energy there!"
"You mean..." The Azure Emperor's expression changed.
Li Qiang said dejectedly, "In other words, I can't use my Immortal Realm power to deal with him. My Immortal Realm power has no effect around him because I can't use it within that range! Zhang Xingfeng's defense is stronger than that of a god. If I don't count my Immortal Realm power, my attack power is about the same as that of a god. My attack power can't even break through his defense. I think... I'm no match for Zhang Xingfeng!"
The Azure Emperor was dumbfounded, and a murderous intent surged in his heart—a murderous intent towards Zhang Xingfeng!
With Zhang Xingfeng present, the Azure Emperor could not peacefully dominate the Immortal Realm; with Zhang Xingfeng present, his hegemonic position could be shaken at any moment. However, the Azure Emperor helplessly restrained his killing intent, because... he simply could not kill Zhang Xingfeng!
Even Li Qiang couldn't kill Zhang Xingfeng, so what could the Azure Emperor possibly do?
"Immortal army, spread out the ten groups, don't stay together, keep them far apart, completely separate them, that way Zhang Xingfeng can only cause trouble for one or two more groups. The other groups, attack Fengyuan Gate!" Yu Yang, as expected of the most cunning one in the Purple Cloud Realm, immediately thought of a way to deal with Zhang Xingfeng.
The ten major groups were spread out far apart, which meant Zhang Xingfeng was dealing with two groups at once. Zhang Xingfeng used the 'Eight Divisions Heavenly Dragon' Cultivation Method, but this was his trump Cultivation Method, and he didn't want the Azure Emperor and the others to know about it. Besides, his goal this time was to establish his authority! Now that he had achieved his objective, why should he make the Azure Emperor fight to the death?
Therefore, Zhang Xingfeng's passive resistance caused the scales of victory to begin tilting towards the Purple Cloud Realm!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!...
A relentless bombardment ensued as eight groups relentlessly bombarded Fengyuan Gate's camp!
"Attack! Attack!" The Azure Emperor frantically dodged, while still giving orders to his army.
The 500,000-strong army of Fengyuan Gate was also divided into five groups and began to attack Purple Cloud Realm!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!...
Chaos reigned within the Purple Cloud Realm camp as the experts dodged and weaved, unable to withstand such an attack. Despite the panic, the Purple Cloud Realm was still quite pleased, for they now held the upper hand!
"Haha, Yuanmu, Chiyang, you two think you can overthrow the status of my Purple Cloud Realm? Dream on! Haha... My Purple Cloud Realm is the number one power in the Immortal Realm, and your thoughts are useless!" Ziwei shouted arrogantly.
The Azure Emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, and the cold light seemed to materialize, tearing through the air in front of him.
"Ziwei, don't worry. Until the very last moment, anything can happen. Hmph, you'll probably be crying before you know it!" The Azure Emperor has Li Qiang behind him. For some reason, Li Qiang's immortal energy is no match for Zhang Xingfeng, but dealing with the immortal army is still a piece of cake.
However, the Azure Emperor clearly did not want to use Li Qiang too early, after all, this was his trump card, and he would try not to use it if possible!
Huangyan True Person, the Four Sects of the Immortal Realm, and the Gourd Venerable, among others, watched the immortal army with envy from afar!
That relentless bombardment was the power of an immortal army. Even Immortal Emperor wouldn't dare withstand such a massive attack. At this point, experts had become a laughing stock, unless, of course, your strength reached Zhang Xingfeng's level, and you didn't care about the mass attack!
As the battle progressed, the Azure Emperor grew restless. His 500,000-strong army had already suffered significant losses. Azure Emperor glanced at Li Qiang beside him, Li Qiang gave Azure Emperor a silent nod. The Azure Emperor immediately breathed a sigh of relief, a slight smile appearing on his face.
Li Qiang made his move...
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