Painfully Missed Opportunity
The Silent Daoist had already figured everything out after receiving his good disciple's letter.
A battle is unavoidable. He can contend with the Great Yu Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator for a while, but he will definitely suffer in a prolonged battle.
The letter already stated that powerful figures from the imperial court and the Five Great Immortal Sects had been dispatched. What he needed to do was to unleash a massive battle to attract and hold out until they came to help.
"Senior Chen Tao." The Silent Daoist looked up at the person who was talking with Venerable Dawn, and felt reassured.
The Luoshui Guard is an institution of the imperial court that deals with Bandit Cultivator and ancient cultivators. The nine most powerful members are known as the "Nine Palaces." Chen Tao, as the head of the Nine Palaces, possesses unfathomable strength and realm.
In terms of seniority, Chen Tao was a whole level above the Master of the Silent Daoist, making him a true old monster.
The dispatch of Chen Tao demonstrates the importance the imperial court places on the cultivators of Dayu.
"Pah!" The Silent Daoist spat out a mouthful of bloody foam, wincing in pain as if his body was about to fall apart.
Just now, I used Sword Qi to support my body and temporarily increase my physical strength. Now that the Sword Qi has dispersed, my injuries have erupted, and every acupoint is bleeding. In just a few breaths, my clothes were soaked with blood, and I was covered in blood.
"That was a really hard hit." The Silent Daoist took out several top-grade pills containing pill patterns and emitting a fragrant aroma from his sleeve and swallowed them in one gulp.
His wound gradually healed, and he felt much more comfortable.
"Cleanse yourself and your clothes."
The Silent Daoist used his Cleansing Technique and Clothes Cleansing Technique to remove the bloodstains, leaving his clothes as clean as before, and his body felt light.
"Seventh Senior Brother's pills are really effective!"
The elixir he just consumed was a rare pill refined by the Seventh Elder using the roots of the Lesser Medicine King. It was priceless and could be the grand finale item at any auction for cultivators at the Integrated Body Level; it was extremely precious.
The Silent Daoist often travels, and inevitably encounters danger, so he always carries life-saving pills with him.
"Chen Tao of Luoshui Guard?" Venerable Dawn stared intently at the suddenly appearing old man, not daring to be careless in the slightest.
He sensed a strong threat from Chen Tao.
"Run!"
This place is no place to stay any longer; we must escape immediately!
"Let's see where you can run to!" Another voice appeared behind Dawn Venerable.
Venerable Dawn suddenly turned his head and discovered that yet another Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivator had arrived!
The silent Daoist below recognized that the person was also one of the Nine Palaces of Luoshui Guard.
"The Luoshui Guard has three Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivators in total, and the imperial court has sent two of them at once. They're really going all out." The more people who came, the happier the Silent Daoist became, because it meant that the chances of Dawn Venerable escaping were decreasing.
The newcomer gave Dawn Venerable no chance to react. The Great Dao of Runes flowed out from the void like a long river, converging into chains of Principle, intending to capture Dawn Venerable alive!
Seeing the situation was dire, Venerable Dawn noticed the runes forming naturally, flowing like a never-ending river. This meant that the opponent had mastered the art of rune cultivation, and that he was bound by chains woven by a rune master, making it difficult to break free in the short term.
He soared into the sky, trying to break free from the encirclement of the two Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivators.
"Trying to run? Did you even ask me about the Ask Dao Sect!" Old Man Ba's voice appeared above Dawn Venerable's head, and he stepped on Dawn Venerable's foot.
Grandpa Ba stood at the center of the formation, forming a blockade in the sky above Dingxin City, while the Third Elder and others were positioned in the Seven Stars positions.
Seven Stars Guarding, North Star Formation!
Dawn Venerable did not entangle with Uncle Ba and the others, but instead unleashed his Asura Body. The Asura became enraged and shattered space.
Just as he was about to enter the spatial rift, he heard a voice coming from within it.
"What if the Prison Suppressing Sect isn't here?"
Many High Antiquity ferocious beasts emerged from the spatial rift, including Dijiang, the Golden-Winged Roc, and Chaos. They had ferocious faces, bared their teeth, and were as large as mountains, exuding a terrifying primordial aura!
Eight powerful figures emerged from the spatial rift, their bodies adorned with tattoos of these High Antiquity ferocious beasts.
The Battle Rune Cultivation Method of the Prison Suppression Sect!
"My Five Elements Sect..."
"My Moon Laurel Palace..."
"Hanging Temple..."
The Hanging Temple only sent one person, the Hanging Temple's supervisor, whose combat strength was no weaker than Qiu Jin'an!
There were also civil and military officials sent by the imperial court, all of whom were full of fighting spirit and eager to fight.
The two cultivators from Luoshui Guard, who possessed the highest cultivation level among the Nine Palaces, arrived the fastest. Soon after, the Body Integration Realm from the Five Great Immortal Sects arrived one after another above Dingxin City, completely surrounding it.
All things considered, there were actually more than forty Nascent Body Integration Realm who had come here.
These are all Body Integration Realm Soul cultivators from the Five Great Immortal Sects Body Integration Realm; any one of them would be more powerful than an ordinary Body Integration Realm.
With two members of the Nine Palaces and a cultivator at the Immortal Realm Body Integration Realm, this lineup would be utterly intimidating. Even if Wu Youdao and his two companions came, they would only have the option of meekly taking a beating.
Even if Wu Youdao and his two companions received the power of the desolate state's destiny, and even if Wu Youdao's Dragon Tiger Qi underwent a complete transformation, they still wouldn't be able to defeat these people!
To prevent a recurrence of the Hanshui City incident, the imperial court and the immortal sects mobilized a large number of people to thoroughly eliminate potential dangers in Jizhou!
It can be said that as long as the cultivators of the Great Yu dare to show their faces, they will be attacked by the righteous path!
Similarly, the Silent Daoist also dared not show his face.
The people of Dingxin City had never seen such a scene before. They couldn't distinguish who was in the Tribulation Transcendence stage and who was in the Body Integration Realm. They didn't even know that any one of them was stronger than the city lord of Dingxin City.
The city lord of Dingxin City is only at the Void Refinement stage.
But this didn't stop them from getting excited and cheering. They had been tormented by the rules set by the Dawn Venerable for too long. Even the slightest violation of a rule would threaten their lives, so they lived each day with extreme caution.
"Boss, I'm leaving now. Until we meet again." The Silent Daoist bid farewell to the stunned teahouse owner.
The teahouse owner was actually a cultivator, though not a very powerful one. He opened a restaurant in Dingxin City to pass the time.
He could vaguely tell that these cultivators were more powerful than the city lord and were top experts in the cultivation world.
In the past century, there had never been such a large number of powerful cultivators attacking together; even now, he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"Ah, you're leaving?" The teahouse owner tried to persuade the Silent Daoist to stay. Just now, the Silent Daoist had spoken as if he were ready to die for his cause, as if he were going to fight the Dawn Venerable to the death. Why was he leaving now that Hanshui City had been saved?
"If we don't leave now, we won't be able to leave at all." Without explaining much to the teahouse owner, the Silent Daoist slipped away while everyone's attention was focused on the Dawn Venerable.
"Capture him alive!" Chen Tao gave the order, and then took the initiative to act.
He bit his fingertip, and drops of golden blood flew out, transforming into divine weapons that flew towards Dawn Venerable like a rain curtain.
"It's been so long since we've seen Senior Chen Tao's Divine Weapon Hundred Refinements!" The people from the Immortal Sect exclaimed as they joined Chen Tao in attacking, their diverse and varied methods leaving Dawn Venerable utterly powerless to retaliate.
The Dawn Venerable was filled with despair, and was ultimately helped by the chains of rules created by the talisman, which rendered him unable to mobilize any of his cultivation power.
"Finally caught one!" Chen Tao sneered. Until now, all the cultivators of the Great Yu Dynasty had been Ask Dao Sect Seeking Sect. Now it was finally the imperial court's turn.
"By the way, where did that cultivator who fought Dawn to a standstill go?"
When he arrived, Chen Tao's attention was entirely focused on the Dawn Venerable, and he didn't notice who the Dawn Venerable was fighting.
"Ask the city lord, he must have seen it," Grandpa Ba suggested.
Being watched by a group of powerful beings whose cultivation far surpassed his own, the city lord trembled with fear and drew a face that everyone was very familiar with.
"Damn it, that brat Buyu got away!"
Everyone slapped their thighs in excitement, as if they had missed a tremendous fortuitous opportunity.
If the Silent Daoist were here, what a wonderful opportunity for revenge would be!
"He tortured us until dawn; without him, that brat might have escaped!"
Dawnbreaker: "..."
Isn't it said that the cultivators of Great Xia all live in peace? It doesn't seem like that at all.
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