A Great Battle Against the Two of the Western Realm!

As the saying went, when words failed to meet, half a sentence was already too much. With Mu Jizi's words, the atmosphere turned taut as drawn bows and unsheathed swords in an instant!

Chaotic currents surged, and elemental streams rose in swarms. Mu Jizi, Zhunti, and Jieyin stood motionless within the chaos, utterly heedless of the violently roiling currents!

No one knew how long passed. Only when Xihe, King Father of the East, and the others began to clash did Mu Jizi finally move. His body flashed, like the incarnation of the ultimate principles of the Heavenly Dao—elusive and ever-shifting. In one ten-thousandth of an instant, he pointed a finger at Zhunti!

That finger carried boundless momentum, like gathered aurora, as though it could pierce heaven and earth. Its overwhelming force stabbed into the chaos like a shark swimming through the sea, splitting apart the chaotic currents wherever it passed!

That one finger contained the strength of Mu Jizi's entire life. Waves of vast mana rippled outward, mingled with a trace of indescribable power. It was like when Mu Jizi had undergone the Transformation Tribulation, when his true body had thrust straight at the starry sky—the unstoppable momentum was truly terrifying!

With that finger locked onto Zhunti, he immediately felt an intense threat descend upon his heart. His expression changed at once, and he roared, "Senior Brother, quickly help me! This fellow is exceedingly difficult to deal with!"

Even as he shouted, he moved. The Seven-Treasure Wondrous Tree in his hand swept fiercely at Mu Jizi's incoming finger. The Seven-Treasure Wondrous Tree instantly expanded without limit, like a prison blocking that finger!

Seeing this, Mu Jizi did not care in the slightest. Although Zhunti had already refined the Seven-Treasure Wondrous Tree that was his true body, it was still far inferior to the future proof-of-the-Dao artifact infused with endless merit!

Mu Jizi's finger carried a trace of the essence of his true body. Both of them were innate spirits of vegetation, and Mu Jizi's cultivation was a full minor realm above Zhunti's. Though the gap of a minor realm might not seem great, when truly brought into play, it was an uncrossable chasm!

The finger shot out, truly unstoppable as bamboo splitting beneath a blade. Before that finger, the enlarged true body of the Seven-Treasure Wondrous Tree could not hold on even for a moment. Its branches snapped apart inch by inch upon contact with Mu Jizi's finger, turning into wood chips before the chaotic currents ground them into ash!

"You vile bastard!" Zhunti flew into a rage at once. He hurriedly recalled the damaged Seven-Treasure Wondrous Tree, then saw the finger following close behind. With no time to curse further, he leaped away!

Yet Mu Jizi's finger had already locked onto him with its momentum. The instant Zhunti dodged, his aura weakened, and Mu Jizi immediately seized the opportunity, just as he was about to beat a drowning dog!

A streak of golden light shot out from behind Zhunti!

That golden light was as fast as lightning. Looking closely, a faintly bobbing little golden banner flickered within it! Was this not the first-rate innate spiritual treasure born alongside Jieyin—the Guiding Divine Banner?

Facing such a spiritual treasure, a trace of gravity appeared on Mu Jizi's face. Breaking Zhunti's Seven-Treasure Wondrous Tree had relied on the advantage of being a fellow innate spirit of vegetation with superior cultivation, but facing a genuine spiritual treasure with his true body was somewhat like comparing a dim candle to the bright moon!

At that moment, Mu Jizi's momentum surged forward without retreat. Faced with the sudden streak of golden light, he had no way to withdraw, nor could he evade it even if he wished to! He could only grit his teeth and strike out with a finger!

Boom!

An explosion erupted within the chaos, like the creation of heaven and the splitting of earth. Time and space both seemed to freeze at that instant! The violent blast sent chaotic currents scattering in every direction!

The four elements of earth, wind, water, and fire; the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth; the chaotic currents—everything vanished completely in that explosion!

After the deafening blast, tidal waves of mana turbulence swept through the chaos like ripples. The two groups fighting in the distance no longer dared to continue their battles before such ripples, each of them unleashing great spells to protect themselves! Otherwise, a moment's carelessness could see their defenses shattered by the aftermath of the clash!

After the ripples passed, all matter within a radius of ten thousand li had been wiped away, leaving behind what seemed like a vacuum!

At this moment, within that vacuum, the Guiding Divine Banner had already returned to Jieyin's hand, leaving Mu Jizi standing alone in midair!

His Daoist robe was somewhat damaged, his hair bun slightly disheveled, and the intense pain made Mu Jizi's right hand tremble faintly!

As for Jieyin in the distance, his face remained as sorrowful as ever, yet thin strands of blood flowed from the corners of his mouth. It seemed that the previous collision had wounded a thread of his true spirit left within the Guiding Divine Banner!

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~~~"

Chaotic currents and the elemental forces of the four elements and five phases flooded into the vacuum. In but an instant, the vacuum formed by the clash between the two was filled with endless currents once more!

Jieyin looked toward Mu Jizi in the distance, who stood like a god, bitterness filling his heart. Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, he sincerely praised, "Fellow Daoist, you truly possess immense magical power! With a single strike of your true body, you not only broke Junior Brother Zhunti's Seven-Treasure Wondrous Tree, but also repelled my Guiding Divine Banner and dispersed a thread of my true spirit within it!"

"Hmph!" Mu Jizi snorted coldly. "Fellow Daoist, you are not bad either. The depth of your schemes is something I have rarely seen in my life. It would have been one thing for you two martial brothers to fight me alone, but you even stood to one side and launched a sneak attack. You truly have no shame!"

Mu Jizi's face darkened, rage filling him. From the beginning, he had not used his innate divine ability. Though he had long known that these two from the Western Realm were utterly shameless, he had never expected that even with such an advantage, they would still resort to something so disgraceful!

Even now, he could still feel the searing pain in his hand! Caught off guard, he had suffered no small injury, and it infuriated him beyond measure!

"In that case, do not blame me for striking without mercy!" With a thought, Mu Jizi spoke coldly!

At those words, Jieyin's already sorrowful face became even more sorrowful. Zhunti had leaped away just now, while he had attacked from behind with a treasure. There was no need to say more about the suspicion of a sneak attack!

Originally, he had merely intended to teach Mu Jizi a lesson and make him retreat in the face of difficulty. He had never planned to fight to the death. After all, the two of them had only promised Red Cloud that they would restrain Mu Jizi and deny him any chance to aid Kunpeng and the others!

Who could have expected Mu Jizi's strength to be so formidable? The move they had coordinated not only failed to severely wound Mu Jizi, but instead stirred his ferocity. The bitterness, sweetness, and sourness of it were beyond words to outsiders!

The atmosphere grew tense once more. While Mu Jizi used mana to nourish his somewhat numb right arm, his divine sense swept through the surroundings. Yet he discovered that in his moment of inattention, he had lost sight of Kunpeng, Xihe, Yuehua, and the others!

However, he did not care much. Yuehua and Fairy Xihe were protected by his Eastern Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Flag, so presumably they had nothing to fear from King Father of the East and Queen Mother of the West! Mu Jizi was even less worried about Kunpeng. In terms of strength, Kunpeng might find it somewhat difficult to deal with mighty deities like Zhen Yuanzi and Red Cloud, but preserving his life under the hands of those two would be simplicity itself! What mattered most now was his own situation!

Zhunti and Jieyin would become Saints in the future, so there was naturally no need to question their mana. Moreover, he had given his supreme defensive treasure to someone else. Even if he used his innate divine ability, he had no confidence in defeating the two of them!