News of Zhou Zu and Master Wuwang spread, and every expeditionary force came to a halt.
This outcome had caught everyone by surprise.
By now, the expeditionary forces of the various sects were all close to Thunder City, yet none dared advance.
The emergence of laws had changed their understanding of combat, leaving everyone at a loss as to how to respond.
The forces of the Artifact Refining Sect and the Spirit Pill Sect joined up.
The Artifact Refining Sect's Mahayana Realm cultivator was named Zuo Lan, and his signature magic artifact was the Thousand Mechanisms Umbrella. It was said that this artifact could transform into any combat configuration and unleash wind, fire, thunder, and lightning.
To this day, no one had managed to determine just how many functions the Thousand Mechanisms Umbrella possessed.
Zuo Lan had a mild temperament, and most people who fought him survived.
Yet not a single person who had fought Zuo Lan could explain what had happened afterward. Almost everyone gave the same account: once the Thousand Mechanisms Umbrella enveloped them, they somehow lost without understanding why.
The Mahayana Realm cultivator leading the Spirit Pill Sect was named Gu Yi, the son of an elder of its Enforcement Hall.
While traveling outside the sect during his Spirit Transformation Realm days, he had unexpectedly obtained a treasured gourd capable of unleashing Samadhi True Fire.
From then on, his alchemy advanced by leaps and bounds. By the time he reached the Mahayana Realm, he could control Samadhi True Fire with ease, and his combat strength had soared, making him a strong contender for the position of the Spirit Pill Sect's next sect master.
Gu Yi had joined this expedition against Lin Bai to strengthen his bid to become the Spirit Pill Sect's next sect master.
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