The Ancient Demon Clan has four high priests, each representing one of the Ancient Demon Clan's four important duties: divination, blessing, warfare, and martial arts transmission!
The other three priests were all killed in the previous siege by the Reincarnator, and even their bloodline was not preserved. The priests of the martial arts lineage, whose duty was to pass on some precious knowledge, usually kept their whereabouts secret and were very careful about the inheritance of their lineage, which is why they escaped this calamity.
All the elders of the martial arts tradition have one thing in common: they possess the most powerful arsenal and the most powerful lineage of martial arts techniques, and they must also be the strongest person in the Ancient Demon realm in this generation!
That kid Chen Qing.
Zhang Xiaoyun watched secretly, clenching her fists tightly!
He felt that Chen Ying had cheated and was quite dissatisfied with his loss. Now that Chen Ying was the chosen one of the Azure Dragon Spirit, he could not touch her. If he wanted to regain his face, the best way was to defeat Chen Qing, who had trained Chen Ying!
Chen Ying was trained by Chen Qing, so losing to Chen Ying was an accident. If he could beat Chen Qing, or even easily beat Chen Qing, then losing to Chen Ying could be considered an accident.
But now he knows he can't beat Chen Qing!
Bang!
After another collision of spiritual energy, the powerful wind caused the main hall to explode, and countless giant pythons burst out of the ground. Following them were the Western West Sea Army West Sea Army, all clad in armor. Almost every one of them was Transcendent, leaping out of the ground and soaring hundreds of feet into the air, instantly rushing into the palace.
Because the palace was lifted up, the outer magic array became completely ineffective!
After sensing all this, the old master gave up pursuing Chen Qing. The previous exchange had completely shattered his idea of capturing the leader. Chen Qing's combat strength far exceeded his expectations. This kid not only had extremely skillful close combat techniques, but his application of martial arts techniques was also exquisite. Even in his inherited memories, he couldn't find many beings who could perform better than Chen Qing. At this moment, Chen Qing's strength was almost at the limit under these rules!
He knew that it was impossible to take down Chen Qing in a short time by first crippling the Jiangnan soldiers. Since that was the case, he had no choice but to confront him head-on!
Taking advantage of the aftershocks of his battle with Chen Qing, the old Celestial Master retreated directly to the center of the Heaven and Earth Hall. Instantly, his hands formed thousands of incredibly complex hand seals, and countless runes lit up around the entire palace that had been lifted up. Then, a strange scene unfolded.
The entire palace began to rotate like a Mofang, and then one space after another unfolded, expanding the already enormous palace more than tenfold. The extra space, like a grid, quickly separated and isolated all the soldiers who rushed in. Whether they were soldiers from the Heavenly Python Army or from Jiangnan, they were all quickly divided into different spaces after entering the palace.
At the same time, the thousands of Four Saints Guard immediately scattered, each disappearing into different spatial layers, breaking up into smaller groups and quickly vanishing from everyone's sight.
Chen Qing's face darkened immediately upon seeing this!
"Such exquisite spatial manipulation skills!" Kagura from the Heaven and Earth Hall couldn't help but praise, "To be able to perform thousands of spatial divisions by one person is already the limit within the limit under the rules. If I'm not mistaken, this should be the method of the Void Hall back then, right? Even the techniques of the Void Hall could be stolen by you Ancient Demon. It seems you still have some foundation."
"You're too kind, senior," the old celestial master sneered. The space in front of Kagura suddenly shattered like a mirror, and in the next instant, Kagura herself was nowhere to be found.
The entire palace was like a broken void, with countless people scattered among these fragments. Yet, the fragments were interconnected and maintained the supply of the core elements of the Four Saints Grand Formation. Even Chen Qing, who was sealed into one of the fragments, was amazed by this operation.
"My lord, we must crack this quickly, otherwise..."
Shen Qi's voice came from inside Chen Qing's sleeve. Although he was trapped in a spatial fragment inside Chen Qing's sleeve, he could see the situation outside clearly because he had left his magical eye outside.
Chen Qing nodded, understanding why the usually composed Shen Qi was in such a hurry.
Jiangnan has a strong military force. Tian Heng's West Sea Army is the strongest force besides the Fighter Army, but only if the troops are all together.
The army, the army—if separated, they're just soldiers, not an army anymore!
Why can't a top-tier martial artist defeat ten thousand men on the battlefield? Because once the battle formation is activated, with the explosion of vital energy, an individual, unless their strength is overwhelmingly superior, will inevitably be crushed by the battle formation!
If an Transcendent expert can crush tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers, that's normal. But even a First Rank martial artist facing just a thousand Ninth Rank bloodline soldiers would be instantly crushed in a head-on confrontation. That's the role of an army.
In a battle of wits between soldiers, if you don't have a powerful ally of equal strength behind you, you don't even have the right to face them head-on.
But if they're separated, that's a completely different story!
A thousand Four Saints Guard might not be able to defeat ten thousand elite West Sea. After all, they are both Transcendent. Even if you are stronger, when the number difference is huge, the army can make up for it with the burst of blood energy in the battle formation.
However, if they were separated, one of the Four Saints Guard would have a much greater chance of winning against a dozen or so West Sea Army.
Chen Qing had clearly seen that Tian Heng had brought almost entirely elite troops, numbering around 30,000, including the Transcendent water demons of the West Sea Aquatic Clan. This was practically the entire elite force of the West Sea Army. Combined with the Heavenly Python from the Northern Lands, they had a considerable chance of winning against the 4,000 Four Saints Guard head-on. However, if they were separated...
Both Chen Qing and Shen Qi knew very well that the West Sea Army would be the ones to die!
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Aren't you going to do anything?
In another spatial fragment, whether intentionally or not, Kagura was placed together with the Xiao Household's emperor.
"Is it necessary?" The emperor looked at the other person. "Do you want to fight me to the death first?"
"I mean outside," Kagura, pointing to the sky.
The emperor looked at the other party. It was Asura Body. King Xiang had already told him about it. It was like the leader of the Divine Martial Guild had released his evil thoughts. He was very curious. If the greatest obsession of evil thoughts was to devour the original body, then why would they be willing to work for the original body?
Aren't you afraid the other person will cause trouble outside?
"My troops haven't arrived yet, so I'm not qualified to deal with outsiders," the emperor replied calmly.
"You're quite blunt," Kagura laughed. "That Ancient Demon is truly useless. Their so-called ten-thousand-year plan, and this is it? They failed to conquer Jiangnan, and they failed to conquer you either. They truly disgrace the reputation of their ancestors."
"Perhaps it's not because they're useless," the emperor said calmly, "But perhaps because the people they scheme against are powerful enough?"
"Tsk, you're really not modest."
"I'm quite curious, you seem completely unfazed." The emperor pointed outside and said, "With the enemy's methods, aren't you afraid your troops will be wiped out by the Four Saints Guard?"
"That's alright, it doesn't matter how many die," Kagura said with a smile. "There are countless Heavenly Python outside the heavens; their value is what it is. I didn't expect them to accomplish anything significant. Compared to me, shouldn't Chen Qing be more anxious? His soldiers are his precious treasures."
Upon hearing this, the emperor narrowed his eyes slightly. To be honest, it wouldn't be a bad thing if Chen Qing's military strength were wasted here.
"Knowing him as I do, he won't just sit and wait to die."
"So how do you think he can break this deadlock?"
"There is only one way to break this deadlock." The emperor gazed sadly at the center of the Qiankun Hall beyond the fragments.
At this moment, the old celestial master who controlled such a powerful spatial technique was the key to Chen Qing's breakthrough. No matter how exquisite the technique was, as long as the person who cast it was eliminated, it would be fine. Logically speaking, all three of their forces were enemies of that Ancient Demon, but unfortunately, they were also enemies of each other.
At this moment, Chen Qing was the most anxious, so neither he nor the woman named Kagura in front of him would make a move.
They would much rather see the two sides exhaust each other!