Disdain, the Attack Begins
Tingyun chuckled dismissively, "They were just a few fools from the Demon Race. So what if they died? It's not a big deal anyway. They didn't give us much tribute each year."
Zidian frowned and said, "That's not quite right. To be able to kill three Early Dao Union cultivators in one go, the opponent's strength must be considerable. We should still be careful."
Guanfeng waved his hand dismissively and said, "What's there to be careful about? In the Eastern Domain, besides the three of us, who else can rival a cultivator at the Early Dao Union? Even if the opponent is also at the Early Dao Union, with the three of us joining forces, are we afraid of him?"
Tingyun also said, "That's right, and we also have the Holy Temple's protective formation and a thousand Holy Domain Iron Cavalry. Let alone one Early Dao Union, even three of them, we can easily take them down."
"Regardless, let's be extra careful," Zidian said. "Send a message to the Holy Domain, reporting on the recent events in the Eastern Domain."
After Zidian finished speaking, Guanfeng and Tingyun didn't react much, but just continued drinking their tea.
Seeing this, Zidian was quite helpless.
Although all three are direct disciples of the three Dao Lords.
Even among direct disciples, there are hierarchical distinctions in status.
Zidian's status was lower than the other two, so his words were naturally not taken seriously.
Zidian sighed inwardly, hoping nothing serious would happen.
Time flew by, and the day Li Yunjing had agreed to attack arrived.
On this day, Li Yunjing led the allied forces from the Eastern Domain to the Holy Temple.
With such a grand display of force, the Eastern Region Holy Temple quickly realized something was amiss.
Inside the temple's main hall, Guanfeng and the other two guardians were looking at a report together.
Just then, a temple disciple rushed up, bowed, and said, "Reporting to the three garrison commanders, a large army has been spotted heading towards our temple!"
"Oh?" Guanfeng put down the report and said with some surprise, "A large army? How many people?"
"There are approximately forty thousand people!" the disciple said. "Of them, more than thirty thousand are Demon Race and more than ten thousand are humans."
Leading the group was an unfamiliar man in white, followed by the Three Kings of the Eastern Domain and the three True Lord, Qingyun, Bi Shui, and Hongling!
"What?!"
The expressions of the three garrison commanders changed simultaneously.
The Three Kings of the Eastern Domain and the three human True Lord of the Eastern Domain were all accompanied by a strange man? And they even brought an army of over 40,000?
How is that possible?
Guanfeng's face instantly darkened. "It seems that the three idiots from the Myriad Demon Hall were killed by this stranger. Is he bringing a large army here to attack our Holy Temple?"
Tingyun sneered, "He's truly ignorant of his own limitations! Some wild brat who appeared out of nowhere dares to set his sights on our Holy Temple. I think he's tired of living!"
Zidian said in a deep voice, "We must not be careless. The other party was able to subdue the Three Kings of the Eastern Domain, and the three True Lord of Qingyun were also willing to cooperate with him. He must have extraordinary abilities."
We immediately activated the mountain-protecting formation, summoned all the Holy Temple Iron Cavalry, and prepared to engage in battle!
"Alright!" Guanfeng nodded and said, "Tingyun, go activate the mountain-protecting formation. Zidian, go summon the Holy Temple Iron Cavalry. I'll stay here and see what this wild boy is really capable of."
"Yes!"
Tingyun and Zidian responded simultaneously, then turned and quickly left the observation deck.
Guanfeng stood on the viewing platform, his gaze coldly fixed on the mountain below.
A cruel smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
"Dare to challenge the majesty of the Holy Domain? You will pay the price with your lives! Today, I will show you ants what an insurmountable chasm truly means!"
At noon, the army arrived precisely at the foot of the Eastern Region Holy Temple.
Li Yunjing stood in mid-air, his gaze calmly fixed on the pristine white temple atop the mountain.
Behind him, more than 40,000 troops stood in neat rows, banners waving, exuding a murderous aura.
The Three Kings of the Eastern Domain, True Lord Bishui, Fairy Hongling, and True Lord Qingyun stood on either side of Li Yunjing, gazing solemnly at the mountaintop.
Although they had full confidence in Li Yunjing's strength, the Holy Temple was, after all, the Holy Domain's stronghold in the Eastern Domain, having been established for a long time and possessing extremely powerful defensive capabilities.
This battle is destined to be anything but easy.
"My lord, the temple's protective array has been activated," Azure Scale King said in a deep voice, pointing to the faint white light barrier atop the mountain.
"This is the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Spirit-Locking Formation of the Holy Domain. It has extremely strong defensive capabilities and can absorb external spiritual energy and convert it into attack power. It is very difficult to break through it."
True Lord Bishui also said, "Yes, senior, this formation was personally set up by the three Dao Lords and has been perfected over hundreds of thousands of years, so it is almost perfect."
Several cultivators at the Early Dao Union who attempted to attack the Holy Temple were trapped and killed inside this formation.
Li Yunjing nodded slightly, his gaze carefully observing the white light shield.
His Divine Sense penetrated the light barrier, carefully examining the structure of the formation.
After a moment, Li Yunjing's lips curled into a faint smile, "It's just an incomplete formation. It looks perfect, but it's full of flaws."
Everyone was somewhat surprised upon hearing this.
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Spirit-Locking Formation, which they considered Indestructible, was actually just a fragmented array in Li Yunjing's words?
Li Yunjing didn't explain. He said to the Golden Wing King, "Golden Wing King, lead ten thousand Demon Race troops to attack from the front and draw the formation's attention."
"Yes, my lord!" the Golden Wing King replied, then waved his hand, leading a ten-thousand -Demon Race army to charge up the mountain.
"Kill them!"
The Demon Race army roared and surged toward the mountaintop like a tidal wave.
"Release the arrows!"
At the mountaintop, Tingyun gave the order.
Countless arrows rained down from the temple, heading towards the Demon Race army.
"Hmph!" The Golden Wing King snorted coldly, and with a sudden flap of its golden wings, a powerful hurricane was created out of thin air, blowing all the arrows away.
"Break!"
The Golden Wing King formed hand seals, and a huge golden claw print appeared out of thin air, slamming fiercely towards the mountain-protecting formation.
"Boom!"
The golden claw mark slammed heavily against the white light barrier, producing a deafening roar.
The light shield shook violently for a moment, but quickly returned to calm.
"It's useless!" Tingyun stood on the city wall and laughed loudly, "The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Spirit-Locking Formation is invincible! You ants can't possibly break through it!"
The Golden Wing King was enraged and launched another attack.
Countless golden feathers, like sharp blades, shot towards the light barrier.
But no matter how he attacked, the light shield remained completely unmoved.
Li Yunjing stood in mid-air, quietly watching all of this.
His Divine Sense was currently carefully probing the operational trajectory of the formation.
Finally, he found the key point of the formation.
"Now!"
Li Yunjing let out a low shout, his figure blurred, and he unleashed the Void Divine Treasury.
His figure vanished instantly, appearing inside the mountain-protecting formation.
Who goes there?!
The two temple disciples guarding the array's core were terrified and immediately drew their swords, thrusting them at Li Yunjing.
Li Yunjing didn't even glance at them, and flicked his finger lightly.
Two Sword Qi shot out, instantly piercing the throats of the two disciples.
The two disciples didn't even have time to scream before they collapsed to the ground, dead.
Li Yunjing walked to the center of the array and looked at the white crystal that was slowly rotating.
This is the core of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Spirit-Locking Formation: the array eye crystal.
He stretched out his right hand and slapped it onto the crystal at the center of the array.
Click!