Making a Move, One Against Six

The sword light collided with the lightning, and with a flash of black energy, the lightning bolt dissipated.

"Careful!"

Ye Xingchen appeared in front of the Sword Qi and waved his hand, causing vines to sprout from the void and transform into a shield.

As the sword flashed, the vines on the shield snapped and withered one by one, but at the same time, countless vines began to repair them.

A few breaths later, the sword light faded due to lack of follow-up power, but the shield remained unchanged.

Not far away, lightning suddenly exploded around Meng Yan, followed by a drop of blood shimmering with lightning.

He looked at Shen Ge, who had crashed into Ziyang, with a gloomy expression. Just a moment of close combat had caused him a great loss, which made the usually proud Meng Yan feel somewhat frustrated.

But the next moment, that sense of defeat turned into anger. Meng Yan stared coldly at Shen Ge with his silvery-white pupils, and then the lightning around him gradually turned golden.

"I was thinking we were from the same place, practically fellow countrymen," Meng Yan scoffed before continuing, "Since you're so ungrateful, then I won't hold back anymore!"

The next moment, golden lightning spread from his body, becoming more than three times stronger than before.

Ye Xingchen glanced at Meng Yan with slight surprise. This was the first time he had seen Meng Yan in such a state. It seemed that the Lightning Origin he had obtained last time had strengthened him even further.

After forcing High Person Liyue with a single punch, Shen Ge glanced briefly at the approaching golden lightning, and then his figure slowly faded away.

High Person Liyue had retreated to Hanyue's side, rubbed his chest, where a dented fist mark was slowly healing. He looked at Shen Ge, who seemed to be strolling leisurely amidst the lightning, and gently shook his head, sighing with a touch of melancholy, "You really can't deny getting old. This kid is truly amazing."

Hanyue waved her hand, deflecting the attack falling below, and said calmly, "What are you doing here acting old? You just broke through to the Spirit Severing Realm, and you still have over eight thousand years of lifespan left. What are you talking about?"

She glanced at the battlefield. Shen Ge and Ziyang had exchanged blows, and although it was a brief exchange, Ziyang was clearly at a disadvantage. She couldn't help but sigh, "It seems we can't subdue him anytime soon. I don't know what Ziyang and the others were thinking, managing to push such a disciple to the opposite side. It's truly a tragedy."

"I've heard, just heard, that it's related to Xuanguang's sudden breakthrough to the Spirit Severing Realm," High Person Liyue whispered mysteriously. "It's also said to be connected to that secret realm in the South Sea."

"Spirit Severing Pill?" Hanyue guessed, frowning.

She knew a bit about Shen Ge's past predicament. Her sea of consciousness was destroyed and she needed Spirit Severing Pill to repair it. Back then, when Ziyang asked for help, she had given him some pills to stabilize his sea of consciousness.

"It's not necessarily because of that. It's just a pill. Although it could be considered a life-threatening situation, with Ziyang and Mo Qingyu mediating, Shen Ge, who has already overcome that crisis, is unlikely to have caused such a commotion." High Person Liyue shook her head and said softly, "It's probably related to that junior of Qingyou."

"Qingyou?" Hanyue frowned and pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement. "That should be it. When Shen Ge attacked the Spirit Moon Sect, he did mention the cause of that little girl's death."

Although the Spirit Moon Sect kept this news very secret, some of it still leaked out.

"I didn't expect that." Hanyue shook her head slightly, casually intercepting the golden lightning bolt that was about to strike the palace complex below. "Xuanguang, it really is a matter of timing and fate. A wrong choice will ultimately bring about wrong consequences."

At this moment, the blood-covered Daoist Qingguang was knocked off the battlefield. He glanced at the two people chatting idly and immediately became furious. "You two, if you're not going to help, how long are you going to chat like this!"

In the midst of the battle, Shen Ge was beginning to show signs of fatigue. Facing so many opponents of the same realm alone, he was truly finding it difficult to fight them all.

"Boom!"

A golden bolt of lightning exploded on Shen Ge's back, causing Shen Ge to stagger and lose his balance. At the same time, the lightning dispersed a large mass of Yin Qi, resulting in a genuine injury for Shen Ge.

Although the injury wasn't too serious, in the current situation, it would be the beginning of his downfall.

Ziyang, Ye Xingchen, Meng Yan, Daoist Qingguang, and High Person Liyue all seized upon Shen Ge's momentary opening and launched their attacks, as if they were determined to settle the matter in one fell swoop.

Some of them intended to capture him alive, while others planned to severely injure him. Meng Yan's attack was particularly ruthless, his golden lightning radiating a terrifying power, as if he intended to annihilate Shen Ge.

Just at this critical moment, a sword light suddenly attacked from the foot of the mountain outside the Myriad Stars Sect. The golden sword light illuminated the sky and carried an aura of superiority. In an instant, countless flying swords in the Myriad Stars Sect hummed in unison, as if welcoming the king's arrival.

"What a domineering sword strike!" Hanyue and Daoist Qingguang exclaimed simultaneously, and then they both moved to intercept the sword light.

With Daoist Qingguang gone, the seemingly unsolvable predicament suddenly had a glimmer of hope. Shen Ge seized the opportunity, calculated the situation, and headed towards that glimmer of hope.

Meng Yan's lightning was blocked by a black gate, while Ziyang's little fire dragon was intercepted by a Yin-Yang Millstone. As for Ye Xingchen's wooden dragon, Shen Ge could no longer stop it, since he could only intercept two attacks in a short time.

Just as the wooden dragon was about to strike Shen Ge, it suddenly changed direction and avoided Shen Ge. It seems that this time the plan was correct.

Shen Ge didn't stop Ye Xingchen's attack because he was gambling that Ye Xingchen would still remember the favor of saving his life. Obviously, judging from the result, Shen Ge's gamble paid off.

On the other side of the sky, Daoist Qingguang and Hanyue finally managed to stop the sword light that was powerful enough to cleave the entire sect, after a great deal of effort. At this moment, Daoist Qingguang was so angry that his beard was bristling and his eyes were wide open. Even he, a cultivator, was furious. So he asked in a cold voice, "Get out here!"

Just then, a clear female voice came from halfway up the mountain. "Sect Leader Qingguang, it's been a long time. I didn't expect you to have become so irritable."

Several divine senses probed outwards, but before they could even detect anything, a woman dressed in red appeared before them. Her red robes fluttered in the wind, and just standing there, she exuded an aura of unparalleled dominance.

"You are... Su Liuyue!"

"Su Liuyue?!"

Several exclamations of surprise rang out almost simultaneously. The sect leaders stared at Su Liuyue, whose red robes were as red as blood, and fell silent for a moment.

Ziyang sighed softly, seemingly a little forlorn for a moment.

Two of the sect's former genius disciples have now turned against him; he's truly failed as sect leader.

"Gentlemen, some of you are veterans who have been famous for a long time. It's not right for you to bully my junior brother like this, is it?"