26: Yellow Heaven's Frenzy, Celestial Immortal's Magic Sword!

Before those massive warships and giant boats could dock, twenty to thirty figures dressed in yellow Daoist robes flew into the sky.

Most of them had indifferent expressions, sharp eyes, and were surrounded by an oppressive aura that Mortals could not comprehend.

They were Immortals!

Their numbers far exceeded the imagination of the Xuan Kingdom's border guards!

They stood still in mid-air, their gazes uniformly fixed on Linjiang City's not-so-tall city walls.

A middle-aged man leading the group stepped forward, drawing his finger across the air, leaving trails of burning crimson light in its wake.

The twenty figures behind him followed suit, and everyone's auras instantly connected.

After a few breaths, a massive flame rune formed in mid-air.

"Burn the City!"

The man's lips moved slightly, his voice not loud, yet it clearly echoed across the city walls and the river.

In an instant, the crimson flame rune flared brightly, suddenly expanding into a giant fireball over thirty meters in diameter!

Like a meteor falling from the sky, it dragged a scorching tail of flames, whistling down towards the city gate tower amidst the desperate and terrified gazes of countless Linjiang City defenders.

"Run!"

"Boom!"

A deafening explosion erupted, sending bricks, wood splinters, and human remains flying everywhere.

The tall city gate tower completely collapsed in the blinding firelight as if made of paper, even forming a section of collapse dozens of meters wide, with dust rising to obscure the sky.

Blazing flames shot into the sky, igniting nearby buildings and illuminating the pre-dawn night sky.

Rolling thick smoke instantly pushed away the white mist on the river surface.

The massive warships had just docked.

"Kill!"

Dense Huangtian Great Army soldiers leaped from the warships, shouting fanatical slogans, and charged into Linjiang City with their blades.

"The city gate is broken! The city wall has collapsed!"

"Run! They are Immortals! They have many Immortals!"

The morale of the Linjiang City defenders completely collapsed in the face of the inhuman power displayed by the Yellow Heaven Cult Cultivators.

The remaining soldiers threw away their armor and weapons, crying and fleeing into the city, trampling each other, their military order utterly destroyed.

Old Soldier Wang Huzi was struck in the chest by a flying rock splinter, his heart ruptured, bones shattered, and he was half-buried, bleeding profusely, amidst the collapsed city wall bricks.

The last thing that entered his vision was the bright yellow torrent wildly surging into the city through the breach in the city wall.

And those Immortals standing in mid-air, indifferently watching the slaughter.

Linjiang City, a vital border town of the Xuan Kingdom that had stood on the banks of the Jinsha River for hundreds of years, fell completely in less than an hour.

Dark thick smoke and crimson blood Qi shot straight into the sky.

And this was merely the beginning of the war.

Every day that followed was a nightmare for the Xuan Kingdom.

The Huang Heaven Celestial Kingdom's army used Linjiang City as a springboard to frantically advance towards the inland capital.

Their advance speed was incredibly fast.

With the help of Cultivators, they opened roads through mountains and built bridges over water; the Mortal armies they encountered along the way were fragile and vulnerable against Spells!

Urgent dispatches flew like snowflakes to the Xuan Kingdom's capital.

"Linjiang City has fallen! General Zhao, the defending commander, died for his country!"

"Fengqi... The city lord of Fengqi City has opened the gates and surrendered!"

"In the Battle of Heguyuan, our three hundred thousand elite troops had their camp burned by enemy flames, with less than one-tenth surviving! It is suspected that enemy Immortals took action!"

...

They advanced like a hot knife through butter, crushing everything in their path.

More than ten cities, either broken or surrendered.

By the time the Xuan Kingdom's court reacted, the Huang Heaven Celestial Kingdom's vanguard had already penetrated deep into their territory.

The Xuan Kingdom was shaken, and the court and commoners alike were in an uproar.

Only then did they receive clear news: the reason they were defeated so quickly was that enemy Immortals had taken action!

Then they were not panicked.

Instead, they breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the Mortal army could no longer stop this Huangtian Tide, which had fused with the power of Immortals, they still had the Celestial Immortal Sect behind them.

"Quick, quickly go and invite the Immortals of the Celestial Immortal Sect down the mountain!"

"As you command, Your Majesty!"

Evidently, the Xuan Kingdom at this time had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem, thinking that by simply inviting out the Immortals within their own country, they could quell this war!

Let the Immortals' disputes be resolved by Immortals... In the northwestern part of the Xuan Kingdom, deep within the Tianji Mountain Range.

Peaks competed in beauty, shrouded in clouds and mist.

Exotic flowers and rare herbs dotted the landscape, and roaring waterfalls and flowing springs were incessant.

The spiritual Qi here was far more abundant than the outside world, possessing a Medium Grade first-tier Spiritual Vein, and it was the Sect location of the Xuan Kingdom's cultivation force, the Celestial Immortal Sect.

The Golden Summit Grand Hall on the main peak, Celestial Immortal Peak, was magnificent and spacious.

Gilded ironwood pillars, glazed green tiles paving the roof.

The dome depicted the stars of the heavens, and the ground was carved with wild mountains and rivers.

However, at this moment, this solemn and sacred place was enveloped by an extreme rage.

The atmosphere was so heavy it felt as if water could drip from it.

The Sect Head of the Celestial Immortal Sect, Celestial Mountain Master, a Peak Qi Refining Cultivator who was usually ethereal and never showed his emotions, was now standing in the center of the hall, cursing with a flushed face.

"Damn Yellow Heaven Cult!"

"What exactly do they want to do?!"

"Declaring war without warning! Shameless! Despicable! Vile!"

"A mere Loose Cultivator from the mountains, who just got lucky with some Opportunities, gnawing off Purple Gold Mountain from the Hunyuan Sect, and now he thinks he's so capable, does he? And dares to disregard our existence?"

"I think it's clearly because he accepted too many Disciples, leading to a shortage of resources and the Purple Gold Mountain Spiritual Vein being unable to sustain them, which is why he set his sights on our Celestial Immortal Sect!"

"They are treating us like soft persimmons!"

"Disgrace!"

"This is a great disgrace to my Celestial Immortal Sect!"

Celestial Mountain Master was almost mad, cursing continuously with red eyes.

The Elders of the Celestial Immortal Sect in the hall also echoed him, filled with righteous indignation.

The reason for their anger, besides the Huang Heaven Celestial Kingdom's undeclared war, was mostly that they believed they saw through the enemy's true nature and felt underestimated.

Otherwise, with so many neighboring countries, why would the Yellow Heaven Cult go crazy and attack them?

Isn't this clearly treating them as the weakest?

Moreover, the Yellow Heaven Cult's action was no longer a simple matter of attacking cities and seizing territory, taking advantage.

This was about achieving success in one fell swoop, completely annihilating the Xuan Kingdom!

Annihilating their Celestial Immortal Sect's Legacy!

"Sect Head, the Xuan Kingdom's court is in dire straits, and the Huang Kingdom's army is advancing like a hot knife through butter, heading straight for the royal capital. What should we do?"

"What should we do?"

Celestial Mountain Master sneered, gritting his teeth and saying, "What else can we do?"

"If they want to fight, then we fight!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he took out an ancient sword in its scabbard from his Storage Pouch.

Its scabbard was of unknown material, neither metal nor wood, presenting a dark, dull bronze color, without any ornamentation.

However, it was covered in mottled marks, as if it had endured endless years.

The entire sword did not even emit the slightest fluctuation, as silent as common iron.

But all the Elders in the hall, at the sight of this ancient sword, involuntarily held their breath, their eyes revealing complex expressions of awe and excitement intertwined.

This was the Celestial Immortal Sect's foundation, passed down for a thousand years—

The Celestial Immortal Magical Sword!

This was a Medium Grade second-tier Magical Artifact, its power far exceeding that of the yu king sword.

Celestial Mountain Master, by expending most of his magical power, could barely activate one-third of this sword's power.

Its power was enough to kill all Peak Qi Refining Cultivators!

"My Celestial Immortal Sect has been passed down for a thousand years. Although no Profound Fetus Immortal Master has ever emerged, Dao Foundation Cultivators have never been lacking, and we are on par with the Hunyuan Sect!"

"How can these Loose Cultivators from the mountains know the foundation of my Celestial Immortal Sect?"

Celestial Mountain Master held the incredibly heavy Magical Artifact in both hands, his fingertips slightly white from the exertion.

Although the Celestial Immortal Sect had fallen into decline, and many Magical Artifacts and spiritual items that could be sold had been sold in the past, they still kept this Celestial Immortal Sword, which possessed the most powerful destructive force!

He turned around, his gaze sweeping over all the Elders in the hall.

"Transmit my Sect Head's order."

"All Disciples are to prepare for battle. Tomorrow, we will descend the mountain to meet the enemy!"

"This time, we will ensure they have no return!"