166: Chapter 166 A Complete Reversal, Life and Death in Two Forces!

Shen Qingyue stood behind him, her palms already clenched so tightly they bled.

The Primordial Dao Body was hooked by that Soul-Locking Seal, causing the blood and Qi within her body to surge in waves, and her joints to tighten.

She did not retreat, however; instead, she forced herself to stand tall and raised her hand, preparing to form a seal.

Before she could move...

The sound of a zither exploded from the right first.

Chu Wanqing stepped out with the imperial zither in her arms, her red robes sweeping through the air. She plucked the strings heavily and shouted sharply:

"Xu Tian, you dare to be so arrogant while holding a forged marriage contract?"

"Say one more word, and this Young Miss will shatter that foul mouth of yours!"

The zither notes transformed into fiery ripples, instantly sweeping away over a dozen Wang Family Cultivators who were rushing forward.

On the left...

Su Yuxi flicked her white sleeves, and Dao Patterns spread out layer by layer.

Standing beside Shen Qingyue, she tapped her fingertips repeatedly and shouted coldly:

"Leave the outer circle to me."

"Whoever dares to use the chaos to charge the array will be laid out!"

As the Dao Patterns pressed down, three Elder Wangs who were trying to seize the opportunity to get close let out muffled groans. Their shoulders and backs sank simultaneously, and their knees nearly knelt into the ground.

Xu Chen was even more direct.

Shouldering the ancient desolate hall, he rushed forward with a howl and slammed the hall down sideways on the ground with a loud clang.

He directly blocked off a patch of open ground, not forgetting to curse as he did so:

"All of you, get lost!"

"If anyone gets closer, this Young Master will open a skylight in their forehead!"

"Pretending to be decent with a forged marriage contract—your family is truly ancestral in its lack of virtue!"

With this shout, a hint of fierce absurdity was added to the tense air by his words.

The group of Wang Family Cultivators turned green with rage, yet they truly did not dare to charge recklessly.

Atop the city walls...

Xu Tian watched Lin Yi standing at the very front, his teeth nearly shattering from clenching them. He pushed his hand harder and growled:

"Lin Yi, you can block people, but you cannot block a marriage contract!"

"The ancient covenant is here; it is not your place to act wildly!"

Lin Yi didn't bother responding to this nonsense at all.

He took a step forward and raised his right palm, the golden glow in his palm brightening inch by inch.

The human emperor blood within his body shook violently.

A strand of ancient and domineering Qi condensed into a golden line along his palm lines, heading straight for the marriage contract.

Xu Tian's pupils constricted.

Wang Shuo's expression also changed.

The next moment...

Lin Yi struck out with his palm.

Boom!

The golden line pierced into the marriage contract, and the entire scroll immediately snapped taut.

The ancient characters on the surface lit up first.

The writing was magnificent, and its aura was ancient and simple. The old intent left behind by the ancestors of the Shen Family and Heaven and Earth Gate suddenly burst forth.

Immediately following that, the Soul-Locking Seal hidden within the paper's veins was forced out by the human emperor blood.

It had nowhere to hide and was instantly scorched, turning black and curling, with gray smoke constantly rising from its edges.

The marriage contract trembled incessantly.

One layer of old characters.

One layer of new seal.

The two strands of Qi strangled each other.

In just a few breaths, the grayish-black mark was scorched with cracks.

A strand of withered and sinister old Qi surged back from deep within the marriage contract.

Chu Chengdao had been staring at this scene the whole time.

The Head of the Chu Family pointed at that strand of gray Qi and shouted sternly with a dark face:

"Everyone, open your eyes and see clearly!"

"This is not some ancient covenant at all!"

"The marriage contract has been tampered with. The aura of the Soul-Locking Seal is right before your eyes. The one who did this is that old thing from the Heaven and Earth Gate!"

After saying that...

He flicked another finger, and his Imperial Dao Qi directly enveloped that strand of gray Qi, suspending it high in the sky so anyone could see it clearly.

Zhou Qing stood high in the sky, his gaze deep and heavy. He did not say much, but the Holy Lords Dharma Seal in his palm pressed down half an inch further.

Luo Qinghan stood on the other side and sneered, her Killing Intent growing even heavier.

Peak Master Jiang Qiyue looked around the city walls and spoke calmly:

"To block the gate and coerce people with a tampered marriage contract, and then dare to speak of some eternal ancient covenant."

"The face of the Heaven and Earth Gate has been completely lost today!"

As these words fell, the direction of the wind around them changed completely.

The expressions of the spectating Cultivators who had been hesitant immediately became quite interesting.

A marriage contract, by its nature, relied most on being 'in the right.'

Now that the 'right' was rotten, their dignity had been stripped away in public.

The air of superiority from which Xu Tian had been preaching collapsed completely on the spot.

A complete reversal!

Immediately, someone sneered toward the city walls.

Others began to curse loudly.

There were also a few old fellows who had been hiding in the back to observe. Seeing that the Wang Family and Heaven and Earth Gate's momentum was gone...

They immediately began to show their loyalty, raising their hands to sacrifice Magic Treasures and smashing them against the Wang Family's city walls.

As they smashed, they also cursed wildly, their voices booming.

"To suppress others with a fake marriage contract—how truly low!"

"The Wang Family and Heaven and Earth Gate have truly lost all their dignity this time!"

"Imperial clan? Hidden Sect? Bah! A bunch of foul rats!"

"If this filthy nest isn't leveled today, the Three Thousand Realms will be polluted by them in the future!"

"Brothers, those with strength, give strength; those with mouths, spray them hard!"

"Right, right, right! Don't let this nest of foul rats have it easy!"

The city walls were immediately subjected to several more rounds of heavy smashing.

The Wang Family Cultivators had already been beaten into disarray, and now they were completely stunned.

Seeing this scene, Xu Chen's eyes narrowed with joy, and he shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Good!"

"Don't just stand there; today, let's smash the entire Wang Family to pieces!"

Xu Tian's chest heaved violently, and a mouthful of blood surged up to his throat.

The scheme he had painstakingly laid out was intended to use the marriage contract to restrain Shen Qingyue and then use morality to kidnap Lin Yi.

In the end, not long after the marriage contract entered the fray, it turned from a bargaining chip into ironclad evidence.

Now, even he himself had become a joke.

Lin Yi did not give him a chance to recover.

He brought his five fingers together, his palm edge turning into a blade, and slashed down at the black chain still tangled in the air.

Zheng!

Divine light slashed down, and the chain suddenly snapped taut.

After a piercing crack exploded, the entire black chain snapped in the middle.

Black mist billowed from the break, and the Soul-Locking Seal was instantly shattered by more than half.

The mark on Shen Qingyue's forehead trembled, and the surging blood and Qi in her body stabilized.

She looked up, the coldness in her eyes having already erupted to the extreme.

Xu Tian had just taken half a step back...

...when she moved.

A fair hand, enveloped in Taichu Dao Light, pierced directly through the air and struck toward Xu Tian's chest.

The speed was incredibly fast, and the angle was even more cunning.

Xu Tian had just thought of raising his hand to block when Shen Qingyue's palm landed solidly on his chest.

Bang!

The Taichu Dao Light exploded.

Xu Tian was sent flying backward horizontally, unable to stop himself even after retreating three steps.

His final step cracked half a city brick, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

The Life and Death Wheel Seal on his chest was struck until it wobbled, and his face instantly turned pale.

Shen Qingyue withdrew her palm and stood tall, her white dress unstained by even a speck of dust. She shouted coldly:

"Do you think you are worthy of speaking about the Shen Family Bloodline?"

"If you dare to use that marriage contract to touch me again, I will cripple you first!"

This strike was clean and decisive, and it brought a silence to the entire field.

Chu Wanqing was the first to laugh, holding her zither and shouting loudly:

"Sister Qingyue, beautifully done!"

A flash of satisfaction also crossed Su Yuxi's eyes. She raised her hand to suppress another part of the array that was trying to fill in and added coldly:

"Xu Tian, do you have any other tricks?"

"That little bit of face you had left is all gone, isn't it?!"

Xu Chen even shouldered the ancient desolate hall and scurried forward two steps, grinning and shouting:

"I said it long ago: fakes won't hold up."

"This little trick of yours can only fool yourself at most!"

Atop the city walls, Xu Tian clutched his chest with one hand and the remaining half of the marriage contract with the other, his eyes turning red.

The edges of the marriage contract were already scorched black.

The Chaos Fate Union Grand Array also vibrated violently.

One by one, the array runes flickered between bright and dim.

A dull rumbling sound came from the ground of the inner city; the entire Wang Family Ancestral Land was shaking violently.

Wang Shuo's face was green as he shouted sternly:

"Steady the array core!"

"No one is allowed to panic!"