73: War begins

On this day, above Profound Antiquity Province, fierce winds howled, and dark clouds gathered, signaling the imminent arrival of a great battle that would determine the fate of the Profound Ancient Thirty-Six Domains.

“Boom!”

As an ancient mountain range crossed from the east into Profound Antiquity Province, the war officially began.

“Is that the Xu Family from the Ming Domain? Could it be a force left over from the previous era?”

All the major forces had already learned of the Xu Family, and feeling the magnificent and ancient pressure from the South Heaven Gate at this moment, their expressions involuntarily turned solemn.

“Rumble!”

The Mystic Ancient Divine Hall, which had guarded the Xuangu Domain for hundreds of thousands of years, moved, leaving the Xuan Gu Holy City. Clearly, they did not want to choose Xuan Gu Holy City as the battlefield.

On one hand, the Holy City had stood for a million years, and if a great battle occurred, it would inevitably be affected; on the other hand, there were several extraterritorial forces within the Holy City, and if they were affected, the Mystic Ancient Divine Hall would surely be destroyed.

Soon, both sides consciously chose a mountain range as their battlefield.

“Audacious Xu Family, repeatedly killing my Divine Hall Elders! Today, this Venerable will surely annihilate your entire Xu Family!”

A voice like heavenly might resounded throughout the entire world, and the Law power it contained affected half of the sky.

“Hmph! What great prestige! If your Divine Hall hadn't acted repeatedly, how would my clan have killed your Divine Hall Elders? Today, the Mystic Ancient Divine Hall shall be destroyed.”

The Blood Sabre Old Ancestor’s figure stood at the South Heaven Gate, looking at the Divine Hall ahead without any fear.

And by his side, powerful figures emerged one by one.

“System, can you investigate the forces of the Mystic Ancient Divine Hall?”

Inside the Clan Chief’s hall, Xu Qing asked.

[Mystic Ancient Divine Hall: One Profound Venerable in the Middle Stage, one Profound Venerable in the Early Stage, one Sealed Venerable in Perfection, three Sealed Venerables in the Late Stage, five Sealed Venerables in the Middle Stage, six Sealed Venerables in the Early Stage.]

[Strongest: Divine Lord, Profound Venerable in the Middle Stage, 70% Thunder Law power, once killed a Profound Venerable Martial Artist in the Late Stage.]

[Priest: Profound Venerable in the Middle Stage, 40% Mind Law power, once controlled multiple Profound Venerable Martial Artists in the Early Stage using Law power.]

[Grand Elder...]

“70% Law power, and it’s the Thunder Law. I underestimated you!”

Xu Qing frowned, about to use the Profound Venerable Perfection identity card, but then he felt a fluctuation from the Spirit Beast Hall and a slight smile appeared on his face.

On the other side.

“A mere Venerable, dares to bark in front of this Venerable? Are you seeking death? Does your Xu Family have no Profound Venerables?”

As soon as these words were spoken, all forces looked curiously at Cloud Mist Mountain. Although the figures on the South Heaven Gate were powerful, the gap in Realm between Sealed Venerable and Profound Venerable was there and could not be bridged.

“To destroy your Divine Hall, why would our clan’s Profound Venerables need to act? This Old Ancestor alone can kill you!”

If it came to arrogance, no one in the entire Xu Family could compare to the Blood Sabre Old Ancestor. Moreover, he truly did not care about Profound Venerables, as he had once killed three of them by himself, though he had used some tricks, the battle record was there for all to see.

“Arrogant!”

“Audacious!”

“Ignorant fool, how dare you insult our Divine Lord!”

“Divine Lord, let me act and slay this scoundrel.”

Behind the Divine Lord, the Venerables were furious.

“Hmph!”

The Divine Lord snorted coldly.

Boom!

A terrifying aura shot up into the sky!

“Buzz!”

In an instant, the entire Void Realm trembled violently, and countless Void Realm ripples extended for tens of thousands of miles.

What a terrifying aura! Is this the might of a Profound Venerable?

Everyone felt this aura, their hearts trembling!

Immediately after!

A figure appeared above the Divine Hall, and sixteen figures followed him, hovering in the air.

“Those are the Divine Lord and Priest of the Mystic Ancient Divine Hall!”

“Two Profound Venerables, fifteen Venerables, is this the foundation of the Mystic Ancient Divine Hall?”

The various forces were shocked.

“Hmph!”

“Just a Profound Venerable, it’s not like this Old Ancestor hasn’t slain one before!”

As his voice fell, the Blood Sabre Old Ancestor’s essence, Qi, and spirit condensed. He held the sabre hilt in his right hand, and countless blood-colored magical power surged into the sabre.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”

Above the sky, the winds and clouds of the world surged at this moment. Hundreds of thousands of miles of Heaven and Earth Origin Qi frantically gathered, and the terrifying aura seemed to want to destroy this world.

“What a terrifying aura!”

In Xuan Gu Holy City, a Venerable in Sealed Venerable Perfection said in shock.

“How dare you! You dare to act!”

Seeing this, the Divine Lord was furious and slapped his right hand towards the South Heaven Gate.

“Rumble!”

Between heaven and earth, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled. Darkness appeared out of thin air, transforming into a large hand, carrying terrifying destructive power, and grabbing forward.

“Blood Sabre Scripture, Slash!”

Just then, the Blood Sabre Old Ancestor had also successfully accumulated power and unleashed his drawing sabre technique, a dazzling blood-colored sabre light slashing out.

“Boom!”

The two collided, magical power surged, Laws shone brightly, the world changed color, and terrifying energy swept out. The space for thousands of miles shattered, and the surrounding mountain ranges were also affected, collapsing one after another. The terrifying scene was as if the world was about to fall.

“You have some strength, but this is not a reason for you to provoke the Mystic Ancient Divine Hall!”

“Mystic Ancient Divine Army, heed my command! Kill into the Heaven Gate and annihilate the entire Xu Family!”

Rolling thunderous sound, incomparably overbearing!

“Kill!”

Countless xuan armor Divine Army surged out from the Divine Hall, led by more than ten Half-step Sealed Venerable experts, charging towards the Heaven Gate.

At the same time, all the Divine Hall experts, except for the Divine Lord, charged towards the Blood Sabre Old Ancestor and the others.

“Old Zhu, you command the brothers. Slaughter this so-called Divine Army for me!”

Hai Dagui looked at Zhu Yuan beside him!

“Don’t worry! They’re just a bunch of chickens and dogs!”

Zhu Yuan looked coldly at the Divine Army. This was the confidence of a Sealed Venerable mighty figure.

“Brothers, now is the time to achieve great deeds! Follow me, kill!”

Zhu Yuan shouted loudly and led his subordinates out.

Aside from the Star Guardian, this time there were also the West Mountain One Cave Ghosts, Black Feather, and others. After this period of resource enhancement, their cultivation had reached at least the Heavenly King Realm Late Stage. When working together, even a Half-step Sealed Venerable was no match.

And with the help of numerous resources, the Star Guardian had all reached the King Realm and could deploy twenty-seven Star Formations, enough to suppress a Profound King Realm.

After all, even for a powerful Divine Army, there weren't many at the Heavenly King Realm level. These were handled by others.

Xu Qing had said that killing enemies this time would be recorded in the profound yellow token as contribution points, which could be exchanged for treasures. Even if they died in battle, it could be transferred to their relatives, so everyone was putting in their utmost effort.

Upon seeing Zhu Yuan, a Sealed Venerable, act against his subordinates, the Divine Hall immediately dispatched several Elders in the Sealed Venerable Early Stage to kill Zhu Yuan. However, they were jointly intercepted by Xu Yuan, Qian Duoduo, and Zhu Haibo.

Meanwhile, Deng Changyun and Hai Dagui, two Sealed Venerable Perfection experts, went to intercept the other Elders, including the Grand Elder.

“That so-called Divine Lord, I’ll take him on! That Profound Venerable old man, Old Qin, you should be able to handle him, right?” The Blood Sabre Old Ancestor looked at Qin Huan.

“Don’t worry, it’s just Mind Law, perfect for tempering my heart! But that guy is very strong, be careful!” Qin Huan said with a confident expression.

“What’s there to be afraid of? Isn’t this Old Ancestor here?”

The Blood Sabre Old Ancestor licked his tongue, his whole body transforming into a blood-red light, and he charged towards the Divine Lord.

Seeing this, the Priest slapped out a large hand, intending to stop the Blood Sabre Old Ancestor, but a sword light descended, shattering his attack.

“Your opponent is me!”

Qin Huan came with his sword, his whole body radiating light.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Streaks of Sword Law, with Qin Huan as the core, rapidly spread across heaven and earth, enveloping the Priest.

“How dare you! A mere Venerable Domain, how can it control this Venerable!”

The Priest was furious, and his Mind Law permeated out, forming a Domain to contend with Qin Huan.

Qin Huan heard this and didn’t care. His three-foot longsword shone with divine light, illuminating heaven and earth, and directly pressed down towards the Priest.

“If I kill you, I’ll have enough contribution points to exchange for that treasure, so leave your life here!”

After speaking, he charged towards the Priest.

On the other side.

Seeing the Blood Sabre Old Ancestor charge towards him, the Divine Lord laughed in extreme anger.

He sneered, “A mere Sealed Venerable, utterly presumptuous!”

He slapped out a palm, which instantly transformed into a sky-covering giant palm, imbued with the might of a Profound Venerable, pressing heavily towards the Blood Sabre Old Ancestor.

“Crack, crack, crack!”

The Void Realm twisted, and the previously bright daytime sky suddenly plunged into endless darkness.

The Blood Sabre Old Ancestor’s expression changed. Although he was arrogant, he was not foolish. His previous probing told him that he was not an opponent, but as the strongest combatant among them, he naturally had to tie down the Divine Lord.

“Blood Transformation Divine Sabre, Blood Devours the World!”

The Blood Sabre Old Ancestor placed his Blood Sabre in the center, spat a mouthful of essence blood onto the sabre, and a strange blood-red light appeared.

In an instant, a terrifying, abyss-like aura was released from the Blood Sabre, as if it wanted to cut through all darkness.

“Slash!”

A sabre strike was quickly unleashed!

“Boom!”

A heaven-shaking roar suddenly exploded in the Void Realm, and terrifying power swept out, causing the mountain range below to be obliterated into nothingness.

“Thump, thump, thump!”

The Blood Sabre Old Ancestor coughed blood as he retreated, leaving a bloodstain in the Void Realm with each step. Clearly, he was no match for the Divine Lord.