186: Chapter 186 The Storm Is Brewing

The battle to surround and kill Wei Zhen was still ongoing, and Master Zixia swept his sword horizontally, filling the sky with rosy light.

Wei Zhen failed to dodge in time, bleeding in mid-air as a terrifying wound was instantly torn across his chest.

When he looked up at Master Zixia, an extra blue Talisman had appeared in his hand.

Zixia and the others felt their hearts skip a beat, and they hurriedly shouted, "Retreat quickly!"

Wanting to retreat at this moment was too late!

Fourth-tier Soul-Suppressing Talisman!!

A mocking smile hung on the corner of Wei Zhen's mouth; having surrounded and hunted him down for so long, how could it be possible without paying some price!

He channeled his Qi into the blue Talisman, and wisps of blue aura instantly bloomed from within, sweeping towards the surroundings.

Everyone was tainted by this blue aura, and their Divine Souls were instantly suppressed, making it impossible to mobilize the magical power in their bodies, and even taking a single step was difficult.

Seizing the opportunity, Wei Zhen struck out with a palm, and a thick aura pierced through the Purple Palace Cultivator closest to him—that person was none other than Master Moxuan.

Puff!

Master Moxuan spewed a mouthful of fresh blood, his face turning pale as the aura on his body rapidly receded, and the light in his eyes gradually dissipated.

"Senior Brother!" Junior Sister Bai Ye shouted anxiously, operating her Cultivation Technique with all her might in an attempt to break free from the shackles of the Soul-Suppressing Talisman.

Master Moxuan was only at the seventh layer of the Purple Mansion, and participating in this surrounding siege was already quite a stretch; it was simply impossible for him to block a single move from a Pseudo-Core Realm Expert.

Wei Zhen frowned, feeling a shock in his heart as he noticed that Master Zixia not far away was gradually breaking free from the shackles of the Soul-Suppressing Talisman; as expected of a Sword Cultivator, they were the hardest to deal with.

He hurriedly made a move, wanting to kill another Purple Palace Cultivator.

Suddenly, a streak of Sword Qi swept horizontally across, making Wei Zhen's scalp tingle as he quickly dodged out of the way.

The effect of the Soul-Suppressing Talisman was already beginning to fade. For a Sword Cultivator like Master Zixia, as long as the Talisman's restriction on him weakened just a little bit, he could break free and counterattack.

Wei Zhen also knew that a fourth-tier Soul-Suppressing Talisman would find it difficult to bind Master Zixia for long, which was why he had decisively killed a Purple Palace Cultivator.

Master Baiye and the other three Purple Palace Cultivators also broke free at the same time. The sword strike slashed out by Master Zixia earlier had not only stopped Wei Zhen from killing another Purple Palace Cultivator, but had also severed the Soul-Suppressing Talisman binding them.

Master Baiye was furious in her heart, striking out with a palm straight for Wei Zhen's head. Her cultivation was the highest among everyone besides Master Zixia, reaching the Perfection of the ninth layer of the Purple Mansion, and she was only a step away from the False Core.

The moment she attacked, even Wei Zhen did not dare to be careless, as this woman possessed the ability to threaten his life.

Boom!

The two collided, and terrifying waves of air swept outward. Aside from Master Zixia, the other three were all forced back by the aftermath.

Master Tianlong's gaze was filled with shock; he hadn't expected that after decades of not seeing her, Junior Sister Bai Ye's strength had advanced by another large step. It seemed that as long as no accidents occurred, Junior Sister Bai Ye would very likely truly break through the shackles of the Golden Core.

And she wasn't even two hundred years old yet, right?

A Golden Core at two hundred years old—not even anyone in the current Yan Country had achieved that. According to inferences from the Sect's intelligence, Junior Sister Bai Ye's Purple Mansion seemed to be at the four-zhang level, falling just one zhang short of the Peerless Grade level.

As for Tianlong himself, his Purple Mansion was only one and a half zhang, barely reaching a Medium Grade Purple Mansion.

Master Zixia was also surprised by Master Baiye's strength. With a horizontal slash of his sword, he tore open Wei Zhen's arm, almost cutting off his arm along with his shoulder.

Being attacked like this by the two of them, Wei Zhen was also extremely furious. A bell Magical Artifact that appeared out of thin air in his hand constantly vibrated, transforming into ripples that attacked the two of them.

Master Zixia and Master Baiye had ugly expressions, blood trickling from the corners of their mouths. Although the two had been affected, every single attack of theirs was exceptionally fierce, as if they hadn't been affected at all.

The other three were not unaffected either, but they also gritted their teeth through the pain and attacked. A Pseudo-Core Realm Expert was very difficult to kill, but with the five of them here, no matter how hard a Pseudo-Core Realm Expert was to kill, they would have to die here.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Dense Spells and Magical Artifact attacks continuously altered the surrounding terrain.

...

The great battle in Qingzhou had reached Chen Changqing far away in Qingyang Mountain, which was enough to show just how wide the scope of this battle of magic was.

Word was that those remnants of the Anti-Immortal Alliance were still hiding in Cang Prefecture, and were then pursued all the way to Qingzhou by Master Baiye and the others. Fortunately, the number of opportunities they had to attack back then was very few; otherwise, Wuyue Mountain would have had it miserable, as Wuyue Mountain's original site was located right at the border between Cang Prefecture and Qingzhou.

According to Chen Xuanyi, their battle of magic had actually affected the surroundings of Wuyue Mountain. The few Qi Refining families closest by were truly unlucky, as their mountain peaks and Cultivators alike were suppressed and killed by the aftershocks.

Right now, quite a few Loose Cultivators were plundering resources on their territory.

Chen Changqing knew that certain events were going to happen again during this period.

Sure enough, a few days later, news came again that the Anti-Immortal Alliance had attacked the Chen Family of Guanglingshan in Bing Prefecture.

The Chen Family of Guanglingshan was even weaker than the Taisu Mountain Zhao Family. Not only did they become a Golden Core faction hundreds of years later than Taisu Mountain and have a shallower foundation, but they had also suffered heavy casualties in the great battle over twenty years ago. Even though they still bore the reputation of a Golden Core Family today, they were actually even less worthy of the name than the Taisu Mountain Zhao Family.

However, this time the Anti-Immortal Alliance was not so lucky. The Huang Family of Jiuyishan and the Mu Family of Shanggaoshan received the news and immediately dispatched powerhouses to rescue them, while other Sects and factions also took action.

Fortunately, the three Pseudo-Core Realm Experts dispatched by the Anti-Immortal Alliance this time accomplished nothing; instead, one of them was killed, along with nearly ten Purple Palace Cultivators.

Of course, the Chen Family of Guanglingshan and the remaining factions also lost a batch of powerhouses. In particular, Guanglingshan, which originally only had four Purple Palace Cultivators left, not only had two die at the hands of the Anti-Immortal Alliance, but the remaining two were also almost half-crippled.

Even though the Chen Family of Guanglingshan was not wiped out, their situation was actually only slightly better than being completely destroyed.

In merely a few decades, two Golden Core factions had completely declined, leaving only nine out of the entire Dayan's eleven Golden Core factions.

A Pseudo-Core Realm Expert from the Anti-Immortal Alliance had died in each of these two battles, and Wei Zhen had also died, perishing under the joint attack of Master Zixia, Master Baiye, and the other three.

As a result, only a few days after these two battles ended, news came again that an anomaly had appeared in Ying Province, seemingly as if the legendary Ghost Abyss had been artificially breached.

Right now, the entire Ying Province was in utter chaos.

When Chen Changqing and the others received the news, their hearts were filled with shock.

"This Anti-Immortal Alliance really knows how to stir up trouble. Right now, these Golden Core factions are still being spun around in circles."

...

Across Ying Province, countless ghosts shrieked, searching for and slaughtering all living people, and even Mortals suffered.

Quite a few Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment families were completely wiped out overnight. The Purple Palace factions were relatively better off, at least blocking the invasion of the ghosts, but their situation was also not very good, and they could be destroyed at any moment.

Back then, those three Sects slaughtered the majority of the ghosts, and all the remaining ghosts were driven back to Ying Province to be sealed. However, for the current Yan Country, this remaining portion of ghosts was not something that could be easily resolved.

Especially since they had also discovered two Ghost Kings.