203: Chapter 203 Melee

"As expected of Junior Brother, although that Purple Palace Cultivator's strength was only approaching the fourth layer of the Purple Mansion, Junior Brother was still able to slay him within a few rounds," Dong Tianheng praised inwardly.

As for Master Lingyuan and the others, they were also somewhat shocked by Chen Changqing's strength, not expecting that someone who looked so unremarkable when staying with them could erupt with such power.

Even Master Lingyuan himself, who possessed a one-zhang-five Purple Mansion, let alone when he was at the first layer of the Purple Mansion fighting someone at the fourth layer, even now at the third layer of the Purple Mansion he still wouldn't dare say he could fight someone at the fourth layer.

Chen Changqing's performance exceeded the cognition of many people. The Purple Palace Cultivators who were previously watching from the sidelines all made their Moves at this moment. They rarely acted in this battle, and their main objective was to slay some Genius Cultivators or cooperate with other Purple Palace Cultivators to encircle and kill Yan Country Cultivators.

Chen Changqing saw three people rushing towards him. The Aura of one of them was considerably stronger than the middle-aged stalwart man from just now, while the other two were slightly weaker, but not by too much.

Such a lineup, to everyone, was sufficient to slay any Cultivator at the first layer of the Purple Mansion, and no matter how much of a Genius this Purple Palace Cultivator was, it would be to no avail.

Dong Tianheng also wanted to go over and support, but Chen Changqing refused.

Those three Purple Palace Cultivators killed their way over in a flash, and Chen Changqing immediately retreated to avoid their sharp edge.

Outside the battlefield where they were fighting, Jizhou City also discovered these supporting Cultivators and immediately dispatched a large number of Cultivators to receive them.

The main forces of Cang Prefecture and Qing Province also arrived at this moment.

At the same time, the three countries of Wei, Shu, and Han also dispatched a large number of Cultivators, intending to intercept them and prevent them from converging. The Cultivators of both sides became entangled with each other, initiating a new round of battle.

Boom, boom, boom!

While dodging the attacks from behind, Chen Changqing turned around to counterattack. Further behind them, Purple Palace Cultivators from Jizhou City also made their Moves to rescue him.

Although Jizhou City had been breached several times, that was because many of the original Cultivators had been slain. Afterwards, new Cultivators arrived to support, driving these enemy country Cultivators back once again.

And Jizhou City almost got breached once again this time; fortunately, the Cultivators from both Qing and Cang Prefectures had arrived, otherwise no one would dare to assert what Jizhou City would be like at this moment.

After a full month and a half of offensives, 200,000 of the 600,000 enemy troops had died in battle, but more than half of Yan Country's 400,000 Cultivators had also died in battle.

This time, another 70,000 to 80,000 Cultivators provided support. Not to mention being able to drive back the opponent, at least they could continue to resist.

It's just that if the three countries cannot be repelled this time, Yan Country will no longer have any new support thereafter.

After all, Yan Country itself had already dispatched quite a few Cultivators to clear out the ghosts in Ying Province, and some Cultivators were suppressing rebellions of certain forces and maintaining order.

Swish, swish, swish!

Several Flying Swords struck over, and the sound of piercing through the air continuously came from behind. Chen Changqing frowned slightly as Azure Thunder erupted from his body—Azure Thunder Escape—and several Tier 3 gravity talismans appeared in his hands.

Seeing this scene, the three Purple Palace Cultivators behind immediately became vigilant. When Chen Changqing used the gravity talisman just now, they were also present, only standing a bit further away.

Chen Changqing had anticipated that the opponents would be on guard and was not surprised. After all, a thing like a gravity talisman needed to catch the enemy unawares to be effective, because the power of the gravity talisman itself was extremely strong, but the area it could control was not large.

Chen Changqing deployed the yuxu sword, becoming entangled with the three Purple Palace Cultivators behind, while holding a gravity talisman in his other hand, waiting for the right opportunity to use it.

Hiss!

A slash brushed past Chen Changqing's side, almost cutting him. Fortunately, he was holding an escape talisman and dodged quickly.

After a dozen or so rounds, he was almost injured several times. Behind him, those three Purple Palace Cultivators continued to attack, and even further behind, the Yan Country Purple Palace Cultivators who came out to support also caught up.

After that, the two sides' forces came into contact and attacked each other.

Streams of Daoist Magic descended. Chen Changqing pinched several incantations, and a surge of verdant greenery erupted from the surface of his body, striking out with a palm—Qingxuan Exorcism Palm.

A giant cyan palm instantly struck out, heading straight for the three people behind.

Those three were currently entangled with other Purple Palace Cultivators. Seeing this Move by Chen Changqing, they hurriedly dodged.

The Purple Palace Cultivators fighting them hand-to-hand naturally wouldn't let them off easily and chased after them as well.

Chen Changqing also gave chase. During this time, other Purple Palace Cultivators made their Moves, one of whom was a State of Shu Cultivator. State of Shu Cultivators were best at driving Gu insects and so on.

That masked State of Shu woman had her face covered. When looking at Chen Changqing, her eyes carried ferocity. As soon as she made a Move, countless Gu insects attacked Chen Changqing.

Seeing this, Azure Thunder bloomed in Chen Changqing's palms, continuously killing these Gu insects.

The masked woman furrowed her brows slightly and immediately fled. Discovering that her methods were countered by Chen Changqing, she left without looking back, turning her gaze toward others instead.

Seeing that she wanted to escape, Chen Changqing also gave chase. These State of Shu Cultivators who Cultivate Gu insects were the most difficult to deal with and also the most insidious.

If she couldn't be slain here, allowing the other party to attack the remaining Purple Palace Cultivators, if they weren't careful, quite a few people would indeed be plotted against and killed by her.

Finding that Chen Changqing was chasing her, the masked woman immediately sent voice transmissions to her surrounding companions.

The closest Cultivator at the fourth layer of the Purple Mansion was a White-haired Elder. After receiving the transmission, he stepped out to intercept Chen Changqing.

With murderous intent in his eyes, Chen Changqing struck out with a palm—Qingxuan Exorcism Palm.

A formidable Aura pressed towards the opponent.

The White-haired Elder sneered disdainfully, "Mere first-layer Purple Mansion, you actually dare to attempt to attack me."

"Take this Move!"

A giant tripod flew out from his Storage Pouch. That giant tripod rotated in mid-air, constantly vibrating, sending wave after wave of fluctuations toward Chen Changqing.

Every single vibration shaved off a portion of the Qingxuan Exorcism Palm's power.

After the ninth time, the Qingxuan Exorcism Palm couldn't even get within ten zhang of the opponent before completely dissipating.

Chen Changqing's brows furrowed, his gaze solemn. He hadn't expected that the opponent's Magical Artifact could actually achieve such a degree.

In that case, the yuxu sword slashed out, and immediately after, he raised his hand and struck out with a palm—Qingxuan Exorcism Palm.

"So what if the same Move is used a few more times!"

The White-haired Elder merely continued to drive that giant tripod.

With each vibration of the giant tripod, parts of the power of the yuxu sword and Qingxuan Exorcism Palm were shaved off.

"Jingshen Spike!"

Seizing the opportunity, Chen Changqing struck towards the opponent with a Move of Jingshen Spike.

Because the White-haired Elder's gaze was completely focused on the attacks in front of him, he didn't notice that Chen Changqing also knew Divine Soul attacks.

Moreover, Divine Soul attacks were formless and traceless, completely impossible to guard against.

"Ah!"

The White-haired Elder let out a painful grunt, and the giant tripod suspended in front of him also stopped rotating.

Seeing this, Chen Changqing immediately drove the yuxu sword and Qingxuan Exorcism Palm to attack him while taking advantage of the opportunity.

Just as Chen Changqing was about to slay the opponent, that masked person who had escaped at the very beginning made a Move, taking the White-haired Elder away.

Chen Changqing looked on calmly, the yuxu sword pursuing the two under his manipulation.

The masked woman continuously released a large amount of Gu insects, on one hand resisting the yuxu sword's attack, and on the other hand protecting the two of them.