Chapter 409: Chapter 384 Encounter with Ambush_1
After Youwang Manor responded to the Mansion of King Ming, six Feudal Princes across the world, one after the other, announced their decision to support the Mansion of King Ming and expressed their desire to lead their forces against Zhou Yuandao.
These six Feudal Princes were from the Shengwu Sect, Tianjian Sect, Yu Lei Sect, Nineyou Sect, Cao Family, and Zhenxi Army.
Another smaller Feudal Prince, Yun Hai Sect, also declared their allegiance to the Mansion of King Ming.
Although Yun Hai Sect, as one of the seven founding Sects, held only one province and was not among the list of the Eighteen Feudal Lords, their strength was not to be underestimated.
Of the seven founding Sects, other than the two that had perished, the remaining five had all pledged their allegiance.
With that, out of the most powerful Eighteen Feudal Lords, aside from the fallen Tianque Sect and Hong Family, of the remaining sixteen, eight had stated their position.
"Alliance Hierarch, what should we do?"
Someone asked.
"At this point, do we still have a choice?"
Lu Yan said.
Indeed, the Martial Alliance didn’t have a choice anymore.
The Martial Alliance and the Mansion of King Ming were staunch allies.
Everyone knew that Lu Yan was from the Mansion of King Ming.
If the Martial Alliance chose to stand by and not support the Mansion of King Ming at this time, they would be laughed at by the whole world, earning a reputation of being heartless and unrighteous.
"Declare to the world that the Martial Alliance and the Mansion of King Ming are firmly together. As the alliance leader, I am willing to lead the army personally and attack Zhou Yuandao."
Lu Yan ordered.
Soon, the news was released.
After the Martial Alliance’s declaration, Gu Family followed suit, declaring their intention to wage war on Zhou Yuandao.
With that, out of the strongest feudal lords in the world, seven still hadn’t made their stance clear.
But they didn’t make people wait for too long, Ji Family and Heavenly Dragon Army subsequently announced their intention to attack Zhou Yuandao.
The Ji Family and the Heavenly Dragon Army, both among the strongest feudal lords, each had powerful figures at the Seventh Transformation of Primordial Spirit overseeing their forces.
After they took their stand, the remaining feudal lords could hardly maintain neutrality, one after another, they also announced their intention to attack Zhou Yuandao.
All feudal lords made these active declarations due to two reasons.
First, Zhou Yuandao’s declaration as emperor had enraged everyone.
Second, the power under Zhou Yuandao was too strong- he effortlessly crushed the Hong Family. If they didn’t unite to eliminate Zhou Yuandao and were beaten one by one, Zhou Yuandao would gradually grow stronger. Then, one day, Zhou Yuandao would indeed sweep over everything.
If Zhou Yuandao truly stepped into the Primordial Spirit Eighth Rotate Unity Way, he should have only just crossed the threshold now. It is the perfect opportunity to unite all the powerful warriors and jointly assassinate Zhou Yuandao.
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Even though all feudal lords were actively mobilizing their armies, no one dared to make the first move.
After all, Zhou Yuandao, suspected of stepping into Unity Way- whoever makes the first move, dies first.
King Ming and King You had expected this. They sent people in secret to contact all parties, wishing to form a coalition army, and jointly attack Zhou Yuandao.
All feudal lords agreed one after another.
Of course, forming a coalition army was not that easy. Each party needed to discuss jointly. They had to set the time and place for the dispatch of troops as well as draft some rules.
If not, if someone pretended to agree but secretly acted against the plans - appearing to agree to send out troops, but instead, sneak-attacked other lord’s territories right after the other feudal lords sent out their troops, wouldn’t it be over?
For instance, if the Mansion of King Ming sent out troops to fight Zhou Yuandao, drawing out all their best fighters, but the Tianjian Sect took advantage of this and attacked the Mansion of King Ming.
This was a concern everyone had.
All parties sent their elite warriors to meet at the Mansion of King Ming to discuss the specifics.
After several days of discussions, the entire scheme for the coalition army was finally confirmed.
The sixteen most powerful feudal lords, along with the Martial Alliance and Yun Hai Sect, making a total of eighteen feudal lords, gathered their armies at the Xueluo Plain in the north of Da Chu, then marched south together, directly into the imperial city to kill Zhou Yuandao.
At the same time, they formulated a rule: during the period of attacking Zhou Yuandao, the feudal lords would not fight among themselves. Any violator would be besieged by all other forces.
Only then did all major forces feel at ease.
Each of them mobilized their troops and generals, advancing towards Xueluo Plain.
Lu Yan personally led an army of fifty thousand to Mingzhou, to merge with the large army of Mansion of King Ming.
This time, Chu Tianjiao and Chu Tianming were both dispatched, leading an army of 150,000. Together with Lu Yan’s force of 50,000, a formidable force of 200,000 marched towards the Xueluo Plain.
They passed through Dongfang Family’s territory and entered Nineyou Sect’s realm.
"Halt the army."
Suddenly, Chu Tianjiao’s face changed, and his loud voice echoed throughout the place.
The color drained from Lu Yan’s face as he peered into the distance.
At this time it was dusk, and a crescent moon had just appeared on the horizon.
But in front of them, another moon had also appeared, a full blood-red moon, shedding a blinding blood-red light as it quickly surged towards them.
The speed was astonishingly fast. It was a hundred li away at first, but in the next moment, it was only fifty li away.
Mysterious and eerie.
Clang!
Chu Tianjiao unsheathed his war sword, merging with the sword, he transformed into a dazzling Sword Light, soaring into the sky, instantaneously covering the fifty-li distance, and slashed towards the blood moon.
The blood moon’s radiance surged, it transformed into a bloody blade of light, and clashed with Chu Tianjiao’s Sword Light.
Boom!
The sky within several tens of li was shaking violently.
The blood-colored rays dissipated, and a figure hung in the sky, facing off with Chu Tianjiao.
Saint Envoy Yinyue.
"You again, Saint Envoy Yinyue, you wish to stop our march?"
Chu Tianjiao said coldly.
"No, I have come today to kill you."
Saint Envoy Yinyue replied.
Chu Tianjiao’s face changed, he shouted, "Is it possible that the Spirit Sect has collaborated with Zhou Yuandao? No, could it be that Zhou Yuandao has also taken the path of the Martials Spirits?"
Their campaign against Zhou Yuandao was being obstructed by the Spirit Sect- it was natural to have such thoughts.
At this moment, a sharp cry sounded, a bird covered in raging flames rapidly flew over; its tremendous heat wave came rushing forward.
To be precise, this wasn’t purely a flame bird. It was also in the form of a man. This was another Martial Spirit- an extremely powerful Martial Spirit.
King Ming rose to the sky, his long spear thrust out, exchanging a move with the opponent.
"You’re one of the Four Great Saint Kings of the Spirit Sect, Saint King Zhuque," King Ming said in a condensed voice.
"Chu Tianming, this will be your burial ground," said Saint King Zhuque, demonic qi rolling around his body and the temperature of his flames rising incessantly. The flames turned from red to black as he bore down on King Ming.
"All troops, retreat!" Lu Yan commanded from high above, his spiritual sense covering the entire field.
An exchange between supremely powerful individuals would have a great impact; the military troops could face grave consequences if they were caught up in the crossfire.
Two hundred thousand troops, well-trained, under the command of several generals, rapidly retreated in orderly formation - a testament to the strict military discipline.
Boom!
A hundred miles away, the ground undulated as if a massive beast ushered forth beneath, swiftly charging towards the two hundred thousand troops.
"I knew there were more..." Lu Yan’s eyes turned icy, with the Slaying Immortals Bow in his hand. But instead of using the Destroying Demon Arrow, he aimed with a metallic arrow and let fly.
Bang!
His arrow plunged into the ground a hundred miles away. The ground exploded and a giant figure surged into the sky.
A behemoth resembling a pangolin that was over five hundred meters long appeared, covered in armoured scales, much like a small mountain.
The terrifying aura spread around like a blanket covering the sky.
The faces of Lu Yan, King Ming, and Chu Tianjiao changed dramatically at the same time.
This creature was actually an immortal. But how could an immortal join forces with the Spirit Sect and besiege them?
Was it possible that the fairy ruins and the Spirit Sect had conspired?
If this was true, it would be a shocking, earth-shattering event.
What changed King Ming and Chu Tianjiao’s expressions even more was the fact that this immortal boasted an extremely amazing power; it seemed to be a seventh transformation of the primordial spirit.
"Lu Yan, be careful. This is the Seventh Transformation of the Primordial Spirit. We’re no match; we need to break out with all our might," King Ming warned.
They were up against two individuals with the Seventh Transformation of the Primordial Spirit and Saint King Zhuque at the sixth stage. They were completely at a disadvantage; the situation was grim.
There was a high probability that their two hundred thousand troops would be left here.
They should escape while they had the chance.
"Chu Tianming, none of you will escape today," the pangolin-like immortal coldly warned.
No sooner had his voice faded than two terrifying auras approached quickly from behind him; one was purple, and the other was red.
Both were incredibly fast, and in the next moment, they were both at the forefront.
The purple light was a giant purple roc.
The red light was a bright red bird.
Chu Tianming’s heart sank deeper.
The purple roc and the red bird, both radiating immortal power, were clearly also immortals. What’s more, they were both at the sixth rotation of the Primordial Spirit.
The immortals were naturally terrifying, and an immortal at the sixth rotation of the Primordial Spirit could be compared to a supreme being.
Now, there was no need for further explanation. Without a doubt, the Spirit Sect and the fairy ruins had collaborated, thoroughly prepared to annihilate them.
Two individuals at the Seventh Transformation of the Primordial Spirit and three at the Sixth Rotation of Primordial Spirit.
They had no chance of escape, their death was certain.
"The last one, come out!" Lu Yan’s sharp gaze swept towards a certain direction.
There’s another?
Chu Tianming was startled.
A patch of dark clouds wandered around.
"Such a sharp spiritual perception, Lu Yan. As expected from the greatest genius of the millennium, you live up to your reputation," a voice sounded from within the dark clouds, followed by a figure with a long sword on his back stepping out amidst the constant humming of the sword.
"Jian Wuji, it’s you... you guys..." Even King Ming, who was already calm and had weathered many storms, found it hard to remain calm upon seeing him.
This man was none other than Jian Wuji, and the shock he brought was even greater than the appearance of another powerful immortal.
The Spirit Sect, Fairy Ruins, and the Tianjian Sect, all three unrelated forces, had come together.
The Tianjian Sect was amongst the first feudal lords to respond to King Ming’s call to arms against Zhou Yuandao. Yet now, they had joined forces with the Spirit Sect and Fairy Ruins to attack them.
What secret was hidden in all this?
Could all this be a scheme? Was the shooting of the Emperor by Zhou Yuandao and the feudal lords’ alliance against Zhou Yuandao all a part of the Spirit Sect and Fairy Ruin’s scheme?
"Why waste so much time with them? Kill them, take their blood and souls, refine the Lifeblood Sword," the pangolin-like immortal roared. Immortal power erupted, rule power surged, and the ground trembled violently. Several mountains rose from the ground and hurtled towards Lu Yan.
This pangolin-like beast was a practitioner of Earth Rules.
"Lu Yan, for killing my Chiyang Immortal Clan, today, I will leave you with no place to be buried," a blood-red bird let out a long cry and came charging at Lu Yan with a flap of its wings.
Meanwhile, the purple roc and Jian Wuji targeted King Ming.
Their plan was simple. The Saint Envoy Yinyue would keep Chu Tianjiao occupied. The rest of their party would attempt to kill Lu Yan and King Ming. With their combined efforts, it won’t take long to kill King Ming and Lu Yan, and then collectively attack Chu Tianjiao.
The final goal was to annihilate all the two hundred thousand troops completely, collect their souls and blood, and refine the Lifeblood Sword.
