Chapter 787 – Land Immortals

Yunzhou, the Submerged Dragon City nestled in the deep mountains, above the churning sea of clouds, a huge ship slowly probed down.

Boom!

The ship shook steeply, as if it had hit a reef.

In the sky above Subterranean City, a “shell” appeared, blocking the uninvited guests from the sky.

The moment the wind boat encountered a defense formation to intercept it, the white-clad figure wearing a hood, flew up from the boat and looked down at the entire Subterranean Dragon City.

“This formation consists of seventy-six Earth Fury Formations, even a fourth grade martial artist cannot break it, it’s a bit troublesome.”

Yang Qianyi faintly said.

At the edge of the Royal Wind Boat, Nangong Qianru frowned:

“You can do it?”

Yang Qianyi stood with his arms folded, using a tone of invincibility:

“Hand to hand!”

Just because a fourth grade martial artist couldn’t break it didn’t mean a fourth grade warlock couldn’t do it. He deliberately emphasized it so much to highlight his difference.

As the words fell, Yang Qianyi’s feet gently landed on the defense array, and the soles of his feet lit up with a circular array.

To an outsider, there was no difference between these circular formations, which were all based on the eight trigrams, outlining crisscrossing lines and twisted mysterious symbols.

But when the circular array diffused by Yang Qianyi was integrated into the defense array, this protective array that enveloped the Submerged Dragon City, appeared to tremble violently, the structure of the content of the large array seemed to be out of order, and the seventy-six small arrays that made up the entire large array, quickly disintegrated.

In the field of formations, this kind of solidified large formation is the easiest to crack, because its structure is fixed, find the weak point and directly crack is.

This has nothing to do with the grade of the person who set up the formation, a fire formation is a fire formation and a water formation is a water formation, even a high grade warlock can’t make a fire formation turn into a water formation.

At best, the structure is a little more complex.

Any formation, there is a corresponding method of breaking the formation.

Just as Xu Pingfeng was able to break the formation left behind by Supervisor Zheng, Yang Qianyi was just as capable of breaking the formation he had laid down.

Chen Ying, who was side by side with Nangong Qianlou, sighed in relief, without Yang Qianyi accompanying them, this guardian array alone would be enough to give them a headache.

I’m afraid Wei Gong’s blitzkrieg tactics are hardly effective.

Chen Ying whirled and felt that his thoughts were wrong, the blitzkrieg would not have any accidents at all, and Yang Qianyi was the one that Wei Gong had requested by name to accompany the army to raid Yunzhou.

It showed that Duke Wei had expected that there would be a defense array.

“Hey, if Wei Gong had come back to life earlier, Qingzhou wouldn’t have been lost.” Chen Ying muttered.

As he spoke, the defense array below shattered.

Drums were beating loudly in Subterranean City, and the defenders who stayed here experienced a brief moment of panic before quickly restoring order and assembling in the city with the sound of drums as a warning.

The soldiers at the top of the city adjusted the muzzles of their artillery toward the sky.

“A bunch of jars!”

Chen Ying snorted and was about to order a landing when he suddenly saw a white-clothed figure appear outside the Royal Wind Boat.

The white-robed man with an iron armor mask and a face without five senses looked at them silently, extended his palm, and violently pushed it outward!

The circular formation instantly spread out and crashed into the Royal Wind Boat.

In the circular formation, earth, wind, water and fire lit up one by one, emitting a terrifying aura.

Chen Ying Nangong Qianlou and the other fourth grade martial artists, received the crisis warning at the same time, their faces changed slightly, and their hearts sank.

It wasn’t that the power of the formation attack could threaten them, but the Royal Wind Boat under their feet couldn’t withstand an attack at this level.

Once the Royal Wind Boat was destroyed, the armorers on board would fall alive.

At this time, the flaws of the martial artists were revealed, they were not afraid of the killing power of the formation, but with a single means they also did not have a way to break the formation, and even more so, they were unable to cast spells to protect the Royal Wind Boat.

In the nick of time, the man who picks stars every day descends.

Yang Qianyi appeared at the side of the boat, poked out his palm and gently pressed it against the circular formation, and the large formation that was pushed towards the Royal Wind Boat collapsed and disintegrated without a sound.

The teleportation array under Yang Qianyi’s feet lit up, and in an instant, he had already arrived in front of the white-clothed puppet, and then, he stretched out his palm and grabbed the puppet’s head.

The puppet attempted to teleport and dodge, but after Yang Qianyi’s palm grasped and ingested the face, all the formations failed.

“Xu Pingfeng?”

Underneath the drapery, came Yang Qianyi’s low voice:

“I heard that you sealed the old thief Supervisor Zheng, well done.”

A fire formation condensed out of his palm, and flames erupted out, forming a tongue of fire that was more than ten meters long.

By the time the tongues of fire were extinguished, the metal golem in his hand had been burned red, melting into bright iron at the head position.

This puppet was only at the beginning of the fourth grade realm, and the formations that could be used were the ones that Xu Pingfeng had carved into it at the beginning of the refining process, which were not very large in number or power.

And Yang Qianyi is a senior warlock who can impact the third grade Tianji master, and there is still grade suppression in the same system.

Nangong Qianrou immediately gave the order to land, the ship’s 4,000 armor ready to go, a fierce battle within the city cavalry also occupy the advantage, as for the alleyway battle, the big deal is to abandon the horse.

Without their warhorses, they were just as much heavily armored infantry with swords and spears.

At the peak location, in the high gate compound with attics and pavilions everywhere, the purple-clothed middle-aged man climbed up the attic and under the protection of the shadow guards, he looked out at the giant ship that slowly landed in the sky.

“Immediately send a message to the surrounding fortresses to return to help Subterranean City.”

The purple-clothed middle-aged man’s face was grave as he said in a deep voice.

He didn’t panic too much, yesterday, the front line sent back a report of success, the Yunzhou army took the city of Yongzhou without bloodshed, completely occupying Yongzhou.

The army can instantly push to the capital and fight with Da Feng to end this battle of deer.

Right now, although Subterranean City had suffered an enemy invasion, it could be the last dying struggle of the Great Feng.

In the past year, Da Feng first experienced the battle of Jing Shan City during the fall harvest, where 100,000 elites died in battle in the north, and before he could recuperate, he was greeted by a cold spell, followed by his claiming the throne in Yunzhou and sending his troops northward to crusade against the imperial court.

To this day, how many strong soldiers does Da Bong still have?

There were still 5,000 elites in Subterranean City, plus those in the neighboring mountain strongholds, adding up to over 10,000 soldiers.

Enough to defend the enemy.

“Ma’am, ma’am ……..”

Inside the quiet courtyard, a maidservant ran in with hurried steps and pushed open the door to the quiet room.

Inside the room there was only a beautiful woman sitting in meditation, with a graceful demeanor and white skin.

“Ma’am, come with me to the basement and hide, the enemy is fighting their way in.”

The servant girl called out in alarm.

The beautiful woman froze, followed by a complex expression, unable to tell whether she was happy or sad.

She had lived in a deep bosom for a long time, and was confined to this place and not allowed to go out, so she could only pass and receive news through the maids around her, and knew something about the war in the Central Plains.

After the news came back yesterday, the whole city of Qianlong City was boiling, from the top to the top, down to the people, drinking joyfully and looking forward to leaving the city of Qianlong City and joining the capital.

The Lord of Subterranean City had once promised the people of the city that after winning the world in the future, each and every one of the people of Subterranean City would be able to migrate to the capital and become a noble citizen at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

“Do you know who the leader is?” The beautiful woman asked sharply:

“Isn’t it Xu Qi’an!”

The servant girl looked terrified:

“How would a slave girl know? Quickly hide, or else those pawns will rush in and just hack and slash, not caring what your status is.”

With that, she pulled her master towards the basement and sped off.

……….

The various mountain strongholds outside of Subterranean Dragon City were in the midst of a fierce war at this time.

Hordes of heavily armored foot soldiers climbed up against the arrows and cannons, projectiles and arrows hitting them and bursting into flames, unable to do anything against this group of armored soldiers who were almost flawless when they wore their armor.

After observing the location of Subterranean Dragon City, Yang Qianyi drew a simple map from the feedback of the Qi Looking Technique, marking the location of Subterranean Dragon City and the surrounding fortresses.

Once the several generals of Nangong Qianruo had a plan, they split the heavy cavalry into two, one way to quietly drop in the periphery while lurking, and when the war started, they immediately captured the various fortresses around the Subterranean Dragon City.

The other way was to go out with the Royal Wind Boat and airborne directly to Subterranean Dragon City.

This was also due to the fact that the Royal Wind Boat had a limited load and was unable to drop a one-man heavy cavalry with horses into Subterranean City. As a matter of fact, even the vanguard that was airborne had to be transported in two batches.

……….

Northland.

The robber clouds formed magnificent flaming clouds, the fire spirits in the air, coalesced at an appalling speed, and the temperature quickly warmed up into the hot summer, continuing to climb, turning this world into a huge furnace.

The wildest and most terrifying Thunderfire Robbery is coming.

Thumbs up …….. The stagnant water on the ground quickly evaporated, one moment it was full of mud, the next dry and cracked.

The White Emperor narrowed its eyes and stepped back a short distance, the heat was making it a little uncomfortable.

The water spirits in the air were almost dispersed, and its water spirit spells could not be cast at all in such an environment, but it was good that it could still manipulate lightning.

Between the horns, a thunderball collapsing inward took shape, poised to strike.

Luo Yu Heng raised her head, her black pearl-like pupils reflecting the reddish cloudy haze as a hint of frustration and sadness flashed in her eyes.

The last generation of the Human Sect Dao Head, her father, died in the final Thunderfire Tribulation.

Among the four phases of the tribulation, the Thunder and Fire Tribulation was the most overbearing and terrifying, it was not like the Jindan Tribulation, which had ninety-nine or eighty-one channels, nor was it like the other three tribulations in the four phases of the tribulation, which were weak and then strong, intensifying layer by layer.

It only has one course.

If you survive, you will be an immortal, but if you don’t, you will lose all your skills and your soul will be dispersed.

“It hurts ……..”

The carbon ash on Xu Qi’an’s body flaked off, revealing tender white skin.

The White Emperor’s water tornado and lightning strike nearly caused him to die on the spot and soar in place.

Luckily, Takeshi’s endurance was not covered, and the dead cells were replaced by newborn ones, and the injuries quickly recovered with little problem.

It was just that such a repair consumed his physical strength and chi, so his breath weakened.

Nearly one-third of the Spiritual Aura collected by the effort of flower arranging was still hidden in the body and not fully activated.

His power had already reached the peak of the second grade, and further on was the threshold of the first grade, which was clearly not something the Flower God’s Spiritual Embodiment could do.

Xu Qi’an wiped the ash in his hand towards Luo Yu Heng’s feathered coat, then held one of her small hands and laughed:

“Don’t be afraid, after the tribulation, we’ll be the immortal couple in the world.”

Feeling the warmth coming from between his palms and looking at his bright smile, Luo Yu Heng let go of the matter of him dirtying his robe and said softly:

“What if it fails?”

She had a slight shadow in her heart towards the Thunder Fire Heist, having watched her father turn into ashes in the heist fire back then.

“Then we’ll be dao couples in our next life.” Xu Qi’an laughed.

If it is one death and one injury, then be the Undead Knight …… At the critical moment, his mind is instead very stable.

Four eyes.

Luo Yu Heng’s worldly and flawless immortal face was no longer high and cold, and there was more than a touch of tenderness.

At this exact moment, in the layers of the robberies clouds, a water tank thick Xuanhe fire column, rushed down to the sky, the

It was so powerful that it distorted the air around it, setting off waves of heat that set the clothing and manes of the transcendentally powerful people present, ablaze.

It instantly engulfed Luo Yuheng and Xu Qi’an, the pair of “obsessed men and women”, turning the ground under their feet into a tumbling and turbulent lava.

It is now …….. Between the White Emperor’s horns, the thunder ball that was poised to strike suddenly shot out.

With a flash of electricity, the bright ball of thunder shot away, leaving an arc of electricity along the way.

Boom!

The ball of thunder broke up the pillar of fire, a tongue of fire saved in all directions, and in the gap between the pillars of fire being broken up, the White Emperor didn’t see Xu Qi’an and Luo Yuheng, who had disappeared.

In the next moment, the pillar of fire returned to its original state, scorching the earth.

When that was the case, a high-pitched dragon roar came from the sky, and the transcendent powerhouses present looked up and vaguely saw a huge golden dragon in the pillar of fire, rising up against the heavenly flames.

Up there?

What does he want?

The White Emperor and Garosu frowned, the latter stopping and sparing the beaten mother of Asuro for the time being.

In the flames, Xu Qi’an embraced Luo Yu Heng, rushing higher and higher against the column of fire.

Luo Yu Heng was already a body that could not be worn down by ten thousand catastrophes, and her physical body was preserved intact in the pillar of fire, which did not mean that she was unharmed; in fact, she was enduring unspeakable pains, and her four phases and physical body were on the verge of collapsing.

Once you can’t carry it off, you’ll turn to dust.

So hard, so hard ………. Luo Yuheng’s white skin, more and more miserable white, no, not miserable white, but transparent, her whole person is like a statue cast in glaze.

At this rate, she would completely burn out her life and go up in smoke, just like her father.

“Don’t be afraid, I’m here!”

Xu Qi’an’s whisper came from his ear.

Luo Yu Heng’s heart, all of a sudden, stabilized, like a flat boat in a raging ocean, entering a sheltered harbor.

She looked sideways and saw a charred human form.

Xu Qi’an’s skin rapidly charred, the outer layer of ash peeling away to reveal tender flesh that was red with blood, the tender flesh charring again and turning to ash again to peel away, and after a few repetitions, Luo Yu Heng saw his burnt red skull.

The next step is to burn the Yuan Shen ……… She was about to hold up her phantom and resist the fire for him, when she suddenly noticed a vigorous life force rising from his body.

This huge and pure life force was like a clear spring, injecting itself into Luo Yu Heng and Xu Qi An’s depleted bodies.

Xu Qi’an closed his eyes and began to concentrate on polishing his physical body, qi and blood, and spirit.

His flesh and blood kept burning and regenerating, and during this process, his essence was quenched over and over again and rapidly fused, and in just a dozen or so breaths, he finished the path that others had to walk for decades.

This battle of the tribulation will end in nine deaths, no, ten deaths, Yunzhou Transcendent thought so, and Dafeng Transcendent likewise thought so, and it proved to be true.

Without a backhand, the Thunderfire Tribulation would be the end of Xu Qi’an’s life, and if Luo Yu Heng hadn’t brought him into the range of the heavenly tribulation’s shroud, Xu Qi’an would have died at this moment at the hands of the White Emperor.

And Luo Yu Heng didn’t have the opportunity to consolidate his cultivation, after crossing the Jindan tribulation, he would either help Xu Qi’an fend off his enemies, and then wait for the next round of heavenly tribulation to descend, as the tribulation failed due to excessive mana depletion.

Either they disregarded the deaths of Xu Qi’an and the others and went into hiding to consolidate their cultivation, at the cost of Xu Qi’an and the other Transcendents falling, and the Great Feng destroying the country.

Luo Yu Heng himself, on the contrary, might survive.

Luo Yu Heng chose the former, but the former was still a dead end.

So live to the death.

But how to give birth?

Xu Qi’an came up with the idea of utilizing the tribulation to advance to the first rank.

It was his promotion to the first rank.

Asuro, Jinlian, and Zhao Shou almost thought the boy had lost his mind when they heard his proposal.

It’s only been half a month since you were promoted to the second grade, and you’re thinking of stepping into the ranks of the first grade martial artists?

You are disrespecting cultivation, disrespecting the world’s transcendent powerhouses, and disrespecting Kou Yangzhou.

But Xu Qi’an’s next words persuaded them, making them decide to throw their weight around and risk accompanying Xu Qi’an in his gamble.

The inspiration for Xu Qi’an’s determination to advance to the first grade came from Luo Yu Heng’s careful description of the heavenly tribulation on the night of the transcendentals’ deliberation, and when she mentioned the Thunderfire Tribulation, Xu Qi’an’s heart was filled with a bold idea.

Before the Transition Battle, he had gone to the Southern Border to ask Shenshu how to advance to the first grade, and received an answer from him.

Normally, using one’s body as a furnace, quenching the essence, qi, and spirit and fusing them into one to achieve a First Grade Physique was a long process. On this path, there were bound to be many crises and limitations by talent, and not all first grade martial artists could become half-step Martial Gods.

As a person who was blessed with national fortune, Xu Qi’an certainly did not lack talent, what he lacked was time.

Regardless of whether it was the early second grade elevating to the peak of the second grade or quenching the Essence, it all took time.

However, he has worked hard to arrange flowers, and with the gift of the Flower God, he is endowed with the spirit, and has realized the “Tao” of getting stronger and stronger in battle, which can make up for his lack of cultivation.

Though the peak of the second grade was not the norm, and sooner or later it would fall back to the normal realm.

He intended to seize this brief state to quench his flesh with the Thunderfire Tribulation, so that the three elements of Essence and Spirit would merge, and he would succeed in being ranked as a First Grade.

Such an operation was tantamount to taking the slow process of quenching and refining in one direct step, which was basically tantamount to suicide.

At this time, the benefits of striving to arrange flowers manifested again, as long as he saved the consumption of his spirit energy and stored a portion of it in his body, when the Thunder and Fire Robbery quenched his body, the Flower God Spirit Energy would be his greatest dependence.

This is the spirit of the Immortal Tree.

In addition, he had dragon energy, all the dragon energy he had gained from traveling the rivers and lakes.

The dragon’s energy enters the body, and the blessing is deep!

Coupled with the half of the country’s luck that was already there, Xu Qi’an felt that it was perfectly fine to take a gamble!

The reason the three Asuro agreed was also because they felt they could take a gamble.

In the midst of the thunder fire’s searing over and over again, the golden dragon that looked like substance rushed into Xu Qi’an’s body, and his gradually carbonized and powerless body regained its vitality, continuing to withstand the quenching of the thunder fire.

Luo Yu Heng held Xu Qi An’s hand tightly, never letting go even in the most painful moments.

After another dozen or so breaths, the terrifying thunder fire began to weaken, and the water tank thick fire pillar, slowly contracted and turned into the size of a bowl, and then turned into the size of a fist and chopsticks, and finally dissipated completely.

High in the air, Luo Yu Heng was clad in a feathered garment condensed by spells, her hair and robes fluttering hungrily as she held a charred, lifeless humanoid in her hands.

“I’ve been promoted to Land Goddess.” She whispered to herself.

Click! The coke cracked and peeled off in droves, and an immaculate body as white as jade was presented to everyone.

Xu Qi’an looked down at the Gala Tree, Xu Pingfeng Puppet, and Bai Di below, the corners of his mouth raised, his gaze chilling:

“I’m in the first grade!”

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PS: This chapter has a word count of 5,000 to make up for the shortness of the last chapter, well, actually 3,000 words isn’t that short. By the way, it’s been a long, long time since I’ve asked for a monthly ticket. Please ask for it (bye bye lords).

It’s summer, so don’t forget to eat your eggs.