Chapter 1492 - Surrounded

The feud between the Nine Dragon Palace and the Profound Azure Gate had dragged on for ages, yet the feud between the Grand Unity Sect and the Heavenly Dragon Sect ran even deeper.

Liu Wuxie said nothing and began pouring the spiritual herbs into a bowl.

"These three are the ingredients: the Witchcraft Insect Tears, Twin Demon Bamboo Roots, and the Bloodfiend Egg," Liu Wuxie explained as he started mixing everything.

Most people didn't recognize the first two ingredients, but everyone knew the last. The Bloodfiend Egg didn't come from the Blood Fiends at all, but from a kind of insect egg buried deep in the Blood Fiend Battlefield.

Those insect eggs resembled herbs and could even move on their own. The ingredients clearly came from the Blood Fiend Battlefield, and the Profound Azure Gate stood as the only sect closest to that place.

More importantly, the Profound Azure Gate excelled at poison, especially witchcraft insects, and just hearing the term could send chills down the spine.

"Feed it to them," Liu Wuxie said after he finished concocting the mixture, and he signaled Luo Hai to administer it to the seven.

Luo Hai carried the bowl of pitch-black poison straight toward Li Hong's group.

"Liu Wuxie, please don't kill us! We were truly wrong!" Li Hong collapsed on the spot. He didn't want to die, and he could only curse his own greed for letting the Grand Unity Sect use him.

Still, no one stepped forward to interfere. If they stood in Liu Wuxie's shoes, killing them a hundred times still wouldn't feel like enough. If Li Hong's scheme had succeeded today, the Heavenly Dao Society would have suffered devastating consequences and might even have crumbled on the spot.

If they had lost the ability to sell their pills, every ounce of effort they had invested would have gone up in smoke, along with all the resources they had used.

Vines pinned Li Hong's group firmly to the ground.

Luo Hai forced their mouths open and fed the poison concoction in one mouthful each for all seven. At first, nothing happened, but as time passed, darkness crept over their foreheads until their heads turned the same black as the three corpses lying before the Medicinal Hall.

"They're dead just like that?" The seven cultivators died within three breaths, and every one of them stood at the Earth Immortal Realm. The idea that poison could kill even Earth Immortals sent a chill through everyone.

"The Profound Azure Gate has allied with the Grand Unity Sect?!" No matter what, the Profound Azure Gate was a first-tier sect on equal footing with the Grand Unity Sect, so an alliance sounded impossible.

"Since the Nine Dragon Palace has chosen to cooperate with the Heavenly Dao Society, I don't find it strange that the Profound Azure Gate would cooperate with the Grand Unity Sect."

Everyone understood the logic behind it: the enemy of one's enemy is a friend.

They didn't know a witchcraft insect had poisoned Zhuge Ming's wife a thousand years ago, and that secret had complicated the relationship between Profound Azure Gate and the Grand Unity Sect ever since.

With the mystery resolved, the crowd began to disperse, yet anyone could foresee that people would still be talking about what had happened today for days to come.

"Rats of the Grand Unity Sect and the Divine Alchemy Sect, don't you think you're treating my Heavenly Dao Society as a pushover to leave unscathed?" Liu Wuxie suddenly said, smiling, as everyone started to depart.

His words immediately halted those about to leave, and suspicion rippled through the crowd. Were elders from the Grand Unity Sect and the Divine Alchemy Sect hiding among them? Even if they had come, they would have concealed their identities and never exposed themselves easily.

With so many people present, even if the two sects had sent agents, rooting them out from the crowd should have been nearly impossible. Little did they know Liu Wuxie had already located them with the help of Ghost Pupil.

"Do you really think that I can't find you because you're all hidden among the crowd?" Liu Wuxie said as he waved his hand, and Luo Hai, Xiao Rou, Fiery, Bi Gongyu, and Zhuge Ming charged forward at once.

No one had expected Liu Wuxie to act so suddenly. Countless vines burst from the ground and locked onto thirteen people who were Liu Wuxie's targets.

"The matter today is between the Heavenly Dao Society, the Grand Unity Sect, and the Divine Alchemy Sect. Anyone who is not involved leaves immediately to avoid getting hurt," Liu Wuxie roared, ordering all uninvolved bystanders to withdraw.

"Palace Lord, should we help them?" Elder Xue asked.

With only the Heavenly Dao Society and Zhuge Ming, it didn't look like they could handle so many Earth Immortal Realm experts. The thirteen experts from the Grand Unity Sect and the Divine Alchemy Sect all stood at the ninth-level Earth Immortal Realm.

On Liu Wuxie's side, only Xiao Rou, Luo Hai, and Zhuge Ming had reached the pinnacle of the Earth Immortal Realm. Bi Gongyu stood only at the sixth-level Earth Immortal Realm, and Fiery still hadn't reached the ninth-level Earth Immortal Realm.

Liu Wuxie had already given Fiery the Form Transformation Pill he had obtained from Nightmare City, yet Fiery still couldn't take human form. Its aptitude ran too strong, and that meant Fiery might need to reach the Heaven Gaze Realm before it could transform.

"No hurry," Yan Guichou said with a faint smile. He wanted to see Liu Wuxie's true combat strength for himself.

Liu Wuxie wouldn’t have dared to strike without a complete plan in place.

The crowd didn't hesitate and retreated, clearing a vast space for battle. At that moment, dozens of figures flew in from the surroundings: Xu Lingxue, Murong Yi, Jian Xing'er, Chen Ruoyan, Vanya, Xiao Luo, Song Ling, and the others. They had stayed hidden nearby, waiting for Liu Wuxie's signal to move.

"Take on the formation!" Liu Wuxie said as he waved his hand, and everyone took their positions, with Luo Hai and Mu Tianli joining as well to form the Moon Tribulation Incineration Array.

During their time inside the Heavenly Deity Monument, Liu Wuxie had taught them this combined formation, along with various mythical arts. The Moon Tribulation Incineration Array, formed by Earth Immortals, carried a power so frightening that it could destroy heaven and earth.

Xiao Rou, Fiery, and Zhuge Ming took responsibility for pinning the enemies down, while Liu Wuxie assumed the role of the core.

The thirteen trapped experts' expressions changed sharply. They had long heard of this battle formation, and the Grand Unity Sect had suffered heavy casualties from it during the Myriad Race Ceremony.

"Yan Shan, I didn't expect to see you here," Zhuge Ming said.

All thirteen experts had disguised themselves, yet Zhuge Ming recognized one of them; they had fought back in Nightmare City. In that battle, the Grand Unity Sect and the Divine Alchemy Sect had lost everyone, and only Yan Shan had escaped on his own.

Yan Shan had devised this plan, thinking it was flawless, but in Liu Wuxie's hands, he could find flaws everywhere.

Facing the Moon Tribulation Incineration Array, the thirteen experts removed their masks, revealing their true faces.

"Elder Tian Yang, Elder Qi Yun, Elder Mo He..." One name after another spilled out, and each represented the very top of the pyramid in the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain.

The Grand Unity Sect had sent seven experts, while the Divine Alchemy Sect had dispatched six, and every one of them carried renown across the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain.

"Liu Wuxie, do you think that you can trap us with this formation?"

As long as no Heaven Gaze Realm experts intervened, trapping them with this group should have been nearly impossible.

The tens of thousands watching from a distance all stared, but no one felt optimistic about the Heavenly Dao Society unless the Heavenly Dragon Sect sent experts.

The combined strength of those thirteen could even kill a cultivator at the first-level Heaven Gaze Realm, so who could hold their ground against that kind of force?

"We'll find it soon," Liu Wuxie replied, and he waved his hand to activate the formation.

This was the Heavenly Dao Society's strongest force, with all its upper echelons dispatched. The Moon Tribulation Incineration Array gathered over fifty experts into one unified engine of destruction.

Back in the Celestial Jade Star, the Heavenly Dragon Sect disciples had only been at the Void Realm, but now everyone had reached the Earth Immortal Realm, and Liu Wuxie stood at the center as the core.

"Charge!" Yan Shan yelled as he led the other twelve forward, preparing to smash through the spiritual array.

"Heavenly Thunder Fury!"

"Myriad Swords!"

"Calamity Descend!"

"Sky Incineration Force!" As Liu Wuxie's voice fell, the Moon Tribulation Incineration Array surged to complete activation. They had refined and repeated this battle formation over hundreds of years, and everyone had long since become part of it.

Myriad swords rose to the sky, and sword rays erupted upward to pierce through space. Liu Wuxie fused the Divine Nine Suns Sword and the Great Asura Sword into that attack, and Xiao Luo had already mastered the two sword techniques, unleashing devastating power.

Next came Calamity Descend, driven by Vanya's magic spell. The Doomsday Tempest now carried a strength a hundred times greater than before.

Song Ling unleashed the Heavenly Thunder Fury as a sonic-based assault, while Xu Lingxue released the Sky Incineration Force. The other ladies began inscribing martial souls and used Martial Soul Art, intent on blowing the old bastards of the Grand Unity Sect to death.

The moment the Moon Tribulation Incineration Array activated, the sun and moon lost their luster, and darkness plunged Mount Dragon City into a black tide that swept toward the thirteen experts like a wave of steel.

The most frightening of all were A'Lei and A'Li. They didn't stand at the core, yet they played a crucial role, as Liu Wuxie had excavated their physical potential to its limit. Now they could shake the sky with a single punch, and cracks spread through the air like spiderwebs.

The crowd that had retreated into the distance watched in shock.

"What a terrifying spiritual array! It's already capable of putting up a fight against experts at the Heaven Gaze Realm," murmured a cultivator at the pinnacle of the Earth Immortal Realm in disbelief. He couldn't believe Liu Wuxie had cultivated so many experts in only a few months.

"Liu Wuxie is a monster. How did he manage to grasp such a heaven-defying spiritual array?" Many people couldn't even begin to comprehend this modified Moon Tribulation Incineration Array.

Many sects had studied the spiritual array in secret after returning, only to realize they couldn't even grasp its surface. Now, seeing it with their own eyes, they understood the Moon Tribulation Incineration Array stood a few hundred times stronger than they had imagined.

With a loud rumble, four different forces crashed down from the sky, and sheer power alone shattered the surrounding space.

An invisible barrier surrounded the Medicinal Hall, protecting it from any damage.

Yan Shan and the other experts all spat blood as the attacks arrived. The instant the formation forced them back, a violent blade intent locked onto Mo He. Liu Wuxie intended to carve them apart one by one.

𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

No one had expected Liu Wuxie to abandon his role as the formation's core so abruptly, yet the Moon Tribulation Incineration Array could shift and move at will.

The moment Liu Wuxie stepped out, A'Lei and A'Li immediately entered the core, and the rotation between them flowed without the slightest hitch.

Liu Wuxie raised the Heretic Blade to the sky, and dazzling brilliance erupted from it. A powerful aura followed, reducing everything around him to ashes.

"What a powerful strike!" Even the Heaven Gaze Realm cultivators couldn't hide their surprise.

"World force! This blade carries world force!" Yan Guichou said, sensing that Liu Wuxie had drawn on world force for that strike. That meant Yan Shan and the others weren't just fighting a man—they were fighting an entire world.

Mo He glared with his eyes wide open, yet he had no idea how to counter Liu Wuxie's attack.