fifth form

Chapter 3143 Hanging one’s life
"I can't kill a cultivator of this level even with the spirit wood staff!"

Holding the spirit wood staff in his right hand, Zhang Xuezhou looked at the Dao Lord who was being carried away by the Nine-Headed Lion Saint, and his feelings were hard to describe.

As Zhang Xuezhou's ultimate technique in the Realm of Selflessness, the Spirit Wood Staff was highly anticipated by him.

Zhang Xuezhou initially wanted to destroy the remnant soul of the Spirit Wood Staff so that he could take control of the staff himself. However, he eventually changed his method of nurturing it because of the effects shown by the remnant soul.

When the ancient tree showed goodwill towards the spiritwood staff, the staff was almost completely transformed, even gaining the ability to protect itself like a divine weapon.

Although the nurturing technique is still at the seventh level, the power of the spiritwood staff has already reached the best level that Zhang Xuezhou had imagined.

Defeating Zhu Fuyan and Wei Shao'er was nothing compared to Zhang Xuezhou's true target, which had always been Donghua.

Zhang Xuezhou only came to a conclusion after actually trying the product.

His combination with the spiritwood staff did indeed possess immense power, but this power could only threaten Daojun and others, and could not kill them.

The instantaneous counterattack wasn't just Zhang Xuezhou's doing; the new emperor, who was being carried by Zhang Xuezhou and was now limp and powerless, also made a move. The opponent's flying sword transformed into a blood dragon, and this power attracted most of the Dao Lord's attention, allowing Zhang Xuezhou to successfully launch a sneak attack.

As the pilot who assisted the new emperor in killing Dao Jun Yang Po, who was transformed into the Sky Shuttle, Zhang Xuezhou was also given special attention by Dao Jun.

He touched his forehead, where the icy chill of the throwing knife still lingered.

In his sea of ​​consciousness, a red light flashed, almost cleaving it in two.

Tian Fen's belated screams were not feigned; the pain of having his spirit torn apart was indeed unbearable.

"Mother...Mother Empress!"

Cheng Bushi blocked Dao Jun's flying knife for Zhang Xuezhou, but the unreliable Tian Fen was clearly not capable enough to block a knife for the new emperor.

When the new emperor spoke in a low voice, Zhang Xuezhou realized that the Empress Dowager, who had been riding a horse, had already collapsed to the ground, with a large pool of blood flowing down her back.

Behind the crown on the Empress Dowager's head, a thin incision appeared, from which fresh blood occasionally oozed.

This attack pierced through the center of the forehead, through the skull, through the standard magic weapon crown, and even struck Tian Fen, who was piloting the Imperial Shuttle behind him.

The throwing knife that was aimed at Tian Fen fell to an unknown location, but after destroying the shield, it severed Cheng Bushi's finger. The throwing knife, which Cheng Bushi barely dodged, could not penetrate Zhang Xuezhou's body and finally fell onto Zhang Xuezhou's clothes.

This is a very, very thin blade, as thin as a transparent cicada's wing.

However, this kind of knife is incredibly powerful, even sharper than the Fish Intestine Sword, and carries the violence to sever one's mental consciousness.

Even if the physical body reaches sainthood and blocks the sharpness of the blade, the impact of cutting through the spiritual sea of ​​consciousness is enough to kill the cultivator.

If Daojun hadn't been aiming for a fatal blow and thus diverted their attack power, or if Zhang Xuezhou and the new emperor hadn't separated, Zhang Xuezhou felt he had a certain probability of dying.

Zhang Xuezhou speculated that this was his fate, and he was quite pessimistic about the Empress Dowager's end.

Cheng Bushi was able to block because the opponent was always holding a large shield, so he didn't need to consider where Dao Jun's flying knife would come from. He only needed to block Dao Jun's direction to have a high probability of blocking the knife.

Although it is unclear what exactly the Empress Dowager saw through that led to her resistance, it is clear that whether one can resist requires real skill.

"The Empress Dowager needs to be kept alive!"

Zhang Xuezhou's lips trembled slightly as he whispered.

He tilted his head slightly, loosened his grip on the new emperor's horse with his left hand, and then leaped onto Gongsun Hong's mount.

"I'll retrieve my Sky Shuttle, and I'll fly again... to the sky, shoulder to shoulder with the sun... I am the sun... I am the moon..."

Cheng Bushi, carrying Tian Fen, mumbled something under his breath, his head tilted to the side, and began to ramble incoherently. "Zhu Jiuyin is dead, Daojun is dead, Jiuling is fleeing in panic, army, charge!"

High in the sky, Li Shaojun rode the waves and shouted, and a flaming arrow shot into the sky, exploding into sparks.

Cheng Bushi rode his magnificent steed at full gallop, showing no intention of giving chase.

This ambush has been fraught with twists and turns.

From the initial confidence when making the arrangements, to the hasty actions when the situation reversed, and then to the various shortcomings when the battle came to a head, everything was a mess.

If the new emperor hadn't rushed from Chang'an, the outcome of this ambush would have been far worse.

There was no overwhelming force, no rain of arrows covering the powerful cultivators of the Fiend Kingdom, no true forms of the cultivators from the Ye Die River Holy Land revealed, no great demons from the Nine Spirits Holy Land coveting the poisoned meat from Mayi City, no flocks of scouting demonic birds being shot dead, and no one carrying Mayi City's valuables.

All the calculations failed; only the close combat was real.

They were panting heavily from their journey, and the enemy's assault team was also running around in a daze. Neither side was in good condition, and they fought to a standstill.

The real cause of the imbalance was the appearance of the three Holy Land Lords, whose simultaneous appearance was unexpected.

Before they had even laid off any of the other party's subordinates, all of these key figures were present at the scene.

Even though Li Shaojun was involved with Jiuling Yuansheng, no one could directly confront Zhujiuyin, let alone restrain Daojun.

"If only His Majesty could have a few more years!"

Thinking of Daojun who was repelled by a single sword strike, Cheng Bushi felt that the ambush in Mayi was too early and that the Empress Dowager was too hasty.

If we had waited a little longer, things might have been different.

A top-tier, powerful emperor has a strong balancing effect, forcing the lords of these holy lands to back down or even lie low and not dare to show their faces, out of consideration for their own interests.

Even if Cheng Bushi could no longer lift the shield by then, he felt the outcome might still be better.

"His Majesty!"

Only when a pill radiating a divine light was handed to him did Cheng Bushi stop his resentment.

"If your body can't take it, take it yourself. If you can, give it to Dongfang Shuo and Tian Fen. I have some pills here, and everyone has some, so don't worry about running out!"

The new emperor's rapid instructions rang out, and Cheng Bushi quickly stuffed the pill into his mouth.

He said at the time that he could hold on even if he couldn't, but he lacked the strength to protect everyone if he said he could.

Although the name of the pill given by the new emperor could not be identified, a top-grade pill that could emit a divine light could not be bad.

After taking a pill, Cheng Bushi felt his weakened blood and qi suddenly revive. Even though his severed finger stopped bleeding, Cheng Bushi even felt that it could be picked up with just a touch.

It wasn't until he swallowed the pill that Cheng Bushi felt his body had completely stabilized.

If unexpected battles occur, Cheng Bushi believes he can perform to his full potential without any problem.

He steadied himself and waited for more than ten seconds, and then another pill appeared in his hand.

Just as Cheng Bushi was about to stuff the medicine into Tian Fen's mouth, he suddenly remembered the new emperor's instructions on the order in which the medicine should be taken.

He felt a slight tremor in his heart, and quickly changed the direction of the pill he was about to hand out, stuffing it into the mouth of the bad guy who had used him as a shield.