Emperor Wu Shihuang's handwriting, do not go out of the Milky Way border

Ying Zheng smiled and nodded: "I also feel that this teacher has been very good to me and has been helping me improve my strength. I just don't understand why he took me as his disciple."

Ying Zheng had always harbored doubts about Xuan Luo taking him as a disciple. He secretly wondered if Li Feng had lured Xuan Luo there.

“Since you’ve stopped cultivating, we can have a friendly spar. What do you think?” Mu Bai said to Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng nodded.

"Since we're both at a similar level and both use guns, why don't we have a spar? But I have to make it clear beforehand, you're not allowed to use that armor."

Mu Bai said to Ying Zheng.

Mu Bai had previously learned about the Frost Armor; it was a divine-grade Dao artifact with astonishing defensive capabilities. If Ying Zheng activated that armor, his attacks would be negligible.

Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Don't worry, it's just a friendly spar, and besides, I have no intention of using the Frost Armor."

As long as one's own strength is strong enough, there is no need for the Frost Armor. Besides, if one relies too much on external objects, it will be difficult for Ying Zheng to improve his strength.

After hearing that Ying Zheng could not use the Frost Armor, Mu Bai and he arrived in a void.

"No one else will bother us here, so you should make the first move," Mu Bai said to Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng shook his head and said, "You should attack me first. I'm afraid you won't have a chance to make a move later."

Seeing Ying Zheng's confidence, Mu Bai smiled and then took out his spear.

"In that case, I won't stand on ceremony."

After saying this, Mu Bai charged directly at Ying Zheng.

At that moment, a spear shadow materialized before Mu Bai. Mu Bai immediately stopped and used his spear to shatter the spear shadow.

Mu Bai looked up, only to find that Ying Zheng's figure had already disappeared.

A long spear thrust out from the space behind Mu Bai, who quickly turned around and blocked the spear shadow.

But Ying Zheng was still nowhere to be seen. Mu Bai remained where he was, channeling his Dao power into his spear.

"Explosive Flying Gun!"

With a furious roar from Mu Bai, thousands upon thousands of spear shadows appeared in the arena. Under the shadows of these spears, Ying Zheng's figure gradually came into view.

Mu Bai controlled tens of thousands of spear shadows to simultaneously stab towards Ying Zheng.

Upon seeing this, Ying Zheng hurriedly activated the Breaking Dao Spear, deflecting all the myriad spear shadows one by one.

Just as Ying Zheng shattered the last spear shadow, Mu Bai instantly appeared in front of him and thrust out with his spear.

Ying Zheng slightly shifted his body to the side, while simultaneously urging the Breaking Dao Spear to stab towards Mu Bai's chest.

Upon seeing this, Mu Bai hurriedly withdrew his spear and used it to block the Breaking Dao Spear.

At this moment, Ying Zheng suddenly disappeared from the spot and reappeared above Mu Bai's head.

The Dao-Breaking Spear hurtled towards Mu Bai's head, but Mu Bai used his Dao power to escape the area.

After Ying Zheng missed with his spear, he pursued Mu Bai.

Mu Bai smiled slightly and said, "Now you've fallen for my trap. Try what I've prepared for you."

Upon hearing Mu Bai's words, Ying Zheng immediately stopped in his tracks, wanting to leave the area, but an array had already formed beneath his feet.

"You were able to set up an array in such a short time. It seems your skill in array formations is indeed quite high. But do you think this can trap me?" Ying Zheng said to Mu Bai beside him.

"We'll have to give it a try. I can't let you go so easily."

After saying this, Mu Bai channeled his Dao power into the formation.

As Mu Bai continued to pour his Dao power into the formation, its light grew brighter and brighter. Within the formation, countless spear shadows materialized and attacked Ying Zheng.

Seeing this, Ying Zheng took out the Wheel of Fate and attached it to his body, while constantly leaping and dodging the attacks of the spear shadows within the formation.

Even so, the number of spear shadows condensed by the formation continued to increase.

At this moment, Ying Zheng was unable to dodge in time, and several spear shadows crashed hard into the Wheel of Fate, causing his internal Dao power to surge.

Standing outside the formation, Mu Bai burst into laughter upon seeing Ying Zheng's disheveled appearance.

"Or you can just admit defeat. This is something I obtained from a trial, and its power is just enough to trap someone who is half a step into the Transcendent Realm."

Upon hearing Mu Bai's words, Ying Zheng shook his head.

Ying Zheng would not give up until the very last moment of the battle.

While dodging the attacks of the formation, Ying Zheng searched for its key element. He already had some understanding of formations.

After some time, Ying Zheng finally noticed a faint light in one corner of the formation.

After dodging repeatedly, Ying Zheng arrived at this corner and slammed his Breaking Dao Spear into the spot. In an instant, all the spear shadows in the sky vanished.

Mu Bai was shocked to see Ying Zheng break through the formation.

"It seems I underestimated you. I didn't expect you to be able to break through the formation I set up," Mu Bai said to Ying Zheng.

No sooner had Mu Bai finished speaking than a gun appeared in front of him.

Mu Bai hurriedly tried to defend himself, but the shot threw him into disarray.

At this moment, Ying Zheng came to Mu Bai and thrust out with his spear.

Seeing the spear coming, Mu Bai hurriedly held his spear horizontally in front of him to block it, but he did not notice that another spear had quietly formed behind him.

The piercing spear struck the long spear, producing a series of booming sounds.

Mu Bai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had blocked Ying Zheng's attack.

But when he noticed that Ying Zheng made no other move, he narrowed his eyes and quickly dodged to the side, but it was too late.

The spear that had been gathered behind Mu Bai pierced his back. Mu Bai cried out in pain and hurriedly waved his hand at Ying Zheng, saying:
"Alright, alright, I give up. Put your gun away now."

Ying Zheng's lips curled up slightly as he put away the Breaking Dao Spear.

Seeing the gun stuck in his back being retrieved, Mu Bai waved his hand, and the two returned to the cave they had been in before.

Mu Bai slumped to the ground, took out a pill, and began to recover his strength.

"I didn't expect that although we are at the same level, your combat awareness is so much higher than mine. I underestimated you after all," Mu Bai said to Ying Zheng, who was standing to the side.

“If you were like me, living in the world I lived in before, you could become like me now,” Ying Zheng said to Mu Bai.

Mu Bai turned to look at Ying Zheng and said, "So how did you cultivate in your world before? How did you manage to hone such a strong combat awareness?" Ying Zheng recalled that every step he had taken was incredibly difficult, constantly teetering between life and death.

"You need to go through the trials of life and death to unleash your potential. Otherwise, you're just an empty shell," Ying Zheng said calmly.

Mu Bai sighed and said, "It's all my father's fault. Whenever I go out, he sends people to protect me in secret, which prevents me from training properly."

"If it weren't for the fact that the people he sent couldn't get into this trial tower, I'd probably still be under someone's protection right now."

After listening to Mu Bai's words, Ying Zheng shook his head and said, "Flowers in a greenhouse are destined to be less beautiful than wild roses outside. Without experiencing trials, you cannot truly become strong."

Mu Bai nodded and said, "You're right. It was precisely because I saw this that I entered this Trial Tower by myself to cultivate alone."

Ying Zheng also sat down to the side and began to absorb the surrounding Dao power to restore his own strength.

……

At this moment, a figure hurriedly entered the hall and said to Li Bing:
"Master, a large wave of demonic beasts has been spotted approaching from the east. It seems a beast tide is about to break out. Shouldn't we make some preparations in advance?"

Upon hearing the guard's words, Li Bing lost his composure and immediately stood up, saying, "Are you sure you've observed everything clearly? You can't just say things like that."

The guard nodded and said, "This news is absolutely true. We have indeed discovered that monsters are attacking, and a great battle is probably imminent."

Li Bing's expression was grave; he was not fully prepared to deal with this wave of beasts.

"You can go now. Tell the men below to get ready to deal with this beast tide," Li Bing said to the guard.

The guard nodded and then left the hall.

Li Bing sighed and transmitted his voice to Pangu, "Pangu, are you still cultivating?"

Pangu, who was meditating in his house, opened his eyes after hearing Li Bing's telepathic message and asked Li Bing, "What happened?"

Pangu's voice rang in Li Bing's mind. Hearing Pangu respond to him, Li Bing hurriedly said, "My men say the beast tide may be coming soon. If you are not cultivating right now, come to the main hall."

Upon hearing Li Bing's words, Pangu hurriedly rushed towards the hall.

Before long, Pangu arrived in the hall and found Li Bing sitting inside with a worried expression.

Upon seeing Pangu arrive, Li Bing hurriedly stood up and walked to Pangu's side, saying, "It seems I'll have to trouble you again. Among all the members of the Li family, you are the strongest, and I'll need your help from now on."

After listening to Li Bing's words, Pangu waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, it's just a little troublesome. I'll do my best to help you if I can."

Upon hearing Pangu's agreement, Li Bing said with delight, "Since you've agreed to help me, that's wonderful. Now, we should also prepare to deal with this beast tide."

Pangu nodded and said, "Have you figured out how to deal with this?"

Li Bing shook his head and said, "When you came just now, I had already summoned all the heads of the Li family to discuss matters. I suppose they will arrive soon."

Just then, a figure descended from the sky and arrived outside the hall.

Upon seeing the newcomer, Li Bing hurriedly went outside the hall and said, "So it's Patriarch Wang. Please have a seat."

The person who came in was Wang Li from the Prince's Mansion. Seeing Li Bing approach, she cupped her hands in greeting and said, "Greetings, Patriarch Li. Why haven't we seen anyone else here?"

Li Bing shook his head and said, "I've already notified them, they should be here soon. Please go inside and sit down."

Wang Li nodded, then went into the hall, saw Pangu standing inside, nodded to him, and then entered the hall and took a seat.

Pangu nodded to Wang Li in response.

After a while, people began to arrive in the hall.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Li Bing addressed them, "A wave of demonic beasts has appeared to the east of Li Family Village, and the beast tide will likely arrive soon. What are your plans, patriarchs?"

At this moment, a figure stood up and said to Li Bing, "Now, we can only prepare in advance, otherwise we will be caught off guard."

The man who stood up was named Zhang Feng, the patriarch of a family in Li Family Village that was second only to the Li family.

At this moment, another family head stood up and said to Li Bing, "In your opinion, Family Head Li, how should we deal with this now?"

Li Bing thought for a moment and said, "We can set up an array outside Li Family Village to slow down their advance."

The people in the room nodded. Zhang Feng said to Li Bing, "That will work too. However, besides setting up the formation, we also need to gather more cultivators on the city wall."

"We can station our troops on the city walls and confront the monster army head-on when they attack."

At this moment, another family head stood up and said, "In addition to the assistance of the formation, we can also have some cultivators stand on the city wall to attack the demonic beasts."

Li Bing nodded and said, "What you said is all correct. However, relying solely on these is probably not enough to completely block them. We need a few half-step transcendent beings."

Wang Li stood up and said to Li Bing, "A half-step transcendent being is possible, but I'm afraid your Li family doesn't have one left, right?"

Hearing Wang Li's words, Li Bing smiled and looked at Pangu beside him, saying, "The person standing next to me is a master from my Li family. He is a half-step transcendent. How about this, each of our families will send one half-step transcendent."

After hearing Li Bing's words, everyone's attention turned to Pangu.

“I’ve never seen him at the Li residence before. Is he a new retainer?” a family head asked Li Bing.

Li Bing shook his head and said, "He is not a servant of the Li family, but my friend. He came here today to help us resist the beast tide."

Li Bing never intended for Pangu to be his worshipper; he didn't want to trouble Pangu any further. Pangu had already provided him with considerable help after this beast tide.

The family head nodded and said, "We can send two half-step Transcendent beings, should that be enough?"

Li Bing nodded and said, "With the addition of you two half-step transcendents, we now have a full ten half-step transcendents. This lineup should be able to stop the beast tide."

The other families also nodded in agreement.

Previously, when dealing with beast tides, they only had a maximum of eight half-step transcendent beings in charge, but now they have a full ten.

"Then it's settled. We'll meet at the city wall one day from now. I hope everyone will arrive on time."

Li Bing addressed the crowd.

The other family heads nodded, then cupped their hands in greeting to Li Bing and left the council hall.

After seeing these people leave, Pangu said to Li Bing.

"It seems your overall strength is not weak; you should be able to handle this beast tide, right?"

Pangu wasn't entirely confident he could withstand the beast tide alone, as he had only recently regained his strength and was too weak to fight alone.

"It should be fine, barring any unforeseen circumstances. Hopefully, we can get through this beast tide safely."

Pangu nodded. (End of Chapter)