Journey to the head

At this moment, the whole place was silent, with only the surging sand sea and the howling wind.

Everyone's eyes were involuntarily focused on Sikong Sheng, staring in shock at the new Xuanjun who appeared on the scene in the form of a virtual soul and announced to the world that a second soul had appeared in Cangzhou.

Lu Qian looked at him deeply. The bad situation he had deduced before had happened. It turned out that since the beginning of the war, the Sikong family had made various deployments and adjustments, trying their best to delay time, just to wait for Sikong Sheng to pass the life and death training and stage a return as a king.

Now, for the Sikong family, whether it is the current battle or the entire campaign, Sikong Sheng’s victory and advancement is really timely.

The spiritual pressure of the two Xuanjuns rose at the same time, and a brand new domain of law was slowly unfolding from around Sikong Sheng. The vast golden ocean was slowly colliding and tearing against it, and every tiny fluctuation actually contained terrifying power.

In this solemn confrontation, Lu Qian was the first to speak.

"Order all airships to retreat, all cultivators at the foundation building stage and below to withdraw from the battlefield and regroup ten miles away."

Zheng Duan reacted suddenly, with command flags flying, and shouted loudly to the low-level monks to recover from the shock and start to frantically control the warships to retreat.

Jiang Baitao glanced at Lu Qian unwillingly, and took advantage of the fact that Beiluo Shimen's fur had already exploded, and retreated with Dongfang Hui, Li Jing, An Fanghe and Zhao Yunchang who had just flown back.

If in the previous battle, the dense artillery fire of the airships could still play a certain harassing role, and the Yunshan battle formation that had not yet been formed could still slightly restrain the enemy, then in the subsequent battle of souls, these airships would only become fragile large coffins.

As for cultivators below the Jindan stage, they have no qualifications to watch the battle of the souls. The slightest aftermath can kill them.

Upon hearing this, Sikong Sheng looked towards Lu Qian, and Lu Qian looked at him without fear.

I haven't seen Sikong Sheng for decades, but judging from his appearance, there is no change in his soul. He is still short, but very strong, and has a wild and fierce aura.

Sikong Qing and Sikong Yang behind him finally woke up from the joy of surviving the calamity. Looking at Sikong Sheng's spiritual body in front of them, they felt like they were in a dream. They suddenly knelt on the ground, extremely excited.

"Uncle San, you finally succeeded! Now we are not afraid of anything."

"Third uncle has become a spirit, our Sikong family will win!"

Sikong Sheng ignored them and said to Miaomiao Xuanjun in a deep voice: "Xuanjun is bullying the weak with his power, which is really embarrassing."

Miao Miao Xuan Jun snorted coldly: "It is legitimate to wipe out the rebels, what's there to be ashamed of? But you, Sikong Sheng... quietly passed through the life and death refining and achieved the Yuan Shen. Should I praise your ability? Or should I envy the corpse clan for providing you with innate spiritual energy and various treasures?"

Lu Qian knew clearly that the successful achievement of the primordial spirit would certainly cause a lot of noise, but the other sects headed by Xuanwei Sect were unable to sense it. It must be because Sikong Sheng chose to leave Cangzhou to overcome the tribulation!

In order to avoid being attacked while undergoing the tribulation, the location for the tribulation may have been found with the help of the corpse clan.

Maybe he had just successfully crossed the realm and his physical body had not yet returned to Cangzhou, so his soul traveled thousands of miles to the front line in an instant and saved Sikong Yang and Sikong Qing at the last moment.

Just as Lu Qian was thinking, he saw Sikong Sheng frowning: "Miaomiao Xuanjun, what nonsense are you talking about? When did my Sikong family have anything to do with the corpse clan?"

Lu Qian was stunned, and Miaomiao Xuanjun was also startled, then he raised his voice: "What, you still want to deny it! You are obsessed with the corpse clan, and you decide for yourself at the mercy of the human race. You want to use the support of the corpse clan to rebel against Cangzhou, which will inevitably lead to a catastrophe. It's too late to regret it!"

Sikong Sheng smiled and said, "You are so sure. Where is the evidence?"

Miaomiao Xuanjun paused. He heard from Kui Shi with his own ears that he had brought the Sikong family under his command and gave them innate spiritual energy and so on. In addition, after the conquest, the strength of the Sikong family was beyond everyone's expectations. Without the abundant innate spiritual treasures in the Prison Corpse Ridge, how could the Sikong family have so many new Nascent Souls and high-level Golden Cores after decades of hard work!
Now Sikong Sheng himself has suddenly passed the great catastrophe of life and death and achieved the position of Yuanshen Xuanjun from the late Nascent Soul stage. How could it be possible without the innate spiritual energy and the treasures sent by the corpse clan?

Going back further, the Yuanying and Jindan of Xuanwei Sect were killed, the sect was in chaos, the state was unstable, but the Sikong family had already started to shut themselves off in the mountains.
All logical inferences point to the fact that the Sikong family and the corpse clan are in cahoots!
However, Sikong Sheng's word "evidence" made Miaomiao Xuanjun stunned.

So far, there is really no evidence!

"My men have captured a corpse slave, and we can get evidence from him," said Lu Qian.

Sikong Sheng sneered, "You said you are a corpse slave, completely controlled by the corpse demon, you can say anything. It is normal for corpse demons to bite randomly. Do you believe that I can capture a few evildoers and let them point out that your Yunshan Sect is connected with the demon clan?"

"What kind of evidence is this!"

"Miao Miao Xuan Jun, you don't have to throw dirty water on my family! You besieged my Sikong family purely because you were afraid of my family's strength and wanted to eliminate dissidents and maintain the rule of your Xuanwei faction."

"It's just that you didn't expect that I could achieve the Yuanshen so quickly. Now, it's you and I who are competing for the hegemony of Cangzhou. There's no need to find other reasons. If you want to fight, then fight. We will each show our skills and see who will have the last laugh!"

Miaomiao Xuanjun and Lu Qian looked at each other, and a strange, confused and bad feeling arose spontaneously.

Now it's not a lawsuit, it's a war between two sides, a fight to the death, it's a situation where either you die or I die. Does it make sense to admit it or not?

The manifesto issued by Xuanwei faction was that the Sikong family was secretly colluding with the corpse clan monsters with the intention of subverting Cangzhou, so the Xuanwei faction led the Cangzhou military to encircle and wipe out the Sikong family and the corpse clan monsters. The Sikong family had never responded to this manifesto before and started a war directly. Why are they denying it now?
No matter what, the Sikong family was able to develop rapidly because they accepted full funding and support from the Corpse Clan. They might have even helped the Corpse Clan to obtain many corpse slaves. Those clues cannot be washed away once they are traced back, and it is useless to just deny it.

From another perspective, even if they deny it, the Corpse Clan will take the initiative to expose evidence in order to control the Sikong family.

Even now, that group of corpse monsters are still staying near the "Musashi Mountains"!
Why did Sikong Sheng deny everything and try to cover up the reason for the war as a fight for hegemony between two Yuanshen sects, and resolutely put up a memorial archway?

Does it make sense?

Nature has meaning and purpose!

Lu Qian's eyes became deep. Yes, they are not going to court now, but the Sikong family is preparing for the court!
"Wonderful! I have seen the shamelessness of the Sikong family from top to bottom." Lu Qian shouted, "Xuan Jun, there is no need to waste time talking to him. Catch him and we will have all the evidence!"

With a loud bang, the two domains of law collided with each other in an instant. The space twisted, ripples appeared, and air waves rolled wildly. Lu Qian had to retreat again.

He had already put away his Five Elements Formation, otherwise the two soul domains would collide in the formation, destroying the entire formation in an instant, and the entire formation base and diagram would be damaged.

Just now, Miaomiao Xuanjun was a little confused by Sikong Sheng's inexplicable defense. At this moment, when he heard Lu Qian's shout, he reacted immediately. The desolate sea and ocean suddenly opened up, and Sikong Sheng also gushed out spiritual power, controlling his own domain of law to press over.

It was a hazy, translucent domain, and from a distance it looked like a large piece of frosted glass. In the domain, the battle energy whistled, forming dense and dense winds, swirling and twisting, and in an instant it transformed into thousands of martial arts figures, some wielding weapons, some displaying their fists and feet, and in the next instant it transformed into surging and fierce battle energy.

Law Domain·Martial Arts Realm! When the two law domains collided, Miaomiao Xuanjun could already feel that the power of the vast ocean formed by his earth and water systems inexplicably dropped the moment they invaded the "Martial Arts Realm".

He knew in his heart that this must be the characteristic of Sikong Sheng's domain. It was a suppressive domain!

One's own desolate sea and vast ocean is an amplifying magic domain. Its characteristic is that one's own earth-based, water-based spells and magic weapons are highly amplified in the desolate sea and vast ocean, and their power increases greatly.

Sikong Sheng entered the Dao through martial arts, and compiled his three magical powers, "the original magical power - bloody battles", "the second magical power - strength to pull mountains", and "the third magical power - wind and thunder body" into a martial arts realm.

In the realm of martial arts, martial arts is respected!

In this domain, all means other than martial arts, such as the five elements magic, talismans, spells, formations, etc., will be suppressed and their power will decline.

The momentum of the vast sea stagnates slightly, and the triumphant Xuanjun Sikong Sheng takes advantage of the victory to pursue, stretching his arms left and right, pushing hard, and with a loud bang, the hazy and transparent martial arts realm has completely expanded in the vast sea.

The two domains of law tore at each other, and the aftermath of the attack was like electric arcs and tentacles, swinging around and smashing the Tiger Head Mountain below into pieces.

Sikong Qing and Sikong Yang stood behind Sikong Sheng. They were so seriously injured that they could hardly move. Now they could only wave flags and shout, unable to do anything else.

Lu Qian had been cruising on the periphery. He tried to use the Guishui Thunder Method to shoot out the dark Guishui Thunder light, but after rushing into the martial arts realm, it was torn to pieces by the strong wind, and it was difficult for him to even get close to Sikong Sheng.

After a brief test, Miaomiao Xuanjun roared angrily and finally attacked with all his strength!

The golden little bell in his left palm suddenly grew bigger, and he clapped his right hand, making a loud bang. Circles of golden light split rivers and seas, shook the earth and split the plains, and blasted towards the martial arts realm.

The natal spiritual treasure - Kunyuan Water Bell!
Amid the violent shaking, the entire peak of Hushou Mountain, which had suffered several waves of bombardment, completely collapsed!
It’s not over yet. A ray of white light burst out from between Xuanjun’s eyebrows, which was the epitome of Xuanjun’s soul.

The miniature Xuanjun was seen holding a magic treasure in each of his left and right hands. When he raised his hands, the two magic treasures soared into the sky. The violent spiritual pressure made Sikong Sheng's face change drastically.

The best spiritual treasure - Star-sinking Gourd!

The jade gourd had the pattern of the Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams on the outside, and contained a flickering light inside. Amidst the whistling sound, a series of golden lights spurted out from the mouth of the gourd. Each golden light was like a comet across the sky, extremely bright, extremely hot, and extremely heavy, rumbling towards the martial arts realm.

The best spiritual treasure - Tianwei Drum!
The Yin-Yang Dharma Drum swayed left and right, making a booming sound. With each sound, a pitch-black thunder dragon would shoot out and strike down. Its deep whistling sound echoed through heaven and earth, and a flash of lightning would explode in the martial arts realm.

These two top-grade spiritual treasures were both rewards from Taiyi Paradise. They were incredibly powerful, even stronger than Xuanjun’s own spiritual treasure!

The three spiritual treasures bombarded wildly, and the martial arts realm was shaken immediately. The border of the law domain continued to shrink inward. Sikong Sheng's face was as gloomy as water, and his body was constantly shaking. This body of the soul was like rippling waves, and it was obvious that the burden was too heavy to bear.

Taking advantage of the moment when the martial arts realm was shaking and Sikong Sheng was overwhelmed, Miaomiao Xuanjun took advantage of the situation and urged his spiritual power again. The desolate sea and ocean rolled up thousands of feet of waves, wrapping the martial arts realm tightly in it.

Use another magical power: Bottomless Abyss!
The vast sea suddenly collapsed inwards, and the abyss like a huge mouth opened up. The terrifying gravity firmly grabbed Wu Dao Ming Jing, pulling Si Kong Sheng and the other two into the endless darkness.

Sinking into the abyss, there is still a killer move!
"Sikong Sheng, you are a new soul, you haven't even sacrificed the spiritual treasure yet, and you are only a soul, what can you use to fight me in front of my real body!"

"Stay here and end this battle!"

But at this moment, the martial arts realm that was swallowed into the abyss released a brilliant light!
Sikong Sheng summoned up his internal energy, shouted loudly, and used the new magical power he had just realized.

The magical power of the Dharma realm is unrestrained and unaddressed!
Wudao Mingjing shook slightly, and miraculously slid out from being wrapped and swallowed by the vast ocean, completely breaking away from the control of the vast ocean.

This is an upgrade of Sikong Sheng's previous magical power, Wind and Thunder Body. Even if there are thousands of restrictions, myriad restraints, and all kinds of poisons, they cannot leave any trace on him.

Then, a fluorescent light flashed in Sikong Sheng's soul, and a firefly the size of a finger flew out.

"Firefly Amber?" Miaomiao Xuanjun cursed, and the three spiritual treasures blasted down again, but only a faint light flashed at the tail of the firefly, and Sikong Sheng's soul body flowed with silver light, and disappeared between heaven and earth in an instant.

The power of the spiritual treasure hit nothingness and fell below, overturning the mountains and destroying the forests.

No one knew where Sikong Sheng had escaped to.

Miao Miao Xuan Jun's face was very ugly: "Although the firefly amber is in the shape of an insect, it is actually an innate spiritual treasure. After using it, it can travel thousands of miles in an instant. In addition, the soul gathers and disperses unpredictably, so they finally escaped."

"To have such a precious spiritual treasure, and yet you still say it has nothing to do with the corpse clan!"

Lu Qian sighed in his heart, but there was nothing he could do. Sikong Sheng immediately used the Xiantian Lingzhen, and even if he wanted to shake the golden branch, he couldn't catch up.

But to be honest, my cultivation level is far too low, and now I am lacking in spiritual power. The golden branches can't hold him back for even a moment, and instead expose him to more hidden dangers.

He could only comfort himself that although Sikong Sheng had escaped, it at least proved that in a head-on battle, the newly promoted Yuan Shen Sikong Sheng would not be a match for Miaomiao Xuanjun. From now on, as long as he took every step carefully, it would be fine.

Then he heard Miaomiao Xuanjun ask: "Sikong Sheng's denial of his crime is very suspicious, Lu Qian, what do you think?"

Lu Qian sighed: "Mr. Xuan, I think there must be something fishy about this matter."

He didn't keep anyone in suspense and made the worst inference.

"The Sikong family refuses to admit it, hoping to eventually get away with it!"

"Get away with it?" Miaomiao Xuanjun was so angry that he laughed, "He made peace with the evil corpse clan monster with the background of the Ninth Heavenly Lord and committed a heinous crime. How can he get away with it?"

Lu Qian shook his head and thought of a scene.

"What if some big shot promised that as long as the Sikong family didn't give in or admit it, they could find a way to get them out?"

Miao Miao Xuan Jun suddenly widened his eyes. (End of this chapter)