My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

Chapter 850 Betrayal, Finally Taking Action (Three Chapters Combined)

The city's defensive array suddenly disappeared.

At this moment, the entire desolate city was completely unprotected and exposed to all the demonic cultivators!

The large array of light curtains suddenly disappeared.

This also plunged all the righteous cultivators in the desolate city into a near-death silence at this moment!
What's going on here?
A look of bewilderment appeared in the eyes of countless people.

Even Wei Yuting, the Grand Elder of the Ancient Sword Sect, Gu Xuanqing, and other high-ranking officials of the Wilderness City were no exception.

And at this time...
The moment the city's defensive array ceased functioning and disappeared,
high in the sky,

With a wave of his left hand,
He hurled his long-awaited crimson spear!
boom! ! !
The crimson spear transformed into a beam of light, piercing through the void in an instant, and plummeted straight down from the heavens, carrying unparalleled terrifying power, instantly striking a corner in the center of the desolate city!
Boom! ! !
The crimson light rapidly expanded, instantly engulfing nearby buildings, trees, railings, and even the earth itself!
It was as if a blood-red sun was rising from the horizon.

Everything covered by the light instantly turned to dust and vanished into nothingness!
In just one breath,
Where the blood-red spear struck, everything within a radius of several hundred meters vanished completely.
All that's left is a huge crater!

"not good!"

The earth roared and trembled, as a terrifying outpouring of energy swept across the land.
But Wei Yuting couldn't care less about that now. Her expression changed drastically, and she transformed into a streak of light, flying rapidly towards the city center.

Gu Xuanqing, the Grand Elder of the Ancient Sword Sect, seemed to have thought of something. He was also covered in cold sweat. He transformed into a sword light, breaking through the storm, and sped towards the center of the city.

As the two flew at full speed,

The distance of several miles was covered in the blink of an eye.

between breaths,

The two then arrived at the city center.

The original hub of the city's defensive array had been completely transformed into a massive pit and abyss, with the dense array patterns and various array plates that had been buried there completely gone.

At this moment, the two of them
All of them suffered cardiac arrest!

"How could this happen?!"

Several streaks of light also rushed over; they were all high-ranking officials from the Wilderness City.
They hovered in mid-air, staring at the scene before them, their faces pale and filled with horror!
"It's over! Utterly over! The core of the great formation is destroyed, and the formation can no longer rise. How can we, mere Nascent Soul cultivators, possibly contend with Zuo Jiuyin?!"

"We're doomed! Without the protection of the great formation, we're all doomed!"

The moment the city's defensive array suddenly disappeared, the desolate city was eerily silent, followed by an overwhelming panic!
City defense front,

The cultivators who were fighting against the demonic cultivators seemed to have all their strength drained away. Their magical artifacts clattered to the ground, and many of them collapsed to the ground, staring blankly at the god-like and demonic figures in the sky, as well as the ferocious and terrifying flying boats.

Utter despair!
Some people, seeing this, were so terrified that they immediately transformed into streaks of light and fled towards the outside of the city.

But before the first person to flee could even leave the perimeter of the Wilderness City's walls, a thin, blood-red light descended from the sky, piercing through the void like lightning and instantly striking the fastest figure in the streak of light.

"Bang" sound,
The streak of light exploded, turning into a sky full of blood-red fireworks.

Some cultivators who originally wanted to follow suit and escape were horrified when they saw this, and their figures came to an abrupt halt in mid-air.

Some people were at a loss.
Some people quickly descended into the city, seeking hidden corners to conceal themselves.

The city's defenses began to crumble as a result!
At the same time,

In the midst of chaos,
city ​​center.

The crowd was plunged into despair.

Suddenly, a crashing sound was heard, accompanied by a groan, and a figure pushed aside the pile of rubble and struggled out.

Everyone followed the sound,

The man was covered in blood and dressed in rags.

This person,

It was none other than Ouyang Zhenhai, the head of the Ouyang family, who was in charge of operating the city's defense formation!
Ouyang Zhenhai looked up and saw the crowd gathered in mid-air around him, their faces filled with despair.

He staggered a few steps, then collapsed to his knees with a thud, facing the crowd around him, his voice choked with emotion:
"Lord Wei, Elder Gu, and everyone else, it's my fault! It was my carelessness that caused the formation to malfunction, allowing someone to take advantage of the situation and resulting in this outcome!"

As he spoke, he wiped the "bloodstains" from his face with his sleeve, his shoulders deliberately drooping, his sobbing expression utterly miserable.

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't been so careless, we wouldn't be in this situation. I'm so sorry, everyone!"

A mournful cry echoed all around.

The hearts of everyone around had also completely plummeted into the abyss.

Some people collapsed to the ground as if all their strength had been drained, staring blankly at the dark sky above, which looked like a heavy cloud pressing down.

no way,
These are no ordinary demonic cultivators who have attacked this time.

Instead, it was Zuo Jiuyin, that infamous demon!
That's a peak level three Divine Realm expert!
The gap between the Out-of-Body Realm and the Divine Travel Realm is so vast that it almost leads to despair.

Let alone the peak of the third level of the Divine Travel Realm?
That level of understanding is an insurmountable gap that cannot be bridged by sheer numbers!
If they were to stay within the city, protected by the city's defensive array, they could still rely on the array's light barrier activated by a large number of spirit stones to barely withstand Zuo Jiuyin.

But without the city's defensive formation, they were virtually powerless to resist the enemy!

The city's defensive formation has been breached.

At this moment,
In Zuo Jiuyin's hands, they were nothing more than slightly larger ants.

With a casual wave of his hand, the opponent could probably crush several people!
In this situation

How can we prevent people from despairing?
"Alas, Patriarch Ouyang, there's no need to blame yourself. This is fate, and you cannot be blamed on me, fellow Daoist."

When Gu Xuanqing, the Grand Elder of the Ancient Sword Sect, saw Ouyang Zhenhai's miserable state, he also sighed.
The resentment that had been simmering in his heart remained unspoken, dissipating with a sigh.

Since death is imminent, there's no need for that anymore.

And such is fate.
What can be done?!

Ugh!
"wrong!"

But at this moment,

Wei Yuting, who was standing nearby, suddenly spoke up.
Her gaze toward Ouyang Zhenhai, who was kneeling on the ground before her, became sharper than ever before!
“Patriarch Ouyang, it’s not that I, Wei Yuting, am judging you with my petty mind, but isn’t this just wrong?”

"How swift was Zuo Jiuyin's attack just now?! The attack came down the instant the city defense formation malfunctioned, and the core of the city defense formation was hit first, instantly destroying everything in the vicinity!"

"With such speed, even a master at the Divine Travel Realm would find it difficult to react quickly!"

"The patriarch is only at the eighth level of the Nascent Soul stage. May I ask what merit or ability he possesses to dodge such a swift and powerful attack from Zuo Jiuyin?!"

Wei Yuting analyzed the situation calmly, and her voice became somewhat sinister at this moment.

"Patriarch Ouyang, could you explain how you survived that attack?!"

As Wei Yuting finished speaking,
Those words, almost like thunderclaps, exploded in everyone's ears, and everyone snapped back to reality.
in an instant,
All eyes were focused on Ouyang Zhenhai.

Even the cultivators who had previously collapsed onto the ruins, completely giving up resistance, all cast their surprised and uncertain glances at him.

In an instant,
The surroundings were deathly silent!
"Patriarch Ouyang, do you have something to say?"

Gu Xuanqing also realized what was happening at this moment.

He stared intently at Ouyang Zhenhai not far away, his voice trembling slightly.

The surrounding gazes gradually became scrutinizing.

anger.

Someone gritted their teeth and said:
"Could it be that the problem with the city's defensive formation was caused by him?!"

"Hehe, I hadn't noticed until the city lord mentioned it. In the central area of ​​this city-protecting array, there are several high-level array masters controlling and maintaining its operation. How come all those high-level array masters were reduced to ashes by that attack, but only Ouyang Zhenhai survived?"

"There's definitely something fishy going on. The core of the city's protective array is basically in that secret location. To prevent demonic thieves from infiltrating and destroying it, only a few high-level array masters and the absolute top brass of the Wilderness City know about it. Where did Zuo Jiuyin get this information and find the key points of the city's protective array in an instant?!"

Amidst the chatter around them,
Things are becoming increasingly clear.

Under the gazes of anger and disbelief,

On Ouyang Zhenhai's blood-stained face, the sorrow froze, gradually fading away with the surrounding voices, replaced by a gloomy expression.

"Hmph! I didn't expect you guys would actually find out!"

Ouyang Zhenhai snorted coldly.
He slowly raised his head, gently wiped the "bloodstains" from his face, and the sadness and pain in his eyes gradually faded, turning into a gloomy and indifferent expression.

He then stood up, dusted himself off, and his wounds quickly healed.
There was no trace of injury on him.

"You guessed right!"

"The problem with the city's protective formation was caused by my tampering!"

"I also leaked the location of the city's protective formation's central hub!"

"In fact, I had already made contact with Senior Zuo Jiuyin long ago. Senior Zuo's first strike was actually the signal to make his move!"

"After receiving the signal, I suddenly attacked from behind, and then casually destroyed one of the nodes, which caused a brief gap in the city's protective array, allowing Senior Zuo to completely destroy the core of the city's protective array with one strike, thus completely cutting off your possibility of restoring the array!"

Ouyang Zhenhai's voice was calm, as if he were talking about a trivial matter.

His voice wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly!

Everyone gathered around at this moment

Hearing this,

A surge of anger rose within them, almost burning away their reason!
Angry, sharp gazes, like knives, converged on Ouyang Zhenhai.

If looks could kill, Ouyang Zhenhai would probably be torn to pieces right now!

"you!"

Gu Xuanqing was so angry that he trembled all over, almost bursting with rage, and pointed his sword directly at Ouyang Zhenhai.

"How could you, a leader of the righteous path in the Southern Region, be so despicable as to secretly collude with the enemy and betray our righteous alliance, betraying hundreds of thousands of righteous cultivators in the Wilderness City?!"

"Colluding with the enemy? Hahaha!" The Ouyang family head burst into laughter as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.
But then, he suddenly screamed at the top of his lungs, his face contorting into a grimace.

"Don't you know why I've colluded with the enemy?!"

"All I want is to live!"

"Look at this desolate city! It doesn't even have many peak ninth-level Nascent Soul cultivators, yet it wants to go after Senior Zuo, who can defeat the combined forces of the Shen family's patriarch and the Ancient Sword Sect's Supreme Patriarch. What is this if not courting death?!"

"The communication talisman from Broken Soul City has been sent out for so long, and there hasn't been a single response! Not even a single message has come through! Without a Divine Travel Realm expert, isn't this sending me to my death?! I want to live, what's wrong with that?!"

Ouyang Zhenhai was panting heavily, his eyes somewhat manic, as if he were justifying himself, or muttering to himself to convince himself.

"I made the right choice!"

"You forced me to this! I just didn't want to die with you, to be buried with the Jade Purity Sect in the pursuit of their ambitions!"

"I told you several days ago that Senior Zuo Jiuyin was coming, but what did you do? Apart from sending a message to Duanhun City, you did nothing! You even dared to think that you could use this dilapidated city to resist Zuo Jiuyin. This is simply courting death!"

"I've cultivated for so many years, I've worked so hard for so many years, and I've climbed up step by step from the bottom Qi Refining Realm to where I am now. I can't let all my years of hard work end in vain!"

Ouyang Zhenhai's voice grew louder and louder, and he became increasingly convinced that he was on the right side.

Finally, when he raised his head again, there was no trace of his previous madness.

Instead, he coldly surveyed the crowd:
"Now, it's your turn to choose—to die, or to surrender?!"

Without waiting for any response from the crowd,
Just then, a chilling voice came from the dark void behind them.

"Ouyang Zhenhai, you did a good job."

A cold, emotionless voice echoed through the void, carrying an unparalleled pressure that made people tremble from the bottom of their hearts!
Everyone looked up,

High in the sky, a figure, both godlike and demonic, was enveloped in wisps of black Daoist energy, causing the light in the void to dim.
It is slowly emerging from the void.
The surrounding space rippled like a tide, spreading out layer by layer, with a terrifying, tangible pressure that swept outwards in all directions!
at the same time,

The demonic army outside the city surged in like a tide, filling the entire sky above the desolate city, with battle cries shaking the heavens.

A shadow that blots out the sky,
At this moment, the desolate city was completely enveloped.

Everyone present turned deathly pale.

When Zuo Jiuyin appeared before them, the oppressive aura he exuded made them unable to even muster the thought of resistance!

The difference is too big!
So-called resistance is nothing more than moths drawn to a flame; they'll likely be reduced to ashes before they even get close!

now,

No one spoke.

Some of the people present were so soaked with sweat that their clothes were completely drenched, and they were swaying precariously, almost kneeling on the ground under that terrible pressure.

Zuo Jiuyin's indifferent gaze swept around, his cold and ruthless eyes like those of a piece of pork on a chopping board, sending a chill down everyone's spine!
"I don't have that much time to waste with you."

"Anyone who doesn't want to surrender, step forward and let me kill you right now, or I'll make you wish you were dead!"

Zuo Jiuyin's voice was calm.
It was as if they were talking about something trivial.

"Demon, don't be too smug. We, the righteous alliance, will eventually fight back, and Master will surely win the final victory!"

Wei Yuting was the first to step forward.

Even under the terrifying pressure emanating from Zuo Jiuyin, she still forced herself to straighten her back and meet his gaze.

"So you're You Longzi's disciple? Not bad. Is anyone else here? That way I won't waste my energy."

Zuo Jiuyin nodded, not taking Wei Yuting's "offense" to heart.

No matter how hard an ant tries to wave its arms, it is still an ant.

Just like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, it doesn't care about the mantis stretching out its arms; it just runs it over.

"Sigh, count me in too."

"I've heard that most of us righteous cultivators who were captured before us didn't have a good death either."

"I'm getting old, so I'm not going to bother with all this anymore."

Gu Xuanqing, the Grand Elder of the Ancient Sword Sect, sighed. He glanced at Ouyang Zhenhai not far away and then stepped out.

Upon hearing this, someone behind them also stepped forward.

Having dealt with the demonic cultivators of the Southern Yue region for so many years, I am well aware of their cruelty.

Surrendering might allow one to survive, but ultimately it would only prolong their life. In the end, they would suffer greatly and become material for the demonic cultivators to use in their cultivation.

It could be the breeding ground for Gu worms, or the soul that is absorbed into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, or the flesh and blood that are used as blood sacrifices to refine some kind of demonic artifact.
Rather than ending up in a desperate and miserable situation.

It would be better to just die a peaceful death first.

of course,

Some people didn't want to die with them.

I think it's better to live a miserable life than to die a good death.

Who knows, the situation might change later, and reinforcements from Broken Soul City might come to rescue them?
As long as you're alive, anything is possible!
Therefore, some people lowered their heads, remained motionless, and dared not look at their colleagues who were facing death with equanimity.

quickly,

Among the thirty-odd high-ranking members of the Savage City who were at the Nascent Soul stage, those present were...
Only one-third of the people, along with Wei Yuting and Gu Xuanqing, stepped forward and faced death with equanimity.

"In that case, then I will grant your wish!"

Seeing this, Zuo Jiuyin's expression remained largely unchanged; he simply waved his hand casually.
Boom! ! !

The light between heaven and earth suddenly dimmed!

A massive, pitch-black hand, shattering layers of void and carrying unparalleled power, slammed towards Wei Yuting, Gu Xuanqing, and the others!

The immense pressure swept across the land like a vast ocean at that moment.

Facing this terrifying oppression, which is like an apocalyptic natural disaster,
A bitter smile appeared on Wei Yuting's face.
I was originally thinking,

Even if it means death, one must unleash one's last strength and bite the other.

But until this moment,
Only when she truly faced the opponent's power did she realize that her determination was nothing but a joke!
The mere release of his aura was enough to prevent him from even making a move!
Yes!

Can't do it!
Under the oppressive aura of Zuo Jiuyin, Wei Yuting felt her whole body stiffen and she couldn't move!

Even if one is filled with anger and resentment,

The flesh and blood of his body, as well as the magic power and soul within him, all seemed to have frozen, and he could not mobilize them in the slightest!

This is the immense power of the peak of the third level of the Divine Travel Realm!
A terrifying force that makes them despair!
Wei Yuting ultimately gave up.
He watched helplessly as the enormous, dark hand rapidly approached, intending to crush him into mincemeat.

In the instant of death,

Only one thought flashed through Wei Yuting's mind:
"Junior Brother Shen only hopes that you can escape successfully."

however,
Just as that enormous, dark hand was about to strike down and crush Wei Yuting and the others into mincemeat—

“Zheng!”

A clear and melodious sword cry suddenly resounded throughout the heavens and earth, and the whole world seemed to echo with that incomparably clear sound, rippling through the void layer by layer!

In an instant,
The entire world seemed to have been paused.

Time seemed to slow down at that moment.
in the void,

A dazzling sword light, as brilliant as a galaxy, came from beyond the sky, instantly cleaving through space like lightning tearing the night sky, striking the sky-covering giant hand in a fraction of a second!

"Tsk!"

The moment the sword light collided with the giant palm, there was no earth-shattering explosion, only a faint sound like tearing silk.

But then,

That once imposing, seemingly all-powerful black hand shattered like a mirror!
Boom! ! !
In an instant,
As a dazzling light burst forth, a violent energy storm swept out, leveling all the buildings within a radius of several miles!

The entire desolate city was violently shaken at this moment.
A destructive storm swept across the entire world in an instant!
"what happened?!"

"Who is taking action!"

"No! Get out of the way!"

The demonic cultivators who had been densely hovering above the desolate city, blocking all directions, all changed their expressions drastically the moment they saw the tangible impact sweeping in.

But before they could react, they were instantly swallowed up by the raging storm.

One by one, figures were sent flying.
The flying ships that were originally hovering above the Wilderness City were also violently shaken by the impact, almost losing their balance and nearly being blown away!
between breaths,

The sky became almost completely clear at that moment.
Only a few scattered cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage managed to barely withstand the overwhelming impact.

But everyone was in a sorry state.
As for those who were not strong enough, they were directly knocked over and thrown several miles away.
lost heavily!

"The power of true intent?!"

Zuo Jiuyin, now in the center of the city, no longer cared about the miserable state of his demonic cultivator subordinates high in the sky.

At this moment, he raised his hand that had been swung out earlier, feeling the lingering power of true intent emanating from the wound on it. His previous nonchalant attitude had completely vanished.
His expression became more serious than ever before!
"Who are you?!"

Zuo Jiuyin's gaze narrowed slightly as he stared at the indistinct figure behind the billowing smoke and dust. His body was almost tense, as if he could unleash terrifying power at any moment!

As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated,

A tall, straight figure appeared before Wei Yuting and the others.

(End of this chapter)