My Demonic Cult's Holy Maiden

Those old guys are really cunning!

It's one thing to outnumber the enemy, but to resort to such underhanded tactics is unacceptable.

Qi Yu hurriedly released his true energy, his body flashing with purple light, and a purple dragon coiled around him.

"fall!"

Qi Yu raised his hand, his fingertips glowing with a purple light. As he uttered those two words, a strange power spread out.

Anyone who heard these two words, whether a grandmaster or a martial artist, would fall down without warning.

bang bang bang...

A series of muffled groans and the thud of weapons hitting the ground filled the air as countless people fell to the ground.

Lin Shaolong didn't fall, but he staggered slightly. However, this interruption broke his attack and exposed an opening.

Qi Yu wouldn't let this opportunity slip by. His true energy surged, and ice spikes, one after another, appeared around Lin Shaolong. Taking advantage of the moment when Lin Shaolong was unsteady, Qi Yu stabbed down fiercely.

boom!

The ice spikes all collided together, but they didn't hit Lin Shaolong.

Because Lin Shaolong had used a special technique to switch places with a large rock, he evaded the attack.

Lin Shaolong did not stop and continued his attack, gathering true energy in his palm and making a grasping motion towards Qi Yu from a distance.

Qi Yu immediately felt the surrounding space distorting, and an invisible force squeezing him.

Its body shone with golden light, which mingled with the purple light, together resisting a powerful force.

Qi Yu was suppressed, but he was not idle. He used [One Mind, One Thousand Uses] to control the ice sword to maintain the sword formation and resist those masters who did not have teleportation-like abilities.

Those grandmasters were also doing their best to break the formation. Qi Yu's ice sword shattered quickly, and his true energy was rapidly depleted.

Qi Yu is a special case because he has a large reserve of true energy; otherwise, he would have been defeated in an instant if he had been able to maintain a battle against more than thirty grandmasters.

But Qi Yu gradually lost his strength, the sword formation gradually shrank, and the grandmasters also attacked.

Only ten breaths have passed since Nan Yutian launched his attack.

At the thirteenth breath, after Qi Yu and Lin Shaolong exchanged a palm strike, Qi Yu frowned, and the surrounding sword formation paused for a moment.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then reacted and hurriedly launched an attack, breaking through the sword formation in one fell swoop and surrounding the Changsheng Temple.

He was kneeling on the ground, his body trembling slightly, his face pale, and his eyes bloodshot.

Many people looked puzzled, not understanding what had happened.

But that wasn't enough to stop their attack!

After breaking through the sword formation, they all unleashed their strongest killing moves at Qi Yu.

Lin Ruoxi, who was watching from the shadows, took a step forward, ready to intervene and save Qi Yu's life.

But the next moment, she suddenly raised her head and looked at the observatory.

A beam of cyan-gold light enveloped Qi Yu, protecting him and blocking all attacks aimed at him.

Everyone stared in astonishment at the observatory, involuntarily holding their breath and hoping they were just imagining things.

They didn't see the leader's figure, but instead saw streaks of cyan sword energy moving at incredible speeds, leaving most of them no time to react.

Those who could react were all imprisoned by a force.

This power… the power of a Spirit Gathering Quasi-Saint!

The coach succeeded!

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Chapter Thirty-Seven: Turning the Tide

A cyan-gold sword aura swept across, and several grandmasters were immediately pierced through their bodies and fell from the sky.

The others were also in a sorry state, more or less, including Nan Yutian and Lin Shaolong.

The sect leader emerged from seclusion, and an overwhelming aura of true energy, surpassing that of everyone present, descended, enveloping the entire Changsheng Temple.

Everyone present felt a tremor from the depths of their souls, and wanted to kneel down in worship.

The Second Sage gathers spiritual energy. In the era of all sages, the Second Sage was also a backbone force, since sages cannot do everything themselves.

The leader was the first person in three hundred years to become a near-saint, and his existence seemed to signify something.

Qi Yu desperately wanted to see the leader, but his poison had flared up, causing him excruciating pain all over his body, as if he had fallen into a pile of needles and an anthill.

The poison was becoming more and more painful with each attack. Qi Yu was able to suppress it before, but now he couldn't suppress it at all.

Qi Yu fell to the ground, curled up, his body trembling slightly, his lips pale.

It's obvious to anyone with eyes that Qi Yu has been poisoned.

This was the best opportunity to kill Qi Yu, but none of the thirty-odd grandmasters around dared to step forward, not even daring to make a move.

That force, similar to true qi but not quite true qi, suppressed them, making them extremely wary.

Just as Qi Yu was in excruciating pain and his consciousness was fading, a golden light landed beside him.

The golden light was dazzling and blinding, like the sun itself, and within it, a slender figure gradually became clear.

The golden light gradually faded, revealing the figure of the leader.

When the leader appeared, everyone was taken aback and stared at him in astonishment.

At this moment, the leader had a full head of white hair, his face was covered with wrinkles, and he looked much older than before. His eyes were cloudy and dull, completely different from the deep, starry eyes of the past.

Moreover, the Taoist leader's robe was extremely filthy, looking as if it hadn't been washed in a long time.

Nan Yutian, Li Muchen, and a few others with keen insight immediately understood the sect leader's current situation.

The leader did indeed break through to the level of a sub-saint, but he did so by sacrificing his own life force.

His current symptoms are the legendary five signs of decay in a celestial being!

The five signs of decay in a celestial being are only signs that appear before the death of a near-saint or a saint.

"go!"

Nan Yutian shouted and turned to run.

They didn't actually need to come. The leader did break through to the level of a sub-saint, but he did so at the cost of his own life force.

With the leader in this state, he won't live much longer.

Given the current state of the leader, he poses no threat to them whatsoever. Once the leader dies, Taoism will be at their mercy.

Moreover, the current leader is a ferocious beast on the verge of death; fighting him would be tantamount to foolishness.

Time will kill the leader for him; they won't even need to lift a finger.

Led by Nan Yutian, many grandmasters retreated one after another.

Their purpose in coming was to confirm whether the leader had broken through to the level of a near-saint and whether he would pose a threat to them.

The current situation is a mixed bag!

The leader did indeed break through to the level of a sub-saint, but he did so at the cost of his own life force. He won't live much longer.

All they need to do now is play it safe and wait for the leader to die.

The leader's aged face was devoid of any spirit, and his cloudy eyes held no sign of life.

"Aren't you going to escape?" The old, hoarse voice of the leader echoed.

Most of the grandmasters fled, but Lin Ruoxi and Li Muchen remained still because they had nowhere to escape.

This is the capital city, where Li Muchen is the emperor. This is his capital. Where can he escape to?

As for Lin Ruoxi, she had no need to run away. In fact, she looked at the leader as if he were a piece of food.

Others may fear the head coach, but she doesn't!

For the Corpse God, the Quasi-Saint who has experienced the five signs of decay in the celestial beings is the most delicious food.

If she consumes the leader, she will immediately break through to the level of a sub-saint and take over everything from the leader.

Lin Ruoxi was well aware of her own limitations; even if she released the Corpse God, she would still be no match for the current leader.

The leader raised his withered palm and gently pressed it down in the direction the grandmasters had fled.

boom!

An explosion suddenly occurred in the wilderness twenty miles outside the capital city. The resulting column of fire shot straight into the sky, illuminating the sky as if it were daytime.

Twenty miles away in the capital, a strong wind swept through, and countless tiles flew off the houses, as if a category 12 typhoon had struck.

Li Muchen and Lin Ruoxi both turned their heads to look at the firelight that had already illuminated half the sky. Their pupils contracted slightly, and their expressions were somewhat blank.

Is this the power of a near-saint?

It has this destructive power just by raising a hand.

They knew they couldn't handle that situation.

Who knows how many grandmasters died this time?

The leader lowered his hand, then glanced at Li Muchen and said, "Your Majesty, from this day forward, Taoism and your Great Yun Dynasty will have no connection whatsoever!"

The relationship between Taoism and the Dayun Dynasty was one of cooperation. The Dayun Dynasty needed the power and philosophy of Taoism to govern the kingdom and at the same time to deter the surrounding countries.

Taoism needed the Dayun Dynasty to develop, spread its ideas, and gather believers.

The Dayun Dynasty rose to power. With the help of Taoism, the Dayun Dynasty became very strong and no longer needed the support of Taoism.

With the help and tacit approval of the Dayun Dynasty, Taoism also spread its ideas and its reputation soared. The two sides benefited from each other's efforts.

Separating now is the best option.

Let's part on good terms!

Li Muchen fell silent, then glanced at Qi Yu lying on the ground.

Frankly speaking, what he wanted was to control Taoism, not to let this force of Taoism leave.

If we cannot obtain the power of Taoism, then it is alright to destroy it, at least it cannot become a stumbling block.