All of the protagonist's Daoist partners are mine!

Seeing his surprised expression, Zhu Heming explained, "I didn't tell you beforehand, but my Long Drive Battle Body has the characteristic of becoming stronger the longer it fights. Once a battle begins, the spiritual power in my body will automatically increase and purify. Even if the next move is limited to the Golden Core stage, its destructive power will definitely exceed the strength of the early Nascent Soul stage."

Upon hearing this, everyone gasped.

What kind of overpowered berserker physique is this?

No wonder Zhu Heming was able to uphold the title of the number one expert of Zhantian Pavilion with just one spear.

Furthermore, using a Nascent Soul cultivator to attack a Golden Core cultivator is like using a cannon to kill a mosquito. Not only is it a waste of talent, but it also guarantees certain death.

As long as Ye Tian still has some lychees left, he should know when to stop.

However, when has the chosen one ever retreated?

Ye Tian raised his sword: "So what if the destructive power is comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator? As long as the spiritual power is still at the Golden Core level, it is in accordance with the rules of this battle. My aunt said that a man should not do things half-heartedly."

Zhu Heming revealed an appreciative expression: "Alright, then I'll show you a little of my true skills. Just don't die."

As he adopted his new marksmanship stance, pure spiritual energy rapidly solidified and manifested on the gun.

At this moment, the ordinary spear shone with a bright blue light, displaying a power no less than that of a low-grade magic weapon.

Moreover, for the previous ninety-nine moves, Zhu Heming had only used the mortal martial arts spear techniques he had learned while serving as a soldier in a mortal kingdom. Now, he was going to use true cultivator martial arts techniques.

At the same time, he will also be using the characteristics of his mutated wind spirit root for the first time.

"Here it comes, Wind-Entangling Divine Thrust!"

The overwhelming power of the spear, carrying the killing intent of a mountain torrent and a tsunami, rushed in!

Ye Tian went full speed ahead, channeling all his spiritual power and unleashing all his accumulated strength, colliding head-on with the enemy!

"Eurah—!"

The sword was instantly suppressed and brought back.

No way, is the gap really that big?

The difference between the ninety-ninth move and the hundredth move is like heaven and earth!

However, Ye Tian could not afford to lose his strength; he had to win this move.

He needs more spiritual power, more skillful application, more powerful moves, and a more unwavering determination! It's not enough, not enough, not enough! Everything that has been shown so far is far from enough!

For my aunt who has taught me so diligently for many years.

For my sister who has been separated from me for many years.

For Lu Shidi, who was smiling and giving him a thumbs up outside the crowd just minutes before, believing that he could win Zhu Heming's approval!

"Ooh ooh ooh ooh! Blow them back!"

Boom!

As Ye Tian shouted about family, friendship, and bonds, the clashing earth and wind elemental energies exploded in the air. Countless metal fragments scattered and fell.

In that one second, in that one frame, in that one instant, everyone was stunned.

Weapons exploded!

But what shattered was not Ye Tian's expensive spirit sword, but Zhu Heming's ordinary spear.

The next moment, everyone watched in horror.

The spirit sword, bearing the full force of the attack, shattered the spearhead and, unable to stop its momentum, hurtled straight towards Zhu Heming's face.

Ye Tian had no strength left to sheathe his sword.

But it didn't matter. Zhu Heming raised a finger without changing his expression and calmly stopped the sword.

After a hundred moves, it's okay for him to use his combined power to pause his sword strike, right?

Exhausted, Ye Tian landed with a thud, and the onlookers rushed over to check on him.

Someone seized the opportunity to curry favor: "Master Ye is absolutely invincible among those of the same realm! I have a low-grade Qi-Nourishing Pill here that can help Master Ye recover his Qi."

"What kind of garbage pills are these? How dare you give them to a true disciple of an immortal sect? I am a disciple of Pingfeng Sect, and I have a hundred-year-old Qi and Blood Grass that can easily heal internal injuries."

"You two garbage collectors are laughing at each other for being equally bad. I am an inner disciple of the Huayu Sect, and I happen to have a solid Qi-Nourishing Pill. Please accept it, Master Ye."

"Get out of the way." Zhu Heming shouted coldly after landing, scaring everyone back ten steps.

Then, he used a burst of spiritual energy to awaken Ye Tian.

After opening his eyes, Ye Tian glanced at Zhu Heming's weapon, which was now just half a wooden stick, and a strained smile appeared on his lips: "Guests, have I won this battle?"

"Hmph, cunning brat." Zhu Heming's poker face showed a rare hint of a smile for a moment.

Ye Tian was able to shatter his weapon, not just because the gun was of poor quality.

More importantly, in the first seventy moves, this kid took the initiative to attack whenever he had the chance, and tried to attack the same spot on the spearhead as much as possible.

Zhu Heming used only mortal martial arts techniques in the first ninety-nine moves because he was afraid that the weapons would not be able to withstand the load of the cultivator's martial arts skills.

But according to his estimation, he should be able to use this gun to perform a low-grade martial arts technique once.

However, he did not notice the water-dripping-penetrating damage that Ye Tian had left on the gun tip.

On the hundredth move, Ye Tian deliberately attacked that spot, ultimately causing the ordinary-grade spear to break prematurely.

Zhu Heming was now quite impressed with Ye Tian.

Not only is he energetic and strong, but he is also brave, resourceful, and self-aware. He is not blindly confident in his own strength, but has planned a tactical strategy to survive one hundred moves from the very beginning.

Given time, this kid will surely achieve great things.

“A promise is a promise, and I will… What!?” Zhu Heming was suddenly startled. He felt the bowl of porridge he had infused with spiritual energy had just shattered.

Oh no! Something's happened to the Holy Maiden.

His face immediately turned ashen, and before he could say anything more, he unleashed his full power at the Integration Stage.

"No one is allowed in!" After instructing the gatekeeper, Zhu Heming flew over the gate at top speed and rushed straight to the courtyard.

"Huh?" Ye Tian looked confused. Was this matter settled?

Chapter 109: 26 The Demon Lord's Plans Are Unfolding

A moment later, the courtyard where Zhan Tiange lived was crowded with people who came to watch the excitement.

They were not drawn here by the fight between Ye Tian and Zhu Heming, but by the news of the Star Gazing Saintess's attack.

Even Yan Lingyun, who had just announced the exhibition of the Demon Halberd, rushed over with Xiao Fan upon hearing the news.

When they arrived, all that remained on the ground was a corpse that had been blasted to pieces by the immense force of the gunshot, along with that iconic, multicolored, punk-style hair.

The identity could be barely discerned from the corpse's storage ring; he was Long Tao, a true disciple of the second-rate sect, Baiyun Sect.

"Impossible! Although Senior Brother Long's hairstyle doesn't look like that of a respectable person, he is usually humble and kind, and often helps old ladies cross the road. There's no way he would do something like attacking the Star Gazing Saintess." The Baiyun Sect disciple who was called to testify stood not far away and explained anxiously.

They were completely baffled.

Not long ago, Mingming was playing mahjong with Longtao in the building. She came out to see what was going on because of the noise outside. On the way, they were chatting and laughing about where to go for a late-night snack.

How could Senior Brother Long have died so quickly?

"Are you saying I wrongly killed an innocent person? Or are you saying this person isn't Long Tao?" Zhu Heming, who was guarding the terrified Holy Maiden, asked coldly.

Faced with the questioning from the Nascent Soul stage guest elder, the disciples and elders of Baiyun Sect were speechless.

The residual scent of the corpse definitely belonged to Long Tao, and the clothes and the items in the storage ring were also genuine.

The area surrounding the Star Gazing Saintess is a forbidden zone, a fact known to all sects.

Anyone who touches the Holy Maiden without permission can be killed as someone with malicious intent. This is a major privilege granted to the Zhan Tian Pavilion by the five major immortal sects.

Because the only True Sight Eye in the Eternal Continent, plus the innate Star Spirit Body, is so precious.

Therefore, regardless of why Long Tao appeared in the residence assigned to Zhan Tian Ge, being there was a serious crime, and there was no room for explanation.

The people of Baiyun Sect just couldn't accept it. Their senior disciple, who hadn't even been drinking today, had somehow ended up in the Holy Maiden's place by accident.

Yan Lingyun also felt something was amiss in her interpretation of the scene: "Long Tao of Baiyun Sect died from the powerful force of the spear, but was it the work of the guest elders?"

Zhu Heming nodded: "Exactly."

"You, a Nascent Soul stage expert, need to use so many attacks to annihilate not only the physical body but also the soul of a Nascent Soul cultivator?"

"When I arrived, I saw him step into the forbidden area within three steps of the Holy Maiden, and his actions seemed to have malicious intent. In a fit of rage, I struck a little too hard," Zhu Heming explained with a cold face.

"In a fit of rage...?" Yan Lingyun turned to look at An Suxin.

Sensing the gaze of the Great Sun Saintess, An Suxin nodded, confirming the guest elder's statement.

At that time, Long Tao did approach her and frighten her. That's why she broke the porridge bowl.

Unable to comprehend. Yan Lingyun looked at the scene, increasingly feeling that something was amiss.

Although the body was so badly decomposed that it was unrecognizable, it was still possible to make out that the victim had been shot several times in the back and was facing the stone table in the courtyard when he fell.

An elder from the Zhantian Pavilion stepped forward and said, "Great Sun Saintess, you don't also think we're faking it, do you? We from the Zhantian Pavilion would never joke about the Saintess's safety."

“Elder, you flatter me. As the host, Lingyun simply needs to fully understand the whole story.” It was Xiao Fan who stepped forward. He could see that Lingyun’s pensive state had displeased Zhantian Pavilion.

Although someone from the Baiyun Sect died, the one who was attacked was the Star Gazing Saintess, whose status was many times higher than that of a true disciple of a second-rate sect. How come it seems like the Zhantian Pavilion is faking it?

The elder of Zhantian Pavilion was very unhappy, but with the Holy Son of Xuantian in front of him, he couldn't say much: "It was my rashness."

Xiao Fan turned around and winked at Yan Lingyun, indicating that she didn't need to worry about anything else, and that if she had any questions, she should figure them out.

After all, they had been on adventures together and had known each other for so many years; they were intimately familiar with each other's temperaments.

Yan Lingyun felt a warm glow in her heart upon seeing this. That was exactly what she liked about Xiao Fan—he always managed to offer her support and care without her even realizing it.

"Allow me to ask a few questions. How exactly did this person get into the courtyard? The guards around Saintess An shouldn't be so weak as to allow a Nascent Soul cultivator to approach silently, right?"

This residence is protected by countless layers of restrictions and guarded by dozens of core disciples of the Zhan Tian Pavilion. The Holy Maiden is also surrounded by people around the clock. How could she be easily approached here?

The two personal attendants said that the teapot had just cracked, so they took it away to replace it with fresh hot tea. They had only been gone for a few minutes when this happened.

The patrolling disciples stated that they had not been slacking off, and there were no signs of the restrictions being violated.

Most importantly, Zhu Heming, who was the last line of defense, said that he was sparring with Ye Tian at the time.

"Junior Brother Ye?" Xiao Fan raised an eyebrow and looked at Ye Tian, ​​who was standing in the crowd.

Ye Tian wasn't there to watch the spectacle; he just wanted to wait for things to settle down here and receive a formal reply from the guest elders regarding that matter.

The Baiyun Sect disciple said with a worried look, "We came out to watch them fight. Senior Brother Long went somewhere else as soon as he stepped out, and we thought he had drunk too much water and went to relieve himself. Who knew that after watching the fight, Senior Brother Long was finished too."

"Yeah, I wish I hadn't come out to join in the fun."

Why not just stay indoors and play mahjong peacefully? At most, you'd lose money that way, but now you're risking your life.

Yan Lingyun called Ye Tian out to ask him the reason for the duel.

Knowing the situation was serious and urgent, Ye Tian made no attempt to conceal anything and told her the truth about his sister.

After hearing his words and receiving confirmation from Zhan Tian Ge, Yan Lingyun tentatively ruled out his suspicion.

So, was it just a coincidence that Ye Tian lured Zhu Heming away? It just so happened that in such a short time, the attendants and personal guards all had something to do and left, and they were just able to get the chance to pass through the barrier and get close to Saintess An?

This is such a coincidence.

But when it comes to cultivation, once you live long enough, you get used to certain coincidences.

Especially for those destined for greatness, they are likely to encounter unexpected and unbelievable events every two or three years.

Ye Tian and Zhu Heming fought a hundred rounds, witnessed by hundreds of people.

This also explains why Zhu Heming, whose cultivation was so much higher than Long Tao's, could fire several shots that shattered Long Tao's soul.

Because they had just finished fighting, their blood was surging and their emotions were running high, and seeing the Holy Maiden in danger, it was normal for them to strike harder.

However, Yan Lingyun still felt that something was wrong.

"Saintess An, do you know why Long Tao attacked you?"

“To call it an attack wouldn’t be quite accurate,” An Suxin replied weakly. “He wanted my help to divine the opportunity and shortcut that would allow him to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. I told him to schedule the divination through the sect’s channels, explaining that I wasn’t feeling well lately. Then he threatened me…”

Upon hearing this, the members of the Baiyun Sect beat their chests and stamped their feet, blaming Senior Brother Long for being too eager for cultivation.

Upon inquiry, it was discovered that Long Tao was also known in the sect for his eagerness to improve his cultivation, and he had an almost insane obsession with raising his cultivation level (in order to suppress his rival, Lu Renjia).

Therefore, An Suxin's words made the Baiyun Sect members, who originally did not believe that Senior Brother Long would offend the Holy Maiden, collectively feel guilty and speechless.

At least to outsiders, this farce seemed perfectly reasonable.

But Yan Lingyun was different; she knew the importance of the Stargazing Saintess at that moment.