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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 3: [Qiu Prefecture Lantern Festival]
Chapter 101 (245): [Beneath the City Gate]
(101st of Volume 3)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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The Calamity Crossing Temple Immortal Master said, "The Calamity Crossing Temple will naturally uphold its promise and support the Hidden Dragon. As I said before, the rules are set in stone and apply fairly to everyone."
"We must carefully assess the forces we support, examine the level of the next generation, determine whether they can shoulder the responsibilities of leadership, and ascertain whether they possess extraordinary intellect. We must never repeat the mistake of Zen Hai Guanwu, who raised a terrifying madman whose actions led to the deaths of countless innocent lives."
"Very well, we shall wait and see!"
The Confucian-robed elder raised his head, gazing across the sea of clouds.
The sky was ablaze with ten thousand miles of crimson clouds, and demonic shadows swarmed like locusts.
A Phoenix Nest, resembling a celestial body, floated beneath the moon, radiating a breathtaking aura.
Below, the tiny figure moving at lightning speed within the city finally reached the battlefield, like a moth drawn to a flame.
Countless veteran experts turned their gazes toward South City.
Could someone truly wield such power, like a mere four ounces deflecting ten thousand pounds, and reshape the course of the world?
...
"Clang! Clang! Clang..."
A squad of black-armored knights charged out from the alleyway. Each knight wore a mask embroidered with a white rice stalk pattern on their face covering.
They trampled and crushed the Imperial Court's Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators, sending them flying.
Jiang Ning, exhausted after three days of relentless fighting, had depleted her Spiritual Qi. Her Governor's Robe was soaked in blood, her long hair disheveled.
She leaned on her battle helberd to support her faltering body.
Her eyes, sharp as a hawk's, pierced through the smoke and flames, fixing on the approaching tide of black-armored knights.
The surviving Imperial Martial-Mystic Cultivators gathered around her.
"It's those heretical cult members who lurk in the shadows... Why are they involved now?"
Yin Shi San's hands trembled with exhaustion.
He desperately wanted to flee, but Jiang Ning refused to leave.
.....
Cang Li shielded Li Ling, whose leg had been broken, and retreated continuously. With each clash against the Heartless Golden Ape, blood spilled from his mouth, worsening his injuries.
Demon Cultivators from Heavenly Cliff Ridge surrounded them, their eyes gleaming with predatory hunger, waiting for them to fall so they could feast on their flesh.
.....
The scattered Martial-Mystic Cultivators of the Zuoqiu Sect, Jiu Li Clan, Zhu Sect, and Imperial Court, along with the Snow Sword Tang Court, slowly retreated toward the Bing Juze Lake.
They just needed to hold out until the temple bell rang, until the Dragon Palace appeared.
Once they entered the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival venue, the killing would stop, and they could keep their invitation cards.
Perhaps... the Crossing Calamity Temple would witness their struggle and indomitable spirit.
"Swish!"
Li Weiyi, with two swords strapped to his back, arrived like a bolt of lightning. He leaped onto the rooftop where Zuoqiu Hongting had stood earlier, unable to believe the carnage before his eyes.
Moonlight illuminated a battlefield strewn with corpses.
The stench of blood filled the air.
Streets within and outside the city walls were littered with fallen bodies. Even some Spring Surge Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators had joined the fray.
Fighting raged in the sky and on the ground.
Li Weiyi retrieved his Black Iron Seal and infused it with Spiritual Qi.
"Boom!"
Thunder echoed throughout the City Domain, drawing the attention of countless Martial-Mystic Cultivators.
The steps of the Bright Moon Seven Stars Pavilion were stained crimson with blood.
Yin Shiyi and the Zuoqiu Sect Martial-Mystic Cultivators were being driven back by Luan Sheng Lin You, eventually scattering in disarray.
The Martial-Mystic Cultivators of Thousand Mile Mountain stood impassively on either side of the steps, watching the chaos unfold.
Hearing the thunder, Luan Sheng Lin You looked up, expecting the Thundercloud Sect to finally intervene.
But instead, he saw a figure atop a distant watchtower that he never could have imagined.
"How could it be him?"
'Clatter!'
"Boom!"
Li Weiyi slammed onto the ground, the Black Iron Seal in his hand unleashing a dozen blinding purple bolts of Thunder and Lightning that snaked along the street, sending the group of black-armored knights wearing rice-stalk masks flying and their horses neighing in terror.
The hundred-meter-long street was nearly cleared in a single strike.
Some of the black-armored knights were pierced by the Thunder and Lightning, falling to the ground dead.
Dust and debris swirled through the air, whipped by a fierce wind. Wormlike currents of lightning snaked toward the feet of Jiang Ning, Yin Shi San, Yang Qingxi, and the other Imperial Martial-Mystic Cultivators before dissipating.
'Too powerful!'
It was the domineering aura of a single person sweeping through a thousand troops.
"It's the Divine Hidden One..."
Yin Shi San, recognizing the newcomer, was so overwhelmed with excitement that he forgot his identity and nearly shouted the words "Divine Hidden One."
"He really has appeared!" Yang Qingxi, sword in hand, gazed at the black-armored knights writhing in agony on the ground. Her gaze finally settled on the figure standing beneath the city gate, and her heart surged with emotion, her beautiful eyes shining brightly.
Li Weiyi glanced deeply at Jiang Ning, confirming it was indeed her gaze.
Taking two steps back, he turned and charged toward the outer city, leaving behind a resolute figure.
That single strike had consumed a vast amount of energy.
He put away the Black Iron Seal, breathing deeply to replenish the Spiritual Qi in his Qi Sea.
Exiting the city gate, he swiftly made his way to the spot where he had previously observed Cang Li and Li Ling being besieged.
His gaze fell upon the towering Bronze Cauldron in the plaza, and his expression darkened.
Spiritual Qi surged through his Meridian Veins, flowing toward his arms.
"Boom!"
He struck out with a palm, the sound echoing like a divine bell.
The Bronze Cauldron, weighing tens of thousands of pounds and filled with boiling water, soared toward the Demon Cultivators of Heavenly Cliff Ridge.
Cries of agony filled the air as several Demon Cultivators were instantly crushed or sent flying.
The Heartless Golden Ape, its massive frame resembling molten gold, sensed the danger. Abandoning its attack on Cang Li, it charged toward Li Weiyi, each step covering a full ten feet, its golden aura intensifying with each stride.
Clenching its fist, the golden ring on its wrist released hundreds of scriptures.
"Boom!"
Li Weiyi stood firm, his palm striking out.
The size difference between the two was more than tenfold.
The Heartless Golden Ape possessed immense physical strength, its body nearly forged into a Dao Body. Yet, after trading a blow with Li Weiyi, who stood rooted in place to receive the attack, the ape was actually driven back.
"Boom! Boom..."
With each step back, the ground beneath the Heartless Golden Ape shattered into a vast expanse of rubble.
Finally, its back slammed against the city wall with a resounding crash.
That tiny human frame contained a power of terrifying magnitude.
In the next instant, Li Weiyi seized the ape's wrist and sent the entire creature flying through the air.
A kick to its chest followed, a fleeting Jade Cauldron Shadow flashing across the sole of his foot.
"Boom!"
The Heartless Golden Ape, a golden mountain in miniature, was sent hurtling a hundred meters away, scattering Martial-Mystic Cultivators across the street.
Protected by armor, it hadn't suffered serious injuries. It immediately rose to its feet, its four arms flailing as it let out a deafening roar at Li Weiyi, the sound transforming into a hurricane.
Cang Li stared at Li Weiyi in the center of the square, sensing a hint of the aura possessed only by powerhouses like Luan Sheng Lin You.
He burst into laughter, then winced as his injuries flared up, groaning softly and trembling as he sank to the ground.
"Clang!"
"Clang!"
Li Weiyi stood beneath the city gate, drawing his twin swords. In his left hand, he held Yellow Dragon; in his right, Jingyu Sword.
His eyes locked with the distant Heartless Golden Ape's, his heroic bearing as unyielding as an unshakable divine peak.
"Whoosh!"
Jing Yu Sword slashed out.
Sword qi transformed into ten thousand feathers, sweeping across the Demon Cultivators of Heavenly Cliff Ridge, leaving blood flowing like waterfalls.
"Roar!"
Watching the enraged Heartless Golden Ape charge toward him, Li Weiyi stepped onto Yellow Dragon, executing the Yellow Dragon Ascending to Heaven technique. He leaped off the street and charged toward Long Dian and Zuoqiu Hongting, who were locked in a fierce battle above a cluster of palaces.
The Heartless Golden Ape pursued him relentlessly.
Zuoqiu Hongting had spotted him from afar.
Her eyes, hidden behind her wooden mask, flickered with disbelief.
As Li Weiyi drew closer to Long Dian, the first Battle Technique Intent Divine Shadow rose behind him at twenty yards.
Then came the second, the third...
By the time he was only ten yards away, all six Battle Technique Intents had fully manifested.
Long Dian, with his keen eye, immediately recognized the formidable nature of the newcomer.
He raised his arm, channeling his Qi to unleash a palm strike that warped space.
Simultaneously, a five-yard-long Azure Dragon Battle Technique Intent, accompanying the palm strike, snaked toward Li Weiyi.
"Roar!"
As Li Weiyi swung his sword, a deafening dragon's roar erupted, coalescing into a Yellow Dragon that crashed through the Azure Dragon with unstoppable force.
After the Yellow Dragon's shadow repelled Long Dian, the Jing Yu Sword and Li Weiyi's true form appeared above Long Dian's head in the next instant.
Long Dian inhaled deeply, his tiger-like eyes blazing. He swung his bronze battle spear, unleashing a torrent of dense scriptures that collided with the Jing Yu Sword.
"Boom!"
The scriptures exploded outward in a ripple of Spiritual Qi.
Zuoqiu Hongting lunged forward, her finger force piercing Long Dian's protective Spiritual Qi, denting his golden armor slightly. The finger force penetrated the armor, striking his true form and sending him flying backward.
"How should we fight?" she asked.
"Together, with everything we've got," Li Weiyi replied.
The three - Li Weiyi, Zuoqiu Hongting, and Long Dian - descended into a chaotic melee, their Spiritual Qi and scriptures swirling into a dense, swirling cloud.
From time to time, they would strike out with a sword or palm strike toward the Heartless Golden Ape.
Martial-Mystic Cultivators of the Inheritor-level simply couldn't penetrate their battle circle.
Despite having never fought together before, their coordination was flawless, as if their minds were linked.
After a dozen moves, Long Dian was driven to the point of no escape. He took a sword strike from Li Weiyi and a palm strike from Zuoqiu Hongting, his crown falling off, blood spurting from his mouth, and his hair disheveled as he crashed heavily onto the street.
His golden armor was shattered, and blood streamed from his chest and abdomen.
Just then, Yin Shiyi, already severely wounded, was pursued to this spot by Luan Sheng Lin You.
Zuoqiu Hongting's Daoist Robe turned blood-red as she stood on the eaves of a building on the left side of Heaven and Earth Avenue, holding a Daoist ruler.
The second Battle Technique Intent, the Eight Trigrams Seal of Life and Death, hovered above her head. Her gaze shifted from Long Dian to Luan Sheng Lin You.
Li Weiyi flashed onto the wall of a shop on the right side of Heaven and Earth Avenue, removed the cloth bag hanging from his waist, and tossed it onto the street.
"Boom!"
The bag landed with a thud, and the severed head of an Ember Spirit rolled out.
"Luan Sheng Lin You, you're next!" Li Weiyi spoke with confidence, for he had already seen the shadows of seven swarms of insect-like creatures on the city walls.
The Martial-Mystic Cultivators in the vicinity had all stopped fighting, their eyes fixed on the center of the conflict, where the Qi was most intense.
Yin Shiyi was both excited and terrified.
As an ordinary Inheritor-level Martial-Mystic Cultivator caught in the Battle Technique Intent field of four top experts, he was naturally panicked.
"Your rise has been truly swift, exceeding even my expectations!"
Luan Sheng Lin You stood with his hands clasped behind his back, glancing at Qi Jin's severed head on the ground.
His usually calm eyes now flickered with coldness, and Spiritual Qi spread from his feet like a dense fog.
"Whoosh!"
Behind him, the Battle Technique Intents of the Azure Phoenix and Qilin materialized.
The former spread its wings and screamed out, while the latter raised its hoof and roared.
"Brother Weiyi, we're here!"
Shi Shishi roared, leading Bai Shu and seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, along with seven fierce insect torrents, as they flew over the heads of Cang Li, Li Ling, Jiang Ning, Yang Qingxi, Yin Shi San, Zhuang Yue, and other Martial-Mystic Cultivators gathered at the city gate, sweeping toward the straight Heaven and Earth Avenue.
Qi Xiao, still clutching his saber, rose from the pile of corpses.
He looked up, his eyes widening in shock, and he couldn't help but curse under his breath, but his words were drowned out by the buzzing of insects.
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END OF CHAPTER
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