Xu Nian watched intently as the ghostly Guo Zhouyuan and the other two charged towards Shen Qian once again.
He knew Shen Qian better than Shen Qian had imagined.
An unknown young man from the border town suddenly rose to prominence and was taken in by the Marquis of Jingcheng as his last disciple.
From that time on, although Xu Nian had not yet returned to the human world, she had already remembered this name.
But this apprehension stemmed more from Gao Wenyuan.
Regarding the unassuming Marquis of Jingcheng, the teacher's assessment was... given time, he might be able to rival the Ninth Prince.
Xu Nian knew far more than her teacher.
If everything he learned from that secret was true, then Gao Wenyuan might have already been on par with King Zhou Yi.
Everyone knows that he was expelled by the Council of Princes, but more accurately, that expulsion came from Gao Wenyuan.
Throughout his life, no king or noble had ever instilled in him such a deep-seated fear. He knew that Gao Wenyuan would definitely kill him and had the ability to do so. Therefore, he unwillingly hid behind the "gate" and spent countless days in the broken world of the underworld, neither human nor ghost.
He couldn't see through Gao Wenyuan's thoughts, but he knew that every disciple he took in was extraordinary.
Even Liu Changqing, who seemed the most normal, was once hailed as a peerless genius whose talent could rival that of Ling Tianhou... but he ruined himself later.
Shen Qian must possess some kind of talent that others cannot see, which is why Gao Wenyuan made an exception and took him under his wing when Shen was still unknown.
Subsequent events confirmed some of Xu Nian's conjectures. Whether it was becoming the national martial arts champion or the leader of the Nine Heavens Competition, this young man in his early twenties attracted worldwide attention.
Xu Nian saw even more.
He saw a great secret hidden beneath Shen Qian's body. It was the existence of that secret that allowed the other party to overpower Ji You in such a short time after achieving the Mountain and Sea Realm.
He didn't know what the secret was, but he had a feeling that the being would help deal with Shen Qian for that very secret.
What he had to do was bring back the body before it sank intact, regardless of whether it was alive or dead.
To be dealt with by such an existence using such unpredictable methods, Shen Qian could not be as simple as he appears on the surface, nor could he be the Mountain and Sea Three Heavens realm recorded on paper.
Xu Nian was still extremely shocked, because even the falling star hadn't killed the other party. It was precisely because of this possibility that he had prepared his ultimate method in advance when he entered the Great Wilderness World.
Relying on this Life and Death Array, which has already taken the shape of a domain, he once escaped from the hands of a king. Now, after years of immersion in the shattered underworld, the Life and Death Array is no longer what it used to be. He is confident that even if he faces the true domain of a king at the Golden Immortal level, he will not be at a disadvantage.
But then he suddenly saw that Shen had given up resisting.
The young man planted the high-quality longsword in his hand into the ground, a mocking smile playing on his lips.
An inexplicable intuition made Xu Nian's heart skip a beat, but before he could realize where the danger was coming from, it suddenly dawned.
No, to be more precise, a ray of light, like the sun, burst forth above the Ghost Realm. The light continued to spread, eventually igniting the entire sky. Flames of blue and red blazed fiercely, causing the temperature between heaven and earth to rise sharply, and even the Life and Death Array began to tremble.
The sudden turn of events caused Guo Zhouyuan and the others to stop in their tracks, looking up in surprise. Their expressions changed as they felt a tremor that seemed to emanate from their very souls.
That was suppression from higher-ups.
"field?"
Xu Nian's face was concealed by his cloak, but everyone could sense his intense emotional fluctuations.
There is only one other domain that can counter a domain.
When this power appears, it signifies one thing.
boom!
Xu Nian's head, raised high, was illuminated by the flames. His pupils contracted, and his body instantly transformed into black mist, scattering into nothingness amidst the piercing flames. He then reformed hundreds of meters away, but his figure was noticeably darker.
The force that struck him actually broke the laws of life and death he had established, and forcibly injured him.
"Cough cough..."
Xu Nian could no longer hold back and bent over, coughing up a lot of black blood. He looked up in horror at the spot where he had just been standing.
Amidst the swirling flames, a halberd was stuck upside down in the cracked earth, with a barely noticeable notch on its blade.
"Star Soldiers?"
Xu Nian suddenly looked up at the sky swirling with flames, her expression grave. "I wonder which king or noble has descended upon this place? May I ask..."
"I am your father!"
Before Xu Nian could finish speaking, a faint laugh echoed from the sky. Then, a figure crashed down like a meteor engulfed in flames, forcefully piercing through the barrier of the life-and-death array and swooping down with immense force.
With a wave of his hand, ghostly howls filled the Life and Death Array, and endless black energy gathered around him.
But before he could finish the action, Xu Nian's expression suddenly changed, and he shouted at the still somewhat dazed Guo Zhouyuan and the others, "Be careful, he's targeting you!"
As soon as Xu Nian finished speaking, the mysterious figure, who seemed to be the god of fire descending to earth, turned around and appeared above Nie Han's head as if by teleportation, and gently struck out with a palm.
This time, I will annihilate you completely, so that you will never be reincarnated!
"Second Senior Brother, save me..."
Having already died once, Nie Han finally realized what was happening. He felt as if he had returned to that day, to that alleyway just two streets away from Plum Garden, where he felt the same despair when the whip, like the judgment of death, lashed down.
But at least that time, he preserved his spiritual core; now, however, he faces eternal annihilation.
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