The two religious leaders and saints rode their mounts and slowly arrived at the center of the battlefield.
On the other side, Zhen Yuanzi watched the two sect leaders and saints enter the battle from afar. His originally relaxed expression suddenly turned solemn, even showing some worry and unease.
He looked up at the sky again, but still couldn't see the other two leaders.
"What should we do?!"
Zhen Yuanzi felt a pang of bitterness in his heart, and his brows furrowed tightly.
All the immortals and Buddhas inside the reed hut turned their gazes toward him, seemingly waiting for him to make a decision.
However, faced with such a tense situation, Zhen Yuanzi couldn't think of any good solutions for the time being.
Just then, the two religious leaders and saints arrived at the center of the battlefield.
They realized that Zhen Yuanzi had not appeared, and they couldn't help but smile at each other.
The Tongtian Sect Leader shook his head slightly, then turned to the Water and Fire Boy who was holding the reins and instructed him, "Go to the other side and tell Zhen Yuanzi to come see me immediately."
"Yes, ma'am."
The Water and Fire Child respectfully responded, and then his body instantly transformed into a dazzling beam of light, rushing towards the opposite side like lightning.
In the blink of an eye, he traversed the entire battlefield and landed steadily outside the reed hut.
"Zhen Yuanzi! My master orders you to go and pay your respects immediately, without fail!"
The Water and Fire Boy shouted loudly, and his voice clearly reached the ears of everyone inside the reed hut.
After speaking, he did not wait for Zhen Yuanzi's response, but transformed into a beam of light and returned to the side of Tongtian Jiaozhu.
"teacher……"
Seeing this, a member of the Earth Immortal Sect walked over to Zhen Yuanzi and tried to persuade him to leave.
However, Zhen Yuanzi simply waved his hand and said firmly, "Since the sage has invited me, I cannot refuse."
He knew perfectly well that even if he chose to escape, where could he possibly run to?
Moreover, he is, after all, the renowned ancestor of earth immortals. How could he not even dare to meet the face of a sage?
"Come with me and let us pay our respects to the two holy leaders."
Zhen Yuanzi slowly stood up, holding a whisk in his hand and gently brushing it across the hem of his robe, flicking away a few insignificant specks of dust.
Then, he stepped down from the reed hut and walked steadily toward the other side.
Upon seeing this, the group of immortals and Buddhas hurriedly followed.
They arrived in a grand procession and stopped a few feet away from the two leaders, standing in a neat row.
"Greetings to the two Holy Masters!"
Zhen Yuanzi led everyone in bowing to the two leaders.
The two religious leaders nodded slightly.
The Tongtian Sect Leader urged his Kui Niu forward, took a step forward, and looked at Zhen Yuanzi with cold eyes. He said, "Zhen Yuanzi, if you retreat now, I can forgive your past mistakes and spare your life."
Upon hearing this, Zhen Yuanzi showed a hint of hesitation.
He looked up at the sky, seemingly deep in thought, then slowly looked away, his eyes becoming hesitant.
At this moment, Hu Le, who was standing to the side, also urged his mount forward a few steps, sighed to Tongtian Jiaozhu, and said, "Alas! Zhen Yuanzi is also a Taoist who has cultivated for many years. He should understand the principles of the cycle of heaven and the retribution of cause and effect."
Now that their fate is sealed, how can we possibly persuade them otherwise...?
"Brother Dao, let's not delay any longer; let's send him on his way."
The Master of the Heavenly Sect nodded slightly, indicating his agreement with Hu Le's statement.
He sat on the back of the Kui Niu, and with a gentle pat on his waist with his right hand, a clear sword rang out, and the Qingping Sword flew out of its sheath on its own.
In an instant, the sword flashed with a dazzling light, like a cold, emerald-green light, and slashed straight at Zhen Yuanzi with astonishing speed.
Zhen Yuanzi was shocked. He never expected that these two saints, who were at the level of sect leaders, would attack so suddenly without any warning.
He quickly raised his hand and pointed, and a book of earth instantly flew out from his sleeve.
The Earth Book unfolded rapidly in the air, enveloped in a ball of mysterious yellow light, and headed towards the Azure Lotus Sword of the Tongtian Sect Leader.
At the same time, Zhen Yuanzi raised his hand and pushed up his hair bun, and a cloud of auspiciousness about an acre in size rose slowly from the top of his head.
A giant ginseng fruit tree hangs above the auspicious clouds, its body radiating dazzling spiritual light. Its branches sway in the wind, hanging down in streaks of green light, as if enveloping the entire world within them.
The Qingping Sword flashed with dazzling light and struck the Earth Book as swiftly as lightning.
In an instant, the radiant yellow light that had been surrounding the Earth Book scattered in all directions like shattered ice.
After being struck, the Earth Book let out a mournful cry and then flew back into Zhen Yuanzi's arms like a powerless meteor.
Hu Le raised his hand and gently pointed to the sky.
A massive and powerful bolt of divine lightning struck down from the sky, carrying boundless destructive energy, and directly hit the ginseng fruit tree.
A loud bang was heard, and the entire space seemed to tremble.
In an instant, the spiritual light of the ginseng fruit tree suddenly dissipated, unable to support it any longer as it remained above the auspicious clouds, and it fell heavily to the ground.
Upon seeing this, the Tongtian Sect Leader's lips curled up slightly, revealing a cold smile.
He also extended his finger and gently tapped the Qingping Sword from a distance.
The Qingping Sword transformed once again into an incomparably sharp sword light, shooting towards Zhen Yuanzi at an astonishing speed.
The sword light was like a nimble dragon, weaving nimbly between the Earth Book and Zhen Yuanzi, finally circling around Zhen Yuanzi's body.
As the sword flashed, Zhen Yuanzi's body was cleaved in two at the waist without any resistance.
In an instant, blood splattered everywhere, and the scene was extremely bloody and cruel.
"Ah! Wukong has misled me!"
Only now did Zhen Yuanzi realize his mistake, his heart filled with fear and remorse.
His mind was finally cleared from the blinding influence of the calamity, but it was too late.
In the depths of his being, Zhen Yuanzi had a premonition that this was probably a death calamity destined for him.
However, even ants cherish their lives, let alone him?
At this moment, he still held onto a sliver of hope and decided to fight to the death for that glimmer of hope.
Therefore, he resolutely expelled his primordial spirit from his body, while the Earth Book and the Ginseng Fruit Tree quickly swept up the corpses on the ground, condensing them into a dazzling ball of spiritual light, which, like a burning meteor, rushed straight towards the two sect leaders.
"Two leaders, do not pursue!"
Zhen Yuanzi shouted loudly, and his primordial spirit immediately turned and sped away towards the heavens.
Judging from his posture, it seemed he intended to detonate his spiritual treasure and physical body together, in order to buy time for his primordial spirit to escape.
Unfortunately, the two sages would not allow him to succeed so easily.
With a slight lift of his finger, the spiritual light emitted by the Earth Book, the Ginseng Fruit Tree, and Zhen Yuanzi's physical body dissipated and fell to the ground before they could explode.
As for Zhen Yuanzi's primordial spirit, before it could even fly into the air, Hu Le casually tossed out a scroll of Xuanhuang Diagram, which enveloped it in mid-air like a bolt of lightning.
"Master, spare my life!" Zhen Yuanzi's primordial spirit, trapped within the Xuanhuang Diagram, cried out in terror...
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