Chapter 453 Closing the Net (10)
"Don't speak." Yuanshi Tianzun stuffed the golden crow into the refining cauldron, then went to retrieve the next one.
Unbeknownst to him, Yuanshi had captured seven golden crows, but as for the ones that fell into Chang Hao's hands, he was powerless to stop them.
After Yuanshi Tianzun extinguished the raging solar fire on their bodies, he casually took the Sanxiao and Guiling, who were on the verge of death from the heat, into his body.
Then he glanced at Duobao, everything was understood without words. Duobao smiled bitterly and transformed into the cauldron. If he had known that his second master had regained his memories, why would he have come here?
Yuanshi Tianzun put away the cauldron he used for refining weapons. In the battle between the saints, it was best for his disciples, whose cultivation was not strong enough, to stay away.
Although it's possible to catch them afterward, it would be exhausting for Chang Hao to catch them one by one with so many people.
Besides, he also benefited from Tongtian's disciples. After this matter is over, Tongtian can't afford to be angry with him anymore.
Seeing that Tongtian was using the gift he had once given to Jinwu, Laozi took a moment to angrily throw a sword at Tongtian, saying, "You never behave properly. Now look what you've done, you're penniless."
"Thanks, big brother." Tongtian glanced at his second brother who was saving his disciple, and snorted coldly. Now that his second brother knows to save him, where was he before?
Second brother, let me tell you, it's no use trying to please him now; he won't appreciate it.
Chang Hao felt the pressure increase sharply. He knew he could no longer fight head-on. How could he alone resist the combined forces of the Four Saints? Even the combined forces of the Two Pure Ones would be difficult enough. He simply couldn't win.
Chang Hao immediately activated the great formation, wielding two swords that became the sun and moon. Within the formation, white mist swirled, sword light crisscrossed, and starlight twinkled, creating a dreamlike and ethereal scene, extremely beautiful and dazzling.
Chang Hao took a moment to send a message to Dou Rong, saying that there were no more immortal masters outside, so he could command his troops and take Xiqi first.
Once Xiqi surrendered, the Shang dynasty would win.
As the saying goes, the more beautiful something is, the more dangerous it is; this is certainly true in this case.
As soon as the great formation was activated, the numerous innate spiritual treasures that Chang Hao had placed around the outer edge of the formation with the aim of attracting a group of scattered soldiers to their deaths shone brightly, emitting a precious light that all innate beings could not refuse.
"I can't take it anymore!" The quasi-saint jumped out from behind the clouds. With so many innate spiritual treasures, he could just grab one and run away.
Once there's a first, there's a second, and unfortunately, they all have the same idea.
Unfortunately, once you're in, you have no choice but to come out...
The starlight, like a dream, fell silently on their brows, the tops of their heads, and their shoulders, annihilating the three quasi-saints.
Even more quasi-saints rushed in one after another, only to be immediately destroyed, their energy transformed into the spiritual energy urgently needed for this great calamity, which was then returned to the primordial world.
The Primordial Pearl immediately sprang to life. It lacked the bodies of primordial gods and demons as nourishment, but primordial beings were also good, especially the blood of saints...
Yuanshi felt a chill run down his spine. He was glad that he had taken his disciples away. Otherwise, if this formation had been activated, anyone below the level of a sage would have been instantly destroyed, their bodies and souls annihilated, and they wouldn't have been able to retrieve anything from the Investiture of the Gods.
The four dared not be careless. While resisting Chang Hao's combined sword strikes, they also had to resist the sword light that came with the sword formation, the sudden Heavenly Punishment Purple Cloud, and the dreamlike starlight, making them extremely disheveled.
"Damn Tongtian, why didn't you keep an eye on your Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation? Why did you teach Emperor Xin the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation?!" Zhunti narrowly dodged the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning once again, and couldn't help but feel resentful. How could such a powerful weapon fall into the hands of others?
"Junior brother, be careful," Jieyin waved his sleeve to deflect the starlight that was silently approaching them, "Focus on fighting the enemy."
The Heaven-Piercing Sword blocked the sword light from the Immortal-Slaying Sword. "Damn you, Zhunti, do you think I wanted this?" It was all because he had some kind of hysteria back then that Di Xin saw him and taught him everything. He regretted it very much.
"A glimmer of hope..."
"Ten Thousand Swords Return to One..." Chang Hao aimed his two swords at the weakest one, Zhunti.
"Junior brother..." Jieyin formed a hand seal again to block the two swords for Zhunti, but he could not stop Chang Hao's full-force attack. The familiar wounds reappeared on the Holy Body.
"Senior brother..." Zhunti was surprised to find that his protective golden lotus had melted. This discovery was alarming, and Zhunti was shocked. "Senior brother, do not let the light spot get close to you. It can melt the protective golden lotus."
The Primordial Pearl immediately appeared... and began a new round of blood-sucking...
The entire bead had absorbed a great deal of primordial divine essence, and was now a crystal-clear blue. Spiritual energy swirled around it, and the Nine Heavens Soil was covered in lush greenery…
Lao Tzu wanted to knock the strange bead away, but Yuanshi Tianzun quickly appeared and used the Pangu Banner to block the Taiji diagram.
"Brother, you mustn't hit it." Yuanshi naturally realized that this bead was probably the key.
Laozi was furious when he saw Yuanshi's calm and collected face, and threw the Taiji Diagram directly at Yuanshi Tianzun.
"I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget. The Chan and Jie sects will soon be extinct." Laozi gave up on ganging up on Chang Hao. Since his nephews had already been properly taken care of by Yuanshi, he had no more worries.
Tongtian glanced at Zhunti and gasped in shock; Zhunti's protective golden lotus had truly melted.
The Heavenly Sword's edge was impenetrable, and no light spot had gotten close yet, but this clearly couldn't continue indefinitely.
"Big brother, forget about second brother, come help us!" Tongtian felt the pressure increase sharply as he saw his eldest brother turn to deal with his second brother...
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Dou Rong glanced at the message from the king, then immediately convened a meeting to discuss matters and command the troops, intending to directly breach Tongguan Pass.
Standing before Tongguan, Dou Rong gazed at the Zhou flag hanging high above the pass, sneered, drew a white feather, and shot it swiftly at the flag.
The flag bearing the character "周" fell to the ground.
"Kill..." Dou Rong waved his hand and ordered the capture of the pass.
Half of the troops at Lintong Pass were those who had retreated from Tongguan. They had been forced to abandon Tongguan due to the plague and were burning with resentment. Now that they could retake Tongguan, they charged forward recklessly.
Even as a hail of arrows rained down on them, they did not retreat an inch.
"kill……"
"Retake Tongguan..."
One side's morale was soaring, while the other's was low. Furthermore, there were spies within the city, and Tongguan was quickly breached.
As the Shang army entered the city, Dou Rong immediately shouted, "Disarm and you will not be killed..."
"Disarm and you will not be killed..." the soldiers shouted in unison, their voices like thunder.
Zhou Jun had been in fear for days, losing all will to fight. They all threw down their weapons and were imprisoned to the side...
"General, Tongguan has been captured, but we can't find Ji Fa and Grand Tutor Shen Gongbao anywhere," Dou Rong's personal guard said regretfully.
If Ji Fa can be captured on the spot, the king will surely reward him handsomely upon returning to the court.
“Ji Fa must have escaped. Generals, who is willing to lead troops to search for him?” Dou Rong asked with a smile.
No sooner had he finished speaking than Su Quanzhong jumped out, "This humble general is willing to go." It's time to settle the score with Ji Fa for killing his sister.
"This humble general is willing to go..." The eyes of the crowd blazed with the desire to make a name for themselves; capturing Ji Fa would be the greatest achievement.
Dou Rong assigned Su Quanzhong, Yu De, and Wu Wenhua to lead three teams of men to pursue Ji Fa in three different directions.
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