Although they were not from the Xuanqiong Realm, at this moment they chose to stand with the cultivators here, to fight against the powerful and to protect their dignity, even if their opponents were powerful beings from higher realms who were far superior to themselves.
Looking down at the resistance below, Qi Lanzhi in the air had a hint of impatience in his eyes: "A bunch of ants, daring to try and stop a chariot."
"Everyone, please follow me and fight to the death for the Xuanqiong Realm!"
Lin Zhen's roar was like a thunderclap, and golden spiritual energy erupted from his body instantly.
Like a volcano that has been dormant for thousands of years suddenly erupting, the scorching energy shot into the sky, actually forcing back some of the pressure emanating from the five major sects.
His veins bulged like coiled dragons, his muscles were taut, and every inch of his skin shimmered with a faint golden light.
This was the culmination of his life's cultivation, and he wanted to use this will to fight to the death to break through the shackles of his cultivation that had plagued him for many years!
The Realm of Great Void!
Lin Zhen had already touched the threshold of the Taixu Realm. As long as he went to a higher realm and broke free from the restrictions of the Xuanqiong Realm's rules of heaven and earth, he could easily break through.
But he dared not leave. There was no second Nirvana Peak cultivator in the Xuanqiong Realm. If he left, the Demon Clan might make a comeback at any time, and the entire realm would be plunged into annihilation.
Over the years, he has kept the idea of breaking through to the bottom of his heart, guarding this world and protecting hundreds of millions of his people.
But now, faced with the threat of slaughter from the five major sects, he could no longer care about anything else!
He wanted to break through and possess the power to rival Qi Lanzhi. Even if there was only a sliver of hope, he was determined to carve out a path to survival for the Xuanqiong Realm!
"Break!"
Lin Zhen's eyes were bloodshot, and his spiritual energy surged wildly within his body, crashing against the barrier of the Taixu Realm.
The golden light grew stronger and stronger, even stirring up the spiritual energy tides of heaven and earth, but just as he was about to break through the barrier...
An invisible force suddenly emerged from the void, binding his meridians like shackles!
That is the rule of heaven and earth of the Xuanqiong Realm. The power of the laws of lower realms is simply unable to support the existence of the Taixu Realm.
No matter how Lin Zhen tried to break free, the shackles remained unmoved, and even caused his blood to surge and blood to spill from the corner of his mouth.
"Cough..." Lin Zhen staggered back half a step, his eyes filled with resentment and despair.
He was ultimately trapped by the rules of this world, and even the right to die for his people was nothing more than "throwing an egg against a rock".
But his roar ignited everyone's will to die!
"War! War! War!"
The monks on the city wall roared in unison, their voices echoing through the sky.
Whether they were elders at the Creation Realm or young disciples who had just entered the Dao, they all gripped their weapons tightly, their eyes gleaming with a fearless light.
Those who had previously knelt and begged for mercy, seeing Lin Zhen fighting with all his might to protect this world, slowly stood up and picked up their weapons from the ground.
Even if I die, I must die with dignity; I cannot be a coward who lives a life of ignominy!
Xiao Chen and the other three gripped their weapons tightly. Jiang Li's longsword hummed, and red sword energy coiled around its blade.
As Su She unfurled his scroll, golden talent coalesced into the four characters "浩然正气" (righteous spirit), radiating an indomitable light.
Shi Tou's blood energy surged, and his fists pounded out with a series of whistling sounds; Xiao Chen's rusty iron spear pointed straight at the sky, its cyan spear intent swirling like a dragon, ready to launch a charge at any moment.
Qi Lanzhi looked at the united scene below, but his eyes showed no emotion, only a hint of contempt.
He glanced at the few small battlefields that Lin Jingxing, Luo Qingyang and others had barely managed to open up earlier, which in his eyes were nothing more than "minor skirmishes".
"act recklessly."
Qi Lanzhi snorted coldly, slowly raising his right hand. Azure spiritual energy gathered like a tide, condensing in the air into a gigantic hand that blotted out the sky.
Faint spatial cracks lingered around the edge of his palm. Wherever it passed, the air was compressed into a tangible form, even light was swallowed up, and the entire Sun City was shrouded in a huge shadow.
"What...what kind of attack is this?"
The monks on the city wall stared at the giant hand, their eyes filled with despair.
That power was beyond their comprehension; it seemed that if the giant hand were to fall, the entire Sun City would be crushed.
"Get out of the way!" Lin Zhen roared, using his last bit of strength to condense a golden light shield and block the city wall.
Lin Jingxing, Xiao Chen, and the others also made their move at the same time. Dragon flames, spear intent, sword energy, and talent intertwined to form a five-colored defensive line, attempting to resist the giant hand's attack.
But all of this seemed so insignificant in the face of Qi Lanzhi's giant hand.
"boom--!"
The giant hand crashed down like a meteorite, easily tearing apart the five-colored defense line. The golden light shield didn't even last a second before shattering.
The giant hand did not stop, continuing to fall towards the west of the city.
Hundreds of cultivators were gathered there; they were the team that had been responsible for guarding the western city formation, and they had not yet had time to retreat to the center of the city wall.
There was no earth-shattering collision, no shrill screams. The moment the giant hand fell, the area in the west of the city was wiped away as if by an eraser, along with the cultivators, the city walls, and the ground, turning into nothingness!
Not a trace of flesh or a single piece of stone remained; only a bottomless black hole remained, emanating terrifying spatial fluctuations.
The entire battlefield fell into a deathly silence in an instant.
Everyone stared wide-eyed at the void, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
It wasn't out of fear, but because that power was too terrifying, too cruel!
Hundreds of lives were like ants in the eyes of the enemy, easily wiped out.
Qi Lanzhi withdrew his right hand, and the giant azure hand dissipated in the air. His tone was calm, as if he had merely brushed off some dust: "I'll give you one last chance. Hand over the regional map, or will you, like them, vanish into nothingness?"
His gaze swept across the city wall, and every cultivator he looked at felt a chilling coldness.
The previous resolve to die began to crack in the face of an absolute power disparity.
Not everyone has the courage to face the ending of "turning into nothingness," a death that leaves no trace, not even a corpse—it's too terrifying.
Lin Zhen stood on the city wall, looking at the dark hole in the west of the city, his eyes filled with blood and tears.
He wanted to roar, to fight back, but he didn't even have the strength to lift a finger. He knew that this fight to the death was doomed from the start.
Xiao Chen gripped the rusty iron gun tightly, his knuckles turning white, his fingernails digging into his palms, and blood dripping down the gun barrel.
He looked up at Qi Lanzhi high above him, and at the area that had turned to nothingness, and for the first time, he felt an overwhelming sense of powerlessness.
His spear intent, Jiang Li's swordsmanship, and Su She's righteous spirit were all so insignificant in the face of such absolute power.
But he didn't give up. He slowly raised his head, looked at Jiang Li, Su She, and Shi Tou beside him, and a resolute look flashed in his eyes.
Even if he couldn't win, even if he would die, he would die standing, and he would use the gun in his hand to stab that so-called "high-level realm expert"!
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