This wall is a gable wall, facing north, with no windows. From the outside, it looks no different from the inside, but the interior space is much thinner than it appears from the outside. The mezzanine is only the width of a passageway, and inside is a staircase leading to the underground, dark and fraught with unknown dangers.
Seeing that this had not deterred the group of cultivators, the other side naturally could not sit idly by and wait for their doom. Before Lin Daozi and the others entered the passage, a commotion was heard from inside the passage.
Three men in black robes appeared directly in front of the wall, standing opposite Lin Daozi.
The two sides were locked in a stalemate, as if they were about to clash at any moment.
The opposing side only had three people, while the five sects had over a hundred. However, the three who came out were extremely powerful, one being a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator and the other two being early-stage Void Refinement cultivators.
On Shi Xuan's side, there was only Lin Daozi, who was at the Void Refinement stage, while the rest were mostly at the Nascent Soul and Divine Transformation stages. Although there were many of them, they did not dare to be careless in the face of their opponents.
This is because the main active cultivators on the Qian Yuan Continent are mostly below the Nascent Soul stage. Once they reach the Void Refinement stage, they will travel around, while those in the Body Integration stage will basically go into seclusion.
After Lin Daozi arrived at the Refinement Void Realm, he originally wanted to travel around, but he had too many things to do. At first, he was busy searching for the Soul Gathering Stone and wanted to awaken his eldest disciple.
The eldest disciple finally woke up, having accomplished a major life event. Just as he was about to leave, the matter of the "new student" made him hesitant to let go.
The sect's investigation into that organization is currently only superficial; there are many deeper things waiting to be uncovered. Moreover, what they are preparing to do is too terrifying. Compared to traveling, dealing with the [Newborn] organization is more important.
Not only that, he also wanted to call back all the cultivators in the Void Refinement stage who were traveling outside, since it was a matter concerning the entire continent and required the participation of every high-level cultivator in the Western Region of Qian Yuan.
At this moment, both sides looked at their opponent warily, assessing each other's strength.
Neither side spoke. The situation had reached a point of extreme tension, and everyone was well aware of their own identities and thoughts. Further words would be pointless.
A moment later, Lin Daozi made the first move. He raised his hand and waved it, and three sharp, metallic sword energies shot out, heading straight for the faces of the three people opposite him.
The three of them were naturally unwilling to sit idly by and wait for their deaths. Seeing Lin Daozi raise his hand, they made their moves almost simultaneously. The four spiritual energies met in mid-air and unleashed an extremely powerful shockwave that instantly ripped the roof off the house.
The cultivators standing behind Lin Daozi, those at the Nascent Soul stage were somewhat unable to withstand the extremely strong impact and retreated one after another.
Shi Xuan had prepared a defensive magic weapon for himself before Lin Daozi made his move, so he only suffered a slight impact and then retreated into the courtyard with the team.
The warehouse now has no roof, and the walls on both sides collapsed due to the immense impact. Only the inner partition wall, made of some unknown material, is closest to the interior and only has slight cracks.
At this moment, more than twenty Nascent Soul stage cultivators from the five sects also attacked simultaneously, and in an instant, a strong spiritual energy fluctuation erupted from this small courtyard. The energy spread outwards from where they were, destroying many of the surrounding houses.
The five sects' teams, those below the Nascent Soul stage, have already retreated far away; the battles of high-level cultivators are beyond the reach of Nascent Soul cultivators.
In that instant, the entire Cloud City sensed that something was wrong.
Private fights are forbidden in their city. Minor squabbles might go unnoticed, but such terrifying spiritual energy fluctuations, with their wide-ranging impact, are something that the people who have lived in Cloud City for so many years have never seen before!
"What is that? What kind of conflict is this between factions?"
"Heaven above, this Cloud City is about to undergo a major upheaval. Wasn't it said that Cloud City has never faced any danger in hundreds of years?"
"This must be an accident. High-level cultivators usually travel alone. I wonder what kind of interests could make such a powerful figure fight so recklessly!"
"I want to go see it, but I'm afraid of getting caught up in the consequences. It's such a dilemma!"
"Even if the city lord went there, he probably wouldn't be able to handle a battle of this level."
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The guards stationed in Cloud City are generally only at the Golden Core stage, and the highest-ranking elders are only at the Nascent Soul stage. How could they dare to approach a battle at the Void Refinement stage? Even if they wanted to stop it, they would be powerless to do so.
However, this battle was far from over; this massive surge of spiritual energy was just the beginning. What followed was an even greater explosion of power, with dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators clashing with three Void Refinement cultivators—a scene rarely seen even once in hundreds of years.
Those living nearby with lower cultivation levels were injured by the shockwave. A large number of residents quickly evacuated, and soon a large battlefield centered on the point of spiritual energy eruption was cleared for them.
The battle intensified. Originally, the five sects could have fought to a draw with the enemy, but halfway through, several Nascent Soul cultivators emerged from the underground passage, and the situation began to turn in favor of the enemy. The combined forces of the five sects were gradually finding it difficult to keep up.
Before long, the houses and streets within a radius of several miles suffered varying degrees of damage, and many of the nearby buildings had already been razed to the ground.
Standing at a distance, looking at the ruins, Shi Xuan was already calculating in his mind how many spirit stones he would need to compensate Yunzhong City to rebuild these places.
Just as the five sects of Qian Yuan were showing signs of weakness and were slowly becoming unable to cope, the situation on the field took another turn at this moment.
Since Cloud City is a favorite travel destination for cultivators, two cultivators from the Five Sects at the Refinement stage happened to be there. Upon seeing their sect fighting with others, they rushed over and joined the battle.
The sudden addition of two cultivators at the Void Refinement Realm made things much more difficult for the newly recruited cultivators.
One person gave a signal, and more Nascent Soul cultivators emerged from the passage, further escalating the battle.
However, the newly emerged Nascent Soul cultivators did not play a significant role, as they were still unable to withstand the power of the two newly joined Void Refinement Realm cultivators.
More and more cultivators were injured and defeated, retreating back into the passage. Just when the Five Sects Alliance was about to win, a giant hand suddenly descended from the sky, carrying immense pressure, and struck the cultivators of the Five Sects who were engaged in fierce combat.
A gasp rippled through the low-level cultivators who weren't involved in the battle. It was that Nascent Soul cultivator who had just made the threatening remark!
The person did not show their face, but with just that one hand, they gave people a sense of oppressive power, as if they could cover the sky with one hand.
On the Five Sects' side, the moment the giant hand pressed down, the Langya Sect Master activated a shield.
When they entered, the Nascent Soul cultivator threatened them with his aura, so they were naturally prepared to deal with his attack.
The golden shield, like a giant umbrella, enveloped everyone's heads, diminishing some of the power of the palm strike.
However, it was still an attack from the Integration Stage. Even with the shield, several Nascent Soul Stage cultivators with weaker defensive capabilities were inevitably injured, and many of them coughed up blood.
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