"Hahaha!"
In the city, an elder from the Perennis Immortal Palace laughed heartily. Below him were Li Dalong and Li Yaozu, struggling desperately amidst the siege.
In around 30 minutes, Li Dalong's Twin Serpents of Righteous Qi had already been blasted to pieces. Fifty to sixty percent of his spiritual power was gone. If not for the protection of the Heaven-Piercing Coffin, his situation would have been dire.
Li Yaozu held a single sword in his hand. His sword box no longer rattled; there was only a stream of black qi charging about recklessly inside, trying to break free.
The elder from the Perennis Immortal Palace stared at the father-and-son duo.
"For the two of you to dare charge into our midst is truly to court your own deaths! Once you are dead today—especially you, Li Dalong—Eternal Sun Prefecture will be without its Prefecture Lord. A group of dragons without a head. Excellent!"
The Li father and son remained silent.
The elder looked all around them and sneered endlessly.
At this moment, it wasn't just Li Dalong. All the members of the Li family, as well as the cultivators from Duskwild Prefecture and the people from Skynet, were struggling desperately!
"So what if you broke through the great formation? You refused the path to heaven and instead broke down the gates of hell. This city will be your final resting place!"
The elder laughed wildly.
Soon, however, his laughter came to an abrupt halt.
In the distance, a flash of red appeared. He recognized that blood-red color, and he recognized that aura. It was... the aura of the Perennis Immortal Palace's Master, Fairy Hongxiu!
"Palace... Palace Master?" The elder's expression changed.
They had not informed the Palace Master of this operation. In their eyes, if she didn't control the Red Spider Lily Platform, the position of Palace Master would have changed hands long ago.
Fairy Hongxiu's unhurried voice drifted over, causing the numerous cultivators of the Perennis Immortal Palace to halt their actions.
"All those who belong to the Perennis Immortal Palace, stand down."
Upon hearing her words, the many disciples of the Perennis Immortal Palace froze, looking toward their elders in the sky.
As Fairy Hongxiu's voice faded, more people arrived from the distance.
A great immortal mountain appeared, and on its edge stood the Sect Master of the Aeternus Sect, Daoist Mingtai, along with many of its elders and disciples.
Li Chang'an was among them.
Daoist Mingtai let out a cold snort. "All those who belong to the Aeternus Sect, by this Sect Master's command, retreat!"
But the members of the Aeternus Sect, just like those of the Perennis Immortal Palace, did not respond.
For a moment, the battlefield fell silent.
After a long pause, an elder from the Perennis Immortal Palace sneered, "What is this? Lord Palace Master, the people of Eternal Sun Prefecture have invaded our Duravia Trade Prefecture. Are you not helping your own disciples, but siding with Eternal Sun Prefecture instead?"
"Hahaha!"
An elder from the Aeternus Sect laughed wildly. "Sect Master, oh Sect Master, the Supreme Elder is here! What right do you have to speak?"
"You..."
Daoist Mingtai's expression was grim. From the distance, Fairy Hongxiu let out a long sigh, while Li Kuanghua, who was beside her, had already furrowed her brow and charged into the battlefield riding Old Raging Sky Flood Dragon.
Fairy Hongxiu's direct disciple, Zishu Wandong, shouted, "This is treason! Are you all trying to stage a rebellion? According to the laws of the Perennis Immortal Palace, those who betray the Palace will be killed without mercy!"
"Who is it that's really betraying the Palace?"
The Perennis Immortal Palace elder was expressionless. He waved his hand.
"Kill all the invaders! If the Palace Master dares to interfere, treat her as a traitor!"
He then looked toward Fairy Hongxiu in the distance.
"Lord Palace Master, surely you don't intend for us to slaughter our own, do you?"
The elders of the Aeternus Sect were also saying the same thing to Daoist Mingtai.
They had long since sided with Prince Qian. They knew the Li family was trying to lobby others, but they were simply waiting—waiting for this very day!
If the Palace Master and the Sect Master sided with the Li family, then the rebels would have the perfect excuse to drive Daoist Mingtai and Fairy Hongxiu from their position of high authority and seize the positions for themselves.
"You..."
Fairy Hongxiu was so angry she trembled all over. She had anticipated this day when she told Li Kuanghua all of her suspicions.
The reason she had never dared to step off the Red Spider Lily Platform was precisely because she feared this day would come.
"Master... what do we do?"
Zishu Wandong's expression was grim. "The Li family... they are about to be defeated."
As far as the eye could see, every member of the Li family was struggling.
Their strength was not weak—both the people from Skynet and the cultivators from Duskwild Prefecture were experts in their own right. But there were simply too many disciples from the Three Great Powers in the city, and none of them were pushovers.
Fairy Hongxiu was speechless. She looked toward the immortal mountain of the Aeternus Sect; Daoist Mingtai still had not made a move.
Even with their disciples in open rebellion, they still couldn't bring themselves to act—that would be slaughtering their own sect members!
They had originally intended to come and stop the war, or at the very least, to lead some of the rebellious elders and disciples away.
Even just making things a little easier for the Li family would have been enough.
But... the situation was far worse than they had imagined.
"Senior Mingtai."
Li Chang'an wanted to say something to Daoist Mingtai, but not a single word would come out.
He, who loved to analyze everything, could only look at the battlefield.
It was filled with people from the Three Great Powers, while the forces on the Li family's side were almost completely submerged by a tide of techniques.
As long as he had even a shred of reason, Daoist Mingtai would not act rashly. And even if he did... the elders and disciples he had brought with him numbered two or three hundred at most; they wouldn't be able to influence the overall situation.
Huuu.
Letting out a long sigh, Li Chang'an no longer tried to persuade him. His gaze hardened, and he rode his sword, charging toward the battlefield!
He had already done enough. Even if Daoist Mingtai would not act, he had to fight alongside his clansmen!
"Kill!"
Li Chang'an roared as a three-meter-long great saber appeared in his hands. The brilliant storm of spiritual power ahead terrified him, but he still had to press on.
Forward!
Even with his meager strength, he had to carve out a path to survival!
But just at this moment, whether it was Li Changsheng back at the clan home or the combatants on the battlefield, everyone froze.
RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
An intense sound rang out, and the ground began to tremble!
"Wuuuuu…"
The sound of buzzing insects filled the air.
"That's… a demon!"
"There are demons! Where did these demons come from?!!"
The disciples of the Three Great Powers in the air were terrified.
In the distance, a dense, dark mass blotted out the sky, its demonic qi soaring to the heavens.
At the very forefront was a gigantic mosquito, leading a swarm that looked like an ominous cloud as it charged toward the entire city!
Behind that mosquito, a white demon fox walked upon the air and roared at the heavens.
"Kill them all for me!!!"
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