Chapter 224: Profound Magnetite Divine Iron!
"This…"
The two Divine Palace Realm experts of the Great Chu Dynasty, who had just stepped forward, suddenly froze in place.
The two of them looked at each other, seeing the same awkwardness reflected in one another's eyes.
Originally, they thought that with the three elders of the Star-Moon Divine Sect, plus the two of them, dealing with a mere Li Xun would be effortless. Who could have imagined the situation would turn out like this?
Now the two of them were riding a tiger—they could neither advance nor retreat.
If they fought, then five of them against more than a dozen on the opposing side… let alone winning, even escaping with their lives would be in question.
But if they didn't fight and instead slunk back in humiliation, then the face of the Great Chu Dynasty would be utterly lost. Already, because Li Xun had slain a Duke and several Marquises, the dynasty's prestige had taken a blow.
If today's matter was added on top of that, it was foreseeable that in the eyes of the surrounding powers, the Great Chu Dynasty would no longer even have the dignity to raise its head.
"What should we do?"
One gaunt-looking man on the Great Chu side glanced at his companion, sending a secret voice transmission.
"If it really comes to it…"
The other turned his head, looking first at Chu Lingfeng behind him, then at Li Xun in the distance. His heart was torn with hesitation.
Just as his words had not yet left his mouth, Li Xun slowly stepped forward. With each unhurried step, he spoke:
"Seniors, your kindness is appreciated by Li. Next, I must trouble you only to guard the field for me. As for these five… I alone am enough!"
His voice was not loud, but to the ears of everyone present, it sounded no less than thunder.
Li Xun wanted to face five Divine Palace Realm experts alone?
This news was too shocking. He had only just broken through! Where did he get such confidence to boast so wildly? If he was overwhelmed, it would mean certain death.
After all, the clash of Divine Palace Realm experts was no trifling matter. Unless a Saint was present, not a single person here could guarantee they would intervene in time to save Li Xun if his life was truly imperiled.
"Fellow Daoist Li Xun… are you serious?"
Zheng Huang of the Ten Thousand Transformations Holy Land spoke, his brows furrowed, his face full of gravity.
Those five opponents were no weaklings—the weakest among them had reached mid-stage Divine Palace realm. Even if he himself fought against those five, there was only the possibility of falling.
Yet Li Xun… who had only broken through less than two days ago, his foundation not even fully stabilized… in Zheng Huang's view, his chances of victory weren't even one in ten.
"It's fine."
Li Xun waved his hand lightly, continuing forward with calm confidence.
"All I ask is that the seniors hold the field for me."
He hadn't said do not intervene, only hold the field. By phrasing it that way, anyone harboring ulterior motives would now have to reconsider carefully before making a move.
"Li Xun is walking to his own death!"
A man of the Great Chu Dynasty named Xuan Yi narrowed his eyes, a cold gleam flashing within them. He summoned forth a black iron mountain, towering like the Kunlun Divine Range itself. Upon its surface was inscribed a single Immortal character, radiating haze and immortal mist that swirled about him.
Originally, he and Xuan Er had already prepared themselves for humiliation. Even if mocked by the crowd, they would have no choice but to retreat behind their prince.
But after Li Xun's words, all their doubts were suddenly dispelled.
No matter what, if it's five against one, the advantage was theirs.
Even if Li Xun's strength defied the heavens, today he would be forced to drink bitter defeat!
"Fellow Daoists of the Star-Moon Divine Sect, what are you waiting for?"
Xuan Yi's voice rang out as he stood suspended in mid-air. He stretched out a finger to point, and the black divine mountain above his head crashed forward. Its vast shadow blotted out the land, shattering the clouds in the sky.
Clang!
Wei Qiong did not waste words. With a flick of his wrist, a golden wooden staff soared into the heavens. Its thunderous roar shook the world, splitting the skies apart for hundreds of miles.
The three Divine Palace Realm elders of the Star-Moon Divine Sect, together with the two of the Great Chu Dynasty—though fighting side by side for the first time—coordinated seamlessly.
Five terrifying divine techniques erupted at once, sealing heaven and earth, locking down every inch of space for Li Xun to evade.
"So strong!"
The spectators in the distance all shrank their pupils, their hearts surging with tidal waves. Such power far exceeded expectations—any ordinary cultivator of the same realm would be grievously injured in a single exchange.
"Big sister-in-law, my big brother won't be in danger, right?"
Xiao Fan asked, holding a Black Tortoise egg in his hands as he looked up at Qin Xueyi beside him.
Inside the Black Tortoise egg slumbered a true Black Tortoise. Strictly speaking, this egg itself was a living being, and thus could not be stored in a spatial ring.
For that reason, Xiao Fan could only cradle it carefully in both arms, waiting for the creature within to emerge.
"He should be fine."
Qin Xueyi's beautiful face flushed red. Though she was ethereal and aloof, untouched by dust, her temperament as cold as frost, being suddenly called "big sister-in-law" by Xiao Fan still left her flustered for a moment.
But quickly she calmed herself, her bright eyes gazing toward the battlefield in the distance. Toward Li Xun, she carried a kind of inexplicable trust. Compared to his past life, Li Xun had already created countless miracles. Who could say another miracle would not happen today?
Boom!
A jet-black halberd thrust against the heavens. With its sweep, it forced back the three Star-Moon elders before colliding with the black mountain summoned by Xuan Yi.
The mountain let out a mournful groan, trembling violently, yet it did not shatter. Instead, it clung stubbornly to the Azure Dragon Halberd, almost as though the two had fused into one.
"Hm?"
"This mountain is strange."
Li Xun's eyes grew sharp. His strength was overwhelming, his fleshly body unparalleled, and he wielded the Azure Dragon Halberd with ease. Yet now, with this divine mountain weighing it down, his movements suddenly felt a thousandfold heavier.
"Profound Magnetite Divine Mountain?"
Li Xun muttered to himself.
This was an extremely rare refining material. Even a fingernail-sized piece of Profound Magnetite Divine Iron weighed tens of thousands of catties, carrying a terrifying magnetic force.
Any divine iron or immortal gold forged into a weapon would naturally be suppressed by it.
And the mountain before him—its core was the size of a fist. Under Xuan Yi's urging, it had expanded into a vast mountain range.
It was hard to imagine just how heavy it truly was.
The only pity was that the method of refinement was crude. With such Holy level material as Profound Magnetite Divine Iron, all they had managed to forge was a mere High-Grade Dao Weapon.
Truly a waste of heavenly treasure.
"So you came prepared."
Li Xun glanced at his Azure Dragon Halberd, then at Xuan Yi's delighted face, and the truth became clear.
He had wielded the halberd before in the Great Chu Dynasty, so news of it must have spread. Today, Xuan Yi's arrival with the Profound Magnetite Divine Mountain was clearly aimed directly at restraining him.
"Li Xun's weapon is suppressed! Fellow Daoists of the Star-Moon Divine Sect—strike together, quickly subdue him!"
Xuan Yi's urgent voice spread in all directions.
In everyone's eyes, Li Xun's greatest trump card was his Scarlet Flame Divine Body, and his second trump card was the Azure Dragon Halberd.
If the halberd was crippled, then to many onlookers, it was no different from cutting off one of his arms.
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