169: Chapter 68: An Additional Test [25th Update] 169: Chapter 68: An Additional Test [25th Update] However, he directly ignored the people here, whether they were immortals, demons, or devils.
Yun Zhongzi said, “First plan, then move with the force of wind and thunder; this is indeed a reflection of your disposition.
I was worried that you would shy away from difficulty, but now it seems my concerns were unwarranted.”
Li Ping’an blinked, was this a prelude to a reward?
He had indeed put a lot on the line today.
However, the matter of demon expulsion was to protect the common folk here as well as the Wanyun Sect’s enterprise, which was closely related to him and his father.
It had nothing to do with the elder Yun Zhongzi.
Yun Zhongzi changed the subject, “The three secret techniques I had prepared for you seem quite inadequate compared to your recent performance.
Therefore, I’ll test you once more today!”
Li Ping’an made a gesture of respect and said with a smile, “Elder, you wished to use your disciple’s hands to save the people here; of course, I understand.”
Yun Zhongzi’s eyes narrowed slightly but he did not respond and simply said:
Li Ping’an looked down.
With Yun Zhongzi’s Fu Dust resting lightly on his shoulder, Li Ping’an instantly perceived the situation on the ground.
The battlefield was divided into visible and hidden sections.
His previous guess wasn’t wrong—the founder of the Wanyun Sect had long since arrived.
Daoist Kongming was hiding amongst the clouds high in the sky, staring intently at a patch of dark clouds a hundred miles away.
Within those dark clouds was a demoness with an attractive figure, clad in scale armor, her breathtaking face wearing a wild smile, seated on the back of a kneeling, muscular man, and holding a whip in her hand.
So demon queens of the Demon Race have become fashionable too?
Clearly, these two golden-immortal-level experts were in a standoff across the distance.
The overt battlefield was naturally outside the city’s protective array.
Dozens of giant demons with the strength of the Heavenly Immortal Realm and True Immortal Realm were attacking the royal city.
Inside the city, more than three hundred columns of light shot up from the city wall, the central royal palace, and tall buildings, forming a thick barrier of light.
The geomantic energy from within a radius of three thousand miles was being drawn continuously.
—If this barrier were broken, the entire Immortal Dynasty would suffer a severe earthquake.
Therefore, under their disadvantageous circumstances, the Wanyun Sect could only choose to maintain the operation of the grand array with all their might.
By each column of light within the city stood one or two sect members, safeguarding it.
The Wanyun Sect members of lower cultivation had begun vomiting blood, yet they kept swallowing elixir pills, pouring their mana into the pillars.
To the common folk within the city, the scene was viewed as a ‘horde of demons dancing like the end of days’ outside the city and ‘divine warriors descending from heaven to protect the city’ within.
The few Heavenly Immortals from the Wanyun Sect, who had come to support on short notice, were fighting as if their lives were on the line;
The True Immortals who went out to seek battle each bore injuries, yet they did not retreat unless absolute necessary, employing every trick in the book to withstand the demonic onslaught.
Isn’t it precisely for moments like these that the Immortals, usually high and mighty, enjoy offerings, to stand forth, and guard the mortal realm?
This is the present-day Human Race, the same race that overcame the Hundred Clans through ancient wars.
Apart from these two confrontations—overt and covert—there was another battle about to erupt.
Thanks to Yun Zhongzi’s divine skills, Li Ping’an could clearly see:
Underneath the royal city, dozens of slender snakes and beetle-like creatures had corroded two gaps in the grand array’s light barrier underground.
They were continuously infiltrating the array and swiftly advancing toward the royal palace.
Yun Zhongzi laughed, “Do you see them?
Those creatures underground?”
“Yes, Teacher,” Li Ping’an reflexively altered his address.
“Shall I go and stop them?”
Yun Zhongzi looked at Li Ping’an, his eyes gleaming with mirth, “If you can pass this test, I might indeed have to make an exception just this once.”
Wait, why does this scene feel so familiar?
A few years ago, at the sect’s grand competition, a certain Sect Leader had said:
“If you achieve top ten in the rankings, I’ll gift you some treasures.”
Well, isn’t this the same old tactic of promising pie in the sky, passed down the line?