Chapter 176
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Chapter 176: Protective Formation
Juyong County was the county city that Tuoba Ye had risen in revolt.
"Have you heard? The prefectural city has been taken by the insurgents."
"Is it that group who robbed the village chief’s house last time?"
"Yes, I heard they are robbing the rich to help the poor, and many people have gone to join them…"
In Xiaowan Village, Li Xiaojun also overheard the villagers’ discussions.
Li Xiaojun was very satisfied with Tuoba Ye.
After he gave Tuoba Ye the confidence to confront the cultivators, he quickly gathered an army of over ten thousand people.
Then, Tuoba Ye led this army to attack the prefectural city and soon captured it.
Now, Tuoba Ye’s forces had expanded to a hundred thousand and were developing very rapidly.
Of course, the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty could not just watch him grow stronger and sent two waves of powerful cultivators to deal with him.
In the first wave, learning from the previous lesson of the Divine Transformation cultivator who was killed, the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty directly dispatched ten late-stage Divine Transformation cultivators this time.
However, they could not even take action before the top-grade imperial weapon forged by the big shots in the Immortal Realm, and all of them perished.
In the second wave, the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty sent two Integration stage cultivators, bringing along a sacred artifact.
Among these two Integration stage cultivators, one was even a late Integration stage.
However, even with the Integration stage cultivators and the sacred artifact, they had no chance against the top-grade imperial weapon, leading to their annihilation.
Thus, to deal with Tuoba Ye, the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty would likely need to summon a Great Ascension stage saint ancestor and the imperial weapons of the dynasty.
Just as the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty was preparing to awaken their ancestor,
a beautiful woman arrived in the imperial capital — Shendu.
The woman was exceptionally radiant, but her gaze was extremely cold.
Boom!
In the next moment, the woman raised her hand.
Then, a gigantic hand appeared out of thin air and violently pressed down towards the central palace of Shendu.
In the next moment, a protective barrier illuminated above the palace, almost instantaneously.
The gigantic hand collided with the barrier, creating a loud bang.
"Who goes there?"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
In the hall of offerings, all the officials quickly focused their divine senses on the woman flying not far away in the sky.
However, the woman paid no attention to them and quickly launched her attack on the palace’s protective grand formation.
"A saint?"
Seeing the horrifying attack from the woman, all the officials in the hall of offerings turned pale.
Deep underground in the palace, at the center of the formation.
An old man sealed within the spirit source sensed the attack on the protective grand formation and quickly opened his eyes.
Crack!
The seal of the spirit source shattered, and the old man’s figure swiftly flew out.
Soon, the old man reached the surface.
"Who is this friend? Why are you attacking the palace of the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty?"
As the old man spoke, he released powerful attacks to counter the woman’s assaults.
"You Yu Hua Divine Dynasty killed my brother. I have come today to destroy your dynasty."
While speaking, the woman increased her attack power and speed.
Holding a sacred artifact, her attacks surged forth like a massive tide.
However, no matter how she struck, the defensive formation of the Imperial City remained as solid as a rock.
Moreover, within the formations, an experienced saint continuously neutralized her attacks, preventing her from causing significant damage to the protective formation.
"This formation is arranged with an imperial weapon at its core; you cannot break it."
While deflecting the woman’s strikes, the old man said, "Friend, why don’t we sit down and have a good talk? If you agree to join the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty, I can offer you the status of an Elder and provide cultivation resources…"
"Shut up! I will never join your Yu Hua Divine Dynasty. I live to destroy it!" the woman bit her teeth in anger!
Still, no matter how fiercely she attacked, the defensive formation of the Imperial City remained steadfast.
With each strike, her energy was depleting more and more.
What she didn’t know was that the old man’s reason for persuading her to stop was that, with her relentless assaults, his own energy consumption was even greater than hers.
Soon, seeing that she could not breach the palace’s protective formation after half a day, the woman felt a bit discouraged!
Before coming, she thought that since she had broken through to the Great Ascension stage, and the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty only had an almost expired old man, it should be quite easy to annihilate the dynasty!
However, she didn’t expect that after arriving at the capital of the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty, she couldn’t even penetrate the palace’s formation.
After thinking for a moment, she decided to withdraw for now.
With that thought in mind, the woman finally ceased her attacks and left without looking back.
Before departing, she declared, "Wait for me! One day, I will destroy the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty."
As the woman left, the old man in the formation let out a sigh of relief.
In the next moment, a mouthful of blood surged up his throat, but he forced himself to swallow it down.
He had long reached the end of his lifespan, which was why he was sealed in the spirit source. He would only be awakened when the dynasty faced danger.
The spirit source was a unique substance of the Zang Di Star, capable of emitting a force that gradually froze the movement speed of all molecules, effectively slowing one’s lifespan significantly.
If one only had a lifespan of ten thousand years, sealing them within the spirit source could extend it to a hundred thousand years.
The Yu Hua Divine Dynasty used this method to seal their Own Ancestor in the spirit source, as long as the ancestor was alive, the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty could deter all external forces and gain time to cultivate the next saint.
However, each time the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty summoned their ancestor, it greatly consumed the already limited lifespan of the elder.
After this disturbance caused by the woman, the ancestor’s remaining lifespan was directly reduced by a significant portion.
"Ancestor."
"See, elder!"
After the woman left, the emperor of the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty and a group of royal officials hurried to salute the old man.
"No need for such formality." The old man waved his hand and then asked the group, "Do you know that woman?"
"Ancestor, we have never seen her before."
"Never seen her? She claimed the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty killed her brother. Are you sure you don’t know who she is?" The old man frowned.
"Ancestor, we truly do not know her. She is so powerful; she must have cultivated for at least a few thousand years, right? I am only one hundred thirty years old this year. How could I possibly know her!" The emperor of the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty complained.
He was just a mortal emperor; how could he know a Great Ascension stage saint, especially one who had a grudge against the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty?
If anyone was to blame, it would be his ancestors for not knowing how to avoid this woman.
"Ancestor, can’t you eliminate her?" The emperor of the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty asked the old man.
"How can I eliminate her? She is at the saint level, just like me, but she is younger. To eliminate her, we would need to use an imperial weapon, but the cost of using an imperial weapon is too great…" The old man replied in a detached tone.
Hearing the old man’s words, the emperor of the Yu Hua Divine Dynasty suddenly thought of something.
He hurriedly said, "Ancestor, there are refugees in Juyong County rebelling. The leader of the refugees seems to be just a mortal, but he possesses an imperial weapon that recognizes its master. That imperial weapon is incredibly powerful and can eliminate Integration stage powerhouses…"
