Chapter 1182: Moral Sovereign
The Yinglong Warship employed the Star Shift Technique to its absolute limit, without regard for energy expenditure.
It did not fly in the conventional sense. Instead, it vanished in an instant. When it reappeared, it was already suspended motionless above the vast open sea.
Great Sage Jiang appeared at the prow, standing with his hands clasped behind his back, while several Daoist priests and Spirit Guards lined up behind him in a wing formation.
“Make your preparations,” Great Sage Jiang instructed.
Everyone responded in unison, then departed from the Yinglong Warship one after another, slipping into the void and vanishing from sight.
No one doubted whether Great Sage Jiang could defeat Chen Shuhua. Chen Shuhua had only just entered the Longevity stage, whereas Great Sage Jiang had already been an Immortal for many years. He was known as the foremost Virtuous Great Sage second only to the Three Deputy Grand Masters.
Back when the Imperial Preceptor fought in the Fenglin battlefield, he swept everything before him, proving that there were differences in strength even among Immortals.
There was also a big disparity in the external aid each possessed. Chen Shuhua only had an immortal object called Heaven's Will. Even after temporarily lending the Three Treasures Scepter to Qi Xuansu, Great Sage Jiang still had three immortal objects belonging to the Grand Master, giving him an overwhelming advantage.
Thus, Great Sage Jiang surpassed Chen Shuhua in every respect, whether in experience, cultivation, or the quantity and quality of external objects.
What Great Sage Jiang considered was not how to defeat or kill Chen Shuhua, but how to prevent her from escaping. In Great Sage Jiang’s plan, the Daoist priests and Spirit Guards were not there to jointly assault Chen Shuhua but to form a grand formation around the area to block any attempt at escape.
When Chen Shuhua attempted to flee, the formation would not seek to injure her but rather to restrain her, so long as it delayed her for a brief moment and allowed Great Sage Jiang to catch up.
Every Daoist priest and Spirit Guard served as a node of the formation, with the lowest cultivation among them still at the Zaohua stage. This just proved how high-level this formation was.