Chapter 852 - 381: Uprooting a City with One Hand, Blood Surging to the Heavens
Cui Niande’s face was utterly grim as he remained completely silent. He had already estimated Li Chang’an’s strength to be extremely high and had even prepared multiple countermeasures. However, that tyrannical Nascent Soul aura made all his preparations seem utterly laughable. A pang of regret surfaced in his heart, but he knew it was too late. He could only walk down this path to the very end!
"There is no need to panic. So what if he is at the Nascent Soul realm?" Cui Niande maintained his composure, shouting to his clan members. "Our Cui Family has stood for a millennium. Our foundation is profound! Even a Nascent Soul Cultivator cannot make our Cui Family bow its head!"
With that said, he pushed the Array Power to its absolute limit. Endless Spiritual Power surged madly into the Tier Four Array, transforming into a resplendent golden arrow of light.
"Go!"
The golden arrow pierced the sky, carrying a terrifying Tier Four Power, and instantly arrived right in front of Li Chang’an.
Li Chang’an cast a Celestial Grade Magic to block it. A deafening boom echoed through the air, sounding as if a thunderbolt had detonated between heaven and earth. The violent shockwave swept in all directions.
"Suppress!" Li Chang’an struck out, neutralizing the explosive force. Immediately after, he aimed at the ground below and casually made a grasping motion.
RUMBLE!
The Immortal City trembled, and the earth quaked. Every house within the city swayed as if a devastating earthquake had struck. Under the shocked gazes of countless people, the massive Immortal City was uprooted entirely by Li Chang’an and tossed far into the distance. In the blink of an eye, it landed in a safe area completely isolated from the battlefield.
Li Chang’an naturally did this to avoid harming the innocent. The Cui Family possessed several Tier Four Arrays. By relying on them, they could unleash Tier Four Power, making them essentially equivalent to an immobile Nascent Soul Cultivator. A battle between Nascent Souls could only ever be described as apocalyptic; if he hadn’t moved the Immortal City away, the entire settlement would have been reduced to fine dust in an instant.
Furthermore, there were over a dozen Mortal Realms near the Immortal City. These nations, holding anywhere from hundreds of thousands to millions of people, were all forcibly uprooted by Li Chang’an. He supported massive chunks of land that blotted out the sun, flying them far away. Reshaping mountains and filling seas, he safely relocated all the Mortal Realms before finally returning to the perimeter of the Cui Clan Territory. With this, no innocent people would be caught in the crossfire, preventing any damage to his karmic merit.
He could now fight without holding back!
"Suppress!" Li Chang’an raised his palm and pressed downward.
His Nascent Soul Power instantly materialized into a massive, sky-obscuring hand. Carrying an unparalleled sense of oppression, it slowly descended from the heavens.
RUMBLE!
The mountain ridges surrounding the Cui Clan Territory shattered simultaneously.
Faced with a palm strike that seemed intent on destroying the world, the Cui Clan Members were filled with panic and terror.
"Patriarch, what should we do?"
"The Spirit Vein of our Cui Clan Territory has not yet reached Tier Four. We must consume a massive amount of Spirit Stones just to maintain the Tier Four Array’s operation!"
"If we cannot achieve a swift victory in this battle, our Cui Family will undoubtedly lose!"
They were all keenly aware of how terrifying a Nascent Soul Powerhouse was, just as they knew their own family’s weakness. Nascent Soul Power was virtually limitless, whereas the Cui Family’s Spirit Stones were ultimately finite.
Cui Niande shouted, "What are you afraid of? Countless members of our Cui Family are in the White Tiger Sect. How could they possibly sit back and watch us be destroyed? We only need to hold on for a short while, and the True Monarchs of the White Tiger Sect will rush to our aid!"
With that said, he mobilized the Array Power once again.
An instant later, over a dozen golden arrows of light shot outward. Each one carried formidable Tier Four Power, bombarding Li Chang’an’s massive hand in rapid succession. A resounding explosion rang out as the giant hand shattered into pieces, returning light to the sky.
Cui Niande bellowed, "Madman! If this is the extent of your strength, you might as well retreat right now and stop humiliating yourself here!"
Li Chang’an remained silent, solely focusing on his assault. In the span of just a few breaths, he unleashed over a hundred bursts of Magic. At the same time, he constantly shifted his position, turning into a series of afterimages that appeared all over the place to observe the arrays surrounding the Cui Clan Territory.
It wasn’t long before he formulated a plan for Array-Breaking.
He thought, "The Cui Clan Territory has a total of five Tier Four Arrays. The outermost array combines both offense and defense, and it is integrated with a Concealment Array. It seems they are trying to hide something."
These five arrays were merely Tier Four Low Grade; they couldn’t stop Li Chang’an. A moment later, he successfully plucked away an Array Treasure.
"Break!"
The outermost array instantly ground to a halt as countless Array Patterns and hidden Array Treasures surfaced. Li Chang’an transformed into numerous phantoms, snatching away hundreds of treasures in a flash. The Array Patterns were also wiped completely clean by him!
Before Cui Niande, who was overseeing the array, could even react, the outermost layer vanished into thin air without leaving a single trace behind. In the blink of an eye, only four arrays remained.
"What’s going on?" His face drastically changed as a sense of dread washed over him.
Losing a Grand Array made him feel as if a layer of Armor had been violently stripped from his body. His sense of security was shattered. Moreover, since Li Chang’an could break one array, he could naturally break the remaining four. It was only a matter of time!
Cui Niande gulped, feeling a sudden chill creep over his entire body. Swallowing hard once more, he struggled to voice his submission. "True Monarch Lin, my Cui Family is at fault for today’s matters. Can we talk this over?"
Hearing this, Li Chang’an’s expression remained indifferent. He was still completely silent, yet he did not launch another attack. This was not because he wanted to negotiate, but because he had noticed something anomalous.
He wondered, "Why is the aura of blood within the Cui Clan Territory so dense?"
Li Chang’an utilized his Stone Eye to observe the entirety of the Cui Clan Territory. He hadn’t detected anything unusual previously simply because the outermost Tier Four Array had a concealment effect. But now, in his eyes, the entire Cui Clan Territory was overwhelmed by a monstrous, towering blood-red light!
He couldn’t even fathom how much slaughter had been committed to produce such a horrific glow. The last time Li Chang’an had seen such terrifying blood-red light was in the Northern Domain of Zhao Country, at the Demonic stronghold that housed a Blood Pool.
"The blood-red light of the Cui Clan Territory is actually on par with a Demonic stronghold. Furthermore, there has been absolutely no news of the Cui Family conducting any massacres. This situation is highly abnormal," he pondered.
