Tian Sen's death was the second time Zhenling had lost a Dharma adept after Tian Fan and Tian Tian had fallen in the battle at Jiuxuan Tower!
Currently, Zhenling was making use of Mara's calamity to expand its power. Many of the plans and schemes involved Lu Ping's personal involvement. Now that they were at the juncture of becoming a large sect, every Dharma adept was an important part of Zhenling's battle strength. Now that one of them had fallen so easily, how could Lu Ping not be filled with grief and rage!
Lu Ping actually wanted to go directly to Yan Jiuxiao. This decision caused Tian Qin and Tian Cheng to turn pale with fright, and they rejected it without hesitation. Although Lu Ping had managed to escape unscathed from his encounter with Yan Jiuxiao, and although the two of them knew that Lu Ping was powerful and had many trump cards, they did not think that such a thing would happen again and again. After all, that was the Pure Yang Laozu!
"Nephew Lu, this is not the time to be angry. Only our sect's treasured ship is the right way to go against Yan Jiuxiao!"
"That's right, the Fire Phoenix Clan is powerful. Although our sect now has the power of a large sect, our foundation is still shallow. Now that the Fire Phoenix Clan has provoked us, we can only defend with our lives. I believe that with the treasured ship here, the Fire Phoenix Clan will not take the risk of killing a thousand enemies and injuring eight hundred of their own to fight against our sect!"
The rest of the crowd also started to urge Lu Ping not to take the risk. Even Lu Qin-er, who had the most confidence in Lu Ping, looked at Lu Ping worriedly.
Lu Ping slightly furrowed his brows. Ever since the Zhenling Treasured Ship's trial voyage, the Zhenling Era had indeed been greatly boosted. However, it had been overly reliant on treasured ships. It should be known that in this world, the cultivator's own strength still mattered. Treasured ships were indeed powerful, but they were still external objects after all. Although they were known to be able to contend against pure Yangs, they still had many inconveniences. If a pure Yangs were to engage in a battle of attrition with a treasured ship, the treasured ship would most likely be at a disadvantage in the end.
It seemed that after this matter, it was necessary to redefine the role of the treasured ship. Although this treasured ship had been repaired, it might not be much stronger than the treasured ship of Fei Ling Sect, but it was still destroyed and sunk to the bottom of the sea!
However, Lu Ping still acted as if nothing had happened and explained, "Don't worry, Martial Uncles. Since this disciple dared to look for that Yan Jiuxiao, I naturally have some confidence. Moreover, it's really strange for Yan Jiuxiao to suddenly enter the center of Scarlet Mist Island. Perhaps it's related to the secret of the Fire Phoenix Clan's invasion of Scarlet Mist Island, so this disciple must make this trip. Moreover, as long as this disciple can delay Yan Jiuxiao, Martial Uncle Jiang and the others will naturally have a greater chance of success in the sea region outside the island."
Before Tian Qin Laozu could say anything, Lu Ping spoke first, "Martial Uncle, this time, this disciple will need to use the Heaven Creation Relic in Martial Uncle's hands!"
Tian Qin Laozu hesitated for a moment, then passed the feather to Lu Ping and said, "Feel free to take it. Although this feather is an extraordinary treasure, to me, it's more important that it contains the will of the Luan Daoist. It's just that this item seems to only be used to its greatest effect by adepts of the Phoenix bloodline. Martial Nephew Lu, you …"
Lu Ping smiled and said, "Don't worry, Martial Uncle. After this matter is over, the treasure will definitely be returned to me in good condition!"
The Fire Phoenix Clan had never imagined that Zhenling's counterattack would come so quickly and decisively!
Just as the Flame Spirit Coffin had used the name of the clan leader to order an attack on Zhenling's reinforcements, killing an early Dharma adept on the spot and severely injuring the mid Dharma adept who was leading the attack, Zhenling's treasured ship, which had come to support them, had decisively counterattacked and forced the Fire Phoenix Clan adepts to retreat.
Fortunately, the Fire Phoenix Clan adepts who had been chasing after the Zhenling adepts had not acted rashly. Seeing that Zhenling's treasured ship had come to support them, they had immediately chosen to retreat. Even so, they had been severely injured by the treasured ship's fierce counterattack. Fortunately, they had reacted quickly, and none of them had died.
However, when Zhenling had received such grievous news, Jiang Tianlin was not going to let it go. The treasured ship had been activated at full speed to chase after the Fire Phoenix Clan, and they had gone straight into the waters that the Fire Phoenix Clan currently controlled.
The conflict between the two sides erupted on the spot. Under the leadership of a red-faced great practitioner, the Fire Phoenix clan gathered three mid Dharma adepts and seven early Dharma adepts. They led more than a hundred Core Forging adepts from the Fire Phoenix clan and began to attack the Zhen Ling Sect's ship.
After Yan Jiuxiao had left, the Fire Phoenix Clan adepts had been left to the tall, long-necked great adept to take charge. When he realized that Zhenling's treasured ship had suddenly come to attack them, he had sensed that something was wrong. Even though the red-faced great adept had strongly advocated taking advantage of the opportunity to surround and destroy Zhenling's treasured ship, he had still insisted on leaving more than half of his forces to guard against the other sects in the North Sea!
As expected, the news of the Zhenling adept being ambushed and killed, and the fact that Jiang Tianlin had angrily invaded the Fire Phoenix Clan's territory with his treasured ship and started a huge battle with them immediately spread to the various sects who had stayed behind to guard Scarlet Mist Island.
Finally, someone had taken the lead, and it was Zhenling, whom the various sects had been eagerly waiting for. He had even mobilized the great killing machine that was Zhenling's treasured ship. This was the perfect countermeasure that the various sects had been waiting for!
Zhenling's treasured ship had already invaded the Fire Phoenix Clan's territory. Apart from Yan Jiuxiao, who else could face him head-on? The Fire Phoenix Clan also needed Yan Jiuxiao to step forward and stop them!
Since Zhenling had stalled Yan Jiuxiao, the rest of the Fire Phoenix Clan adepts were nothing in the face of the alliance of the various sects!
However, when the various sects' cultivators excitedly charged into the territorial waters of the Fire Phoenix Clan's territory, they were shocked to find that the Fire Phoenix Clan's leader was not there. At this time, the ones fighting Zhenling's treasured ship were actually more than ten Dharma adepts of the Fire Phoenix Clan and more than a hundred Core Forging adepts.
Some of the cultivators could not see Yan Jiuxiao and instantly hesitated, but there were even more cultivators who thought that this was an extremely rare opportunity. The Fire Phoenix Clan's Pure Yang Clan's leader was actually not in the territory. Their morale was greatly boosted, and they fought even more valiantly!
When the long-necked Fire Phoenix Clan's great cultivator saw that the various sects of the North Sea had actually joined forces to attack, he also panicked and hurriedly ordered his own clan's cultivators to form a formation to resist. However, once they formed the formation and engaged in battle, they also enveloped the group of North Sea cultivators who had just charged in but had begun to hesitate. At this time, it was already too late for them to retreat, and they could only engage in a chaotic battle with the Fire Phoenix Clan's cultivators!
Although the Fire Phoenix Clan's leader was not by their side, and a small portion of their forces had been stalled by Zhenling's treasured ship, Scarlet Mist Island was the Fire Phoenix Clan's natural home ground. Even though they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, they were still able to fight evenly with the various sects of the North Sea. However, it was only for a short period of time!
Yan Jiuxing was burning with anxiety. He had naturally received news of the Clan Leader's whereabouts, and the only thing he could do now was to do his best to contend with the various sects of the North Sea and stall them here, buying as much time as possible for the Clan Leader.
After all, the Clan Leader was beating them at their own game this time. Since he had already taken the initiative to ambush Zhenling's cultivator, he might as well draw all the cultivators of the North Sea here. This way, no one would pay attention to the center of Scarlet Mist Island, and the Clan Leader could take this opportunity to sneak into the location of the treasure without anyone noticing.
However, there was no lack of wise and farsighted cultivators among the North Sea cultivators. When they saw that Yan Jiuxiao had not appeared, they would naturally be able to roughly guess the Fire Phoenix Clan's intentions. This was also why Yan Jiuxing had dragged everyone into the chaotic battle the moment the various sects of the North Sea appeared.
Right now, Yan Jiuxing could only hope that Yan Jiuxiao would be able to obtain the treasure as soon as possible. Even though he understood that compared to the treasure hidden within Scarlet Mist Island, the Fire Phoenix Clan would still be willing to pay a great price, if the Clan Leader could return as soon as possible, it would reduce the number of casualties among the Fire Phoenix Clan's disciples.
However, Yan Jiuxing's brows quickly furrowed. This was because while the Fire Phoenix Clan and the various sects of the North Sea were fighting, Zhenling's treasured ship had already turned around and quietly retreated!
Speaking of which, this time, the Fire Phoenix Clan and the various sects of the North Sea had truly witnessed the power of a treasured ship.
After all, the legends about treasured ships in the overseas cultivation world were naturally miraculous. However, ever since Fei Ling Sect was annihilated four thousand years ago, most of the cultivators in the North Sea had never seen the power of a treasured ship with their own eyes. Although all the sects in the North Sea had seen the real treasured ship during the trial voyage of Zhen Ling Sect's treasured ship, this was the first time they had seen the full power of the treasured ship!
According to what the Fire Phoenix clan and the various sects of the North Sea knew, other than Jiang Tianlin, the Zhen Ling Sect cultivators on the ship, there were only four early Dharma adepts of the third generation and three adepts who had just arrived. Among them, the only mid Dharma adept had been severely injured and had lost his ability to fight. Other than that, there were only about a hundred Zhen Ling Sect disciples on the ship.
But it was this kind of power, after controlling the treasured ship, that was able to hold their own against the attacks of more than ten Dharma adepts and more than a hundred Core Forging disciples. They could even advance and retreat as they pleased!
This Zhenling actually wanted to retreat at this time. This was a good idea. He wanted to allow the Fire Phoenix Clan's practitioners to fight with the various sects of the North Sea so that he could reap the benefits!
Yan Jiuxing watched as Zhenling's treasured ship slowly retreated from the Fire Phoenix Clan's camp. Although he understood Zhenling's intentions, the Fire Phoenix Clan felt rather helpless at this time. Yan Jiuye had already led more than ten Dharma adepts to try their best to stop the treasured ship, but they were still unable to do anything to it.
Perhaps only when the Clan Leader made a move would this treasured ship be afraid of them!
At this time, Yan Jiuxing was not the only one who had seen through Zhenling's intentions. Many of the Dharma adepts of the various sects of the North Sea were also cursing and swearing. But at this time, they were engaged in a fierce battle with the Fire Phoenix Clan. Even if they wanted to retreat now, they could not be as calm and at ease as Zhenling.
However, in reality, the North Sea adepts were only cursing and swearing in their hearts. In reality, Zhenling's treasured ship had already attracted a small portion of the Fire Phoenix Clan's forces. Even if they were to retreat now, there were still eight or nine Dharma adepts of the Fire Phoenix Clan who were not willing to give up. In this chaotic battle between the various sects of the North Sea and the Fire Phoenix Clan, the various sects really could not say much about Zhenling's contribution.
Yan Jiuye's originally crimson face became even redder. He did not believe that this was the case, but now that he was facing the treasured ship, he finally understood how troublesome this ship was. Attacks aside, Zhenling's treasured ship was obviously lacking in manpower. Most of the time, it was the Fire Phoenix Clan's cultivators who were surrounding and attacking it.
But when it came to defense, these hundreds of Fire Phoenix Clan cultivators had been attacking the treasured ship for half a day, but they could not even break through the protective shield of the treasured ship. This made Yan Jiuye involuntarily think of Ba Gui of the South Sea. Wasn't this treasured ship in front of him a tortoise?!
It was not that Zhenling's treasured ship was that sturdy, but the few Dharma adepts on the ship were able to easily block the attacks of the few Fire Phoenix Clan cultivators who posed the greatest threat to the ship. Without the attacks of these few strongest cultivators, Zhenling's treasured ship was naturally impregnable.
A grade tribulation spirit treasure in Yan Jiuye's hand transformed into a ball of orange flame, which then transformed into a 300-feet-long fiery saber in mid-air. The saber then let out a shrill howl as it slashed down towards the defensive barrier of the treasure ship.
However, before this flaming blade could land, Yan Jiuye's eyelids twitched violently. It was this pair of early Dharma adepts again. He did not know how many times they had joined forces to block an attack from a great adept like him!
Yan Jiuye could clearly sense the level of practice of this pair of early Dharma adepts on Zhenling's treasured ship. They were just ordinary early Dharma adepts, but these two had practiced a secret combination attack technique. Before Yan Jiuye came to the North Sea, he had heard of this secret technique before. It was said that it was one of Zhenling's greatest secret techniques, and it could allow a husband and wife who were of similar levels of practice to completely increase their abilities to a whole new level, giving them the ability to challenge opponents of a higher level.
This pair of early Dharma adepts could barely be considered half swordsmen, but when the two of them joined forces, they had the ability to go up against a mid Dharma adept!
Originally, this was nothing in Yan Jiuye's eyes, but when Jiang Tianlin was steering the treasured ship with all his might, these two became the main attackers of the Zhenling Dharma adepts on the treasured ship. Furthermore, with the support of the various formations on the treasured ship, this pair of early Dharma adepts' secret combination attack technique, which was originally enough to go up against a mid Dharma adept, was upgraded to the next level, and they actually had the ability to go up against a great adept like Yan Jiuye!
Indeed, just as the flaming blade that Yan Jiuye had unleashed was about to land on the treasured ship's protective shield, two flying swords rose from the treasured ship at the same time. Under the combination of the two swords, they formed a flowing river of swords that surged up into the sky, heading straight for the flaming blade.
This river of swords contained the dual attributes of metal and water, and they complemented each other. With the full support of the treasured ship, it collided with the flaming blade that was descending from mid-air.
The river of swords was instantly split into two in mid-air, but the flames on the blade were also extinguished by the impact of the river of swords. When the blade of swords landed on the treasured ship's protective shield, it only caused the shield to tremble slightly, and did not cause any actual damage.
On the treasured ship, Zhong Jian and Ma Yu heaved a long sigh of relief. The two of them looked at each other as if a heavy burden had been lifted from their shoulders. They had lost count of how many times they had joined forces to fend off the attacks of this great adept of the Fire Phoenix race.
Zhong Jian and Ma Yu had both reached the early Dharma stage a few years ago. They were the rare couple in Zhenling who were able to inherit the secret combined attack of Tian Fan and Tian Xue Laozu.
Their individual cultivation could only be considered outstanding among the third generation disciples of Zhenling. Compared to Tian Yong, Tian Feng, and the rest who were also third generation disciples, there was still a gap. If not for the fact that the two of them had inherited the secret combined attack of Zhenling and had received a lot of training from the sect, the two of them would probably still be at the peak of the Core Forging stage. They would not be able to compare to the true geniuses of Zhenling's third generation disciples, like Tian Yong and Tian Feng.
However, now that they had truly advanced to the Dharma stage, the secret combined attack of Zhenling's secret combined attack finally showed its true power. With the two of them working together, they could be said to be invincible among cultivators of the same level as them in Zhenling. Even when facing mid Dharma adepts, although the two of them were at a disadvantage, they were still able to ensure that they would not be defeated, or at least be able to escape unscathed.
Of course, this achievement of facing mid Dharma adepts was not just for Lu Tianping, Yin Tianchu, and the rest!
After that, the two of them were selected by the sect to board the treasured ship and began to adapt to everything on the ship. They began to be trained to be an important fighting force for Zhenling's treasured ship. However, the two of them did not expect that before the treasured ship had even set sail for Central Plains, the two of them would have achieved the impressive achievement of facing off against a late Dharma adept!
Although they knew that the main reason why they were able to fight against this Fire Phoenix race adept was because of the full support of the treasured ship's seal, Jiang Tianlin had to use all his strength to steer the treasured ship. Xiang Lou Laozu was seriously injured and had lost his ability to fight. Tian Feng, Tian Chang, Tian Xuan, and the rest of the early Dharma adepts might be able to defeat them in a one-on-one fight, but in order to defend against this Great Dharma adept's attack on the treasured ship, the two of them had to work together.
It was also because of the two of them working together to defend against the Great Dharma adept that Jiang Tianlin was able to save a lot of inner Yuan and experience when steering the treasured ship. They were able to advance and retreat freely from the encirclement of the Fire Phoenix race.
However, the Fire Phoenix race was a top-tier demon clan after all. A Nine-leaf Flame Great Dharma adept was an extremely powerful existence. Zhong Jian and Ma Yu were able to do this together, but they were now exhausted. However, the Great Dharma adept outside was still very much alive.
Fortunately, at this time, Jiang Tianlin had already steered the treasured ship out of the Fire Phoenix race's encirclement. Many of the Fire Phoenix race adepts who were attacking the treasured ship also began to return to the encirclement to support the main clan members who were fighting with the various sects of the North Sea.
However, Nine-leaf Flame Great Dharma was still somewhat unwilling to give up. He naturally knew of Yan Jiuxiao's plan. Although he had always been rash, he was not without reason. At this time, Zhenling was probably already suspicious of Yan Jiuxiao's absence. If he allowed Zhenling's treasured ship to return, then Zhenling would definitely receive more powerful reinforcements. At that time, only the clan leader would be left alone in the central region of Scarlet Mist Island. At this time, it would be best if he could delay Zhenling's people for a while.
However, Nine-leaf Flame Great Dharma's plan was ultimately going to fail. He could already tell that the pair of early Dharma adepts of Zhenling's Minor Repairs were probably at the end of their tether. However, just as he was about to muster his remaining courage to attack the treasured ship again, a mid Dharma adept behind him suddenly cried out in pain.
Nine-leaf Flame Great Dharma's divine consciousness swept out in an instant, but he only caught a glimpse of a figure a few hundred feet away in a flash!
When Nine-leaf Flame Great Dharma turned to look, he saw that the back of the adept's heart was bleeding profusely. Although he was still alive, it was obvious that his core space had been severely damaged. Even if his cultivation was not destroyed, it would probably be greatly damaged!
What an insidious sneak attack!
"Who!"
Nine-leaf Flame Great Dharma roared angrily, his divine consciousness spreading out in all directions. However, it was blocked by the treasured ship's barrier. Immediately after, he heard another cry of pain. It was the head of an early Dharma adept who had been on the other side of the treasured ship, flying high into the air. This time, he was deader than dead!
Nine-leaf Flame Great Dharma roared angrily. He could not care less about the turbulence in the space around him due to the chaotic battle around him. He directly used his spatial magic to land in front of the fallen Fire Phoenix adept. However, he just happened to see the barrier of Zhenling's treasured ship ripple, and a young adept dressed in black with a cold expression appeared on the bow of the ship. He turned around and looked coldly at Nine-leaf Flame Great Dharma.
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