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The Ancient Demon Clan had four High Priests, each representing one of the clan’s four major responsibilities: divination, blessing, warfare, and martial succession!

The other three High Priests all tragically fell during that encirclement of Reincarnators, without a chance to pass on their bloodline.

Only the priest in charge of martial succession managed to survive because his duty was to carry forth precious knowledge, and so he led a hidden life, being extremely cautious with the transmission of his lineage.

Each of the martial succession elders had a distinctive feature: access to the mightiest arsenal and mastery over complex technique inheritance, and they also..... had to be the strongest among the Ancient Demons of their time!

This kid, Chen Qing...

Zhang Xiaoyun watched in secret, clenching his fists tightly!

Losing to Chen Ying, he thought it was a fluke and he could hardly accept it internally.

Now that Chen Ying had become the chosen of the Azure Dragon Spirit, he himself couldn’t lay a hand on her.

If he wanted to regain face, the best course of action was to defeat Chen Qing, who had nurtured Chen Ying!

Chen Ying was raised by Chen Qing, and losing to Chen Ying was an accident, but if he could beat Chen Qing, especially easily, then the loss to Chen Ying could be deemed an accident.

But now he knew he couldn’t beat Chen Qing!

Bang!

After another collision of spiritual power, the powerful current ripped apart the great hall, and numerous Giant Pythons burst forth from beneath the ground.

Following them surged the armored soldiers of the Western Sea Army, each of them Transcendent.

Leaping up from the earth, they could soar a hundred yards into the sky and dashed instantly into the inner parts of the Imperial Palace.

Because the palace had been raised, its outer Arrays were completely invalidated!

The Old Heavenly Master, realizing all this, abandoned his pursuit of Chen Qing.

From their recent exchange, he had utterly discarded the idea of catching the leader to capture all his followers.

Chen Qing’s combat prowess far exceeded his expectations.

This youngster was not only sophisticated in close combat tactics, but his use of martial arts was also exquisitely perfected; he couldn’t find many in his ancestral memories who would outperform Chen Qing’s current show of skill.

At this point, Chen Qing’s strength had already reached the limits of this rule set!

He knew that it was impossible to take down Chen Qing quickly and then disable the Jiangnan Soldiers; as such, a head-on confrontation was the only option!

Using the aftermath of his clash with Chen Qing to his advantage, the Old Heavenly Master retreated directly above the center of Qiankun Hall, quickly forming thousands of complex Dharma Seals with his hands. Suddenly, countless Runes lit up around the lifted palace, and an odd scene ensued.

The entire palace began to turn like a magic cube; one by one, Spaces unfolded, expanding the already vast Imperial Palace more than tenfold.

The additional spaces, like cells, rapidly segregated the invading troops—whether the Celestial Serpents or the Jiangnan Soldiers, they were all swiftly divided into different compartments upon their charge into the palace.

Meanwhile, thousands of Four Holy Guard swiftly dispersed, each disappearing into the various separate spaces, breaking up the whole and vanishing from everyone’s sight.

Chen Qing’s expression sank upon seeing this!

"What masterful craftsmanship in Spatial Art!" The Shenyue in Qiankun Hall couldn’t help but praise, "A single person completing the operation of thousands of spatial divisions—under these rules, it’s already the limit of limits. If I’m not mistaken, this must be a technique of the ancient Void Hall?

Even the arts of the Void Hall have been stolen by your Ancient Demons; it seems you still possess some foundation. ...."

"You flatter me....." The Old Heavenly Master sneered coldly; the Space before Shenyue shattered abruptly like a mirror, and then in the blink of an eye, Shenyue himself suddenly disappeared to who knows where.

The entire palace was like a shattered pane of glass, countless people scattered among these fragments, but the shards were interconnected while still sustaining the core element supply of the Four Saints Array—an operation that left even a fragment-entrapped Chen Qing deeply impressed.

"Your Majesty..... we must quickly solve this, otherwise..."

Shen Qi’s voice emerged from the sleeve of Chen Qing, who had him locked in a fragment of space inside his sleeve. But because Shen Qi had left his Technique eyes on the outside, he could still see the situation clearly.

Chen Qing nodded, understanding why the usually composed Shen Qi was anxious.

The military strength of Jiangnan was great, and Tian Heng’s Western Sea Army was the strongest force next to the Warrior Army, but that was contingent on the soldiers being together.

An army, after all, is no longer an army when it is broken up!

Why cannot a top Warrior face thousands on the battlefield alone? Because when an army array comes together, with the outburst of vital energy, an individual, if not overwhelmingly powerful, will surely be crushed by the arrayed force!

If a transcendent warrior could crush tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers, that would be normal, but even a First Rank warrior faced with just a thousand Ninth Rank bloodline soldiers would be instantly crushed in a head-on confrontation, such is the function of an army.

Between soldiers, without equal level qi and blood to support you from behind, you wouldn’t even have the qualifications for a direct confrontation.

But if they were separated, it would be a different story!

A thousand Four Holy Guard might not be able to defeat ten thousand Western Sea Elites, after all, both are transcendent. Even if you are somewhat stronger, with such a great difference in numbers, an army can still make up for it with the explosive strength of their formations.

But if you split them up, one Four Holy Guard facing about ten of the Western Sea Army, the chances of victory would be quite high.

Chen Qing had a clear view just now, this time Tian Heng had brought almost all elites, numbering around thirty thousand, including those transcendent Water Demons from the West Sea Aquatic Tribe.

This was almost all of the Western Sea Army’s elite forces, coupled with the Celestial Serpents from the Northern Territory.

Facing off against four thousand Four Holy Guard, their chances of winning were not small, but if divided. ..

Both Chen Qing and Shen Qi knew very well that the ones who would die would definitely be the Western Sea Army!

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"Are you not going to make a move?"

In another fragment of space, it was not known if it was intentional, but Shenyue was actually placed together with the Emperor of the Siao Family.

"Is there a need?" the Emperor looked toward the other party, "Do you want to divide life and death with Us first?"

"I meant outside." Shenyue pointed towards the sky.

The Emperor glanced at the other party, the Asura Body.

Just now, King Xiang had already mentioned it to him, as if the leader of the Shenwu Guild had released his own malevolent thoughts.

He was curious, if the greatest obsession of malevolent thoughts was to devour the original body, then why would they be willing to work for the original body?

Wasn’t he afraid that the other party would mess things up outside?

"My soldiers have not yet arrived, I have no say over the outside." The Emperor replied indifferently.

"You are quite straightforward." Shenyue immediately laughed, "That Ancient Demon really is useless. A so-called millennium-long scheme, and this is the result? Not being able to take down Jiangnan, nor you, is truly a disgrace to their ancestors’ reputation."

"Perhaps it is not that they are useless..." the Emperor spoke with a light and breezy tone, "perhaps it is because the person they plotted against is strong enough?"

"Tssk... you really aren’t modest."

"I am rather curious, you don’t seem panicked at all." The Emperor pointed outside, "Aren’t you afraid that your soldiers will be wiped clean by those Four Holy Guard with their moves?"

"That... no issues, it doesn’t matter how many die.

" Shenyue said with a smile, "Celestial Serpents, there are as many as you need in outer space. Their value is just this, I don’t expect them to achieve much.

Rather than me, the one who should be more anxious is probably Chen Qing, right? His soldiers are his precious boys."

Hearing this, the Emperor’s eyes narrowed slightly. To be honest, if Chen Qing’s military power was exhausted here, it wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing.

"Based on what I know of him, he will not sit idly."

"Then how do you think he can break out of this situation?"

"There’s only one way to break the game..." The Emperor looked towards the center of the Qiankun Hall outside the fragment.

The key for Chen Qing to break out of the game at the moment was the Old Celestial Master controlling such a powerful Spatial Technique.

No matter how exquisite the Technique, as long as you kill the person casting it, it would do.

Theoretically, the three factions are all enemies of the Ancient Demon Clan, but unfortunately. .. they are also enemies of each other.

Chen Qing was the most anxious at the moment, so neither he nor this woman called Shenyue before him would make a move.

They would rather see the two sides wear each other down!