Taiyi Dao Fruit

"The Bodhisattva Guanyin from Buddha Country also needs to be dealt with, Sister should have already taken over the military power of the Jingping Army and is currently rushing over. Using the Jingping Army to encircle and restrain, combined with the Immortal Queen, we might be able to capture Guanyin as well."

"However, by doing so, it would let the Immortal Queen remove all obstacles and head straight for Second Grade."

Jiang Li and Tianxuan had both anticipated Buddha Country's interference and had made preparations to respond. However, their response was at most just to force a retreat, without any confidence in capturing the opponent.

To kill a Third Grade, one either needs to have an absolute advantage in strength, or have a meticulous plan in place to prevent the opponent from escaping.

Otherwise, even if the opponent is defeated, it's hard to ensure they won't choose to flee. People of Third Grade, like Sixth Brother, have plenty of life-saving means and trump cards, making them very difficult to kill.

Jiang Li's arrangements and trump cards had all been used on Zhang Zhixuan, and now, having sustained serious injuries, he truly had no way to assist the Immortal Queen in capturing a Third Grade. The Immortal Queen had no obligation to help Jiang fight a Third Grade to the death.

However, now that Guanyin had come from Buddha Country, the situation was different.

To eliminate this last enemy blocking their path, the Immortal Queen would certainly spare no cost, and if Jiang Li's side coordinated properly, there was indeed a possibility to slay another Third Grade.

At this thought, Jiang Li felt an itching urge to act.

Although doing so would result in the Immortal Queen completely removing any obstruction, the gain from killing a Third Grade was enough to tempt Jiang Li. When it's time to act, Jiang lacked neither decisiveness nor determination.

Just as Jiang Li made up his mind, a faint sound came drifting through, reaching everywhere, echoing between heaven and earth.

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The time goes back to a quarter of an hour earlier when Jiang Li pierced through Zhang Zhixuan's shoulder with the Great Circle Sword and nailed him to the abyss. Those who had retreated far away knew the overall situation was settled.

Even if Zhang Zhixuan was not yet dead, the Taiping Sect had been thoroughly defeated.

Marquis of Wind immediately merged with the howling gale, using the formlessness of the wind to cover his tracks and flee, quickly flying a hundred miles away.

However, at this moment, a dense Soldier Evil Qi blocked his path like a cloud barrier in front, and streaks of light flashed across the surrounding mountains, revealing a large number of soldiers with banners raised, inscribed with the words "Jingping."

"How is it possible for the Jingping Army to arrive so soon?"

Exhausted as he already was, Marquis of Wind was forced to reveal his physical form due to being blocked by the Soldier Evil, and he looked towards the suddenly appearing soldiers.

Even if the battle between Jiang and Zhang Zhixuan had destroyed the Plague Array and the aftereffects had blown away the Plague Qi, allowing the other side to advance, they should not have arrived so quickly.

But the fact was just that, and any doubt from Marquis of Wind was useless.

His figure became visible once again and then faded away, fleeing with the wind in another direction, not wishing to forcefully break through the military array.

But that Soldier Evil spread out like a tide, forming an arc enclosing from both sides towards the center. Within the Soldier Evil, one could vaguely see Array Gates - the Evil Qi had actually condensed into formations.

'A master of Arrays!'

Marquis of Wind thought to himself that it was a bad sign, forcibly stimulated his True Qi, and no longer cared about hiding his Qi Mechanism, transforming into a gale and speeding off.

But before the gale, a torrential rain suddenly appeared, with countless threads of rain dropping down like thousands of swords, its cold edge cutting through the wind and cleaving the air, actually managing to sever the gale.

"Marquis of Wind, why the rush to leave?"

The sword rain flowed with the Primordial Lord Rain Master's steps as she emerged, with thousands of blades weaving into a Heaven and Earth Net.

"This is—Seamless?! Are you with the Kunxu Immortal Palace? No, that's not right, it's the Leizu Dao Fruit."

Marquis of Wind showed himself, shouting in surprise, finally noticing the figure of the opponent, and revealing that his mind had been thrown into disarray.

The Heaven and Earth Net surrounded him, and Marquis of Wind's body was covered with Divine Light, displaying the Divine Image of a bird-headed and deer-bodied deity, roaring as he met the sword net.

Several dozen wind pillars burst forth, with tier upon tier of gear-like Wind Blades layered within, colliding together with the wind pillars against the sword net, creating an unending clamor.

Desperate for a way to live, Marquis of Wind fought with everything he had, True Qi vibrating around him, blood surging, Qi Mechanism expanding wildly, blatantly using a desperate tactic.

Facing the cornered fight of Marquis of Wind, Primordial Lord Rain Master moved as if slow but was actually swift, fingers dancing with Sword Silk, one move broke the wind pillars, another move severed both arms, and with another, Sword Silk converged, Marquis of Wind's form, that was between tangible and intangible, divided into hundreds of pieces, then a surge of Strength struck, and Marquis of Wind was obliterated.

Marquis of Wind from the Taiping Sect, dead!

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After defeating Marquis of Wind, talismans descended among the Soldier Evil Qi, attaching to the bodies of the soldiers, enabling them to cross mountains as easily as walking on flat ground, and swiftly sprinting, effectively mobilizing the Soldier Evil to form an Array.

Next in line were the locust god and the Daoists from the Upper Pure Sect, with no enemies allowed to escape.

The Soldier Evil served to hinder the enemy, temporarily blocking the way. A fourth-rank could indeed break through the Soldier Evil and escape, but what the enemy lacked most at that moment was time.

The Jingping Army of three hundred thousand soldiers enveloped the area with incredible speed, the surrounding Soldier Evil Qi shrinking the zone rapidly.

Soon, violent fluctuations of Qi Mechanism could be heard from the southwest, as the Blood Locusts surged like tidal waves, only to be obstructed by sound waves that billowed through the clouds. The Director of Music, Ming Shaowei's cultivation of the fourth-rank Dao Fruit, was the son of the Fire God—Crown Prince Changqin, a deity of music who wielded the power of sound waves, perfectly suited to counter the locust god's Blood Locust tide.

On another front stood the Flying Kites of Mo Sect, with a massive figure standing between the mountains, the Great Master Long Yue of Mo Sect.

This Great Master had once made his move at the Sword Discussion Conference, forging the Heavenly Will Sword single-handedly, which surpassed the Great Circle Sword collectively crafted by three fourth-rank opponents. Although Jiang had contributed to this achievement, it still showcased his formidable strength.

Moreover, with the Mo Sect's General Tan Wuwei arranging troops and Arrays, the Flying Kites were formed into a fortified position above and below, effectively restraining the enemy. Thus, even the mysterious Daoists from the Upper Pure Sect found it difficult to escape the blockade.

Though Tan Wuwei was fifth-rank, his exceptional strategy and tactics compensated for Master Long Yue's shortcomings. With their combined efforts, although not as effortless as Primordial Lord Rain Master's defeat of Marquis of Wind, they were indeed capable of capturing that fourth-rank from the Upper Pure Sect.

It should have been so.

"Planting Beans into Soldiers."

Hundreds of golden lights spread across the sky, transforming into rows of Golden Armored Divine Soldiers, all charging towards the giant and the Flying Kites.

Divine Light surged like a violent tide, causing the Flying Kites to suddenly wobble and then plummet down one by one.

"What's going on? Wuwei? Wuwei!"

The giant shouted loudly, calling the name of his comrade.

Because the Flying Kites unexpectedly failed to form an Array, collapsing under the opponent's Divine Light with a single charge.

Subsequently, the Golden Armored Divine Soldiers rushed into attack, like moths to a flame slamming into the body of the giant, leaving him unable to attend to anything else.

Thus, one side was breached, and the intense fluctuations of Qi Mechanism alerted Primordial Lord Rain Master immediately.

"Hmm?"

Her gaze swept across, scanning the distant fierce battle, her thoughts gathered rain, and soon a light drizzle began to fall across a hundred miles.

Under the rain, every scene came under the perception of Primordial Lord Rain Master, and she immediately locked onto a discordant point.

It was Tan Wuwei!

She appeared where she shouldn't be.

Now replaced by a vast abyssal hole, the old site of Donglin City, Tan Wuwei approached slowly but swiftly.

Dressed in rough hemp, she emitted a white glow, and her slightly yellowed face was undergoing a transformation.

As a high-ranking member of Mo Sect, Tan Wuwei did not maintain her appearance like other female cultivators with significant cultivation, but instead let it change with the weather and the passing years, looking like an utterly ordinary middle-aged woman.

However, at this moment, the temperament of this middle-aged woman changed repeatedly, from composed and plain to ethereal and harmonious, with steps that bloomed white lotuses at her feet.

"Supreme and profound, this wonderful method is hard to encounter in billions of eons.

Now that I have seen, heard, and comprehended, I wish to understand the true meaning of Tathagata."

As the verse was recited, Tan Wuwei sat down cross-legged, with white lotuses spontaneously growing beneath her, lifting her body.

Behind her, the Dragon Flower Treasure Tree appeared, Buddha Light illuminating all directions, with the True Void Home encircling everything, pulling in thousands of souls.

Both the corporeal and the incorporeal, the remnants of millions of living creatures' thoughts and spirits that perished here, were all guided into the realm of True Void, where thousands of White Lotuses blossomed.

"Lifeless Mother, True Void Home."

Tan Wuwei bowed her head and muttered True Words, a Buddha image emerged from the Dragon Flower Treasure Tree and slowly merged into her body.