Chapter 612: Prepared Countermeasures

Chapter 612: Prepared Countermeasures

Back in Yongding, in the hall in which Ao Canghai was currently situated, Ao Canghai and his Martial Aspects were deep in discussion when a shout rang out from outside. "Martial Aspect Xiao, you can't barge in!"

Xiao Nanfeng ignored the command and entered the hall.

"Martial Aspects, Yin Shenhua's eldest son has arrived in the city of Linsha in Dazheng. It's likely a peak Golden Immortal. Please kill him. Dayin may be mobilizing in force, and we cannot afford to back down now," Xiao Nanfeng said.

The Martial Aspects all turned to Ao Canghai, who smiled. "That peacock, you mean?"

"Are you aware of him, Eastern Aspect?" Xiao Nanfeng frowned.

"Quite so. This attack involves more than that peacock—there are a group of True Immortal cursed effigies, too. Unfortunately, we'll have to keep a close eye on Yin Shenhua, so we can't help. You're on your own. Be careful, now," Ao Canghai said.

Xiao Nanfeng grimaced. He turned to leave, not interrogating Ao Canghai as to how he knew of the enemy's plans in such detail. There simply was no time to lose.

Only after Xiao Nanfeng had left the hall did the Martial Aspects begin to laugh.

"Eastern Aspect, has Yin Shenhua made up his mind to crush Dazheng?" the Martial Aspect of Violetfrost asked expectantly.

Ao Canghai nodded. "That's right. Yin Mingwang's appearance is only the tip of the iceberg. Just wait patiently."

"Understood!" the other Martial Aspects replied.

They clearly understood Ao Canghai's meaning. This time, they wouldn't let Xiao Nanfeng manipulate them. Let those cursed effigies destroy every city of Dazheng! All they had to do was defend Yongding and fulfill the Heavenly Emperor's orders. As for killing Dayin's Golden Immortals, that could wait until Dazheng was entirely destroyed.

The Martial Aspects waited expectantly for Dazheng to be destroyed, not knowing that Xiao Nanfeng was headed toward a nearby hall in the vicinity.

Moments after he entered the hall, about a dozen male cultivators rushed out, their robes almost the same as the Martial Aspects'. However, fog surrounded their faces.

Subsequently, one of Ao Canghai's subordinates rushed into the hall in which the Martial Aspects were located. "Eastern Aspect, Martial Aspects, there were cultivators impersonating you in a nearby hall!"

"What?" the Martial Aspects exclaimed.

Then, the Martial Aspects suddenly heard a voice from the outside, one that sounded exactly like Ao Canghai. The fake Ao Canghai shouted, "Everyone, with me! We'll kill Yin Mingwang!"

Within the hall, Ao Canghai shot up, thundering in outrage, "Damn it, Xiao Nanfeng's planning to impersonate us and force his foes to show themselves!"

Indeed, the next moment, Yongding was suddenly pitch-black. Dark clouds covered the air as a frightening aura manifested.

"All of you, die!" a voice roared.

A giant palm descended from the heavens, radiating with golden light, imbued with speed and strength. A single blow might crush Yongding.

"It's Yin Shenhua!" Ao Canghai exclaimed. He had no choice but to defend himself with a counterattack.

He shattered the hall he was in, launching a palm technique of his own to take on the radiant golden palm in the air.

The two giant palms clashed against each other in a flaming tempest.

Yin Shenhua wasn't the only one who had made his move. There were plenty of strong cultivators attacking Yongding, causing its defensive formation to shatter. The Martial Aspects finally rushed out of their hall, holding the cultivators of Dayin back.

There were several defensive formations layered around Yongding. After the first few had shattered, the last few were barely able to defend the city. Even so, they flickered as if they would collapse at any moment.

Yin Shenhua and his subordinates were taken aback.

"Where did those other Martial Aspects come from?" a monk exclaimed.

Two bodhisattvas immediately ignored their opponents and gave chase after Xiao Nanfeng.

The Martial Aspects they were fighting allowed them to do so with a smirk.

Three beams of light vanished over the horizon.

In the city of Linsha, the peacock was dissatisfied even after having devoured all the civilians in the city. He raised his head and looked toward the distance. His astounding sight revealed a city in that direction.

An arhat had been attacking the defensive formation for some time, but had still yet to break through.

"Something's wrong. How can such an ordinary city have a defensive formation that can resist a True Immortal?" the peacock exclaimed.

He flew toward the city, his subordinates following swiftly behind.

"What's going on?" Yin Mingwang demanded.

"I don't know. This formation's particularly strong, and I can't break through," the arhat replied.

The peacock narrowed his eyes and asked his subordinates, "Go see if the situation is the same across Dazheng."

"Understood!" his subordinates replied.

They closed their eyes and mobilized their avatars. One quickly replied, "I don't have information from all the cities I'm responsible for, but over half the cities have managed to repel the arhats thus far."

"More than half? Then we might as well assume it's like that for all the cities. Just where did Xiao Nanfeng find a relic that can support the cities' defensive formations all across his empire? Someone must be lending aid to Dazheng. Could Xiao Nanfeng have predicted our attack in advance?" the peacock exclaimed in shock.

He flapped its wings and sent a gust of black wind toward the defensive formation before him, which shattered.

With another gust of his wings, the peacock sent more black wind surging toward the city.

"No!" the civilians cried out.

Just then, a huge palm scattered the wind.

The peacock turned to see a cloud of black fog in the distance, which slowly dissipated to reveal the Past Buddha. Clearly, the black lotus had arrived.

"You bastard! You devoured all the people of Linsha? I'll kill you!" the black lotus cried out.

The peacock demanded, "Have you taken over the Past Buddha? Are you the Venerable Buddha?"

"I should have killed you in the past. You won't get away this time!" the black lotus roared, sending a palm toward the peacock.

"For killing my brother, even if you're the Venerable Buddha, I'll kill you!" the peacock screeched.

The two cultivators' attacks caused a flaming tempest to form in the air.

"I've already taken down the defensive formation around this city. Slaughter the people within," the peacock ordered his subordinates as he fought.

"Understood!" the arhat and the peacock's subordinates replied.

Just then, another beam of golden light flashed by from afar. Ye Dafu and his subordinates were the first to arrive on the scene.

"Kill them!" Ye Dafu commanded.

The fighting began anew in this ordinary city by Dazheng's borders.