Ninth In the World

Lu Xikun felt a chill go down his spine as he watched the auxiliary city get covered by fog. How could he not understand what was going on? He was, after all, the sect master of the Limitless Sword Dao Sect.

Di Jiu, the City Lord of the Starry Sky Immortal City, was a sheep in wolf’s clothing who had trapped thousands of experts from immortal sects in a top-notch Strangulation Immortal Array. Liu Xikun couldn’t tell which level this Immortal Array was at, although he was sure it was at least at level seven or higher.

If he had dashed over earlier like everybody else, then he would also have become a trapped ant subjected to the mercy of others.

Suddenly, he recalled that his master had reminded him before that there was bound to be a reason for everything that existed. The Starry Sky Immortal City had been built by a mere cultivator from the Cultivation World who had appeared out of nowhere. However, the fact that it could still survive after being attacked by a few dozens of Radiant Fortune Immortal Sect disciples had to mean something.

What a pity that he and Yi Zhen had been prejudiced by first impressions about Di Jiu, who had appeared out of nowhere, and hadn’t paid any attention to him. He was slightly better off than Yi Zhen because he hadn’t gotten trapped in the Strangulation Immortal Array.

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Suddenly, Di Jiu’s Immortal Killing Array chain toned down from the initial madness and his tension lessened.

Di Jiu naturally understood what this was all about. He smiled coldly in his heart. Those selfish bastards had wanted the others to attack the Confinement Killing Array to wear off the Immortal Spirit Qi of the Immortal Array. When the Immortal Spirit Qi of the Spirit Gathering Immortal Array became insufficient for its circulation, they would use their full force to attack and break the Confinement Killing Immortal Array, thereby escaping from it. However, this would enable Di Jiu to kill them more easily.

Di Jiu divided the level-eight Immortal Killing Array chain into small segments. He fleeted among the Confinement Killing Arrays and activated the strangulation space at various bearings. Once the Strangulation Arrays had trapped the enemies, his Heavenly Aqua Saber would kill them all off.

Di Jiu didn’t dare be casual about this, as there were at least three or four Immortal Kings amongst the people he had trapped. The rest were mostly Zenith Heaven Immortals and Grand Zenith Immortals. There was also a small number of Great Unity Immortals and weaker individuals.

Jing Luowen, who had been following Di Jiu, hadn’t been attacked by the Confinement Killing Arrays because she possessed a Life Array Flag. Her scalp began to go numb as she saw bloody mists and dead bodies at every place Di Jiu passed.

City Lord Di Jiu looked extremely courteous, as he always had a smile on his face. However, his techniques were just as vicious as Yi Zhen’s. He must have been prepared for today’s big battle. All the treasures in the Sunset Immortal World had already been plundered by the various sect masters. Di Jiu must have come for the rings too.

Lu Xikun, who had been standing outside the Confinement Killing Array, could only see continuous explosions of bloody mists in the array. Nothing else was visible. Thus, he grew increasingly afraid.

There were thousands of experts in there, including four Immortal Kings and a few hundred Zenith Heaven Immortals. The rest were made up of Great Unity Immortals and Grand Zenith Immortals.

The bloody mists that he saw now clearly hadn’t come from City Lord Di. If his guess was correct, it was the sect masters who had dashed into the Confinement Killing Array that were being killed.

Boom! Di Jiu’s Heavenly Aqua Saber finally got blocked as a frightening killing intent lunged out from the Confinement Killing Array.

Di Jiu had been prepared for this. He flung out a few array flags again and slashed out with his Heavenly Aqua Saber.

Bloody mists exploded in the Confinement Killing Array. It seemed as if the Heavenly Aqua Saber was slashing at a cotton ball as its seemingly unstoppable saber aura instantly dispersed.

Before Di Jiu could react, a streak of space-ripping killing intent swept over across Di Jiu’s waist.

A bloody mist spurted from Di Jiu’s waist this time. He felt a frightening force whirl over as he got blasted out.

Di Jiu’s heart sank as he grabbed a few array flags and flung them out again. The subsequent bouts of killing aura got blocked by Di Jiu’s Dharma Array as Di Jiu landed on the ground. He actually got hurt in his own Confinement Killing Immortal Array!

“Are you okay?” Jing Luowen, who had been following behind, immediately rushed up to defend Di Jiu.

Di Jiu consumed a few elixirs as his face grew pale and said, “I am fine. Can I trouble Sect Master Jing to help me deal with this man? He is too strong for me.”

Jing Luowen nodded. “He is the sect master of the Essence Severing Immortal Palace, Lu Liang. You would not have had the chance to make any moves at all if it had not been for your level-eight Immortal Array.”

Di Jiu was deeply shaken. He had tried to overestimate the prowess of the Immortal King expert. However, he still hadn’t been able to seize him up.

It looked like he could only rely on the Strangulation Immortal Array. He would seek help from Sect Master Jing if he couldn’t handle it. He felt helpless to deal with those Immortal Kings in the Confinement Killing Immortal Array given his current strength.

Although Jing Luowen’s cultivation was no match for Lu Liang’s, the strength of a cultivator from the Virtuous Nirvana Sect had always been superior to anyone of the same class. Moreover, Jing Luowen drew support from Di Jiu’s Strangulation Immortal Array chain. Thus, in merely half an hour, Lu Liang’s screams were heard.

When Di Jiu saw that Jing Luowen hadn’t taken Lu Liang’s ring, he immediately took it off without standing on ceremony.

It had been part of his plan to take the ring of every cultivator killed in the strangulation array. He was just retrieving all the quality items of the Immortal World that those bastards had previously taken away.

The demise of Lu Liang clearly provoked the rest of the Immortal Kings. Yi Zhen, who was the first to feel uneasy about this, blasted a few talismans out.

When the talismans exploded, ripples appeared in the sky above the level-eight Strangulation Immortal Array. Yi Zhen shouted amidst the interval between the ripples, “Everybody, please gather all your might and strike! Otherwise, death will await us. This man is killing us one by one. We will only stand a chance if we combine our forces…”

Yi Zhen’s talismans were quite high-level. However, they only lasted a few seconds in Di Jiu’s level-eight Immortal Array chain before disappearing. As the talisman ripples disappeared, Yi Zhen’s voice also died down.

However, his reminder jolted the experts trapped by Di Jiu back to their senses. They had all counted on others, but they eventually realized that they could count on nobody.

Suddenly, all the cultivators began to attack the Confinement Killing Immortal Array chain like crazy when they realized that it was impractical to wait for somebody else to lead the attack.

Without hesitation, Di Jiu activated the strongest killing aura of the Immortal Killing Array chain, which was once again filled with the frightening clanging sound of Dharma treasures banging against each other.

By now, Lu Xikun and the rest, who had been watching from afar, had recovered from their shock. The frightening sound of the attack and strangulation coming from the Confinement Killing Immortal Array was what was supposed to happen.

Lu Xikun turned and told the many sect masters who were still in shock, “Everybody, I’m afraid that Yi Zhen and the others will have to flee from today’s battle. This is the Sunset Immortal World. Although there are Spirit Gathering Arrays around, the level of this Confinement Killing Immortal Array is too high and it has used up too much Immortal Spirit Qi. This Confinement Killing Immortal Array will collapse sooner or later without sufficient Immortal Spirit Qi to support it…”

Everybody agreed. Lu Xikun was indeed speaking the truth. The Confinement Killing Immortal Array would not last long against the simultaneous attack from a few thousand people without sufficient Immortal Spirit Qi. It would collapse even if someone was presiding over it.

Lu Xikun took a breath as he said even more firmly, “The ferocity of this Confinement Killing Immortal Array has far exceeded what we can comprehend. More than half of them will die even if Yi Zhen and the others are able to escape from it. I hope that all of you can help finish them off the moment they come out.”

“We will listen to Sect Master Lu. The Radiant Fortune Immortal Sect has gained fame by deceiving the public. Their actions don’t match their words. They are the black sheep of the Immortal World. They are a total disgrace…”

Nobody refuted Lu Xikun’s words.

It was just as Lu Xikun had said. Regardless of how strong the Confinement Killing Immortal Array chain was, it would eventually collapse completely due to the insufficient Immortal Spirit Qi. No matter how powerful the person presiding over the Dharma Array was, he would not be able to replenish the Immortal Spirit Qi.

“Something is not right!” shouted a Zenith Heaven Immortal suddenly.

Actually, all the cultivators, including Lu Xikun, could see what was amiss.

Extrapolating from the fact that there had been insufficient Immortal Spirit Qi in the Sunset Immortal World, the Confinement Killing Immortal Array should have collapsed as a result. However, they felt an endless, extremely thick Immortal Spirit Qi flood forth now. This was because the more strongly the cultivators who had been trapped in the Confinement Killing Immortal Array were attacking, the stronger the Immortal Spirit Qi would become.

This array would not collapse as long as the Array Dao expert presiding over the array was still around.

Lu Xikun gasped in a mouthful of cold air as he muttered to himself, “This is the immortal spirit meridian, not just a middle-grade one…”

Even before the sun had set in the Immortal World, only top-notch sects had been able to establish their sect encampments with one or half an immortal spirit meridian. Most sects would already be considered fundamentally strong if they were in possession of even a middle-grade immortal spirit meridian.

Based on the density of the Immortal Spirit Qi that was gushing over, he was sure that it could not be simply a middle-grade immortal spirit meridian.

Exactly what was the City Lord of the Starry Sky Immortal City made of? How could he actually possess such a high-grade immortal spirit meridian?

“They are dead!” Tan Mo, the Manor Lord of the Ultimate Essence Immortal Manor sighed and mumbled to himself when he felt the endless Immortal Spirit Qi that was gushing out.