Ninth In the World

Many people heard Tan Mo and understood what he meant—the sect masters and experts trapped in the Starry Sky Immortal City confinement array were dead meat.

Nobody would be able to escape the Defense Array while those scary immortal spirit meridians supplied the Immortal Spirit Origin and the City Lord could remain in control of it.

Some people suspected whether Di Jiu would have been able to control the Defense Array if Jing Luowen hadn’t been with him. However, now that Jing Luowen was assisting him, this could definitely be done.

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Almost all the cultivators who were being trapped by Di Jiu retaliated with all their might at Yi Zhen’s instigation. Di Jiu felt his pressure increase, even though he wasn’t fighting directly with them.

Although this strangulation array chain was supposed to be level-eight, it was actually extremely close to being level-eight thanks to the amplification of the Floating Flame Flag. If the Seven-Star Aqua Flag was added to the equation, it would definitely break through to level eight. However, Di Jiu wouldn’t use the Seven-Star Aqua Flag for now, because it was acting as the array core of the Five-Element Immortal Array.

By now, the large array was filled with killing intent. Continuous sounds of explosions were caused by the collisions of Dharma treasures and the killer blades in the Confinement Killing Immortal Array.

If Di Jiu had not still been controlling the large array, it would have cracked due to the continuous explosions.

Even though Di Jiu’s strength was far ahead of his peers, his cultivation level was too low. He hadn’t even attained the Golden Immortal Realm yet. Thus, even if he made his move against the Zenith Heaven Immortals who were trapped, he would only injure them.

As more cultivators got killed in the Confinement Killing Array, the harder the array vibrated.

Di Jiu was a little worried about whether the Confinement Killing Array would be blasted into pieces. He turned back and told Jing Luowen, “Sect Master Jing…”

It seemed as though Jing Luowen knew what Di Jiu wanted to say. Thus, she sighed and said, “City Lord Di, I can help you kill Yi Zhen…”

Di Jiu was a clever man. The minute he heard Jing Luowen, he realized that it would be impractical to ask her to kill the people trapped in the Confinement Killing Immortal Array, like he had been doing.

Jing Luowen was the sect master of the Virtuous Nirvana Sect. She could indeed kill a few people. However, one can’t possibly ask her to kill thousands and thousands of defenseless individuals.

Although Di Jiu looked down upon her hypocrisy, he could only agree to it.

As if she could read Di Jiu’s mind, Jing Luowen explained, “City Lord Di, you won’t have to bother with anyone else once Yi Zhen is killed. This Immortal Killing Array will be able to finish the job for you.”

Why, yes! Why hadn’t he thought of this before? The Confinement Killing Immortal Array chain kept swaying because Yi Zhen, who was trapped in it, was a level-six Immortal Array Great-Master. Plus, he had already perfected the Immortal King Realm. The Immortal Killing Array would certainly be stabilized once he was killed.

Suddenly, Di Jiu threw out a number of array flags as a passageway appeared before Jing Luowen. The first thing Jing Luowen saw was Yi Zhen, who was attacking the Confinement Killing Immortal Array like crazy.

By now, Yi Zhen had lost the regal air of the sect master of the Radiant Fortune Immortal Sect. His hair was disheveled, and he was covered in blood. There were more than a few dozen wounds on his body. Although these wounds weren’t instantaneously fatal, the continuous attacks of the killing array would cost him his life sooner or later.

“Jing Luowen! Are you actually colluding with a nobody who just came to the Immortal World to move against the Radiant Fortune Immortal Sect?” Yi Zhen shouted angrily the moment he saw Jing Luowen before he lunged towards her.

Di Jiu wouldn’t let Yi Zhen get the chance to attack Jing Luowen. He quickly flung out the array flags in his hand.

Vicious wind blades and a killing array whirlpool immediately encapsulated Yi Zhen, who had no choice but to stop and deal with this situation.

Jing Luowen grabbed her fly-whisk as she muttered, “Let me avenge you today, Junior Sister.”

By the time she finished speaking, the fly-whisk had already transformed into hundreds of millions of dust flares that swept towards Yi Zhen, who was trapped within the killing array whirlpool.

Jing Luowen was a notch weaker than Yi Zhen in terms of actual strength. The former was an early-stage Immortal King, while the latter was a perfected Immortal King.

Now that Yi Zhen was trapped within Di Jiu’s Confinement Killing Array, Jing Luowen didn’t even need to put up any defense as she directly overpowered Yi Zhen.

It was not easy to withstand a strike from an Immortal King, even a beginner-level Immortal King.

Within a short time, Yi Zhen was wrapped in a silky thread of dust as several blade flares followed and cut off one of his arms.

A wisp of hopelessness flashed across Yi Zhen’s heart. He regretted belittling his opponent. If he hadn’t, he wouldn’t have been duped into this Confinement Killing Array and would have been able to kill the puny City Lord.

“Stop! Let me off this once. I can hand over the Heavenly Mutable Sutra!” shouted Yi Zhen in panic. How could he falter here?

However, Jing Luowen didn’t show any signs of stopping, as she was thinking of her Junior Sister. She was actually worried that Di Jiu would waver due to Yi Zhen’s promise and let him off. The Heavenly Mutable Sutra was, after all, a top-notch divine power in the Immortal World that could infer where the light from providence shone, as well as the location of the Dao runes.

Jing Luowen didn’t understand Di Jiu well enough. Di Jiu wouldn’t let Yi Zhen off, even if he had promised him a connate treasure, let alone the Heavenly Mutable Sutra. He had seen one too many quality items, including the Universe Dao law. A mere divine power didn’t mean anything to him.

Di Jiu had been determined to kill Yi Zhen ever since he had attacked the Defense Array of the auxiliary city of the Starry Sky Immortal City. Moreover, his stuff would still end up in his possession after he killed Yi Zhen.

Another silky thread of dust cut off one of Yi Zhen’s legs.

Just as Yi Zhen felt his Immortal Essence and life-force dissipating away and leaving his body, rage filled his eyes. Suddenly, his aura became stronger instead.

Jing Luowen grew anxious. This was self-detonation!

If an Immortal King self-detonated, the entire array would blow up. However, her cultivation level was too low to stop Yi Zhen from self-detonating.

Di Jiu could see that Yi Zhen was going to self-detonate too.

Jing Luowen stepped back hastily as she shouted, “Quick, leave! City Lord Di! I can’t stop him from self-detonating!”

However, Di Jiu wouldn’t back off. This Immortal Killing Array chain was fundamental to the existence of the Starry Sky Immortal City. If he left and Yi Zhen self-detonated successfully, thousands of experts would be waiting to enter!

Instead of leaving, Di Jiu actually dashed in. His hands went through the complicated hand seals as he shifted the Floating Flame Flag to Yi Zhen’s side. Hundreds of supporting array flags surrounded the Floating Flame Flag to form a whirlpool.

Yi Zhen, who had been in the midst of self-detonation, felt his body come to a stop. He was being interrupted while completing a Qi Circulation. This was like poking a hole in a balloon. Suddenly, he discovered the Floating Flame Flag.

“Floating Flame Flag, have you killed…” Di Jiu swept up a green flare with his Heavenly Aqua Saber before Yi Zhen could finish speaking.

Di Jiu borrowed the forces of the Strangulation Immortal Array as the Heavenly Aqua Saber struck between Yi Zhen’s eyes. A bloody mist exploded as Yi Zhen’s Principal Spirit got strangled by the Confinement Killing Immortal Array.

Di Jiu put away Yi Zhen’s ring and heaved a sigh of relief. Yi Zhen would have really self-detonated successfully if it had not been for the Floating Flame Flag.

The Heavenly Aqua Saber buzzed endlessly the moment it slashed Yi Zhen up. Di Jiu was elated! His Heavenly Aqua Saber had advanced again!

When Jing Luowen saw that Di Jiu had dashed towards Yi Zhen instead of backing off, she dashed in again as well. Even though Di Jiu didn’t know how frightening an Immortal King’s self-detonation could be, she did. She had to drag Di Jiu out of this.

She hadn’t expected that Di Jiu would have killed Yi Zhen by the time he returned.

She stared blankly at Di Jiu. Was he really a cultivator who had yet to attain the Great Immortal Realm?

Di Jiu didn’t pay attention to Jing Luowen. He sensed that the vibrations in the Strangulation Immortal Array chain had lessened the moment he had killed Yi Zhen.

How could he show mercy now? Di Jiu thrust the killing array flags one by one. As more people in the killing array chain got injured, the number of attacks shaking the killing array lessened.

As veils and veils of bloody mists exploded, the vibrations in the killing array chain also lessened.

This continuous slaughter went on for three whole days. The entire Immortal City, both inside and outside, quieted down after the last Immortal King was killed by the Immortal Killing Array chain.

Di Jiu opened his hands and whirled away all the rings. However, he didn’t move the dead bodies. He put the Floating Flame Flag away as the area outside the auxiliary city of the Starry Sky Immortal City became clear once more.

The previously foggy sky had disappeared and been replaced by an extremely clear passageway. This passageway led all the way in from the outside of the auxiliary city. It was exactly the same as the passageway that had formed when Yi Zhen had broken the Defense Array earlier.

The only difference between them was that dead bodies lined the sides of this passageway. The dead bodies belonged to the people who had dashed into the auxiliary city with their Dharma treasures three days ago. However, all of them lay on the passageway leading into it now. Every dead body was like a torn rag that had been slashed by the blade flares of the killing array countless times.

There was utter silence both inside and outside of the city. All the cultivators in the auxiliary city looked at Di Jiu with a sense of awe and veneration. On the other hand, Lu Xikun and the others stood silently outside the auxiliary city. They knew very well that City Lord Di was keeping this passageway open because he was waiting for them to enter.

Was Lu Xikun supposed to enter or not?