Chapter 292: Chapter 219: Shangguan Shengxian’s First Defeat (Part 1)

In the blink of an eye, Shangguan Shengxian had arrived at the Cloud Illusion Mountain Range.

At this moment, the procession welcoming Gu Hong was just blocked by the outburst of a formation within the mountains.

From the explosion of the formation to the arrival of Shangguan Shengxian, it took no more than a moment!

Shangguan Shengxian stood high in the sky, did not immediately appear, instead waiting in the air.

Within the Cloud Illusion Mountain Range, formations continuously emerged, and the welcoming procession was in chaos!

In particular, the procession previously arranged to welcome the bride consisted of geniuses from the Immortal Talent Hall, but now that those geniuses had gone to the Celestial Killer Mountains, the experts were scattered, leaving only some True Core cultivators to maintain, which instantly gave the interceptors an opportunity —

The formations lasted for a moment, and the procession was already in disarray, and in the mountains, a figure finally appeared—

That person rushed towards the wedding carriage Gu Hong was in—

Shangguan Shengxian’s eyes lit up, she had locked onto this person!

She had seen Li An once in Celestial Yang City back then, so she remembered Li An’s life energy clearly, and at this moment, she was almost certain that this person should be Li An.

But she remained calm and composed, not taking direct action, but quickly descending, hiding in the shadows, using a mysterious cultivation technique to manipulate one of the True Core cultivators in the team. That True Core cultivator unleashed incredibly strong power, seemingly about to capture this “Li An”!

But, at this moment, this “Li An” suddenly self-detonated—

Boom!

The surrounding area was in chaos!

“The enemy self-detonated… Quick, send someone to Beidu to report!”

“Keep moving forward!”

The members of the team hurriedly spoke.

And inside the bridal sedan, Gu Hong couldn’t move, sensing the fluctuations around her, a tear rolled down from the corner of her eye, seemingly moved, yet also filled with endless worry…

“Why, I clearly already warned…”

She was puzzled.

…

“It wasn’t him.”

In the shadows, Shangguan Shengxian frowned incredulously.

She instantly determined that this person was just Li An’s puppet!

But why could this puppet’s life energy be exactly the same as Li An’s?

Could Li An alter his own life energy?!

No, even the Immortal Celestial Demon Skill doesn’t have such an effect!

Life energy can be concealed and disguised, but not changed.

Yet now this puppet was truly changed.

“I underestimated you…”

A trace of unprecedented seriousness surfaced in Shangguan Shengxian’s eyes, and she murmured, “A cultivation technique that can alter life energy, a cultivation technique that can alter life energy…”

She seemed to have thought of something, and a flicker of surprise passed through her eyes, “Could it be… No, Li An, I must catch you!”

She calmed her mind and raised her level of concern for Li An to an unprecedented degree!

She continued to follow the team —

Because an interception had occurred, this team from Great Li quickened its pace, but soon at the next location, the Celestial Yang River, another interception erupted!

But to Shangguan Shengxian’s disappointment, this time the puppet also self-detonated.

“Two puppets, plus the one before with the different life energy, makes three…”

She murmured, “At the Core Formation stage, the limit of the Immortal Celestial Demon Skill is three, the next one, it should be you yourself, right?!”

But she followed along without any hindrance.

Soon, they were about to enter Beidu Celestial Yang City!

In front of Celestial Yang City, an array roared to life!

Boom!

The third interceptor appeared.

Immediately, the entire Celestial Yang City was in shock, who would have thought that just before entering Celestial Yang City, someone would still dare to intercept?

“Bold!”

“Who dares to cause trouble before Celestial Yang City!”

“The princess’s grand wedding, who dares to obstruct it!”

In an instant, silhouettes of experts in Celestial Yang City had already appeared.

But this time, Shangguan Shengxian did not hesitate, did not hide in the shadows, and appeared directly. The numerous formations seemed to have no effect on her, she moved effortlessly, and in an instant, was already in the center of the formation, in front of the third “Li An”!

This puppet didn’t notice her arrival at all, couldn’t even self-detonate before she controlled it.

“No… another puppet?! A fourth puppet?”

Shangguan Shengxian furrowed her brows tightly.

And Gu Hong’s carriage had already entered Celestial Yang City!

“I’ve fallen into a trap… using four puppets to toy with me?!”

At this moment, Shangguan Shengxian inexplicably felt a kind of anger.

She… had actually been fooled by Li An?!

“How audacious.”

Her expression was ice cold as she collected the puppet, intending to study it slowly later, then her figure disappeared from in front of Celestial Yang City.

“Huh? What’s happening, where is the interceptor?!”

“Already gone…”

“Was it just a formation set alone?”

Inside Celestial Yang City, a group of experts had moved at the moment the array erupted, landing in front of the city, but when they cleared the array, they found nothing.

Nothing at all!

Shangguan Shengxian had acted right in front of them, and even took away a puppet, yet from start to finish, they were utterly unaware!

…

Celestial Killer Mountain.

The Celestial Killer Mountain Range, once a convergence of Evil Veins and a thicket of Spirit Veins, has now turned into a scene of devastation.

Cyan Peaks have collapsed, the mountain range destroyed, a complete mess, looking as if it has suffered various disasters such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

In the midst of the battlefield, only three people remained!

“Pfft!”

Life-taking Horse-Faced turned pale and spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with hatred. “If it weren’t for relying on external things, I could crush you both with one hand!”

In front of him were actually two Demon Kings!

The first was a fat old man with graying hair and beard, dressed in heavy black armor, extremely sturdy.

Black Tortoise Demon King!

The second was a woman clad in a fiery long dress, with incredible flaming wings formed behind her.

Vermilion Bird Demon King!

What left Life-taking Horse-Faced most helpless was that the two of them also held a sword…

A stone sword!

Although incomplete, it still possessed the true might of a Divinity Transformation.

“You are already a Quasi-Deification, a peerless powerhouse of the Emperor Origin Realm. To use the Demon Emperor’s old sword against you is also a form of respect.”

The Black Tortoise Demon King smiled slightly and said, “Killing you will cause a major blow to the Great Li as well. Hehe, at first, I didn’t understand why the Demon Queen had us wield an Emperor’s Sword here, but now I finally do. The Demon Queen truly has divine foresight…”

“No need to say more, kill him–”

The Vermilion Bird Demon King spoke coldly.

Brilliant light erupted between the Demon Emperors–

Life-taking Horse-Faced did his utmost to resist, his eyes filled with unwillingness and despair!

Starting from the Northern Territory of Great Li, from a humble Demon Cultivator, he had climbed step by step to become a Quasi-Deification powerhouse, just one step away from crossing that threshold, yet today, must he die here…

“Black-hearted Talisman Master, in my next life, I will definitely kill you, chop you up and make you into a spicy dish…”

At the last moment, his resentment was incredibly deep!

Once, when he was still at Foundation Establishment and Fake Pill stages, he had been trapped by Li An twice.

This was the third time!

And this third time directly took his life!

Sorrow, raging hatred…

Bang!

Under the joint control of the Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise, the Demon Emperor’s Sword exploded with extreme brilliance. As the sword light descended, the Quasi-Deification Life-taking Horse-Faced could not resist, being directly annihilated into ash–

The Hall Master of the Immortal Talent Hall, Life-taking Horse-Faced, perished!

“Finally killed.”

The Black Tortoise Demon King exhaled a long breath. “What a big fish, a Quasi-Deification, this victory was won handsomely!”

His aged face was filled with incomparable joy; this battle not only annihilated the geniuses of the Immortal Talent Hall but also killed such a master… a rare triumph!

Even the Great Li Empire will suffer a major loss of Primordial Qi.

“This Lin An, indeed, has skills of divine and ghostly measurements. Such a clever and ruthless person, rare, rare…”

The Vermilion Bird Demon King was contemplating as he began to speak, “No wonder the Demon Queen regards him so highly.”

Initially, when they were ordered by the Demon Queen to come to the Celestial Killer Mountain Range, he and the Black Tortoise Demon King were both quite reluctant.

Especially since the Demon Queen personally instructed them to pay attention and ensure Lin An’s safety.

What was Lin An? A mere True Core, how could he be deserving of having the two great Demon Kings personally protect him?

Only now did they refresh their understanding of this little True Core Cultivator!

Being able to trap a Quasi-Deification, hundreds of True Core geniuses, and dozens of Nascent Soul powerhouses, even if his cultivation wasn’t enough… he absolutely couldn’t be underestimated!

“Don’t worry about all that, let’s gather the spoils of war first!”

The Black Tortoise Demon King was rubbing his hands in delight, stepping forward and from the wrecked battlefield, found Life-taking Horse-Faced’s storage bag and rings,

The Vermilion Bird King also started to move. After all, the possessions of Life-taking Horse-Faced and so many Nascent Souls, Golden Cores, and True Cores were also attractive to the Demon Race.

While the two were searching through storage bags, at some unknown moment, a frail girl appeared in this sky.

She looked at the ravaged Celestial Killer Mountain Range ahead and couldn’t help but lightly sigh, saying, “Using Evil Veins as an array, fully leveraging the geographical advantage, to annihilate my hundreds of Demon Seeds, sister, oh sister, truly underestimated you.”

The Vermilion Bird King and Black Tortoise Demon King, both a step behind in realization, suddenly sensed something and looked up, instantly shocked.

The opponent had gotten so close, yet the two great Demon Kings hadn’t noticed at all?!

“You… who are you?!”

The Black Tortoise Demon King instinctively shrank his neck into the thick black armor, revealing only a pair of eyes, while hurriedly standing together with the Vermilion Bird Demon King.

Together, they held the Demon Emperor’s Sword, defensively watching the frail girl.

The frail girl said, “I did miscalculate one thing. Your Demon Queen didn’t focus all her strength on Xiling but instead placed two Demon Kings here…”

This time, there were indeed many surprises.

She couldn’t understand, what was the point of the Demon Queen doing this…?

“Die!”

The Black Tortoise Demon King, along with the Vermilion Bird Demon King, suddenly and unexpectedly struck at the frail girl with the Demon Emperor’s Sword.

The Demon Emperor’s Sword was something personally refined by the Demon Emperor, who was a generation of Divinity Transformation Great Cultivator. This sword was even exceptional, just now, when it slashed, even the Quasi-Deification Life-taking Horse-Faced couldn’t withstand–

But the frail girl merely glanced coldly, then waved a hand–

At this moment, the Black Tortoise Demon King and Vermilion Bird Demon King, the two great Demon Kings, found themselves unable to hold onto the Demon Emperor’s Sword; the sword was directly seized by the frail girl–

The Demon Emperor’s Sword fell into her delicate jade hands, struggled for a moment, but she gave it a cold glance, and the sword had already calmed down!

“Demon Emperor? Ha, just another insignificant bug fortunate enough to encounter some serendipities from my Demon Sect…”

She said faintly, and the Demon Emperor’s stone sword in her hand began to turn into stone powder, scattering with the wind–

The Vermilion Bird Demon King and Black Tortoise Demon King were dazed.

Utterly dazed.

Who exactly was this person in front of them?

Even the Demon Emperor’s stone sword, in her hands, could be so easily destroyed???

……

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