The game character moved forward, as expected, encountering numerous adversaries.

It wasn’t long before they had already faced several enemies.

The Immortal Monarchs were constantly watching Jiang Mengli, never allowing her to escape easily.

The game character grew more valiant in battle, and after defeating five opponents, a character wielding an Immortal Artifact finally appeared.

However, since the Immortal Artifact hadn’t awakened, and it wasn’t in the hands of the protagonist, the game character could still hold their ground.

Soon, Lin Qianxuan saw the head disciple of the True Inheritance of the Sword Domain, Dai Xinming.

Coming with the Immortal Artifact, this protagonist’s skills were extraordinary, almost like a Demi-Immortal.

Though the game character could force the opponent back, victory couldn’t be easily claimed.

Fortunately, he only struck once, and after the game character blocked it, he no longer fought.

Clearing the path, the game character continued to flee towards Bright Light Holy Land.

At this time, Jiang Mengli’s favorability had reached 32%.

The game screen shifted, after facing over thirty powerful foes, the game character finally arrived at Bright Light Holy Land.

However, the scene before them left Lin Qianxuan speechless.

A wasteland.

The entire Bright Light Holy Land had been utterly destroyed.

Countless buildings were damaged, and even some skeletal remains could be seen.

The flowing Spiritual Spring was stained red with blood.

The once Spirit Plant and Immortal Grass-covered land was now full of devastation.

The Great Transposition Array here had its focal point destroyed, and the surrounding Array Pillars engraved with Array Patterns were also demolished.

Jiang Mengli landed on the ground, walking with eyes full of anger and disbelief.

[Jiang Mengli (shocked): How could this be…]

Lin Qianxuan had a sense of understanding; this was likely not the work of the Immortal Monarchs.

The Immortal Monarchs wouldn’t act so inefficiently.

When they demolish, they truly demolish, dismissing Spirit Plants, with only Immortal Roots worth their attention.

Therefore, it must have been done by others.

Suddenly, several figures appeared before the game character and Jiang Mengli.

Three men and two women.

One man in green attire carried a sword, one in black wielded a spear, and one in blue held a knife.

One woman in red had a small fan at her waist, the other in pink with a long skirt, adorned in a dancer-like veil, cradling a pipa.

The knife-wielding man looked at the game character and Jiang Mengli.

[Zhang He (smiling): Are the two Immortal Monarchs intending to leave through the Great Transposition Array? What a coincidence, we were sent here in advance by Immortal Monarch Deng and Immortal Monarch Mingxue to destroy this array. Unfortunately, we faced some resistance and had to ruthlessly injure some innocents and demolish some buildings.]

This person wore a smile, but his words carried a chilling coldness.

This was far more than injuring some innocents.

After entering Bright Light Holy Land, they hadn’t encountered a single living being.

Lin Qianxuan used the game character to inspect the cultivation of the five people.

The leading knife-wielding man’s cultivation was at the Profound Longevity Realm, the other four were all at the True Thought Realm.

But there was a vague sense of threat emanating from them.

These five clearly possessed some means.

Jiang Mengli was already extremely furious, but she understood the gravity and refrained from acting impulsively, instead transmitting a message to the game character.

[Jiang Mengli (sending a message to you): Be wary of the one holding the knife, there seems to be a presence of an Immortal Artifact on him, albeit well concealed, this area might hold their backup plan.]

[Lin Qianxuan (responding): Understood!]

After a brief exchange, Lin Qianxuan entered the commands.

Since they were enemies, there was only one choice left, battle!

“Boom~!”

The game character struck with full force, a sudden punch thrown out with immense energy.

Under the heavy punch, Chaos Qi unfolded, using the creation and destruction of a world as its foundation, unleashing boundless might.

The five opponents were taken aback but did not cower. Zhang He made a hand sign, and in the next moment, a Five Elements Diagram appeared, enveloping the heavens and earth.

Starting with Zhang He, True Fire erupted, followed by the spear-wielding man’s surrounding formation of dense Earth Element True Qi, the sword-carrying man drew his sword, Earth Element True Qi transformed, and Geng Metal Qi flowed along the sword blade, the pipa-holding woman strummed her melody, turning waves into Gui Water, finally the woman in red transformed the Qi into boundless Yi Wood vitality on her small fan.

Fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, water turns into wood.

The five elements circulated rapidly, dissipating the game character’s punch forcefully.

The game character’s punch power was easily diminished, then Zhang He gathered the Five Elements Power and delivered a single slash.

This slash, though just a single strike, was a combined effort of the five, supported by the Immortal Artifact of the Five Elements Diagram.

In haste, the game character found it difficult to gather strength, barely managing to counter with Divine Power.

Yin Yang Qi converged, forming a Tai Chi Diagram, attempting to dissolve the fire brought by the slash.

However, after a brief stalemate, the Yin Yang Diagram was damaged, and the slash landed directly on the game character.

“Poof~!”

True Fire breached the game character’s defenses, leaving a blade mark on his chest.

This slash burned through flesh, exposing the heart’s outer membrane, True Fire continued to burn causing lasting damage, Dragon’s True Flame couldn’t completely block it, only slowly consuming it.

If the game character hadn’t dodged in time, this slash would have split him in half.

Though it wouldn’t be fatal, it would certainly render him powerless.

These five individually might not be strong, but together, forming a Battle Array, with the Immortal Artifact support, proved more challenging than the protagonist Dai Xinming.

“Swish~!”

The game character had no chance to catch a breath as a sharp glint of coldness, along with the endless Geng Metal Qi, had already struck.

The Five Elements circled once, and this Geng Metal Sword Qi was no weaker than the attack unleashed by the Immortal Sword.

“Boom~!”

The game character’s aura surged around him, transforming instantly into a semi-dragon form. A Dao pattern manifested at his brow, the True Flame Dao pattern, which had absorbed copious amounts of rule information, becoming ever more profound and complex.

At this moment, fully activated by the game character, it seemed akin to being on fire.

“Bang~!”

A punch exploded out, shaking the void.

The world created by the Five Elements Immortal Map was also shaken.

The mighty force shattered the Geng Metal Sword Qi, seeming to destroy the swordsman behind it into nothingness as well.

The expressions of the five changed suddenly, and the Five Elements Qi quickly circulated, wearing down the game character’s power.

However, the game character at this moment abandoned all those techniques, purely unleashing his own strength to resist them.

From the Endless Divine Sea, limitless Divine Energy surged forth wave after wave. Even though their Five Elements Qi was inexhaustible, it was like water with no roots, gradually wearing away, starting to show signs of weakness.

The five of them had disbelief written on their faces, astonished by the majestic energy reserves within the game character.

They exchanged glances, and suddenly, the Five Elements Heaven and Earth trembled, and in the void arose an immense presence.

[Jiang Mengli (reminder): They’re going to activate the artifact spirit of the Immortal Artifact!]

Without Jiang Mengli’s reminder, Lin Qianxuan had already sensed it.

He had encountered it in previous game sessions.

Although it wasn’t this Five Elements Immortal Map.

Within the Immortal Map, a purely Five Elements energy-constructed illusory humanoid appeared.

With just a simple grasp, the Five Elements Power controlled by Zhang He and the others was effortlessly melded together by it, entering a cycle that devoured the game character’s vast energy, then the Five Elements reversed.

Using the mutual destruction among the Five Elements to reverse the Five Elements Power.

The destructive Five Elements Power released infinite energy, which concentrated into a grand Five Elements annihilation profound light, directly blasting onto the game character.

“Om~! Boom~!”

A bloody hole appeared in the game character’s chest, running through it entirely, with the Power of the Great Dao still continuously damaging his body.

Only because his cultivation was high, foundation deep, and life force resilient.

Otherwise, at the moment of collision with that grand Five Elements annihilation profound light, he would have perished on the spot.

This was a Great Dao Divine Power executed by the revived artifact spirit of the Immortal Artifact.

Comparable to a True Immortal striking in person.

The game character’s cultivation could indeed not withstand such an attack.

After receiving this move, he had no choice but to fall into severe injury, his aura dispirited.

Upon unleashing this move, the artifact spirit of the Immortal Artifact returned to dormancy.

The surrounding world scene returned to the appearance of Bright Light Holy Land, and the aura of the five opponents had also diminished significantly—clearly, awakening the artifact spirit of the Immortal Artifact had cost them greatly as well.

Jiang Mengli flew beside the game character, casting a complex glance at him.

[Jiang Mengli (handing you a porcelain bottle): Inside here are some of my things, keep them safe. Leave the rest to me, you’ve done enough, remember this, return to Earth swiftly. If you lack a thousandfold Dao Practice, do not attempt to avenge me.]

After speaking, she did not wait for the game character to respond and let her aura surge, facing the five opponents head-on.

Her entire Great Dao aura soared, constantly ascending, rushing into the sky, sweeping across the eight directions.

At this moment, she no longer suppressed her injuries, once again returning to the True Immortal Great Dao Realm.

Across from her, the five still intended to activate the Immortal Artifact once more, but Jiang Mengli raised her hand and pointed, a silver-white profound light shot forth, instantly piercing through Zhang He’s body, extinguishing all consciousness, leaving only a treasure-filled shell.

The shocked expressions of the remaining four were apparent, yet before they could even react, these four were also pierced by the profound light through their bodies, then turned into lifeless things, falling to the ground.

Jiang Mengli looked up, gazed at the sky, gave the game character one last look, and then charged ahead.

After a while, spiritual light filled the sky, illuminating the ten directions, vast energy dispersing throughout the entire world.

Jiang Mengli once more vanished into the Dao.

[String of Destiny deactivated….Destiny Restarting…Restart successful!]

….

“Is this not working either?”

Lin Qianxuan looked at the screen and sighed.

It seemed that the method to enter Bright Light Holy Land was also wrong.

Though the Immortal Monarchs wouldn’t act for the moment, they wouldn’t just watch the game character and Jiang Mengli flee, either.

“Is the only way to fight all the way?” Lin Qianxuan frowned and said.

This path seemed counterintuitive at a glance.

Moreover, he had already tried; it was simply impossible to really fight to the end.

The enemies would become increasingly stronger.

Initially, the Immortal Monarchs might not prepare sufficiently, sparing a few pawns, but later on, various exceptional talents would appear.

And seemingly because the game character’s performance was too extraordinary, the Immortal Monarchs also loosened more restrictions, with their Immortal Artifacts encountering artifact spirit revivals.

Just like the Immortal Artifact of these five people.

The battle power of an artifact spirit revival substitute was blatantly evident from the game character having his chest pierced upon a single blow.

Completely different from the scenario where exceptional talents used the Immortal Artifact.

Those cultivators who had not even reached the True Immortal Realm, could they possibly understand its power better than it could understand itself?

The issue now was not whether he could court Jiang Mengli.

But rather that there was no time to even try courting Jiang Mengli!

“Truly difficult!”

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