The cliff jutted out, with three sides hanging over empty space.
Behind them, more than a hundred elite soldiers led by three major Sha Xing (Killer Stars) were approaching in a semi-encirclement, leaving them in almost a desperate situation!
“No way! This can’t be happening!!!”
Seeing Guo Zihe charging toward them, Devouring Heart Boy was utterly bewildered: “The Alliance Leader specifically assigned me to this mission and promised backup. How could they end up being pursuers instead?”
Even Li Zizai, an outsider to the situation, found it hard to believe. After all, unless the alliance leader was an idiot, no one would deliberately sabotage their own allies and weaken their strength.
But regardless, now that the three major Sha Xing had arrived with their pursuing forces, they immediately pushed these Reborn into a desperate corner!
“Archers, prepare!”
Guo Zihe waved his hand, and a line of over a dozen soldiers stepped forward, kneeling in a row, their small crossbows aimed directly at the few individuals.
In such a desperate situation, if they launched a covering attack, even a Martial Sage would not be able to escape!
As the crossbows pointed at them, Li Zizai quickly shielded Ruan Zhiyu from behind, his expression extremely serious.
“What should we do, Brother Li?”
From behind him came Ruan Zhiyu’s low voice: “Surrender means death. If we attempt to break through, they’ll kill the Peerless King, and we’ll still die!”
“Don’t act rashly!”
Even Li Zizai’s forehead was now covered with cold sweat, his right hand tightly gripping his long spear.
Inwardly, he bitterly regretted: “Unfortunately, my divine spear was damaged in the previous battle. Although this long spear is also forged from hundred-refined steel, it still cannot fully display my strength!”
Nonetheless, he was clear that even if he were at his peak, facing such an array would still be extremely dangerous.
At this moment, hoping for more abilities was merely a desperate wish to fight back.
“Could it be that they’re after me?”
Wu Ming glanced at the cliff. For a Martial Sage, jumping down would almost certainly result in losing half their life, but for a cultivator like him, there were still many clever methods.
Of course, ordinary cultivators wouldn’t dare to display their abilities in front of so many soldiers emitting such strong martial aura; they might end up even more fragile than ordinary people, turning into blood and mud upon impact.
His mind raced, but suddenly he felt a jolt: “Could someone have seen through my identity? If so, there must be more tricks up their sleeve!”
Jumping off the cliff was a last resort, not even something Shi Xintongzi would dare to choose lightly.
At this moment, facing the arrowheads, an eerie silence fell.
Puchi!
In the silence, suddenly a flash of blade light appeared, and a rebel king cried out in pain before collapsing lifelessly.
“What are you doing?”
Shi Xintongzi and others were startled, only to see a figure resembling a guard sever the rebel king’s head and rush toward Guo Zihe with it: “General! I wish to surrender! Please accept my surrender!”
“Damn it!”
Shi Xintongzi nearly gritted his teeth in anger. He recognized the unfortunate rebel king as the Azure Serpent King, but then he exhaled in relief.
Just now, when the guard had beheaded the rebel king, another Reborn had suddenly turned pale and collapsed dead on the spot, obviously having failed his mission and been erased by the Temple of the Sovereign Deity.
Now, only three Reborn remained at this location: Shi Xintongzi, Li Zizai, and Ruan Zhiyu.
“Protect them!”
Shi Xintongzi stepped closer, only to see the two remaining rebel kings and one guard cautiously draw their swords with wary eyes. He couldn’t help but inwardly sigh bitterly.
“General! I wish to surrender! Please accept my surrender!”
The guard carrying the rebel king’s head was nearly in tears, practically tumbling and crawling to the front of the formation: “I offer this rebel king’s head; I beg the General to accept me!”
“Hmm!”
General Tan Lang (Greed Wolf) smiled as he gestured for the soldier to approach, but his eyes flashed coldly, revealing a wolfish and cunning gleam. Tan Lang was cunning and changeable, having no intention of truly accepting the surrender but instead planning to torture the guard for his own amusement.
“Something’s wrong!”
However, as the guard approached, Tan Lang noticed his dull, lifeless eyes and immediately realized something was amiss, hastily retreating.
Unfortunately, it was already too late.
“Explode!”
A white-gold gourd fell from the guard’s body, suddenly transforming into countless sword beams that spread outward, targeting the crossbowmen.
Chi chi!
Chi chi!
Sharp Gengjin sword beams, infused with stellar energy, continuously pierced through, accompanied by seven sword shadows darting about like dragons.
After this barrage, the area was left riddled with holes, littered with severed limbs and blood, resembling a hellish battlefield.
The original guard, the crossbowmen, and even most of the elite soldiers were completely annihilated in this attack!
“Tsk tsk… The puppetry techniques of Maoshan Dao are truly effective, especially when finding substitutes to die in one’s place!”
The Yuan Ci Qi Sha Gourd (Primordial Magnet Seven-Slaughtering Gourd) hopped in midair before returning to the hand of the remaining guard.
“You’re no ordinary guard!”
Li Zizai’s pupils constricted: “I’ve seen this gourd before. You must be one of the Three Mao True Lords under Wang Yimei!”
“The Three Mao True Lords?!”
Shi Xintongzi’s expression changed, tinged with amusement as he mused inwardly: “Could this also be a Reborn? At the Celestial Master level?”
“Exactly!”
Wu Ming smiled slightly, removing his disguise and revealing his true appearance, causing Ruan Zhiyu’s pupils to contract: “Brother Li, be careful of this person. Even I couldn’t detect his disguise!”
“Ah! It’s actually Daochang Zhaixingzi!”
The Peerless King and the other rebel king were delighted: “We owe you our lives this time, Daochang (Master)!”
“Don’t speak of rescue yet!”
Wu Ming toyed with the gourd in his hand, gazing at the opposing formation behind the smoke: “Don’t you agree, General Guo Zihe?”
“Indeed. You dared injure my third brother; I naturally won’t let this matter rest!”
Guo Zihe’s expression darkened.
Peng! Peng!
Two massive battle axes slammed into the ground, creating small craters, as Qi Sha Jiang (Seven Slaughtering General) shouted: “Let me chop him into mincemeat!”
As the dust settled, the scene behind was revealed: Tan Lang lay on the ground, his body riddled with several red holes, blood gushing like springs, though his chest still faintly rose and fell.
Caught completely off guard, he had suffered the most damage from the sudden onslaught of sword beams unleashed by the Qi Sha Gourd. Even with the protection of his Star Lord fate, it was barely enough to keep him alive!
In fact, the only reason he was still breathing, rather than turning into meat paste like the surrounding guards, was due to the protection of his Greed Wolf Star.
“General, do you know that all things in this world have their own destined fates?”
Wu Ming spoke slowly, like a great scholar or sage researching the truths of the universe: “After reaching a peak comes a valley! You burned through enemy camps in one night, speared eight kings, and trampled countless generals, reaching the peak of your life. From now on, misfortune will follow!”
“Hah… Nonsense meant to confuse people!”
Guo Zihe coldly laughed. In the sky, a star suddenly blazed brightly, transforming into a spear that descended, causing his aura to rise infinitely, with Qi Sha Jiang experiencing the same surge.
“You don’t believe me? Then why didn’t you stay to command your main army but instead came here alone to capture us?”
Wu Ming smiled slightly, his words causing Guo Zihe’s expression to abruptly change.
Indeed! In Wu Ming’s view, Guo Zihe’s heavenly mandate had already been fulfilled!
If Xu Zongwu’s destiny was to complete the great feat of capturing the Ten Absolute Passes and breaking the Great Shang’s Pillar of Heaven through blood sacrifice, then Guo Zihe’s destiny was to burn through the enemy camps, becoming the destined calamity among the forty routes of smoke signals!
Since this calamity had passed, his identity as the chosen one of fate had vanished.
His fortune waned, entering a valley, making him vulnerable to disasters!
From this perspective, Heaven’s will was quite similar to that of a boss or shopkeeper. When you were useful, they naturally favored and indulged you, but once the work was done and your usefulness gone, it was normal for them to turn their backs on you without hesitation!
Who could blame them when they were the Heavens themselves, and as the saying goes, “Heaven and Earth are impartial, treating all things as straw dogs”?
“Fiend! Brother, stop talking nonsense. Kill him!”
Sure enough, at the mere mention of this, Guo Zihe’s expression changed instantly.
“Taoist here will deal with Guo Zihe. As for the other Seven Slaughtering Star general, I’ll leave him to you two. How does that sound?”
Wu Ming glanced at Shi Xintongzi and Li Zizai.
As for the other two rebel kings and Ruan Zhiyu, he automatically ignored them.
“No problem!”
At this moment of sudden hope amidst desperation, Li Zizai immediately regained his spirit, tightening his grip on the long spear in his hand.
“Excellent! That fat black demon, previously I was holding back, allowing you to seize the opportunity. This time, I’ll taste how delicious your heart’s essence is!”
Shi Xintongzi let out a sinister laugh, revealing his true form as a heretic god, and charged straight at Qi Shajiang.
Hong!
The two giants collided, resulting in another earth-shaking confrontation.
This time, with Shi Xintongzi fighting unrestrained and with Li Zizai’s assistance, Qi Sha Jiang was soon pushed into a disadvantage.
“Po Jun Star fate?! (Star of Destruction)”
Wu Ming stared at Guo Zihe before him and smiled slightly: “And the Tan Lang Star as well. I really miss them…”
“Nonsense!”
Guo Zihe frowned, glancing at his heavily wounded subordinates and Qi Sha Jiang’s worsening situation. Suddenly, his spear shot out like a dragon emerging from its cave, instantly covering over ten zhang of distance, directly aiming for Wu Ming’s throat.
Peng!
A brilliant burst of stellar energy erupted from him, seemingly forming a suit of radiant armor while also enhancing his spear with multiple magical effects like resilience, sharpness, and magic penetration.
Even an ordinary long spear, when enhanced by Po Jun Star energy, became an extraordinary divine weapon. Let alone the fact that Guo Zihe’s spear was already no ordinary weapon!
At this moment, the spearhead blazed with starlight, resembling a venomous snake’s flickering tongue, extending several chi further.
Hu!
Wu Ming’s body floated backward like a piece of paper, narrowly avoiding the spear tip. He then threw six talismans in different directions with his hands, forming a canopy that seemed to isolate stellar energy, creating a world of its own.
Luan Xing Fu (Chaos Star Talisman)!
Although Guo Zihe bore the fate of Po Jun, Wu Ming’s situation with the Star World was completely different. As a Celestial Master, the power of the talismans he deployed had greatly increased.
Zhi la!
Almost instantly, the stellar energy surrounding Guo Zihe dimmed by more than half, and the spear’s glow vanished entirely!
“Hmm… If Guo Zihe had previously enjoyed Heaven’s favor, now that his destiny has run its course, it’s now a level playing field… or perhaps even more in my favor. Doing this might even be going with the flow of Heaven’s will. The unpredictability of heavenly fate is truly unfathomable!”
In the blink of an eye, Wu Ming’s Qi Sha Gourd leapt into action, spewing out seven flying swords that crashed downward!
Strike while the iron is hot, finish him while he’s down!
Chi chi!
The sword beams danced like silver dragons, flashing a few times, splattering blood everywhere. Guo Zihe’s spear shattered, his hands and feet bleeding as his tendons were severed. He immediately fainted.
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