This was his strongest and final strike, born from his lifetime of understanding the Dao and its principles, poured into its execution!
It was the final brilliant flare of his life.
A sigh escaped Xie Wen's lips.
It seemed to be a lament for this spear strike, or perhaps a touch of sadness for his own impending demise.
...
As this spear thrust out, it enveloped the entire world. Between heaven and earth, only the fiery light blazed, radiating the brilliance of the Great Dao of Fire!
"What a powerful spear..."
Xue Shaxun's brow twitched. As a member of the Blood Clan, his most refined skill was survival, possessing immense regenerative capabilities.
As long as he wasn't struck in a vital spot, like a severed arm or leg, he could regrow it instantly. This innate talent had made him invincible in the past!
The low-grade spiritual treasure, the Blood Soul Hammer, was unleashed, instantly expanding to hundreds of thousands of feet, colliding with the crushing blow.
The head-on collision of the two spiritual treasures sent the entire Tongguan City into a tremor, the earth convulsing, the land cracking, and many trees and mountains vanishing in an instant.
After a period of stalemate, the low-grade spiritual treasure, the Blood Soul Hammer, was sent flying, and the Crimson Cherry Immortal Spear pierced through Xue Shaxun's chest!
A wound the size of a bowl appeared on Xue Shaxun's chest. His face was devoid of color, clearly indicating a severe injury!
Even now, dense currents of the Fire Law flowed within Xue Shaxun's body, making it impossible for him to fight for some time.
On the other side!
Seeing this, Xie Wen let out a hearty laugh. His black hair gradually turned white, his figure stooped, appearing like an elderly man at the end of his life.
A thousand years passed in an instant, and the life of the City Lord of Tongguan City had also reached its end!
His lifespan drained, Xie Wen, with his white hair and hunched posture, resembled decaying wood. Only his eyes still gazed forward with defiance!
In the end, Xie Wen dissolved into wisps of bone ash and vanished from the spot!
Upon witnessing this, Lu Liang let out a wail, his hair disheveled, and charged towards Xue Zhongsheng, who was one realm higher than him, like a madman!
The other Vice City Lord, Deng Yiping, also muttered to himself with a lost soul, "The City Lord is gone, how can I, as Vice City Lord, live on?"
With that, Deng Yiping charged towards the center of the Blood Clan army, clearly intending to die.
Zhou Xinglai was even more direct, blocking Xue Zhuzi, one of the three Duke-stage experts!
After the City Lord of Tongguan City fell in battle, not a single one of the four Vice City Lords considered fleeing. Very few of the elders at the early Nascent Soul stage escaped!
...
"Kill!"
Wu Tao and Lu Yuehua joined forces and fought their way to Lu Liang's position. An immortal sword swept across the eight directions, repelling dozens of scattered Blood Clan members!
Wu Tao and Lu Yuehua approached Lu Liang and said, "Father-in-law, Father, the Blood Clan army is too strong, Tongguan City cannot be held! We should retreat!"
"You young ones go. This old man is old and doesn't want to move. I'll die here!"
Lu Liang flexed his arm, holding his saber horizontally and pointing it at Xue Letuo opposite him!
"Father!"
Lu Yuehua, tears streaming down her face, said, "The Blood Clan army is several times stronger than us. We've done our best!"
...
"Daughter, you and your son-in-law should go. After I die, you are the one I worry about most..."
"I am the Vice City Lord of Tongguan City. If the city stands, I stand. If the city falls, I fall... Therefore, I cannot leave!"
"I must prove that no human man is a coward..."
Lu Liang looked back. Some of the older cultivators with inferior aptitude
voluntarily blocked the Blood Clan army, not taking a single step back even in death.
As for the young cultivators with better aptitude, their eyes were red, tears flowed, and they scattered and fled!
Lu Liang laughed to the heavens and said, "Generals die in a hundred battles, wrapped in coarse cloth to the grave. Today, we fight to the death."
"Where leaves dance, fire will endlessly burn!"
"Our withered branches and fallen leaves are insignificant in death, but we wish to be seeds, sheltering from the wind and rain..."
Lu Yuehua was forcibly pulled away by Wu Tao, escaping towards the outside!
While dragging Lu Yuehua away, Wu Tao was intercepted by a Blood Clan member at the early Duke stage.
This early Duke-stage Blood Clan member was named Xue Yuhua!
Without a word, Xue Yuhua attacked!
"Bang!!!"
The wind roared like thunder as Xue Yuhua swung his long whip towards Wu Tao and Lu Yuehua!
The whip shadows were dense, as if they could tear apart the entire firmament.
Wu Tao and Lu Yuehua had no doubt that if they were struck by this whip, their bodies would likely be shattered into several pieces.
"Damn it!"
In their shock and anger, as Wu Tao and Lu Yuehua were about to retaliate, they suddenly discovered a powerful restraining force suppressing them!
This restraining force was none other than the power of a domain!
...
No matter how sharp Wu Tao's immortal sword was, or how strong Lu Yuehua's ice divine abilities were, they were suppressed under Xue Yuhua's domain.
However, due to their tacit coordination, Wu Tao and Lu Yuehua did not suffer much disadvantage.
On the other side!
After fighting for a while without being able to take down the Core Formation stage Wu Tao and Lu Yuehua, Xue Yuhua felt his face losing all color!
He narrowed his eyes, a cold glint appearing. Suddenly, he reached out, and a small, grayish-white blade, carrying astonishing spiritual power, shot towards Wu Tao!
Although the blade was small, its power was enough to break through the domains of other Nascent Soul cultivators, let alone deal with the Core Formation stage Wu Tao and Lu Yuehua.
Seeing this, Wu Tao's eyes held no fear, but he pulled Lu Yuehua along, fighting and retreating!
The current situation on the battlefield favored the Blood Clan. If they couldn't escape the encirclement, they would surely die.
Revenge may take ten years for a gentleman, but for cultivators, waiting a few hundred years is commonplace.
...
The revenge for the destruction of Tongguan City would be repaid a thousandfold to these Blood Clan members after they escaped, cultivated for a few centuries, and returned!
Wu Tao, fighting and retreating, calculated the distance with his fingers. Just as he was about to use some technique to speed up their escape with Lu Yuehua, he felt a powerful chill emanating from beside him!
Wu Tao's heart sank. His entire body trembled, and he turned to look at Lu Yuehua!
Wu Tao, usually calm, was panicking for the first time in his life. His face showed disbelief.
"What are you doing?"
It turned out that Lu Yuehua's heart was already in turmoil. Seeing the increasing number of Blood Clan demons surrounding and chasing them,
and her father, Lu Liang, dying along with the late Duke-stage Xue Letuo in his final moments!
All of this shattered her heart and chilled her to the bone!
Facing Wu Tao's questioning, Lu Yuehua slowly spoke, "I have already lost my father and my companions. I cannot lose you..."
At this critical juncture, without hesitation, with a trace of determination and no regret, she murmured, "My soul as the source, my body as the ice seed, first-rank divine ability: Ice Seal the World!"
To help Wu Tao escape, Lu Yuehua was willing to sacrifice her life, forcibly raising the grade of the cold energy to freeze all the approaching Blood Clan members in all directions.
"Brother Tao, hurry and go. Remember to avenge me..."
Lu Yuehua's face was pale, devoid of blood. The flame of her life slowly dimmed!
She looked at Wu Tao, her eyes filled with deep love and utter selflessness!
In this situation, she chose to sacrifice herself to protect Wu Tao!
All of this happened very quickly, in the blink of an eye, giving Wu Tao no chance to react.
"What are you doing? Yuehua, stop! Who told you I was afraid of them..."
Lu Yuehua's choice filled Wu Tao with anger and despair!
At this moment, it might be the most painful period of Wu Tao's long life.
"Stop, I beg you..."
Wu Tao wanted to stop Lu Yuehua, but it was already too late.
A world-shattering power erupted from Lu Yuehua's slender body, transforming into a sky-piercing cold energy that froze everyone within ten thousand feet, except for Wu Tao.
"Brother Tao, I have to go..."
Lu Yuehua murmured.
She was not yet completely dead, but her life was nearing its end. Her soul was already destroyed; even the Great Dao Immortals could not save her!
"Yuehua, no, I won't let you die..."
"You Meng, come out and take care of Yuehua. Today, I will kill them!"
Looking at the fallen, unconscious Lu Yuehua, Wu Tao's expression suddenly turned ferocious, filled with immense grief and anger!
Seeing Xue Yuhua, who had finally broken free from the cold energy, Wu Tao's eyes blazed with boundless killing intent!
A terrifying aura surged from him, the power of the Origin of Time, a power Wu Tao had not yet fully mastered!
"Blood demons, are you satisfied now? But I, Wu Tao, am not satisfied..."
In an instant, the power of time surged through Wu Tao, and his sword, Chu Xi, slashed directly at
Xue Yuhua!
"First-rank divine ability – Tribulation of Time!"
The power of time emanating from Wu Tao nullified the domain's suppression and broke the rule that Core Formation stage cultivators could not kill Nascent Soul stage cultivators!
"One flower, one grass, one world; one second, one minute, one hour!"
Countless sword lights were unleashed from the Chu Xi sword. While they appeared to be ordinary sword lights, they reduced Xue Yuhua's numerous magical treasures to ashes!
Having lost so many magical treasures, Xue Yuhua's face contorted in shock.
"Clang... Clang..."
Amidst the roaring collisions, another of Xue Yuhua's magical treasures was completely destroyed. Xue Yuhua spat out blood, clearly not lightly injured.
Coupled with Wu Tao's full burst of power, his aura filled with killing intent, and his profound swordsmanship, he actually gained the upper hand.
As the battle dragged on, Xue Yuhua grew more and more alarmed, regretting his actions to the extreme.
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