Stranger Danger

The Sky Mending Sect was one of the Nine Dark Ways and located in Nanjiang. They boasted countless elites and even a Sage. The Sky Mending Sect used to share a good relationship with the Nanjiang Royal court—specifically the royal family of the Nanjiang Royal Court—until the rebellion happened, and the Meng Clan was wiped out a hundred years ago. Since then, the Sky Mending Sect and the Nanjiang Royal Court grew increasingly hostile and distant with each other. Today, their ties were completely cut.

That said, the Sky Mending Sect and the Nanjiang Royal Court did share a long, storied history with each other. To overlook them was to commit folly. That was why the Nanjiang Pacification Army’s Sage had departed for the Sky Mending Sect long before the war even began.

As for the elites of the Nanjiang Pacification Army, most of them were currently hunting down the remnants and defeated troops of the Nanjiang Royal Court and the Eight Tribes and Nine Fortresses. Profound Spirit Taoist was entrusted with the task of guarding the Nanjiang Royal Court, mobilizing the troops and conducting the war, which was why there weren’t many elites in the Nanjiang Royal Court. He and Chi Tian were literally the two strongest warriors in this place.

However, Chi Tian was currently captured by the enemy, and he himself was seriously injured. Therefore, the only way to capture the Meng Clan remnants and suppress the Zhen Armor and Kun Armor now was to throw numbers at them.

There was no doubt that the garrison was going to suffer horrific losses. However, if they could capture the Meng Clan remnants and pry out the method to control the Eight Divine Armors from their mouths, then they would more than make up for their earlier mistakes.

After all, the Eight Divine Armors were much more valuable than the Sky Mending Spring and some human lives.

In fact, Profound Spirit Taoist believed that losing the entire garrison to his enemies was worth it so long as he could obtain the method to control the Eight Divine Armors.

Having made up his mind, a steely look entered Profound Spirit Taoist’s eyes as he commanded, “Demon Subjugation Army, form up!”

“Martial might!”

“Earth Trap Army, form up!”

“Martial might!”

A group of soldiers wearing dark red armor stepped forward and formed up next.

“Flying Wings Army, form up!”

“Martial might!”

“Hunting Tiger Army, form up!”

“Martial might!”

“Demon Subjugation Army, sun and moon, slay!”

“As you command!”

“Earth Trap Army, two-winged snake slithers, trap!”

“As you command!”

“Flying Wings Army, dragon flies in the sky, assist!”

“As you command!”

“Hunting Tiger Army, tiger roar fills the mountain, support!”

“As you command!”

……

The soldiers immediately moved into position as Profound Spirit Taoist barked out order after order.

The Demon Subjugation Army split into two formations and surrounded the Zhen Armor. Like the sun and the moon, they attempted to press it from two different directions.

The Earth Trap Army marched along a winding path like a dragon or a snake, uniform and well-organized. They reached the Kun Armor at an odd angle and trapped it before it could react.

The Flying Wings Army was famed for their speed and so was responsible for assisting the two wings.

The Hunting Tiger Army wielded heavy crossbows and provided ranged support from afar.

Amazingly, the armies were able to pin down the Zhen Armor and Kun Armor. Although entire swathes of soldiers died every time the two Divine Armors unleashed an attack, it was still enough to keep them busy for a time.

Profound Spirit Taoist knew that this was only temporary though. The two Divine Armors had just been activated and so had not fully awakened their powers yet. Once their powers had awakened, it would be so much harder for the soldiers to trap the two Divine Armors.

That was fine though. A bit of time was all he asked for.

During this time, he would capture the Meng Clan remnant. Everything would naturally be resolved once he captured her.

He was confident he could do it. In his senses, the woman was just a Trueman.

A thought passed through his head, and a person suddenly appeared behind the woman’s back. He looked exactly the same as Profound Spirit Taoist.

One Profound Spirit Taoist drew a square, and the other a circle.

Square and circle make the world.

The space where the woman was began splitting away from the surroundings. Like a prison, it trapped the woman and prevented her from escaping no matter how hard she struggled.

Profound Spirit Taoist broke into a smile. He didn’t think it would be so easy.

The next moment, both Profound Spirit Taoists walked toward the woman. Both the spatial prison and the woman began shrinking rapidly.

When the two Profound Spirit Taoists joined into one, the spatial prison had become the size of a small box. It flew into his hand.

“Hmm?”

It was then Profound Spirit Taoist noticed something wrong. The woman inside his spatial prison gave him an eerie smile before disappearing into nothing.

“Shit! It’s a trap!”

Profound Spirit Taoist immediately realized his mistake. The woman inside his box was clearly a fake.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The next moment, a terrifying aura erupted to his side. A cyan gale blew, and a cyan armor slowly stepped into view like the master of the winds.

“The Xun Armor?!”

Profound Spirit Taoist’s eyes widened as realization struck him. The woman hadn’t awakened just two Divine Armors. She had awakened three.

The third Divine Armor was the Xun Armor before him. Xun was wind, which was why the Xun Armor possessed the ability to control wind. Just the same, it could use the wind to conceal itself. The reason the woman did not reveal the Xun Armor at the beginning was obviously because she knew that he would try to resolve the crisis at the source by capturing her. That was why she had hidden it for him as a “gift”.

Unfortunately, he found out too late. Frankly, everything that happened tonight had exceeded his predictions.

The next moment, the sky of cyan gale engulfed him completely.

……

Meanwhile, Feng Qingyou was standing at the spot sealed by the Thirty Six Star Enclosures Demon Suppressing Talisman.

Ye Qing was still struggling to break free, but every time he made a little progress, the Thirty Six Star Enclosures Demon Suppressing Talisman would appear and push him back down.

“It’s the talismanic art of the ancient Star Sect. That would explain its strength,” Feng Qingyou whispered after a moment of observation.

Feng Qingyou wasn’t alone. There were soldiers standing not far away from her. They charged her as soon as they saw her, but when they came within ten meters of her, they suddenly went insane and fought each other instead. It was quite anomalous.

Feng Qingyou paid them no attention whatsoever. Her gaze was settling on the Thirty Six Star Enclosures Demon Suppressing Talisman this whole time.

“The ancient Star Sect turned the world around them as natural talismans, borrowed the power of the sun and moon, and created arrays based on the patterns of the stars.”

Feng Qingyou continued to speak with clear eyes, “The placement of these thirty six stars seems to reflect the positions of the Earthly Fiend Stars of the Southern Dipper. They borrowed the power of the Earthly Fiend Stars of the Southern Dipper and imbued it all within one talisman. How marvellous. How profound…”

“Can we save the compliments for later? Let me out already!”

It was at this moment Ye Qing’s urgent voice came from the underground.

“Oh, sorry. The talisman was so interesting that I forgot.”

Chuckling, Feng Qingyou pressed her fingers together and slashed at the Southern Dipper in the sky like it was a sword. A few breaths later, the stars suddenly grew dim as if a blanket was covering the sky. Then, Feng Qingyou tapped her fingers on the talisman several times in a row and caused the thirty six stars on its surface to flicker erratically. The talisman had been destabilized.

“Now, Joyless.”

As soon as Feng Qingyou gave the order, a low growl erupted from the underground, and the earth within a hundred meters of Ye Qing began shaking soundlessly. Then, a strange vibrating noise grew more and more high-pitched until finally, the earth was ripped into pieces like it was made of paper, and the talisman winked out of existence.

“Phew… finally.”

A masculine figure leaped out of the underground and landed next to Feng Qingyou.