Ninth In the World

Lu Xikun felt a chill go down his spine as he watched the auxiliary city get covered by fog. How could he not understand what was going on? He was, after all, the sect master of the Limitless Sword Dao Sect.

Di Jiu, the City Lord of the Starry Sky Immortal City, was a sheep in wolf’s clothing who had trapped thousands of experts from immortal sects in a top-notch Strangulation Immortal Array. Liu Xikun couldn’t tell which level this Immortal Array was at, although he was sure it was at least at level seven or higher.

If he had dashed over earlier like everybody else, then he would also have become a trapped ant subjected to the mercy of others.

Suddenly, he recalled that his master had reminded him before that there was bound to be a reason for everything that existed. The Starry Sky Immortal City had been built by a mere cultivator from the Cultivation World who had appeared out of nowhere. However, the fact that it could still survive after being attacked by a few dozens of Radiant Fortune Immortal Sect disciples had to mean something.

What a pity that he and Yi Zhen had been prejudiced by first impressions about Di Jiu, who had appeared out of nowhere, and hadn’t paid any attention to him. He was slightly better off than Yi Zhen because he hadn’t gotten trapped in the Strangulation Immortal Array.

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Suddenly, Di Jiu’s Immortal Killing Array chain toned down from the initial madness and his tension lessened.

Di Jiu naturally understood what this was all about. He smiled coldly in his heart. Those selfish bastards had wanted the others to attack the Confinement Killing Array to wear off the Immortal Spirit Qi of the Immortal Array. When the Immortal Spirit Qi of the Spirit Gathering Immortal Array became insufficient for its circulation, they would use their full force to attack and break the Confinement Killing Immortal Array, thereby escaping from it. However, this would enable Di Jiu to kill them more easily.

Di Jiu divided the level-eight Immortal Killing Array chain into small segments. He fleeted among the Confinement Killing Arrays and activated the strangulation space at various bearings. Once the Strangulation Arrays had trapped the enemies, his Heavenly Aqua Saber would kill them all off.

The demise of Lu Liang clearly provoked the rest of the Immortal Kings. Yi Zhen, who was the first to feel uneasy about this, blasted a few talismans out.

When the talismans exploded, ripples appeared in the sky above the level-eight Strangulation Immortal Array. Yi Zhen shouted amidst the interval between the ripples, “Everybody, please gather all your might and strike! Otherwise, death will await us. This man is killing us one by one. We will only stand a chance if we combine our forces…”

Yi Zhen’s talismans were quite high-level. However, they only lasted a few seconds in Di Jiu’s level-eight Immortal Array chain before disappearing. As the talisman ripples disappeared, Yi Zhen’s voice also died down.

However, his reminder jolted the experts trapped by Di Jiu back to their senses. They had all counted on others, but they eventually realized that they could count on nobody.

Suddenly, all the cultivators began to attack the Confinement Killing Immortal Array chain like crazy when they realized that it was impractical to wait for somebody else to lead the attack.

Without hesitation, Di Jiu activated the strongest killing aura of the Immortal Killing Array chain, which was once again filled with the frightening clanging sound of Dharma treasures banging against each other.

By now, Lu Xikun and the rest, who had been watching from afar, had recovered from their shock. The frightening sound of the attack and strangulation coming from the Confinement Killing Immortal Array was what was supposed to happen.

Lu Xikun turned and told the many sect masters who were still in shock, “Everybody, I’m afraid that Yi Zhen and the others will have to flee from today’s battle. This is the Sunset Immortal World. Although there are Spirit Gathering Arrays around, the level of this Confinement Killing Immortal Array is too high and it has used up too much Immortal Spirit Qi. This Confinement Killing Immortal Array will collapse sooner or later without sufficient Immortal Spirit Qi to support it…”

Everybody agreed. Lu Xikun was indeed speaking the truth. The Confinement Killing Immortal Array would not last long against the simultaneous attack from a few thousand people without sufficient Immortal Spirit Qi. It would collapse even if someone was presiding over it.

Lu Xikun took a breath as he said even more firmly, “The ferocity of this Confinement Killing Immortal Array has far exceeded what we can comprehend. More than half of them will die even if Yi Zhen and the others are able to escape from it. I hope that all of you can help finish them off the moment they come out.”

“We will listen to Sect Master Lu. The Radiant Fortune Immortal Sect has gained fame by deceiving the public. Their actions don’t match their words. They are the black sheep of the Immortal World. They are a total disgrace…”

Nobody refuted Lu Xikun’s words.

It was just as Lu Xikun had said. Regardless of how strong the Confinement Killing Immortal Array chain was, it would eventually collapse completely due to the insufficient Immortal Spirit Qi. No matter how powerful the person presiding over the Dharma Array was, he would not be able to replenish the Immortal Spirit Qi.

“Something is not right!” shouted a Zenith Heaven Immortal suddenly.

Actually, all the cultivators, including Lu Xikun, could see what was amiss.

Extrapolating from the fact that there had been insufficient Immortal Spirit Qi in the Sunset Immortal World, the Confinement Killing Immortal Array should have collapsed as a result. However, they felt an endless, extremely thick Immortal Spirit Qi flood forth now. This was because the more strongly the cultivators who had been trapped in the Confinement Killing Immortal Array were attacking, the stronger the Immortal Spirit Qi would become.

This array would not collapse as long as the Array Dao expert presiding over the array was still around.

Lu Xikun gasped in a mouthful of cold air as he muttered to himself, “This is the immortal spirit meridian, not just a middle-grade one…”

Even before the sun had set in the Immortal World, only top-notch sects had been able to establish their sect encampments with one or half an immortal spirit meridian. Most sects would already be considered fundamentally strong if they were in possession of even a middle-grade immortal spirit meridian.

Based on the density of the Immortal Spirit Qi that was gushing over, he was sure that it could not be simply a middle-grade immortal spirit meridian.

Exactly what was the City Lord of the Starry Sky Immortal City made of? How could he actually possess such a high-grade immortal spirit meridian?

“They are dead!” Tan Mo, the Manor Lord of the Ultimate Essence Immortal Manor sighed and mumbled to himself when he felt the endless Immortal Spirit Qi that was gushing out.