The Lord of Void and Real-Chapter 1724 - Title - 1720: Resisting

"The attack just now seems to have been a trick involving armor and contraptions, something we hadn’t seen him use before. This man’s abilities are truly diverse, and his own strength is impressive as well. He’s not someone that’s easy to deal with," the man in black calmly said.

"He’s merely a late-stage True Immortal cultivator, depending on one or two powerful magical treasures. How much could he possibly achieve? Elder Hei Li is usually bold—could it be that after narrowly escaping death earlier, he’s suddenly become timid?" Su Xiao mocked, glancing at Elder Hei Li with disdain.

Elder Hei Li’s face abruptly changed, his eyes flashing with murderous intent.

"Princess, allow me to capture Shen Luo and kill him as an offering to the country’s ruler!" Su Xiao ignored Elder Hei Li and instead turned to Tu Shanxue, clasping his hands and speaking earnestly.

"Elder Su Xiao, your ambition is commendable, but Elder Hei Li has a point. This man has quite a few tricks up his sleeve. We cannot afford to be careless." Tu Shanxue replied.

Su Xiao furrowed his brows but didn’t press further.

"The most important task right now is to break this formation. This array is remarkable. From what I can see, it has six array eyes, and Shen Luo along with some True Immortal cultivators are guarding those positions. Everyone, attack together, eliminate those stationed there, and destroy the array eyes!" Tu Shanxue commanded with a wave of her hand.

"Understood!" The Fox Clan elders replied in unison and transformed into streaks of escape light, shooting out.

Elder Hei Li also flew out, heading directly toward the array eye guarded by Master Yan.

"Princess, with Shen Luo over there..." Su Xiao hesitated, refraining from moving as he asked.

"Leave Shen Luo to me. I will handle him personally!" Tu Shanxue’s gaze flickered as she looked toward Shen Luo’s position and spoke.

"Understood." Su Xiao reluctantly agreed, transforming into a streak of blood light as he rushed toward Lu Huaming’s location.

He had fought with Lu Huaming earlier without reaching a decisive outcome; now it was the perfect chance to settle their unfinished battle.

The light of Tu Shanxue’s armor shimmered, and her entire body became one with the void.

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Within the Six-Gate Golden Lock Array, Shen Luo and the others saw more than a dozen True Immortal elders from Qingqiu Mountain shooting toward them. All of their expressions grew dark.

The number of Qingqiu Mountain True Immortals exceeded expectations—almost double their own. Today, it would be a fight to the death.

"I don’t need you here right now. Go help guard the other array eyes," Shen Luo said gravely, transmitting a message to the Mirror Fiend before flicking his sleeve.

"Understood, Master. Please take care." The Mirror Fiend grasped the dire situation and replied before flying toward a nearby array eye where Master Yan was stationed.

Meanwhile, the void around Shen Luo rippled, and the figures of the Sky Fiend Corpse King, Zhao Feiji, and the Blue Ocean Ray from inside the Free and Easy Mirror appeared.

The Blue Ocean Ray transformed into her human form—a young girl with sea-blue hair, appearing about fifteen or sixteen years old. Her aura approached the True Immortal Stage limitlessly.

"The same goes for all of you. Go help guard the other array eyes," Shen Luo said in a low voice.

The three figures immediately melded into the surrounding Six-Gate Golden Lock Array, moving to assist others.

"A Taiyi Stage corpse refinement? Your techniques truly are varied." A light laugh suddenly rang out as Tu Shanxue’s ghostly figure appeared above Shen Luo, using the Flower-picking Finger to point toward a specific position in the void nearby.

A streak of pink light shot out, penetrating the void with a soft sound.

With a thunderous rumble, an eruption of pink brilliance surged forth like a volcano from that spot, forcing the Sky Fiend Corpse King, Zhao Feiji, and the Blue Ocean Ray to stumble backward before finally steadying themselves.

Not only that, but the pink light transformed into three massive flowers that enveloped their figures, radiating an immense restraining force. The three of them found themselves completely immobilized.

The void beneath Shen Luo trembled as another enormous pink flower materialized, descending toward him.

His expression changed drastically as lightning flickered from his feet, transforming him into a streak of violet lightning that narrowly escaped the approaching flower’s enveloping grasp.

However, the pink flower immediately started pursuing him closely, sticking to him like a shadow.

"Indigo Cold Realm!" Shen Luo suddenly radiated brilliant blue light, conjuring a blue domain that trapped the pink flower inside.

Chilling energy permeated the domain, instantly freezing the pink flower into an ice sculpture, halting all movement.

Sighing in relief, Shen Luo quickly retrieved five Pure Yang Swords and flicked his arm.

Dense, frigid sword Qi materialized, forming a crimson sword mountain that roared forward to strike Tu Shanxue, tearing through the void violently.

Facing such a formidable technique, Tu Shanxue’s expression grew visibly serious. Without evading, she opened her mouth and released a spray of pink light to counter the crimson sword mountain.

With a sharp crack, the pink light was cleaved open, but half of the sword mountain turned pink as though it had been corroded, and much of its cohesive mass scattered.

Before Shen Luo could stabilize the sword mountain, Tu Shanxue reached out into the void with her right hand and conjured a bloody giant claw that crushed the crimson sword mountain completely.

Five Pure Yang Swords reemerged, spinning as they fell and retreated backward, their sword bodies tainted with pink light and their crimson sword glow visibly dimmed.

The bloody giant claw didn’t stop and continued toward Shen Luo, aiming directly for him, with its fingertips glowing frightfully with blood light.

Shen Luo flicked his sleeve to retrieve the airborne swords and then summoned the Profound Yellow Staff, fully engaging the Huangting Technique. Golden light burst forth as his arms transformed into dragon-like limbs and his legs into elephant-like ones.

The Profound Yellow Staff shone intensely as countless staff shadows clashed with the bloody giant claw.

However, Tu Shanxue’s current strength far exceeded Shen Luo’s. The blood light on the claw flickered briefly before tearing through the staff shadows and grabbing onto the Profound Yellow Staff itself.

A colossal force overwhelmed Shen Luo, sending him hurtling backward uncontrollably. His grip failed, his body went numb, and blood spilled from his mouth.

Utterly shocked, Shen Luo reeled from the realization. During their brief skirmish in Qingqiu City earlier, Tu Shanxue had displayed strength only at the Taiyi Peak—he had even described her as Late Taiyi Stage to rally morale.

Now, amidst direct confrontation, Shen Luo truly understood her power—it was far beyond Taiyi Peak, likely reaching Half-step Heavenly Venerate Realm.

Tu Shanxue showed no intention of holding back. Her other hand radiated bloody light as she extended it forward.

Behind Shen Luo, another blood-colored giant claw appeared, colliding with the one in front to execute a two-sided pincer attack.

Shen Luo’s feet erupted with lightning, propelling him to dodge to the side.

However, his injuries slowed him down, allowing him to barely escape between the two claws. He hurriedly activated the Huangting Technique to suppress his internal damage.

At that moment, a sudden thought flashed through Shen Luo’s mind, prompting him to simultaneously activate the Huangdi Neijing. Among the golden light enveloping his body, faint strands of green appeared.

The surrounding Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi rapidly gathered into him, mending his internal organs at a pace visible to the naked eye.

"The recovery effect of the Huangdi Neijing is truly remarkable!" Shen Luo rejoiced inwardly.