Simplification System: From Perfect Arrow Skill to Immortal

Chapter 217: Chapter 166: One Person, One City—Calm Before the Storm, Wenjing’s Feelings, Divine Fire Ignites the Sky and Shapes the Spirit (Part 2)

”Just take this as my final request—leave now. Please, don’t concern yourself with me anymore!”

Yu Wenjing pleaded with a voice full of sorrow.

She didn’t want Lin Chang’sheng to die here alongside her.

”Report!”

From afar, Jin Wuque hurried over, but never expected that the always regal and dignified Empress Yu Wenjing would actually be collapsed in Lin Chang’sheng’s embrace.

He immediately averted his gaze.

Only then did Yu Wenjing wipe the tearstains from the corner of her eyes. ”General Jin, what news?”

”Your Majesty, the Beimu Immortal Race has already retreated thirty li. Should we continue the pursuit?”

Jin Wuque reported with a bow.

”Do not pursue any further. Have all the soldiers withdraw, rebuild the city walls, and prepare for the Beimu Immortal Race’s second assault!”

Yu Wenjing replied, her brows knitted tightly.

She certainly didn’t believe the Beimu Immortal Race would just fall back like this.

They’d surely regroup and launch another attack once their ranks were restored.

”Understood!”

Jin Wuque replied, then hurried to relay the orders.

Lin Chang’sheng transformed back into Yu Xiaochang, also turning to leave—the matter he needed to handle was urgent as well.

He was to arrange the Celestial Array of Divine Fire Heaven-Burning Spirit Transformation outside the Imperial City, using the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Vein as its Array Plate.

This array’s power was immense, and could even refine those it annihilated into Spiritual Energy for Lin Chang’sheng’s own use.

Normally, this formation absolutely wouldn’t be deployed without good reason.

No horde of cultivators would waste their lives charging headlong into your formation for no reason.

But right now, it was the perfect opportunity.

The more people burned, the quicker Lin Chang’sheng’s cultivation would rise.

”Chang’sheng!”

Yu Wenjing still wished to persuade Lin Chang’sheng to flee.

But Lin Chang’sheng had already vanished into the shadow of the wall.

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After departing, Lin Chang’sheng began seeking suitable Array Foundations in every corner of the Imperial City, starting to lay out the formation.

This Celestial Array of Divine Fire Heaven-Burning Spirit Transformation required 66 Array Foundations, 3 Array Hubs, and 1 Array Plate.

The Foundations were placed throughout each corner surrounding the city; the Array Hubs were the Eastern, Western, and Southern main gates.

Most crucial of all, the Array Plate, Lin Chang’sheng positioned beneath the city’s ground.

This was the precious Underground Spiritual Vein he’d acquired with great difficulty within the Void Divine Hall.

He certainly wouldn’t leave it outside the city’s perimeter.

In addition, Lin Chang’sheng released a hundred thousand Heaven-Devouring Worms inside the city—should any cultivator attempt to retreat from the formation, they’d find themselves swarmed by a sea of hungry worms.

Once all this was done, Lin Chang’sheng found a quiet room, bolted the door behind him, and began refining Corpse Puppets.

If he could succeed in refining ten High Level Golden Corpses quickly, perhaps he could fuse them into a Corpse Puppet on par with a Nascent Soul Stage opponent.

That, then, would become another deadly trump card.

...

A distance of ten thousand li from Great Yu Imperial City.

Two black shadows streaked through the sky atop a skull, ripping across the void at breakneck speed.

One elder held a Life Plate resembling a bagua, fixing his gaze on the directional markings.

”That fiend should be just ahead. Once I find that brat, I’ll peel his skin and rip out his soul—for vengeance for your father and brothers!”

Elder Wu declared.

Beside him, Xuan Gu agreed eagerly, ”I’ll have to trouble Elder Wu then. That bastard has gained a fair share of fortune—you mustn’t underestimate him! Once it’s done, I’ll hand over the Myriad Ghosts Pulling Technique inherited from my father, to help you ascend to Nascent Soul in due time!”

”A mere Golden Core Early Stage—hardly worth even a thought. I could crush him with one hand!”

Wu Tianhua scoffed without a hint of concern.

He believed Xuan Ting’s death was mostly due to being trapped within an array.

An array set by an immortal wasn’t something just anyone could break.

Perhaps he suffered grave wounds inside, creating the window for Lin Chang’sheng to seize his chance.

Seeing Elder Wu so full of confidence, Xuan Gu held his tongue.

Ten thousand li—a mere couple days’ journey at most.

Let that bastard enjoy a few extra days of life. It’d make no difference in the end.

...

Northern Domain Mountain Range.

This was the borderline between the Southern Domain Cultivation Realm and the Beimu Immortal Race.

At that moment, an elderly man clutched a transparent crystal, his eyes blazing with fury as he stared at the image within.

Within that crystal, a young man was channeling one Daoist Technique after another, tempering the corpse before him.

It looked like he was using a Corpse King Sect Secret Technique to refine a Corpse Puppet.

”You, alone, think you can defend Great Yu? Absolutely delusional!”

The old man spat bitterly.

This was the Celestial Concealment Divine Master, who’d lost his grandson half a month ago.

He assumed Lin Chang’sheng would keep running and hiding—never expected the youth to set foot near the Imperial City of Great Yu.

And to have the audacity to believe he could save the whole of Great Yu by himself.

Like a moth to a flame, hopelessly overestimating himself.

”Once I arrive, death will be the least of what you’ll beg for!”

The cold light in the Celestial Concealment Divine Master’s eyes flashed icily.

...

Phoenix Feather City.

Eighty li from Great Yu Imperial City.

The defeated Beimu Army regrouped here.

Within a grand hall, a woman draped in golden silk brocade frowned in deep thought.

She listened as every commander gave their report.

”What? A hundred thousand strong, plus Immortal Master Lu Xiao—all defeated by a single youth?”

The Beimu Saintess Bai People found it impossible to believe.

If the Imperial City of Great Yu was guarded by experts from the Five Great Immortal Sects, that would make sense.

But just one young cultivator, holding off a hundred thousand troops–along with an entire cultivator regiment–alone outside the city gates?

Could this man truly be that powerful?

”Saintess, it’s all true! That Southern Domain cultivator, though only at Golden Core Early Stage Cultivation, killed Immortal Master Lu with a single arrow—his strength is utterly monstrous!”

Below, an officer prostrated himself and reported the facts.

”Then I must see him for myself! Spread the word—let the army rest and reorganize overnight. Tomorrow, we’ll storm the city at dawn!”