Translator: CinderTL

The giant ape, transformed from Wu Shandie, glared with blood-red eyes, her gaze unwavering. Her ten fingers, like iron hooks, danced rapidly through the air, weaving talismans that landed precisely on the array disk.

As her muscular arms began to tremble slightly, the cracks in the barrier finally ceased their spread and slowly began to mend.

"Well done, Fellow Daoist Wu!" Gu Huang exclaimed, his expression brightening. He turned to peer into the formation, eager to see what desperate measures Gou Jun, now at his breaking point, might resort to.

To his astonishment, Gou Jun, who had forcibly restored his spiritual power through a blood sacrifice, now resembled a mummified corpse, yet showed no signs of weakness from depleted Blood Qi. Instead, he continued to burn his blood essence, replenishing the spiritual power he had exhausted during his second activation of the Nine Calamity Heaven-Measuring Sword.

Seeing the Nine Calamity Heaven-Measuring Sword return to Gou Jun’s grasp, Gu Huang felt a sudden, intense unease. With a swift glance, he transformed into a streak of light and fled.

The giant ape turned to watch Gu Huang’s retreating figure, her heart surging with both shock and fury.

Gu Huang, the man who had urged her to kill Gou Jun, was also the first to flee when the situation turned dire.

With Gu Huang gone, she saw no reason to remain and fight to the death.

Her figure flickered as she manipulated the array disk, simultaneously flying toward the mountain gate.

Though the Nine Calamity Heaven-Measuring Sword was formidable, it could never breach the Wu Clan’s Clan Protection Formation under her personal command.

Clang!

A piercing metallic clang echoed as the Nine Calamity Heaven-Measuring Sword struck the barrier again.

The cracks on the barrier, still not fully healed, shattered instantly under the sword’s relentless assault.

The sword’s momentum waned slightly as it arced through the air, aiming directly for Wu Shandie.

Wu Shandie’s massive eyes narrowed sharply, a flicker of undisguised panic flashing in her pupils.

Her spiritual power surged wildly as she activated her escape technique to its maximum potential.

She was now only a dozen miles from the mountain gate, a distance that could be covered in an instant. Yet at this moment, that short distance felt like an impassable chasm stretching across the heavens.

The brilliant sword light drew closer, and Wu Shandie could already feel the bone-chilling cold radiating from its blade.

Realizing she couldn’t evade the strike, a crimson gold shield materialized behind her.

The shield towered dozens of meters high, an impenetrable wall of crimson gold.

Boom!

The moment the Nine Calamity Heaven-Measuring Sword collided with the shield, the world fell silent.

In the next instant, a violent storm of energy erupted, sweeping outward in all directions.

Wu Shandie suddenly felt an incomparably sharp sword intent surge toward her, instantly tearing apart both the spiritual power and divine sense she had channeled into the shield.

In that split second, the shield lost control and slammed heavily into her back.

The knotted muscles of her back exploded, revealing the already-warped spine beneath.

Pfft—

Blood mixed with fragments of internal organs gushed from her mouth.

The giant ape’s form rapidly shrank, transforming in an instant into a muscular, blood-soaked figure.

Then, both the shield and Wu Shandie were sent flying.

Thud! Thud!

A massive cyan talisman suddenly appeared in mid-air, intercepting both the shield and Wu Shandie.

As the talisman flickered, a translucent barrier shimmered into existence against the dark night sky.

Crack!

Dark, ominous clouds had gathered overhead unnoticed. A bolt of dark golden lightning tore through the clouds and struck Wu Shandie.

Wu Shandie was in dire straits, her body a bloody mess. A gaping wound on her back revealed her crimson internal organs. The violent impact seemed to have blurred her consciousness; she showed no reaction to the descending lightning, neither attempting to block nor evade it, simply plummeting toward the lake’s surface.

At that moment, the lake’s water level began to drop rapidly, visible to the naked eye.

The barrier revealed by Wu Shandie’s collision suddenly filled with dense water vapor.

The vapor instantly condensed into countless water spears, each several meters thick, which surged upward like a torrential rain, directly striking the descending dark-gold lightning.

Against the dark-gold lightning, which roared like a wrathful dragon, the water spears were utterly fragile. Yet their sheer number overwhelmed the lightning, forcing it to scatter with a mournful cry into a sky full of electric serpents.

Seeing this, Song Wen glanced at the four Void Refinement Stage cultivators behind the barrier.

The four stood in the cardinal directions, each holding a different magic seal in their hands, working together to activate an ancient bronze array disk.

The disk, barely a foot square, was covered in densely engraved talismans that now glowed with a cyan spiritual light.

A flicker of surprise crossed Song Wen’s eyes.

The water spears unleashed by the Wu Clan’s Clan-Protecting Formation, manned by just four Void Refinement Stage cultivators, had actually managed to block the Haotian Divine Thunder.

The Haotian Divine Thunder was the seventh divine thunder among the Nine Great Heavenly Thunder Secrets.

Having just expended a tremendous amount of energy activating the Nine Calamity Heaven-Measuring Sword, Song Wen’s spiritual power hadn’t fully recovered despite channeling the Blood Spirit Sacrifice at full force. This prevented him from unleashing the Haotian Divine Thunder at its full potential.

Even so, given Song Wen’s innate talent for thunder magic, the power of this Haotian Divine Thunder was still comparable to a full-force strike from an Early Body Integration Stage cultivator. The fact that it had been so easily intercepted left Song Wen genuinely surprised.

"Just as the Spirit Jade Palace’s intelligence suggested, the Wu Clan’s Clan-Protecting Formation is not to be underestimated," Song Wen mused inwardly. With a swift flap of his wings, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and lunged toward Wu Shandie.

Wu Shandie had been sent flying by the Nine Calamity Heaven-Measuring Sword, widening the distance between her and the mountain gate to over a hundred miles.

Having finally shaken off her earlier daze, her consciousness had regained clarity, and she was once again fleeing toward the gate at full speed. However, due to her severe injuries, her escape speed was far slower than Song Wen’s.

"Fellow Daoist Gou Jun, we have no past grudges. Let’s end this here, shake hands, and make peace. I’ll offer generous gifts as compensation. I implore you to show mercy and let me go."

Song Wen acted as if he hadn’t heard, advancing silently without a word.

Wu Shandie grew increasingly frantic, shouting desperately toward the barrier:

"Wu Bo, show yourself and save me now!"

She received no response from Wu Bo, but the four Void Refinement Stage cultivators swiftly altered their magic seals.

Immediately, the water spears that had shattered the remnants of the Haotian Divine Thunder reversed direction, plunging from the sky toward Song Wen.

A torrent of blood erupted from Song Wen’s body, swirling into a vast blood sea that formed a crimson canopy above him.

The water spears had overwhelmed the Haotian Divine Thunder through sheer numbers, but this advantage vanished before the blood sea.

As the spears pierced the blood sea, they struck like raindrops on banana leaves, creating only ripples before dissolving without effect.

The mountain gate loomed closer, yet despair darkened Wu Shandie’s eyes.

"Wu Bo, save..."

Just as she was within thirty meters of the gate, a bolt of silver lightning struck, instantly engulfing her.

Amidst the crackling energy, a chilling voice echoed:

"No need to rush. You’ll be reunited with Wu Bo soon enough."

(End of the Chapter)

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