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Chapter 867 - 77: Mysterious Yellow Battle Armor [Seeking Monthly Votes!]

Chapter 867: Chapter 77: Mysterious Yellow Battle Armor [Seeking Monthly Votes!]

"Wen Yuan, even if I gave you a Universe Ring, how long could you hold out?"

Above Shu Mountain, the wind and thunder roared, and layers of clouds were torn apart.

Two Universe Rings separated two tiers of secret realms; the First Tier’s small world was launching an assault on the Second Tier, causing such powerful fluctuations of spiritual power that the void for hundreds of miles around began to collapse. Cultivators on Red Cotton Peak, who had been watching the excitement, were forced to retreat, with only a few giants from the Eighth Realm daring to stay and watch from close by.

Boom——

The Regent Leader stimulated the Cosmic Avenue, forcibly creating a breach in the barrier of the First Tier’s secret realm, but as the Eastern Sea Time Wheel was activated, the state of the secret realm’s barrier rapidly reverted to its state moments before, remaining completely intact without a single flaw.

In the absence of the Demon Suppression Tower, the combined power of the Universe Ring and the Time Wheel unquestionably made it the number one Divine Artifact of the age, far surpassing the second. For the multitude of powerhouses without a Divine Artifact, this combination was an insurmountable challenge.

Unless they were resolved to start a war with Penglai and bring over the Divine Artifacts of their respective Sects, there was no certainty that even that approach would save Shu Mountain in time.

Amid the continuous booms, the peaks of Shu Mountain were collapsing inward at a rapid pace. The last time Shu Mountain faced such a crisis of annihilation could have been three thousand years ago. But even the Demon God could not truly destroy Shu Mountain.

Could it be that the Shu Mountain Sect was really going to be annihilated on his watch?

Wen Yuan felt utterly powerless, as if fate was no longer on his side, and that there truly was nothing that could salvage the current situation. Perhaps he really was a failed Sect Leader, who had led the Sect into this abyss?

His master had said that life thrives with will. If he continued to resist, could there really be hope?

Both sides stood suspended in the air, with the high sky rapidly changing as powerful fluctuations of spiritual power made it impossible for even those in the Eighth Realm to stabilize themselves at the storm’s center. Daoist Cang Sheng held the upper hand, his face stern and fierce.

A hint of confusion, not seen for many years, flickered in Master Wen Yuan’s eyes.

"Hold on, Brother Wen Yuan!" Suddenly, a thunderous clamor was heard, and the sky shattered, revealing a rainbow light!

A colossal battle armor appeared, massive as a mountain, draped in clouds and radiant light, seeming to be cast from diamond, with vividly colored helmets and a resolute facial armor. The giant within was covered every inch in this Diamond Armor, the voice that came out booming and thunderous, like muffled thunder.

But without needing to see the face, everyone knew who was inside.

For this unique armor, ranked seventh in the Ten Thousand Treasures Record, was the Mysterious Yellow Battle Armor!

The material of this armor was unlike any gold or iron found in the Mortal Realm, and the craftsmanship was unmatched by any known techniques. Every inch of it gleamed with spirit, capable of mobilizing the power of heaven and earth when attacking, and its defense was absolutely impregnable. A long-held belief in the Immortal Cultivation World was that any other Magic Artifact from the top ten, when facing it, might not defeat the Mysterious Yellow Battle Armor, but would never win against it.

This was an armor that would never be breached!

And there was only one person in the world who could don this Divine Artifact, the Heavenly Gang Sect Master, Lu Jiuwei.

Lu Jiuwei, who had been in seclusion for many years without concerning himself with worldly affairs, had unexpectedly arrived with his Divine Artifact in such a short time to come to Shu Mountain’s rescue.

Crack——

The Mysterious Yellow Battle Armor tore through the shattered void, lunging at the solid barrier of the secret realm with a fierce punch!

Boom——

The heavens and the earth shook, and the secret realm trembled, causing Daoist Cang Sheng’s expression to stiffen.

Wielding the Dao of Heaven Lifting, Lu Jiuwei represented the ultimate force in the world; combined with the augmentation from the Mysterious Yellow Battle Armor, his fist held the strength of the Four Seas and Nine Continents!

Just one strike had caused a web of cracks to spread across the barrier of the secret realm.

Daoist Cang Sheng quickly urged the Eastern Sea Time Wheel to repair it, yet the amount of spiritual power required this time was much higher than before. At the same time, Master Wen Yuan, seeing that reinforcements had arrived, also rallied his spirit, no longer staying on the defensive. The inner circle’s Universe Ring even began to counter-attack and push outward!

The disciples of the Shu Mountain Sect both inside and outside of the secret realm cheered joyfully. As long as the gap between the Divine Artifacts was bridged, even if only by a slight margin, Penglai would no longer have the overwhelming force to annihilate Shu Mountain.

At the critical moment, it had to be the brothers of the Gang Sect!

There was no need to ask why; the moment they saw Shu Mountain being attacked, they shattered the void and hurried to the rescue. This determination, not even shown by the Heavenly King Sect that had old grievances with Penglai.

Boom——

With another punch, the blow from the Mysterious Yellow Battle Armor caused the still not fully repaired web of cracks to expand dozens of times, spreading over the entire barrier of the secret realm.

It seemed that with just three punches, Lu Jiuwei could break through the outer circle of the Universe Ring’s blockade!

The hope of the people of Shu Mountain was rekindled.

But just at that moment, a flash of radiance twinkled, and the inner circle’s Universe Ring suddenly vanished. The faces of the Shu Mountain disciples, who had just begun to smile, froze in an instant, like lambs who suddenly lost the fence while surrounded by hungry tigers.

A quarter of an hour had passed.

Wen Yuan realized that the time limit for the Illusory Treasure Spiritual Fetus had run out. Managing to last this long was already no small feat; it was Chu Liang’s way of granting Shu Mountain a moment’s respite. But that was all it could be; falsehood could never be as true.

If it’s said that an Eighth Realm cultivator fighting those with weaker cultivation is like an adult beating a child, then a Half-Eighth Realm with a Divine Artifact fighting an Eighth Realm without one is like an adult armed with a blade against an unarmed one.

All Daoist Cang Sheng had to do now was to swing his weapon. The already dwindling ranks of Shu Mountain Peaks would have no strength left to resist.

Could it be that he still couldn’t save the sect after all?

Master Wen Yuan had been forcefully operating the Universe Ring for a long time, enduring the Universe’s Time Wheel, with his cultivation almost spent; there wasn’t much he could do now. All he could do was to put his life on the line, to block the Universe Ring one more time. If the Mysterious Yellow Battle Armor could break through the secret realm, then some Shu Mountain disciples might survive.

As long as one Shu Mountain disciple survived, there would be one more seed of continuation.

At this moment, he was not so foolish as to wish for Shu Mountain’s safety; that wasn’t realistic. He only hoped to preserve a few embers, so there might be a hope for them to be rekindled another day.

Daoist Cang Sheng’s brow, meanwhile, lifted.

Today’s battle had been full of twists and turns for him. He’d thought Shu Mountain would be like lambs to the slaughter under the Universe’s Time Wheel, only to have Wen Yuan come up with a duplicated Universe Ring; he thought victory would come in mere moments, yet the meddling of the Heavenly Gang Sect nearly thwarted his plans; just when he believed he was about to face defeat, Wen Yuan’s Universe Ring disappeared.

It was to be expected, after all. How could there be a method that would entirely duplicate a Divine Artifact, wouldn’t that mean creating another Divine Artifact? Being able to replicate it for a mere quarter of an hour was already quite a formidable power.

But the time has come, Wen Yuan.

Daoist Cang Sheng looked at that figure far away, an acquaintance of many years and a quiet competitor for many more, feeling somewhat sentimental. If he had been born in Shu Mountain, and the other in Penglai, had their circumstances been reversed, he doubted he could have been capable of making it this far himself.

The Universe’s Time Wheel spun wildly, like gears filled with the power of destruction, pressing toward the last piece of land belonging to Shu Mountain.

Whiz——

Was it the end?

In the moment when despair began to rise in the hearts of the people of Shu Mountain, clouds parted in the distant sky, and a beam of azure light poured down. Within that curtain of light, a massive bronze object emerged, resembling the bow of a ship.

Immediately after, a giant Bronze Flying Boat descended from the heavens with a terrifying momentum, striking the crumbling barrier of the secret realm where the Universe Ring was.

Clang——