Chapter 1345: Supreme Battle

Chapter 1345: Chapter 1345: Supreme Battle

This battle can be said to be the first great battle in the Daoist Plane in nearly a thousand years. The previous battle to annihilate Peach Blossom Spring simply cannot compare to this one. Despite Immortal Palace being a prominent sect, its own strength doesn’t compare to the hidden force of White Deer Institute, which has many cards up its sleeves. Counting the Sect Leader and Supreme Elder, Peach Blossom Spring also had five supreme practitioners of Heavenly Dao. But as Su Fengchen said, this sect had not completely pledged allegiance to Bloodlust like White Deer Institute. Only some high-level members of the sect swayed due to the lure of benefits, while others opposed or adopted a wait-and-see attitude. This led to the sect being unable to unite against external threats, and some directly chose surrender, begging Lin Ruxue for forgiveness.

Today’s battle clearly won’t be as smooth as the annihilation of Peach Blossom Spring. In terms of combat numbers, Immortal Palace holds the advantage. Aside from the ten people in the arena, three Supreme Generals from the Six Guards Army are present outside, with two possessing supreme power and one slightly inferior yet comparable. In addition to Pei Yan, who can also fight against supreme practitioners, Immortal Palace’s participating supreme power is double that of White Deer Institute.

But does Immortal Palace truly hold the absolute advantage with this? Not necessarily, according to Pei Yan! It’s not that the Supreme Elder behind closed doors is superior to others from Immortal Palace. As Liu Xuanji and Pei Yan explained, even if these elders isolate themselves and undergo Turtle Breath Technique to slow down the consumption of their lifespan, they would still be affected. Their strength during this process is actually on the decline, and in a true duel, victory depends on their cultivation techniques and reactions during the battle.

The issue is that this battle is about life and death, not mere victory. Among the seven from White Deer Institute, three are evil beings, for whom death is not painful but a kind of relief. The remaining four are near exhaustion and willing to sacrifice themselves for the continuation of their sect’s great cause. They wouldn’t mind dying here, and it would be better if they could take a few down with them. ℯℯ𝑙.

On Immortal Palace’s side, although Liu Xuanji always speaks of feeling old and incapable, they have about three hundred to five hundred years of potential life span left if no unexpected events occur. They wouldn’t want to die meaninglessly in this battle, nor would Jin He Xuan, who is eager for revenge.

This is the psychological difference. Seven practitioners placing life and death aside with no restraint are extremely formidable, and the ten people present understand this better than Pei Yan watching from the outside. Thus, they did not initiate a direct conflict immediately but chose to confront and wait for the right moment.

"Tian Feiming, the Token Family, oh! The Mo Family and Liu Family are here too! Immortal Palace truly values our White Deer Institute! I heard from Feng Chen that when annihilating Peach Blossom Spring, there wasn’t such a big arrangement." One of the four later members from White Deer Institute, an emaciated old man with disheveled hair, though seemingly weak, stood straight. Wearing a broad, long gown mismatched with his stature, he stepped forward, eyes scanning everyone present and tapped dry fingers on his forehead, thinking for a while before seemingly remembering several names and speaking mockingly.

After saying this, he sighed and asked with a look of helplessness, "At this point, can you tell me how our institute’s headmaster and An Ge are doing?"

"Hehehe, Shan Cai Chen is still putting on an act here! Hasn’t the passage of time really let him believe himself to be from the academy? Look at the three evil creatures beside you; they are your evidence of guilt! Want to know what happened to Su Fengchen? Simple! Surrender. Considering your age, I will plead with His Majesty the Spirit Emperor for leniency towards your crimes, keeping you imprisoned until you die of old age!" Liu Xuanji sneered disdainfully.

"The Spirit Emperor? Has that madwoman finally revealed her thirst for power by declaring herself emperor?" replied the elder referred to as Shan Cai Chen, showing disdain upon hearing the new title of Spirit Emperor.

"Impudent!"

"Old scoundrel! Hold your tongue!"

These arrogant words from Shan Cai Chen naturally provoked angry reprimands from Immortal Palace, but he didn’t care and said regretfully, "Alas! One wrong step leads to another! Should not have let Feng Chen take the risk at the palace upon knowing things were changing. Yet without him stabilizing Immortal Palace, we wouldn’t have had even this time for retreat. Ultimately, we didn’t anticipate that the usually sluggish Immortal Palace would react so swiftly this time and target us directly. For the sake of past comradeship, let White Deer Institute die with understanding. Can you tell me who uncovered all this?"

"Uh...!" This question rendered Immortal Palace’s ten people speechless for a moment, exchanging glances uncertain whether to answer.

"It was me!" A lazy voice from behind captured their attention, drawing all eyes to a spot above the Six Guards Army, where a rakish young man sat sloppily on a floating iron chair, legs crossed arrogantly. On each side extended bizarre iron lumps.

Shan Cai Chen had never seen such things before. Could these be some new mechanical puppets created by the Mo Sect? Hmm, they seemed similar, but he felt little source energy emanating from them. Rationally, these should be non-threatening, yet watching the dark holes aimed at himself and his sect, Shan Cai Chen felt an ominous trepidation.

"Who are you?" Shan Cai Chen asked, perplexed. He sensed rich source energy within this young man but judged he was only at the Asura Dao realm. Such a person dared speak in this situation?

"Technically, I should call you senior, but as we are destined foes now, there’s no need for pleasantries or pretense anymore, old man! I answered one of your questions, now you should answer one of mine fairly! The previous answer I gave freely out of respect for elders and youth. Now, can you explain how you knew we planned to strike against you? At this stage, don’t play games about blaming others or saying spies informed you; I won’t believe that!" Pei Yan said, sitting in the iron chair, picking at his ear as he spoke.

"Are all young people so arrogant nowadays? Still, it’s better than those who hate me to madness yet feign benevolence verbally. What you asked isn’t exactly a secret! Last night, it was your forces that ambushed the lower academy of our White Deer Institute, wasn’t it? To Beast Tamers, there’s a special connection between them and their Spirit Beasts, which most Array barriers can’t block. Last night, someone killed the Spirit Beast raised by Cao Mengzhi to signal the mishap at the Beast Taming Institute. With a string of preceding issues, it wasn’t difficult to deduce sect secrets were exposed."