Daoist Competition

Lan Jiguang couldn’t discern his thoughts, and could only shrink back while replying, "Yes, yes."

Zhang Yan nodded his head, no longer paying him any mind, and shook his sleeve, causing the Xuanhuang Great Hand above the sky to crash down.

Lan Jiguang was shocked, transforming into a tunneling light, and fled back into the array.

Seeing the momentum of the palm coming, Rong Junzhong knew it couldn’t be resisted, and decisively said, "Sect Leader, retreat quickly!"

Yang Shuyong said nothing, transforming into light and escaping.

Seeing even the Sect Leader fleeing, everyone else scrambled to fly away from the mountain top.

They hadn’t gone far before they felt a darkness above, followed by a loud explosion behind them, shaking their eardrums as if they were about to rupture.

As they looked back, they saw the mountain rocks collapsing, trees toppled and branches shattered, dust and rubble rolling and spreading, flying everywhere.

Once the smoke and dust settled, everyone discovered that the entire mountain peak had been cut off by a segment, and the Forbidden Array Altar on the mountain had been utterly shattered. This immense power left everyone feeling fearful and shocked.

Rong Junzhong looked up and noticed that after Zhang Yan broke the Forbidden Array, his figure remained suspended in the sky, and he did not make any further moves. He pondered for a bit and his spirit lifted, saying, "Sect Leader, what he said earlier was indeed effective."

Yang Shuyong also realized that although Zhang Yan had smashed the prohibition, he had not attacked, which indicated he harbored concerns and dared not overstep. His earlier actions were at most an expression of frustration out of necessity, and he couldn’t help but laugh wildly, "What can he do, what can he do!"

Many disciples joined in the laughter, but upon closer observation, a hint of fear was hidden beneath their eyes. Their exaggerated behavior at this moment was caused by the emotional release after narrowly escaping death.

Rong Junzhong, unlike Yang Shuyong, was not optimistic in the face of such a formidable enemy and dared not be careless. He gathered a few cultivators he was on good terms with and instructed, "Just having me and a few people with the Sect Leader here is enough. You must quickly send people out to invade various immortal cities around Zhongtai, but remember not to use personnel from Xuanyue, to avoid giving them an excuse. Also, Xisheng Mountain is absolutely untouchable."

During magical battles, utilizing Outer Practitioners to attempt schemes against the opponent’s immortal city, if Zhongtai held the upper hand, they would do the same. Hence both sides tacitly avoided discussing this when setting rules.

As for Xisheng Mountain, it was the fundamental stronghold of Zhongtai, guarded by Cave Heaven True Masters. Until the dust settled on the magical battle, Xuanyue dared not provoke them.

Zhang Yan’s gaze swept slowly, seeing over a hundred disciples from Xuanyue and more than twenty Nascent Soul cultivators retreating to the mountain behind, he sneered inwardly, "Do you think just because I don’t step into your Mountain Realm, I won’t be able to subdue you?"

He squinted his eyes and simply stayed there, concentrating and regulating his breathing, manipulating the Spiritual Mechanism.

Upon seeing him standing amidst the clouds, neither retreating nor advancing, Chunyu Ji had a thought and blurted out, "Could it be that his mana is exhausted?" He turned and said, "Sect Leader, why not take this opportunity..."

"Oh?" Yang Shuyong stepped forward for a closer look and felt it might be so, but he still couldn’t make up his mind, so he turned towards Rong Junzhong and asked, "Master Rong, what do you think?"

Rong Junzhong focused his gaze and was also suspicious.

Zhang Yan is, after all, just a Second Realm Nascent Soul cultivator. Despite his impressive display earlier, the consumption of mana must have been considerable. Chunyu Ji’s suggestion wasn’t impossible, yet could this be a tactic to lure the enemy in?

He suppressed the thought and simply said, "Sect Leader, we came here today to unify the two sects. As long as we remain within the mountain, Zhongtai is destined for defeat, there’s no need to take unnecessary risks."

Yang Shuyong, although tempted, found logic in his words and could only temporarily abandon the idea.

Zhang Yan hovered in mid-air for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes, lightning flashed within his pupils, and he grasped a spell, once more conjuring the Xuanhuang Great Hand.

This time it was even more majestic, several times over, and looking out, everything within dozens of miles was shrouded in a murky yellow, even the sky light was obscured.

Zhang Yan floated suspended in air, his feet stepping on Gang Cloud, his clothes fluttering, his gaze scanned downward, overlooking the mountains and rivers below. After a while, he raised his hand and pointed down, and as he directed, the monumental hand under the sky thunderously echoed, slowly pressing downward.

Yang Shuyong felt something amiss, exclaiming in shock, "What is he trying to do?"

Rong Junzhong felt something too, pondered for a while, and was alarmed, thinking, "Could it be...?"

He swiftly raised his head, looking forward.

Just then, he saw that great hand descending, but this time it wasn’t slamming down on the mountain but closing its five fingers, enclosing the entire mountain peak in a grip! Amidst the roaring sounds, rocks continually rolled down the slopes, and the mountain peak began to sway and loosen, seemingly about to be uprooted entirely!

Everyone looked on in slack-jawed amazement, Rong Junzhong shouted, "No!"

He leaped up and streaked forward in a tunneling light, gritting his teeth, "How can I let him take it away!"

When two sects set rules, they used the mountain as a boundary. If the mountain peak were taken away, how could it possibly stop this person!

He cried out and mustered all his body power, pushing the Ten Thousand Catties of Solidification Divine Power to the extreme, mana spreading out, urgently enveloping the entire mountain peak to desperately stabilize it, preventing Zhang Yan from moving it,

Ordinarily, his mana could only stabilize objects within a hundred feet, but luckily the mountain was vast, not a Xuanmen refined object, hence he could perform such an act. Yet even then, it took his utmost effort, leaving his face slightly twisting.

One attempted to uproot the mountain, the other to stabilize the peak, between them mana oscillated, Spiritual Energy Gang Wind surged like tides, rumbling continuously.

For a while, the two were caught in a mana contest.

Such a stunning scene left everyone wide-eyed in astonishment, especially the disciples from both sects, their expressions blank and dazed, shifting mountains and mountains, powerfully uprooting rivers, such fighting techniques were beyond their imagination,

Zhang Yan had already anticipated Rong Junzhong’s frantic obstruction, but his skills weren’t limited to this. Laughing loudly in the air, he said, "A mere small technique, how can it stop me?"

Suddenly he let out a thunderous shout, the sound like terrifying thunder, abruptly unleashing mana, only to hear a rumbling sound, where the two had contended, was now empty.

The entire mountain peak had been forcibly taken away using the Five Elements Escape Technique!

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