The arrow carrying the power of sanction shot explosively forward, and from the destruction it wreaked on the environment alone, one could glimpse its terrifying might!
The question arose.
With such an excellent opportunity, why didn’t the tattooed man charge forward, instead standing far away looking astonished?
The reason was simple—he was afraid of dying.
That’s right! The Reincarnator who once dared to court death and embrace it had been personally disciplined by Er Ya, developing a fear of death. So when this opportunity appeared, he felt hesitation and wavering.
An abnormal person had finally become normal!
Cause for celebration!
Returning to another question, why didn’t Jun Changxiao dodge?
Of course it wasn’t because dodging would prevent him from showing off—rather, he had experienced this kind of sanction power on the battlefield. Compared to that, the energy gathered in this arrow was pathetically weak!
To be honest, when it came to resisting the Realm Hall’s punishment or sanctions, Gou Sheng had abundant clinical experience and could even be called a top expert in the field.
If it had been an attack using the Realm Hall’s martial techniques from before, he might have felt uneasy, but facing the power of sanction, he truly had nothing to fear!
Come on, baby!
Let me see whether this arrow reaches the level of sanction from the planar battlefield!
It definitely fell far short, after all, the sanction power he’d previously endured came from the golden-armored man at full intensity. The power gathered in this arrow, though from the upper realm, was merely channeled through a weapon and not a true sanction in any real sense.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
The layers of defensive barriers erected before him suddenly burst forth with even more substantial aura as their master’s battle intent rose!
“Boom—”
The arrow seemingly from beyond the heavens made contact with the Flowing Light Barrier, and rolling sanction power immediately spread out, directly shaking the entire city!
“Whoosh whoosh!”
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”
Buildings collapsed into powder, dust obscuring the sky and blocking out the sun.
“How is this possible!” As the only one able to witness the situation with his own eyes, the tattooed man’s eyes grew wider and wider, because the defensive barrier that guy had set up had caught the arrow containing sanction power, making it seem frozen in mid-air.
The Fortress Lord was also dumbfounded.
This was his first time using the Supreme Sanction Divine Bow, but when he received it from his predecessor, he’d been told that once the string was drawn and a sanction arrow formed, anyone locked onto would have both form and spirit destroyed regardless of their cultivation level!
But now…
Forget injuring the person, it hadn’t even broken through the barrier!
If he hadn’t confirmed repeatedly that the item was personally handed over by his predecessor, the Fortress Lord would suspect—was this thing a fake?
“Whoosh whoosh!”
Just then, a fierce wind blew away the dust, revealing the arrow and the materialized defensive energy wall. The sanction power gathered in the arrowhead seemed to be drawn out, madly surging into the barrier’s interior!
“This is good stuff!” Jun Changxiao thought to himself.
He hadn’t summoned the Heaven Origin Soul-Suppressing Tower, but could still control and absorb the sanction power.
Er Ya also began busying herself, beating all the inflowing energy into humanoid form!
“Thud!”
Shortly after, all the sanction power within the Sanction Arrow had been collected, then it fell to the ground without luster, until it completely disappeared.
“How… how is this possible…” the Fortress Lord’s voice trembled.
The power descended from the upper realm not only failed to break through, but seemed to be absorbed by that guy—this was truly inconceivable.
The tattooed man said: “As expected, a rebel!”
At first he thought Jun Changxiao was bluffing, but now that he dared openly confront the sanction power representing sacred inviolability, it proved he fundamentally didn’t recognize the Realm Hall!
What exactly were rebels?
Not holders of any special ability, but people who extremely rejected the Realm Hall in speech, action, and heart.
Put simply, they didn’t recognize the upper realm’s authority organization and could even do anything that violated the rules they’d established.
“This friend.”
The tattooed man thought to himself: “I’m definitely making friends with him!”
…
Jun Changxiao stood before the defensive barrier, saying flatly: “The upper realm power you gathered is really too weak, barely reaching thirty percent of the power of the previous double thunder tribulation.”
Almost forgot to mention—when previously facing upper realm sanction, there were two thunder tribulations, which he not only withstood but also protected the Rose Empress through.
Of course, being so awesome also relied on the Qiankun Talisman’s amplification. Now that his strength was even greater, though the Sanction Arrow came from the Supreme Sanction Bow and its power looked impressive, it couldn’t hope to break his defense!
“Damn it!”
The Fortress Lord drew his bowstring again, once more gathering a seven-colored flowing light arrow, accompanied by descending lightning as he shot it forth.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
Warriors from various planes in the cosmic starry sky could hear movement from the extremely distant fortress area, not only hearing sounds but seeing lightning descending with their naked eyes, all speculating what that thing was?
…
If one arrow couldn’t solve the problem, definitely fire more arrows.
But reality was cruel.
Because the Fortress Lord continuously gathered over ten Sanction Arrows, continuously bombarding the defensive barrier Jun Changxiao had set up before him. Though there were obvious signs of shaking, it ultimately didn’t shatter.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
“Whoosh whoosh!”
Waves of sanction power were absorbed into the Heaven Origin Soul-Suppressing Tower, where Er Ya madly whipped them into human form, neatly arranged and crouching with heads in hands, their pitiable state no less than the twelve patrol envoys.
“Boom! Boom!”
The Fortress Lord bombarded several more times. Finding he truly couldn’t do anything to the opponent’s defensive barrier, he reluctantly stopped, then put away the Supreme Sanction Divine Bow.
“I’ve taken a liking to this thing, so…” Jun Changxiao dispersed the formations gathered around his body, saying flatly: “It’s about to be mine!”
“Swish!”
Just then, the Fortress Lord appeared like shadow and wind, violent energy madly surging forth.
If the weapon given by the upper realm wouldn’t work, he’d have to rely on himself!
“Mountain-Toppling Sea-Overturning!”
“Boundless Ocean Immensity!”
Various awesome techniques were deployed, violent aftershocks fiercely tearing apart space.
Jun Changxiao wasn’t to be outdone, swinging both fists to fight him, his techniques also emerging in endless succession.
“Divine Dragon Tail Sweep!”
“Fierce Tiger Descending Mountain!”
“Golden Rooster Standing Alone!”
“Monkey Stealing Peach!”
Though the technique names were a bit crude, when two powerhouses of this level chose close combat, the scene was truly quite formidable—even their casual movements contained the aura of Heavenly Dao laws.
“Drip! Drip!”
The bomb installed in the great hall continued counting down second by second, with only ten minutes remaining until detonation!
“Little brother!”
Jun Changxiao exchanged a punch with the Fortress Lord, shouting loudly: “Take the prisoners and leave, I’ve already placed a warship at the city gate!”
“Alright!”
The tattooed man kicked a Mid-level Void-Breaking cultivator flying, then came to the most intense battle area, gathering his dantian energy in one breath and roaring: “All of you follow this grandfather!”
The prisoners fighting with soldiers saw he wore the principal offender’s clothing and hurriedly retreated while fighting, successfully passing through the shattered city gate and flying into the Tonggu Warship!
“Swish! Swish! Swish!”
Once all the prisoners had entered, defensive barriers appeared one after another, sealing the entire warship completely, then it turned direction and flew out at extreme speed.
“Big brother, why are there so many array barriers?”
“Why do I have the feeling we just left the wolf pack only to fall into the tiger’s den?”
“Don’t overthink it, this must be a defensive system to prevent cosmic forces from causing us intense compression.”
While the prisoners were discussing, the Tonggu Warship had already sailed an extremely far distance, then slowly stopped.
“Drip! Drip!”
The strange sound still rang out, its rhythm clearly faster than before.
The Fortress Lord was still entangled in battle with Jun Changxiao, gradually sensing something amiss. He transmitted to the soldiers in the city: “Quickly leave the fortress!”
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
In a short time, the fortress’s exclusive starry sky warships carried large numbers of soldiers flying out from various hidden exits.
It could be said the Starry Sky Fortress no longer had anyone in it, and after enduring the battle between Jun Changxiao and the Fortress Lord, the four major city districts had long since turned into complete ruins!
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
The battle continued, intensity continued escalating!
“Drip! Drip! Drip!”
Time passed second by second, until with 59 seconds remaining, Jun Changxiao took the opportunity to break free from his opponent’s entanglement, flying out like a meteor.
“You can’t escape!”
The Fortress Lord shouted loudly, his hands forming seals. Materialized barriers fell from the sky, instantly completely sealing all the city gates.
“Boom!”
Jun Changxiao punched it, but didn’t break through, so he cursed: “Holy crap!”
The bomb had activated and was about to explode. If he was trapped inside and died together with the fortress and that guy, it would be truly divine.
“Boy!”
The Fortress Lord’s eyes nearly split with rage: “Releasing hell prisoners, destroying my Starry Sky Fortress—you must die here today!”
Jun Changxiao paid no attention, beginning to frantically recall the Qimen Dunjia barrier-breaking section, hoping to break through this barrier-like formation, but… several dozen seconds seemed somewhat insufficient.
Son of a bitch!
If I’d known, I would have left early!
The reason for cutting it to 1 minute was worry that the opponent would have enough time to dismantle the bomb or throw it into cosmic space, so he could only drag out time to ensure the plan proceeded smoothly. Who knew there would be such a powerful array barrier obstructing him?
This was the final defense in the Starry Sky Fortress’s array system. Once activated, it would completely seal all exits—others couldn’t get out, nor could they enter.
Wait!
Where was the Fortress Lord?
At this moment, he was already outside the fortress!
Jun Changxiao, trapped inside, couldn’t get out, but as the master of this place, he naturally knew the defensive system intimately and knew what method to use to escape.
So the current situation was:
Gou Sheng had successfully planted the bomb in the Starry Sky Fortress, with only dozens of seconds remaining until detonation, but everyone had left while he himself was trapped inside unable to exit.
“A tragedy!”
The system said helplessly: “A catastrophic tragedy!”
Jun Changxiao had absolutely no time to deal with it, his mind completely focused on breaking the formation, because every second was extremely precious!
“Drip! Drip! Drip!”
The bomb countdown continued, until it entered the final ten seconds, the frequency suddenly accelerating.
“Ahhh!”
Jun Changxiao roared furiously, veins bulging!
After great difficulty planting the soul bomb to destroy this Starry Sky Fortress, he himself still had to be buried with it—just thinking about it was maddening!
“Drip!”
“10, 9, 8, 7… 2, 1…”
“0.9, 0.8, 0.7…”
Until it stopped at ‘0.1’, Jun Changxiao finally successfully broke through the final defense, but the time left for him was already running out.
Readers silently took out wreaths and spirit money, calculating when Gou Sheng’s seventh day memorial would be if he died today, whether they should give condolence money, and how much would be appropriate?
“Ahhh!”
Jun Changxiao’s expression was ferocious, like a mad dog rushing out from the fortress.
In that moment, the blood in his body, his muscles, even his soul seemed to burn violently, his speed beyond description!
The disciples are waiting for my return—I cannot die!
The girls are waiting for me to love—I cannot die!
The system is waiting for me to curse at it—I cannot die!
Ten thousand unrealistic reasons in his heart stimulated Jun Changxiao, making him burn every bit of energy he could burn, but… when zero point one passed, deafening sounds accompanied by daylight-like brilliance suddenly manifested behind him. He could only roar helplessly: “I really want to live another hundred years!”
“Boom—”
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