Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 281 - 278: Take It Away

Chapter 281: Chapter 278: Take It Away

In the midst of Dragon Gate Mountain.

Even though the One-Eyed Stone Man was unwilling to sustain unnecessary injuries after a victory had been established, he always adopted a conservative fighting style.

Pei Yulou, severely depleted of his Primordial Qi, was gradually reaching the end of his tether.

No longer able to control the lightning that filled his body, he let it discharge aimlessly in all directions. It appeared formidable, but it couldn’t harm the One-Eyed Stone Man in the slightest.

At that moment, a devil-like whisper from the deceitful immortal suddenly reached his ears:

"Give up, Soldier Saint Pei! Do you really think that Soldier Saint Jiang is the only one who has converted to our Sect?

I fear that by now, the Imperial City might already have a new master.

Are you really willing to abandon this flourishing world, your family and children at home? Why not abandon darkness for light and join my No-Life Dao?

Immortality is not just a dream!"

Upon hearing this, Pei Yulou showed no sign of being moved. Instead, he spat weakly at him:

"Born a hero of a hundred battles, die by the code of a valiant warrior!

Even in death, I, Pei Yulou, would stand as a man who holds up the heavens, not kneel like a dog begging for life under the Heavenly Officials, like you all!"

Soldier Saint Pei, whose cultivation came from the "Taiyin Xuanbing Dao," and the Divine Machine Gun and Cannon Technique, had a personality as fierce as his military skills, starkly different from Jiang Baimei.

He then turned and shouted at the Divine Machine Camp behind him:

"Boys, are you afraid of death?"

"Not afraid! Not afraid!..."

Aside from the Imperial Dragon Guard, the Divine Machine Camp was the most deeply influenced by the "Taiyin Xuanbing Dao" among the three major camps.

As a subordinate group under the Nine Soldiers, the spirit of the Taiyin Xuanbing lineage was not lost here.

Caught between a rock and a hard place, Pei Yulou, along with thousands from the Divine Machine Camp, charged towards the Green Seal Deceit Immortal like moths to a flame, laughing loudly:

"A vast rainbow bridges the heavens, a single clap of thunder breaks the calm. Sweeping away the mists reveals the beauty of a thousand mountains, slicing through every demon in the six realms! Exterminate the demons!"

The Tiger Riders and the Dragon Martial Army, unable to form an array with him after losing the Military Talisman, though only temporarily assigned before the battle,

were equally inspired by their comrades and roared under the lead of their Military Leader:

"Exterminate the demons!"

"Exterminate the demons!"

They then charged as if ants swarming a siege, determined to take a bite out of the One-Eyed Stone Man, even at the cost of their lives.

The essence of military skills is also to gather the many, melding countless droplets into rivers, but when they act as a single entity, the Generals are their brain.

More than invincible might, it was this unwavering, indefatigable spirit that the deceitful immortals like the One-Eyed Stone Man hated and feared the most.

You might destroy me, but you can never defeat me!

As long as there are countless such people in the mortal world, the "Dragon Qi Prohibition" will never disappear, and the Killing Tree will never truly conquer the whole world.

This infuriated the Green Seal Strange Immortal:

"Fine! Since you all seek death, this monk will grant you mercy today!"

Thirty-five Clear and Muddy Treasure Beads soared into the sky, with the vertical pupil marking the boundary, where the clear ascended and the murky descended, seemingly manifesting another turbulent small world.

This was the first realm of the Inner Scene cultivated by the Green Seal Sage!

However, just then.

From behind, within the array called "Delicacies from Sea and Mountain," dozens of Mixed Dragons suddenly withered, as if swallowed clean out of thin air, even the last Clear and Muddy Dragon Ball in the middle of the array vanished.

Before he could figure out what had happened.

A streak of blue light suddenly arrived, revealing two people in the "Canghai One Leaf Boat"—

It was Qing Yezi and Yu Jiezi, who had just witnessed Jiang Baimei’s unexpected demise from afar.

Possibly because the shock they received was too great, they lost the composure of high-ranking sect elders, and cried out tragically:

"Bodhisattva save us! Soldier Saint Jiang has been killed!"

A figure who should have been invincible, murdered by mages he could have easily annihilated.

This was far too fantastical.

But such was the great power of the "Dragon Qi Prohibition," which the Killing Tree camp detested.

When the power of countless ants is concentrated, even a Heavenly Official incarnate must retreat empty-handed.

And the intensity of the Dragon Energy within the entire Dengzhou Prefecture almost made them believe they had returned to the prosperous era of the fiery dynasty a century ago.

Natural and man-made disasters vanish, a million hearts united as one!

Even the corpses of the starved that were common elsewhere after winter were nowhere to be seen here.

In their eyes, it was even more incredible than the fall of a Soldier Saint.

"What?"

The One-Eyed Stone Man, using his power, frantically looked toward the lower Turbid River.

Pei Yulou and the soldiers of the three camps, charging toward their adversary, suddenly felt a surge of spirit.

"Hahaha, such a rebel deserves to die! Even if we perish today, we will die without regrets!"

With the Leaping Dragon Gate disrupted, an ally fallen, numerous Mixed Dragons devoured by others, and the final Turbid River Treasure Pearl lost, the One-Eyed Stone Man was beyond furious.

Originally the transcendent Green Seal Strange Immortal of this mortal world, he dared not hope to ascend outside the Heavenly Gate and become a lofty Heavenly Official.

His greatest wish was only to no longer be confined to the Turbid River and to ultimately obtain freedom.

"Say not the Stone Man has but one eye, stirring the Turbid River rebels all under the sky!"

To turn the Turbid River upside down, all under heaven would rebel, thus granting himself liberation.

At this moment, perhaps the collapse of Dragon Energy, a universal rebellion became an established fact, but his years of longing for freedom came to naught.

In a fit of rage, the endlessly rushing Turbid River seemed to emit a grievous howl:

"Arghhh... I will eat you alive!"

But just then.

A small black speck suddenly appeared in the sky, which instantly expanded into a black-garbed youth standing in front of the One-Eyed Stone Man.

He cracked a smile:

"Unfortunately, it’s already too late!"

The two Daoist Soldier Tiger Talismans he had searched from Jiang Baimei’s body were encased in Dharma Light and fell directly into... Pei Yulou’s hands.

Back to their rightful owner.

A thunderclap exploded, and the deprived military aura returned to the Kui Niu.

Moo—!

The previously rampant "Dragon Qi Prohibition" that had defeated Jiang Baimei also conveniently broke the Sect Talisman’s blockade of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

Allowing Wang Yuan to provide timely support.

And finally, he saved this group of pillars of the nation.

The One-Eyed Stone Man swept his chilling gaze over the everywhere-present ’Song Soldier Yi,’ who had almost ruined his good fortunes.

Then he firmly locked onto the re-expanded mountainous Kui Niu and said coldly:

"Pei Yulou! Do you think you are still the invincible Martial Saint of the beginning?

You are now just hanging on by a thread, merely struggling to stay alive. Move a fraction, and you will drop dead on the spot. Let’s see who can outlast whom!"

Pei Yulou first deeply bowed in gratitude to Wang Yuan, then coldly looked at the One-Eyed Stone Man:

"You can try, I, Pei, might not be talented, but I’m more than ready to perish together with you!"

Just when the two sides seemed to be at a deadlock.

"One Pei Martial Saint might not be enough, but what if another person is added?"

No sooner had the words fallen than a ferocious aura, like that of an extraordinary fierce bird, suddenly surged from Wang Yuan.

Without seeing his face, one would almost think it was Jiang Baimei coming back to life.

"You... how is that possible..."

The One-Eyed Stone Man then skeptically began to take ’Song Soldier Yi’ seriously.

In the preceding ’Thousand People Pointing.’

The hatred of the entire world for a traitor like Jiang Baimei not only made him die by a thousand arrows, but also crushed Martial Saint’s strong body into a rain of blood.

In front of the most domineering Dragon Qi, he didn’t even have a chance to become a ghost, and his name was to be despised for all eternity.

However, those Calamity Butterflies that had previously snuck into his dreams managed to salvage a bit.

[Deceit Object · Talisman · King Jialouluo]

The effect was that besides releasing Martial Saint-level aura to intimidate the enemy with "Fox’s False Authority," there was only one one-time move — "Sea Accepts All Rivers."

The more Daoist Soldiers he had under his command, the stronger the final explosion of power would be.

The advantage was that it didn’t matter what kind of Daoist Soldiers they were.

Calculating the time, as long as there were enough Daoist Soldiers, Wang Yuan could act as a true Martial Saint for about three minutes!

Unfortunately, he was still tens of thousands of Daoist Soldiers short, merely bluffing the One-Eyed Stone Man.

He simply didn’t have the ability to forcefully keep him there.

The One-Eyed Stone Man’s face changed for a long while, and after a long time, he finally stomped his foot hatefully.

"Let’s go!"

The muddy waves surged, sweeping up the No-Life Dao people within the formation and plunging them together into the Turbid River.

Amidst the roiling waves, one of the disciples of the No-Life Dao kept staring intently at Wang Yuan in the sky.

His mournful, helpless gaze expressed unreservedly:

"Master, I can’t hold on much longer, save me! Save me!"

This was none other than Wang Yuan’s close founding disciple who had been an undercover among a group of demons for half a year.

Wang Yuan’s face remained impassive, but his eyes were full of deep affection as he silently said to this disciple:

"The person I care about most in this world is actually you. Take good care of yourself outside, and take care. I will miss you, Zhu..."

After a moment’s pause,

"Uh... Bo’an!"

By the time he managed to remember Zhu Bo’an’s name by relying on the Yin God’s perfect memory, that disciple had already completely disappeared into the turbulent waves.

Confirming that the other party had completely left,

The [Ten Thousand Enemies Skill · Divine Machine Gun and Cannon Technique] collapsed thunderously, and the already exhausted Daoist Soldiers were sprawled all over the place.

The dying Pei Yulou looked entirely like a blood gourd.

Wang Yuan hurriedly fed him the Snake Doctor Regeneration Pill he had obtained from Inner Official Lv, the old eunuch, to regenerate his lost internal organs, barely hanging onto his life.

Then, with a flicker in his eyes, he rose up and transformed into a huge Ghost Gate, shouting:

"Brothers, hold on, I’m taking you to King Jing’s place for healing."

Under the tearfully grateful gazes of the crowd, he packed up this Martial Saint and three battalions of Daoist Soldiers and took them all away.

Wang Yuan no longer felt any regret for not having completely gained Jiang Baimei for his own use.

In such dire circumstances, Pei Yulou, who had fought to the death without retreating, was the truly reliable comrade!

Thinking of escaping after reaching Dengzhou Prefecture?

Don’t even think about doors, I’ll block the chimneys too!

But before the triumphantly returning Wang Yuan reached home, one earth-shaking news after another spread throughout Great Yan through the City God System.

The old matriarch of the Zhou Family, the Empire’s stabilizing Sea Needle... had passed away!

Emperor Jianming is critically ill!

The Eldest Prince accidentally fell into the water!

The Third Prince temporarily took over as heir!

Prime Minister Xue, Xue Jiexi, acted as regent!

Martial Saint, Zhou Xinglou, oversaw the state...

In just one night, the hearts of the people were in turmoil!