Patrol Captain

Just a few breaths ago, amidst the chaos of battle, the black-clad warriors, like dragon scales, coiled around and protected the newly established heir, Xiao Ye. They tore through the moth-to-a-mole crowd, carving a bloody path to retreat towards the inner palace's teleportation array.

Outside the hall, a sharp sword cry suddenly rang out, followed by a breathtaking sight.

Sword energy cascaded down like a waterfall, a torrent of sword light, cold and sharp, suddenly descended from the plaza outside the palace, directly slashing at the soldiers guarding the crown prince.

"Puff puff"

The sword light tore through the armor like a sudden storm, making a dull sound and blooming into scarlet blood flowers, mixed with the clanging of weapons hitting the ground and screams of agony, tearing the entire formation in two.

The expressions of the people in the Prince's mansion changed drastically.

"Protect the Crown Prince!"

As soon as the words fell, figures soared into the air behind the waterfall of sword light, then rushed into the ranks of soldiers like lightning, their cold glints aimed directly at the Crown Prince of Beiliang.

Led by their mountain lord, a dozen or so people from Dongxuan Mountain suddenly attacked while everyone was in chaos and the Liang King was about to retreat and frantically activated the great formation, trying to buy time for that Martial Saint senior.

"Ding Ding Ding"

The clash of weapons sounded like a piercing, urgent death knell. The people of Dongxuan Mountain, their clothes stained with blood and their aura filled with murderous intent, wielded their Dao weapons and charged forward swiftly, like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. They cleaved through the ranks of soldiers and armor, slashing through the enemy lines, their blades breaking and their armor flying everywhere.

The Lord of Dongxuan Mountain and several Musashi elders transformed into sword rainbows, taking the lead with unstoppable momentum, cleaving through the bloody path and heading straight for the Crown Prince.

"Be bold!"

"Lord of Dongxuan Mountain, how dare you act like this in front of the Prince! Protect the young master!" The two dragon and tiger generals roared and stepped forward to block the young master. They sprang up, but there were too many people around, so they could not use their supernatural powers. They could only use their strength to subdue the people. Like tigers and leopards, they pounced and their divine power surged.

"Young Master, run! That killing god is coming!"

The others around him quickly shouted and escorted the prince back.

The newly established heir, Xiao Ye, dressed in a yellow python robe, watched as the Prince's army was defeated and fled like stray dogs. The people from Dongxuan Mountain tried to assassinate him. His eyes were gloomy, and the veins on his forehead throbbed.

Today was supposed to be my day of recognition, my moment of glory. After years of forbearance, I finally got this opportunity, but it all vanished like a bubble, and I became a spendthrift. Naturally, I was unwilling to accept it.

"Dongxuan Mountain, you all just wait!" His eyes were like knives as he looked at the Dongxuan Mountain people who were attacking him. He spoke in a gloomy voice, but the urgent urging from those around him left him only with powerless rage. Like a stray dog, he hurriedly retreated towards the great formation without stopping.

At that moment, the King of Beiliang revealed his true form and rushed into the top of the pillar of light, activating the Kingly Seal to begin the teleportation.

The golden light array hummed loudly, and the figures rushing in instantly transformed into streaks of golden light, soaring into the sky.

Meanwhile, to the north, Chen Yuan, carrying a fierce and malevolent aura, caused the heavens to weep and the earth to collapse as he charged toward this side, like a god of death.

In this critical moment, everyone was on high alert. Upon seeing the teleportation array activated, everyone sprang into action at breakneck speed, forgetting all considerations of face, fear, and the royal palace.

"Teleportation activated!"

"Hurry up, or we'll all die here."

In the midst of the riot, everyone squeezed in like fish in a can. The group of the Northern Liang prince, having previously besieged Dongxuan Mountain, were far away, and with some experts being held back by Dongxuan Mountain, they were caught off guard and scattered. A dozen of his personal guards looked anxious and desperately escorted him forward, and it seemed they were about to break into the formation.

At this critical moment, a voice suddenly reached Prince Xiao Ye's ears.

"Thirteenth brother, I think you should stay here. You're too unlucky!"

A cold, emotionless voice reached Xiao Ye's ears.

A figure rushed into the light array and teleported away. Before they could leave, a bolt of lightning flew towards Xiao Ye, blocking their path.

Xiao Ye recognized the voice. His eyes flashed with fury and shock. Although the other party had deliberately changed his voice, he could still tell that it was one of his elder brothers!
Then, his pupils contracted, and a bright silver aura suddenly shone from his body.

"boom"

The lightning bolt flew over and exploded with tremendous force, eliciting screams and kicking up smoke and blood mist, affecting a considerable area.

Before Prince Xiao Ye could emerge from the dust and smoke, two figures swiftly rushed in from behind, plunging into the dust and unleashing two beams of sword light.

Immediately following, a furious roar came from inside!
Then, two figures flew out, their robes fluttering.

It was Chu Yu from Dongxuan Mountain and his second senior brother Qiao Lang.
As the smoke and dust quickly dissipated, it was revealed that the precious aura on Prince Xiao Ye's body had dissipated, his clothes were charred black from lightning, one of his right arms had been severed and was bleeding profusely, his face was filled with rage, his hair was disheveled, and his yellow python robe was torn and stained with blood.

"Sir!"

The divine general and his subordinates, who were being entangled by the Lord of Dongxuan Mountain, were shocked and furious. They couldn't do anything in this crowded place and were instead being restrained.

"Dongxuan Mountain"

"go!"

Several powerful figures from the royal palace roared, breaking free from the entanglement of the Dongxuan Mountain Master and several elders. They slashed through the obstacles in their path with a bloody manner, arrived in front of Prince Xiao Ye, grabbed the prince's shoulder, and quickly jumped into the golden pillar of light.

All of this may seem like a long process, but it actually happens in the blink of an eye.

Meanwhile, to the north, Chen Yuan, bathed in the blood of celestial beings, gazed at the golden pillar of light that pierced the heavens and earth in the direction of the Northern Liang King's Mansion. Streams of light shot into the sky, his eyes revealing a terrifying and fierce light. His third eye between his brows clenched, and divine light suddenly pierced through the sky, traversing a distance of hundreds of miles, and directly bombarded the teleportation channel.

The glazed divine light arrived swiftly, tearing through the dark sky where blood rained down. Within the golden teleportation beam, Liang Wang Xiao Zhongtian's expression changed, veins bulging on his face, his tiger eyes filled with rage. Just a little bit more, just a little bit more.

He let out a muffled roar, turned his hands, and slapped the Kingly Seal with both hands. The golden seal swelled and met the incoming divine light from the Heavenly Eye.

"boom"

The divine light of the Heavenly Eye pierced through the air and instantly struck the great seal. The light was like flowing fire, and the great seal trembled violently. The golden pillar of light also trembled. Many streams of light that had flown into the sky with the great formation were as if they had been put on the brakes. They suddenly stopped in mid-air, their bodies swayed, and they broke out of their forms, now showing a series of terrified figures.

Then, as they looked through the beam of light at the distant, lightning-streaked night sky, a blood-soaked figure, a thousand feet tall, suddenly leaped into the void and appeared near the golden beam of light. The suffocating, mountain-like oppression made them gasp in horror, their pupils dilating.

"Help!"

"Hmph, trying to run away?" Chen Yuan's fierce light was revealed, his snorts blaring, and his fists shook the sky as he aimed straight at the array's core—Xiao Zhongtian!

Xiao Zhongtian's pupils changed, and he roared in his heart, "Hurry, hurry!" His body shone with a dazzling golden light, and his figure became blurry.

Chen Yuan coldly watched, like a giant splitting a mountain, about to smash down, when suddenly, a strange change occurred, and a rumbling explosion resounded above the shattered sky.

Clearly visible, a spatial rift stretching for several miles had appeared.

Immediately afterwards, a terrifying aura poured out from the black crack like a tidal wave, causing the sky to rumble and tremble.

The next second, the black rift suddenly tore open, and an enormous, sky-covering, and dazzlingly bright golden claw emerged from the black rift, grabbing directly at Chen Yuan below!
Chen Yuan suddenly looked up, his eyes still flashing with ferocity.
High in the sky, Chen Yuan recognized the aura of the newcomer at a glance!
The golden-winged roc on Mount Sumeru!
It must be because I failed to conceal the secrets of heaven this time, and activated the Buddha's relics, creating a great spectacle. This was sensed by the Peng King who guards the Buddha's relics, who then attacked from afar across countless miles!

In a flash, Chen Yuan let out a cold snort, his fist twisting as he unleashed a powerful punch towards the golden claw descending from the heavens. "Clang!"

Fists and claws clashed, the sound of metal striking metal was like a great bell, echoing throughout the world, shattering the void.

The nearby golden light channel was violently affected and trembled.

One by one, figures were shaken out of the body, screaming in terror as they plummeted downwards.

"what"

"Help!"

At this moment, the golden claws that had been knocked away slashed down at Chen Yuan again.

Chen Yuantian's eyes flashed, freezing the claw in place.

At the same time, Chen Yuan raised his hand and made a gesture. A gunshot rang out below, and a cold star rapidly enlarged and flew into Chen Yuan's hand.

At this moment, the golden claw was struck by the divine light of the Heavenly Eye, which stopped it, but only for a moment. The claw quickly shattered the divine light and flew down rapidly, causing the void to tremble violently.

At this moment, Chen Yuan wielded a three-pointed, double-edged spear, its long length resembling a dragon, and slashed at the Peng King's claws.

"Dang Dang Dang"

The golden roc claws looked huge and clumsy, but their speed was incredibly fast. They fought fiercely with the three-pointed double-edged spear for more than ten rounds in an instant, causing the void to tremble violently and blood rain to vaporize and fill the sky. The spatial passage was affected by the aftershocks of the battle and emitted a mournful cry. Along with the figures desperately trying to escape, they fell down, their cries of agony never ceasing.

However, in this brief moment, Xiao Zhongtian, the King of Northern Liang, finally succeeded. His figure blurred and transformed into golden light, soaring into the sky, leaving only his voice, filled with shock, anger, and resentment, echoing in the sky.

"I am very grateful for your help, fellow Daoist. I will repay you handsomely in the future."

"Chen Yuan, I will remember this day forever!"

"When the enemy is at our gates one day, we will surely see the truth!"

Chen Yuan's eyes flashed with malice, and a thunderous roar erupted from his throat. The True Dragon Armor roared loudly, and his muscles bulged like a writhing dragon. With a flick of his spear, he knocked the giant claw away.

Then, he suddenly swung his spear, which was as long as a mountain, halfway through the air, drawing an astonishing arc in the void, before it suddenly lengthened and swung towards the golden pillar of light that pierced through the heavens and earth.

"Break it for me!"

A thunderous roar shook the world!

The massive spearhead, as large as a mountain, slammed into the golden pillar of light.

"Boom!" A deafening explosion resounded.

Then, fine cracks appeared in the golden passage, and then it exploded with a bang.

The passage to heaven turned into shattered glass, and the figures, now just golden specks of light, lost their power to soar into the sky and fell like stars.

Chen Yuan's demonic gaze swept over the points of light, but he couldn't find Xiao Zhongtian's figure!
They've already run away!

His eyes were gloomy as he looked up at the sky, at the spatial rift.

The giant golden claw had already retracted back into the spatial rift.

Above, in the sky, a huge crimson-gold eyeball emerged from behind the black crack and rolled up and down, staring at Chen Yuan below, which was quite terrifying.

Those are the eyes of the Golden-Winged Roc!
Is he a true demon, or a guardian deity of the Western Lands?
The human and the demon stared at each other, both seeing the murderous glint in each other's eyes.

"Golden-Winged Roc King, you have overstepped your bounds and dared to interfere in my affairs. Do you really think I dare not touch you? Is Mount Sumeru still the Gara Tower clan?" Chen Yuan was now truly enraged, his tone dark and menacing.

"General, you took my Buddha relics and have incurred my karmic debt here. How can I not intervene?" From the spatial rift in the sky came the golden cry of the Golden-Winged Roc King, carrying immense penetrating power and a chilling aura.

"The general promised to return it last time, how can the general break his promise!"

"What a joke! I've been fighting demons all the way through mountains. What kind of trust do I have with a real demon? This is a tradition passed down from my ancestors. What can you do to me?"

Chen Yuan's eyes flashed with a savage glint. Without another word, he hurled his spear, which transformed into a giant mountain that hurtled towards the spatial rift and soared into the sky.

A furious snort came from the sky, followed by a burst of Buddhist light. Golden feathers flew down from the spatial rift, like golden divine swords, cleaving through the dark world and striking Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan's spear rang out across the heavens, its ferocious power overwhelming, as it soared upwards.

Finally, the tip of the spear burst forth with a cold light, striking the spatial rift and causing it to collapse.

That cold, crimson-gold demonic eye vanished into the sky!

The world fell silent!
Chen Yuan's third eye, gleaming fiercely, surveyed the area, but he could no longer detect the aura of that Golden-Winged Roc King!
It seems that, just as he guessed, the Golden-Winged Roc King's true form cannot leave Mount Sumeru at will, and can only attack from a distance.

This wouldn't pose any threat to Chen Yuan now, but it would cause trouble!

The Northern Liang Royal Palace, having endured a bloody catastrophe, is now a scene of devastation, its former glory gone. The milky-white protective array above, along with the teleportation passage, has been shattered.

At this point, the inner palace had disappeared, leaving behind a large crater.

All around, corpses lay strewn everywhere, amidst rubble and debris. And then, figures emerged from the ruins, groaning softly.

Some missed the "last train" and were blown away by the exploding teleportation tunnel; others fought their way through thousands of people to catch the express teleportation train, only to be unlucky enough to be smashed by Chen Yuan halfway and fall from mid-air.
There were spectators and people from the royal palace among them.
"Run away!"

A figure immediately fled, looking terrified, and ran outside.

When he looked outside, he was horrified. The area around the palace had become a dead end. The ground had collapsed, flames were raging, sand and stones were flying everywhere, and lightning bolts were occasionally leaping down from the sky, making it strange and unpredictable.

The place where celestial beings and humans clashed was a place where laws were poured out, no longer an ordinary place, but a dangerous forbidden zone. The royal palace was not destroyed because it was supported by a thousand-year-old array foundation and protected by Xiao Zhongtian. Otherwise, they would have been doomed.

Now, the great formation has shattered, and Xiao Zhongtian has fled in a sorry state, leaving behind many people who were cut off by Chen Yuan.

In the dark night sky, a silver meteor, as if piercing through the eternal night, fell right in the center of the Prince's Palace!
It was right there in the inner palace square!

"when"

A long spear was driven into the stone slab, and cracks spread out like a spider web!

Then, a blood-stained white-clad, disheveled, armor-pierced figure stood atop the spear!

The remaining survivors, upon seeing this god of death, trembled and their legs went weak. (End of Chapter)