The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

"Impossible! How could the Embroidered Uniform Guard possess battle formation techniques?"

"Our Great Zhou Dynasty has always only had the Four Symbols Battle Formation; there has never been a fifth battle formation..."

The Xuanwu divine beast's eyes showed disbelief, and it roared in fury.

"It didn't exist before, but it does now!"

Chu Xiu said calmly, and once again slashed at the Xuanwu Divine Beast with the Heaven-Slaying Blade in his hand.

"Chu Xiu, don't think that just because you possess battle formation techniques, you can suppress this general. The Xuanwu Battle Formation is not just about having incomparably powerful defensive capabilities!"

The Xuanwu divine beast roared and charged towards Chu Xiu.

boom! boom! boom!

A series of earth-shattering explosions resounded throughout the entire city of Shangdang County.

Whenever danger arises, the Xuanwu mythical beast will retract its head into its incredibly hard shell, becoming a cowardly turtle.

Even after hundreds of battles, the Xuanwu Divine Beast, which was always at a disadvantage, did not suffer any injuries. At most, its shell was covered with crisscrossing knife marks.

"Sima Feng, is this all the strength you've got?"

"If that's all the strength you have, you might as well die!"

Chu Xiu shook his head and said with a look of disappointment.

He slowly raised the Heaven-Slaying Blade in his hand. He hadn't used his true strength at all; he just wanted to see the specific power of the army's battle formations.

He now understands the power of military tactics.

Compared to his Imperial Guard's killing blade formation, he felt that the Xuanwu formation, one of the Four Symbols battle formations, was somewhat inferior.

"Chu Xiu, don't be so arrogant!"

"Do you really think this general has no backup plan?"

The Xuanwu divine beast snorted coldly and said.

"Backhand?"

"It must be Sima Yan and the others from the Wuji Sect, right?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu replied with a calm expression.

Using his aura-observation technique, he had already spotted several figures heading this way.

There were as many as three hundred people among them.

The vast majority belong to the Dharma Aspect Realm level.

Among them, there are nine people at the Immortal Ascension Realm level!

The leader's strength had already reached the peak of the sixth level of the Immortal Ascension Realm!

This must be Sima Yan, the sect leader of the Wuji Sect.

He was the younger brother of Sima Feng, the head of the Sima clan of Shangdang County.

The Xuanwu divine beast sneered but did not speak.

In a moment!

One by one, figures came from afar, surrounding Chu Xiu, who had transformed into a killing god, and Ximen Jue.

After Sima Yan arrived with a group of experts from the Wuji Sect, everyone stared at Chu Xiu and Ximen Jue with murderous intent.

"Chu Xiu, prepare to die!"

The Xuanwu divine beast roared and prepared to attack.

"Not urgent!"

"Sima Feng, what's the rush?"

"As the head of the Sima family of Shangdang Commandery and the Commandant of Shangdang Commandery, is this all the patience you have?"

"Such power is not enough for me to kill!"

"Bring out your Sima family patriarch too!"

"I saw him a long time ago. What was he planning to do by hiding in the shadows?"

"Does he intend to ambush me?"

Chu Xiu smiled slightly and looked at the Xuanwu Divine Beast.

The current Xuanwu divine beast is Sima Feng, or rather, it is dominated by Sima Feng.

The Xuanwu Divine Beast's eyes narrowed, and its expression changed slightly. It had never expected that Chu Xiu would discover that its Sima family ancestor, Sima Yu, was hiding in the shadows.

Even he couldn't sense Sima Yu's presence.

He had just thought that Sima Yu hadn't come out yet.

Sima Yan and the others also looked at Chu Xiu, who had transformed into a god of death, with extremely solemn expressions.

An elderly man with a ruddy complexion and completely white hair and beard appeared out of nowhere, looking at Chu Xiu with an expression of amazement, and said, "I never expected you to discover me. Amazing, truly amazing!"

"Old man, I spotted you the moment you appeared!"

Chu Xiu looked at Sima Yu calmly and said indifferently.

"Greetings to the ancestor!"

Whether it was Sima Feng, who had transformed into the Xuanwu divine beast, or Sima Yan, or half of the Sima clan experts in the Wuji Sect, they all bowed to Sima Yu.

Not bad.

In fact, half of the people in the entire Wuji Sect called Sima Yu "Ancestor".

This shows that the entire Wuji Sect has actually become the sect of the Sima family!

"Interesting, really interesting..."

"I never imagined that after years of secluded cultivation, I would produce such an extraordinary figure as you!"

"If you know how to hide your abilities and wait until your cultivation level is truly profound before revealing your talents, even the Five Clans and Seven Noble Families will find it difficult to kill you."

Sima Yu didn't look at Sima Yan and the others, but continued to look at Chu Xiu, praising him highly: "It's a pity, you are still too young, too impetuous, you don't understand what it means to keep a low profile, and you are too sharp-tongued!"

Now that you've come to our Shangdang County, why not stay permanently!

"If young people aren't assertive, are they going to cower like you?"

"Hidden in the shadows for so long, if I hadn't exposed you, you must have found an opportunity to ambush me, right?"

"If the strength I've displayed doesn't give you confidence, you'll probably just abandon your entire Sima clan and run away, won't you?"

Chu Xiu looked at Sima Yu with disdain and said dismissively.

"Sharp teeth and sharp mouths!"

"Everyone, attack together and kill him!"

Sima Yu's face darkened, a murderous glint flashed in his eyes, and he spoke with chilling murderous intent.

Chu Xiu's words had clearly exposed his true intentions, which infuriated Sima Yu.

"kill!"

The Xuanwu divine beast roared and attacked Chu Xiu.

Sima Yan and the others also rushed towards Chu Xiu.

Hundreds of experts at the Dharma Aspect Realm and even the Immortal Ascension Realm, along with the Xuanwu Divine Beast formed by the Xuanwu Battle Formation, attacked Chu Xiu simultaneously, as if they wanted to shatter the entire world!

A barrage of attacks came hurtling towards Chu Xiu!

"Eight Steps of the Void!"

Chu Xiu smiled calmly, took a step, and disappeared into the world.

One attack after another struck the spot where Chu Xiu had been standing, creating a deafening roar.

Sima Yu's expression changed slightly. He hadn't expected Chu Xiu's movement technique to have reached such a terrifying level, and to be so fast.

Even he hadn't clearly seen how Chu Xiu disappeared.

They also couldn't find out where Chu Xiu had gone.

"Ananda's Breaking the Precepts Knife Technique, First Strike: Sever Purity!"

Chu Xiu's deep and powerful voice rang out from high above.

A terrifying blade of energy descended from the sky, slashing down towards the Xuanwu Divine Beast and hundreds of Wuji Sect experts below!

Before this strike, both the Xuanwu Divine Beast and the hundreds of Wuji Sect experts were affected.

It was as if all their troubles, even their worldly ties, had been severed by this one sword!

Rumble!

The entire world was illuminated by the light of Ananda's Breaking the Precepts Sword Technique in that instant!