The storm raged on, swiftly spreading in all directions; a hundred miles all around were engulfed by the fierce winds and torrential rains.

Jiang Li looked out and saw that the buildings in the city and the figures of people were all especially blurred in the wind and rain.

"This storm isn't just an ordinary celestial phenomenon—it's the Divine Power of Dao Fruit of the Marquis of Wind and Master of Rain. No wonder it had an effect in that ancient battle," Jiang Li thought with a sudden clarity.

While the wild storm could affect ordinary people, it obviously couldn't affect cultivators. A storm that even the Yinglong Dragon struggled to disperse during the battle between the Yellow Emperor and Chi You wasn't possibly just a simple celestial event.

It also had the effect of confusing perception and disrupting the sense of direction. Even Jiang Li, being in the midst of it, was greatly affected; his usually outstanding perception abilities now felt as though they were covered by a membrane and were no longer as clear as before.

Such abilities, although not greatly lethal, had an even more significant role during war than common killing divine skills.

Jiang Li was affected like this; one could only imagine how others were faring.

However, the enemy seemed unaffected.

Zhang Zhixuan, who was confronting Yin Tulong, suddenly looked over. Even through the hazy curtain of rain, Jiang Li could feel the gaze flashing with Thunder Light.

Zhang Zhixuan seemed to have sensed Jiang Li the instant he appeared, raising his hand to release a Thunder Seal. The heavens and earth thundered explosively, countless thunder and lightning roared furiously like dragons, connecting into a curtain of thunderous light that pressed down with a mighty force.

The Jade Core Thunder from the Thirty-Six Thunders!

The violently destructive thunder skimmed past the city walls, instantly causing the touched portions to vanish. Where it passed, all things material and immaterial were utterly annihilated; some Heavenly Soldiers were blasted into powder.

There was a saying within the Mystic Sect: "Of all the magic under heaven, Thunder Technique is supreme." This saying was somewhat hard to believe, as none of the six mightiest beings were famed for the Thunder Technique; however, the strength of the Thunder Technique was universally acknowledged. Even if it couldn't be considered supreme, it was certainly among the foremost.

In that moment, as Zhang Zhixuan made his move, he revealed the dominating force of the Thunder Technique. The thunderous curtain of light arrived in an instant, and the exploding flashes of lightning were about to scorch Jiang Li.

"Life in Desolate Places, Unbeatable."

Hundreds of Qi Veins erupted suddenly from behind Jiang Li, flying forward and intertwining into a complex Array Map in front of him. It transformed into a sturdy rock wall. The thunder crashed upon it, leaving only trails of blue smoke.

"Disregarding the principle of mutual generation and overcoming—"

Zhang Zhixuan's gaze immediately fell upon Jiang Li's back, "Daoist Tianxuan's mastery over Wind Queen' Strange Gate is indeed exquisite and unparalleled."

Thunder belongs to wood, which is overcome by earth, yet this array map used earth to block wood, completely disregarding the mutual generation and overcoming principle. In today's Donglin City, only Daoist Tianxuan's Wind Queen' Strange Gate could achieve this.

Indeed, Wind Queen' Strange Gate could disregard the cycle of mutual generation and overcoming, even reversing it, but to catch Zhang Zhixuan's Thunder Technique with Wind Queen' Strange Gate was not something Jiang Li could execute.

Sure enough, behind Jiang Li, Moonlight rose, transforming into a bright moon that sliced across the sky, revealing an elegant figure within.

At the same time, Jiang Li didn't hesitate and instantly vanished into the wind and rain, his Qi Mechanism disappearing.

Yin Tulong, Shen Hou, and others also retreated, some entering the city, others leaving, disappearing into the storm, yielding the battlefield to the two individuals.

In the blink of an eye, within the increasingly blurred storm, only the two parties confronting each other remained.

"Taking matters into your own hands, Sect Leader Zhang, have you run out of tricks?"

Daoist Tianxuan seemed to move leisurely through the sky, her voice faint yet piercing with sharp aggressiveness.

"What makes you say that?" Zhang Zhixuan's expression remained calm, dismissing the Thunder Technique, yet his presence became even more threatening.

"This palace does not know how you persuaded the other third-grade forces to put aside their concerns, but I imagine the cost was not small. To make you pay such a price, does it not prove that you have reached the point of exhaustion?"

As Daoist Tianxuan spoke, the Moon Wheel moved with her steps, Moonlight generously illuminating the surroundings while All Stars appeared, creating the image of Stars Surrounding the Moon.

As her words ended, the Qi Mechanism of the confrontation began to show an extreme clash.

Thunder and Lightning flashed furiously, colliding and dissipating with the starlight; nearby, Heavenly Phenomenon of stars vanishing and thunder dispersing appeared intermittently.

In their first encounter, their verbal exchanges, momentum, and Qi Mechanisms revealed a life-and-death struggle of extreme severity.

In response to Daoist Tianxuan's sword-like words, Zhang Zhixuan retorted without conceding an inch, "Fellow Daoist wants the others to break through my sect's main formation, but unfortunately, you will be disappointed. Within this storm, it is not only the powers of the Marquis of Wind and Master of Rain at work but also the Warlord's ability."

The Warlord?

Daoist Tianxuan immediately took notice. As the storm rose, a great expanse of white fog spread too, covering the skies and earth, already swallowing the area outside the city, and now surging towards the town.

Within this white fog, the traces of Heavenly Soldiers and everyone else had vanished, no sounds heard nor any Qi Mechanisms detected. It was like a primordial beast devouring everything.

"Jiuli Vast Sky Realm Law!"

Daoist Tianxuan's heart chilled instantly, "It is indeed him backing you!"

The Warlord's Jiuli heritage had already dissipated through the long passage of time. Today, the only force with the Warlord's heritage left was none other than Dinghu Sect. And the "Jiuli Vast Sky Realm Law," within the "Chi You Three Disks Scripture," was the most taboo Magic Door—only the Sect Leader and Family Head of the Gongsun Family had the privilege to study it.

Seeing the "Jiuli Vast Sky Realm Law" basically affirmed that standing behind Zhang Zhixuan was the Sect Leader.

"Ha."

The response to Daoist Tianxuan was a laugh and thunderous fury that connected the heavens and earth.

As if capable of splitting the world, the lightning swiftly formed, numerous Thunder Light intertwining into a sea of thunder. In a moment, the world turned white.

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