Chapter 631: Chapter 336: Consecutive Slaying of Nascent Souls

Shangyong City.

It is a small military fortress on the border of the Jin Kingdom and the closest city to the Wu Dynasty. After the Wu Dynasty launched a campaign against the Jin Kingdom, their army quickly advanced towards Shangyong City, where Gu Zhan personally led the siege. Within half a day, they successfully breached Shangyong City, and the army entered and stationed there.

By nightfall, in the military camp of Shangyong City,

the high-ranking officers of the Wu Dynasty military were discussing military strategies. Gu Zhan personally attended and made some strategic decisions, then left the meeting and headed towards the area where the Jin Kingdom’s Empress, Zhan Qingli, was stationed in the city.

Because this campaign of the Wu Dynasty against the Jin Kingdom was under the pretense of an invitation from Empress Zhan Qingli to quell traitors, Empress Zhan Qingli accompanied the army, although she was residing in Gu Zhan’s palace.

The carriage stopped outside an estate, and Gu Zhan stepped directly into the estate. The guards and maids in the estate were already accustomed to this scene and understood that the so-called Empress was more akin to one of Gu Zhan’s concubines.

In the small courtyard, the lamps were bright, and it was peaceful and quiet.

Gu Zhan walked into the courtyard, seeing the flickering candlelight in Zhan Qingli’s room, calm and ordinary.

However, Gu Zhan frowned slightly, sensing something was amiss.

Though Zhan Qingli had been on the throne as Emperor for many years, she was not very old, only in her twenties. Since last year, when Gu Zhan had invited her to experience the pleasures of the boudoir, she, like the concubines in Gu Zhan’s harem, would always come out to greet him from afar.

But today, the quietness seemed unusual.

Gu Zhan raised an eyebrow slightly without any visible reaction, walked directly to Zhan Qingli’s door, and pushed it open.

At this time, Zhan Qingli was sitting in the room, her expression calm and still, without speaking. Her eyes, however, revealed a hint of urgency—clearly restrained by some force, unable to move or speak.

Gu Zhan frowned, directed a Divine Power toward Zhan Qingli, and immediately, she moved and shouted, "Your Majesty, flee, there are assassins!"

At that instant,

a Hexagram Talisman rose from the ground inside the room, instantly enveloping Gu Zhan. Simultaneously, flashes of light appeared around the estate, and a powerful Barrier Power emerged.

Gu Zhan instantly realized,

the estate had been drawn into an Alternate Dimension. Gu Zhan had encountered such Arrays before during the recovery of the Nine Provinces; no matter how chaotic it became here, the outside world would feel nothing, all seeming normal.

"Again!"

Gu Zhan chuckled lightly.

At this moment, the ground around the estate shook, peaks and lakes glowed, stirring the heavenly winds and clouds! "Boom!" A thick lightning bolt descended, striking towards Gu Zhan, its massive silver arcs terrifying and overwhelming.

The lightning blast directly shattered the roof,

and Gu Zhan, holding Zhan Qingli, stepped back, quickly avoiding the lightning, and appeared outside the courtyard, swiftly flying out of the estate.

However, in the next instant,

electric arcs interwoven around the estate, Divine Light danced, flooding the area. Endless runes, like a thunderstorm, intensely powerful, filled the surroundings. As Gu Zhan reached the edge, he was swallowed by a sea of thunder.

For a full hour, the entire estate was completely engulfed by thunder runes, earth-shattering, reduced to scorched earth, the furious silver lightning annihilating it.

"Haha!"

After a long while, a disdainful laugh echoed from the void: "Martial Emperor, haha, just as rumored, a mere brute. All our preparations were a waste!"

Three figures slowly emerged from the darkness,

the three Nascent Soul Ancestors from Jin Kingdom: Seven Mysterious Sect Master, Lingyun Mountain Sect Leader, and Qingxu Sect Master. Clad in Daoist Robes, exuding an immortal presence, they quietly stood in the void, gazing at the scorched estate.

Qingxu Sect Master softly said, "Gentlemen, it’s wise to double-check. I’ve heard this Gu Zhan is quite bizarre, with extraordinary fortune; make sure not to leave the snake alive!"

Lingyun Mountain Sect Leader sneered, "Don’t you trust my Thunder Talisman Array? Trapped in it, even a Nascent Soul Cultivator can’t escape death, let alone this mere Gu Zhan, just a Martial Artist!"

Qingxu Sect Master urgently replied, "You misunderstand, my friend. I mean no disrespect. Just for safety, it’s best to inspect. Could you withdraw the thunder so I can check?"

Lingyun Mountain Sect Leader paused, confused, "What thunder? I’ve already withdrawn it?"

Qingxu Sect Master suddenly startled, raising a hand to point at the night sky, bewildered, "Then... what is that?"

The trio followed Qingxu Sect Master’s gesture,

to find the endless dark night sky gathering thick clouds, casting a shadow over the world, with thunder flickering faintly within.

In that instant, thunder rumbled from the sky, seemingly heralding something dreadful descending into the world, as if night had abruptly fallen, the glow of lightning pervading.

At that moment,

Lingyun Mountain Sect Leader’s expression changed, exclaiming, "That’s not mine; my Thunder Talisman Array can only be used once!"

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