As Tan Shuyi thrust his palm forward, a flash of cold light passed through his palm center, and an earthen awl-like object appeared out of thin air, leaving a streak of light in the void, instantly flashing to the Qi Cultivation elder's front.

The Qi Cultivation elder seemed to have been prepared for this; raising his hand with a wave, a light curtain seemed to hang down before him, and a Protective Spiritual Light appeared out of thin air, blocking that earthen awl.

Boom!

With a loud crash, the earthen awl smashed into the Protective Spiritual Light, shattering like an egg hitting a stone.

At this moment, the aura on that Qi Cultivation elder shockingly had already reached the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment.

"Late-Stage Foundation Establishment?"

The Foundation Establishment Cultivators present were all startled and discolored.

"Did you kill Jiang Tian?" Tan Shuyi fixed his eyes on the other party.

"Is there any point in you all disguising yourselves now?" The old man spoke with a hint of mockery.

"Disguise? You beast, what nonsense are you talking? Even if you are at Late-Stage Foundation Establishment, you will surely die today!" Tan Shuyi roared, calling all the Foundation Establishment Cultivators to kill him.

At this moment, Xu Ping's expression also turned extremely dark; this person was surely an accomplice of Jiang Tian.

Although he had predicted that the other party would definitely cause some major event, his heart couldn't help but tremble when they actually broke through a face of the Third-rank Array.

"Fellow Daoist Yi, this is not the time to kill him!" A Foundation Establishment Cultivator shouted in panic, pointing at the beast tide after pushing back a Second-stage Demon Beast, "If we don't retreat now, we'll all be buried in the beast tide."

At this moment, dozens of Second-stage Demon Beasts, carrying countless First Rank Demon Beasts, had already invaded the Immortal City.

Although they had more than twenty Foundation Establishment Cultivators, facing this endless beast tide, they feared they wouldn't last long.

"Retreat!" Tan Shuyi reluctantly glanced at the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment elder and then summoned everyone to retreat.

The southern gate was breached; they could only move the defensive line back, waiting for the Sect Leader's support.

"Oh, did I permit you to retreat?" The old man sneered, descending swiftly with a knife in one hand, leveling his long hooked blade to chop down on a mid-aged Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator from a distance of seven or eight zhang.

The blade shone a dazzling golden light, and an almost substantial crescent-shaped blade light swept downwards.

Due to the opponent's speed and being at Late-Stage Foundation Establishment, this mid-aged Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator only managed to grab a talisman and slap it on himself, forming a layer of faint green shield, while simultaneously deploying a soil-colored round shield to meet the oncoming attack.

'Boom!' A resounding explosion!

The soil yellow round shield shattered with the sound, stirring up a ring-shaped air wave rolling outwards, and the shield on the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator was also shattered by the residual force of the blade light, directly splitting the person in half.

"So strong!"

In the midst of escape, everyone's minds were shocked, amazed by the power of a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator capable of killing an Early-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator with a single strike!

They couldn't help but feel a flash of fear, afraid that the opponent would target them, causing them to flee even faster!

Upon witnessing this scene, Xu Ping's eyes slightly narrowed; a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator was truly unimaginably strong, and even if he gave his all, it was uncertain he could kill him.

To avoid the opponent focusing on him, Xu Ping was about to speed up his Elemental Magnetic Escape Skill when a heavy pressure suddenly hurled at him.

Xu Ping looked up sharply, seeing a mountain-like shadow with ancient patterns wandering on its surface and a dim golden light, suddenly blooming bright halos, crashing down on him.

"Not good!"

His face changed wildly, and in urgency, he could only conjure a black turtle-shell-like round shield to protect in front; this Magical Artifact was a top-grade defensive artifact seized from Jiang Tian.

He simultaneously slapped several Second-stage defensive talismans onto himself.

Boom!

The enormous mountain mark instantly smashed through the protective shield formed by the Second-stage talismans, then heavily struck the top-grade defensive Magical Artifact.

Along with a deafening crash, the spiritual light and air waves surged in all directions, overturning an unknown number of First Rank Demon Beasts.

The two held against each other for a moment, and the black round shield emitted a sound of unbearable strain.

The next instant, the black round shield was sent flying by the enormous mountain mark.

"Blood Demon True Form!"

Xu Ping pinched a spell, roaring angrily.

In a moment, his body began to swell, turning into a towering figure over two meters tall, with bloodlight flowing across his skin.

Bang!

Despite executing the Blood Demon True Form, Xu Ping was still pounded and clanged by the enormous mountain mark, his qi and blood surging, retreating step by step.

Had this enormous mountain mark not been layer by layer weakened, its power would've been insurmountable even with the Blood Demon True Form.

"Huh? Is this Lv Wei's Demon Turtle Shield?"

A voice of surprise sounded; the person ambushing Xu Ping now revealed himself as a gaunt middle-aged man, his aura also reached Late-Stage Foundation Establishment.

"Two Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators!" Xu Ping's face now turned extremely somber, even though he had deployed all his means, it seemed he was still no match for the two of them!

"Looks like Qiu Xuan Mountain holds you in high regard, actually giving you Lv Wei's top-grade defensive Magical Artifact to use."

The gaunt middle-aged man's face showed little surprise as if it was only natural; Lv Wei was already captured by Qiu Xuan Mountain, so his Magical Artifact being in Qiu Xuan Mountain's possession was very reasonable.

"Also, being both an Alchemist and having such combat power, achieving a Golden Core wouldn't be impossible, so it's not unreasonable to let you use it, but... today is your death day!"

A thick killing intent permeated the gaunt middle-aged man's voice.

Meanwhile.

Xu Zhixuan, fleeing, noticed Xu Ping being intercepted by another Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, holding back from shouting loudly:

"Fellow Daoist Tan, Fellow Daoist Xu is blocked, if we don't assist him, he probably won't survive."

Upon hearing this, Tan Shuyi hesitated; if it were an ordinary Guest Minister or Foundation Establishment cultivator from outside, he would surely abandon them, but Xu Ping was no ordinary Guest Minister, losing him would be a massive blow.

After weighing the pros and cons, he finally decided to rescue Xu Ping.

"Fellow Daoists, if our Qiu Xuan Mountain's Guest Minister is blocked, we hope fellow Daoists will assist Qiu Xuan Mountain as well; just rescue Fellow Daoist Xu from those two Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivators."

The Foundation Establishment Cultivators hesitated for a while but eventually followed Tan Shuyi's arrangement.

If it was merely rescuing Fellow Daoist Xu, it wouldn't take much time.

Though there were two Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, they had more than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators, standing together fearlessly, even having a chance to kill them.

However, this would cost a lot of time, and perhaps by then, they'd already be overwhelmed by the beast tide.

Just as everyone prepared to return to aid Xu Ping, a thunderous sound echoed across the sky.

They looked towards the source, only to see Xu Ping holding a sword with one hand, slashing fiercely, as a majestic Sword Qi burst from the sword tip with a thunderous roar.

Boom!

The majestic Sword Qi seemed like heavenly thunder descending, fiercely striking the middle-aged man's Protective Spiritual Light.

"Sword Qi Thunder Sound!!!"

Everyone present was shocked, as if witnessing something soul-stirring.

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