In the original text, Yi Xiu held Qian Kang in low regard, considering him a spineless and unworthy individual. Now, upon hearing Qian Kang's words, Ye Bin was left utterly speechless.

Ultimately, regardless of whether it was the ancient Myriad Cold Centipede or the current Black Dragon, the entity most threatened by them was the City that Never Sleeps across the sea.

Everyone had gathered to fight the Demon Dragon, each with their own reasons, united by a common enemy. However, as the landlord and seemingly the organizer, Qian Kang couldn't just retreat at the first sign of trouble. At the very least, he should be able to offer some suggestions when faced with complications.

Although Qian Kang had cultivated the Yuqing Immortal Skill, he was still of a secondary mindset, happy to settle down in the City that Never Sleeps and enjoy the bliss of the immortals, unwilling to give up his family business.

In his view, given Elder Kuzhu's Daoist power, even if temporarily trapped, he would eventually break free from the array and wreak havoc.

Qian Kang himself was quite fearful of the Demon Dragon below, especially the Cold Centipede. He had always been terrified of it, and knowing that it had survived a ten-thousand-year calamity and achieved an Undying Body, he knew it would inevitably attack the City that Never Sleeps.

He didn't dare confront the Cold Centipede in the Bright Realm, nor did he dare resort to sneak attacks. Instead, after spending over a hundred years refining the Thousand Leaf Divine Thunder at home, he still didn't dare face the Cold Centipede head-on, choosing instead to hide and wait for an opportune moment to strike during its calamity.

Such a terrifying Great Demon from a ten-thousand-year past, now slain by the Demon Dragon, certainly positioned the Dragon as an even more formidable being. From across the sea, as he watched the Demon Dragon lead his disciples to gather Star Sand and forge monumental landscapes, he couldn't help but be starkly intimidated.

In Qian Kang's heart, this Demon Dragon was many times more formidable than the Cold Centipede, daring only to attempt a sneak attack while the Dragon underwent its tribulation, and calling upon his friends from the Emei Sect including Ruan Zheng for assistance.

Now, sensing trouble as Elder Kuzhu seemed to face issues—though unsure of the specifics but knowing he was trapped temporarily in the array, and with the Demon Dragon having recovered from its most perilous phase—it seemed staying here would be more perilous than fortunate. Yes, the Gua Xiang also indicated great danger, so he thought it best to leave quickly.

However, Ye Bin refused, insisting on joining forces with Elder Kuzhu to break the Demon Formation below.

Left with no choice and feeling uneasy, yet unable to lose face, Qian Kang said, "We still need to discuss this matter with the three Daoist friends from the Emei Sect and see what their opinions are."

Shen Tuhong, Zhuge Jing, and Ruan Zheng were all present. Just before, Ruan Zheng wearing the Taiyin Green Spirit Demon Extinguishing Armor had sneaked into the grand hall to kill the Demon Dragon but was thrown out by Jade Lotus Miaomiao and Jin Xunu.

The green light on the surface of the Taiyin Green Spirit Demon Extinguishing Armor, having been absorbed by the Hunyuan Umbrella, weakened temporarily despite being restored shortly after by an infusion of Mana. During that time, its light energy weakened, allowing Jin Xunu's Sun-locking Hook and Boluodao to penetrate, the hook slashing his legs nearly severing his tendons, and the Boluodao also wounded his ribs. Even though he promptly took an Emei Immortal Pill, his injuries were severe, and he suffered excruciating pain from the Boluodao's poison and curse.

Qian Kang thought the injured Ruan Zheng would agree with his plan to immediately return to the City that Never Sleeps and then reconsider their strategy, but Ruan Zheng surprisingly agreed with Ye Bin's plan.

"We cannot abandon that senior here alone. If we leave, we must take him with us."

Qian Kang said, "My brother, do you know who that senior is? Well, I'm not afraid of offending him, I'll tell you—he is Elder Kuzhu, one of the Cosmic Six Strange from a thousand years ago and one of the two seniors from the great wilderness! With his divine skills and Daoist power, does he really need our care? If he wishes, he could collapse this whole Outer Heaven Divine Mountain with a wave of his hand! This senior has a peculiar temperament; if we rashly offer help, we might even provoke his blame."

Ruan Zheng shook his head, firmly stating, "No! I heard from my master that those of secondary schools tend to have extreme temperaments, unable to maintain equilibrium and typically avoiding societal interactions, not cultivating good deeds, and not understanding worldly matters, easily falling prey to evil demons and nefarious techniques. I have heard of this senior's great reputation, but he is not from the main stream Mysterious Sect; the higher the Mana, the greater the demon barrier. A thousand-year Dao Level does not necessarily make one invincible. We still need to join forces with him to break this array and then leave together!"

Both the disciples of the Emei Sect and Ye Bin agreed on helping Elder Kuzhu break the array, leaving Qian Kang no choice but to concede, "If that's the case, let's give it our all and break this array in one fell swoop!"

He then released the Thousand Leaf Divine Thunder, alongside his wife, who unleashed their Flying Sword and two bright pearls, all coveted mountain treasures. Seeing this, Ye Bin also released the Polar Circle and Ice Soul Divine Light, Ruan Zheng cast the Tianxuan Divine Sand, Shen Tuhong and Zhuge Jing unleashed their Flying Sword along with Taiyin Green Spirit Arrows and the Six Jia Splitting Light Wheel given by Elder Kuzhu, everyone bringing out their strongest methods, ready to charge.

Deng Bagu and Shi Sheng among others saw this and moved to intercept.

Shi Feiyang inside the hall communicated to them telepathically, "No need to stop them, let them enter the array if they wish."

Leading with the Thousand Leaf Divine Thunder at the forefront, Qian Kang summoned his full Daoist Technique, prepared to deliver his strongest strike. He also wanted to quickly free Elder Kuzhu, or have the Elder come out and slay the Demon Dragon, leading to a joyous outcome for all. If that proved ineffective, his plan was to quickly retreat and reconsider their strategy back in the City that Never Sleeps.

Each of them pushed their Mana to the maximum, then collectively charged into the continuously tumbling colorful smoke clouds above the platform, like a fiery, glowing meteor diagonally crashing into the ground.

Shi Feiyang did not use any arrays to stop them, allowing them to penetrate the colorful smoke and shoot into the array.

Due to the spatial distortion, the inside of the array seemed much larger than it appeared from the outside. Elder Kuzhu was unleashing his divine might, initially bewildered by Shi Feiyang's playing of "Ambush from Ten Sides," losing his composure completely and starting to doubt and hallucinate.

Shi Feiyang revived the three thousand fierce beasts within the Jade Tripod, allowing them to re-enter the array, roaming and dancing in the colorful light, while the sound from the Cave Spirit Zither also shifted to "Big Fish," with the tune continuously elongating and rising. The three thousand fierce beasts once again demonstrated their power, furiously spewing wind, rain, thunder, and lightning.

Elder Kuzhu, not hesitating to roar at the expense of draining his life, unleashed the Taiyin Green Spirit Divine Thunder. Suddenly, a flash of Five-Colored Radiant Light appeared above, instantly making all the fierce beasts vanish. He sensed a powerful attack coming from outside the colorful clouds.

"Good, good, good, someone finally came for me to kill! It's finally not these beasts anymore!" Elder Kuzhu first manipulated over a thousand green thunder pearls from afar, scattering them like starlight around him, forming a circular "Star Ring," and then roared furiously, emitting a wild surge of green light and silver radiance.

Qian Kang and others led with Thousand Leaf Divine Thunder and used the Five-Colored Starlight transformed from Tianxuan Divine Sand as the blade, in one fell swoop breaking through the colorful smoke formed by the Twelve Flower Evil God Gang. Before they could rejoice, they encountered the Taiyin Green Spirit Divine Light head-on.

The two green beams met the Thousand Leaf Divine Thunder and Tianxuan Divine Sand, causing Qian Kang and Ruan Zheng to immediately feel an overwhelming force coming straight at them, compressing their chests to the point of severe pain, almost vomiting blood, their heads buzzing in confusion. The two hastily inhaled sharply, frantically urging their divine power, while Ye Bin also scattered Ice Soul Divine Light to finally stop the opposing force.

Outside the green light, there was still silver radiance; boundless silver stars continuously emerged from within the green light, turning into a heavy burst of silver radiance beams crazily scattering and exploding upon encountering any obstruction, exploding on impact, a single star transforming into ten, and ten into a hundred, multiplying increasingly densely and exploding more rapidly, about to drown them all in an instant.

Shen Tuhong and Zhuge Jingwo fiercely launched Taiyin Green Spirit Arrows. When shot, they were also numerous beams of green light amid a silver rain, bombarding the area while simultaneously deploying the Six Jia Splitting Light Wheel, turning rapidly, the golden wheel-shaped light forcibly slicing through and scattering the green and silver rain.

"Is this the Taiyin Green Spirit Divine Light of Elder Kuzhu? Why is he attacking us?"

Just as Ye Bin asked this question, they were immediately answered by the Taiyin Green Spirit Divine Thunder. The over a thousand thunder pearls that were originally scattered into a "Star Ring" and drawn into the Five-Colored Cloud Smoke happened to "encircle" them at that moment. It suddenly converged inward, swarming like hail, striking their magical treasure sword light with a thunderous boom, transforming into a massive amount of green thunderbolts, each an earth-shaking explosion, over a thousand exploding simultaneously, nearly rupturing and shattering the heavens!

Ruan Zheng, Shen Tuhong, and Zhuge Jingwo simultaneously spat out fresh blood, their flying swords and treasures almost entirely uncontrollable flying out.

Ye Bin's Ice Soul Divine Light shattered, a gulp of hot blood surged up her throat but she forcefully swallowed it back.

Only Qian Kang, whose Dao Level and divine power were the strongest, and his wife synchronously controlling their mountain treasure, despite also being explosively disheveled, managed to endure.

"Elder Kuzhu has become demonized!" Ruan Zheng said sorrowfully, looking down at the person below who was bleeding from seven orifices, hair flying wildly.

Elder Kuzhu had been extremely kind to him; they had previously encountered each other at sea where he actively advised him on how to direct the Aurora Fire to break through the protective array of the Bright Realm, even giving him the Six Yang Green Spirit Demon Extinguishing Armor, and had blessed Shen Tuhong and Zhuge Jingwo with treasures. Truely, he had been gracious to them. According to Ye Bin and Qian Kang, this esteemed elder had attained his Dao a thousand years ago, with boundless divine power, but now had fallen to such a state...

After scattering them with an explosion, Elder Kuzhu continued attacking. Each time he used "Instant Hand Rubbing Thousand Thunders," it drew on his life force, causing him to spit blood. At that moment, a severe pain in his viscera and a violent surge of True Qi left him insufficient to continue casting in such a manner, so he resorted to using the Taiyin Green Spirit Divine Light to individually confine and trap them.

Qian Kang forced his way through the impregnable wall-like green light using the Thousand Leaf Divine Thunder Charge, dispersing the silver rain, and together with Ruan Zheng and Ye Bin shouted, "He has become demonized, let's quickly escape!"

"Where do you think you are going!" Elder Kuzhu instantly appeared before him, pressing with both hands, an even greater amount of green light squeezed from all around, and within it, over a hundred thunder pearls rapidly exploded inward, cracking continuously in intense explosions, sending Qian Kang and his wife reeling from the surge of blood, ultimately unable to hold back and vomiting blood as well.

He and his wife each stretched out a hand, forming seals to direct the Thousand Leaf Divine Thunder Charge, the treasured Thousand Leaf Wheel turning, shredding the continuously pressing green light, with its front end emitting nine strands of Light Energy, piercing through the green light, directly striking Elder Kuzhu.

Elder Kuzhu, wanting to snatch their treasure by hand, felt his Qi stir, visceral pain stabbing, his Primordial Spirit unstable, already too weak to counter the force, he flickered in a streak of green light moving away, then turned to attack Ye Bin.

Ye Bin gathered the remaining Ice Soul Divine Light, relying on the Polar Circle to full strength fend off, Ruan Zheng also directed Tianxuan Divine Sand to assist, shouting loudly, "Elder! Old elder, please wake up!"

His left hand forming a seal, he used the Taiqing Immortal Technique's Demon Refining Secret Technique, casting a clear light to shine on Elder Kuzhu.

His divine power was insufficient, yet unable to produce the visible Taiqing Divine Light, but it still wielded some demon refining power. Elder Kuzhu, directed by his finger technique, steadied his divine sense momentarily, shaking slightly in spirit.

At that moment, Qian Kang's wife fired a magical treasure called the Thousand Flames Treasure Mallet, shooting out resembling a torch, trailing a long tail of light, drawing a fiery line through the sky, striking Elder Kuzhu's back fiercely!

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