"You’ve stepped into the Martial Saint realm?" the voice of Nine Candles from the Chengsheng Land was piercing.
"Try it, and you’ll see." Qi Tian replied expressionlessly in a cold voice, stepping through the void swiftly as if teleporting, rapidly summoning his flying Long Spear and charging directly at Nine Candles.
Seeing this, Nine Candles snorted coldly, clasped his hands together, and a faint blue glow emerged from the Mud Ball. An ancient green lamp soared out, expanding rapidly with the wind.
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The flame on the lamp flickered eerily as Nine Candles pointed forward, instantly spewing out nine ferocious Fire Snakes, charging at Qi Tian who was stepping through the void towards him.
Soon, the two clashed and fought fiercely, causing ripples to quickly form in the void.
However, after entangling Qi Tian with the Fire Snakes, Nine Candles retreated instead of advancing, his steps flickering as he withdrew towards outside the border.
He was invited by the King of Beiliang merely to probe, and incidentally to aid the battle, not to fight to the death. Qi Tian’s sudden achievement of Martial Saint surpassed the plan, and he arrived so conveniently, seemingly prepared in advance, which set off alarm bells in his heart, so naturally, he saw no need to remain here.
He always harbored some apprehension, feeling as if someone from Yunding Mountain was watching him from the shadows.
A timely retreat was the wise choice.
With his retreat, the Beiliang Army Formation fell into chaos; the soldiers who were previously engaged in fierce combat and attacking the city were in an uproar when they saw their Martial Saint flying towards outside the border.
In that dazed moment, heads rolled, triggering a chain reaction. Beiliang’s morale plummeted, and chaos ensued in the formation as some tried to retreat.
As chaos erupted, the army collapsed like a landslide, their courage dissipating, causing the Beiliang Army Formation to fall into utter disorder, with many soldiers pulling back.
"Do not retreat."
"Push forward, push forward."
"Anyone defying military orders will be executed. Where is the supervision team?"
On the Dragon and Tiger battlefield, the Dragon Tiger General, responsible for commanding this operation, saw his subordinates’ morale plummet in a torrent due to Mr. Jiu’s retreat. His face turned ashen as he shouted sternly, intending to intervene in the ground battle to halt the impending avalanche.
He knew that if they retreated, it would be a total collapse.
As a result, the Old Man Dong from the Dragon Breeding Clan, who had been suppressed by them earlier, became excited, driving his Treasure Gourd and flying out several ropes, blocking the opponent, shouting:
"Want to leave? No way, didn’t you enjoy beating this old man earlier?"
"Today, I will fight with all my might to leave you two arrogant fellows here."
As he spoke, he yelled bizarrely to bolster his momentum, entangling these two from Beiliang. Perhaps they also had the notion of retreating, ending up in disarray by his efforts.
On Qi Tian’s side, seeing that the demonic Martial Saint intended to flee, he had no intention of letting him go. Wielding his Long Spear, he spun it through the void, shattering the nine green Fire Snakes one by one, then reached out a hand, casting it towards the opponent.
In an instant, several miles away, the void stirred as an enormous grayish hand, like a towering cloud, blocked the opponent’s path, pressing down upon it.
Seeing this, Nine Candles sneered disdainfully, continuing without slowing, "Do you really think a newly advanced Martial Saint like you can stop me?"
As he spoke, his entire body ignited with intense green light flames, transforming into a pillar of green fire, piercing through the massive hand directly.
"You seem adept at running away, talking so passionately," Qi Tian remarked, unfazed as the hand he pressed down in the void was deflected. Instead, he laughed loudly, mocking, as his form transformed into a streak of light, cutting through the sky, pursuing the Chengsheng Land Martial Saint to outside the border.
Nine Candles was furious, that a newly advanced Martial Saint like Qi Tian would humiliate him so and resolutely pursued him for a fight, intending to use him as a touchstone.
Infuriated, he abruptly turned, standing mid-air, as the color on the Red Ghost Mask became crimson, seemingly dripping, then expanded with the wind, becoming an enormous ghost face, tearing through the clouds with its oppressive presence.
A pair of green eyes illuminated within, spinning wildly, filled with ferocious, violent energy, resembling both Nine Candles and a ferocious demon.
The Red Ghost’s enormous face bared its fangs, opening its massive mouth, roaring towards the direction Qi Tian was flying from.
A ripple in space spread out like water waves, sweeping rapidly, causing the forest below to explode and float upwards.
A roar shattering mountains and rivers.
Amidst the void, the pursuing General Qi Tian forced through several layers of spatial tearing, then stomped into the void with his Great Spear, emitting a metallic clang. The immense power smoothed out the surrounding spatial ripples.
Next, his form flickered, becoming a giant figure. With his Great Spear, he struck at the ground, shattering rocks, and soil, swinging it towards the Red Ghost’s massive face.
"Boom"
"Boom"
"Boom"
Stones were ground to powder by the spatial ripples, exploding into puffs of dust in the air, filling the sky, and the roar was abruptly interrupted.
The Red Ghost’s massive face, seeing this, flashed with anger in its monstrous green eyes, then let out a fierce howl,
"Demon Luo Sacred Body!"
With this sharp cry, bloodshed dripped from the ferocious ghost face, like a river of blood hanging down, then at an inconceivable speed, condensed into a Demon Body towering a hundred and eighty zhang high.
At this moment, an Evil Ghost’s head grew horns, piercing the heavens, barbed red like iron, long hair no longer black, becoming frost-white wisps, hanging loosely down to the shoulders and back. The Demon Body’s skin appeared scorched by fire, rugged and uneven, marked with burn scars and dark red blood patterns.
The upper jaw’s fangs rose fiercely, sharp and elongated, exhaling hot breath between the teeth, with faint mingling of metallic clangs when biting.
From its back sprouted eight arms, each different, some covered in scales or armor, tougher than Divine Iron, others resembling mysterious crystals, exuding a terrifying cold...
It was as if eight different arms were forcefully grafted onto this Demon Body, exhibiting eight distinct powers.
Once the demonic Martial Saint manifested the Eight-armed Demon Body through the Red Ghost Mask, his ferocity surged, with all eight arms striking towards Qi Tian’s Dharma Image.
Quickly, the two Dharma Images collided head-on, battling like colossal gods in heaven and earth, with every punch landing solidly. The wilderness and forests below were utterly destroyed, countless birds squawking bizarrely, fleeing for their lives, only to disintegrate mid-air.
Half a tea’s time later, after thirty rounds, the Eight-armed Demon Body manifested by the demonic Martial Saint had three arms broken, its aura fading rapidly, yet those monstrous green eyes remained unflustered, instead showing a mocking expression as it looked at the opposing General Qi Tian, whose divine armor was damaged, with a few abrasions.
"Qi Tian, I shall remember today."
"Don’t waste your efforts, do you believe you can really hold me?"
"This is merely an incarnation refined by borrowing a technique, I am not foolish enough to personally risk probing that cunning character on Yunding Mountain."
"I’m leaving, no need to see me off!" Nine Candles snickered coldly, then the towering Demon Body disintegrated like a pile of sand, vanishing from heaven and earth.
Across from him, Qi Tian, newly promoted to Martial Saint, bearing wounds, saw the person disappear without a trace, yet his face showed not despair, but rather a meaningful smile.
After dragging on for so long, Marquis Chen should have found the location of the opponent’s true body by now.
Just as he thought this, from a concealed place miles away, came a roar of shock and anger.

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