A World Worth Protecting

At this moment, within the entire Divine Sovereign Justice Sect, anyone who had the right to watch shifted their gazes to where the Ice Phoenix Legion was. It was rare in the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect to see the top ten armies banding together to challenge and defend against one another.

In reality, this was also caused by Fairy Ling You’s lofty ambitions. If she just wanted to rise and become the sixth army, with her Spirit Immortal cultivation, that would be a piece of cake. It seemed to be an almost natural process, and the original sixth army wouldn’t have even thought about fighting her.

But actually, Fairy Ling You’s target wasn’t to become the sixth army but the fifth!

That meant she was increasing the difficulty and challenging other Spirit Immortals. Hence, it was natural that she attracted a lot of attention. Moreover, that was exactly the reason why the fifth army prepared to team up with other armies, out of fear and also to let Fairy Ling You know her place.

So this battle… also caught the attention of the Divine Sovereign Justice Sect’s Planet realm elder. At that moment, his gaze also passed through space and landed on the battlefield.

As everyone watched the battlefield, following the oval-faced female cultivator’s orders, a phoenix cry sounded and spread within the Ice Phoenix Legion. As the Phoenix cry echoed, a translucent flame shield formed by a layer of blue flames covered the Ice Phoenix Legion like an upside-down bowl, forming a protective layer against the outside world.

This was the Ice Phoenix Legion’s defensive array formation—Phoenix Rising Blue Flames!

As the heavens shook and the earth rumbled, the blue flame shield didn’t disperse heat, instead, dispersing cold. As it spread towards the surroundings, one could even faintly make out snowflakes forming. As they floated towards the surroundings, more battleships appeared through more rifts in the heavens beyond the Ice Phoenix Legion’s array formation.

There were three battleships with special designs and magnificent auras. They were the mounts of the commanders of the sixth, seventh, and eleventh armies. Looking at their appearances, one was a pyramid, and another was a disk. Meanwhile, the eleventh army’s commander was standing atop a giant Icy Flame Lotus while holding a spear in his hand. This gave him an extraordinary aura.

Compared to them, the most eye-catching battleship that appeared at the very back was an enormous red dragon. This dragon’s body was massive, and the suppressive force it exuded surpassed the Soul Conduit realm and reached the Spirit Immortal realm. There was also a middle-aged man standing on the red dragon. He was clad in a robe and fierce without being angry. He also exuded waves of Spirit Immortal suppressive force.

This man was the commander of the fifth army—Daoist Red Dragon. And the red dragon at his feet was his Dharmic Battleship!

“Fellow Daoist Ling You, I’ll ask you this again, do you still refuse to give up on challenging my Red Dragon Legion!” As he appeared, a glint appeared in Daoist Red Dragon’s eyes. Ignoring the Ice Phoenix Legion’s array formation and everyone within it, his gaze landed on the pavilion at the very back. It was as though he could see through the walls of the pavilion and see Fairy Ling You, who was meditating cross-legged and slowly opening her eyes.

“Fellow Daoist Red Dragon, it’s useless to say more.”

Daoist Red Dragon, outside the array formation, shook his head slightly after hearing that. He also felt anger in his heart. Actually, the Red Dragon Legion was originally ranked fourth, but they lost a challenge to the Black Armor Legion and got demoted as a result. He was already unhappy, and now the Ice Phoenix Legion was planning to challenge them as well. So as a glimmer flashed between his eyes, he shut his mouth, raised his right hand, and grabbed. Immediately, a red flame exploded forth from his body, and the red dragon beneath him roared and spewed out red flames. Combined with Daoist Red Dragon’s divine power, they formed a giant flame palm in the blink of an eye, and it pressed directly towards the Ice Phoenix Legion’s array formation!

But as the giant hand was about to land, a giant hand also reached out from the blue flames formed by the Ice Phoenix Legion’s array formation, and the two hands came into contact.

As rumbles sounded, the palm created from blue flames seemed to be blown away by the wind, revealing Fairy Ling You’s Dharmic Battleship, which was like a war god. It broke out of the palm and headed straight for Daoist Red Dragon!

In an instant, they were embroiled in battle. At the same time, the other armies outside the array formation started attacking. Countless cultivators flew out, and a large number of battleships formed destructive light pillars. As they landed on the Ice Phoenix Legion’s array formation, the Ice Phoenix Legion started their counterattack.

Following the oval-faced female cultivator’s commands, many statue puppets rose from the ground. The battleships in the air and the eighth and ninth armies that just arrived joined the battle as well.

In a moment, rumbles echoed, and divine powers moved the earth and exploded forth onto the array formation. The battle looked intense, but in reality, because it was an internal battle, there were casualties but not many deaths. However, if this continued, the situation would get worse.

When Wang Baole saw this, if it was at any other moment, he might be moved. But right now, all he could think of was his inspiration regarding the eighteenth level of the Divine Justice Shield. He had no time to care about this challenge match and was continuously analyzing in his heart as though his soul had left his body.

As for work, they didn’t need Wang Baole’s assistance either. When damaged puppet statues returned, the surrounding Ice Phoenix Legion cultivators, who were Dharmic Armament cultivators like Wang Baole, would all rush forward and repair them rapidly.

So Wang Baole was free and continued his calculations. Just like that, time slowly passed, and the battle got increasingly intense, to the point where two giant rifts appeared in the Ice Phoenix Legion’s array formation. As a loud rumble sounded, a large number of cultivators charged in through the rifts.

The Ice Phoenix Legion cultivators immediately became more serious and gathered together. At the same time, the three remaining perfected-stage Soul Conduit female cultivators returned quickly.

The two sides engaged in battle instantly. As rumbles echoed in the surroundings, the array formation’s regeneration was activated quickly as well. As the array formation was about to heal, two astonishing auras shot into the array formation through the rifts like shooting stars. Not stopping, they shot right into the array formation and descended upon the battlefield.

“Lord Ling Tao!”

“Dao Master Watercloud!” Shrieks echoed within the Ice Phoenix Legion, while sounds of laughter sounded from the two silhouettes and spread through the surroundings. These two were the army commanders of the seventh and eleventh armies!

As they appeared, the former unleashed his False Immortal cultivation, which swept across the surroundings like a storm. His eyes also narrowed as he gazed at the Ice Phoenix Legion female cultivators who were facing them like they were facing a huge enemy. Especially when his gaze swept across female cultivators with pretty good figures, the evil glint that appeared in Dao Master Watercloud’s eyes was very obvious.

The two rifts weren’t far away from where Wang Baole was, but he only raised his head to take a look, still ignoring them. The calculations regarding the Divine Justice Shield in his mind had reached a critical point. In fact, Wang Baole even faintly felt that he had grabbed onto the most important source of inspiration.

However… Even when he ignored the two army commanders, he still stood out as a male cultivator since the cultivators around him were almost all female. Although he wasn’t the only male cultivator, the other cultivators were all nervous and serious. Only Wang Baole was there daydreaming. Hence, he was naturally noticed by the seventh army’s commander.

Long Nanzi? A glimmer flashed between the seventh army’s commander’s eyes, and the bounty for Wang Baole popped up in his head. Meanwhile, Lord Ling Tao, who entered after him, was visibly excited as well.

He held a spear in his hands and had seven to eight black ice cubes under his feet. As his cultivation broke through to the False Immortal realm, his confidence shot up. When he entered, he let out a huge laugh full of arrogance.

“In today’s battle, my army will definitely get into the top ten!” While he spoke, Lord Ling Tao swept with his spear. After he swept his gaze across the surroundings, like the seventh army’s commander, he also immediately noticed Wang Baole, who was calculating with his head lowered, among the numerous female cultivators.

With just one look, Lord Ling Tao’s eyes lit up. Seemingly very surprised, a menacing smile appeared on his face as he headed straight for Wang Baole. It was as though he feared that Dao Master Watercloud would beat him to Wang Baole.

As for the Divine Justice Shield in front of Wang Baole, he naturally recognized it. However, he wasn’t bothered by it at all. After all, one could tell with one look that the Divine Justice Shield was at a low level and was no cause for concern!

At this moment, the killing intent in his eyes exploded forth. In his eyes, it was as though he saw not Wang Baole but what he represented… the astonishing reward offered by the Violet Gold New Dao Sect!

“It’s you!” While his voice still echoed, his body neared immediately like a thunderbolt. Unleashing his full cultivation, black flames spread from the spear in his hands, transforming into the image of a black wolf that bit towards Wang Baole.

Almost immediately, this black wolf image, which contained an all-out attack by a False Immortal, hit the front of Wang Baole. At that moment, the Divine Justice Shield in front of Wang Baole exuded a resplendent glimmer, looking as though it were the sun. Under this glimmer, the Divine Justice Shields combined on their own. The combination of more than 20,000 level seven Divine Justice Shields formed a level 17 Divine Justice Shield for an instant and unleashed a reflection power of 170%…

So… an unbelievably shrill and sharp scream spread through the surroundings, bringing with it a sense of shock and disbelief as it echoed around the surroundings right in front of Wang Baole. As the scream was heard, one could see Lord Ling Tao’s silhouette get sent flying backward at a speed faster than that at which he arrived. His spear disintegrated, and his arm exploded as well. As blood spurted out everywhere, even his other arm exploded…

The surrounding battlefield became quiet in that instant. Only Wang Baole was acting strangely. He had just calculated to a critical point and didn’t notice what flew towards him and triggered his Divine Justice Shield…

“What the hell?” Wang Baole was somewhat unhappy as he raised his head and looked.