Chapter 891
A Chance Encounter
On the deck of Daxuan.
Everyone fell silent.
No one expected that the person who left Da Xuan Hao with such a resolute expression would have such a fierce spirit.
Faced with Huang Tiandao, he actually chose to self-destruct and die.
As the saying goes, "Where there's life, there's hope."
Those at the Primordial Realm have long lifespans; as long as they don't die, they will still have a chance to turn the tables in the future.
Just like Zhang Yunzhou, wasn't he also Huang Tiandao's slave before?
Haven't you regained your freedom now?
For Huang Songyue, the best option was not to resist.
Anyway, even if Huang Tiandao captures him, it's just to force him to build warships.
But Huang Songyue actually chose to self-destruct.
"Zhang Yunzhou, I apologize to you."
I misjudged your senior brother; he's not a coward.
Huo Tu looked at Zhang Yunzhou and said.
Zhang Yunzhou's face was covered in tears.
“I know my senior brother isn’t a coward, I’ve always known that.”
He wiped away his tears and looked at Su Mu.
"Sect Master, before my senior brother died, he used a secret technique to transmit his voice to me, telling me that there was an ambush by Huang Tiandao ahead."
The one leading them is Tang Jun from last time!
His face contorted with intense hatred. "Sect Master, what do we do? Should we fight?"
Zhao Baiqi, Huo Tu, Chi Mingtang, Qian Gongliu, and others all showed fighting spirit on their faces.
Having just destroyed a Xuan-rank warship of Huang Tiandao, they are now at their most confident.
Who cares if he's Tang Jun or not, let's just do it.
So what if it's a Tier 1 warship?
Who doesn't have a Tier 1 warship?
Their Great Xuan is also a Tier 1 warship.
Moreover, Zhang Yunzhou himself said that their Earth-rank warships were much stronger than Huang Tiandao's Earth-rank warships.
The crowd now felt absolutely no fear of Huang Tiandao.
In other words, they didn't know where Huang Tiandao's stronghold was; otherwise, they really would have dared to storm Huang Tiandao's stronghold.
Su Mu did not reply to them immediately.
Unlike their confidence, Su Mu remained remarkably calm.
He knew very well that while the Great Xuan was strong, it was impossible for it to overwhelm Huang Tiandao's Earth-rank warship.
The main problem is that Zhao Baiqi and Huo Tu are not yet able to unleash the full power of the Great Xuan.
According to Su Mu's design, the Great Xuan should have at least seventy-two Tai Chu Realm experts on board in order to fully unleash its power.
However, he doesn't have that many Primordial Realm experts under his command right now.
Apart from Zhao Baiqi and Huo Tu, who came from the Heavenly Road, the original members of the Great Xuan, including Luo Anning and Dongfang Liuyun, had not yet broken through.
His foundation is far inferior to Huang Tiandao's.
If I'm not mistaken, Tang Jun's Earth-rank warship is probably already at full capacity.
Both are Earth-tier warships, but one cannot unleash its full power, while the other can.
Even though Huang Tiandao's warships were inferior to the Da Xuan, the Da Xuan had no chance of winning given the disparity in strength between them.
While the others didn't understand this, Su Mu understood it perfectly.
Tang Jun was clearly aware of this, which is why he chose to launch a surprise attack on the Great Xuan at this moment.
If it weren't for Huang Songyue's reminder, if Da Xuanhao had really walked headlong into Tang Jun's ambush, it would probably have been in a passive position.
However, there is still a choice to be made.
If he turns around and leaves now, he is 70% confident that he can shake off Tang Jun.
When designing the Da Xuan Hao, Su Mu specifically added a hidden function.
This feature has not been used before.
If activated now, it won't be so easy for Tang Jun to track their movements.
But judging from everyone's appearance, if we choose to retreat now, their confidence will likely be damaged.
and--
From Su Mu's own heart, he didn't want to just slink away like that.
Since he embarked on the path of martial arts, even when his strength was low, he has never fled without a fight.
It's not that I'm afraid of losing face, it's just that I feel uncomfortable.
The person in this world whom Su Mu would give way to has not yet been born!
"Although Huang Songyue is not a brother, we have at least met once."
He died at Huang Tiandao's hands, so let us avenge him.
Su Mu said slowly, "Now that we know Tang Jun is lying in ambush ahead, let's go and meet him."
This also allowed Huang Tiandao to truly witness the power of the Great Mysterious Name.
Everyone clenched their fists and swung them with excitement.
With a weapon in hand, the desire to kill arises naturally.
They are currently working on integrating with the Great Xuan, and their previous destruction of the Yellow Heaven Path's Earth-rank warship has greatly boosted their confidence.
They are now eager for a chance to fight Huang Tiandao.
So what about Tang Jun?
They were nothing more than their defeated foe.
"Tang Jun is quite powerful, and his Earth-rank warships are more advanced than ours."
You must not underestimate the enemy.
Su Mu said slowly, "Now I'll arrange the tactics."
He only had these Primordial Realm experts under his command, far from the full strength of seventy-two.
Therefore, some formations on the Great Xuan ship cannot be controlled.
Su Mu could only selectively disable some functions of the Great Xuan.
Previously, they had only dealt with Xuan-level warships, which they could easily defeat.
Now they are facing a Tier 1 warship.
Su Mu decided to unlock some more functions of the Great Xuan.
Especially the attack methods.
He called everyone to his side and began to teach them how to control the formation.
…………
Tang Jun returned to his warship.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
A mere beginner in the Primordial Realm actually self-destructed right in front of him!
If he couldn't vent his anger, he felt like he was about to explode.
"Hey you, are there any planets with life around here?"
He summoned one of his subordinates, a powerful expert at the Primordial Beginning Realm, and asked with murderous intent.
The expert at the Primordial Beginning Realm couldn't help but shudder; he knew Tang Jun's brutal nature all too well.
Even members of the Yellow Heaven Path could be killed without hesitation if they angered Tang Jun.
"Yes, Your Majesty, there is a planet with living beings a thousand miles away."
He said cautiously, "We have a Xuan-rank warship there carrying out a cleanup mission."
"Go there."
Tang Jun said coldly, "Send a message to them, telling them to leave some men behind. I will personally send them on their way!"
All he wants now is to kill.
Only killing could allow him to vent his pent-up anger.
Huang Tiandao, that Tai Chu Realm expert, quickly agreed.
The warship slowly turned around, poised to fly towards that planet.
Just as half of the warship had sunk into the void.
suddenly.
A thick beam of light shot out from who-knows-where.
With a loud bang, the beam of light crashed into the stern of Huang Tiandao's warship.
The immense force instantly caused the warship to shake.
The defensive formations of the warships were instantly shattered.
Forces slammed into the warship, instantly scattering debris across its deck.
Attack while the enemy is crossing the river.
The timing of this attack was absolutely perfect. It came just as Huang Tiandao's Earth-rank warship was about to perform a void traversal, and half of its body had already entered the void.
At this moment, the warship was using most of its power to traverse the void and had no intention of being attacked.
Rumble.
The warship fell from the void, swaying precariously in the air as if it were about to crash at any moment.
Tang Jun was furious, his face contorted with murderous intent.
He roared for his men to stabilize the warship, while he himself soared into the sky.
For an instant.
A Dharma image that blotted out the sky appeared in the void.
That form was so enormous that, compared to it, the planets in the starry sky seemed like glass marbles.
The massive Earth-rank warship was only the size of his palm.
Enraged, Tang Jun unleashed his full power right from the start.
He spotted the suspicious-looking Da Xuan Hao in the distance at a glance.
"Su Mu!"
Just then, a figure flew out from the Great Xuan. Who else could it be but Su Mu?
"Tang Jun, we meet again."
Su Mu laughed loudly, and also unleashed his great divine power of "Transforming Heaven and Earth," instantly growing to about the same size as Tang Jun. "As the saying goes, 'A scholar should be looked at with new eyes after three days of separation.' I wonder if your strength will give me a pleasant surprise this time."
"you wanna die!"
Tang Jun roared, his figure leaping forward, and without saying another word, he launched an attack on Su Mu.
He was planning to kill someone right now. Since Su Mu had delivered himself to his doorstep, he combined his old and new grudges and was determined to kill Su Mu today!
Seeing Tang Jun charging towards him menacingly, Su Mu remained calm, clenched his fists, and threw a punch forward.
The Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist was fully unleashed.
This was their second encounter, and both sides were well aware of each other's formidable strength.
So this time, they didn't test them at all and immediately used their most powerful techniques.
A deafening roar echoed through the void.
The two figures grew further and further away.
At this moment, both the Great Xuan and Huang Tiandao's Earth-rank warships also set their sights on each other.
As the saying goes, enemies are especially hostile when they meet.
Both Earth-rank warships simultaneously erupted with blinding light, beams of light shooting towards each other.
On one side were two powerful experts at the peak of the Primordial Realm, and on the other side were two Earth-rank warships.
The battle reached a fever pitch from the very beginning.
Both sides attacked in a fit of rage, each wishing they could tear the other to pieces.
The crew of Huang Tiandao's Earth-rank warship were originally full of confidence.
They had fought against Su Mu's Great Xuan before, but they retreated temporarily because Tang Jun and Su Mu fought to a draw.
They were unaware of the Great Xuan's strength that time, so they underestimated it.
They reviewed the incident afterwards.
This time, their warships were fully staffed and well-prepared.
They were confident that they could completely crush Su Mu's Great Xuanhao right from the start!
But once they actually engaged in combat, they discovered that things were not as simple as they had imagined.
This Da Xuan is completely different from the warship they encountered last time!
Their attacks are cunning and unpredictable, and their defenses are incredibly formidable.
After several exchanges of fire, they failed to break through the defenses of the Da Xuan. On the contrary, the Da Xuan's attacks bypassed their defenses several times and hit their warships.
Even though the hull of a Tier 1 warship is sturdy, it cannot withstand attacks from warships of the same tier.
In just half an hour, Huang Tiandao's Earth-rank warship had completely fallen into a disadvantageous position.
Zhao Baiqi, Huo Tu, Chi Mingtang, Qian Gongliu, and others indeed became more and more courageous in battle.
When they actually engaged in combat with Huang Tiandao's Earth-rank warship, they discovered that the tactics Su Mu had taught them were all designed to counter powerful figures like Huang Tiandao.
What does this mean?
This shows that Su Mu knew everything about Huang Tiandao's Earth-rank warships, while the other party knew almost nothing about their Great Xuan.
In this way, they gained an absolute advantage in the battle.
This kind of battle is incredibly comfortable to fight.
In their excitement, everyone seemed to be injected with adrenaline, and the power within them surged forth.
The attacks from the Great Xuan were becoming increasingly fierce.
In the midst of their all-out battle, everyone surprisingly felt that the bottlenecks within their bodies were beginning to loosen.
This made them work even harder.
The harder they fought, the greater their advantage became; the greater their advantage, the happier they felt; and the happier they felt, the more their cultivation bottlenecks loosened.
The more their cultivation bottleneck loosened, the more desperately they fought.
This creates a virtuous cycle.
In stark contrast were the people on Huang Tiandao's Earth-rank warship.
As powerful figures in the Yellow Heaven Path, almost all the battles they experienced in their lives were victories achieved through overwhelming force.
It can be said that they had never been defeated before encountering the Great Xuan.
They never know what it feels like to be unable to defeat an enemy.
So, faced with a disadvantageous situation, they were all at a loss, not knowing how to deal with it!
The more confused they are, the more misguided their responses become, and the more misguided their responses become, the worse their situation becomes.
A vicious cycle ensues.
Huang Tiandao's Earth-rank warships began to retreat.
Attacks rained down on the warship, sending fragments of the Earth-rank warship flying everywhere.
If it weren't for the Earth-rank warships blocking their way, those Tai Chu Realm experts from Huang Tian Dao would probably have been injured by the fierce attacks of the Great Xuan.
Even so, they couldn't hold out for long.
Once their Earth-rank warship completely disintegrates, they will have to face the attack of the Great Xuan with their bare hands.
Rumble!
With a series of roars, Huang Tiandao's Earth-rank warship finally couldn't withstand the pressure.
With a loud crack, the massive Earth-rank warship split in two.
One by one, powerful experts from the Yellow Heaven Path flew out of the warship.
The trees fell and the hozens scattered.
They can no longer afford to worry about that Earth-rank warship.
Everyone used all their strength to flee in all directions.
Although they were all experts at the Primordial Realm, they knew in their hearts that with their strength, they simply could not contend with a Rank 1 Earth warship.
They were still utterly defeated before, even with the support of Earth-rank warships, let alone now that the Earth-rank warships have been destroyed.
They now only regret that they didn't have two more legs.
Seeing that the Great Xuan was catching up, they abandoned all hope and fled for their lives.
At this point, those who can escape may not fly very fast, but they only need to fly a little faster than their companions.
boom!
The attack from the Great Xuan landed on a Yellow Heaven Dao Primordial Realm expert.
The Tai Chu Realm expert from Huang Tiandao only lasted a few breaths before vanishing into thin air in a flash of white light.
The Great Xuan's attack has two sources of power.
One is the power accumulated by the Great Xuan itself. The Great Xuan has a spirit-gathering array that absorbs and stores energy from heaven and earth every moment.
The other group consisted of the people aboard the Great Xuan.
Zhao Baiqi, Huo Tu, Chi Mingtang, Qian Gongliu, Yuan Huaizhou, and other Tai Chu Realm experts were the pilots of the Da Xuan Hao.
They channeled their power into the Great Xuan, and this power, gathered together through an array, became the Great Xuan's attack.
In other words, each attack by the Great Profound roaming ship mobilizes the power equivalent to dozens of Primordial Realm experts.
Such power would be difficult for even a peak Tai Chu Realm expert to withstand, let alone Huang Tiandao, who was only at the initial stage of the Tai Chu Realm.
The opponent died before he could even withstand a single move.
Zhao Baiqi, Huo Tu, Chi Mingtang, Qian Gongliu, and others became increasingly excited.
If it were a one-on-one fight, they wouldn't be confident they could kill Huang Tiandao's Tai Chu Realm expert.
But now, killing the other side is as easy as slaughtering chickens and dogs!
Is there anything more exhilarating in the world?
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Zhang Yunzhou roared, and the somewhat cowardly weapon refiner, filled with hatred, controlled the Great Xuan to launch a frenzied pursuit.
His face was already covered in tears.
Senior brother, did you see that?
I avenged you!
May you rest in peace!
…………
boom!
Su Mu unleashed a Six Paths Reincarnation Fist at Tang Jun's chest.
Tang Jun's enormous Dharma image staggered back several steps, revealing a shocking dent in its chest.
Even the corner of his mouth was stained with blood.
"You dare to get distracted while fighting me, Tang Jun, you're underestimating me."
Su Mu said coldly, his fists raining down like a storm, forcing Tang Jun to retreat step by step.
Tang Jun was both shocked and furious.
Was he deliberately distracted?
That was because Huang Tiandao's warship exploded, which drew his attention.
He never expected that he had made ample preparations this time, and he thought he could crush Su Mu's warship.
Instead of crushing Su Mu's warship, they were crushed by it.
Tang Jun caught a glimpse of Huang Tiandao's group of powerful figures scattering and fleeing out of the corner of his eye, and his anger intensified.
Lose your face!
These good-for-nothings have completely disgraced Huang Tiandao!
"Su Mu!"
Tang Jun crossed his arms to block, and the Dharma Image flew backward, instantly shattering countless uninhabited planets.
Taking advantage of the momentum of this retreat, he rallied and his face showed a look of fury.
"You actually managed to push me to this extent!"
He said coldly, "I will not look down on you anymore."
Now, I'm going to get serious.
Are you ready to die?
Tang Jun hadn't finished speaking.
A fist the size of a planet landed on his face, sending his massive avatar flying and deforming his face.
"You talk too much nonsense!"
Su Mu followed closely, landing punch after punch on Tang Jun.
Large clumps of power shot out, and large patches of damage appeared on Tang Jun's Dharma form.
If it were his physical body, it would probably be covered in wounds by now.
Even a mere Dharma form cannot withstand such damage.
A moment later, a loud bang.
The Dharma form completely dissipated, and Tang Jun's true form appeared in the void, crashing into an uninhabited planet with a bang. The planet was pierced through and then shattered into pieces.
Tang Jun's blood was spilled into the void.
At this moment, fear finally showed on his face.
He realized that the question was no longer whether he could defeat Su Mu, but whether he could survive!
He was once immortal in the Heavenly Realm, and even after leaving the Heavenly Realm, he was still nearly immortal due to his lifespan.
He never imagined that one day he would truly face death.
A surge of intense fear welled up within Tang Jun. He cried out, turned into a golden light, and vanished into the void in the blink of an eye, his speed many times faster than that of ordinary Tai Chu Realm cultivators from the Yellow Heaven Path. (End of Chapter)