The momentum was fierce!
The roar was full of murderous intent!
In the blink of an eye, a large group of people charged forward.
The leader, with a gloomy expression, was the Four-Coin Heavenly Master of the Imperial Observatory, Zhang Xin!
Zhang Xin led three thousand "Black Dragon Dao Soldiers," their killing intent surging!
Roar!
A furious roar shook heaven and earth!
The "Black Dragon Dharma Image" roared towards the sky, its aura immense!
Following behind Zhang Xin were more than a dozen Heavenly Masters from the Imperial Observatory.
These Heavenly Masters were all Nascent Soul cultivators, leading powerful Dao Soldiers and manifesting terrifying Dharma Images.
More than a dozen Dharma Images stood between heaven and earth, radiating fierce power, arrogant and invincible.
At the rear of the formation was a large group of captured cultivators.
These cultivators belonged to various immortal cultivation sects.
While pursuing the cultivators of Old Lord Peak, Zhang Xin and the other Imperial Observatory cultivators had incidentally destroyed many immortal cultivation sects along the way, capturing numerous cultivators!
In total, over twenty immortal cultivation sects and more than ten thousand cultivators were captured!
Upon seeing this, Song Yiren's face turned extremely grim.
He looked at the captured cultivators and couldn't help but be reminded of the fate of Old Lord Peak.
Birds of a feather flock together!
Damn imperial dogs, damn imperial lackeys!
Song Yiren was furious.
He bowed to the Merit Phantasm and said with righteous indignation,
"Senior, I implore you to act with the might of thunder, to slay these imperial lackeys and save our countless innocent fellow Daoists!"
Song Yiren's words flowed naturally.
It was as if the "esteemed senior" could easily slay the powerful Imperial Observatory cultivators, as casually as eating and drinking.
Wasn't that the case?
It was indeed so!
With the senior's "Profound Understanding cultivation," slaying these imperial lackeys was as simple as eating and drinking.
Not only Song Yiren, but all the cultivators from Old Lord Peak thought the same.
They looked at the Merit Phantasm with great anticipation, awaiting the senior's display of divine power, their hearts filled with the hope of a great slaughter!
Hao Ren
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Scared me to death!
He's still a child, uh, he's just a Golden Core minor cultivator! He truly doesn't have the ability to deal with powerful Nascent Soul cultivators.
Moreover, the cultivators from the Imperial Observatory are in no way comparable to ordinary cultivators!
The "Dao Soldier Dharma Images" they conjured possessed explosive combat power, capable of allowing them to "challenge across realms."
Back then, Gou Ying, wielding his "White Bone Dragon Dharma Image," a Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator, could fight three Nascent Soul perfection stage cultivators – Elder Jing Yuan, Elder Dai Heng, and Elder Chang Hai – to a draw!
The current Zhang Xin was dozens of times more powerful than Gou Ying.
His combat power was likely infinitely close to the Separation stage!
He couldn't win, he really couldn't win!
Also, the more than a dozen Imperial Observatory cultivators following Zhang Xin, any one of them was no weaker than Gou Ying, and likely stronger!
How could such formidable enemies be resisted?
By relying on the Merit Phantasm?
Don't be ridiculous!
The Merit Phantasm, besides its imposing aura, had attack and defense capabilities approaching zero, making it utterly useless in combat.
Zhang Xin, on the other hand, was full of fierce intent, his triangular eyes flashing with cold light, radiating murderous intent. He was clearly not intimidated by the Merit Phantasm.
He had likely seen through the true nature of the Merit Phantasm.
It's over!
This time, it's truly over!
Hao Ren's heart was in a complete panic!
However, his professionalism as an eighth-level "pretentious master" forced him to maintain a semblance of composure.
Hao Ren activated the Merit Phantasm and, in a rather "pretentious" manner, said indifferently,
"I'll give you one chance. Imperial lackeys, leave immediately, and I shall not hold you accountable!"
Please, just leave!
Zhang Xin, hearing this, sneered.
The murderous intent on his face intensified.
"Hmph! No one understands merit and karma better than I do. The merit and karma generated in this mortal realm are insufficient to forge a complete Golden Body of Merit, therefore, you are fake!"
His words were decisive!
Zhang Xin possessed absolute confidence!
This was because he truly understood merit and karma!
As the Four-Coin Heavenly Master of the Imperial Observatory, he had directly participated in the "Ten Thousand Year Plan," specifically the part concerning merit and karma.
He knew it all, understood it completely.
Before the completion of the three hundred "Statues of Worship" built with "Merit Stones," and before the nine "Merit Nine-Provinces Cauldrons" forcefully extracted merit and karma, it was impossible to have enough merit and karma to condense a complete Golden Body of Merit.
Indeed, even with the "Ten Thousand Year Plan" of the Heavenly Dragon Dharma King, he didn't expect to truly condense a complete Golden Body of Merit.
Just a head!
The Heavenly Dragon Dharma King only intended to condense a "Merit Head" using merit and karma.
With a "Merit Head," the Heavenly Dragon Dharma King could expand the influence of the Great Xin Dynasty to all corners of this mortal realm, including the most mysterious "Abyss" and "Minor Grotto-Heavens."
Given that the Heavenly Dragon Dharma King, with all his meticulous planning, could only condense a "Merit Head," how could anyone now easily condense a complete Golden Body of Merit?
Fake!
It must be fake!
Zhang Xin was utterly convinced that the "Merit Phantasm" before him was a counterfeit.
Furthermore, the reaction of the Merit Phantasm corroborated his suspicion.
If it were a true Golden Body of Merit, they would have been annihilated with a flick of a finger, not wasting time here bantering with them.
Anyone who reasons with you lacks absolute confidence in victory!
If they had absolute confidence, they would have already "convinced through virtue"!
Undeniably, Zhang Xin saw through it all.
He let out a cold snort.
"What mysterious senior, playing tricks and being enigmatic! Today, this Heavenly Master shall personally slay you, letting the world know that no one can defy the Great Xin Dynasty!"
As he spoke, the killing intent radiating from him almost solidified!
Roar, roar, roar!
His three thousand "Black Dragon Dao Soldiers" deployed into a killing formation, ready to unleash a "killing strike"!
The "Black Dragon Dharma Image" soared into the sky, radiating ferocity, its colossal body almost covering heaven and earth!
Facing such a terrifying opponent, Hao Ren's previously panicked mood inexplicably settled.
He smiled slightly and looked at Zhang Xin, who was radiating murderous intent.
The Merit Phantasm stood with its hands behind its back, gazing up at the starry sky at a forty-five-degree angle, exuding maximum prestige. He said indifferently,
"I love peace and dislike conflict. Fighting and killing is not good, so I advise you not to do this!"
Still pretending!
"Hahaha..."
Zhang Xin was truly amused by Hao Ren.
A faker who plays tricks and is cornered, still pretending? Then go die!
Kill, kill, kill!
Zhang Xin ferociously attacked!