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A fierce glint flashed in Zhong Xiaolong's eyes. Before Xiao Zizai could finish speaking, a thought struck him.
The jade beads emitted a sharp whistling sound as they transformed into streaks of light, almost invisible to the naked eye, and struck Xiao Zizai's vital acupoints from extremely tricky angles!
However, Xiao Zizai merely turned slightly to the side, his eyes, which seemed to see through everything, precisely capturing the trajectory of each bead.
He didn't even dodge much; he simply took a step forward.
A heavy, mountain-like pressure suddenly descended!
It wasn't pure killing intent, but rather a kind of control closer to a "domain." The jade beads that shot towards them seemed to sink into an invisible quagmire, their speed suddenly decreasing, and their spiritual light flickering violently.
Zhong Xiaolong's expression changed, feeling that the connection between himself and the magical artifact was being forcibly interfered with or even severed! He hurriedly activated his Qi to try to retrieve the artifact.
But Xiao Zizai was faster!
He stretched out his fair and slender hand, his five fingers blooming like lotus flowers, and gently brushed and guided the struggling jade beads in mid-air!
The jade beads, imbued with the sharp metallic aura, let out a mournful cry, as if all their spirituality had been drained away. They became dull and lost their luster, then clattered and fell to the ground.
Zhong Xiaolong was struck as if by a heavy blow. His magical artifact, connected to his mind and body, was shattered, and a mouthful of blood surged to his throat. His face was filled with horror. His strongest technique of manipulating objects was so utterly vulnerable in front of his opponent!
"You...who are you?!"
"Just a monk who was passing by and was rather picky about 'ingredients' and had left the monastic life."
With a smile, Xiao Zizai appeared before Zhong Xiaolong like a ghost.
He extended his right hand, his index and middle fingers together, the tips of which held a sharp glint that seemed to pierce through everything, and lightly touched Zhong Xiaolong's Tanzhong acupoint.
"My friend, your skills are good, but the heat is a bit lacking. Rest assured and relax."
Meanwhile, battles erupted in every corner of the village!
On the highest point on the south side of the village, atop an arrow tower.
Bi Yuan, one of the twelve top talents who excels at long-range sniping, is setting up a uniquely designed crossbow, crafted by Divine Machine Refinement, and aiming it at the chaotic battlefield in the distance.
Just as he was about to pull the trigger, a grinning voice rang in his ear.
"Grandpa, you have good eyesight. At your age, you can still do such delicate work?"
Bi Yuan was terrified and turned around abruptly, only to see a young man wearing a floral shirt with a blade of grass in his mouth who had appeared behind him without him noticing, looking at the crossbow in his hand with a curious expression.
Bi Yuan had barely uttered a single word when Wang Zhenqiu moved.
The foxtail grass in his hand was like the sharpest throwing knife, carrying a strange energy, and stabbed straight at Bi Yuan's wrist holding the crossbow.
The two of them instantly fought.
In the most chaotic area in the center of the village, a kind-looking middle-aged man was walking unhurriedly through the hail of bullets.
Wherever he went, whether it was rampaging villagers or activated mechanical puppets, chaos would inexplicably engulf them.
Some suddenly turned their guns on their own comrades;
Some, however, seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying, letting out a terrified scream and turning to run away.
He was like a master chess player, silently dividing the entire battlefield into small, unrelated pieces, creating the best conditions for his comrades to advance.
"Black pipe, nine o'clock position, suppressive fire!"
With a muffled response, on the high slope outside the village, Hei Guan's burly, towering figure knelt on the ground, the specially modified sniper rifle in his hand, with its exaggeratedly large caliber, spewing out angry energy.
Each Qi bomb carries terrifying kinetic energy enough to overturn an armored vehicle, precisely eliminating the firing points that pose the greatest threat to the temporary workers.
His sniper rifle, named Chongyue, is a specially made Qi-energy sniping weapon.
He uses his own Qi to compress and launch Qi bullets with extreme penetrating power, specifically designed to break through protective Qi and magical artifact defenses.
Its power increases as the user releases the restrictions on their body, making it a powerful magic weapon of the mid-grade Xuan level.
Just then, the company's main force finally arrived.
"Charge! Don't let a single one escape!"
Xu Si, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, kicked open the village gate, which had been almost completely destroyed. Behind him stood dozens of elite soldiers dressed in the standard combat uniforms of the Nadutong Company.
At the very front of the crowd, two figures took the lead.
"Sister Bao'er, you can have those three on the left, and I'll take the one on the right that looks a bit silly!"
As Zhang Chulan ran, he shouted with great vigor, his shameless attitude reaching its peak at this moment.
He moved with lightning speed, his golden light spell protecting his entire body, and lightning flashed in his palms as he took the initiative to meet Ding Zihuan, one of the twelve superior talents.
"Boy, court death!"
Seeing that the newcomer was just a young boy, Ding Zihuan sneered and pounced on him.
However, Zhang Chulan just chuckled, then suddenly ducked down, dodging the attack in an extremely sleazy manner.
"I'm sorry, I'm not looking for you."
Before he finished speaking, a petite figure appeared behind Ding Zihuan like a ghost.
She held two unremarkable knives in her hands, her face still expressionless, but a pure, beast-like killing intent flashed in her empty eyes.
The battle was over the instant it began.
Meanwhile, Zhang Yunyuan, disguised as "Li Fei," had already quietly left the battlefield.
He moved like a true shadow along the edge of the chaotic battlefield, attracting no one's attention.
His goal is clear.
The girl, Chen Duo, who was being held captive in the deepest part of the village, was now staring blankly at the towering flames outside the window.
Chapter 223 Ma Xianhong's Fury, Divine Mechanism Array
He watched helplessly as his life's work, the utopia that embodied all his ideals and hopes, was gradually reduced to ruins and flames under the combined attack from within and without.
He watched as the villagers who had followed him either turned into monsters under the influence of the furnace or fell into pools of blood in the chaos of battle.
Ma Xianhong's heart, which was already on the verge of breaking due to the collapse of his ideals, was completely filled with endless anger, resentment and despair at this moment!
"what--!"
A roar filled with endless madness and a destructive will erupted from his throat.
In his bloodshot eyes, the last trace of human emotion had vanished.
Instead, there is a pure madness that wants to drag all the "invaders," along with this already defiled world, into hell!
He suddenly raised his hands and slammed them hard on the control panel of the cultivation furnace beside him, which was already out of control!
"Since you all want it, then... you don't want it at all!"
"All of you... shall be buried with me!"
Rumble——!
With this final command, filled with destructive intent, he entered.
The entire Biyou Village trembled violently!
The earth is wailing!
All around the village, countless array nodes that he had set up in advance and hidden underground simultaneously lit up with a dazzling red light!
Those red lights shot into the sky, weaving in mid-air into an incredibly complex giant energy net that covered the entire village!
Divine Array, activate!
“Buzz buzz—!”
The village was filled with the grating sound of machinery turning from inside all the buildings, whether they were houses or workshops.
The walls flipped over, and the ground cracked!
Countless bizarrely shaped divine creations, gleaming with a cold metallic luster, were fully activated, like demons crawling out of hell!
There were crossbow towers with rotating mechanisms, mechanical beasts that could spew high-temperature flames, and countless combat puppets that looked like "Ru Hua" but whose eyes flashed with pure killing red light, surging out from all directions like a tide!
These arrow towers and mechanical beasts are at least mid-grade yellow-level magical artifacts.
These ordinary combat puppets, lacking intelligence, are only of the lower Yellow Rank.
However, for ritual implements, being classified as a high-grade item is already quite remarkable.
Before the Jia Shen Rebellion, Yiqi was also a weapon-refining sect, but its quality was low and it was not even considered a top-tier sect!
In today's world of supernatural beings, possessing a Yellow-grade magical artifact, combined with the cultivation of a first-rate supernatural being, is enough to dominate the world.
Their target is all living beings that the formation has identified as "intruders"!
Indiscriminate, devastating attack!
Seeing that Ma Xianhong had gone mad, Jin Yangzi knew that the most important thing right now was the Poisonous Saint Child, so he immediately flew towards the area where Chen Duo was.
"Holy crap! What's going on?!"
Wang Zhenqiu, who was entangled in a fight with Bi Yuan, suddenly felt a tightness under his feet. Several metal vines burst out of the ground and coiled around his ankles like venomous snakes, forcing him to jump back and dodge in a sorry state.
On the other side, Xiao Zizai, who was "cleaning up the trash", was also targeted by several crossbow towers that suddenly popped out of the wall. Amidst the dense sound of arrows cutting through the air, dozens of crossbow bolts flashing with cold light shot towards him.
"Amitabha, this is getting more and more interesting."
Instead of being alarmed, Xiao Zizai pushed up his glasses, and his eyes behind the lenses flashed with an almost manic, morbid excitement.
He licked his lips, and the smile on his face, which always wore a gentle one, grew even brighter, and also more... dangerous.
Faced with the overwhelming rain of arrows, he didn't even try to dodge. He simply raised his hands slowly, palms facing forward, and muttered a Buddhist chant, his voice chilling like a ghost's whisper:
"Great compassion and mercy..."
The next moment, countless golden palm shadows erupted from in front of him, so fast and dense that they instantly formed a giant golden wall made of pure palm force in front of him!
Ding-ding-ding-ding-!
The dozens of crossbow bolts, powerful enough to pierce steel plates, were deflected and shattered into scrap metal the moment they struck the wall, as if they had hit the hardest diamond!
Xiao Zizai's offensive is far from over!
"...Slap!"
As he uttered his last word, the golden palm wall surged forward!