173 Avoiding Battle
“Xin Yu is here! Everyone, get ready!” Ling Qingyun’s voice suddenly appeared in the minds of the 100,000 cultivators in the Divine Gate’s Nine Heavens Array.

Zhou Yun could feel that all his spiritual energy meridians were pulsating as if they were alive! His spiritual energy meridians resonated like blood vessels as they crazily transmitted spiritual energy to every corner of the array.

He knew that the array had begun to operate! He retracted his thoughts and closed his eyes to sense the information that the array was sending to him through his spiritual energy meridians.

Very quickly, all 100,000 cultivators, including Zhou Yun, “saw” the same scene through the meridians of the array. They saw a petite young lady who was wrapped in bandages.

She was clearly physically weak, like a young girl who had just recovered from a serious illness. Yet at this moment, she was floating in front of the great array that was controlled by 100,000 cultivators!

The aura on her body was ordinary, as if she was a mortal, harmless to humans and animals.

However, just by standing there and “looking” at her, the 100,000 cultivators felt as if their hearts had been struck by a huge hammer. They found it difficult to breathe and almost knelt down to the ground.

“Is this Xin Yu’s true strength? It is so different from mine. I can only summon the great momentum of heaven and earth in front of me. She’s already mastered its use to the point of perfection!” Zhou Yun thought to himself as he felt terrorized by her.

Other than sharing the spiritual energy and damage, everyone in the entire array shared the same vision as well.

At this moment, all of them were looking at Xin Yu through the array’s shared vision.

As 100,000 cultivators shared the damage, all of them felt their hearts sink, and they almost suffocated just by looking at her.

No one dared to imagine what would happen to them if they were to meet Xin Yu’s eyes face-to-face.

“So this is a nascent soul cultivator! Her every move seems to be one with nature, without a single flaw!” Ling Qingyun said as she gritted her teeth. The pressure she felt from Xin Yu was even more terrifying than she had imagined!

Ling Qingyun was a late-stage golden core cultivator! She had the backing of the spiritual weapon she inherited from Spirit Valley and 100,000 cultivators to share the damage she took.

Yet, Ling Qingyun felt breathless just looking at Xin Yu. The latter was absolutely terrifying.

“No! We must not start a war with Xin Yu! We must convince her to come to our side before she takes action!” Ling Qingyun quickly made her decision.

At the center of the Divine Gate’s Nine Heavens Array, there was a glazed heart!

This glazed heart wasn’t the one that was used in trials in the Spirit Valley’s spiritually deprived ground. That one had already been smashed by Ling Qingyun. This glazed heart was one that Zhou Yun had taken out after he had passed the trial in the Myriad Flower School’s spiritually deprived ground.

His performance was within everyone’s expectations. Relying on his powerful strength, Zhou Yun quickly passed the Myriad Flower School’s trial.

He found some inheritances, a strange flame, and a glazed heart inside.

However, Zhou Yun felt that it was a pity that even this strange flame and inheritances were too weak compared to the ones from Spirit Valley! Zhou Yun was not interested in the inheritances. Even though they were considered the strongest cultivation techniques in this world, they were a grade lower than his Saint Fire Mantra!

That strange flame was just an ordinary strange flame. It was far inferior compared to the phoenix fire, which was held in high regard and could be called an auspicious flame of heaven and earth.

However, it was better than nothing. Zhou Yun absorbed it regardless, and his Saint Fire Body became even stronger!

Ling Qingyun looked at the glazed heart in the Divine Gate’s Nine Heavens Array. As expected, Xin Yu didn’t realize that this glazed heart wasn’t the one from the Spirit Valley’s spiritually deprived ground. Instead, it was the Myriad Flower School’s glazed heart.

However, what Ling Qingyun wanted to do now was to make Xin Yu stop and not fight. For the five upright sects and all the cultivators in the world, this battle would only bring them harm and no benefit.

Just as Xin Yu was looking at the entire array and could not help but smile, she was suddenly stunned.

She saw Ling Qingyun leave the array center of the Divine Gate’s Nine Heavens Array and stab out at the glazed heart with her spiritual sword!

“Is she going to attack the glazed heart instead of me? Do they actually think that the glazed heart is a part of my body? Is she trying to make me angry and reduce my combat power by destroying the glazed heart?” Xin Yu analyzed carefully.

“That’s good too. Quickly kill me. That way, my plan can be completed. However, I have to act a little,” Xin Yu concluded internally.

Ling Qingyun used her spiritual sword to cut the glazed heart in half. Then, she turned around and was about to shout at Xin Yu that they had all found out about her plan and wanted to talk.

However, she was stunned as she saw that Xin Yu, who was originally still in the air, had actually started to move!

“Everyone! Quickly, defend!” Ling Qingyun shrieked. Her voice reverberated in the minds of the 100,000 cultivators! She cursed internally, “Dammit! Why isn’t this heretic cultivator playing by the rules? Why didn’t she wait for me to say anything before she attacked?”

She grumbled, “Shouldn’t she have chastised me after seeing that I’ve destroyed her glazed heart, and then we would have a chance to negotiate with her?” Ling Qingyun was dumbstruck. She had never expected that Xin Yu would make her move so decisively!

In Ling Qingyun’s opinion, Xin Yu was a heretic cultivator, and there were no rules to speak of when she fought. She might talk one second and attack the next. That was why she had chosen to cut off the glazed heart to make Xin Yu stop, so that they would have a chance to talk.

Now, Ling Qingyun had not expected to make things worse. This wasn’t right. Xin Yu didn’t play by the rules.

Regardless of what Ling Qingyun thought, she had no choice but to face reality. They had to fight with Xin Yu. There was no time to breathe or talk.

Swish! With a flash, Xin Yu appeared right above the entire array! She condensed her spiritual energy in her hand. A ball that had been compressed infinitely appeared, shining with an intense light.

This powerful spiritual energy was compressed by the great momentum of heaven and earth, resulting in the surrounding space constantly collapsing!

Before Xin Yu even attacked, an unparalleled pressure was already transmitted to the 100,000 cultivators through the array!

Even Zhou Yun couldn’t help but bend his body to relieve such a powerful pressure.

He felt as if the air in his chest was being squeezed out by this pressure. He couldn’t even speak.

Ling Qingyun gritted her teeth hard. Against such a powerful enemy, even if she controlled the array with 100,000 cultivators, she did not have time to speak.

“We can only fight!” Ling Qingyun thought to herself. The spiritual energy of the entire array surged wildly! The battle had begun!