Chapter 316 - 291: Breaking the Statue_1

There were just too many mountain people. Even cutting a large cabbage would require an expenditure of energy.

Of course, it was impossible for every mountain person to reach the level of Martial Marquis.

In fact, most mountain people didn’t bear many Will Power Patterns on their bodies. They only had a few or a dozen, their power was stronger than that of ordinary people, but still weaker than Limit Breaking Warriors.

Only a small part of them had attained the stage of Limit Breaking Warriors.

As for those who reached the level of Martial Marquis, they were even fewer.

However, the sheer number of them was overwhelming.

A crowd of more than ten thousand people would already be a sea of people, let alone several hundreds of thousands.

Not to mention, among them were existences at the Grandmaster Level and the True Body Realm.

Thud!

Lu Yan exchanged blows with a mountain man who was incredibly muscular and covered in Will Power Patterns, sending him flying hundreds of meters away and killing a dozen other mountain people in the process.

However, this man did not die. His ruined body quickly recovered under the connection of the Will Power Patterns.

This was different from Martial Spirit.

For these mountain people, those below the True Body Realm were no different from ordinary Martial Cultivators. If their vital points were hit, they would die. Only those above the True Body Realm had formidable life force.

This was as one would expect.

Otherwise, fielding an immortal army would make one invincible under the heavens.

Whoosh!

From the left, a spear thrust towards Lu Yan at an astonishing speed.

Without turning his head, Lu Yan punched back.

With a thud, his fist, covered in scales and harder than a Divine Weapon, hit the spear. The spear burst into pieces immediately, and the spear wielder was riddled with fragments from his broken spear.

However, this man was also at the True Body Realm, his body quickly recovered and he again rushed to attack Lu Yan.

"Persistent Spring Rain."

Lu Yan touched his waist, took out a War Knife from the Sumi Mustard Seed Bag, and performed the Persistent Spring Rain move of the Spring and Autumn Blade Technique.

In an instant, the sky was full of blade lights.

These blade lights were thin, like a drizzle. They bombarded the body of the True Body Realm mountain man.

Splatter! Splatter!...

Blood and flesh flew all over. When the blade lights swept past, the man was reduced to a skeleton. His blood and flesh dispersed, then with a thump, his bones scattered on the ground, never getting up again.

Lu Yan’s eyes brightened.

This move really worked, it could defeat adversaries in one stroke.

"Yinuo, charge its way."

Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo grouped together and battled towards the outside. Along the way, corpses lay everywhere.

Applause...

High in the sky, energy surged once more. This time the surging energy was especially terrifying because it had been gathering force continuously.

Then, two bolts of lightning as thick as a man’s waist smashed down towards the two of them.

The speed of the lightning was too fast; there was no time to dodge.

By the time they saw it, the lightning had already fallen onto their heads. Their only choice was to resist with all their might.

Two violent booms followed. Shen Yinuo’s Great Sun Melting Furnace dimmed significantly from the impact, while Lu Yan felt a stinging pain all over his body. The surface of his skin even began to ooze traces of blood.

Because of this, their momentum of rushing out was blocked, and they were surrounded by hordes of mountain people.

Moreover, on the altar, those eight elders were hovering in mid-air.

Two of them headed towards another outsider, while the remaining six rushed towards Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo.

The Will Power Patterns covering their bodies were incredibly numerous — so dense they made one dizzy just by looking at them.

They swiftly moved their hands to draw strange tracks.

As their fingers danced, the glow from the Will Power Patterns on their bodies filled the area. The energy between heaven and earth was drawn towards them; some were transformed into giant swords, some into long spears, and others into fierce tigers... all charging towards Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo.

Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo were both startled.

This type of method was generally only employed by those at the Primordial Spirit Realm.

But they could sense that the attacks didn’t reach the level of the Primordial Spirit Realm.

Lu Yan continued to swing his blade in unison with Shen Yinuo, deflecting all the attacks from the six elders.

"They aren’t that strong, far from the Primordial Spirit Realm, but they surpass the average True Body Seventh Refinement."

An idea struck Lu Yan.

These eight elders were probably the strongest among hundreds of thousands of mountain people.

When the first wave of attacks failed, the six elders launched another attack, gathering the power between heaven and earth.

"Yinuo, you pave the way, and I will hold them back."

Lu Yan relayed his plan to Shen Yinuo.

With their backs against each other, Shen Yinuo was tasked with burrowing an exit, exterminating a large number of mountain people in the process.

Meanwhile, Lu Yan followed closely behind Shen Yinuo, warding off all attacks from behind, including those from the six elders.

At this moment, the statue on the altar started vibrating slightly, as if it were enraged.

Then, countless patterns emerged on the statue, and a strong Will Power radiated out, emitting a unique glow that showered upon the hundreds of thousands of mountain people, particularly those eight elders and the mountain people at the True Body Realm.

Suddenly, the strength of the hundreds of thousands of mountain people increased significantly.

Those mountain people at the True Body Realm also saw their power surge as the light from their Will Power Patterns became more intense.

With those eight elders included, there were more than twenty True Body Realm mountain people at this place.

This was an enormous force.

At least a dozen of them targeted Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo, utterly disregarding death and defense, they wildly attacked Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Lu Yan fended off the elders’ attacks with a few knife swings, then slashed one True Body Realm mountain man in half. But this man, unharmed, recovered quickly.

"Persistent Spring Rain."

Lu Yan unleashed this move again. A dense swarm of blade lights rushed forth, reducing the man to nothing but a skeleton.

But this time, the man incredibly didn’t die. His shattered flesh and blood actually flew back to the skeleton, reassembling rapidly.

"It’s that statue."

Lu Yan’s pupils contracted.

The key to defeating these True Body Realm mountain people was to erase the Will Power Patterns on their bodies.

Previously, one stroke of the Spring Rain Technique could completely erase the willpower patterns on his opponents.

But now, with the blessing of the statue, their willpower patterns remained intact, still glowing brightly.

At this moment, although they had rushed some distance away and not far from the city wall, they were still surrounded by dense crowds, as endless as the sea.

Moreover, the energy upheavals in the sky could cause fatal attacks at any moment.

The situation was growing dire.

After all, their true vigor was limited and might be exhausted before they could escape.

"Both of you need to destroy that statue first if you want to get out," a voice came from nearby.

It was another person who had entered the city.

From a distance, this man seemed not to be very old.

At least he appeared to be in his thirties, but his combat power was terrifying, with a cultivation level at least at the True Body Seventh Refining Stage, and his True Body was not low-ranked, otherwise, he couldn’t have endured so long.

His words coincided exactly with Lu Yan’s thoughts.

As long as the statue was destroyed, they would be unstoppable just by these mountain people.

"Don’t expect to reap the benefits of our work. If you want to act, you should act together with us and bring down that statue," Lu Yan shouted in a low voice.

"Alright, kill!" the man responded, stopped charging outwards, and rushed towards the altar instead.

The man’s method of attack took Lu Yan aback.

The man’s skin turned dark green, poison filled the air with every movement he made. Many mountain people were directly corroded by his dreadful poison, even their willpower patterns could hardly withstand it.

This tactic reminded Lu Yan of the Fang Family in Jinzhou, it was very similar.

But this man’s use of poison was clearly even more powerful than the Fang Family’s.

As this man rushed towards the statue, more mountain people charged at him with an even higher level of rage.

"Yinuo, head towards that statue," Lu Yan commanded, wielding his war knife and opening up a path in front of them.

Ignoring the attacks of most of the mountain people, he relentlessly pressed on using his formidable body-refining martial arts skills.

Even the mountain people who were at the True Body Realm couldn’t stop him.

Thump! Thump!

Lu Yan leaped forward, cleaving two elders in half.

Lu Yan and Yinuo charged through the crowds heading towards the statue.

Boom! Boom!

Two streaks of lightning fell from the sky above.

"I’ll hold them off, you attack the statue," Yinuo shouted, urging the Great Sun Melting Furnace to hover above their heads and blocking both streaks of lightning.

Meanwhile, Lu Yan took out his bow and arrow and aimed at the statue.

The next moment!

Whoosh!

An arrow pierced through the air, shooting towards the statue.

Nine Ring Arrow.

Since he had advanced to the True Body Fifth Refining Stage, the time it took for Lu Yan to fire the Nine Ring Arrow had greatly reduced to just one breath.

The arrow sped so fast that none of the hundreds of thousands of mountain people could block it.

"How dare you..."

Two women beside the statue screamed as one moved to fend off the arrow with her sword.

These two women were different from the mountain people, with not a trace of willpower patterns on their bodies. They were genuine martial cultivators and not weak ones at that. The woman wielding the sword had reached the True Body Sixth Refining Stage, and judging by her appearance, she was even an Upper True Body.

However, an Upper True Body at the Sixth Refining Stage was far behind Lu Yan.

Clang!

The woman’s war sword flew out of her hand as the arrow pierced through her chest and hit the statue.

Boom!

A layer of light emerged from the statue, blocking the arrow and causing a violent explosion.

Whoosh!

Lu Yan’s second arrow immediately flew out.

The same Nine Ring Arrow.

The time it took to charge the arrow had been reduced to one breath, which greatly increased Lu Yan’s shooting speed.

Lu Yan estimated that once he advanced to the True Body Sixth Refining stage, he would be able to instantly release the Nine Ring Arrow.

There was another woman under the statue. However, a trace of fear flashed across her eyes, and her body stiffened, preventing her from blocking the incoming arrow in time.

Boom!

This arrow, untouched and undiminished, struck the statue squarely, causing the light shield around the statue to shake violently, and its brilliance noticeably dimmed.

"Kill them, stop him."

"How dare they attack the Immortal Lord’s statue, the Immortal Lord will be outraged."

"Blasted blasphemers, they deserve a thousand deaths."

The attack on the statue drove the mountain people even more insane as they leaped towards Lu Yan and Yinuo in an ecstatic frenzy.

"Great Sun Melting Furnace, Sun in the Sky."

Yinuo shouted, leaping onto the Great Sun Melting Furnace as if her body was merging with it.

The Great Sun Melting Furnace released boundless light, illuminating everything for tens of miles around like daylight. It was as if an actual sun had risen in mid-air, emitting terrifying heat.

Ah...

Large groups of mountain people turned to ash under the light radiated by the Great Sun Melting Furnace.

Even the mountain people at the True Body Realm were engulfed in flames, the willpower patterns on their bodies were rapidly corroded and darkened by the burning.

As the statue came under attack, the blessings it offered the mountain people seemed to weaken.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Yan took action again.

In two breaths of time, two more arrows were fired.</p