While the martial artists of the Mirror Moon Tower also fell into the hands of the enemy, some Daoist priests of the Fortune Celebration Temple were still a bit confused.
The old man in black had sent the crescent scimitars of the Mirror Moon Tower disciples bouncing back. It did not seem like a Daoist spell but more like the Martial Dao?
A young disciple thought he was mistaken and looked at his sect elder with searching eyes.
But he saw the elder had a grave expression.
Daoist cultivation and martial arts cultivation clashed to a certain extent.
Some people cultivated both, but none of them had reached a profound level.
What about the old man in black?
The captives of the Fortune Celebration Temple and the Mirror Moon Tower felt dejected and bewildered.
The people in Chang’an Fortress looked at Mister Black Cloud in awe.
The only one who did not look too good was the old bloody shadow demon.
At this moment, the old demon realized that the old man in black in front of it was indeed stronger.
Taking down the two groups of people of the Fortune Celebration Temple and the Mirror Moon Tower was no big deal to it.
But the Daoist priest of the Azure Cloud Temple earlier was another matter.
That Daoist priest had already reached the seventh realm of Daoism and had formed his nascent soul.
The old demon was stronger than him after it cultivated the Phoenix Blood Book imparted by His Majesty.
The only reason the Daoist priest of the Azure Cloud Temple chased it was because it had fought with the abbot of the Forgotten Truth Temple beforehand.
But even if it was uninjured and wanted to defeat the Daoist priest, it would have to go all out and spend a great deal of effort.
It could not have taken down the opponent as simply as Mister Black Cloud.
In particular, his first strike not only decapitated the opponent’s physical body but cut his nascent soul as well.
Only someone stronger than that Daoist priest of the Azure Cloud Temple could have done so.
Regardless of how many times the two sides fought, Mister Black Cloud would still win, and the Daoist priest would not have any chance to turn the tables.
This old devil is at the eighth realm. No, he should be even higher… The old bloody shadow demon felt frustrated after suffering an immense blow.
It had been full of hope that it could contribute when it went out this time.
In the end, it ended up in such a mess again.
The most disastrous thing was Mister Black Cloud was the one who came to get them out of the predicament.
This made the old bloody shadow demon, who always wanted to compete with the old man, feel even more depressed.
Upon seeing Mister Black Cloud float in front of it, the old demon subconsciously straightened up, not wanting to be underestimated by him.
“His Majesty is out of seclusion. Since you happen to be back in time, have an audience with him at once.” Mister Black Cloud did not sneer at it and only spoke plainly.
“Okay, I’ll go now.” The old bloody shadow demon took a deep breath.
Mister Black Cloud nodded and looked at the girl they had brought back. “What’s the matter with this child?”
“She has exceptional talents and is by no means inferior to the daughter of the Chen clan. I brought her back to present her to His Majesty.” The old bloody shadow demon coughed.
After sizing up the girl, Mister Black Cloud withdrew his gaze and passed by the old bloody shadow demon.
“It’s her destiny to have come to Chang’an.”
“Of course.” The old demon greeted Chen Jiezhi and the rest before it turned and flew toward the center of the fortress.
Chen Jiezhi brought the girl with him, and Chen Chaoyan held onto the Cloud Net Canopy. Guo Zi, Hui Tianyu, and the rest kept up with the two in front.
Looking at the back of Mister Black Cloud and the old bloody shadow demon, except for Chen Chaoyan, who was still a little confused, the others were muttering in their hearts.
They could roughly guess what the old bloody shadow demon was thinking.
Chen Chaoyan, a talent discovered by Mister Black Cloud, had the fortune to pass the Chang’an Fortress Lord’s test and was personally taught by the Fortress Lord, whose status in Chang’an Fortress had always been supreme.
It had happened to meet the talented girl and also wanted to send her to the Chang’an Fortress Lord.
In this way, it would be contributing by recommending her and thus would not lose out to Mister Black Cloud.
Chen Jiezhi looked at his niece, who was completely unaware of this, and sighed inwardly.
To be honest, the girl was indeed a genius in Daoist cultivation as well.
The Forgotten Truth Temple had scouted her on behalf of Chang’an Fortress, and the old bloody shadow demon had not misjudged.
She might not be inferior to Chen Chaoyan.
However, it would be hard for the old bloody shadow demon to compete against Mister Black Cloud.
These people had their own thoughts, and the old bloody shadow demon looked particularly gloomy.
But soon, the group’s attention was drawn to something else.
They swept through the air and looked down.
Previously, the forest and grain fields that were supposed to be outside the fortress were now inside.
The farmers who had been working in the fields were still there.
On another side, as far as they could see, the mine remained unchanged, no more, no less.
But the question was, hadn’t the walls flattened all the way outward?
The valleys surrounding the White Cloud Abyss had almost all been flattened, as though a knife had sheared them.
Why was there only one isolated mine preserved?
Why were the trees and fields still intact?
Why were the people in the orchard, ponds, and fields the same?
Did the fortress walls jump past them when they were pushing out toward them?
All of them, including the old bloody shadow demon, were shocked and in disbelief.
As a matter of fact, the people in Chang’an Fortress below were as surprised, feeling as though they were in a dream.
The people in the fortress had watched in shock as the fortress walls had pushed out in all directions toward them.
The people who were working outside of the fortress had watched in horror as the walls seemed to be a colossal roaming beast, trampling the earth and ‘charging’ toward them.
The people panicked and tried to escape, but there was no escape, and they could not outrun the speed of the walls.
As a result, they could only wait for death.
Who would have thought that a little while later, they looked up and saw that everyone was fine?
When they looked at their bodies, they did not find any wounds.
Turning around, they saw that the crops and seedlings in the fields were fine.
Only one fortress wall continued outward and away from them.
The wall, as if it were illusory, had passed right through their bodies!
However, the distant mountains and the primeval forest seemed to have been directly obliterated by an invisible force and flattened by the moving fortress wall.
Everything was so unreal that it was beyond the imagination of the people.
Some of them were bold and resigned themselves to their fate and went after the wall.
After chasing and chasing for a few kilometers, the wall finally stopped.
A farmer, panting with anger, stopped with his hands on his knees. A long time later, he summoned the courage to approach and touch the wall.
Then he began to doubt life.
The wall was real, hard, and solid, not an illusion.
But if such a wall had hit them, it would have crushed everyone to a pulp.
The fields and everything else would have been destroyed as well.
So what had actually happened?
More and more people were stunned and confused.
Someone eventually came to his senses and fell to the ground in front of the fortress wall.
Then more and more people worshiped the miracle.
This place was a different world.
They worshiped the fortress wall first and turned toward the center of the fortress to worship.
The old bloody shadow demon and others, still in a state of shock, arrived outside the Great Ming Palace together with Mister Black Cloud.
Then, to everyone’s surprise, they found that the palace had also changed.
The palace was surprisingly off the ground, hovering a thousand meters above the ground.
And like Chang’an Fortress, the palace was even larger and more majestic than before.
Golden auspicious clouds and sunlight crowded around the palace, enhancing the enormous palace.
At this moment, the center of Chang’an Fortress no longer resembled an earthly palace but was like a celestial palace in heaven.
When the people on the ground looked up at the sky, it was as though there was a second sun in the sky.
Rays of glowing light seemed to form stairs that extended downward from the Great Ming Palace.
This heavenly palace dominated the majestic fortress before them.
The old bloody shadow demon and the others were dumbfounded, not expecting to see such a dramatic change after just one trip out of the fortress and coming back.
Mister Black Cloud led them to land on the glowing stairs and then bowed to the heavenly palace above.
“Your Majesty, Bloody Shadow and the rest have returned.”
A clear, dignified voice sounded in everyone’s ears. “Come in, Bloody Shadow.”
The old bloody shadow demon took a deep breath. “I will obey your order.”
It stood up. Not daring to fly, it honestly went up the stairs one step at a time.
Mister Black Cloud and the others stayed where they were, not daring to move.
However, a few of them looked up at the old bloody shadow demon’s back and the heavenly palace above lingering with golden light, and their eyes were full of envy and yearning.