406(bad)(1) - Senior Sister Is on Top

Before she could speak, her senior sister reached out and pressed a finger to her lips. "Silly girl, you want to leave your senior sister behind? Have you forgotten that we are bound by a contract, sharing life and death? Or do you want to take all the credit for yourself?" If not for her trust in her junior sister's stubbornness, she would have suspected the latter. "What credit?" Tang Muxi blushed and bit her senior sister's finger, mumbling, "Together it is. If you run, I'll drag you back." Despite her words, she had indeed forgotten just moments ago. Leaving the military camp, Tang Muxi no longer hesitated and ordered her troops to enter the city through the front gate. Since the enemy refused to come out, she had no choice but to declare war. To intimidate the enemy to the fullest, she directly summoned the Qiankun Bagua. Though it wasn't fully activated, the divine light of the artifact was dazzling. From a hidden location in the city, Yun Yuchen saw the figures of the Divine Emperor and her companions, along with the artifact's brilliance, and couldn't help but smirk. "Impatient as expected. Do you think summoning an artifact will make me retreat? Naive." He watched from a distance, ensuring everyone had entered the city before waving his hand to close the city gate and appearing openly on the top floor of the city tower. Tang Muxi, ever vigilant, immediately locked her gaze on him as soon as he appeared. "Yun Yuchen? I thought today's trap was set by the Grand Elder of Xunyi." Yun Yuchen laughed heartily. "He is suppressed under the White Tiger Avatar and can barely protect himself. How could he have the leisure to play this game with you, Your Highness?" "Game, indeed a fitting term." Tang Muxi spread her spiritual senses and found that the enemy only closed the gate but didn't activate the city's defense formation to trap them. She couldn't help but feel suspicious. "You went to great lengths to lure me here. Do you intend just to shut the door and chat?" With those words, Tang Muxi suddenly made her move, activating the Qiankun Bagua without hesitation. Countless spiritual threads shot out from the Yin-Yang array. This was the Spirit Binding Array, unique to the divine artifact. Its activation was like divine punishment, locking the power of anyone touched by the threads regardless of their cultivation. Unless the opponent had another divine artifact to counter it, they would be at her mercy. Tang Muxi suspected Yun Yuchen might be connected to the Ghost Emperor and could possess fragments of the Wraith Seal. Afraid that one strike wouldn't capture him and he'd escape, she also set up a sealing formation. Three interlocking layers of formations appeared under Yun Yuchen's feet, trapping not just those within but also sealing off all spiritual energy and light. Got him! Now all she needed was for the spiritual threads to touch him, and he would be completely captured! Tang Muxi, engrossed in her triumph, didn't notice Yun Yuchen's calm demeanor despite being trapped. Moments later, the countless threads touched him but passed through his body without binding him. Everyone was stunned by this sight. As the user of the divine artifact, Tang Muxi was even more shocked. "An illusion." Jiang Yin quickly realized, sneering. No wonder he showed himself so easily; he was prepared all along. Yun Yuchen, stroking his beard and laughing, said, "Indeed, you are clever. But can you see through not just my form but also the surrounding environment?" As he finished speaking, the surroundings began to change. The bricks and beams collapsed and disintegrated, turning into fragments that surrounded and spun around them. At the same time, a golden crow fell, engulfed in flames. Though an illusion, the heat was overwhelming, comparable to divine fire from the earth's veins. Jiang Yin, knowing her junior sister hated extreme heat, stepped forward and summoned the Demon Imprisoning Blade. With a swing, a massive sword energy clashed with the golden crow, shattering it. The residual force struck the "sky," causing light to burst from the array. This revealed they had been trapped in a formation since the gate closed. "We've fallen into a trap," Jiang Yin said gravely. Unwilling to give up, she attacked the formation with the Demon Imprisoning Blade again, but it remained unmoved. In reality, her attacks were effective, but fragments of the Wraith Seal absorbed much of the force, feeding the array. Had she combined her strength with her junior sister, they might have broken through. But a moment's negligence worsened their situation. Yun Yuchen, seeing the formation strengthen, laughed and summoned numerous phantom cultivators to attack, aiming to provoke further strikes. "This is the final battle. Do your best, Your Highness." With that, his figure dissipated into dust. The three-layer sealing formation remained mockingly intact. As the army of phantoms surged, Tang Muxi, wary of the previous golden crow, ordered an attack. What seemed like a fierce battle turned out to be easy, as the enemies were too weak, easily shattered by her soldiers. Though sensing something amiss, Tang Muxi couldn't afford to let the enemy overwhelm them and continued attacking. Despite her wisdom, she fell into the trap. When they realized their attacks only strengthened the formation, it was too late. Chapter 232 "Something's wrong..." Jiang Yin, seeing the endless phantoms, stopped in her tracks and even halted her junior sister's attack.