Saint Sovereign of Nine Heavens

Ho Zhong was in a dilemma and could not help but feel relieved. On one hand, he didn't want to offend Cui Jin and the Yue brothers, and on the other hand, he didn't want Chen Yu to fight with Cui Jin and the Yue Clan brothers. Even if Chen Yu left the team, it wasn't what he wanted. However, Ho Zhong's authority in the team couldn't be compared with Cui Jin's. The only ones he could affect were Gu Luo and Shangguan Lan. Ho Zhong couldn't stop Cui Jin.    

"It should be the Ruling Spirit Sect warriors who have already found the whereabouts of the Spiritual Soul at Feng Qiu's side!" Ho Zhong said.    

"Let's go as well!" Cui Jin made a prompt decision as he used his movement technique to dash forward.    

Yue Lun sneered as he glanced at Chen Yu. He then reunited with his brother Yue Peng and followed closely behind Cui Jin.    

After them were Shangguan Lan and Gu Luo.    

"Brother Chen?" Ho Zhong said with a trace of apprehension.    

"Let's go!" Chen Yu strode forward and headed in the direction of Cui Jin's group. After breaking through the second level of Heavenly Astral Stage, not to mention just a mere Yue Kun, even Cui Jin didn't pose too much of a threat to him.    

Within the mist, human figures were rushing towards the direction of Fengqiu, vying to be the first to arrive.    

This situation was probably Gongsun Hao's doing.    

However, this situation came a little too quickly, probably because the situation on Feng Qiu's side had changed.    

Within the dense fog, the stream of people converged into a river, and soon, sounds of quarrelling could be heard, along with some confusion.    

Most of the people did not care about the chaos around them, and were in a hurry to head towards Fengqiu City, afraid that if they were too slow, they would lose the chance to snatch the Spiritual Soul s.    

Chen Yu did not intentionally increase his speed, but followed behind Cui Jin and the Yue brothers leisurely.    

Suddenly, a shadow flashed past Ho Zhong's side. It seemed like most warriors were anxious to fight for the direction of Fengqiu and wanted to pass by Ho Zhong.    

"Be careful!" Chen Yu instinctively felt a sense of approaching danger. He turned around and looked at that person as he shouted loudly.    

As soon as Wu Tie spoke, a saber light shot out from the running figure's hand and fiercely slashed towards Ho Zhong.    

The originally expressionless face of the person who attacked revealed a sinister and cruel look.    

Ho Zhong was shocked. He stopped and threw out a punch.    

"Pa!" The Astral Energy on Ho Zhong's fist was extremely condensed. As the Astral Energy was torn apart, his body swayed and he took two steps back to avoid the blade.    

"Wake up!" The middle-aged man was a bit surprised, but his expression became even more fierce as he swung the second blade.    

Chen Yuzheng was about to lend a helping hand to Ho Zhong when he suddenly had a thought. He turned around and pointed to the side. A stream of blood-colored qi broke out from his finger and became as sharp as a sword.    

A man with a sword in his hand jumped over and hurriedly blocked Chen Yu's finger with a vibrating sword.    

"Could it be Jiang Zhu?" Liu Tie knew that he and Ho Zhong had been targeted by someone. He immediately pulled out his saber and swung it before the sword-wielding man could pounce on him.    

Ding, the sword light was suppressed by the Wind Stabilization Blade, it became dim, after the blades clashed, the man holding the sword revealed a shocked expression, he shouted: "The target is here, quickly come and support!"    

Chen Yu strode forward and slashed out the second time. The momentum of the second slash was extremely violent. It combined with the first slash like a thunderous roar that shook the nine heavens.    

"What's going on? Even a small fry on the second level of Heavenly Astral Stage is unable to deal with it?" A lazy voice rang out. Ten meters away, another person was rapidly approaching.    

The sword wielding man retreated suddenly, but it was still not as fast as the Wind Stabilization Blade s in Chen Yu's hands. After the sword light was shattered by the Wind Stabilization Blade s attack, the sword swayed to the side, Chen Yu's figure was like the wind as he closed the distance.    

When half of the people who pounced on him saw the gush of blood, their expressions immediately turned aghast. After which, with a stern shout, he leaped back and said: "This cannot be done, quickly retreat!"    

Chen Yu did not pursue him. With a flash of his body, he dashed towards the man who ambushed Ho Zhong.    

The man who sneaked an attack on Ho Zhong also saw the scene of Chen Yu killing his companion with a single slash of his saber. His face was filled with fear, as if he was on the verge of death.    

"Retreat!" When Chen Yu approached the man, a hoarse and eerie voice sounded. Chen Yu had a feeling and suddenly turned his head, only to see a shadow coming over like a ghost. At the same time, three dark and deep sharp small swords and a blade light that seemed to come from the deepest part of the darkness arrived.    

The saber light was heading straight for Chen Yu's face. It carried a sense of death, causing the shadows and shadows to twist, making one feel absent-minded.    

Chen Yu was shocked awake for a moment. The qi and blood in his entire body surged as he cut out with his saber. After shattering the small astral sword that was heading towards him, he struck the dark knife directly.    

A wave of energy that was not much weaker than Chen Yu came from the blade, causing Chen Yu's body to sink.    

After the saber light made a mistake, the shadow flashed and crossed paths with Chen Yu. It was light and strange, borrowing Chen Yu's blade force to quickly leave. As he was leaving, he suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the dead body of the warrior that Chen Yu had killed and hid it in the fog.    

At the same time, the medium build man that failed to kill Ho Zhong with a sneak attack also jumped out of Ho Zhong's sword force range and ran towards the distance.    

The battle had come and ended very quickly.    

Only then did Ho Zhong, whose face was slightly pale, start to gasp for breath, feeling the fear of escaping from the depths of death. When that person approached Ho Zhong just now, he didn't have much defenses up. If it wasn't for Chen Yu's shout, Ho Zhong might have already been killed.    

"It's not Jiang Zhu!" Chen Yu furrowed his brows, and in the end, the person who slashed out the Dark Blade was very strong. His blade technique was strange and profound, but his realm was not high, probably only at the fourth level of the Heavenly Astral Stage.    

"It should be that Qin Lianyi from Silver Snow City!" Ho Zhong said: "This person only has the cultivation of Heavenly Astral Stage level 4, but his combat power is extremely strong. He is good at sneak attacks and has trained his family's Shadow Movement Technique to an extremely profound level. More than a dozen warriors had died under his sneak attack during this period of time. There was even a warrior of the seventh floor of the Heavenly Astral Stage. Fortunately, he did not attack me personally this time, otherwise, I would most likely not be lucky! "    

"The ninth ranked city of Silver Snow City?" Chen Yu said, "This person's strength is not to be underestimated. You have to be careful!"    

"En!" Ho Zhong nodded and said, "I hope we're not targeted by him. Otherwise, we have to be on guard against him at all times!"    

"Ho Zhong, Chen Yu, are you two alright?" At this moment, a slim figure walked back to the front and stood in front of Wu Tie and Shangguan Lan.    

"I was ambushed by Qin Lian!" Ho Zhong said.    

"Ah!" Shangguan Lan cried out in surprise.    

While speaking, Gu Luo, the Yue brothers, and Cui Jin all turned around.    

Ho Zhong briefly introduced the situation.    

Anger and worry appeared on everyone's faces.    

After determining that Ho Zhong was not injured, Cui Jin's gaze fell on Chen Yu as he said, "He was not injured and was instead killed by luck. You sure are lucky!"    

Chen Yu shrugged and ignored him.    

"Let's go, Ho Zhong, don't fall behind again. Everyone be careful! " When Cui Jin saw Chen Yu's expression, he snorted and his eyes turned cold. However, in the end, he did not say anything and turned around to take a step.    

The crowd followed, not daring to gallop at full speed.    

However, the journey was peaceful. Four hours later, when the sky gradually darkened, they arrived at a valley. They saw a black mass of people gathering at the entrance of the valley, accompanied by noisy curses and shouts.    

"Scram, is it really that big of a deal if you're from a branch sect?"    

"That's right, if you know what's good for you, step aside. Otherwise, don't blame us for being impolite!"    

"The Spiritual Soul has it, how can it be taken by the disciples of your branch sects? Quickly get out of the way!"    

"…"    

"…"    

Cui Jin frowned slightly. The Astral Energy around him started to revolve, revealing a strong and sharp Qi. It pushed through the crowd of people, and wherever it went, those who sensed his strong Qi would all move away.    

Chen Yu followed behind Ho Zhong, looking quite relaxed.    

Soon, Chen Yu saw more than thirty warriors standing side by side at the front of the gathering crowd. Each of them had weapons in their hands, and their auras were deep and powerful.    

In front of these thirty-odd warriors, there was a blank area of ten-odd meters. On this blank area lay seven to eight dead bodies, blood flowing everywhere.    

Without a doubt, the martial artists from the 72 Cities that arrived first were killed on the spot when they tried to rush into the valley's entrance.    

Chen Yu was not surprised by this scene. Since Ruling Spirit Sect Branch's three squads had locked onto the Spiritual Soul 'Spirit Connecting Vine, they naturally had to set up men to prevent others from approaching.    

These practitioners who were killed were obviously blinded by the Spiritual Soul's enticement, to the point that they were the first to provoke the people whose Ruling Spirit Sect Branch was at the entrance of the valley, resulting in them losing their lives.    

Due to the deterrence of these corpses, the martial practitioners who had rushed over and gathered outside the valley were unable to enter the valley as soon as possible.    

"After we pass this valley, the land is open, and the hill is over there!" Ho Zhong also saw the situation clearly and said this to Chen Yu.    

Chen Yu nodded. His gaze swept across more than thirty sub-school disciples' faces to confirm the cultivation realm of these sub-school disciples.    

Chen Yu was shocked when he saw it.    

It was no wonder that the warriors gathered here didn't dare to move even though they were clamoring. Standing at the entrance of the valley were a total of thirty-two disciples. Among them, there were as many as five experts at the seventh level of Heavenly Astral Stage, and the rest were mostly at the sixth level of Heavenly Astral Stage.    

Just this group of sub-school disciples had strength that completely surpassed Deng Zitong's team, which Chen Yu had encountered a few days ago. Moreover, Chen Yu was sure that these thirty-two people were only a part of one of the three teams in the sub-school!    

It was unknown which of these disciples were the followers of Feng Xuan, Chen Daolin, and Situ Lan!    

The clamoring and questioning continued, but no one made the first move.    

Chen Yu landed on the face of a tall and straight man with a stern expression, who was dressed in white clothes. This person was only twenty-one or twenty-two years old. He held a silver-white sword in his hand. The tip of the sword was pointed diagonally to the ground and did not even tremble. His grip on the sword could be said to be terrifyingly steady.    

In Chen Yu's eyes, this person was the strongest out of the five Martial Cultivator of the Seventh Layer of the Heavenly Astral Stage.    

In addition, an incomparably muscular man also caught Chen Yu's attention. Although Yue Kun and Yue Peng's stature could be considered extremely tall and sturdy, they were still inferior to that man.    

A copper rod was stabbed into the ground in front of the man, giving off a feeling of a heavy mountain.    

"What are you all hesitating for? Although the disciples of the branch sects are difficult to deal with, they only have thirty-two people, and we, have over five hundred people, so we relied on numbers to kill them! " In the midst of the clamor and curses, a familiar voice sounded. It suppressed the other sounds and had an undisguised tone of incitement.    

The white clothed man from the branch sect frowned and looked towards the direction of the voice.    

What he saw were only numerous silhouettes.    

"Gongsun Hao!" Ho Zhong said in a low voice as he looked towards Chen Yu.