140: The situation is critical! Wang Teng returns!

Returning to the City Lord’s Mansion, Shen Li sat down, leaning back in his chair, remaining silent.

Before long, another person came to report that a Cultivator with a broken arm had arrived in the city.

Shen Li’s eyes flickered, but he ordered the person to be brought in.

It turned out to be the True Disciple from Wanjian Villa.

His right arm was now broken, leaving nothing but an empty space.

His sleeve hung limply, looking utterly miserable.

Seeing the state of the True Inheritor of Beast Control and Yang Dingtian, this True Disciple had clearly anticipated it and sat down as Shen Li indicated.

He then said in a deep voice.

“Half-Step Dao Foundation?”

“Half-Step Dao Foundation!”

“Are the Senior Brothers and Junior Brothers all right?”

The few of them said with relief.

“When we left Yanmo Mountain to compete for the longevity pill, many of our Senior Brothers and Junior Brothers were injured to varying degrees from the battle, so they went to Wang Family Market early to recuperate.”

“So there were no injuries.”

“What about the Disciples of Piao Miao Immortal Sect?” Shen Li asked.

Yang Dingtian said in a deep voice.

“The True Inheritor of Piao Miao Immortal Sect suffered damage to his heart veins, so his Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters took him to the market to recuperate; they were even faster than us.”

The True Inheritor of Beast Taming Immortal Sect said with relief.

“Thankfully, thankfully, by some twist of fate, we avoided a disaster. If we had really brought those Senior Brothers and Junior Sisters… I’m afraid the outcome would have been terrible!”

“There would have been countless casualties!”

Everyone looked relieved, but then Yang Dingtian asked in a deep voice.

“Fellow Daoist Shen, as the Cultivator stationed in Black Ridge City, you are closest to Yanmo Mountain. Do you know about this Half-Step Dao Foundation?”

Shen Li shook his head and said.

“I’ve only been here for a few short years, how could I know?

I only knew that Immortal Sen Yan achieved the status of Immortal Master at Black Horn Mountain, startling rats and ants into fleeing, so I thought there wouldn’t be any big fish.”

“In fact, wasn’t it just as I expected? Among the Luan Xiu Alliance, the highest cultivation was that of Qi Refining Perfection.”

“As for this Half-Step Dao Foundation, I estimate… he learned about Yanmo Mountain, someone sent a message, and that’s why he returned from who knows where.”

Upon hearing this, Yang Dingtian let out a long sigh of relief, feeling a wave of lingering fear.

“If Fellow Daoist Shen hadn’t killed that Puppet Immortal Master, perhaps if we had waited half a day or a day longer, with the Half-Step Dao Foundation’s return, we would all have died.”

The other two, seeing this, looked at Shen Li and agreed, saying.

“That’s right, whether it was breaking the Formation or killing the Puppet Immortal Master, both were extremely time-consuming… we couldn’t afford to delay!”

Seeing this, Shen Li sighed. The appearance of the immortal fate intelligence made him realize belatedly that he was actually the one closest to danger.

But fortunately, he successfully led the others back.

Thinking this, he took out the longevity pill and handed it to Yang Dingtian, saying.

“Since the outcome is clear, this item should not remain in my hands for too long.”

Yang Dingtian nodded, put it into his Storage Pouch, and then continued to say.

“But getting back to the main point, this is a Half-Step Dao Foundation, what should we do?”

“We can’t just die here like cowards, can we?”

“Everyone, why don’t you be upfront, do we have any way to deal with this Half-Step Dao Foundation?”

The True Inheritor of Beast Control spoke first, taking out the Substitute Death Centipede in his hand and sighing.

“To be honest, if it weren’t for this Substitute Death Centipede, I would have already died once. This item is my trump card.”

“My Beast Taming lineage specializes in controlling Spirit Beasts. If you’re talking about combat ability, it’s really quite mediocre, so you can still struggle for a move or two… I was literally crushed to death.”

Yang Dingtian, seeing this, asked curiously.

“Crushed to death… what did that feel like?”

The True Inheritor of Beast Control’s mouth twitched, and he said testily.

“What do you think it should feel like?”

“I can only say… it hurt… a pain deep into the bones. That bastard first soul-searched me, then sucked me dry, and then dismembered me… my poor ninth-grade Spirit Beast, which even contained ancestral Bloodline, just died like that, it’s truly a pity.”

Hearing such a terrifying account, everyone in the hall instantly shivered, looking at the True Inheritor of Beast Control with great sympathy.

And the True Disciple of Wanjian Villa’s eyes flickered, and he spoke.

“With a great enemy before us, we should naturally be open and honest. I have a method here, called Six-Vein Sword Light, which dismembers the Physical Body and depletes Spiritual Qi, it is very powerful, but… it cannot deal with that Half-Step Dao Foundation.”

“Why?”

“Because the Half-Step Dao Foundation’s Great Art are all at Perfection, and the speed of my sword technique is not fast. Before it even reached him, it was directly worn down by the Half-Step Dao Foundation.”

“My family’s inherited Immortal Master Magical Artifact also fell into his hands.”

Yang Dingtian’s eyes flickered.

“Can’t you recall it?”

The Ten Thousand Swords True Disciple shook his head and said.

“My Wanjian Villa’s method of wielding the sword is completely different from Cloud Sea Sword Sect and Fellow Daoist Shen’s sword pellet.

My Wanjian Villa believes in the sword in hand, so although there is some connection, it is far from the intimacy that Fellow Daoist Shen possesses.

What’s more, that was a Half-Step Dao Foundation… how could I possibly recall it?”

The True Inheritor of Beast Control, however, waved his hand and said.

“Your Wanjian Villa isn’t good enough either.”

“You get cut down very quickly.”

“I take that back…”

Yang Dingtian sighed and said.

“I have some regrets.”

“Regret what?”

“Before I left, my Immortal Master wanted to give me a used Magical Artifact cauldron, but I didn’t take it.”

Everyone looked over, asking with strange expressions.

“A Magical Artifact cauldron, and one used by an Immortal Master, why didn’t you take it?”

Yang Dingtian looked up, was silent for a moment, and said.

“It was too ugly.”

“????????”

The True Inheritor of Beast Control’s mouth hung open, and the Ten Thousand Swords True Disciple’s mouth twitched repeatedly.

As for Shen Li, he covered his head, not knowing what to say.

Talking to a typical second-generation rich kid sometimes inadvertently irritates you.

This feeling was truly annoying.

Afterward, many gazes turned to Shen Li, their eyes filled with expectation.

After all, Shen Li, who possessed a Great Art, controlled Black Ridge City’s eighth-grade Formation, held an Immortal Master Magical Artifact, and commanded a city of Dao soldiers, was the Cultivator with the most methods and the strongest combat ability in the hall.

Facing many expectant gazes, Shen Li helplessly waved his hand.

“Activating the Immortal Master Magical Artifact to fight against a Half-Step Dao Foundation might give me a slight advantage, but it’s absolutely impossible to kill him…”

“I am at Refining Qi, and now I can only use the Magical Artifact sword for two moves… and previously I only used one move, yet the Evil Qi erosion from this Magical Artifact sword has not dissipated even now.”

“My state of mind has also suffered some damage, so I can only use it under absolutely foolproof circumstances.”

Seeing this, Yang Dingtian and the others did not refute. They only sighed and said.

“We have long heard of the fierce reputation of Heavenly Innocence Perfected Person of Qingchi Mountain. We haven’t seen a single sword, but just by looking at this used Magical Artifact, we can already know a thing or two.”

“Are we… really going to be cowards?”

“If this continues, Black Ridge City will become an isolated city! Look now, who else is coming?”

Then, outside, a flash of spiritual light appeared, and a Dharma boat slowly descended.

Everyone did not look at the Dharma boat outside the hall, but at the True Inheritor of Beast Control who had just spoken.

That True Disciple was dumbfounded.

“Ah?”

“Someone actually broke through the Half-Step Dao Foundation’s blockade?”

“Who is it?”