Daoist Competition-Chapter 926 - 203: Becoming a Divine Venerable Within the Heavenly Furnace

The mountain peaks fell back, and the rivers and mountains swayed.

Zhang Yan activated the Forbidden Array of eight hundred miles, instantly invoking the elements of wind, thunder, water, and fire. The entire great array operated with the Earth Fire Sky Furnace as the central hub, spinning into motion.

In the blink of an eye, the clouds overshadowed the sun, wind and rain converged, transforming heaven and earth, countless lightning bolts danced wildly like silver serpents, scurrying and wreaking havoc in the long sky.

The power of such a Forbidden Array was beyond any single person’s strength to resist. The Winged Cliff Divine Statue, noticing something was amiss, its expression changed abruptly, and no longer intending to capture Zhang Yan, grabbed Gongyang Sheng by the collar and shouted, "Go!"

With a swift step, a rainbow light appeared beneath his feet, and the Golden Bridge of Transition suddenly flew out, carrying the two of them urgently into the clouds.

As long as they could break through the Gang Flow before the array fully activated and reach beyond the Extreme Sky, escape was still possible.

Zhang Yan saw this clearly from behind and was unwilling to let them escape, as letting them go would bring countless future troubles.

He chanted softly, forming the "Little All Heaven Moving Technique," and in an instant, his body moved like a stream of light, catching up to their rear. With a point of his finger, the "Five Spirit White Carp Shuttle" and "Blessing and Longevity Locking Yang Cicada," both Mystical Artifacts, flew simultaneously.

The Winged Cliff Divine Statue sensed the disturbance behind and snorted, turning around and sweeping his sleeve to knock away the Five Spirit White Carp Shuttle.

However, the Blessing and Longevity Locking Yang Cicada seized the opportunity, swinging its head and tail, leaped into the air, and directly landed on his forehead, suddenly freezing his form, rendering him unable to move.

Ordinary Dharma Treasures would have been restrained, unable to demonstrate their might unless Zhang Yan reclaimed the sun-locking Cicada. But the Winged Cliff Divine Statue was different; after a few breaths, it snorted, shook its body, and broke free.

Yet in that brief moment, the opportunity to escape was already lost.

Zhang Yan smiled slightly, shook the command token in his hand, and retreated in time as the Forbidden Array shifted.

An Array Gate appeared at the top of the clouds, like a tear in the sky, spewing countless golden wind and fierce fire downwards.

Wing Cliff shouted loudly, raised his sleeve to cover his head and face. The peculiar light on his body rose, enveloping him like a spiritual cloud. However, the ferocity of the golden fire in the array was so intense that his body crackled with a chaotic noise, and before long, like leaves in a gale, he was enveloped and swept inside.

Fortunately, his body, unlike a cultivator’s, was unyieldingly solid and couldn’t be broken instantly. But he was so occupied with himself that he overlooked Gongyang Sheng beside him.

This Great Elder of the Lie Xuan Sect, seemed unharmed after slashing two Gang Clouds, but in reality, his Primordial Qi was severely depleted. Now held by Wing Cliff, being shaken left and right, he was already dizzy and lightheaded.

He initially thought he needed no worries with the Divine Statue’s protection. However, such a sudden change arose, leaving him no time to deploy any Dharma Treasure. The swirling golden wind struck him, and after a few agonized screams, he turned into a mass of mud. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

When Wing Cliff regained his senses, he found only a fragment of a broken Daoist robe in his hand, and he was momentarily stunned.

Once flesh and blood fell into the array, there was no need to speculate; it was certain death.

But now that he was gone, among the elders of the Lie Xuan Sect, none would remain in this world after today.

Now endowed with spiritual wisdom, he considered himself the true Wing Cliff, feeling an overwhelming sadness at being unable to protect even the sect disciples.

Yet in an instant, he suppressed this emotion, tossed the robe aside, revealing a fierce expression, surged upward, and with continuous gestures, unleashed countless Gang Thunder, unwilling to be trapped here, striving to break free.

At this moment, he still harbored a glimmer of hope. If he could just return to Pingdong Land, even if he were the last of the Lie Xuan Sect, he could still stand in the world, and at worst, he could cultivate a few more in several hundred years.

However, under Zhang Yan’s initiation, he now faced not just one Array Gate but layers upon layers, numbering in the hundreds.

These array gates exerted their might all at once, and countless thunder and fire surged in an instant. Even he could not withstand it. In less than a moment, his Protective Treasure Light shattered, and he was struck by hundreds of Thunder Radiance, falling from the sky into the Earth Fire Sky Pit.

At this moment, the Array Gate thundered shut amidst the Heavenly Cloud, utterly suppressing him.

Zhang Yan circled once in the air, seeing the Divine Statue no longer able to break free, then put away the Forbidden Array Token.

His eyes glanced aside, spotting something fallen to the ground, radiant and brimming with Spiritual Energy. He shook his sleeve, capturing it with a splash of water light. Upon examining it in his hand, it turned out to be Gongyang Sheng’s Jade Ruyi.