Chapter 1372: Chapter 244: Three-Sided Encirclement

Talisman paper barrier, the snow whirls in the air.

A golden shimmering shadow crosses the void.

"Is there a human presence here?"

Wu Jiu dashed to the northern part of Snow Lion Ridge, sensing something amiss, he quickened his pace and reached the mountain peak.

The core of the furnace flickered, and warm air rose gently.

Jiang Huang sat in solitude.

Seeing this scene, Wu Jiu let out a huge sigh of relief.

"Sister!"

Wu Jiu swiftly descended and hurriedly asked, "Has someone been here?"

He swept the entire mountain peak with his Divine Thought, faintly sensing some Sword Intent, and a trace of unease flashed through his mind.

This Snow Lion Ridge is located in the north of Demon Country. How could a human cultivator have set foot here?

Jiang Huang did not answer this question.

The girl sat with her back straight, in front of the furnace, where the tea had long boiled, yet she remained motionless.

Not because she didn’t want to move.

But because... she couldn’t move.

Jiang Huang’s whole body, her acupoints, meridians, were sealed by a wisp of Sword Qi, unable to speak or move, like an old monk in meditation.

"Go."

Wu Jiu realized something was wrong, hurried forward with a grim expression, and used his Great Dao to remove that wisp of Sword Intent.

"Mm..."

Jiang Huang groaned heavily, her entire body no longer tense, almost falling forward.

She took several breaths before she was able to speak with difficulty.

"It was Xie Xuanyi."

Jiang Huang furiously turned her head, staring towards the north into the wind and snow, her voice weak, "And another person... if I’m not mistaken, it should be Cui Zhen."

"Xie Xuanyi, Cui Zhen? Those two have teamed up?"

Wu Jiu’s pupils contracted.

This is quite an important piece of intelligence.

After the battle in Erosion Sun Swamp, the Demon Country locked down the entire Southern Pass frontline. The Great Palace Master even dispatched two Yang God Great Divine Power Users near the Star Gate south of the Great Marsh, immediately setting out whenever the Power of the Sky Vault detected a human presence.

What he was guarding against was Xie Xuanyi!

Unfortunately, this Heaven and Earth Net yielded no results...

For over two hundred days, the Demon Country was extremely peaceful, calm and quiet, with no trace of human Great Divine Power Users near the Star Gate.

In the eyes of the Great Divine Ability Users of the Heavenly Phoenix Palace, there were only two possibilities for this matter.

Either Xie Xuanyi had already departed at the first moment the incident occurred in Erosion Sun Swamp, secretly returning to Great Chu.

Or, this guy gave up on the idea of crossing the void, didn’t use Sword Control, but completed the journey south bit by bit.

Nobody considered there was a third possibility.

The one named Xie never left the Demon Country!

"Damn, he’s a real madman. Killed Erosion Sun and dared not to escape, stubbornly stayed in the Demon Country until today, and now heading north... Is he trying to emulate Zhao Chunyang of the past?"

Wu Jiu laughed in anger.

No wonder.

For half a year, the search by the Heavenly Phoenix Palace always ended in vain.

Though Cui Zhen was severely injured, with Xie Xuanyi by his side... every time the Power of the Sky Vault pinpointed an exact location, it was always fruitless, making Wu Jiu even start to doubt his ability over the past half year; now he understands the symptoms.

The one he had to fight was never just Cui Zhen alone.

"That Xie didn’t do anything to you, did he?"

Wu Jiu furrowed his brow, using Divine Thought to examine Jiang Huang’s body.

Though he was a Great Venerable.

Yet as his Divine Thought landed on Jiang Huang, it was directly bounced away by a barrier!

As a "Throne."

Jiang Huang had received a precious treasure from the Great Palace Master. Her entire Divine Sea was in an untraceable state.

"No."

Jiang Huang shook her head, hoarsely said, "I could sense he had Killing Intent. Because of the ’Second Divine Soul’... or perhaps because my big brother was on his way, he didn’t dare to strike."

"That’s good then."

Receiving this response, Wu Jiu breathed a sigh of relief.

"And also..."

Jiang Huang paused, recalling the brief encounter, slowly said, "Cui Zhen is in very poor condition, not quite what we expected..."

"Oh? How is he different?"

Wu Jiu became intrigued, having already taken out the Heavenly Phoenix Order, ready to report everything that happened at Snow Lion Ridge to the Great Palace Master.

"Cui Zhen... is very weak."

Jiang Huang squinted her eyes, seriously recalling, "It’s not that his strength is truly too weak. But compared to Xie Xuanyi, he is more than one or two realms lacking."

Her talisman array barrier had been silently breached by Xie Xuanyi.

As the Direct Disciple of the Great Palace Master.

Jiang Huang had already activated the Sky Vault Inheritance, within her Divine Sea, there was also the pureblood relic left by Holy Empress Yuan Huang...

She was absolutely no match for Xie Xuanyi.

In Jiang Huang’s Divine Sea sensing, Xie Xuanyi was like a bright moon.

Whereas Cui Zhen was much weaker.

Probably... comparable to a star next to the bright moon.

"The realm gap between Cui Zhen and Xie Xuanyi is huge?"

Wu Jiu pondered, frowning as he asked, "Are you certain?"

This was completely different from their initial assumption.

Based on the battle scene in Erosion Sun Swamp, Cui Zhen and Xie Xuanyi were likely both completed Harmonization, at least both ascended to the Yang God Realm.

"I am sure!"

Jiang Huang recalled again and then said with great certainty, "Cui Zhen is now only in the Yin God Realm. Let alone Harmonization, if Xie Xuanyi wasn’t there, he might not have been able to escape from me."

If these words were spoken by another Yin God Realm cultivator, Wu Jiu would only scoff.

But Jiang Huang was different...

Having received the inheritance from two strongest individuals.

Now Jiang Huang, too, possessed the qualification for Harmonization.

This was also why the Great Palace Master cultivated her so intensively; the long-awaited Throne of the Heavenly Phoenix Palace naturally had to possess the absolute power to make the entire Demon Country submit.

Perhaps.

Now Jiang Huang might not be Cui Zhen’s match.

But she definitely had the power to fight!

"Could it be, the true Harmonizer, is Xie Xuanyi alone?"