Chapter 2298: Chapter 2297: Lunar True Fire

Wang Xiaoya faced Wu Chengzong with a furious expression, summoning her Red Flame Gourd, and stared at him angrily, "Do you think you can take me away?"

Wu Chengzong laughed loudly, "We might not be able to, but for you, I specifically asked my brother to send someone over."

He clapped his hands, and immediately two people emerged from the shadows and charged at Wang Xiaoya with two palm strikes.

Wang Xiaoya used the Chaos Green Lotus to block it, but the force of the blows was immense, still sending her flying to the side.

She drew her sword and stabilized herself in mid-air, with all the palm force being dissolved by the Chaos Green Lotus, leaving her unharmed.

However, the fierce momentum of the two startled Wang Xiaoya.

After revealing themselves, they smiled coldly at Wang Xiaoya, "Miss Wang, long time no see."

"It’s you!"

Wang Xiaoya’s heart sank, realizing she had encountered foes.

These two were none other than Zhu Yuchen the Blood Demon and Zhang Nanxuan the Nine-turn Human Immortal.

Wang Xiaoya shouted at them, "You come from the same homeland as me, why do you assist the wicked, helping outsiders against me?"

Zhu Yuchen laughed heartily, "Miss Wang, listen to yourself, we aren’t going against you, we’re doing this for you! Look at your short-lived husband, he was always causing trouble back home. Now he’s trouble himself dead, why are you still holding on here? I advise you to follow Minister Wu for a better future."

Wang Xiaoya shouted angrily, "My affairs are none of your concern."

The Red Flame Gourd above her head opened, releasing the Phoenix True Flame roaring towards the two.

Zhu Yuchen snorted coldly, "Just this little True Flame, think it can handle us?"

He raised his hand and launched several spherical blood orbs that charged at the Phoenix True Flame.

This blood was gloomy, not of the Human Realm.

As soon as it met the Phoenix Flame, it extinguished the flames instantly with a "poof, poof, poof."

Zhang Nanxuan laughed sinisterly, "Little beauty, don’t waste your energy anymore!"

He raised his hand, transforming it into a claw, and reached for Wang Xiaoya.

He had successfully opened his Nine Lifetimes Cultivation, with his Primordial Spirit now reaching the Mahayana Realm, akin to the Human Immortal Realm of nine lifetimes ago.

This claw gathered the Wind Element Force from all directions, causing Wang Xiaoya’s clothes to flutter, closing in from around her to entrap her.

Wang Xiaoya was only at the Void Insight Realm and could not withstand the might of this claw with her cultivation level.

At this moment, she suddenly executed a sword strike, the God-breaking Stance.

Though she hadn’t reached the level of insight attained by Long Fei, she had mastered seventy percent of the Xiaoxiang Nine Swords.

The Phoenix Feather Sword flashed red, meeting the Wind Element Force’s palm imprint head-on.

A muffled "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" was heard, and a vortex appeared on the massive Wind Element Force palm imprint.

"Break!"

Wang Xiaoya whispered, and with a "boom," the palm imprint disintegrated instantly, dispersing into the air.

Zhang Nanxuan’s palm trembled, prompting Zhu Yuchen to laugh disdainfully, "Daoist Nanxuan, you are but so, even unable to handle a woman!"

Zhang Nanxuan looked embarrassed and summoned a longsword.

With a chime, murderous intent soared.

He exclaimed to Wang Xiaoya in surprise, "No wonder you are the woman beside that genius. You’ve learned his swordsmanship. I, the Southern Celestial Venerable, haven’t used this sword for a long time, you are the first."

With his Mahayana Realm cultivation, his might was immense, and with a flash, he disappeared, sending a sword flying before Wang Xiaoya.

The sword tip gleamed, aiming straight at Wang Xiaoya’s brow.

Below, Wu Chengzong anxiously shouted, "Don’t harm the little beauty!"

The Sword Qi struck Wang Xiaoya’s Chaos Barrier, sending her flying with a rumble.

If it had been anyone else, the Sword Qi would have reduced them to smithereens.

But Wang Xiaoya remained unscathed, only feeling her blood and Qi surging uncomfortably from the force.

The commotion of the fight attracted a crowd from Chang’an Academy.

Someone exclaimed, "Wu Chengzong is so bold, daring to mess with his woman!"

"What’s the big deal, isn’t that guy supposed to be missing or dead? If he were alive, he’d have shown up by now."

"Honestly, his wife is quite the beauty. In the Great Tang, there aren’t many who can compare."

"..."

The crowd of disciples looked indifferent, some even gleeful at the misfortune.

At this moment, an elder crossed the air, cursing Zhang Nanxuan loudly, "Hey, you shameless scoundrel, daring to cause trouble at Chang’an Academy!"

He launched a longsword, but before it could arrive, Zhang Nanxuan flicked it away with a backhanded motion.

A powerful force sent him crashing to the ground heavily.

The disciples below scattered in fear, and with a "bang," he crashed into the ground, creating a deep pit.

The elder spat blood in shock.

The surrounding students gasped, exclaiming, "It’s Elder Wuu Xianyun."

"Even Elder Wuu can’t beat that guy?"

"Of course not, the man is at the Human Immortal Realm. Other than the Academy Head, who can match him."

"Unfortunately, the Academy Head was summoned by the Empress Dowager today."

"Wu Chengzong chose his timing well!"

"Elder Wuu must be mad; they stole his celestial cauldron, yet he still helps them!"

"Exactly, bringing trouble on himself!"

"..."

Wuu Xianyun was an alchemist, not adept in the art of combat.

Facing life and death, he stepped out to help, making Wang Xiaoya deeply grateful.

She clashed with Zhang Nanxuan, shouting to Wuu Xianyun, "Elder Wuu, you don’t need to intervene, these two can’t harm me."

Her Army Shattering Style made Zhang Nanxuan’s longsword ring continuously, cracking his palm open.

Zhang Nanxuan’s physical body and Primordial Spirit were not one; he had originally possessed Liuu Yichen, a Kunlun disciple of the Liuu Family.

His forceful breakthrough made the physical body’s endurance poor.

Now, injured by Wang Xiaoya’s Sword Qi, this physical body showed signs of disintegration.

Zhang Nanxuan hurriedly retreated and threw a Magical Treasure at Wang Xiaoya from afar.

This Magical Treasure, tower-shaped, was his Magical Treasure from nine lifetimes ago, recently retrieved—the Tower of the Lunar True Fire.

This tower’s fire was entirely opposite in nature to that of the Human Realm.

The fire of the Human Realm is the utmost Yang fire, explosive, burning from outside to inside directly.

This fire is the infernal flame, the utmost Yin fire of the world.

Unlike the explosive Yang fire, it burns from inside to outside and can directly burn one’s soul and essential Qi.

In the Yin fire, the more one burns, the colder they get.

Ultimately, withered in essential Qi, the soul shatters and perishes.

This fire is so strange that Yang Realm Magical Treasures can hardly resist it.

By carelessness, Wang Xiaoya was caught in the Mysterious Light and suddenly drawn into the tower.

Her Chaos Green Lotus shone brightly, keeping the Yin fire at bay within the tower.

Zhang Nanxuan held the tower in his hand, sneering disdainfully at Wang Xiaoya inside, "A woman dares to challenge me, Southern Celestial Venerable. I’ll refine you for three days and nights; let’s see if you can still be stubborn."