And there was still no sign of activity from Wang Chong!
As for the formidable Wushang Cavalry, the Mamelukes, upon receiving the order, had joined together with the other cavalry to throw themselves at the Wushang Cavalry, attempting to pin them down no matter the cost.
The Great Tang was in a dire situation!
There’s no time!
The Arab cavalry continued to surge in from both sides, closing in around the Nine Dragon Army and the three Great Generals. Finally, King Song clenched his teeth and gave the order.
“Pass on my order! Gather everyone we can and prepare to attack! No matter what, we have to stop them from completing the encirclement!”
Bang!
Just when King Song was preparing to lead a group of several hundred people with little fighting power to the front line, an enormous roar came from ahead.
“Kill!”
The heavens resounded with war cries!
King Song raised his head in shock and saw that several thousand white-robed Confucians had appeared, weapons in hand, and were madly throwing themselves at the intersection of the Arabian ‘V’, making almost suicidal attacks against the Arab cavalry.
“Kill!”
“Members of the Confucian Sect, listen! Now is the time to repay the Great Tang!”
“The Confucian Sect must compensate for its crimes! No retreat! Everyone, attack!”
Enraged shouts rang out over the battlefield.
King Song was struck dumb. As he stared at that young and slender figure leading the force and those high-level Confucian Sect experts at his side, he suddenly understood, his eyes going red. In the militarist-Confucian conflict, the Confucian Sect had committed a grievous mistake.
Even though Wang Chong had forgiven them, even though the empire had forgiven them, they could not forgive themselves.
After resolving the crisis of the armored giants for the time being, Li Junxian led the Confucian Sect experts without hesitation toward the gap in the ‘V’.
The Confucian Sect did not have many people, but all of them possessed formidable cultivation. They were the only ones who could resolve this crisis for the moment.
Roooar!
Furious howls and massive waves of righteous energy swept over the world, knocking the Arab cavalry off their mounts, but the Confucian Sect also suffered heavy losses. Each Confucian Sect expert had to deal with ten-some Arab cavalry at once, but even so, not a single one backed down. Before dying, they would even roar and detonate their Stellar Energy to take their enemies down with them.
In just a few short moments, the Confucian Sect suffered astonishing losses.
“Secretariat Advisor…”
King Song’s eyes went red, but there was nothing he could do. And King Song also understood that the Confucian Sect members were sacrificing their lives only to buy the army some time. Once the Confucian Sect members were all killed, the danger would still exist.
King Song instinctively turned once more to the motionless figure of Wang Chong.
“Wang Chong, it all depends on you! Hurry and wake up!”
King Song clenched his fists and then rode off on his warhorse.
Only Wang Chong was capable of changing the course of this battle. Until he awakened, King Song also needed to enter the fray to buy the army more time.
……
At this moment, Wang Chong was also in grave danger, each lightning bolt shaving away at his Psychic Energy. He didn’t have much time left.
“While the sun is the source of heat for the world and is a Psychic Energy art that all Psychic Energy practitioners dream about obtaining, it is only one kind of Psychic Energy art. No matter how powerful the sun is, it is still a part of the world, one of its creations. The Forbidden Art Sea is a complete world, and how could one part of the world stand against the entire world?”
The High Priest’s voice resounded through the Forbidden Art Sea.
“Your fate is decided!
“This time, once I obtain your complete soul and mind, I will be able to see all your secrets and get to the bottom of what the so-called Child of Destruction really is!”
The High Priest’s voice was drifting about so that it was impossible to pin down his real location. It was at this time that the High Priest revealed his true objective.
Wars between mortals had nothing to do with him, and for hundreds of years, the High Priest had never once participated in one. But this time, he had made an exception and joined Khatabah on this eastern expedition precisely so that he could meet with Wang Chong.
Wang Chong himself did not understand what sort of secret there was to his reincarnation.
But the High Priest seemingly knew much more.
Buzz!
Upon hearing the High Priest’s words, Wang Chong suddenly shuddered, and as he raised his head, he had a flash of insight.
“High Priest, thank you!”
Wang Chong looked up at the sky, that young face suddenly flashing a faint and confident smile.
At a certain part of the Forbidden Art Sea, the composed High Priest suddenly felt his heart thump in ill foreboding.
“I understand now! You’re right! The sun is only one creation of the universe, so how can it resist the entire world? In other words, to break the Forbidden Art Sea, I have to transcend it and find an even greater power!”
Wang Chong’s eyes blazed with greater confidence.
Buzz!
Deep within the Forbidden Art Sea, the High Priest grimaced.
The Forbidden Art Sea could not be broken. This had been the case for countless generations and countless civilizations, and there was naturally no one who could break it now. The High Priest did not know what Wang Chong was thinking or what he was going to do, but Wang Chong’s change in attitude still left him extremely uneasy.
But before the High Priest had time to think—
Bang!
A dazzling light erupted from Wang Chong’s body. The corona, the sunspots, the solar flares… all of them were created with vivid realism, and a massive sun soon appeared in the gloomy world of the Forbidden Art Sea.
The High Priest was taken aback, and then he chuckled.
“Heh, so it was just this trick again!”
The High Priest relaxed, and those violet-black bolts of lightning stopped. In the High Priest’s view, Wang Chong’s reaction was just an attempt to deceive himself, one last struggle before his death.
“Didn’t I already tell you? It’s useless. Your mastery of the psychic arts is too lacking. Perhaps if you were given enough time to mature, you might be able to surpass me, but right now… you’re still far from my level!” the High Priest nonchalantly said.
“Is that so?”
Wang Chong smiled.
“What about this, then?”
In another flash of light, another sun manifested next to the first, with its own corona, sunspots, and solar flares. Its boundless heat and light pushed back the surrounding darkness and lightning.
In the glow of these two suns, Wang Chong’s figure seemed divine and majestic.
“It truly leaves a deep impression, but this is still futile. The Forbidden Art Sea will not be altered simply because another sun has appeared. You cannot stop me in this place!”
In a flash of light, the High Priest reappeared in the black sea, holding his staff as he slowly walked across the surface of the water.
He essentially knew where Wang Chong’s bottom line was now. His comprehension of the ‘Blazing Sun’ at the Battle of Talas had probably been his limit. It was truly impressive for him to have created two massive suns with his own power.
With this power, Wang Chong could rank as one of the strongest Psychic Energy practitioners in history. However, in front of the High Priest, who had existed for countless years and knew innumerable secrets, he was still insignificant.
The difference in age had decided everything!
Buzz!
But the High Priest had barely spoken
when space trembled. Far above Wang Chong, a third blazing sun manifested, causing the High Priest to grimace. Not even he had imagined that Wang Chong could create three suns at the same time.
Chapter 1876 - The Solution! The Milky Way Galaxy!
Chapter 1876: The Solution! The Milky Way Galaxy!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
As the source of all heat for the world, constantly radiating light and heat, the sun was more difficult for Psychic Energy practitioners to create than any other object, and it also required several dozen times more Psychic Energy than usual.
The High Priest had believed that Wang Chong had reached his limit after enduring the barrage for so long. This remaining strength was truly surprising!
“Give up! No matter how many suns you create, it’s pointless! It’s about time for this battle to end…”
The High Priest hastened his pace across the dark ocean and raised his staff. A moment later, the violet-black lightning in the sky blazed to life once more and began to target Wang Chong and the three suns around him.
“Heh, is that so? It’s not as certain as you think it is!”
Wang Chong spoke in a cold and composed voice. The High Priest was undoubtedly the most terrifying opponent he had yet encountered, but was still underestimating him. A moment later, another burst of light appeared next to Wang Chong. Out of the dark void appeared several massive spheres with rings around them.
These were not stars, nor were they suns. They were also massive objects, but they did not radiate light or heat. Despite the High Priest’s vast knowledge, he knew nothing about this object. At this moment, these spheres began to circle around the three suns in a systematic fashion.
This was only the beginning, as after these massive spheres appeared, countless ‘bits of stone’ appeared around these spheres, transforming into ‘belts of stone’. After a motionless moment, these belts of stone began to revolve around the massive spheres.
“What is this?”
The High Priest’s eyes twitched, and he finally voiced his curiosity.
This scene piled mystery upon mystery. It was unlike any psychic art, and not even the Forbidden Art Sea had knowledge about it. Not even in the High Priest’s nearly one thousand years in this world had he encountered such a bizarre scene.
“The sun, celestial bodies, stars…”
Wang Chong smiled as he gave a short reply. He took a step back, and his body rapidly darkened, leaving behind a black and indistinct silhouette.
It was obvious that creating these celestial bodies had placed a significant burden on Wang Chong’s body.
The High Priest instantly turned grim. Even though he didn’t understand what Wang Chong was saying, his instinct told him that something was wrong. Those objects Wang Chong had created around himself seemed independent, yet linked… Whether it was the suns, the celestial bodies, or the stars, when they formed, the High Priest had felt the Forbidden Art Sea tremble.
It was not the High Priest, but the entire Forbidden Art Sea that felt threatened by Wang Chong!
Rumble! The world darkened as countless bolts of lightning, black flames, and weapons shot forward with astonishing speed toward Wang Chong’s suns, celestial bodies, and belts of stone, the attacks so numerous that they blotted out the sky.
This was no longer a simple Psychic Energy art! They contained the full power of the Forbidden Art Sea!
The High Priest had evidently changed his attitude toward Wang Chong.
Boom!
As the lightning crashed against the suns, celestial bodies, and belts of stone, the unthinkable happened. The three massive suns, those large celestial bodies, and those belts of stone that were howling around… vanished together with Wang Chong’s body.
Where Wang Chong had been standing was now a miniature silver whirlpool, softly glowing. This whirlpool spun and spun, and even though it was only the size of a palm, it gave off a sense of boundless majesty, seeming to contain infinite energy. It was a miniature world that contained innumerable secrets and mysteries.
Rumble!
The violet-black lightning converged, pounding the area for more than ten seconds. Let alone an ordinary Psychic Energy practitioner, even a Subtle realm Psychic Energy practitioner would have been obliterated.
Even Wang Chong at his peak form might not have been able to hold out.
But once all the lightning had dissipated, tens of thousands of feet above the black ocean, a silver light flashed. The High Priest looked up in shock and saw that the slowly turning silver whirlpool had reappeared.
Not only that, it had increased in size and somehow seemed to contain even greater power. Not only had the lightning failed to damage the silver whirlpool, it had only fed its growth.
“This is impossible!”
The High Priest’s robe rustled. Everything that was happening made no sense, and there was no knowledge that could explain it.
At least, there was nothing within the High Priest’s vast store of knowledge.
More importantly, the mental domain was the most important symbol of a Psychic Energy master, and the Forbidden Art Sea was the strongest mental domain. He was the Forbidden Art Sea, and the Forbidden Art Sea was him. Everything here should have been under his control.
No one could threaten him until they destroyed the Forbidden Art Sea.
Yet this was really happening.
Buzz!
After this new grant of energy, a fourth sun soon blazed to life in the sky, followed by a fifth, a sixth. Just like the other three suns, they rapidly miniaturized to the size of sesame seeds and entered that beautiful and mysterious silver whirlpool.
And with their addition, the silver whirlpool grew even more powerful and began to create invisible ripples. The High Priest could even sense that an energy was constantly clashing with the Forbidden Art Sea, repelling it.
Not even the High Priest had ever heard of a phenomenon like this.
The High Priest was the master of the mental domain, someone who had reached the apex. In comparison, Wang Chong was just a stubborn child who insisted on walking a different path.
The past knowledge and abilities created by generations of Psychic Energy practitioners, the High Priest included, were of no use against Wang Chong’s new path.
That silver whirlpool in the sky was the new path Wang Chong had forged.
Through the experience he had accumulated over his many years, the High Priest was able to tell at a glance that Wang Chong’s silver whirlpool belonged to an entirely different system of energy. It was created on the basis of a series of complex principles and contained countless secrets that were completely unknown to the current system.
For even the High Priest, these secrets had an enormous pull, an even greater attraction!
“What is this?”
The High Priest’s eyes widened. He knew that Wang Chong wouldn’t tell him, but he still couldn’t help but ask. New knowledge and new systems were more attractive to the High Priest than anything else.
“You wouldn’t understand, even if I told you!”
Wang Chong chuckled, his voice coming from the silver whirlpool.
“This is the real world… the Milky Way Galaxy!”
The High Priest was left dumbstruck. He had never heard about some ‘Milky Way Galaxy’ before. In this world, there were domains and worlds, but there were no such things as ‘galaxies’.
The High Priest was clueless about its meaning.
“It doesn’t matter what you say. When I’ve seized your soul and taken your secrets, I’ll see for myself what it is!” the High Priest coldly said, his face turning solemn.
Wang Chong had defeated Masil, but to the High Priest, he was still just an extremely young junior. Their masteries of the mental domain simply weren’t on the same level. Even though Wang Chong had managed to create the sun, the High Priest still did not take him very seriously.
But now, he was facing an entirely new
ability, one that could reject and even devour his own attacks. This made the situation completely different.
From a certain perspective, the High Priest was treating him as an equal opponent.
Rumble!
As his attitude changed, so did the Forbidden Art Sea. The dark world crisscrossed by violet-black lightning began to shift, cold scarlet appearing in the violet-black bolts of lightning.
The High Priest aimed his staff into the air, and a moment later, boom! Boom! A sun manifested above the Forbidden Art Sea, with the corona, sunspots, and solar flares, followed by a second, a third!
The High Priest had comprehended how to create suns from Wang Chong.
As Wang Chong was able to create three suns, the High Priest, with his own peerless talent and abilities, was naturally able to as well.
As these three suns appeared, the Forbidden Art Sea clearly grew stronger. Moreover, these three blazing suns rapidly turned from golden to violet-black, as did their light, and they fused together with this violet-black and scarlet world.
With his tremendous abilities, the High Priest had altered the ancient Forbidden Art Sea, changing this technique which had been fixed for hundreds of years and fusing into it Wang Chong’s Blazing Sun to create a new technique. The ability this required could make countless Psychic Energy practitioners sigh in praise and wonder!
Chapter 1877 - The Gods of Darkness!
Chapter 1877: The Gods of Darkness!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Rumble!
A moment later, the High Priest thrust his staff upward, gathering all the energy of the Forbidden Art Sea to attack Wang Chong.
Krakoom! Countless bolts of violet-black lightning tinged with scarlet and wrapped in destructive power hurtled toward Wang Chong.
One explosion after another rang out. This attack carried indescribable might, far greater than that of any other attack made in this battle, even Wang Chong’s three suns.
Blazing lightning endlessly battered the same area.
“How could this be?”
Suddenly, the High Priest seemed to sense something and stared at where the silver whirlpool was in utter shock and disbelief.
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