Water Ink Panel: Starting with Bow Technique to Hunt the Sun and Patrol the Skies

Approximately half a Shi Chen later, Shen Qing had already safely delivered his relatives.

He then stood with Yu Hai Bei and his subordinates outside the city, constantly observing the changes within the Capital.

The fierce battle between the Huang Tian Sect and the Forbidden Army of the court gradually intensified, with both sides unknowingly advancing their front line to the front of the Imperial Palace.

Throughout the process, the major Shi family members did not take a stance, choosing to observe from the shadows.

They each had their own calculations, intending to exploit the chaos for greater benefits.

As time went on, the court appeared to be struggling against the frantic assault of the Huang Tian Sect.

On the palace walls, arrows fell like rain, unable to halt the fervent steps of the Huang Tian Sect believers.

Moreover, there were longbowmen and numerous Holy Sect disciples on the flying boats in the sky.

They continuously threw down weapons known as machine thunder.

Countless machine thunders descended like raindrops, crashing down from the sky.

When they were about to hit the ground, they exploded with a loud bang, turning into spirals of fiery light shooting into the sky.

Most of the Forbidden Army had cultivation that was not deep, finding it incredibly difficult to withstand such terrifying might.

Each machine thunder claimed the lives of multiple Forbidden Army soldiers.

Screams of agony were continuous.

In just a moment, the Huang Tian Sect had already breached the Imperial Palace; the defense line was utterly lost.

Looking out, the Capital appeared filled with small golden "mushroom" formations scattered throughout the city.

The court of the Great Zhou Dynasty seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

Shen Qing, stationed outside the Capital, maintained his calm demeanor.

In his perception, at least five Void Wandering level and seven Essence Soul Realm martial masters had appeared inside the Imperial Palace.

The Ji family had yet to truly act.

The struggle had only just begun.

Just as he thought this, a few astonishing and formidable auras suddenly erupted from within the palace—members of the Ji family, who had been holding back, finally made their move.

In the depths of the palace, they transformed into rainbow lights soaring skyward, directly charging at the elite of the Huang Tian Sect.

Before the unmatched saints of the Huang Tian Sect on the battlefield, the Ji family's experts were like autumn leaves swept by the wind, falling one by one.

Shen Qing noticed that these individuals all appeared middle-aged, each with robust vitality showing no signs of decline.

These people must be part of the Ji family's retained strength.

Over nine hundred years of massive tributary accumulation by the Ji family, there was presumably an unknown number of such individuals.

At the thought, Shen Qing inexplicably felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

He very much doubted what courage Huang Tian Sect had to attack the Capital City of Great Zhou, to dare assault the Ji family. Stay updated through My Virtual Library Empire

In facing the resistance of the Ji family, the Huang Tian Sect was equally unwilling to show weakness.

Shen Qing saw from afar in the sky, nine figures leaping one after another down from the largest nine-story ships.

Each of them adorned with yellow talismans, some wielding a simple long sword, some holding a giant hammer, others brandishing a blood-stained spear...

Like golden armored war gods descending to the mortal realm, they charged toward the remaining experts of the Ji family.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

...

As these individuals clashed with the experts of the Ji family, a series of thunderous booms erupted one after another.

Each impact accompanied by deafening roars seemed to rip the very fabric of space.

Shen Qing watched the scene unfold before him, filled with disbelief.

Under his Divine Sense's scrutiny, he saw one figure from the Huang Tian Sect sever a martial master's head in the Essence Soul Realm with a single blade, astounding him.

Earlier, the once seemingly invincible Grand Powers of the Ji family were now all at a disadvantage.

Even those martial masters at the Void Wandering level were no exception.

The Huang Tian Sect was too formidable.

Whether it was an illusion or not, Shen Qing discovered that these nine Huang Tian Sect figures appeared entirely lifeless, akin to corpses, with no signs of life detectable.

Only their grand and boundless divine intent was comparable to his own.

At this moment, the concept of puppetry, corpse control surfaced in Shen Qing's mind.

"Kill!"

One of the Huang Tian Sect members let out a low chant, swinging his longsword forward.

A clear and sharp sword light split the sky, akin to a galaxy pouring down, striking towards the vital points of the Ji family's great powers.

The battle's aftermath engulfed the entire space above the Imperial City; space twisted, the clouds churned.

Below, onlookers could only watch from afar, their hearts shocked beyond words.

Puchi.

A great power of the Ji family was simply no match, being decapitated with a single strike.

The conflict between both sides intensified.

Rage had reached an unyielding stage.

Rumble!

Countless houses surrounding the exchange between the two sides collapsed, many who had no time to escape were caught up and perished.

In the end, the Ji family, sacrificing twelve great powers in a life-or-death struggle, managed to eliminate four from the Huang Tian Sect, considered a disastrous defeat.

"I said, how could you have dared to attack the city; turns out you've already refined corpses from the ancient sacred grounds, no wonder you're so arrogant."

An authoritative voice of a robust man appeared above the palace, its tone filled with dignity: "However, since the Dao Master is present, isn't it too lacking in courage to hide so?"

Within the flying boat of the Huang Tian Sect, an ethereal voice emerged, stirring one's heart: "So what if that's the case? As long as we annihilate you, nothing else matters."

"You think my Ji family's centuries of accumulation amounts to just this? You will be soon disappointed. Ancestral forebears, lend me a hand!"

With Ji Zi Kong's words, bands of light gathered from all around the horizon.

Mighty presences materialized out of thin air above the Imperial Palace.

Shen Qing gazed at the array of figures in the sky, utterly stunned beyond measure.

All were martial masters of the Void Wandering and Essence Soul Realm.

He swept his gaze slightly, noting their number no less than sixty.

The nine-hundred-year accumulation of the Ji family was wholly present here.

Especially an elder with extremely white hair, radiating vigor.

His aura alone overshadowed everyone present.

The Ji family ancestor had emerged!

"What rudimentary pests, daring to disturb our profound cultivation, you deserve death!"

Speaking, he extended a hand, forming a hand that covered the skies, easily crushing the leading massive ship.

Seeing this, the Taoist Lord of Huang Tian showed no anger but instead laughed heartily: "Well done, that's precisely what we were waiting for."

Buzz!

With the Taoist Lord of Huang Tian's words, the originally scattered small formations in the Capital suddenly blazed with light, linking together.

A grand and towering formation suddenly surged, akin to an ancient beast awakened from the Nine Nethers, roaring as it tore through space, arising from the ground.

In just a few breaths, it had locked all of Ji family's grand martial masters within its boundless might.

"Absolute Killing Formation, activate!"

Rumble!

A deafening roar abruptly resonated through dusk and earth.

Golden runes, like boiling magma, seethed and surged, rapidly condensing into two colossal grinding discs that obscured the sky, carrying terrifying power enough to crush everything, slowly pressing inward, mercilessly erasing all life within the formation.

These martial masters, trapped by the formation, who had lived hundreds of years, were among the world's elite.

However, at this moment, faced with an Absolute Killing Formation akin to heaven's retribution, they appeared so insignificant and helpless.

"Ah!"

Soon, under the crushing force of the grinding discs, someone's body collapsed, with their Essence Soul escaping.

Before they could feel any solace, the crushing force pursued relentlessly.

Even the ethereal formless Essence Soul could not escape the fate of being utterly obliterated.

It was ground into wisps of smoke in the void, evaporating into nothingness, completely vanished.

Within the span of just a tea time, over half of the great powers of the Ji family had fallen.

Witnessing his heirs fading away continuously, the Ji family ancestor instantly realized Huang Tian Sect's intention.

It was all a trap to lure them out.

"What audacity!"

"Ancestor, do not hold back!" shouted Ji Zi Kong from outside the formation.

The Ji family ancestor steeled his heart, extracting a piece of broken blade, sacrificing the remaining blade in hand with a push forward.

The fragmented blade, stained with dark red blood, burst outward with an overwhelming menacing aura, suffused with ancient unyielding killing intent, viciously slashing onto the indestructible formation barrier.

"Clang!"

Like the sound of divine ancient iron breaking, echoing to the heavens.

Suddenly, an uprising sword aura soared skyward, brilliance splashing, energy rampant as if severing heavens and earth in two.

"Break for me!"

Holding the broken blade, the Ji family ancestor effectively hacked the formation apart.

Rumble!

Centering from the Ji family ancestor, a dazzling radiance extended outward.

The complex of palaces and towers, amid this surprising upheaval, crumbled into ruins.