Chapter 1251: The Sky Is Falling

As Jiang Wang sped along, he silently pondered the intricacies of the Detailed Explanation of Fiery Flower Burning City, striving for complete understanding so he could quickly grasp it when his cultivation reached the required level. At the same time, he devoted a portion of his attention to observing his surroundings.

Speaking of the map of the current realm, quite a few locations were already illuminated in his mind.

He had yet to truly delve into countless books, but he had already traveled countless miles.

Between the Kingdom of Yun and the Kingdom of Chu, there were two places that had to be mentioned.

One was the Western Holy Land of Buddhism, Mount Sumeru, and the other was the Kingdom of Song, which flourished through Confucianism. Both possessed forces that could not be ignored.

The former was as renowned as the Hanging Temple, while the latter in the Southern Domain was no less formidable than the Kingdom of Wei.

Jiang Wang noticed something very interesting.

Since leaving the Kingdom of Yun, he had flown all the way to this point. His current position was precisely at the center of a circle formed by five locations: the Kingdom of Yun, the Observation River Platform, the Dragon Gate Academy, the Kingdom of Song, and Mount Sumeru.

In other words, the distance from his current location to these five places was all the same.

Truly a peculiar position.

As Jiang Wang pondered, the black and white divine ability seeds representing "Deviation from the Path" in his second inner mansion suddenly spun. A sense of warning immediately arose in his heart, and the hairs on his body stood on end!

The sense of crisis came so abruptly, so fiercely.

Without a second thought, he unleashed a "Eight Tone Burning Sea" on the spot.

Chirping and chattering, bird songs initiated the eight tones, and the eight tones played the sea's sound.

The wave of sound and the wave of flame surged outwards from his center, employing offense as defense.

"Oh?"

Someone uttered a surprised sound like this.

It seemed to be astonishment at why Jiang Wang had been detected.

Immediately following was a sharp shout: "Take him down!"

The area ahead was originally a wilderness, with an unobstructed view, and no place to hide at all.

But the air rippled like water, and a total of four figures with faces covered in cloth and dressed in black robes "drilled" out of the air. They formed a square formation.

And Jiang Wang's position was along one of the diagonals.

There were two people in front of him, and one person on each side.

Clearly, if Jiang Wang had moved forward a little further, and detected the danger a little later, he would have just fallen into the encirclement of these four people.

And now, since the encirclement failed, they resorted to a strong attack. They obviously had full confidence in "taking him down".

These figures appeared without any unnecessary words, and almost simultaneously made their moves, resonating with the Star Building.

In the distant starry sky, starlight flickered for a moment.

Even the blazing sun was somewhat obscured, and this place almost resembled night.

These were four cultivators at the Outer Building realm!

The Eight Tone Burning Sea stopped when it reached these four people, and then collapsed under a terrifying force. It was unclear who had struck.

Jiang Wang drew his sword and held it in hand: "Cowardly rascals, what do you want!?"

The black-clad person directly in front of Jiang Wang, and the one at the very front, directly drew a straight saber: "We said we'd take you!"

He was probably the leader of this operation.

As his straight saber was drawn, swish swish swish!

The remaining three people simultaneously drew their sabers.

The leader of the black-clad group directly leaped high, raising his saber and chopping down. The straight saber attracted the power of the Star Building, almost like thunder moving in the nine heavens, arriving in an instant!

In a straight line with him was a slightly shorter black-clad person, who also moved in a straight line, thrusting his saber forward.

His entire person, along with his straight saber, became a line. He was more like an arrow shot from a bowstring, piercing through the obstruction of space, and even sound could not stop him. The starlight of the four Star Heaven Sacred Buildings flowed around him, making him surprisingly dazzling.

Man and saber merged into a flowing light arrow.

The black-clad person to Jiang Wang's left, judging by their build, should be a woman, also holding a straight saber in her hand. Her movement technique was like a ghost, and she was close in an instant. Her saber momentum, however, was exceedingly fierce, slashing diagonally from left to right, with the power to cleave a mountain!

The black-clad person to Jiang Wang's right was slightly plump. Contrary to the woman on the left, his straight saber chopped diagonally from right to left, with a tragic and fierce momentum, like a general who had fought a hundred battles, determined to kill the enemy and return.

In just the instant they appeared, these four black-clad individuals formed a deadly killing formation!

The four sabers from top, bottom, left, and right, appeared to move independently, yet were perfectly unified, instantly sealing off all of Jiang Wang's retreat routes.

Jiang Wang realized immediately that this was a killing formation specifically targeting him.

These four black-clad individuals were not from ordinary forces; the military aura about them could not be faked. They were soldiers! And they must have come from an elite army!

An ordinary army would never be so extravagant as to have four Outer Building realm experts practice such a coordinated military formation.

In this place, which country's elite strong army would appear?

The Kingdom of Song? The Kingdom of Wei? The Kingdom of Jing? Or even the Kingdom of Qin?

It wouldn't be the Kingdom of Chu.

Besides Ye Qingyu, only Zuo Guangshu should know about his trip to Chu this time. But Jiang Wang didn't believe that he was ambushed halfway because of Zuo Guangshu's betrayal.

Zuo Guangshu was definitely a trustworthy child.

To take a step back, if Zuo Guangshu wanted to harm him, there would be no need for such trouble at all. After he arrived in the Kingdom of Chu, with the power of the Zuo clan of Great Chu, wouldn't he be able to be easily manipulated?

So there was only one explanation: his opponents had been watching him for a long time.

Or perhaps, after the news of his temporary departure from the Kingdom of Qi due to unforeseen circumstances spread, this operation had already begun.

To evade the pursuit of that terrifying woman, he had been hiding and concealing himself along the way, extremely cautious. But there were too many methods in the extraordinary world; perhaps he had been discovered at some point for some reason without realizing it.

Perhaps he had been targeted before entering the Lingxiao Pavilion. They couldn't act immediately due to the presence of Ye Lingxiao, and could only launch their operation after he left the Kingdom of Yun.

As mentioned before, his current location was equidistant from the Kingdom of Yun, the Observation River Platform, the Dragon Gate Academy, the Kingdom of Song, and Mount Sumeru. In other words, no matter which direction someone noticed this place and rushed over, it would take the same amount of time.

And this time was precisely the time that his opponents had sufficient confidence to completely subdue him!

Thousands of thoughts raced through his mind, but the Sound Listening Immortal Form had already been activated at the first instant.

From this moment on for nineteen breaths, myriad sounds converged!

Amidst the jumbled but orderly sound information, Jiang Wang donned frost wind, bathed in crimson fire, his eyes reflecting sword light, and immediately manifested the state of a sword immortal. Chang Xiangsi hummed with emotion, and he charged head-on with a single sword strike!

The sky threatened to fall, relying on the sword to support it in between, but at this moment, the sword mountain supporting the heavens and earth had collapsed. This was the Sword of the Pinnacle!

Jiang Wang was very clear that since his opponents had been watching him for so long and were able to ambush him at the right location at the right time, they must have studied his strength.

With only these four people present, it must be that these four people possessed sufficient ability to defeat him.

Therefore, he did not hide anything, and unleashed his strongest sword momentum upon the first encounter!

At this moment, the divine ability light suddenly shone simultaneously on the four black-clad individuals.

These four Outer Building cultivators had not only all erected four Saint Buildings, but they were also all Divine Ability Outer Buildings!

Although each had only one divine ability light, it was still bolstered by star power and the suppression of the Outer Building realm. It could be said that any single one of these four black-clad individuals possessed the ability to fight Jiang Wang to the death alone.

Not to mention the four of them joining forces!

The four divine ability lights, whose specific attributes could not be seen, instantly merged into the body of the black-clad leader in a way that Jiang Wang could not comprehend.

Behind this black-clad leader, a figure of a golden-armored warrior immediately appeared. The golden armor was resplendent, majestic and brilliant.

His straight saber shone with great treasure light, like a snake exploring grass, like an eagle landing its talons, and directly struck Jiang Wang's sword edge!

Saber and sword collided and separated.

The black-clad leader was indeed blasted back, but Jiang Wang's Pinnacle Sword in his Sword Immortal state was also scattered!

And at the same time, three black shadows streaked past.

The other three black-clad individuals passed Jiang Wang's body.

The Green Cloud Imprint appeared and disappeared repeatedly. Jiang Wang, relying on the information collected by the Sound Listening Immortal Form, used the Immortal Art of Walking on Green Clouds to narrowly avoid the vital points, but still clearly...

Felt the pain!

Figures separated abruptly.

The four black-clad individuals stood around, front, back, left, and right, encircling Jiang Wang.

And Jiang Wang, standing in the center with his sword held, had three hideous刀marks on his left abdomen, right chest, and left thigh...

Blood gushed out!