Chapter 135: The Stars Move and the Constellations Shift
The pupils of Qingwei Zhenren's eyes could no longer be seen, only the endless starry sky remained, in which the stars were annihilated, and the stars were shifting. He moved the "Blood Sleeve Immortal Sword" in his hand forward, like a chess player placing a piece.
Stars and stars.
Behind the sky full of fire clouds, a vast starry sky was outlined.
The "stars" kept changing their positions, seemingly without any rules to follow, but wherever they went, the light faded, and even the sound disappeared. ..
If it was just like this, it would not be a big deal, and a pseudo-immortal could do it, which was not enough to show the power of an immortal.
What really surprised Tamamonomae was that the range of the starry sky transformed by the sword formation continued to expand, even wrapping up her magic.
In the battle of Wuxing Mountain, Qi Niang once exiled the "Eastern Master" to the East China Sea.
Qingwei Zhenren went a step further.
Ordinary people used the "Star Sword Formation" to constantly use the "Star Rotation and Shift" to move positions within the range of the sword formation, but Qingwei Zhenren used the "Star Rotation and Shift" to move the entire "Star Sword Formation".
But the "Star Sword Formation" included the rain of fire summoned by Tamamonomae.
In an instant, a huge blank appeared in the rain of fire, and the rain of fire in the main core position completely disappeared, leaving only a few flames in the corners that fell powerlessly, and they were no longer a big deal.
The next moment, a huge rain of fire appeared over the East China Sea, and a huge meteor burning with flames fell into the sea, burning the mountains and boiling the sea. The sea water boiled, and the rolling water vapor surged towards the sky, forming a foggy mountain.
Tamamonomae could not see this scene. Looking around, the surrounding stars were clearly colored, only black and white, like chess pieces arranged on a chessboard. The burning flames seemed to be in the extremely distant horizon, thousands of miles apart from the two sides. Apart from that, it was pitch black, empty and ethereal, almost the same as the real starry sky.
Suddenly, the sword formation changed, and all the scenery except the stars disappeared completely. There was no sky, no earth, and no summoned rain of fire. Everything outside the sword formation could no longer be perceived, only countless stars were arranged.
Then, the stars in the sky rolled back.
In an instant, Tamamonomae could not distinguish front, back, left, right, up, or down. Her body turned with the nebula, and she was moving even if she was not moving.
Tamamonomae tried to stop this change, but found that she could not shake the formation at all. Qingwei Zhenren trapped Tamamonomae with the "Star Sword Formation", and then moved the sword formation, just like putting Tamamonomae in a carriage to go to other places. Tamamonomae was in the carriage but wanted to lift it up, but no matter how strong she was, she could not do it.
Tamamonomae immediately understood this truth and stopped trying to stop the change of the formation, but instead directly attacked the formation itself.
She was in the carriage, not the driver, so she naturally could not stop the carriage, but it should not be difficult to destroy the carriage and jump out of the car halfway.
The seven fox tails behind Tamamonomae were like a peacock spreading its tail, swaying and shaking in all directions.
The stars in the sky shook and vibrated. Not only that, but there was also fox fire that directly passed through the stars and came to the front of Qingwei Zhenren.
Qingwei Zhenren just waved his sleeves, and moved the fox fire to other places through the changes of the galaxy in the formation, and launched a counterattack at the same time. Countless stars flickered, stimulating sword energy, and stars fell like rain, one after another, densely shooting at Tamamonomae from all directions.
Tamamonomae knew that she could not avoid being hit by the omnipresent sword energy, so she had to guard her whole body tightly. Countless sword energies fell on her body, and to Tamamonomae's surprise, none of them could break through her body-protecting fox fire. These sword energies were not only not sharp, but weak to the point of being negligible.
However, the strange thing was that these sword energies did not disappear immediately when they fell on Tamamonomae, and they condensed without dispersing.
In a blink of an eye, more than a thousand swords fell from the sword formation, and countless starlight sword energies appeared around Tamamonomae. These sword energies pressed on Tamamonomae's body layer by layer, making her feel like she was carrying a heavy mountain.
Tamamonomae realized something was wrong, but it was too late, and there was nothing she could do.
At this moment, Qingwei Zhenren appeared in front of Tamamonomae with "Star Turning and Shifting" and chopped down with a sword.
Tamamonomae had to close the folding fan in his hand to block it.
The two collided, and countless sword energy burst out and scattered wildly.
Qingwei Zhenren disappeared.
At the same time, the sword formation was launched again, and countless sword shadows fell like a storm.
Tamamonomae suddenly raised his head, and the next moment he was completely submerged by the sword rain falling from the sky.
After the sword rain submerged Tamamonomae's figure, it began to pile up layer by layer, and a sword mountain appeared out of thin air.
However, the sword mountain did not last too long. At first, the sword mountain was still motionless, and gradually there was a visible shake, and then the shaking amplitude became larger and larger, and the whole sword mountain began to tremble violently. Finally, the whole sword mountain exploded, and the layers of sword shadows kept making mournful sounds and then disappeared one by one.
Tamamonomae escaped from the trap, but he was very embarrassed, with disheveled hair, torn clothes, and spring scenery leaked.
Almost at the same time, the "Blood-Sleeved Sword of the Immortal Slayer" pierced Tamamonomae's heart as fast as a flash of lightning.
Tamamonomae grasped the "Blood-Sleeved Sword of the Immortal Slayer" in a flash, and her palm was bloody.
The tip of the "Blood-Sleeved Sword of the Immortal Slayer" was only less than a foot away from Tamamonomae's heart, and the strands of sword energy touched Tamamonomae's chest like a snake's tongue.
Under the blowing of the sword energy, Tamamonomae's long black hair fluttered wildly.
Blood stains gradually spread on Tamamonomae's chest.
If it was Tamamonomae in her prime, it wouldn't be like this. Unfortunately, Tamamonomae was in a very strange state at this time. Even if she could avoid the heavenly calamity, her strength was greatly reduced. After meeting the immortal Qingwei Zhenren, it was reasonable for her to fall into a disadvantage.
Qingwei Zhenren spoke again: "Tamamonomae, you were killed by the 'Yata Mirror', and now you are resurrected. I think you are not willing to be driven by Tianmen. How can you get rid of Tianmen's control?"
Tamamonomae's lips moved slightly, and his eyes were complicated.
On the other side, after Qingwei Zhenren moved Tamamonomae away, the Great God Mountain saw the light again, the black clouds above were burned out, the earth was devastated, and there were burn marks all over the ground. There was even a layer of snow-white ash on the ground.
This is the power of the immortals fighting.
This is also the foresight of Hinomiya Xizi. She let the Ise Shrine sink into the belly of the mountain in advance, just avoiding the disaster. If the Ise Shrine had not sunk into the belly of the mountain, even if there was a formation to block it, it would have been consumed.
The key to this war still lies in the Ise Shrine. If the Dao Sect takes down or destroys the Ise Shrine, then the symbolic significance is very significant. Not to mention those neutral factions who are sitting on the fence, even the Sonnong Faction will have great pessimism, and even voices of surrender will be derived. After all, if you can't even defend the Tianmen ancestral temple, what about the Nong Dao? Isn't it a foolish dream?
There are also the defections of the neutral faction. The so-called neutral faction, in a word, will go to whichever direction the wind blows, and they will help whoever wins. In their view, the fall of the Ise Shrine means that the victory has been decided, and it is time to add icing on the cake. If it is a little later, the credit will be greatly reduced, and it will only be a fault.
Once the neutral faction defected, the Sonnong Faction was divided, and the voices of surrender became louder, then a momentum was formed. This is also a kind of people's will.
As the saying goes, when a wall falls, everyone pushes it. When confidence collapses, it will collapse thousands of miles away without the slightest ability to fight back.
The Taoist sect understood this truth, so they gathered the alchemist camp, forcibly opened a cave leading directly to the belly of the mountain, and pushed the four most outstanding disciples of the eight generations up at once, with the intention of winning.
At the same time, there is another meaning. These young people are promoted very quickly, and it is inevitable that they will be criticized. Therefore, the more critical the moment, the more they should be sent up.
Imagine that it is not feasible to promote slowly at ordinary times and only think of people when something happens. When something big happens, you take charge of this army and that continent, and stand aside when it comes to recommending the chief master. No one can accept it. This principle is the same for other positions. It cannot be that I come to make merit and you go to die, which is extremely damaging to morale.
If this routine is always used, the damage to its overall atmosphere is immeasurable. Over time, there will be no one who does things, and the decay and degeneration of the entire organization will be greatly accelerated.
People will naturally ask: "When you are about to die, you think of me. Where is I when you have nothing to do but eat meat?"
So this time, the national teacher personally made the decision to send these four young people to the most critical places, including Li Changge. These four people cannot be allowed to sit back and enjoy the credit. We are here to fight, not to gild ourselves.
This is a fine tradition of Taoism. The great masters of all generations have risen to the top by virtue of their merits. They may not necessarily be based on military merits, but they have definitely experienced wars.
Of the two popular candidates for the position of great master this time, Donghua Zhenren represented Quanzhen Dao to preside over and participate in the war in the Western Regions. This is also the tradition of Taoism. The specific command is the responsibility of the spiritual officer, but the overall strategic planning must be the responsibility of the Taoist priests. Qingwei Zhenren is now presiding over the larger-scale Fenglinzhou war on behalf of Taiping Dao.
Even the weakest Sixth Generation Grand Master cannot be explained by just being a good guy. He had outstanding performance in the war against Buddhism. As for being sidelined later, it can only be said that external and internal are two different things. Since ancient times, it is not uncommon for generals who galloped in all directions on the battlefield to eventually lose in the temple.
As for why Li Tiangang and others were not sent over, it was because they had a mission, including the Master of the Palace and three first-grade spiritual officials, who needed to block the reinforcements. After all, there were so many temples in Tianmen and the royal family of Pingjing. Last time, they surrounded the reinforcements, and this time they really blocked the reinforcements, and they mainly used high-end combat power. After all, it is difficult for ordinary troops to reach Ise controlled by Taoism in a short time without flying boats. They can only rush to help with a small number of high-end combat forces of the first level of heaven.
Taoism did not press on all fronts. There were only a few Canzhi Zhenren and Pingzhang Da Zhenren who personally went down. If you count them carefully, there are only four people, Qi, Zhang, Li, and Yao.