Chapter 269: Azure Dragon

The woman in white in mid-air closed her eyes, sensing the battle in the Four Sects' territory in her unique way. A sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth. She formed Hand Seals with her right hand, and immediately a white light appeared in her palm. It then shot into the clouds and vanished within the Rift.

Amidst a rumbling sound, the Rift spanning ten thousand miles around the woman in white suddenly began to move. One by one, they connected, forming a massive Rift at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, Pagodas of ice and snow descended from this Rift.

Cultivators from the Snow Domain Country were quite different from those of other countries. In this country, there were no Schools; like the Giant Demon Race, they were a single race.

In the Snow Domain Country, once one's cultivation reached the Nascent Soul Stage, they could condense a Giant God from their Nascent Soul, forming an ice and snow giant similar to an Incarnation.

This was a symbol of status.

Similarly, once one reached Soul Transformation cultivation, the first thing they would do was create their own ice and snow Pagoda to serve as their cultivation ground.

The descent of these ice and snow Pagodas this time signified the appearance of Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators in this great war.

These ice and snow Pagodas varied in style and size, but to a discerning eye, one could naturally judge the cultivation of their owner by the number of floors in the Pagoda.

The higher the Pagoda's floors, the stronger the Cultivator's cultivation within it. This was a relatively intuitive way for Snow Domain Cultivators to assess strength.

A total of thirty-six ice and snow Pagodas descended this time.

Among them, four were noticeably taller than the others, having already reached ninety-nine floors. This indicated that the owners of these four Pagodas had reached the Late Stage of Soul Transformation.

The moment the thirty-six Pagodas descended, the Soul Transformation Cultivators of the Four Sects Alliance all took a deep breath and entered a Formation within their respective Schools, where their figures disappeared.

Suddenly, seven-colored light flashed on the ground beneath the woman in white, and a massive gate silently appeared. The Soul Transformation Cultivators of the Four Sects Alliance emerged from it.

The middle-aged scholar and the old woman from the White Cloud Sect were among them, but the old man in green robes who had mastered the Concept of Time was not.

Among them, four old men were the most striking. These four all looked as if they had just crawled out of coffins, their faces covered in wrinkles. These four were precisely the Grand Elders who protected the Schools within the Four Sects Alliance.

The four men looked up at the descending ice and snow Pagodas. One of the old men suddenly straightened his back, and in an instant, his gaunt muscles swelled wildly. Cracking sounds emanated from his body, his joints instantly enlarged, and the wrinkles on his face vanished without a trace as his muscles bulged.

Almost in the blink of an eye, he transformed from a gaunt old man into a dignified middle-aged man. This man's gaze was solemn as he stared at the woman in white and loudly said, "I am Cultivator Zhou Yun from the Black Soul School. May I ask if Your Excellency is Fellow Daoist Hong Die from the Snow Domain Country?"

The Hong Die mentioned by this old man was precisely the favored daughter of the Snow Domain Country, recruited by the Vermilion Bird Country! A peerless Genius who reached the Late Stage of Soul Transformation within a century.

The woman in white's eyes flickered slightly, and she coldly said, "So it's Your Excellency Zhou Yun, one of the eight Late Stage Soul Transformation Cultivators of the Four Sects Alliance."

Zhou Yun's brows furrowed slightly. The woman's answer was not what he sought, clearly not the answer he wanted. But now, since the woman refused to answer, his gaze turned cold, and he waved his right hand forward!

This action was not only a signal for war but also a signal to those within the Four Sects Alliance preparing to execute the second phase of the plan!

Zhou Yun could wait no longer. Regardless of whether this woman was Hong Die, he had to take a gamble!

The Soul Transformation Cultivators from various Schools around him all moved, rushing into the sky.

A hint of disdain flashed in the woman in white's eyes. From each of the ice and snow Pagodas, Snow Domain Country Soul Transformation Cultivators swiftly emerged, and thus, the high-level battle between the two sides began.

With powerful Spells and Divine Abilities, the entire territory of the Four Sects Alliance immediately experienced heaven-shattering and earth-splitting changes, with winds and clouds shifting colors. Every Divine Ability of these Soul Transformation Cultivators possessed the power to move mountains and overturn seas. As a result, waves of magical power fluctuations spread out mightily. Many low-level Cultivators, whether from the Four Sects Alliance or the Snow Domain Country, were severely injured by a mere touch of these magical power fluctuations, or even died.

This battle between the two countries had already split into two parts: one part involved Cultivators below the Soul Transformation Stage fighting on the ground, and the other involved Soul Transformation Cultivators dueling in mid-air.

This was the most intense battle Wang Lin had witnessed so far. Hidden within the snow peaks, he observed these unattainable Soul Transformation Cultivators, meticulously studying each Spell and Divine Ability that contained a Concept.

The battles of Soul Transformation Cultivators were often not confined to one place; they frequently traversed thousands of miles. Before long, the Soul Transformation Cultivators from both sides scattered, engaging in life-and-death combat across the entire Four Sects Alliance as their battlefield.

The disdain in the woman in white's eyes grew stronger. She again formed Hand Seals with her right hand, and a white light emerged from it. But just then, nine points of light suddenly appeared beside her.

As soon as these light points appeared, they immediately connected, and then, nine illusory figures suddenly materialized.

Among these nine, the old man in green robes from the White Cloud Sect, who had mastered the Concept of Time, was indeed present.

As soon as these nine figures appeared, the woman in white's expression immediately turned grim. She let out a soft hmph, flipped her right hand, and a fan made of seven large feathers appeared in her hand.

The woman's eyes flickered, and she fanned with the fan in her hand. Immediately, one of the feathers automatically detached. As soon as it detached, it instantly ignited, transforming into a wisp of green smoke. Within this wisp of smoke, a giant figure suddenly formed. This figure was curvaceous but was only a black shadow.

She gently blew a breath, and immediately, the nine people surrounding the woman in white began to sway. Each of them spat out a mouthful of blood, but their bodies did not retreat a single step.

At the same time, the nine people simultaneously let out a low roar, and nine attacks, each containing a different Concept, surged towards the woman like raging waves.

At this moment, all the Snow Domain Soul Transformation Cultivators who witnessed this scene changed their expressions drastically, wanting to rush over, but how could the Four Sects' Soul Transformation Cultivators engaging them allow them to rescue her? All of this was part of the plan.

The woman's expression immediately changed drastically. She frantically waved the fan in her hand, and feathers detached one by one, but it was too late. This killing Formation had been prepared by the Four Sects Alliance for a long time, specifically for the favored daughter of the Snow Domain Country.

Once this favored daughter died, this war would undergo a massive turning point. The Cultivators of the Snow Domain Country, having lost their value, would no longer be valued by the Vermilion Bird Country. Although it might provoke the wrath of the Vermilion Bird Country, it was still better than their current impending destruction.

The moment these nine people made their move, countless Cultivators of the Four Sects who maintained this Formation within the Four Sects Alliance territory had already become listless and fallen dead.

It was they who had shared the burden of the attacks from the woman in white's fan.

The reason this woman dared to stand alone in the sky was precisely because of this fan. However, she was too confident. Since she obtained this precious fan, made by a fifth-grade Cultivation Country, no Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator, except for her Junior Sister who had always been above her, was her match.

Among these nine, five were Late Stage Soul Transformation Cultivators, and the other four were individuals within the Four Sects Alliance who had mastered special Concepts. It could be said that with this killing Formation, unless one was in the Nascent Soul Transformation Stage, any Cultivator below the Nascent Soul Transformation Stage would surely die!

Under the raging waves, the woman in white had no power to resist. Her body instantly turned into a bloody mist, and the fan, with only two feathers remaining, was seized by a Late Stage Soul Transformation Cultivator. Afterwards, the nine people transformed into points of light and disappeared into mid-air.

Under the fan's attack, the nine of them also paid a heavy price. Each of their cultivations had dropped significantly, requiring long periods of secluded cultivation to recover.

The Snow Domain Soul Transformation Cultivators who witnessed this scene all showed anger in their eyes, but there was no sorrow in this anger; instead, they fought even more fiercely against the Four Sects Alliance.

Wang Lin witnessed all of this unfold. His brows gradually furrowed. After observing the expressions of the Snow Domain Cultivators, he felt that something seemed amiss.

This woman's identity, perhaps, was not that favored daughter!

Just then, streaks of seven-colored light pillars suddenly rose from the ground. There were a total of one hundred and eight of these light pillars.

They were distributed in various corners of the Four Sects Alliance, and at this moment, they simultaneously ascended into the sky. If viewed from above, these one hundred and eight light pillars formed a massive Formation with the entire Four Sects Alliance as its core.

On the ground, at every location where a light pillar ascended, countless Cultivators sat cross-legged within. All of them had their eyes tightly closed, pouring all their cultivation spiritual power into the light pillars to maintain the transformation of this Formation.

The entire earth trembled. At the very center of the Four Sects Alliance, the former Tianyun Mountain Range, although now covered in ice and snow, at this moment, the ice and snow fell amidst rumbling sounds. Some frozen ice layers also cracked open. The entire Tianyun Mountain Range, at this moment, activated by the one hundred and eight light pillars, actually transformed into an Azure Dragon ten thousand zhang long, slowly wriggling its body.

Soon, as countless ice and snow fell, this Azure Dragon raised its head, its massive Dragon eyes staring at the Snow Domain Cultivators in the sky.

Standing on this Azure Dragon was a person Wang Lin recognized: the Big-Eared Cultivator, Zhou Wutai!

The reason Zhou Wutai held such a high position within the Four Sects Alliance was precisely because his body contained the Bloodline of the Azure Dragon, guardian of the Four Sects Alliance.

Only he, after activating the Azure Dragon Great Formation, could successfully control this Azure Dragon to wage a war to protect the country!

The Azure Dragon raised its head and suddenly let out a Dragon's roar. This sound transformed into waves of Qi that spread out. The Cultivators of the Four Sects Alliance were all invigorated upon hearing this Dragon's roar.

According to the plan, one roar from the Azure Dragon signified the start of the decisive battle. Large numbers of Cultivators flew out from the Four Sects' territory, joining the struggle against the Snow Domain Cultivators.