Chapter 555: You are a Great Venerable?

"The Purple Dream Domain has indeed made a move."

Feng Wanxing, stationed at the most crucial core of the Formation, also sensed the chaos within the city.

Those hundreds of Peak Sovereign Realm Puppets acted without restraint, and the resulting fluctuations in aura were hard to ignore.

"If it weren't for the Marquis's orders instructing us to guard the Formation core, just a few hundred Puppets would dare act like this?"

Feng Wanxing gently shook his head.

Hundreds of Peak Sovereign Realm Puppets were nothing much.

It was just that the strongest Sovereign Realm Experts in Azure Ember City had all been ordered by Qing Fen Marquis to guard the Formation cores.

That was why these Peak Sovereign Realm Puppets were given the opportunity to run amok.

Feng Wanxing also knew the reason behind Qing Fen Marquis's decision.

As long as the Formation cores did not have any problems, Azure Ember City would be as steady as Mount Tai.

As for the destruction caused by those Peak Sovereign Realm Puppets? It was simply nothing.

"The Marquis should have been held back by the Purple Dream Marquis."

Feng Wanxing's thoughts churned.

With Qing Fen Marquis's strength, dealing with those Puppets was just a matter of a single thought.

To let them be until now, the only possibility was that he was held back.

"The Purple Dream Marquis held back the Marquis just to let these Puppets run amok for a bit?"

Feng Wanxing thought carefully, vaguely feeling that something was amiss.

He didn't even care about the destruction caused by these Puppets running amok; to Azure Ember City, the loss was extremely low.

Although Feng Wanxing was not clear about what methods the Purple Dream Marquis used to hold back the Marquis, it must have cost a price.

Paying a price just to make Azure Ember City suffer this minor, painless loss?

"We will talk about everything after the Marquis frees up his hands."

Feng Wanxing intended to voice the doubts in his heart once he saw Qing Fen Marquis again.

"Currently, the twelve Formation cores within the city are all guarded by someone."

Feng Wanxing looked in other directions.

So far, the other eleven Formation cores had not suffered any attacks, and everything was completely normal.

"And Junior Brother."

Feng Wanxing looked towards the Burning Heaven Courtyard direction once more, "Junior Brother is also staying in the Burning Heaven Courtyard."

Feng Wanxing was very clear about how much importance Qing Fen Marquis attached to Lin Yuan.

If Junior Brother had any problems during this rampage by the Purple Dream Domain.

Qing Fen Marquis would probably be furious.

It was just that judging from now, Junior Brother was still fine.

He hadn't left the Burning Heaven Courtyard.

As long as he was inside the Burning Heaven Courtyard, there was no need to say much about Junior Brother's safety.

In terms of defensive capability, the Burning Heaven Courtyard was definitely the highest in Azure Ember City; even they were not as safe as Junior Brother.

"As long as the twelve Formation cores have no problems and Junior Brother has no problems, let these Puppets make a ruckus."

Feng Wanxing no longer paid attention to the chaotic city.

The Purple-haired woman and other Experts continuously shuttled through the Void Realm, passing through every corner of Azure Ember City.

The Myriad Array Crystal faintly emitted a hazy glow, replicating all the Formations within range.

"There are still two Formation cores left."

The Purple-haired woman felt joyful in her mind, and many other Experts also wore smiles on their faces.

So far, their whereabouts had not been discovered.

Qing Fen Marquis's Peak Sovereign Realm Disciples were all guarding within the Formation cores,

completely ignoring outside matters.

And they only needed to get slightly close to the Formation cores and remotely replicate them with the Myriad Array Crystal to leisurely leave.

Without drawing anyone's attention.

"Hmm?"

"Ahead is the Burning Heaven Courtyard. That little Disciple most valued by Qing Fen Marquis Cultivates there."

Just at this moment, the thin man following behind the Purple-haired woman suddenly spoke.

"The Burning Heaven Courtyard?"

The Purple-haired woman also glanced over.

The Burning Heaven Courtyard was also at an important node of the city's Formations, and they needed to pass by it once to let the Myriad Array Crystal replicate it.

Swish.

Soon, the group arrived not far from the Burning Heaven Courtyard.

Hum, hum, hum.

After the Purple-haired woman finished replicating the Formations around the Burning Heaven Courtyard with the Myriad Array Crystal, she intended to leave.

The hunched old woman beside her, however, spoke, "Since that Qing Fen Marquis attaches so much importance to this little Disciple, if we kill him, would it be considered a great contribution?"

As soon as these words were spoken.

The eyes of the other Experts instantly lit up.

Qing Fen Marquis had taken in hundreds of thousands of Disciples, but even Feng Wanxing could only address Qing Fen Marquis as the 'Marquis'.

It was foreseeable that one day, even if Feng Wanxing perished, Qing Fen Marquis probably wouldn't even frown.

But Lin Yuan? Not only did he personally leave Azure Ember City, but he even allowed him to address him as 'Master',

and for this period of time, Qing Fen Marquis practically granted his every request, even giving up the Burning Heaven Courtyard, which was usually his place for seclusion.

From this, it could be seen how much importance Qing Fen Marquis attached to Lin Yuan.

It could also be seen just how terrifyingly monstrous Lin Yuan's Aptitude and talent were,

that they actually made a Peak Great Venerable like Qing Fen Marquis lose his composure to this extent.

"Senior Sister, anyway, there is still plenty of time now. Just taking advantage of Qing Fen Marquis being held back by Master, and the Peak Sovereign Realm Disciples within the city guarding the Formation cores, should we give it a try?"

The thin man was instantly somewhat tempted.

With the importance Qing Fen Marquis attached to Lin Yuan, under normal circumstances, let alone making a move,

they didn't even have the qualification to catch a glimpse of him.

Only now, taking advantage of the conflict between the Purple Dream Domain and the Azure Ember Domain, could they get this close to Lin Yuan.

"I also think we can give it a try."

Another Purple Dream Domain expert spoke.

In the short term, killing Lin Yuan was a great contribution and belonged to tangible benefits.

In the long run, Lin Yuan's Aptitude and talent were terrifying. If he were allowed to grow, he would definitely become a major threat to the Purple Dream Domain in the future.

Rather than waiting for the other party to grow up, it was better to try nipping it in the bud early.

Even if it failed, there would be no loss; they still had plenty of time remaining in Azure Ember City, and finishing the replication of the remaining Formations was more than enough.

As for whether killing Lin Yuan would provoke Qing Fen Marquis's fury?

The Purple Dream Domain and the Azure Ember Domain were inherently hostile relations anyway. Even if they didn't kill Lin Yuan, would Qing Fen Marquis let them go?

"Then let's give it a try."

The Purple-haired woman pondered for a split second and immediately made a decision.

She also wanted to see what kind of person the little Disciple cultivated so attentively by Qing Fen Marquis actually was.

Since they had decided to strike.

The Purple-haired woman and the others did not hesitate at all, instantly appearing before the Burning Heaven Courtyard.

"This Burning Heaven Courtyard is one of Qing Fen Marquis's seclusion locations, and he even had his valued little Disciple stationed here. It definitely has great Formations protecting it. Our attacks must be fast; once we find we cannot break the Formation, we will leave immediately."

The Purple-haired woman was very clear about the purpose of their group, which was to finish replicating all the Formations within the city.

As for killing the little Disciple valued by Qing Fen Marquis? It was completely done along the way; succeeding would be best, but even failing shouldn't delay official business.

"Good."

The other Experts nodded; they meant the same thing—just to try it out anyway since there was no harm in it.

Inside the Burning Heaven Courtyard.

Lin Yuan looked outside.

In fact, when the Purple-haired woman's group used the Myriad Array Crystal to replicate the Formations around the Burning Heaven Courtyard,

Lin Yuan had already detected them.

But abiding by Qing Fen Marquis's injunctions, he didn't have any other thoughts and continued his own cultivation.

But now, the other party had actually appeared right before the Burning Heaven Courtyard.

"What do they want to do?"

Lin Yuan walked out of the pavilion. This place was still inside the Burning Heaven Courtyard, within the protection range of the Formation.

"That is the newly accepted little Disciple of Qing Fen Marquis?"

The Purple-haired woman also saw Lin Yuan. Without saying anything, she directly made a move.

In a split second.

A hazy purple power began to shroud towards the Burning Heaven Courtyard.

The other Purple Dream Domain Experts also used their respective methods without holding back at all, seeking only to kill Lin Yuan in the shortest possible time.

The intelligence obtained by the Purple-haired woman and other Experts regarding Lin Yuan came from the Yu Family; before becoming a Disciple of Qing Fen Marquis, he was merely at the Eighth Order Realm.

With their strength at the half-step Great Venerable level, even with Formation protection, as long as a trace of might seeped through,

Lin Yuan would undoubtedly die without a doubt.

Rumble.

The terrifying aura crashed toward the Burning Heaven Courtyard.

Just at this moment, an intangible barrier rose from around the Burning Heaven Courtyard,

and the attacks of more than a dozen half-step Great Venerables were completely blocked by this intangible barrier.

All the attacks dissipated quickly without emitting the slightest sound.

"Such a defensive Formation?"

The Purple-haired woman's expression turned solemn, and she immediately abandoned the thought of continuing to attack.

She could see that the defensive capability of the Burning Heaven Courtyard's defensive Formation was terrifyingly extreme.

Let alone half-step Great Venerables like them, even a true Great Venerable level expert couldn't break it in a short while.

"Qing Fen Marquis truly dotes on this little Disciple."

The other Purple Dream Domain Experts sighed in their hearts; the Burning Heaven Courtyard was not a Formation core,

yet its degree of defense probably even exceeded that of the Formation cores.

Was this because Lin Yuan lived inside? Did Qing Fen Marquis specifically adjust the Formation's coverage area?

"Let's go."

"Don't waste time here."

The Purple-haired woman immediately intended to leave.

The other Purple Dream Domain Experts did the same.

"Their strength is just like that?"

Lin Yuan observed inside the Burning Heaven Courtyard for a while, seeing the might when the Purple-haired woman and others made a move.

Although it was completely blocked by the Formation, Lin Yuan still estimated the other party's strength.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan's thoughts stirred slightly

A Primordial Spirit stepped out from within the body, taking the initiative to leave Burning Heaven Courtyard and step out of the Formation's coverage area.

Ever since moving into Burning Heaven Courtyard, Lin Yuan was very satisfied with the Cultivation environment, and he had also witnessed the Purple-haired woman wreaking havoc in Azure Ember City.

If he were unsure of the Purple-haired woman's strength, Lin Yuan would naturally be cautious, obeying Qing Fen Marquis's injunction to hide inside Burning Heaven Courtyard and not come out.

But now?

The strength of the Purple-haired woman and the others was just so-so.

Lin Yuan suddenly conceived the idea of solving these people for Qing Fen Marquis.

Of course, out of caution, Lin Yuan did not send out his true Physical Body, but instead dispatched a Primordial Spirit.

In this way, even if extreme circumstances arose, such as the Purple-haired woman hiding her strength,

or Peak Dominators or Heavenly Venerable level Experts hidden nearby whom Lin Yuan could not perceive,

Lin Yuan would at most lose one Primordial Spirit, which could be recondensed at any time.

"Hmm?"

Just as the Purple-haired woman and the others were planning to leave, they suddenly discovered a figure actively walking out from Burning Heaven Courtyard.

"Yu Yan?"

The Purple-haired woman immediately stopped in her tracks, looking at Lin Yuan with some disbelief.

Instead of hiding properly inside Burning Heaven Courtyard, the other party actually took the initiative to walk out?

"You are from Purple Dream Domain?" Lin Yuan looked at the Purple-haired woman and the others. "Appearing here stealthily definitely isn't anything good."

"Strike directly."

The skinny man's figure vanished, blending into space.

Lin Yuan taking the initiative to walk out of Burning Heaven Courtyard was, in his view, undoubtedly an excellent opportunity.

Although he deduced that since Yu Yan dared to walk out actively, there was a high probability he had some trump cards or backup plans, did he not have any himself?

"Hmph."

An expert from Purple Dream Domain snorted coldly, and an invisible Soul fluctuation appeared, silently enveloping Lin Yuan.

Not only did the skinny man seize the opportunity,

the numerous Purple Dream Domain Experts on the field also scented the opportunity, striking almost instantaneously,

with no intention of giving Lin Yuan any time to react at all.

"Hmm?"

The Purple Dream Domain expert who unleashed the Soul attack frowned.

Soul attacks naturally arrived in a split second, so his Soul attack was the first to land on Lin Yuan.

However, this Soul attack gave him no feedback whatsoever, as if it had entered a mire and completely vanished.

"What is going on?"

This Purple Dream Domain expert was somewhat startled and uncertain.

Swoosh.

Terrifying attacks surged along time and space toward Lin Yuan, arriving within several zhang of Lin Yuan's body surface in an instant.

"The defensive Formation didn't appear?"

The Purple-haired woman was slightly stunned.

She had originally thought Lin Yuan walked out unconcernedly because he was still inside the defensive Formation.

But now, their attacks were about to land on Lin Yuan, yet not a shred of Formation aura was emanating.

"Is this Yu Yan's Clone?" The hunchbacked old woman glanced at Burning Heaven Courtyard, harboring a guess in her heart. "Whether it's a Clone or not, he is dead beyond a doubt."

Swish.

To Lin Yuan's right, a figure condensed—it was precisely the skinny man. He extended his right hand, clawing toward Lin Yuan.

Seeing this, the Purple-haired woman turned around directly.

She didn't even need to look to know Lin Yuan was dead for sure. The skinny man's Physical Body was hailed as the strongest beneath the Dominators in Purple Dream Domain, capable of withstanding a few blows from a Dominator without dying even in the pure Physical Body Domain.

Being approached so closely by the skinny man made even the Purple-haired woman's scalp tingle; Lin Yuan would undoubtedly have no chance of escaping.

"Is this the strength that gave you the courage to sneak in?"

Lin Yuan glanced sideways at the skinny man reaching out to grab him, and casually waved his right hand.

Although only a Primordial Spirit had stepped out of Burning Heaven Courtyard at this moment, relying on the Divine Ability technique Illusory Reality, the Primordial Spirit had already transformed into a Physical Body, and its combat power was not much weaker than the true Physical Body.

Numerous Physical Body Divine Abilities, the Thirteenth Order Legacy Infinite Void, and even the Blazing Sun Divine Body could be Cultivated by the Primordial Spirit.

Hum hum hum!

Amidst Lin Yuan's casual wave of his hand,

the skinny man who had already reached his front with a hand outstretched suddenly changed expression drastically. Then his face turned pale as he vomited several mouthfuls of blood, his form and Soul beginning to shatter. Finally, a pale green light emitted from his body surface, barely halting his injuries as his entire body blasted backward.

This scene left the Purple-haired woman and the remaining Purple Dream Domain Experts who were watching in a daze.

"Junior Brother Kuangzhen, he—" The Purple-haired woman couldn't believe this scene. "He was directly heavily injured! If not for the Tears of Life bestowed by Master, he would probably have died long ago?!"

Junior Brother Kuangzhen's Physical Body was peerless in Purple Dream Domain; even a Dominator's strike might not necessarily kill him.

Yet Lin Yuan just waved his hand, and he had practically died once?

This was unacceptable to the Purple-haired woman. Even if Lin Yuan had some backing or backup plans to walk out of Burning Heaven Courtyard, it should lean toward defense, such as dodging the skinny man's attack.

But what about this scene right now?

Rumble.

At this moment, the attacks of the other Purple Dream Domain Experts also landed. However, upon touching the corner of Lin Yuan's garments, all the attacks began to burn, burning continuously and perishing ceaselessly.

"Run quickly! He is a Dominator! He is a Dominator!!"

Not far away, the skinny man, Junior Brother Kuangzhen, transmitted his voice to the Purple-haired woman and the others without any hesitation, while fleeing backward without even turning his head.

If not for the life-saving item Tears of Life, his form and Soul would have been completely destroyed in an instant by Lin Yuan's wave of the hand earlier.

Being able to inflict such damage upon him with a casual strike could only be explained by a Dominator, which was why the skinny man transmitted such words.

At this moment, he only had one thought in his heart, and that was to escape.

As for why Qing Fen Marquis's youngest Disciple was a Dominator and other such doubts, there was simply no time to think about them.

"A Dominator?"

The Purple-haired woman's pupils constricted, and she intended to flee as well.

Hum!!!

Time and space in all directions began to condense, resembling amber, trapping all the Purple Dream Domain Experts within.

"Want to run?"

Lin Yuan stepped forward, arriving behind the skinny man, and pressed down with a raised hand.

The skinny man's Physical Body began to collapse once more. This time, he had no Tears of Life to save his life, and in the end, only a sliver of Soul remained, which was immediately suppressed and put away by Lin Yuan.

Swoosh.

Lin Yuan waved his hand once more.

Among the remaining dozen or so Purple Dream Domain Experts, the Physical Bodies of nine instantly began to burn. An unstoppable burning, they turned to ashes and vanished in the blink of an eye.

From the time Lin Yuan actively stepped out of Burning Heaven Courtyard until now, having made only a few strikes, the dozen or so half-step Dominators of Purple Dream Domain had mostly perished, leaving only a few like the Purple-haired woman who barely managed to survive by relying on life-saving items.

Even so, the surviving Experts like the Purple-haired woman wore faces full of terror. Facing Lin Yuan, let alone contending against him, they didn't even have the ability to resist, being as fragile as ants.

"This is the Blazing Sun Divine Fire? Which Dominator are you?"

Seeing her Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters burned to ashes, a trace of fear surfaced on the Purple-haired woman's face.

The Blazing Sun Divine Fire of the Blazing Sun Ancient Kingdom could only be used by Experts who had completely awakened the Blazing Sun Divine Body.

And to completely awaken the Blazing Sun Divine Body? At least Peak Sovereign Realm had hope, and even then, only those with Heaven-Defying Aptitude and talent.

Like Lin Yuan, killing half-step Dominators like them was as easy as slaughtering chickens; it could basically be confirmed that he was a Dominator.

A Dominator who had awakened the Blazing Sun Divine Body?

You must know that not every Dominator could awaken the Blazing Sun Divine Body, but a Dominator who awakened the Blazing Sun Divine Body was bound to be extremely difficult to deal with.

"So much nonsense." Lin Yuan struck once again, grabbing toward the surviving Purple Dream Domain Experts.

Rumble!

Lin Yuan's arm suddenly surged, piercing through the Void Realm and appearing out of thin air in front of the remaining Purple Dream Domain Experts.

These Purple Dream Domain Experts, located within the time-space prison set up by Lin Yuan, had their speeds drastically reduced.

Coupled with the fact that they had used up all their trump cards and life-saving items earlier to fend off the Blazing Sun Divine Fire,

at this moment, facing Lin Yuan's grab, they could only watch helplessly as their Physical Bodies were pierced through,

their Soul and consciousness suppressed, and then casually put away by Lin Yuan.

Hum!

The Purple-haired woman likewise faced Lin Yuan's grab.

On the surface, Lin Yuan's grab appeared unremarkable, and was not even fast.

But in the Purple-haired woman's view, this grab encompassed all time and space.

No matter how she dodged or resisted, it was entirely meaningless,

as if she were bound to be pierced through by this grab next.

At the core of Azure Ember City's most crucial Formation,

Feng Wanxing was sitting cross-legged, strictly obeying Qing Fen Marquis's orders to guard this place.

"Hmm?"

"Over there?"

Sensing something, Feng Wanxing suddenly raised his head to look—that direction was precisely Burning Heaven Courtyard.

At this moment, he felt a violent time-space fluctuation transmitting from there.

"Not good!" Feng Wanxing instantly grew anxious. "Junior Brother is in danger!"