No hope for eternal life

Chapter 379 Success

Seeing that he had already led out his opponent, Mu Changsheng immediately sent a message to his nine subordinates: "Go ahead."

The nine people hurriedly flew to the spirit stone mine as instructed, ready to plunder the spirit stones.

Seeing this, the three tribulation-receiving monks of Nanliang naturally refused to agree. When they were about to attack the nine people, they saw three stone cages rising from the ground, trapping the three of them separately. These stone cages were the means by which the God-confusing Array trapped the enemy.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng placed a layer of sixth-grade high-level God-Slaying Formation outside each of the three stone cages.

The three god-killing formations attacked with all their might at the same time. Sword energy was everywhere in the formations, and two of the three mid-stage tribulation-crossing cultivators died almost instantly. Only an old man in a black robe was still struggling to hold on.

The old man in black robe was shocked by the means Mu Changsheng showed. He hurriedly said in a loud voice: "You should be a cultivator from Beiyuan. Please stop immediately. No matter what means you use, you can't hide it from the world. At this moment, the reinforcements from Nanliang must be on the way. It's not too late for you to stop. With your means, why do you have to work for Beiyuan? Nanliang also welcomes you."

Mu Changsheng's eyes flashed when he heard this. While controlling the God-Slaying Formation to continue attacking, he asked, "Why do you say that I can't hide the truth? Why do you think that reinforcements will come?"

The old man in black robe seemed to see the hope of persuading Mu Changsheng, and hurriedly explained: "It goes without saying how important this Lingshi mine is. In order to ensure the safety of the Lingshi mine, Nanliang will arrange a Divine Transformation cultivator to establish a connection with the Lingshi mine with divine power all year round. In this way, no matter what means you use to besiege the Lingshi mine, the divine power connection will be cut off, and the Divine Transformation cultivator will immediately feel that the Lingshi mine has been invaded and report it to the higher authorities. Therefore, from the moment you made your move, you have been exposed."

"So that's how it is." Mu Changsheng nodded slightly, but he did not stop attacking the old man in black robe, and there was no panic on his face.

"Why don't you stop? I can guarantee that you will have a chance to survive." The old man in black robe asked anxiously. He was almost unable to hold on any longer.

"Thank you for your explanation. In return, I will send you on your way quickly." Mu Changsheng said lightly. He had actually expected that this trip would be exposed, because the Tianfu Spiritual Stone Mine was so important, and the Nanliang side would definitely find ways to ensure that it was foolproof. He just wanted to know how he would be exposed, so he chatted with the old man in black robe about these two sentences.

After saying this, Mu Changsheng had already activated the sixth-grade top-level virtual god talisman, and killed the black-robed old man with one blow.

From the time Mu Changsheng covered the entire spirit stone mine with the bewitching array to the time he killed the three tribulation-reinforcing monks, it actually took less than two breaths. The communication between him and the black-robed old man was also through telepathy, and the speed was extremely fast.

According to Mu Changsheng's estimation, it would take at least five breaths for the Nanliang leaders to get support after receiving the news of the attack. As long as he could escape within five breaths, he would still be safe.

Immediately afterwards, Mu Changsheng went into the spirit stone mine cave and found nine subordinates who were looting and destroying the spirit stone mine. He quickly ordered: "Give me all the spirit stones you found."

The nine people also knew that time was urgent, so they followed the order without thinking and handed over all the spirit stones they had looted to Mu Changsheng.

Also because time was urgent, the nine people harvested the spirit stones in large pieces. Each spirit stone was very large, which made Mu Changsheng unable to calculate how many spirit stones he had obtained for a while.

At the same time, a subordinate reminded: "We should retreat."

"It is indeed time to retreat." Mu Changsheng said softly, then he suddenly took action and activated a God-Slaying Array, strangling all nine of his subordinates.

All nine of them had reached the level of Spirit Transformation, and they had no power to resist Mu Changsheng's sixth-grade high-level formation. They only had time to make a stunned expression before they died, as if they had never expected that Mu Changsheng would attack them.

The reason why Mu Changsheng took action was very simple. He had the confidence to escape from Nanliang alone, but he did not have the confidence to escape from Nanliang with nine burdens.

Even if Mu Changsheng didn't kill them, the Nanliang high-level officials would kill them. They might even leak some information about Mu Changsheng before they died, so killing them directly was the best option.

This was in an illusion. Mu Changsheng knew clearly that the people he killed were all fake, so he did not feel the slightest bit of guilt when he did so.

Moreover, Mu Changsheng had already seen clearly that unlike the Lingshan Sect's illusion that tested people's hearts, this Dragon Palace illusion tested the ability to adapt and solve problems.

After killing nine subordinates, Mu Changsheng fled at a high speed while attacking a few remaining spirit stone mines. In short, he tried his best to destroy the largest spirit stone mine in Nanliang.

By the time Mu Changsheng escaped from the range of the Mi Shen Array, it only took him four breaths of time. As expected, the reinforcements from Nanliang had not arrived yet, so he cast three layers of the God-Slaying Array outside the Mi Shen Array before continuing to escape.

The purpose of doing this is to attract the attention of the high-level reinforcements of Nanliang through the God-Slaying Formation and the God-Confusing Formation, making the other side mistakenly believe that the enemy is still in the formation. By the time the other side breaks the formation, Mu Changsheng will have already run away.

As soon as Mu Changsheng left, Liang Zhong, the ruler of Southern Liang, arrived in person with several monks who were undergoing tribulation.

The formation left by Mu Changsheng lasted only two breaths before it was blasted open by Liang Zhong and others.

Liang Zhong was the first to use his spiritual sense to sweep the mine and saw the tragic condition of the spirit stone mine. Ninety percent of it was destroyed. He was so angry that he was shaking all over but had nowhere to vent because there was no trace of living people in the spirit stone mine.

Liang Zhong was worthy of being the King of Southern Liang. After he calmed down, he immediately realized that the situation was not good. Now it was meaningless to investigate who destroyed the Tianfu Spirit Stone Mine. Originally, Bei Yuan had a considerable advantage relying on the battle formation. Now that the Tianfu Spirit Stone Mine was destroyed, Bei Yuan's advantage was expanded again, and the balance of victory had tilted heavily towards Bei Yuan.

"Pass my order to block the news of the destruction of the Tianfu Spirit Stone Mine. Gather the entire army and start the battle. Remember, this is the final decisive battle. If we win, we will be remembered for generations to come. If we lose, we will die together." Liang Zhong calmly ordered the several tribulation-receiving monks around him. Without the Tianfu Spirit Stone Mine, the longer the time dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be. The chances of winning the decisive battle were the greatest now.

The surrounding Nanliang high-ranking officials all expressed: "We are willing to follow you till death."

On the other hand, for safety reasons, Mu Changsheng went directly overseas and returned to Beiyuan by sea.

Overseas is a vast ocean, which is said to be larger than the land, but its resources are extremely scarce, so few people will set foot there.

Mu Changsheng flew all the way without seeing a single person and safely landed on the territory of Beiyuan.

It was three days later when Mu Changsheng arrived at the capital of Beiyuan. After entering the capital, Mu Changsheng immediately noticed that the atmosphere in the capital was not right.

Through the whispers of others, Mu Changsheng roughly understood what had happened: Southern Liang launched a large-scale invasion with more troops than last time, with more than sixty legions of ten thousand people alone. This was a true battle where the entire country was mobilized to fight and they were ready to fight to the death.

However, this is exactly the result Mu Changsheng wants. Only when the Northern Yuan and Southern Liang fight each other thoroughly can he reap the benefits and complete his mission.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng entered the imperial city and met Yuan Ao, the ruler of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

At this time, Yuan Ao was discussing important matters with several Tribulation-crossing cultivators. When he found that Mu Changsheng had broken through to the Tribulation-crossing realm, he could not help but exclaimed in surprise: "Your Excellency's breakthrough is just in time. This war is in need of a powerful general like you."