Unfortunately, by this time, the majority of the Imperial Guards had already been blinded, not fooled, with only a few who hadn't covered their eyes. Upon seeing those women, they immediately lost their souls, quickly slaughtered into nothing by the Hundred Leaf Formation.

Blood drenched the ground. They died unjust deaths.

Seeing more Imperial Guards walking towards the incessantly spinning Hundred Leaf Formation, Wang Xiaoqiang felt a pang of regret but chose not to shoot the soldiers. Instead, with a thought, he summoned the Patterned Beast to block their path.

The Patterned Beast charged over, standing in front of the mesmerized soldiers, blocking their way forward.

Upon seeing the Patterned Beast obstructing their path, the soldiers immediately tried to kill it. The Patterned Beast opened its huge mouth and let out a mighty roar at them.

"Roar!"

This roar was perfectly calibrated; it was strong enough to injure them but also sufficient to bring them to their senses, waking them from their confusion.

The soldiers, now alert, realized why Wang Xiaoqiang had instructed them to cover their eyes. They felt grateful towards Wang Xiaoqiang for saving their lives as they nearly had hurt themselves by disobeying. They quickly tore strips of cloth from their robes and blindfolded themselves.

Seeing everyone had covered their eyes. Wang Xiaoqiang, with an enforced tone, commanded, "All soldiers, stand still and do not move, release your Divine Sense and observe carefully. If an enemy approaches, you are free to battle."

Upon hearing the command, all the soldiers stood still and released their Divine Senses, vigilantly on guard.

Lady Chiba used the Bewitching Technique to enchant the enemy with the Hundred Leaf Formation. Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang trick the soldiers into escaping the bewitchment of the Hundred Leaf Formation, while admiring his cunningness, she raised her eyebrows and, with force in her voice, instructed her disciples, "All disciples, from now on, use bewitching sounds and enticing smiles to lure the enemy..."

After giving the order, Lady Chiba looked towards Wang Xiaoqiang with a cold gaze and snickered. She was incredibly self-satisfied.

Upon hearing Lady Chiba's command, the seven hundred female disciples in the seven Hundred Leaf Formations immediately released enticing sounds and smiles.

Although the soldiers had their eyes covered, their ears were not plugged; they rushed towards the Hundred Leaf Formation.

Seeing the soldiers once again confused, Wang Xiaoqiang, moved by a thought, instructed the Patterned Beast to rush towards the Hundred Leaf Formation and, following his will, issued a mighty roar.

"Roar!!"

The roar was like thunder, causing the female disciples within the Hundred Leaf Formation to vomit blood.

Seeing her pet beast being used to break the formation infuriated Lady Chiba. With a flicker of her figure, she pounced towards the Patterned Beast.

Seeing Lady Chiba make her move, Wang Xiaoqiang immediately leaped onto the Patterned Beast's head, drew the Sun-Shooting Bow, and released an arrow. A Spiritual Energy Arrowhead shot towards Lady Chiba.

This Sun-Shooting Bow was an heirloom of Lady Chiba, now fallen into the hands of another and being used against her, filled her with bitterness and emotional turmoil.

Seeing the arrow approaching, Lady Chiba, unwilling to underestimate it and having reached the True Immortal Realm First Stage, brought her hands together and then apart, instantly generating rolling Spiritual Energy that condensed into a Gang Qi Shield in front of her.

Once a Cultivator steps into the True Immortal Realm, they can condense Qi into Gang Qi. Gang Qi, being a condensed form of Spiritual Energy, is essentially Spiritual Energy but much more powerful.

"Bang!"

The Spiritual Energy Arrowhead struck the Gang Qi Shield, rebounding back, but after blocking it, the Gang Qi Shield burst with a great crash and dissipated into nothingness.

This Gang Qi Shield, naturally more formidable than a Spiritual Energy Shield, faced the arrow shot from the Sun-Shooting Bow. Still, it disintegrated after the confrontation.

"Hmph! Kid, do not think that having the Sun-Shooting Bow makes you invincible and lawless. Today you will still meet your end without a burial place," Lady Chiba coldly snorted, then leaped into the air towards Wang Xiaoqiang, intending to engage him in close combat.

Lady Chiba, cunning as a fox, seeing that Wang Xiaoqiang held the Sun-Shooting Bow, wisely chose to engage in close combat instead of fighting from a distance.

Seeing Lady Chiba coming at him, Wang Xiaoqiang instantly realized she wanted close combat. He sneered but did not dodge. Why should he fear her in close combat? Though she was a True Immortal Realm expert, he was a Body Training Expert, his Physical Body Realm having reached the peak of the Organ Refining Realm. He naturally wasn't afraid to engage a True Immortal in close quarters.

"Take this." Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang not dodging, Lady Chiba, with a smug smile, struck out with both palms, her hands condensing Qi into Gang Qi as she slapped towards Wang Xiaoqiang.

Wang Xiaoqiang also sneered, his hands striking out simultaneously to meet the two palms coming from Lady Chiba.

Bang... Crack... Bang... Crack!

The sounds of Gang Qi mixed with electricity echoed from their clashing palms, both their bodies being thrown back by the powerful rebound.

Lady Chiba's countenance drastically changed, feeling as if her hands were numb and nearly dysfunctional from the pain. She stared at Wang Xiaoqiang incredulously and said, "What cultivation technique is this kid using? It's so powerful that it can counter my Gang Qi?"

Wang Xiaoqiang's hands were also tingling with pain. A True Immortal Realm expert was indeed formidable; Gang Qi condensed from Spiritual Energy could actually contend with his Thunderclap Annihilation Palm.

"Come at me again if you dare," Wang Xiaoqiang stubbornly said.

Lady Chiba bit her red lips, but dared not come again, nor could she come again, for her hands were now in a semi-paralyzed state. How could she launch another attack?

"If you won't come, I will!" Wang Xiaoqiang said as he soared into the air, ruthlessly moving forward, and with both palms striking out toward Lady Chiba.

This strike was aimed at a rather delicate part of the body, targeting Lady Chiba directly.

"Ah!" Lady Chiba screamed in alarm. Despite the numb pain in her arms, she had no choice but to defend herself. With all her might, she raised her hands in front of her, splitting and joining them, and suddenly, a Gang Qi Shield formed again, condensed in front of her.

The next moment...

Bang!

Wang Xiaoqiang's palms struck the Gang Qi Shield.

The shield shattered, and in the midst of the tremendous shock, Wang Xiaoqiang once again felt numbness and pain in his hands, seriously injured.

This clash made Wang Xiaoqiang realize once again how powerful the True Immortal Realm was. He firmly resolved that once this battle ended, he must enter seclusion to hit the True Immortal Realm and become a Great Power capable of condensing Gang Qi.

In the backlash, Lady Chiba was also in dire straits, her face pale as death, her delicate body shaking, on the verge of collapsing.

Wang Xiaoqiang didn't give Lady Chiba a chance to catch her breath. With a thought, a Patterned Beast pounced and lunged toward Lady Chiba.

Lady Chiba's eyebrows twitched, her beautiful eyes turned cold, and suddenly, with a flick of her hand, a leaf-shaped artifact, flashing with golden light, darted out from within her wide embroidered sleeve toward the Patterned Beast.

The Patterned Beast roared, staggering the leaf-shaped artifact for a moment. However, the artifact quickly continued its assault on the Patterned Beast.

The Patterned Beast opened its mouth and breathed out flames. The tangible flames immediately repelled the Golden Leaf Artifact, but they neither ignited it nor melted it.

The Golden Leaf Artifact was only momentarily delayed, then it charged toward the Patterned Beast again.

The Patterned Beast displayed a look of fear. With a loud roar, it leapt away.

However, the leaf-shaped artifact, like a bone-attaching awl, charged toward the Patterned Beast again.

"Hmm, that is my Leaf of Bone Attachment. Not just your little Pet Beast, even Cultivators of the True Immortal Realm might find it hard to dodge its bone-attaching might..." Lady Chiba sneered, her hands forming an Orchid gesture as she shouted, "Leaf of Bone Attachment, split!"

The leaf-shaped artifact flashed fiercely with a burst of golden light, splitting into two identical, sparkling golden leaf-shaped artifacts, one charging toward the Patterned Beast, and the other toward Wang Xiaoqiang.

With a thought from Wang Xiaoqiang, the Patterned Beast immediately fled in response to its master's will.

Wang Xiaoqiang, however, did not flee. Holding the Sun-Shooting Bow, he shot an arrow at the incoming Leaf of Bone Attachment.

Whoosh!

The Spiritual Energy Arrowhead sped toward the Leaf of Bone Attachment, hitting it and knocking it to the ground; however, it did not shatter the Leaf of Bone Attachment. The golden light on the Leaf weakened for a moment and then, under Lady Chiba's impetus of Spiritual Power, it fiercely regained its strength.

As if resurrected, the Leaf of Bone Attachment still charged toward Wang Xiaoqiang, now twice as fast as before. Seeing that the Sun-Shooting Bow had no effect, Wang Xiaoqiang had no choice but to pull out the Penglai Immortal Sword, urge his Spiritual Power, and then slashed at the approaching Leaf of Bone Attachment.

Bang!

The Penglai Immortal Sword knocked the Leaf of Bone Attachment to the ground but still failed to shatter it. The golden light on the Leaf weakened slightly, and under Lady Chiba's impetus of Spiritual Power, the light surged in strength again.

No wonder it was called the Leaf of Bone Attachment; it clung like a bone-attaching awl, relentlessly entangling and hard to shake off.

At that moment, a pitiful howl of a beast was heard. It was the other Leaf of Bone Attachment, which had stuck to the Patterned Beast. With a flash of golden light, the Leaf of Bone Attachment, like a leech, pierced through the Patterned Beast's layers of Spiritual Power, attached to its fur, and tried to burrow into its flesh...

The true power of the Leaf of Bone Attachment lay in the fact that once it attached to the body, it would burrow into the flesh and attach to the bones. Once it attached to the bones, it could split all the bones in the body. At that point, even an Immortal Emperor arriving would not be able to save the victim.

This was the essence of the power of the Leaf of Bone Attachment artifact.

Although Wang Xiaoqiang was unaware of the profound danger of the Leaf of Bone Attachment, seeing even the physically robust Patterned Beast suffering, he immediately flew over and struck at the Leaf of Bone Attachment that was about to enter the skin of the Patterned Beast.

He unleashed the Thunderclap Annihilation Palm's Thunder Destruction Strike.

Crack!

Electric arcs flashed, and thunder exploded.

With this palm strike, the Patterned Beast's body turned black, a painful howl escaping as it collapsed to the ground. Although the Gold Leaf Attached to Bones was not shattered under the Thunder Destruction Strike, it was knocked down.

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