Chapter 323 Comparison between the Present and the Past

"I can't die here! Master, why don't you send a message to the Divine Sect?" urged the black-clothed youth, causing a look of annoyance to appear on Master Chen Lian's face. If it weren't for the background of the black-clothed youth, he would have wanted to slap him.

Chen Lian said in a deep voice, "Young Master Gui, I have already sent a message, but the Divine Sect has not replied."

Upon hearing this, the black-clothed youth, known as Young Master Gui, became even more agitated.

"Is there any way to send me out?" Young Master Gui asked urgently. He did not want to die here.

"Hmph, send you out? Are you even worthy of being a disciple of the Southern Ming Holy Sect?" a gray-haired elder couldn't help but sneer.

Upon hearing this, Young Master Gui glared at him and cursed, "I am only temporarily practicing with your Southern Ming Holy Sect. I am not your disciple!"

This statement angered the gray-haired elder even more, and he said in a bad tone, "If you are not a disciple of the Holy Sect, then why do you still want to use our Holy Sect's teleportation gate?"

Young Master Gui was taken aback and looked incredulous, as if he had not expected the gray-haired elder to dare to confront him in such a way.

Chen Lian said in a deep voice, "Stop arguing. The urgent matter is to stop the attack of the Righteous Alliance!"

As for Young Master Gui's request, he ignored it. After all, if Young Master Gui were not present, the Black Flame Divine Sect would probably not help the Southern Ming Holy Sect.

Although the two sects have a superior-subordinate relationship, the situation is quite delicate, especially in recent years.

This time, the Righteous Alliance launched an offensive in the unclaimed territory, capturing more than a dozen cities in succession, and now they have reached the Southern Ming Holy Sect. As the sect leader, Chen Lian was under tremendous pressure. He only had the cultivation of the seventh level of the Earth Immortal Realm and was no match for the leader of the Righteous Alliance in this attack.

The leader of the Righteous Alliance, a peak Earth Immortal Realm cultivator, was a burly man in black armor, like a seasoned general on the battlefield. He coldly snorted, "Stubborn! Dare to obstruct the progress of the Righteous Alliance, and your Southern Ming Holy Sect will not survive!"

"Attack! Bring down the Southern Ming Iron Tower!"

The burly man in black armor shouted loudly, and the tens of thousands of cultivators surrounding the Southern Ming Iron Tower immediately moved, leaping one after another, as if a black net rose from the bottom to cover the Southern Ming Iron Tower.

"Activate the formation!"

Chen Lian shouted loudly, and the Southern Ming Iron Tower suddenly burst into a strong light, sending the tens of thousands of cultivators flying.

"Hmph! Do you really think you can be safe by hiding in the formation?" the burly man in black armor snorted, lifting a giant hammer and smashing it towards the formation of the Southern Ming Iron Tower. With a loud bang, he directly shattered the light shield covering the Southern Ming Iron Tower.

The formation disciples on each level of the Southern Ming Iron Tower all spat out blood, a scene that made Chen Lian's face extremely ugly.

A major battle was about to break out.

At the same time, a light circle suddenly appeared on a small hill several hundred meters away, and then Qin Jun and others stepped out.

Upon landing, Qin Jun immediately saw the distant battle and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, murmuring, "Damn, how did we encounter such a spectacle as soon as we came out?"

He looked back and found that there was no teleportation gate on the small hill, which was quite strange.

"Wow, such an intense battle as soon as we arrive?"

Old Yi marveled, and Wang Xue and Wang Yan also led the cat people out of the light circle one after another.

Yuan Hong asked Qin Jun, "Your Majesty, should we intervene? It seems that the Southern Ming Iron Tower is under attack."

The Southern Ming Iron Tower was well-known in the unclaimed territory, and Yuan Hong recognized it at a glance, thanks to the distinctive attire of the Southern Ming Holy Sect.

The Southern Ming Holy Sect?

Qin Jun raised his eyebrows. After all, Fenghuang was a member of the Southern Ming Holy Sect, and he couldn't stand by and watch.

"Go and help!" Qin Jun waved his hand, and Yuan Hong nodded in agreement, flying towards the Southern Ming Iron Tower.

Wang Yan also shouted, "Cat people, go and help too!"

"Yes!"

The cat people who came out first were all adults and were not afraid of battle. They rushed to join the fight.

On the other side, the burly man in black armor and Chen Lian were engaged in a fierce battle. When the burly man in black armor smashed down with a hammer, the tremendous force sent Chen Lian flying, directly smashing through the body of the Southern Ming Iron Tower, causing the entire tower to shake violently.

"Hmph! Is this all the leader of the Southern Ming Holy Sect can do?"

The burly man in black armor snorted, scaring Young Master Gui and the other elders, leaving their faces ashen.

The elders of the Southern Ming Holy Sect only had the cultivation of the Illusory Void Realm, while only Chen Lian had reached the Earth Immortal Realm. Even he had been defeated, let alone the other elders.

At that moment, Yuan Hong suddenly appeared behind the burly man in black armor and struck him with a staff before he could react.

Bang!

Flesh and blood flew, and the burly man in black armor was directly smashed by Yuan Hong's staff, splattering blood on Young Master Gui and the other elders' faces, leaving their expressions frozen with their mouths agape.

Yuan Hong snorted coldly, a disdainful smile on his monkey face.

"Ah! Are these beasts?"

"Watch out behind you!"

"My god! Are they monsters or humans?"

"Uh-oh! Another force is attacking us!"

The cultivators of the Righteous Alliance who were besieging the Southern Ming Iron Tower suddenly noticed the attack by the cat people. The cat people were extremely fast, either directly slashing the throats of the Righteous Alliance cultivators with their sharp claws, or jumping onto their backs and madly clawing at them, causing blood to splatter everywhere, creating an extremely bloody scene.

With the burly man in black armor defeated and the cat people joining the fray, the morale of the tens of thousands of cultivators of the Righteous Alliance plummeted.

"Retreat—"

Yuan Hong swept with a stick, and the shockwave directly blasted tens of thousands of righteous alliance cultivators below into ashes, leaving no intact bodies. Even the ground was split into a trench several hundred meters long. This scene left all the disciples inside the Southern Ocean Iron Tower wide-eyed and speechless.

What a terrifying power!

Chen Lian, who had just flown back, was also stunned. He carefully examined Yuan Hong and quickly guessed his identity.

"Yuan Hong, the unparalleled demon monkey under Lord Jun Qing?" Chen Lian exclaimed, subconsciously looking into the distance and seeing Qin Jun standing on the small hill. He couldn't help but feel ecstatic.

If it were any other force coming to their rescue, he might have doubted their motives, but not Lord Jun Qing. He knew the relationship between Lord Jun Qing and their saintess, You Fenghuang.

"May the heavens bless our Southern Ocean Sacred Sect!" Chen Lian exclaimed excitedly, tears even welling up in his eyes, showing his emotions.

The Ghost Young Master also looked at Yuan Hong with admiration on his face. If he could control such a fierce warrior, how great would that be?

The righteous alliance army was soon routed, and more and more cultivators chose to flee.

Qin Jun stood on the hill and didn't go over to join the excitement. The Southern Ocean Sacred Sect was no longer within his purview.

Thinking back to when he first heard about the Southern Ocean Sacred Sect, he was so frightened by the twelve Nascent Soul stage elders of the sect that he had a headache. But now, the Nascent Soul stage was nothing in his eyes. With just a command, he could expel the Southern Ocean Sacred Sect from the unclaimed territory.

The contrast between then and now made Qin Jun feel a myriad of emotions. [End of this chapter]