Chen Jiuyang extended his arm.
His hand formed a fist.
A great bow, familiar to everyone present, materialized.
"The perfected Heavenly Will Four Symbols Arrow!"
A flicker of doubt crossed the minds of the onlookers. Why hadn't Chen Jiuyang used the Heavenly Will Four Symbols Arrow earlier, opting instead for the Heavenly Dragon Breaking City Spear?
But they had no time to ponder, their focus drawn to the battle before them.
Chen Jiuyang possessed two moves that were most feared: one was the Heavenly Will Like a Blade, unleashed outside Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the other was this perfected Heavenly Will Four Symbols Arrow.
The remaining sixteen figures began to move with explosive speed, streaks of light flashing across the sky, attempting to disrupt the archer's focus.
In a state of unity between man and heaven, this perfected arrow technique was difficult to evade!
As Chen Jiuyang drew the bow, the qi and blood, the spiritual energy within him flowed as freely as calligraphy.
It was as if he had drawn it countless times before; no deliberate move was needed, each action imbued with the rhythm of the Dao.
However.
The ten individuals from the Five Great Holy Lands simultaneously harbored a thought.
While Chen Jiuyang's arrow was indeed terrifying, it was utterly impossible for this single move to heavily injure all sixteen of them, let alone kill them.
They were all peak powerhouses of the current era. If Chen Jiuyang's move could heavily injure sixteen of them, wouldn't that prove Chen Jiuyang's strength was equivalent to the combined might of all sixteen?
It was impossible. If that were the case, Chen Jiuyang wouldn't have been suppressed by them earlier.
Chen Jiuyang's single move, even at its full power, was a dance of illusion and reality, truth and falsehood. Only a few arrows contained the power to heavily injure or kill.
Chen Jiuyang slowly spoke, "The world has never witnessed the ultimate move of the perfected Heavenly Will Four Symbols Arrow."
"And today."
"You are fortunate enough to see it!"
"Whether you live or die depends on your own fortune."
"Myriad Phenomena, Heavenly Will!"
"Rumble!!!"
The world suddenly underwent a drastic change. The four seasons – wind, thunder, snow, and rain – manifested.
The personal martial will that spanned heaven and earth burned with an unprecedented intensity!
The reason martial arts reigned supreme over all other doctrines, standing at the pinnacle of the myriad Dao, was its inherent variability!
At this moment, the sixteen peak grand cultivators felt their hair stand on end, a shadow of death creeping into their hearts!
Chen Jiuyang drew his great bow to its full extent, a single arrow condensed and nocked.
Spring, summer, autumn, winter; birth, aging, sickness, death; yin and yang!
All were fused into this single arrow!
"This arrow! It's no less than Heavenly Will Like a Blade!" Jin Gongque's eyelids twitched wildly.
It was like the vibrant vitality of spring, all things burgeoning; like the growth of summer, eternal and scorching; like the decay of autumn, all withered! Like the harshness of winter!
All things experienced birth, aging, sickness, and death within these four seasons!
"Boom!"
An arrow shot forth from the great bow with a roar, like a meteor, encompassing heaven and earth, crushing all things.
One arrow transformed into a thousand, erupting from every angle of space, then re-coalescing into a single arrow through the streaks of light!
"This is!"
"Arrow Domain!"
"Arrow Formation!"
The ten individuals from the Five Great Holy Lands changed their expressions drastically.
Xia Yunzhui roared, "Everyone, unleash your full strength to resist this move, or we will all die!"
"This move, Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Will, draws upon the myriad phenomena to invoke the Heavenly Will, its killing power within the Arrow Domain. It is not an equivalent move or divine ability, but a force of the times, borrowing the power of heaven and earth!"
"Once this move is unleashed, Chen Jiuyang will be incapable of fighting for a short period. However, if we cannot withstand this move, we will all perish here!"
There was no need for the people of the Five Great Holy Lands to say it; Sakurajima Tenunagawa, Katada Shichiro, James, Solo, Andre, and Joshua all felt the terror within it, a reverence, terror, and helplessness in the face of heaven and earth!
On that day, the ancestor of the Feng family had used this very move to slay a cultivator in the Dao Integration stage!
When fortune favors, borrowing the power of heaven and earth, that is Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Will!
After the arrow erupted, Chen Jiuyang felt as if all his strength had been drained.
But he did not fall, still standing in the state of unity between man and heaven.
The two divine palaces within his body were operating frantically, chanting scriptures, madly absorbing the spiritual energy and essence from heaven and earth to restore Chen Jiuyang's strength.
The residual Pure Intent Sacred Fire did the same.
After releasing the arrow, the red, blue, and gold light on Chen Jiuyang's body simultaneously dissipated, his state falling into weakness.
Yet, Chen Jiuyang's eyes still shone brightly. This was his strongest move, second only to Heavenly Will Like a Blade!
"Rumble!!!"
As if the world was ending, the sixteen individuals enveloped by this arrow had their faces contort, their expressions changing wildly.
The moves they unleashed were easily turned to ash.
"There's no other way!"
"By the decree of the Kunlun Sacred Emperor alone, Boundless Qiankun!" Mu Yunhai crushed the token of the Kunlun Sacred Emperor he carried for survival.
"Imperial Edict of the Forbidden City's Summer Emperor..."
"Shu Mountain Sword Emperor..."
"The Immortal of Penglai..."
"The Human Immortal of Baiyujing..."
The people of the Five Great Holy Lands simultaneously crushed their life-saving means.
The decree tokens of the Holy Land Emperors possessed unfathomable power. Chen Jiuyang had only witnessed it once years ago in his battle against Suo Fangzun.
"God of Thunder..."
"God of Life..."
"God of Earth..."
"God of Elves..."
"Great Eight-Headed Serpent God..."
In an instant, everyone had employed their final life-saving measures.
"Rumble!!!"
Heaven and earth trembled, the auras of Sword Emperors, Sacred Emperors, Human Immortals, and Deities descended upon this place simultaneously, but only a trace.
The world lost its color, leaving only black and white. In this instant, there was silence, only two masses of light interweaving and devouring each other.
After an unknown amount of time.
Streaks of light, transformed into pure spiritual energy, slowly ascended towards the sky. The vast expanse of light points was countless, more brilliant than fireworks in a galaxy, and more serene.
After the light points dispersed, the condition of those within the arrow's embrace could be seen.
Mu Yunhai, Xu Dengtian, Xia Yunzhui, En Fu Sheng, Duan Longguang, Qi Shanhe, Jin Gongque, Fang Han, Chen Rushen, Zhao Qian'an, Sakurajima Tenunagawa, Katada Shichiro, James Solo, Andre, and Joshua, all sixteen were heavily injured, but not dead.
Their eyes were filled with terror:
This move, even after they had used their life-saving means, still left them heavily injured.
They were utterly incapable of standing!
And the figure standing in the sky, his face indifferent, though the three colors were no longer intertwined, still... might have the strength to unleash another move!
The situation had deteriorated to the extreme!
He...
Could he still unleash a move?
Just as both sides were caught in this calm.
"Tap! Tap! Tap!"
The sound of a cane being tapped echoed.
"Oh my, what a sweet aroma, so many good children."
A figure clad in ancient white lotus robes, slightly stooped, with a face full of wrinkles, wearing a chilling smile, Lian Sheng Laomu, accompanied by Ming Hua Tong, slowly appeared.
At this moment, everyone's faces changed again. Even Chen Jiuyang couldn't help but alter his expression:
"When did this old witch arrive? I didn't even notice!"
Ming Hua Tong looked at Chen Jiuyang in the sky with a complex expression. That arrow from Brother Chen was truly astonishing and terrifying.
With his own body, in a single move, he had suppressed sixteen peak grand cultivators of the same level!
At this moment, in this world, was there anyone who could be compared to him?
But now, the situation had deteriorated to the absolute worst!
"Hehehe, so many good children."
"Grandmother is very hungry. Which one should I eat first?"