Chapter 687 Good Fortune Favors the Good

The towering tree collapsed with a crash, raising clouds of dust.Li An stood before Zuo Tianxing, neither humble nor arrogant, and said, "When you mentioned asking me to invite Master Tianming, I realized that this scheme wasn't just set up for me; you even wanted to kill Master Tianming.""This shows that your preparations are far more powerful than I imagined—power enough to kill a Heavenly Sealing Realm expert. Naturally, I couldn't resist.""I never expected that the Zuo Clan's Grand Preceptor would personally come.""Li An is truly fortunate."Zuo Tianxing stood up, drawing his Soul-Slaying Blade, and said, "It's indeed a pity I couldn't kill Zhuge Tianming.""But killing you wouldn't have been in vain.""The most common mistake fools make in this world is either not using their full strength when hunting a rabbit, or talking too much nonsense.""The Zuo Clan wouldn't make such a mistake."As soon as he finished speaking,the Soul-Slaying Blade was raised and slashed down at Li An, the movements fluid and without pause.This Annihilation Blade is a second-tier Heavenly Martial Artifact. Its function is simple and decisive: to sever everything from the opponent's soul to their past self, cutting everything off and leaving no trace of the slain in this world!This is the Zuo family—ruthless and decisive, leaving absolutely no room for compromise!A whooshing sound came from the horizon!"Whoosh!" A massive spatial fluctuation surged outside the barrier, and the aura of the Feather Emperor gradually solidified.However."Too late." A mocking glint flashed in Zuo Tianxing's eyes.A black light flashed across this world.Li An closed his eyes."Mr. Li.""Yes, I'm here.""Is there a way?""No."Li An: "...""Whoosh." A black light flashed.A mournful cry echoed through the world.Li An opened his eyes and turned to look at Yao Yan beside him. She had lost an arm and was crying out in pain, pleading with her father for help.But her father, in this situation, was also powerless, his face filled with despair, his eyes empty.Then, Li An saw Zuo Tianxing frowning.It seemed his strike wasn't intentionally aimed at Yao Yan, but had missed!Li An's thoughts stirred slightly, and he glanced back at the shimmering, multicolored barrier behind him.The power of the Extinction Blade seeped into the barrier, yet it caused no damage.Won't it accidentally injure him?Suddenly."Rumble!!!" A deafening roar shook the earth, as if the outside world was facing its end.The Feather Emperor had made his move!But Li An clearly saw that after a few seconds of rapid movement of the colorful light within the barrier, everything fell silent again.The barrier hadn't shattered!Things were becoming strange.Zuo Tianxing's strike had missed, unexpectedly.But the power of that strike hadn't damaged his colorful array, unexpectedly.The Feather Emperor's powerful attack also failed to break the barrier, unexpectedly.At that moment, Li Xiaocao's voice echoed in Li An's mind."Look closely at this barrier.""The Zuo Clan's Chaotic Heaven-Defying Array.""A chaotic structure, specifically disordered, chaotic, and deviant.""Do you understand what this means?"Li An thought quickly and soon understood."Normal laws are ordered forces, and the skill structures they unleash are stable, like a triangle.""When two triangles collide, the one with greater strength will break the other.""Traditional defensive skills are mostly circular in structure, possessing certain buffering characteristics, making them less prone to breakage, but ultimately they are still stable structures. Under sufficiently great pressure, they will still shatter.""If the chaotic structure is disordered and unstable, then it's like a clump of quicksand.""Quicksand cannot be shattered by a triangular weapon; it will only disperse and then recombine.""If we expand on this further, does this chaotic structure also possess assimilative properties? The quicksand devours the triangular weapons that fall into it, and over time, the weapons also weather into some kind of sand, strengthening this clump of quicksand.""Right?"Li Xiao Cao nodded, "Very clever. That's the terrifying aspect of the chaotic structure.""This chaotic barrier is composed of hundreds of Zuo Clan Divine Realm cultivators. Each cultivator cultivates differently, and these diverse powers, enhanced by the Zuo Clan's special secret techniques, shattered their opponents, forming a massive mass of quicksand. These quicksands are interconnected by the Zuo Clan's secret techniques, preventing them from collapsing.""The more times Yu Jingnian attacks, the stronger this barrier becomes."Li An: "In other words, this Zuo Clan formation is a defensive barrier that even the Fourteenth Heaven cannot break.""Yes, there are only two ways to break it," Li Xiao Cao said calmly: "A King Realm cultivator, or a simultaneous attack from within and without."Li An's heart sank. "But my power doesn't match that of Emperor Yu. We can't create a sufficiently strong counterforce.""Hmm," Li Xiao Cao nodded.Li An clenched his fist slightly. "Then what should we do?""It depends on luck," Li Xiao Cao said quietly."Ah?" Li An was taken aback, thinking that this wasn't the time for jokes. Li Xiaocao added, "Didn't Lady Luck just smile on you?"Upon hearing this, Li An bent down and pulled Yao Yan close, while his other hand pulled Yao Tianren behind him.His left hand healed Yao Yan, while his right hand used his divine power to dismantle Yao Tianren's luck bracelet.This action left both father and daughter utterly astonished.Why?Li An closed his eyes and said, "If my luck continues to be as good as it was just now, then we'll live on together."A glimmer of light appeared in Yao Yan's eyes.There should have been another sentence:If Lady Luck doesn't smile on me, then I'm willing to die with everyone else.Suddenly, Li An opened his eyes and touched Yao Yan's severed arm, his expression changing slightly.Wait.That was a blade powerful enough to annihilate her past self, yet it only severed Yao Yan's hand. Logically, she should have been completely obliterated.This is the most strange thing!All of this points to one thing.It's not luck! Strength!A powerful figure he had never seen before stood right behind him!Zuo Tianxing realized this as well.His eyes narrowed slightly as he looked up past Li An's shoulder, focusing on the ordinary wooden house that had nurtured Li An throughout his life.Second floor, by the window.A woman wearing a little red hat leaned against the railing. Because half her face was obscured by the brim of the hat, only her languid smile and high-bridged nose were visible, exuding a captivating charm.Her left hand supported her chin, her right palm held a stack of cards, and a special card floated before her.The Fist of Man, Li An.It was a game card from the War of the Gods, but now it had become the key card connecting Little Red Riding Hood and Li An through cause and effect.Yu Jingnian looked up at the other person and said, "Senior...""I'm young, don't call me senior." Little Red Riding Hood lightly adjusted her hat brim and smiled, "Wait until I call you before you make your move, and remember to use your family's artifact.""No problem." Yu Jingnian flipped his hand, the Heaven-Turning Seal poised to unleash its power.Inside the barrier.Zuo Tianxing looked up indifferently and said, "Red Witch.""You're not qualified to deal with me."As soon as he finished speaking, he slashed forward again with a blade of light.The Red Witch, like a magician, casually drew a card from her right-hand deck and deftly flicked it, aligning it with the Human Fist card in front of her.Then, the card flipped over.The front image appeared."Lucky Card.""Activated!" The Annihilation Slash deflected again!Zuo Tianxing twisted his neck, his face revealing a fierce expression, and unleashed a Blade Dance.Dense black blades of light blotted out the sky.The Scarlet Witch also began to unleash her lightning-fast fingers, rapidly drawing and flicking the cards in the deck!"Lucky card, activated!""Lucky card, activated!""Lucky card, activated!"