A Sect from a Spirit Vein

Chapter 306 - 266: Fierce Battle

It seems that this time, I might really need to use that trump card.

Originally, I planned to use this card in the decisive battle at Mingsha Bay, in a set sequence, to secure the victory. But since the enemy commander has set up such a strategy with a corner formation, there is no difference between Mingsha Bay and Golden Dawn Peak.

No matter where we attack, as long as we attack with full force, the enemy will definitely send reinforcements from the other location, leading directly to the decisive battle.

Therefore, now, if we truly want to capture Golden Dawn Peak, the time for the decisive battle is upon us.

Above Mingsha Bay, three Foundation Establishment cultivators were shocked to be unable to receive messages through the Thousand-Mile Mirror from Yuchi Hui’s side. But after deliberating, they still decided to act according to the established plan, waiting for Yuchi Hui’s message before providing assistance.

According to Yuchi Hui’s instructions, they will wait until the enemy launches a massive attack and gets entangled by the Mountain Protection Grand Array and heavy defenses, making it hard to escape. At that moment, he will send cultivators out of the array to request reinforcements.

Besides that, they should not move recklessly, lest the enemy uses deceit to trick them into losing Mingsha Bay.

Three Foundation Establishments and hundreds of cultivators flew back to Lingsha City. The intelligence group hidden near Lingsha City hurriedly reported this matter to Lu Qian.

Lu Qian sighed and had no choice but to order Guh Niqiang and two Divine Ships to return from ambush.

This time, the enemy is truly cautious and difficult, strictly following the corner tactics, taking steady and careful steps. All of my plans cannot be executed, and I can only proceed with a forceful attack as the enemy desires.

If we weren’t against each other, I would really like to meet the enemy commander.

It seems that I really can only use this trump card now.

At this moment, along the line of Fucang Mountain, shouts of battle echoed across the sky. Spiritual power flashed like an ocean, various attacks surged like waves, and the spiritual mechanism of thousands of cultivators soared into the sky, shattering the clouds within ten miles.

Above the heavens, only two massive bloody grindstones rumbled and rotated, blood fell like rain, and broken limbs like hail, and the verdant mountains below were stained with a brown-red hue.

Formed around the outside in a massive encirclement, slowly rotating and attacking inward, were the cultivators from Sanshan County, holding the advantage.

Just past noon, the cultivators of Chongming County, who had just set up an array formation and built a tiered defense line on Fucang Mountain, were met by the enemy army from Sanshan County, surging like dark clouds from the horizon.

On Fucang Mountain, Master Fengfeng had initially erected a Golden Core Level Mountain Protection Grand Array, hoping it would briefly delay the enemy and buy time to detoxify himself. However, Fucang Mountain was only a second-level high-tier Spirit Vein, which struggled to support the array fully and couldn’t exert its full power.

Moreover, after a slight adjustment of the attack formation, Master Yeguang didn’t even test the waters and directly launched a full-scale attack!

Strike when they’re down; this was Master Yeguang’s straightforward strategy.

A Golden Core cultivator, fourteen Foundation Establishments, and fourteen hundred Qi Cultivation elites charged into the array. Despite the Chongming County cultivators’ efforts to resist, the grand array quickly broke. Master Fengfeng had to interrupt detoxification again, rise to meet the battle, and the two groups instantly clashed fiercely in a bloody melee.

In terms of the number of Qi Cultivators, Chongming County had fifteen hundred elites, while Sanshan County had fourteen hundred, giving Chongming County a slight advantage. In Foundation Establishments, however, Chongming County had twelve while Sanshan County had fourteen.

The most crucial disparity was in the strength between Golden Core cultivators.

Originally, Master Yeguang of Liyuan Sect and Master Fengfeng of Xuanguang Sect were both mid-stage Golden Core, with similar cultivation levels. Mainly, Chongming County had the assistance of the Immortal Dragon Slayer Painting, allowing them to consistently suppress Liyuan Sect, forcing Cang Jing to use all its trump cards to defend. Over time, the wealth Liyuan Sect painstakingly accumulated was depleted repeatedly, widening the gap between Sanshan County and Chongming County.

However, now, Xuanguang Sect lost the Immortal Dragon Slayer Painting, and Master Fengfeng, with poison yet to be fully cleared, consistently finds himself outmatched by Master Yeguang and can only barely hold on.

Master Yeguang, on the other hand, has much more leverage, even having the opportunity to assist his cultivators.

He wielded a giant drum Magical Treasure, striking it with his hand, the drum sound thunderously resounded, drowning out the battle cries. Each strike on the drumhead released a massive spherical thunderbolt, exploding into a sky full of thunder snakes and lightning.

After exchanging several moves with Master Fengfeng, he seized an opportunity, raising his hand to strike, launching a swift thunder ball. With a thunderous roar, the thunder light surged, destroying one of Chongming County’s Floating Battleships midsection!

Master Fengfeng roared furiously, but the remaining poison within him surged at crucial moments, making him struggle with a maddening frenzy.

In the clash between Foundation Establishments, Chongming County, despite being slightly fewer in number, handled it with ease. The reason being, the Chongming County cultivators engage in battles as naturally as eating and drinking. Although Foundation Establishments often perish, the survivors become fierce and varied in techniques. Thus, even though it’s twelve against fourteen, they held their ground firmly, giving the Sanshan County Foundation Establishments a jolt of surprise.

At this time, Master Yeguang intervened again, forcing Master Fengfeng back and launched a giant thunder ball that instantaneously split into three, targeting the standout performers Hee Yangchen, Han Wen, and Zhuang Qing!

In that instant, the three were engulfed by a chilling fear, without thinking, they unleashed their strongest techniques.

Hee Yangchen immediately entered an invisible state, yet his invisibility couldn’t escape the keen sight of Master Yeguang, who tightly locked onto him with the thunder ball, trailing him with a streak of electric light.

However, while Master Yeguang could see through his invisibility, other Foundation Establishments and Qi Cultivators could not. Hee Yangchen clenched his teeth, dashed into the midst of Sanshan County cultivators, and simultaneously activated two Defensive Spiritual Artifacts.

With a thunderous boom, chaotic thunder light surged, screams echoing as Hee Yangchen’s body turned pitch black, spat a mouthful of blood, and stumbled back to Fucang Mountain, leaving behind the mangled bodies of Sanshan County cultivators he had used as shields, falling with a splatter.

"Good!" Master Fengfeng, locking on to him again, saw this scene and shouted out, feeling immensely gratified.

Unfortunately, his spiritual power was not circulating smoothly, and he narrowly missed being struck in the shoulder by a silver wheel Master Yeguang swung out.

Han Wen, on the other hand, took a deep breath and, at the moment the thunder ball struck him, activated his Dao Pattern.

Transformation!

With a whoosh, this three to four hundred-pound fatty’s entire body fat instantly expanded, transforming into a huge globular shape!

With a booming crash, the sky filled with thunder light, blood sprayed everywhere, fat surged violently, and charred pieces of flesh scattered wildly!

Just as everyone thought he had perished, a sturdy figure burst out from the thunder light, wielding a blue long knife, heavily striking down at a Sanshan County Foundation Establishment who was caught off guard nearby.

With a snap, the blade cut through the Defensive Light Shield, slicing off one arm of that Foundation Establishment!

The crowd’s gaze focused on this person, revealing a naked, muscular body forged like steel and iron, with defined edges, radiating a fierce aura.

If it weren’t for his somewhat familiar face, no one would recognize this as the once-mountainous Han Wen!