Yang Haoyu at the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment
"Dare to come to my Black Sha Sect to seek trouble? Very well, you will all stay here today!" A sinister voice came from the rift valley, and a black banner fluttered in the wind, carrying an overwhelming momentum, and fiercely swept towards the attacking immortal Immortal Dao.
A torrent of Devil Qi roared out, its fierce momentum making it hard to breathe. Inevitably, the advance of the Immortal Dao faction slowed down somewhat.
"Hmph!" Fairy Yunhua's eyes turned cold as she unleashed a sword strike. The ethereal sword light was incredibly fast, and frost spread out, freezing the banner in mid-air, rendering it immobile.
"Eh? Six-Yin Spirit Body, what fortuitous opportunity delivered to my doorstep! My Thousand Soul Banner is just missing a main soul, and you are the one, little girl!"
Accompanied by a sinister laugh, a Golden Core Devil Cultivator dressed in black robes, with an ugly and aged face, appeared before everyone, staring greedily at Fairy Yunhua as if she were an incomparably precious treasure.
"You want my soul?" Fairy Yunhua smiled enigmatically. "With your newly acquired Middle Golden Core realm, who gave you the audacity?"
As the last sentence fell, a chilling aura instantly spread out, and visible frost condensed, transforming into hundreds of icy longswords that pierced towards the Golden Core Devil Cultivator.
Upon seeing this, the Golden Core Devil Cultivator stuck out his bright red tongue and licked the corner of his mouth. Black Devil Qi surged and billowed, like a world-destroying tide, vast and mighty, colliding with the rapidly approaching ice sword.
Boom!
The battle among the Golden Core cultivators reached a fever pitch in an instant, but under Fairy Yunhua's deliberate control, they quickly moved away from the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment battlefields to avoid the aftershocks of the battle harming the cultivators below.
After the two Golden Core Cultivators left, the clash between Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining erupted, like a thunderbolt igniting Earthfire. Neither side had any room for compromise, and their first encounter was a fierce and brutal battle.
This time, the Immortal Dao Path lineage dispatched a total of twenty-seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators: eight from the Luochuan Sect, seven from the Yang Household, six from the Duke of Ying Zhang Household, four from the Liu Household, and two from the Huang Household. Among them, seven were Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators, seven were Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivators, and the rest were all Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators.
The Black Sha Sect only has twenty-three Foundation Establishment Cultivators at its main altar, with some others currently distributed in other areas of Dragon Valley County.
While the twenty-three Foundation Establishment were fewer in number than the Immortal Dao cultivators, their quality was not far behind.
Among them, there were seven Foundation Establishment Late Stage Devil Cultivators and three Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Devil Cultivators, including the Devil Cultivator who once led an attack on the Yang Household.
Enemies meeting are bound to be furious. The moment Yang Haoyu saw this Devil Cultivator, his face suddenly turned cold. With a flick of his hand, a large, square cauldron appeared in his palm.
The Kun Earth Cauldron, life-bound Law Artifact that accompanies the Yang Household family's clan Cultivation Method "Kun Earth Scripture," has been honed by Yang Haoyu over many years and is now a fine example of Second-Tier Upper-Grade Law Artifact, no weaker than Zhao Leicong's Nine-Tiger Golden Bell.
In addition, Yang Haoyu also cultivated a Second-Tier Upper-Grade spiritual fire called "Earthheart Flame". Her ability to become Second-Tier Upper-Grade Artifact Refining Master was largely due to the Earthheart Flame.
The Kun Earth Cauldron was burning with raging Earthheart Flames, and the pale yellow cauldron walls glowed with fire. Yang Haoyu tossed it gently, and the cauldron swelled in the wind, quickly becoming nearly twenty feet tall, and crashed down on the Devil Cultivator like a small mountain.
A tremendous pressure suddenly descended, and the surging, Earthheart Flame flames burned fiercely, condensing into long, fiery serpents that roared at the mouth of the cauldron, their power incredibly astonishing.
"When did our Old Ancestor break through to the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment?" Looking at the imposing Yang Haoyu, the members of the Yang Household were all pleasantly surprised. Their Old Ancestor had unknowingly reached the end of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
"Good, good, good! Haha, our Old Ancestor is truly mighty! We, the younger generation, should also bravely fight the enemy!"
"Kill!"
Yang Tianyou let out a long roar, and together with his twelfth uncle Yang Qiongchuan, he led Fengling and Yuan Ba to meet the four Foundation Establishment from the Black Sha Sect.
The other Qi Refining disciples of the Yang Household, protected by two Tier 2 Purple Moon Wolves, joined forces with the Qi Refining disciples of the Liu Household.
The Qi Refining disciples of the Liu Household lacked Foundation Establishment combat power for protection, but they possessed the Tier 2 Supreme-Grade Qianmu Boat. With the help of the Formations inscribed on the Flying Boat, they could advance and retreat with a clear plan, making them even safer.
After the two families joined forces, the Yang Household could enjoy the defensive advantages of the Qianmu Boats, while the Liu Household could organize attacks more boldly. It was a perfect match, with excellent cooperation.
The Black Sha Sect's headquarters were not located at the deepest part of the Galewind Rift Valley, but rather on a large, protruding stone platform.
Even Devil Cultivators cannot withstand excessively concentrated Qi of Earth Sha. They can only use the Sha Qi for cultivation, not merge with it. Otherwise, they would only become Wisdom Fierce Beasts.
After the initial chaos of the battle, the Devil Cultivator cultivators quickly regrouped and launched a counterattack.
Although the Defensive Formation was destroyed by the black and red beams emitted by the Iron-Black Warship and Spell Cultivator in a short time, this place is, after all, the lair of the Black Sha Sect, and its defensive measures are not limited to just one Formation.
Streams of Qi of Earth Sha surged from the depths of the Galewind Rift Valley, like a rushing river, and were absorbed by the three Black Towers on the stone platform.
Immediately afterwards, the three Black Towers, each several tens of feet tall, began to perform their intended function, and an invisible wave swept out from them, quickly spreading throughout the entire battlefield.
As the wave swept by, Yang Tianyou, who was fighting a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Devil Cultivator, suddenly felt a chill in his heart. A strong killing intent surged into his mind, and his originally clear eyes involuntarily turned red.
Clang!
A clear, melodious Blade Cry echoed in his heart, the Blade Seed hummed, and the Great White Blade Intent surged forth, quickly extinguishing the power that could affect his emotions.
Yang Tianyou's gaze was solemn as he took advantage of the gap in distance to observe his surroundings.
Amidst this fluctuation, the Immortal Dao cultivators, who had been fighting with great discipline, began to become aggressive, constantly giving the Devil Cultivators opportunities to exploit and causing them some losses.
It is foreseeable that if left unchecked and allowed to continue radiating fluctuations from these Black Towers, the losses of the Immortal Dao cultivators will continue to increase.
A thousand-mile dike can be breached by an ant hole. Even if one has the advantage, carelessness and wrong decisions can lead to defeat.
With this thought in mind, Yang Tianyou's eyes flashed with a fierce light. All the Spirit-Shattering Gang Qi he had stored up for a long time surged out, layer upon layer, intertwining on the Twin Blades. He wanted to quickly deal with the enemies in front of him so that he could free up his hands to take down the Black Tower below.
Yang Tianyou wasn't the only one aware of this; Yun Zhan and the dark-faced man also noticed it, so the three of them unanimously pulled out their trump cards.
"Ten Thousand Jun!"
A deep, soft shout echoed in his mind, and wisps of starlight drifted over, quickly transforming into a river of stars that surged mightily towards the Foundation Establishment Devil Cultivator on the opposite side.
The starlight was incredibly fast; before the Devil Cultivator could even react, an immense pressure suddenly descended upon him.
The Devil Cultivator's face flushed red. At this moment, he had only one feeling: that two mountains were definitely pressing down on his shoulders. The unparalleled heaviness made his bones groan.