The Yang Clan's Battle to Attack the Mountain

Outside Red Leaf Ridge, in a desolate valley.

Thousands of miles away, the moment the Cloudwater Auction ended, Yang Changxing, the strongest member of the Yang Clan, who had received the Yang Clan, led another Supreme Elder of the Yang Clan, Yang Mingtian, who was in the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment, Lin Lan, the Marketplace Lord Cloudwater Market Town who had joined the battle to destroy Red Leaf Ridge halfway through, and nearly twenty Qi Training Late Stage cultivators of the Yang Clan, to secretly ambush and attack Red Leaf Ridge.

As soon as the Yang Clan family entered Red Leaf Ridge, they set up a "Shielding Array" of a Second Rank Low Grade -level spirit object that could block communication, covering the entire Red Leaf Ridge.

Once this magic array is activated, it becomes difficult for the Ye Clan clan members in Red Leaf Ridge to send messages to the outside world for help, and it is also difficult for messages from the outside world to enter Red Leaf Ridge.

Of course, high-grade communication artifacts can also break through the Shielding Array and transmit messages to the outside world.

Even so, this formation did its best to prevent news of the Yang Clan's attack on the Ye Clan's territory from being spread by the Ye Clan clan members in Red Leaf Ridge, who were seeking help.

The activation of this Shielding Array also alerted the Ye Clan clan members located within Red Leaf Ridge.

A huge curtain of light suddenly enveloped a high mountain deep within Red Leaf Ridge, protecting it within.

This high mountain is called Red Leaf Mountain. It is the only sacred mountain within Red Leaf Ridge and is also the territory of the Ye Clan.

With the protection of this Mountain Protection Formation, the Ye Clan clan members inside the Clan Mountain felt much more at ease.

During this time, the Ye Clan clan members also discovered who the cultivators who had invaded the mountain were.

The Yang Clan was originally an enemy of the Ye Clan. The two families' territories were adjacent, and there had been frequent minor frictions since the founding of the clan.

Until a century ago, the discovery of a small spirit iron vein at the border between the two races brought their hatred to its peak.

For the ownership of that mine, both clans lost more than a dozen Qi Refining clan members.

If the Hundred Spirits Sect had a high demand for spirit iron, hadn't taken the initiative to seize a portion of the spirit iron mine due to the conflict between the two races, acting as a peacemaker, the number of deaths between the two races over the ownership of that mine would certainly have increased even further.

Given this deep-seated feud, coupled with the Yang Clan's recent attack on the Ye Clan's territory, the dozens of the Ye Clan family members in Red Leaf Mountain were filled with rage.

As soon as the Yang Clan group, who had rushed in from the outside, entered the range of the Ye Clan's Qi Refining cultivators' Divine Sense, they spontaneously launched their attacks.

Red Leaf Mountain.

Ye Clan Ye Huaxing, the Supreme Elder of the Yang Clan Ye Clan, whose cultivation had reached the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment and was of the same generation as Yang Changxing, the Supreme Elder cultivator in the Yang Clan, looked worried when he saw the Yang Clan group coming from outside the mountain.

"Yang Changxing, Yang Mingtian!"

"Even Lin Lan, the Marketplace Lord appointed by the Hundred Spirits Sect in Cloudwater Market Town, has come. It seems that Yang Changxing's attack on my Ye Clan was pre-arranged with Wu Tian True Person of the Hundred Spirits Sect."

"The Yang Clan has made such thorough preparations this time, not only inviting Lin Lan but also preparing Shielding Array. It seems that the Yang Clan intends to wipe out my Ye Clan in one fell swoop."

"It's strange that Yang Quanming, Yang Clan in the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment, isn't here when such a clan was wiped out."

Thinking about this, Ye Huaxing's pupils shrank as he thought of Ye Yongjin, the Ye family patriarch whom he had sent to Yunshui Market to participate in the Yunshui Auction and bid for that Bailing Water.

"Yongjin... is probably also in deep crisis."

"The Yang Clan is quite cunning."

Ye Huaxing gritted his teeth and muttered to himself.

With his thoughts returning to normal, Ye Huaxing waved his hand and took out an array plate from his Storage Bag. He then floated it in front of him and continuously cast Method Formula into the array plate.

The array plate flashed with a dazzling spiritual light, and then a short yellow hammer floated out from the depths of the ground.

This hammer is called the Profound Earth Heavy Hammer, and its grade is as high as the Second Rank High Grade. It is the offensive array weapon among the two array weapons of the Profound Earth Great Array, Second Grade Middle Rank Red Leaf Ridge Mountain Protection Formation in Red Leaf Ridge.

This weapon has absorbed the power of the Earth Vein for six years, and has a total of six strikes. The first strike has a force of ten thousand jin, the second strike has a force of twenty thousand jin, and so on. By the time of the final strike, this hammer will have a force of sixty thousand jin.

Six strikes are enough to kill a cultivator in the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment, or severely injure a cultivator in the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment, if they don't die.

It is precisely because of the power of this formation that the Ye Clan family, an old Foundation Establishment Family, set it up in their Clan Mountain as Clan Protection Formation.

"Spirit Fusion." Upon seeing the short hammer appear, Ye Huaxing changed his finger techniques and struck it into the array plate in front of him.

The next moment, the rich Spiritual Qi in the mountains surged towards the short hammer.

As Spiritual Qi surged in, the short hammer flashed with yellow light and rapidly expanded.

In an instant, the short hammer grew to the size of a house.

"Go," Ye Huaxing said after a moment's thought.

The Profound Earth Heavy Hammer trembled in the void and flew out quickly, smashing towards the Yang Clan group who were rushing towards them from outside the mountain.

On the other side.

Yang Changxing, who led the Yang Clan family into Red Leaf Ridge and charged into the depths of Red Leaf Mountain, saw the Qi Refining cultivators in Red Leaf Mountain launching numerous attacks, as well as the Profound Earth Heavy Hammer, which was as big as a house. He frowned, waved his hand, and summoned a blue bronze bell, which floated above the group and transformed into a blue light screen that protected all the cultivators in the group.

"Lin Daoyou, defend with me. As agreed before the battle, you will take the first four blows of the Profound Earth Heavy Hammer, and I will take the two most powerful blows."

Yang Changxing first greeted Lin Lan, who was standing to the side, before informing the rest of the group.

"Everyone, just attack with all your might. I will handle the defense. You must shake the defensive light barrier created by the Mountain Protection Formation of Red Leaf Mountain as quickly as possible."

Lin Lan and the Yang Clan family members, who were standing nearby, received the signal and began to act.

Lin Lan summoned a mid- Second Grade Middle Rank shield, activated its power, and conjured a blue light screen even larger than the defensive light screen supported by Yang Changxing's cyan bronze bell, which enveloped the cultivator team.

At this moment, Yang Mingtian, another Supreme Elder the Yang Clan, also summoned a golden giant sword and, together with the nearly twenty Qi Training Late Stage Refining cultivators of the Yang Clan behind him, bombarded the light screen formed by the Mountain Protection Formation that was protecting the Ye Clan.

During this time, the enormous Profound Earth Heavy Hammer spanned a distance of a hundred feet and struck the blue light screen that Lin Lan had conjured with her magic shield.

Although the first strike of the Profound Earth Heavy Hammer had the force of ten thousand jin, the defensive light barrier conjured by Lin Lan's magic shield was not weak either.

The first blow of the heavy hammer only shook the magic shield light barrier a few times.

It took four strikes to shatter the magic shield.

Behind the protective light barrier, however, was another light barrier erected by Yang Changxing using a blue bronze bell.

Although the last two blows of the Profound Earth Heavy Hammer had a force of 50,000 jin and 60,000 jin respectively, the azure light barrier was ultimately superior and barely managed to withstand the last two blows of the heavy hammer.

After six strikes, the Profound Earth Heavy Hammer, which was the size of a small house and shimmering with spiritual light, rapidly shrank, its spiritual light dimmed, and the Earth Vein power accumulated within the hammer over many years was completely exhausted.

Seeing the Profound Earth Heavy Hammer in such a wretched state, Yang Changxing quickly summoned a circular magic Law Artifact and directly enveloped the Profound Earth Heavy Hammer, which was retreating towards Red Leaf Mountain.

This ring has the ability to bind other Law Artifact. Once bound by this Law Artifact, unless the Law Artifact is of a higher grade or their cultivation level in controlling the Law Artifact is higher, it is very difficult to break free from the ring's binding.

Once the ring enveloped the heavy hammer, the Profound Earth Heavy Hammer struggled slightly, then lost all its spiritual light and became completely still.

Immediately afterwards, the ring carried the Profound Earth Heavy Hammer back to Yang Changxing.

Upon seeing this, Yang Changxing was slightly pleased and directly put the floating ring and the Profound Earth Heavy Hammer into his Storage Bag.

Then, he turned his head and spoke to Lin Lan, who was standing to the side feeling distressed because her magic shield had been damaged by the previous four blows of the Profound Earth Heavy Hammer.

"The Mountain Protection Formation and attacking devices of Red Leaf Mountain are gone, and the greatest threat to our trip has been eliminated. I urge Fellow Daoist Lin Lan to attack with all her might. After this mountain is over, I will not only put in a good word for Fellow Lin Daoyou Wu Yan, but I will also give you a considerable amount of spiritual items."

"Thank you very much, Yang Daoyou. I will definitely do my best this time." Upon hearing this, Lin Lan's heart immediately burned with enthusiasm.

After saying this, Lin Lan no longer cared about the damage to the magic shield. She knocked it in front of her, then summoned a blue flying sword from her Storage Bag and struck the defensive light barrier protecting Red Leaf Ridge.

Seeing this, Yang Changxing was quite satisfied.

With the threat of the Profound Earth Heavy Hammer gone, Yang Changxing still had plenty of energy left to use the Transformed Defense Light Screen the cyan bronze bell to block the attacks from the dozens of the Ye Clan Qi Refining cultivators in the mountains.

He spat out his Lifebound Magic Item, the "Crimson Flame Fire Fan," which he had nurtured for nearly a hundred years, and held it tightly in his hand, waving it continuously.

Streams of crimson flames surged from within the fan, attacking the defensive light barrier protecting Red Leaf Ridge.

Under the combined attack of three Foundation Establishment experts and nearly twenty Qi Refining cultivators, Ripples Marketplace surged continuously on the defensive light barrier of Red Leaf Mountain.

Red Leaf Ridge Summit.

The only gate to the Cultivation Abode was suddenly opened at that moment.

A middle-aged man emerged from the cave abode with a worried expression. He looked at the scene outside the mountain and realized that his Lineage was in danger, which greatly disturbed his mind.

Beside him, Ye Huaxing, who had lost the Profound Earth Heavy Hammer and Mountain Protecting Array was now without any means of attack, naturally wouldn't sit idly by and wait for his death. He summoned three flying knives from his Storage Bag and threw them out to block Lin Lan's blue flying sword.

When Ye Huaxing saw Ye Shuishan, Lineage had recently advanced to the Foundation Establishment and was consolidating his cultivation, emerge from seclusion, he was overjoyed and quickly greeted him.

"Shuishan, help me block the golden giant sword unleashed by Yang Mingtian, Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Yang Family outside the mountain, in order to alleviate the pressure of the defensive light barrier conjured by the Profound Earth Great Array."

Upon hearing the call, Ye Shuishan immediately snapped out of his Storage Bag and summoned a set of nine First-Tier Superior-Grade throwing knives that he had used during his Qi Training Stage.

Ye Shuishan had only recently entered the Foundation Establishment and his cultivation was not yet stable, so naturally he had not yet refined his Second Grade Magic Tool.

As soon as he took out the nine flying knives, he threw them out, blocking the golden giant sword thrown by Yang Mingtian, who Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment, outside the mountain.

These nine flying knives were only First-Tier Superior-Grade Law Artifact. Moreover, Ye Shuishan had only recently entered the Foundation Establishment, while Yang Mingtian was a veteran Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment expert. Before the nine flying knives could even stop the Golden Flying Sword for ten breaths, they were all cut in half by the Golden Flying Sword.

Without Law Artifact to attack, Ye Huaxing had no choice but to give Ye Shuishan some Second Rank Spirit Talisman, instructing him to use these Spirit Talisman Cave to block the attackers from outside the mountain from attacking the Transformed Defense Light Screen Mountain Protection Formation Red Leaf Ridge.

Although Ye Shuishan possessed the power of Spirit Talisman Cave, he was only able to barely block the flying sword that Yang Mingtian had launched.

Ye Huaxing could also block the blue flying sword that Lin Lan threw.

The dozens of Qi Training Stage Ye Clan clan members in the mountains were able to withstand the attack from nearly twenty Qi Training Late Stage Yang Clan clan cultivators.

However, no one could withstand the countless flames unleashed by Yang Changxing, who possessed the powerful Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, as the flames bombarded the light barrier of Red Leaf Ridge.

The advantage in the battle is already extremely clear.

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