After its conspiracy was exposed, the Conservative Alliance fractured internally, but its core members became furious and humiliated, deciding to launch a desperate counterattack. They secretly gathered their remaining forces and prepared to launch a full-scale assault on the major factions supporting the new cultivation ideals. The Lingxi Tribe would bear the brunt of it.
Within the Lingxi Tribe, Chen Siyu and Chen Ruixuan were discussing countermeasures with the elders. "The Conservative Alliance definitely won't let this go. Their counterattack will surely come with overwhelming force," Chen Siyu said gravely.
An elder nodded in agreement. "Indeed. We must strengthen our defenses as quickly as possible and contact the sects and tribes that support the new cultivation ideals, so we can resist the Conservative Alliance together."
Thus, the Lingxi Tribe sprang into action. The cultivators skilled in formations began setting up powerful defensive arrays around the tribe, while the others trained in the new martial arts day and night to improve their strength. At the same time, Chen Siyu and Chen Ruixuan dispatched messengers to their various allies, delivering news of the Conservative Alliance's impending counterattack and seeking support.
However, the Conservative Alliance moved even faster than they had expected. On a dark and stormy night, the alliance's army approached the Lingxi Tribe like ghosts. They wore black robes and black face coverings, their eyes gleaming with madness.
"Charge in and wipe out every one of those fools who support the new cultivation ideals!" the leader of the Conservative Alliance roared, waving his staff.
The Conservative Alliance's members surged toward the Lingxi Tribe's defensive array like a tide. They unleashed all manner of powerful spells. In an instant, lights flashed across the sky and cries of battle thundered in their ears. Under the ferocious assault, ripples spread across the defensive array as though it might shatter at any moment.
After sensing the commotion, Chen Siyu and Chen Ruixuan swiftly led the Lingxi Tribe's cultivators into battle. "Don't panic! Follow our previous arrangements, use the new martial arts, and protect our home!" Chen Siyu shouted.
The Lingxi Tribe's cultivators responded at once, unleashing new martial arts such as Dragon's Roar and Pretty Me Punch as they fought fiercely against the Conservative Alliance. Multicolored giant dragons wheeled through the night sky, while bizarre yet immensely powerful fist shadows flashed everywhere, colliding with the alliance's dark spells.
As the battle reached its peak, the Lingxi Tribe's defensive array finally buckled under the intense clash between both sides, and cracks appeared across it. Seeing this, the Conservative Alliance pressed its attack even more fiercely.
"This is bad—the array is about to break!" Chen Ruixuan cried anxiously.
Just then, waves of hoofbeats and flashes of spell-light came from afar. Other sects and tribes that supported the new cultivation ideals had received the news and arrived in time to provide aid.
"Friends of the Lingxi Tribe, we're here!" someone in the reinforcements shouted.
The arrival of the reinforcements instantly turned the tide. Once they joined the battle, they coordinated from within and without with the Lingxi Tribe's cultivators, forming a pincer attack against the Conservative Alliance. The alliance's members began to panic, and flaws appeared in their once-tight formation.
Seizing the moment, Chen Siyu said to Chen Ruixuan, "Little brother, let's unleash our strongest attack together and deal them a fatal blow!"
Chen Ruixuan nodded. The two gathered all their spiritual power and unleashed Dragon's Roar and Pretty Me Punch once more. This time, the power of the two new martial arts merged, forming an incomparably powerful storm of spiritual energy that swept toward the Conservative Alliance.
Wherever the spiritual storm passed, members of the Conservative Alliance were sent flying one after another, their screams ringing out. Seeing this, the alliance's leader was horrified. He knew their counterattack had failed again, and if they did not retreat now, they would be wiped out to the last man.
"Retreat!" the leader of the Conservative Alliance reluctantly gave the order. Its members scattered like beaten dogs, vanishing into the night.
Although they had successfully repelled this counterattack by the Conservative Alliance, Chen Siyu and Chen Ruixuan knew that the alliance would never give up so easily. They had to continue strengthening themselves and completely dismantle the Conservative Alliance before the Primordial World could truly welcome a new era of peace and progress. But after suffering such a crushing defeat, what even more sinister schemes would the Conservative Alliance devise next?
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