"Over the past year, our Soul Masters worked tirelessly to forge so many chains. At last, they're finally being put to use."
Yue Guan glanced at the chains in the vanguard's hands and murmured to himself. Ever since the Clear Sky Sect had reemerged, Bibi Dong and the others had been considering how to attack it. To allow the main force to charge upward, they had specifically ordered the forging of countless sturdy chains.
Their plan was to use iron chains to tightly link the mountain ranges together, turning each peak into a stronghold. They would then capture the peaks one by one before finally attacking the Clear Sky Sect's main city.
With that, Yue Guan turned his gaze toward She Long and the other two. Ci Xue had begun to act. The Clear Sky Sect guards on the first peak were nothing more than cannon fodder before him; he did not even need to activate his Martial Soul Avatar to deal with them.
"Sixth spirit ability: Scarlet Mist!"
After gathering his Soul Power, Ci Xue took a deep breath, his cheeks puffing up like an inflated pufferfish. Then he forcefully exhaled a cloud of blood-colored poisonous mist. Carried by the cold wind, it blanketed the first peak.
"Something's wrong..."
"This red mist..."
"It's poisonous..."
As the red mist rapidly engulfed the first peak, the Clear Sky Sect members standing guard there accidentally inhaled it and were poisoned one after another.
Before they even had time to summon their Clear Sky Hammers, their entire bodies went numb. They could not even finish a sentence before collapsing unconscious on the spot.
She Long summoned his Snake Lance, held his breath, and charged into the poisonous mist, piercing the throats and chests of more than a dozen Clear Sky Sect Disciples with