The fox clan came in with tremendous momentum.
Or rather... they were beside themselves with rage.
Someone had actually caused such a massive disturbance right under their noses, and at the very location of the ginseng field and the Xuanhua Mountain-Opening Axe—the most crucial place of all.
Yet the moment they approached, an endless curtain of rain appeared from nowhere, seeming to pour in from all directions. Accompanied by rolling, surging mist, it swallowed them whole.
"...The Four Seasons Sect's Xiang Yun Qin?"
"There also seems to be that old undead Su Xing's Star-Orbit Spirit Formation."
"Did disciples of the Four Seasons Sect or Su Xing's disciples break in?"
They were Nascent Souls, after all. They certainly had the experience to recognize the situation at a glance.
And clearly.
The cultivators here were stalling for time.
Which meant...
The Nascent Soul foxes immediately swallowed pills and brought out their handy Magic Treasures. Spiritual light of every color began burning through the surrounding rain and mist like shooting stars.
A hastily arranged formation naturally could not withstand the assault of so many Nascent Souls.
But Li Ye's spiritual power continued circulating within the formation, transforming into glittering blue stars that shot out deathly demonic qi.
For a moment, countless streams of demonic qi intertwined into a web, forcibly driving back the Nascent Souls' attacks for a brief instant.
It was at that moment.
Wei Qingye, dressed in black robes, launched his attack under the cover of the rain, mist, and demonic qi beams.
He did not choose to meet them head-on.
Instead, he concealed his spiritual power and began assassinating them.
A Sword Cultivator, after all.
He was proficient in broad, sweeping sword techniques, and naturally just as skilled in assassination methods that concealed one's aura. Only then could he face