Tragic

He said such words in front of everyone, making the cultivators' hearts flutter with joy.

The Yaoguang Sect had been around for hundreds of thousands of years, and its guest elder treatment had always been so generous that it made people jealous, even better than the treatment of elders in ordinary sects by a good margin.

The cultivators looked at each other excitedly, secretly vowing to perform well.

Within the array, the entire atmosphere changed.

The hearts of the people can be used, Gu Qingshan thought, nodding secretly at the sight.

This Leng Tianxing was indeed from a top sect; his handling of people and affairs was very skillful, stirring up everyone's fighting spirit with just a few words.

Charging forward in a sea of Demons, if one didn't have fighting spirit and obsession in their heart, they would soon be surrounded by despair.

If that were the case, everyone would be finished.

Leng Tianxing finally said, "Everyone, get ready. We'll set off the moment the array disappears."

No one raised any objections, and everyone stood up.

Gu Qingshan also stood up, stealing glances at the others.

Standing at the front of the group were Wu Jin and Ma Liu, their figures burly and their vitality vigorous.

Wang Cheng, responsible for the left flank, held a long sword, while Luo Xiao, on the right, carried a ghost-headed broadsword on his shoulder.

As for Leng Tianxing, he merely held a fan in his hand, his expression cold and calm, standing silently among the crowd.

Gu Qingshan narrowed his eyes and swept back and forth, gaining a clear understanding in his heart.

—Two Martial Arts grandmasters, a sword cultivator, a saber wielder, and a Five Elements cultivator.

Plus himself, the "array master," this lineup wasn't bad.

While Gu Qingshan pondered, the cultivators silently made their final preparations.

The spiritual light of the array flickered on and off, finally disappearing without a sound.

Wu Jin roared, "I'll go first!"

"Go ahead, we'll follow behind you," Leng Tianxing said, patting his shoulder to encourage him.

Wu Jin shouted, his muscles bulging piece by piece, his abundant vitality turning into two streams of white gas, spraying out from his nostrils.

He grunted, slowly lowering his shoulders, aiming the heavy, spike-covered shoulder armor at the outside of the array.

"Mountain-Pressing Lean!"

With a violent shout, Wu Jin strode out of the array, relying on his sturdy shoulder armor to charge dozens of meters in one breath.

The Demons along the way were either knocked away by him or had their bodies pierced by the shoulder armor.

The Demon hanging on the shoulder armor was grabbed by Wu Jin, who snapped its neck and threw it aside.

Dozens of meters later, the momentum slowed down, and Wu Jin swung his two huge fists wildly.

"Continuous Thrusting Fist! All of you die!"

The Demons were caught off guard, and several ghost-faced beast-bodied monsters were beaten into mincemeat by Wu Jin.

One breath, two breaths, ten breaths.

Huff, huff, huff!

Wu Jin opened his mouth and spat out a cloud of white gas, his figure pausing slightly.

Under the full burst of power, he was already showing signs of fatigue.

"I'll take over!"

Ma Liu replaced him, transforming into a giant with a massive body, swinging an iron rod and knocking the Demons along the way askew.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Cheng drew his long sword and Luo Xiao pulled out his broadsword, and the two jumped out together.

The light of swords and sabers, layer upon layer, chopped the Demons beside Wu Jin and Ma Liu into exploding clouds of blood mist.

Gu Qingshan followed without hesitation, holding the Array Disc in his hand and whispering, "Spirits of the earth, heed my call, rend!"

The onrushing waves of Demons faltered and dropped.

Beneath their feet, the earth cracked open into bottomless fissures, trapping them and immobilizing them.

Leng Tianxing's face showed surprise.

This Array Disc master, though not highly cultivated, could set up arrays effortlessly, demonstrating a profound mastery of formations.

A good helper indeed.

"Good opportunity!"

Leng Tianxing raised his fan and unhesitatingly performed a hand seal to cast a spell.

"Frost Blade True Sever!"

Strands of white light, radiating intense cold, suddenly appeared in front of the group, swiftly cutting through the Demons trapped on the ground like harvesting straw.

A large area in the Demon tide was instantly cleared, easing the pressure on those at the front.

Gu Qingshan, having finished setting up the trap array, held the Array Disc before his chest and rapidly tapped with both hands.

"Wind, Fire, Lightning, Water, Heaven and Earth Gather Spirit!"

A ring of Spiritual Power connected, enveloping the six of them.

"What! A mobile Spirit Gathering Array!" Leng Tianxing exclaimed.

The several Foundation Establishment cultivators were stunned, but quickly noticed the Spiritual Power within their bodies slowly recovering, and their faces lit up with joy.

Wu Jin laughed loudly, "Haha, what a great Array Disc master! If we survive this, I'll definitely recognize you as my brother!"

Wang Cheng, a cold-faced swordsman, shook the black blood from his long sword and said with emotion, "How delightful!"

Normally, a Spirit Gathering Array could only be placed and set up; once moved, it would lose its effectiveness.

Only Array Disc masters of profound skill could temporarily construct a small, mobile Spirit Gathering Array around themselves.

Gu Qingshan's move successfully shocked everyone.

No one dared to look down on him anymore.

Array Discs were inherently one of the most difficult of the six arts to learn.

Even more difficult was divination.

To master Array Discs and divination was like ascending a waterfall against the current, or climbing an insurmountable chasm.

Typically, out of a hundred gifted cultivators, perhaps five or six could advance to Golden Core.

But of the same hundred talented cultivators, perhaps not even one could make progress in the arts of Array Discs and divination.

This was one of the reasons why Gongsun Zhi was so highly regarded in history.

"Good."

Leng Tianxing praised, forming a hand seal with his left hand and waving his fan with his right, unleashing his full power.

"Frost Blade Soul Snatch!"

The air twisted slightly as crescent-shaped ice rings flew through the air, cutting the Demons that followed into a pile of severed limbs and broken arms.

The group advanced in this way, quickly covering most of the distance.

"Not far now!"

Seeing the two body cultivators showing signs of fatigue, Leng Tianxing encouraged them loudly.

Everyone's spirits lifted.

Gu Qingshan looked around and suddenly reminded, "Wang Cheng, Luo Xiao, you're too far out, it's dangerous!"

The sword cultivator and saber wielder were caught up in the excitement of killing Demons and had strayed further and further from the group.

They had moved beyond the range of Gu Qingshan's array.

Wang Cheng heard the call and glanced back at him, hesitating, when he heard Leng Tianxing shout, "Come back quickly!"

Wang Cheng's heart skipped a beat, and he was about to retreat.

But it was too late.

A huge ghostly hand burst from the ground, seizing Wang Cheng and crushing him into a round, bloody meatball.

The decisive and ruthless sword cultivator had died just like that.

His longsword, stained with blood, was still spinning in the air, about to fall into the endless horde of Demons.

In a flash, Gu Qingshan reached out, channeling all his Spiritual Power, and telekinetically retrieved Wang Cheng's longsword.

On the other side, the saber user Luo Xiao turned to run, but was grabbed by the leg by a waist-high crimson-gold ghost and thrown to the ground.

Almost as soon as he fell, Luo Xiao didn't even have time to scream before his head was bitten off by a ghost hound.

The ghost hound, afraid that other Demons would steal its meal, grabbed Luo Xiao's head and quickly fled.

The other Demons swarmed forward, frantically devouring Luo Xiao's corpse.

The Demons, stimulated by the scent of blood, screamed excitedly again.

More and more Demons came rushing over.

With the death of the two cultivators, the pressure on the remaining few increased sharply.

Before long, Ma Liu and Wu Jin were covered in blood, with no part of their bodies intact.

Gu Qingshan's heart tightened, and he asked, "How much further?"

Leng Tianxing hesitated and said, "Almost there, should we just rush through?"

Gu Qingshan looked at the two body cultivators and said in a deep voice, "No, the Demons are best at assessing situations. If they know we're heading straight forward, they'll definitely be prepared."

He turned the Array Disc and shouted, "Water, Wind, Mist, Earth, Azure Nether Sky-Reaching Array!"

This array could only be used twice. After this use, there would be no more means to evade the Demons.

The Array Disc lit up, drawing upon the heaven and earth spiritual essence in the void.

Water, wind, mist, and earth, the four spiritual essences were arranged in a special formation, and instantly the array was complete.

With a whoosh, the precarious cultivators disappeared before the Demons.

Just a weak little request: please favorite and recommend.