Sure enough, before long, a commotion erupted to the southeast, with faint cries of fighting and killing drifting over.
"Which lowly scoundrels dare trespass on the Xiao Household?" A voice like a crashing thunderclap rang out.
High Person Ziqing gave a cold, sinister smile and hissed, "Move!"
Lu Xiaotian exchanged a glance with Xiang Yihang. They seized Yan Xiaoyu and kept some distance between themselves and High Person Ziqing as they hurried toward Moshang Lake. Lu Xiaotian saw a large force of neatly outfitted cultivators, each riding a seventh- to ninth-tier Blazing Thunder Spirit Steed. At their head was a Nascent Soul powerhouse. There were at least five hundred of them, rushing at full speed toward the site of the disturbance.
"A cultivator battle formation!" Lu Xiaotian had seen such formations before, but compared with the Red Cauldron Army and the array formed by Hou Lie's private troops from General Zhenyuan's manor, the Xiao Household's cavalry formation carried an even more imposing air of iron and blood.
"That's the Xiao Household's Thunder-Breaking Cavalry Formation. The man at the head is a rising Nascent Soul cultivator from the Lei Household. His personal strength is already formidable among those of his rank. With this cavalry formation aiding him, their strengths complement each other. Even a cultivator a full rank above him could easily die beneath the formation if he let his guard down."
Before Xiang Yihang had finished speaking, the formation of more than five hundred riders fanned out. Their hooves thundered, and their steeds whinnied. Like quicksilver spilling over the ground, the five hundred-plus riders surged forward in perfect order.
At the head of the formation, two unusually large cultivators suddenly burst out of their black robes, which had hung loosely over their bulky upper bodies. Their exposed torsos were massive