Within a few breaths, the fluctuations in the formation diagrams above and below grew ever more violent.
As the ground shook, the outermost grand formation was breached. Twelve enormous blood-colored pillars had been erected outside the formation, enclosing the Jiang Clan in reverse.
The clouds overhead were dyed blood-red. A colossal creature with a human face, a dragon's head, a turtle's back, and a serpent's tail poked its head out. Its head was like a mountain range, and its body stretched nearly three thousand zhang.
"You killed my clan's elders and abducted one who bears our clan's inheritance. Let the useless wretches of the Jiang Clan come out! Today, we fight to the death!"
The human-faced figure atop the dragon head looked like a burly middle-aged man, with a broad face and thick curly beard. As he roared furiously, the serpent tail behind him lashed at the formation diagrams.
"Rumble..."
The formation diagrams were linked to every major formation of the Jiang Clan. Under that blow, the ground throughout the Jiang Clan estate cracked and collapsed.
The Jiang Clan members sheltered beneath layers upon layers of formations were all utterly horrified.
They had never seen the Huyan Clan's ancestor in person, but judging from the visitor's sheer might alone, they knew he was an ancestor of the Huyan Clan at the quasi-sect leader level.
Within the Jiang Clan estate, the Jiang Clan ancestor by the lakeside stepped forward with a grim face. Two gourds appeared at his sides, one to his left and one to his right, firelight flowing from both their mouths.
"Jiang Ming, guard the grand formation. I'll go meet him."
Jiang Qingxuan gave the clan head his instructions and was about to fly out of the formation when he was stopped by a wave of frigid yin