Beast Soul Mountain

East of Beast Soul Mountain, in a hidden corner.

Five-Colored Buddha Light surfaced in Liang Zhaohuang's eyes as he circulated the Five Elements Dharma Eye, carefully observing the crimson light curtain before him.

He had already determined that the crimson light curtain sealing off Beast Soul Mountain was a second-tier fire-element array.

Generally speaking, fire-element arrays were mostly offensive arrays. One used specifically for sealing was quite rare, but it was indeed vicious.

If the Sun Family wanted to break through this array's blockade, they would inevitably be burned by flames. Before they could break through the array, they would probably already have been reduced to ash.

But for Liang Zhaohuang, the array before him was only second-tier, and moreover belonged to the five elements. It was precisely the sort of thing his innate spiritual art, the Five Elements Restriction-Breaking Spiritual Light, could easily break open.

Liang Zhaohuang reached out, and a stream of Five Elements Restriction-Breaking Spiritual Light brushed across the crimson light curtain before him, silently tearing open a crack. He flashed through the rift and entered Beast Soul Mountain.

The crack torn in the crimson light curtain quickly closed up.

As soon as he entered Beast Soul Mountain, sure enough, the rumble of battle and the shouts of killing immediately came from within, the cries shaking the heavens.

Liang Zhaohuang raised his head and looked over. At the summit of Beast Soul Mountain, all kinds of spiritual lights—wind, fire, thunder, and lightning—flashed and exploded. The fighting there was the fiercest.

It seemed Zhu Yuqing and the others had already attacked all the way to the mountaintop.

With a flip of his hand, Liang Zhaohuang took out a spiritual talisman from the Storage Bag at his waist and activated it. His figure instantly vanished amid the mountain forests of Beast Soul Mountain.

This was a second-tier spiritual talisman, the Trace Concealment Talisman. In over a hundred years of accumulation, the Liang Family had only collected two, and this time Liang Zhaohuang had brought them both.

Now that he had entered Beast Soul Mountain, this place should be where the fighting and slaughter in Ludong County were currently the most intense. He had to be careful.

Invisible and traceless, Liang Zhaohuang followed a hidden path through the mountains, sneaking toward the summit.

But not long after he advanced, he abruptly stopped.

In the forest ahead, birds chirped and insects hissed, branches swayed and leaves stirred. Everything looked normal, but through Liang Zhaohuang's Five Elements Dharma Eye, he could distinctly see that the five-element spiritual qi between heaven and earth was being stirred, flowing toward his direction.

This was clearly someone else concealing their form and traces, fleeing down from Beast Soul Mountain.

Moreover, it was obviously more than one person.

Judging by this method, it was far from simple either. They had not even startled or disturbed the birds, insects, branches, or leaves in the forest.

"At a time like this, under these circumstances, on Beast Soul Mountain, the only ones who would hide their forms and flee like this can only be people of the Sun Family!"

Liang Zhaohuang's eyes could not help lighting up. He suddenly realized that he might have just happened to block off the family seeds the Sun Family had arranged to withdraw.

Although he had only just entered Beast Soul Mountain, Liang Zhaohuang could see it clearly. This time, the Sun Family was obviously staring at more disaster than fortune. Zhu Yuqing had already led people up to the summit, which was the Sun Family's most core location. Clearly, they could no longer hold out.

Therefore, arranging for some family "seeds" to escape and flee, leaving the Sun Family with a few sparks, was something every force would do when facing annihilation.

"These 'seeds' arranged to flee are definitely carrying plenty of treasures!"

"Not to mention, the Sun Family arranged for the Black Wind Bandits to destroy my Liang Family, kill my elder cousin, and cripple my younger uncle. Today, I'll happen to cut off your Sun Family's 'seeds.' It can count as one repayment for another!"

Liang Zhaohuang looked left and right, then reached into the Storage Bag at his waist and took out three spiritual talismans, sending them separately into the surrounding mountain forest. At the same time, he formed a spiritual art with his hands and sent it into the surrounding Thorn, then released the Black Tiger Sword. Only after making his preparations did he hide to the side, quietly waiting for the enemy to arrive.

A moment later, although he still saw no human figures, and even his Spiritual Sense did not detect anything abnormal, through his Five Elements Dharma Eye, he could already clearly see that at the ambush site ahead, the five-element spiritual qi had already been stirred!

The enemy had fallen into the net!

Liang Zhaohuang launched his attack without the slightest hesitation.

Buzz!

The first spiritual talisman activated. It was a second-tier spiritual talisman, the Earthquake Talisman.

At once, the surrounding mountain forest shook as though the earth and mountains were quaking. The woods snapped and collapsed, and the slope split apart.

Aang!

A startled cry rang out. Liang Zhaohuang clearly saw that amid the shaking, splitting forest, a huge, multicolored lizard emerged from nothing.

This lizard was enormous, over three zhang in size, yet when it moved through the mountain forest, it did not disturb the slightest thing. The many colors across its body seemed to be constantly changing, matching the surrounding forest, and from time to time Liang Zhaohuang could even see large patches on the huge Chameleon Lizard's body suddenly vanish, then suddenly appear again.

The Hundred Beasts Sun Family excelled at taming demonic beasts. He had never expected the family to also possess such a demonic beast, one so skilled at invisibility and stealth.

"Careful! Enemy attack!"

On the huge Chameleon Lizard sat more than a dozen figures in meditation. Their leader was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man, who suddenly rose to his feet at this moment. His Spiritual Sense swept in all directions, searching for the enemy. He was actually a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

At the same time, the other party waved his hand and activated an earthen-yellow flag. Yellow light rolled out like silk, about to protect the family seeds behind him.

Boom! Boom!

At that moment, blazing flames erupted from both sides, like fire dragons charging, burning, and blasting toward the people on the Chameleon Lizard.

These were the other two second-tier spiritual talismans Liang Zhaohuang had buried, two Fire Dragon Talismans.

The Liang Family was skilled in talisman-making, and could be considered to have built itself up through talismans. Naturally, they were familiar with the methods and coordination of fighting with talismans.

The Earthquake Talisman exposed them, and the two Fire Dragon Talismans erupted with the fiercest, most explosive impact of flame.

One fire dragon blasted away the earthen-yellow spiritual flag the middle-aged man had activated, while the other fire dragon directly crashed into those Sun Family "seeds."

The blazing, violent flames instantly exploded, surged, and burned, swallowing the dozen or so figures whole.

Cries of panic, fear, and despair tangled into chaos, only to come to an abrupt end amid the roaring explosions.

Of the dozen people, nearly half were blown into mangled corpses by the flames on the spot. Those who did not die were all gravely injured under the burning inferno, tumbling one after another from the Chameleon Lizard's back, falling to the ground where they rolled in agony and wailed.

"Who is it!"

The leading Foundation Establishment man was already so furious he was nearly mad. Behind him were the seeds of his family, the family's hope, and now they could be said to have been utterly ruined. This was cutting off the future of their Sun Family!

How could he not fly into a rage!

The man's Spiritual Sense swept wildly through the surroundings, already showing signs of turning berserk, searching for the enemy hidden in the shadows.

The Sun Family's Foundation Establishment cultivators were often stimulated and influenced by their "Life-Bound Beast Souls," and were prone to certain mental problems. Their Spiritual Sense, too, was often tainted by certain special traits.

Back then, the Spiritual Sense of the Black Wind Bandits' Foundation Establishment cultivator had carried the trait of wind Baleful Intent, influenced by his "Life-Bound Beast Soul," the Black Tiger Soul.

And now, this middle-aged man's Spiritual Sense was as savage as a giant python in the jungle. It stirred up a reeking wind, churning the surrounding grasses, trees, and thorns. Even with a "Trace Concealment Talisman" on him, Liang Zhaohuang could no longer keep himself hidden.

Without further hesitation, Liang Zhaohuang immediately unleashed the hand seal he had prepared. Several thorns in the surrounding forest instantly rose in ambush like venomous pythons, stabbing straight toward the middle-aged man.

A familiar spirit art—Green Snake Vine!

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