Breaking Through the Valley
A ray of morning sun shone from the end of the mountain range and landed on a towering peak.
The snow, which had been accumulating year-round, appeared even brighter.
The summer solstice has arrived, and the snow is melting, turning into a small stream that flows Jade Separation Valley of the mountain.
Two Blackwood Ants landed in the stream and drifted downstream, but when they reached the entrance to the valley, they could no longer get in.
It was blocked by something transparent.
"Fourth Brother, we're so lucky! We found two demonic insects!"
A cultivator dressed in the Chu Family attire emerged from beside the stream, took out a flying sword, and slashed at two Blackwood Ants.
Click!
A metallic clang rang out, and the two Blackwood Ants did not immediately break in two.
This surprised the cultivator.
"Fourth Brother, this demonic insect is incredibly tough. We might have made a profit even without going to the auction!"
The cultivator drew his sword again, this time with crimson sword light emanating from it, instantly slaying the two Blackwood Ants.
However, the so-called fourth brother emerged from the Array with a look of great anxiety on his face.
"Mingde, quick, let's split up and report to Uncle Ba. These are raised Spirit Insects Spirit Insect, not wild ones. They might be attacked by enemies!"
After the broad-faced cultivator finished speaking, he took out Jade Slip. But the next moment, countless thumb-sized, multicolored poisonous bees suddenly surged out from the bottom of the stream.
These poisonous bees emerged from the water, transforming into a cloud of insects. Several Poison Needle were shot out immediately, along with a mist of five poisonous substances.
Even though both reacted extremely quickly, one was at the fifth level of Qi Refining and the other at the seventh level.
They took out their protective shield to block the first attack, but after being corroded by the poisonous mist, the sound of two silver needles rang out again.
Both cultivators were pierced through the forehead with silver needles and fell silent.
Just then, several cultivators dressed in Spirit-Isolating Robes emerged from the stream. They were completely covered up, with only their captivating eyes showing.
As if they had anticipated this, they took out their flying swords and slashed at a base of the array.
The next moment, the Array in Jade Separation Valley shook violently and began to flicker.
Suddenly, sounds began to emanate from within the valley.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" Countless Spirit Talisman appeared in the sky, and countless Spirit Talisman appeared underground.
All of these are means of communication!
However, these methods of communication were blocked halfway by the transparent spiritual barrier, and in the end, they could only turn into Spirit Talisman that spontaneously combusted weakly in the air.
For this operation, isolation Array had naturally been set up in advance, with the aim of annihilating the entire enemy force.
The Chu Family, of course, would not stand idly by and wait to be killed!
Heavenly Dust, and a rumbling, shaking sound echoed throughout the valley.
A large number of Fire-Pattern Rabbits appeared in the distance. Each of these Fire-Pattern Rabbits was the size of a small wolf. As a mid-grade first-tier Spirit Beast, the Fire-Pattern Rabbits were only slightly less lethal than the Dense Forest Pig.
After all, the Spirit Patterns on these Fire-Pattern Rabbits are extremely hot.
Moreover, at crucial moments, they can condense chains of fire, although the coverage area of these chains is very short.
Even so, when they charged together, their momentum was just as great.
The cultivator in the Spirit-Isolating Robe, who was the leader, looked at the person next to him.
The man waved again, and more than three hundred Five Poison Bees appeared in the sky, releasing most of the Five-Poison Mist.
The wind carried it into the valley!
The Fire-Pattern Rabbits were instantly hit by the poisonous fog. Some experienced hallucinations, while others scattered and fled. Only a few managed to break through, but they no longer possessed any momentum.
They were all killed by the group of Swordsmanship led by him.
For the Chu Family, using the Fire-Pattern Rabbit was a move born out of necessity.
For the Ye Family, this was nothing more than showing off their limited skills before an expert!
"As expected, there's Array!" Behind Ye Xingyu was an Array.
They had already figured it out: this Jade Separation Valley was called the Water-Fire Formless Grand Array. It was formed by the snow mountain and the earth fire within the valley, creating a great array with immense power, comparable to a second-tier grand array. If Foundation Establishment cultivator controlled it, even multiple Foundation Establishment might not be able to break in.
Fortunately, a section of the water-fire formation had been damaged, greatly reducing its power.
Now, within the Water and Fire Formation, the group has discovered another Array.
This made everyone's expressions somewhat uneasy.
"This is just Concealment Array; there might be Foundation Establishment cultivator inside!" the man said again.
The former brings joy, while the latter brings despair.
This time, they didn't bring any Foundation Establishment.
The Concealment Array was also broken.
This resulted in the entire Jade Separation Valley being revealed to the group of cultivators in Spirit-Isolating Robes.
In the distance, the Chu Family's cultivators had also fully assembled. Apart from the miners in the mine, there were a total of more than twenty cultivators present.
The aura of the two leading cultivators was even more suffocating.
It was Foundation Establishment cultivator.
"I thought it was the Li Family and the Chen Family who were secretly plotting against us, but I didn't expect it to be the Ye Family!" The leading cultivator was named Chu Xifeng, who was extremely arrogant and had the cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment Early Stage.
Beside him was Chu Xixu, who was also at the Foundation Establishment stage.
"How strange! Do you cowards really think you can extort money from the Chu Family?"
"We suffer the greatest war losses every year, yet have the fewest members of our tribe!"
Chu Xifeng kept speaking, but none of the cultivators in the Spirit-Isolating Robes opposite him said a word. Instead, the leader of the cultivators put the Spirit Beast bag into the air.
A second-tier Blood Hawk appeared in the sky, and a transparent spirit figure appeared beside it.
The shadow was very illusory, but suddenly the sky changed, and an octopus Spirit Beast appeared out of nowhere, spitting out a large amount of ink.
Manifest the form of the Color-Changing Venom Lizard.
"So young. Didn't any elders from the Ye Family come this time? They stepped forward after being tested like this?" The Foundation Establishment cultivator took out Jade Slip recorded everything inside.
In this way, he wouldn't worry about anyone from the Ye Family escaping, and once they left, he could launch an attack on the Ye Family by arguing that their second sister had married someone from the Taiyi Sect.
They could even directly annex the Ye Family, making the Taihang Mountain Range one of the three Foundation Establishment Lineage.
In addition, there were their plans in Taichang Market.
Their Chu Family is the third Purple Mansion Lineage!
Moreover, that is by no means the end.
However, before that, they had to massacre the entire Ye Family!
Let them know the consequences of offending the Chu Family.
Chu Xifeng took out a Swordsmanship and a golden binding rope Law Artifact.
To trap the Blood Hawk in the sky, the second-tier Blood Hawk are the most unpredictable.
The golden rope Law Artifact was moving so fast that even when the Blood Hawk turned into a streak of blood, the golden light still followed closely behind.
"Chirp!" The Blood Hawk let out a long cry, and a blood-blade Law Technique slashed towards the bundle of golden ropes.
It emitted a sharp, hissing sound.
However, the second-tier Law Artifact was clearly not so easy to destroy. It actually wrapped around one of the Blood Hawk's wings, causing the Blood Hawk's speed to suddenly decrease.
Chu Xifeng was overjoyed and slashed at Blood Hawk with his flying sword.
The flesh and feathers of a second-tier Blood Hawk are both worth a considerable amount of Spirit Stones.
Meanwhile, Chu Xixu attacked the Five-Colored Venom Lizard.
Covered in ink, the poison lizard's cloaking ability was rendered ineffective, forcing it to continuously unleash its earth spike spell.
Apart from the Foundation Establishment cultivators and the second-tier Spirit Beasts standing together, the Ye Family's Five Poison Bees and Insects once again began shooting their Poison Needle!
The Poison Needle was extremely potent, and the Chu Lineage members were terrified of it, wishing they could protect themselves with two or three protective shields.
And countless Law Artifacts flew towards the swarm of bees, intending to kill these Five Poison Bees.
However, the other cultivators of the Ye Family had already begun their charge with various Spirit Beasts.
These Spirit Beasts were all fearless and undaunted. As for the Chu Family cultivators, they had faced Beast Tides before and knew that when Beast Tide came, they had to keep attacking.
I've also faced cultivators before, and I know I need to hold back to prevent them from launching sneak attacks!
But now we're facing a combination of cultivators and Spirit Beasts!
They became somewhat flustered.
The Ye Family may not fear the loss of Spirit Beasts, but none of them possess a selfless heart.
So the formation suddenly fell into disarray.
Fortunately, the Water-Fire Formless Grand Array was activated, forming two serpent spirit images of water and fire.
One can spew out ice spikes, and the other can spew out flames!
Both exhibited late-stage first-order Spiritual Qi fluctuations.
Of course, this is only because some of the Array was destroyed; otherwise, it would have been even more difficult to deal with!
They managed to hold them off for a time, but for the Chu Family cultivators, everyone's hopes were pinned on Chu Xifeng and Chu Xixu.
The situation on the field was indeed like that; Chu Xifeng kept pressing Blood Hawk, leaving Blood Hawk covered in wounds.
The Five-Colored Venom Lizard wasn't in much better shape either, under Chu Xixu's suppression.
Without the cover of stealth, even with its furious roars, the poisonous lizard couldn't defeat a cultivator with three or four second-tier Law Artifacts.
"Demon bird, let's see where you can run now!" Over there, Chu Xifeng's golden binding rope finally bound both wings of the Blood Hawk, rendering it completely unable to move.
Chu Xifeng took out his flying sword, and instantly patterns appeared on it. These patterns converged and transformed into a Sword-Ray about ten feet long.
"Whoosh!" It slashed towards the Blood Hawk!
Just when everyone thought the dust had settled, a beam of azure light suddenly shot out from the stream. The light came too fast, and the next moment, an old man wearing azure spirit armor and with snake scales covering his face rushed out.
He held a cyan triangular pyramid-shaped magical Law Artifact in his hand.
The Law Artifact shot out through the air, even faster than spears and other similar Law Artifact!
In an instant, they were right in front of them!
At that moment, Chu Xifeng was focused all his energy on that sword strike, but he didn't expect someone to launch a sneak attack. He had no choice but to hastily slap down a second-tier Spirit Talisman!
However, even this second-tier Spirit Talisman couldn't block the cone-shaped blue light.
He then proceeded to penetrate Chu Xifeng's chest.
Chu Xifeng stared blankly at the figure who had ambushed him, ignoring the wound on his chest.
His gaze wandered, then turned to a hint of sneer.
"What a fine Ye Family! What a fine Ye Xueliang..."
The second-tier Blood Hawk was also slashed in the wing by the Sword-Ray, leaving a crimson bloodstain.
The injuries are extremely serious!
The azure-scaled figure ignored the rest, its body twisting strangely like a serpent as it continued towards Chu Xixu!
"As expected, those orcs were all from your Ye Family! You are demons, you use sorcery!" Chu Xixu roared!
But what awaited him was Ye Xueliang's fierce and relentless attack.
The Five-Colored Venom Lizards nearby also kept finding various colored spikes.
These spikes are all contaminated with venom!