Ruthless Killer
"Charge!"
Su Anping hurriedly called out.
The patriarch is unable to act at this time, Su Clan does not have Golden Core cultivator to guard it. If there is no protective formation, the Du Clan patriarch Du Tianhua, alone could slaughter all the Su Clan cultivators on Clearpeace Mountain.
Golden Core cultivator's Divine Sense can cover a range of eight li (approximately 4 kilometers), meaning that within this range, Golden Core cultivator can act at will.
The maximum range of Foundation Establishment cultivator's Divine Sense is only four miles. Beyond this distance, the accuracy of Foundation Establishment cultivator's attacks will greatly decrease, and they will be unable to control their Spirit Artifact at will. Even if they manage to launch an attack, it will be easily dodged.
Although the Su Clan has a large number of people and great power, as long as Du Tianhua does not come within four miles of the Su Clan cultivators, the Su Clan's attacks will hardly threaten Du Tianhua.
Below, in the plaza, there were nine Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Su Clan who were already prepared. They stood in various corners of the plaza, each holding a small, earthen-yellow Squad Commander.
As Su Anping gave the order, the nine people planted their Squad Commander into the ground and made several hand Method Formula.
In an instant, a large array barrier radiating an earthy yellow light materialized, enveloping the entire plaza and the more than five hundred Su Clan cultivators in mid-air.
The dark red flying sword slashed at the light barrier!
The flying sword instantly erupted with a crimson Sword-Ray, its Sword Qi crisscrossing.
The great array barrier emitted a bright, earthy-yellow light, illuminating the sky above Clearpeace Mountain.
The earthen-yellow light on the great array barrier gradually receded, and the flying sword also flew back. Du Tianhua's sword was blocked by the Su Clan's protective mountain array.
Du Tianhua flew forward and stopped in front of the great array's light screen, sneering.
"As expected of Golden Core Lineage with a long and distinguished lineage, the Su Clan actually possesses a third-tier earth-elemental formation to protect the mountain."
Inside the formation, Su Anping glared at Du Tianhua and roared.
"Ancestor of the Du family, how dare you lead your men to openly attack my Su family's Qingping Mountain! This is a grave taboo of the righteous path in the cultivation world. Aren't you afraid of provoking other cultivation forces to rise up and attack us?"
Du Tianhua said disdainfully, "The Su Clan a pregnant woman's life-extending spirit medicine. That old Su Gan used a living person to prolong his life, which is a major taboo in the Cultivation World. It should be your Su Clan who are doing this!"
Su Anping was startled and said in a panic.
How did you know?
"Hehe." Du Tianhua's teasing voice rang out.
"Not only do I know this, but after tonight, the entire Cultivation World know that the Su Clan will have no place to stand. Countless cultivators who are unwilling to die of old age and want to prolong their lives will swarm here and raze the entire Clearpeace Mountain to the ground, hahaha..."
Du Tianhua's arrogant laughter echoed through the sky.
As a righteous force, the Du Clan needed a pretext to attack the Su Clan.
Regardless of their true motives, righteous forces always need a legitimate reason for their actions.
Therefore, he arranged for a large number of Qi Refining Stage clansmen to announce the Su Clan's evil deeds to the entire Cultivation World early the next morning.
Regardless of tonight's outcome, the Su Clan's reputation is definitely ruined; they'll become universally reviled.
Du Tianhua transmitted his voice to the dozen or so Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Su Clan behind him.
"Search the entire Clearpeace Mountain; take away everything of value that you can carry."
The mountain-protecting formation can only protect the plaza at the summit; it's unlikely to protect the entire Clearpeace Mountain, which covers dozens of miles, as that would consume too many Spirit Stones.
Without the protection of a powerful formation, the Du Clan could plunder the area at will.
Led by their patriarch Du Ruoyun, a dozen or so members of the Du Lineage stormed into various important locations of the Su Clan, including the Alchemy Chamber, weapon-refining room, Rune Hall, and herb garden, looting all sorts of treasures like a locust swarm.
Especially the Su Clan's spiritual fields, which contained various priceless spirit medicine herbs. Regardless of their age, they packed them all up and took them with them. The Du Clan cultivators even wanted to scrape away a layer of soil from the spiritual fields.
The only thing that disappointed Du Tianhua was that the Su Clan's ancestral land was within the protective range of a third-order earth-elemental array, which contained various Cultivation Method and secret arts collected by the Su Clan over hundreds of years.
With a mocking look in his eyes, Du Tianhua glanced at Su Anping inside the formation, then turned and flew towards the valley to the east.
It's impossible for him to break through a third-tier earth-elemental formation alone in a short time. He has more important matters to attend to and can't afford to waste time on Clearpeace Mountain.
Du Tianyu arrived at the top of the valley and immediately began to perform Method Formula.
The crimson flying sword suddenly shone with a bright crimson light, like a star falling from the sky, and struck the array barrier in the valley with all its might.
The formation in the valley where Su Gan secluded himself was also a third-order formation called the <Four Symbols Reversal Formation>. It had many functions, including defense, concealing aura and Spiritual Qi fluctuations, and obscuring vision. Although it had many functions, in terms of defense alone, it was not as good as the third-order earth-type formation on Clearpeace Mountain.
"Boom!"
The crimson flying sword struck the light barrier, instantly producing a deafening roar, and a violent gust of wind swept out in all directions.
The array barrier began to shake violently, rippling outwards.
Su Gan looked up and glanced at the trembling light screen in mid-air, a flash of ferocity passing through his eyes.
While manipulating the <Devouring Essence Array>, he spoke to Qingyan with a distracted expression.
"Qingyan, the Devouring Essence Array has been successfully activated. I can control the array by myself for now. I'll need your help to deal with Du Tianhua."
Su Gan received a message from Su Anping as soon as the Du Clan family appeared, but he was busy activating the Devouring Essence Array and had no time to attend to anything else.
At this moment, the Devouring Essence Array has been activated. For a short time, Su Gan alone is enough to control the array, without the assistance of Qingyan.
Within the array patterns of the <Devouring Essence Array>, there is a Blood Serpent formed from viscous blood plasma. The Blood Serpent is about one foot long and moves slowly within the array patterns, swimming towards the Rogue Cultivators in the western area of the array.
The Rogue Cultivator at the head of the first row looked at the eerie Blood Serpent that had climbed up his feet and then up his trouser leg, his eyes filled with terror.
Unfortunately, he was under a spell, unable to move or speak, and could only watch helplessly as the Blood Serpent crawled up his face, then burrowed into his mouth and nose, heading towards his abdomen.
Instantly, the Rogue Cultivator began to suffer excruciating pain, his face contorted in agony, and his entire body trembled uncontrollably.
A moment later, the Rogue Cultivator's body suddenly went limp and collapsed, as if the bones and flesh inside his body had melted away in an instant, unable to support his skin and flesh any longer, and his entire body shrunk together.
The Blood Serpent emerged from the flesh and, following the array patterns, slithered toward the next Rogue Cultivator.
After devouring the flesh and blood of a Rogue Cultivator, the Blood Serpent's length increased slightly, and its speed also increased.
Qingyan Daoist glanced at the Blood Serpent in the western section of the Devouring Essence Array, gradually stopped her hand Method Formula, placed the auxiliary Formation Plate on the ground, stood up, and said to Su Gan.
"Brother Su, there's no need to be so polite. I'll be right back."
As soon as she finished speaking, her figure lifted off the ground and flew into the air.
The reason she placed the auxiliary Formation Plate within the main array was that once the Devouring Essence Array was activated, both the main and auxiliary Formation Plates could not leave the array's range; otherwise, the array's operation would be forcibly interrupted.
"Qingyan, don't be careless," Su Gan said, his attention divided.
"For me, Golden Core cultivator from the Beast Taming Sect, dealing with a mere cultivator from a small Lineage who has only formed his Core ten years ago is a piece of cake."
The Qingyan acted nonchalantly, showing no regard for Du Tianhua whatsoever.
Before she could finish speaking, she reached the edge of the protective array barrier at the top of the valley.
Su Wenshi, standing on the outer edge of the Devouring Essence Array, held a Formation Plate in his hand and made Method Formula.
Suddenly, a hole appeared at the top of the <Four Symbols Reversal Formation> barrier.
The Qingyan flew out through the cave entrance, which closed again in an instant.
Su Gan stared at the spot where Qingyan Daoist had disappeared. Because the barrier of the <Four Symbols Reversal Formation> was not transparent, he could not see what was happening outside the formation.
A chill crept across his face.
"Qingyan, you are still as free-spirited and straightforward as you were in your youth. I have always regarded you as my younger sister and never intended to harm you, but in order to break through to the Middle Golden Core Stage, I had no choice but to be ruthless."
Outside the Devouring Essence Array, Su Wenshi glanced at his ancestor at the center of the array, then lowered his head, seemingly lost in thought.