Three-Pronged Advance, Full-Scale War

Jiang Yuan led Guo Hongtao, and their figures soon vanished into the rugged mountain path leading to the eastern stone gate.

Using himself as bait, he ventured alone into the dragon's den.

The turmoil that had swept through the entire secret realm had reached the time for a complete conclusion.

Almost at the same time, earthshaking battle cries erupted from the southern gate of the Pure Cultivation Academy!

"Pure Cultivation Academy disciples, heed my command! Follow me and kill!"

Dressed in white and wielding a long sword, Su Yan took the lead like a bolt of white lightning, charging straight at the Evil Union Sect's front line!

Behind her, over a hundred Pure Cultivation Academy disciples formed a sword formation, their momentum soaring like a rainbow!

"A bunch of ignorant bitches! Form up! Drain them dry!"

Behind the defensive line, an Evil Union Sect stewardess shrieked sharply.

In an instant, dozens of Evil Union Sect female cultivators paired up and pressed tightly against one another.

One stood in front and the other behind, their palms pressed firmly against each other's lower backs and abdomens as red and green light flared from their bodies at once.

Streams of strange pink aura spread from them, weaving into an enormous pink net that descended over the Pure Cultivation Academy group!

"Senior Sister, be careful! It's their dual-cultivation secret art!" a young disciple cried out.

The net possessed powerful suction and corrosive effects. Once entangled, one's true qi would be forcibly drained away and turned into nourishment for the enemy.

Su Yan's expression remained cool, without the slightest trace of panic.

"Watch carefully."

With a flick of her sword, she did not slash directly at the pink net. Instead, she lightly thrust toward a spot in the air from an exceptionally tricky angle!

Sssht!

A pure cyan sword qi shot from the sword tip, striking precisely the nearly invisible energy link between two female cultivators engaged in dual cultivation!

The two female cultivators shuddered violently. Their dual-cultivation state was forcibly interrupted, and the energy circulation between them instantly flowed in reverse!

Pfft!

Both spat out blood at the same time and collapsed limply to the ground, their faces deathly pale.

As they fell, a huge hole abruptly tore open in the massive pink net!

"This..."

The Pure Cultivation Academy disciples behind Su Yan were all dumbfounded.

"What are you standing around for?"

Su Yan's cool voice rang out. "Their dual-cultivation method is nothing more than a crooked path of forced plunder. Its foundation is unstable, and it is riddled with flaws! Attack the midpoint of their connections!"

"Yes, Senior Sister!"

All the disciples were greatly invigorated. Following her example, they began searching for the weak points in their opponents' dual-cultivation links and attacking them.

For a time, the Evil Union Sect's battle line fell into utter chaos!

Their prized dual-cultivation combat technique was like a shoddy counterfeit before the Pure Cultivation Academy's orthodox Purifying Heart Formula, easily dismantled into pieces!

Meanwhile, within the mountain-belly mine tunnels of the Evil Union Sect.

The dozen or so rescued interstellar students were quietly making their way toward the spiritual energy supply formation core according to the map Jiang Yuan had provided.

"Careful, there's movement ahead!" The young man in the lead made a hand signal, and everyone immediately pressed against the rock walls to hide.

Around the corner, a squad of black-armored assassins from Celestial Pivot Industries was silently closing in. The Meridian-Sealing Short Staffs in their hands gleamed with a ghostly blue light.

"We've been discovered! Prepare for battle!" the young man said through gritted teeth.

Though they were all elites from various academies, they had only just escaped and had yet to recover their strength. Against these well-equipped professional assassins, they had almost no chance of winning.

At that critical moment!

Boom!

With a deafening crash, the rock wall above them suddenly exploded open with a huge hole!

A round, plump figure descended from above like a god falling from the heavens, crashing heavily into the middle of the black-armored assassins!

"Your Fat Lord is here!"

Guo Hongtao rose from the dust, patted his stomach, and grinned.

"Captain! It's one of the targets!" The black-armored assassins reacted swiftly, immediately splitting off five men who simultaneously aimed their Meridian-Sealing Short Staffs at Guo Hongtao.

"Playing with electricity, huh? Come on! Taste Fat Lord's big treasure!"

Guo Hongtao let out a strange cry and gave them no chance to react. He pulled out the largest and brightest Yin-Yang Spirit Crystal from his robes and hurled it at them like a brick!

Buzz!

The Yin-Yang Spirit Crystal streaked through the air in an arc, erupting with dense red and green spiritual energy as it collided fiercely with the ghostly blue beams!

Crackle!

After a burst of teeth-grinding energy friction, the light from the Meridian-Sealing Short Staffs was forcibly suppressed, flickering erratically!

"Now!"

Guo Hongtao roared, then pulled a handful of multicolored pills from another pocket and scattered them like celestial maidens scattering flowers.

"Take this—Enhanced Ten-Fragrance Muscle-Softening Powder!"

The black-armored assassins had never seen such a fighting style. Caught off guard, they inhaled a great deal of the pill powder and immediately felt their limbs turn weak, while even their true qi became sluggish.

"Brothers! The chance is here! Charge with Fat Lord!"

Guo Hongtao charged at the front, relying on his thick skin and tough flesh to endure two attacks head-on. With one punch per man, he sent the black-armored assassins who had yet to recover sprawling in all directions.

The students stared in disbelief, then quickly came to their senses and joined the battle with soaring morale.

"Fat Lord is mighty!"

"Kill these Celestial Pivot bastards!"

Guo Hongtao darted through the narrow mine tunnels. Wherever there were elite assassins, he charged straight toward them, flinging pills and spirit crystals around as if they cost nothing. By himself, he thoroughly threw Celestial Pivot Industries' assassination squad into chaos.

Main Peak, Bliss Hall.

The instant Jiang Yuan stepped into the hall, the battle cries and explosions outside seemed to fall silent instead.

In the center of the empty hall, Chu He stood in white robes, smiling at him. The arm that had been crippled had somehow recovered completely, though its color was slightly pale.

Behind him, Elder Gu sat cross-legged. His body was covered in vicious blood-red patterns, and his aura was even more sinister and bizarre than before. Clearly, he had used some evil technique to forcibly recover from his injuries.

"Jiang Yuan, you've finally come."

Chu He's voice was calm, as though he were greeting an old friend.

"I thought you were going to stand by and watch those seventeen delicate little beauties from the Pure Cultivation Academy get thrown into the pool and turned into bloody water."

Jiang Yuan ignored his trash talk and merely swept him a faint glance.

"Your people were too weak."

"While clearing the way, I dealt with a few pieces of trash for you. No need to thank me."

The smile on Chu He's face froze briefly before turning even more sinister.

"What a sharp tongue!"

"Jiang Yuan, your greatest mistake was stepping into this hall!"

"Today, I'll show you the true foundation of the Evil Union Sect!"

Chu He abruptly took a step back, formed a hand seal, and shouted sharply.

"Elder, help me!"

Elder Gu let out an inhuman howl and slammed both hands against the middle of Chu He's back!

"Bliss Soul-Devouring Formation! Activate!"