Cloud River of Flashing Lightning, Moon Reflected in the Nine Springs

"Feng Quchu, want this young master to lend you a hand?"

Wang Chenjue flew into the valley with five hundred Wang Family clansmen of the Foundation Establishment Realm and asked with a mocking grin.

"In that case, thank you, Young Master Wang!"

Feng Quchu turned toward the Wang Family clansmen. Though displeased, he cupped his fists in thanks.

"Cough!"

He suddenly coughed hard and spat another mouthful of blood.

"Tsk, tsk. Feng Quchu, this young master came all this way to help you, and instead of thanking me, you try to stain my clothes?"

Wang Chenjue looked at Feng Quchu and teased him with a grin.

The blood was still eight zhang away from him. It could not possibly have reached him.

"My apologies, Young Master Wang!"

Feng Quchu grew angrier, but he could only swallow it and apologize.

"The Wang Family!"

Before the Danling Qisheng Art, Dongfang Muxue fixed her gaze on the Wang Family clansmen. Coldness flared in her eyes as she ground out each word through clenched teeth.

Zhang Xingfeng looked at Dongfang Muxue in surprise. He had no idea why his junior sister bore such deep hatred for the Wang Family of Heaven-Opening.

Chen Guyu was just as baffled.

"Tsk, tsk. Dongfang Muxue, don't glare at this young master like that."

"It isn't me who wants you. It's my useless eldest uncle!"

Dongfang Muxue's gaze could have killed, but Wang Chenjue remained utterly unruffled.

He hovered before Feng Quchu, gently waving his folding fan, a smile on his face.

"But up close, you really are a cool beauty. No wonder my useless eldest uncle took a fancy to you. Even this young master feels his heart stirring!"

As Wang Chenjue spoke without restraint, his eyes roved up and down Dongfang Muxue with heated, suggestive interest.

"You dare insult my junior sister? You're courting death!"

Fury blazed through Zhang Xingfeng, and he leveled Ink Edge at Wang Chenjue.

"Insult your junior sister?" Wang Chenjue smiled contemptuously. "Hand over the Spirit Weapons in your hands. Leave the Cultivation Art behind you untouched, and tell me about the extraordinary opportunities you've found!"

"And if we refuse?"

Chen Guyu was equally furious, his fists clenched tight.

"Die!"

Dongfang Muxue did not waste another word. She drove her Source Power forward, Ice Soul flashed, and freezing force swept toward the Wang Family clansmen.

"Hmm?" Wang Chenjue swept his folding fan, dispersing the ice spreading across seventy li, then gave an order. "Wang Family clansmen, kill them!"

"Huh? Young Master Chen Jue, are we really going to kill Dongfang Muxue? Elder Huyong wants her!"

The Wang Family clansmen hesitated.

"Then kill the others and leave Dongfang Muxue alive!"

Wang Chenjue's voice turned stern.

"Yes, Young Master Chen Jue!"

The Wang Family clansmen unleashed technique after technique at Zhang Xingfeng, Chen Guyu, Xie Shiwei, and the others.

At the same time, they became streaks of light and closed in around Zhang Xingfeng and his companions.

"Watch out for the swordsman and the one wearing gauntlets. There's something strange about their techniques!"

Seeing how eager the Wang Family clansmen were to attack, Feng Quchu hurried to warn them.

He had suffered terribly at the hands of Zhang Xingfeng, Dongfang Muxue, and Chen Guyu. He had nearly lost his life!

"One's at the fourth layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm, the other at the fifth. They're nothing special. What's there to watch out for?"

The ten Wang Family clansmen at the Foundation Establishment Realm Seventh Layer dismissed his warning.

"Exactly! Mere ants. We can crush them with a flick of a finger!"

The other clansmen were just as scornful.

Haah.

Feng Quchu could only sigh inwardly.

"We'll fight them to the end!" "Right!"

Zhang Xingfeng and the others faced the Wang Family clansmen's fierce advance without a trace of fear.

"Kill!" "Die!"

In an instant, the two sides were locked in a furious battle.

Within the valley, heaven and earth darkened, and neither sun nor moon gave light!

"Feng Quchu, join forces with me. We'll capture Dongfang Muxue!"

Wang Chenjue could not be bothered with the others' fighting. He turned to Feng Quchu.

"Ah... yes, Young Master Wang!"

Feng Quchu snapped out of his thoughts and flew toward Dongfang Muxue with Wang Chenjue.

The two swiftly surrounded her, eyeing her like prey.

"Junior sister!" "Senior sister!"

Seeing this, Zhang Xingfeng and Chen Guyu cried out in alarm.

"You still dare let yourselves get distracted? Die!"

The Wang Family clansmen shouted viciously and attacked even more fiercely, every move aimed to kill!

Zhang Xingfeng and Chen Guyu had no choice but to fend them off.

"Senior brother, junior brother, don't worry about me. I can destroy these two alone!"

Dongfang Muxue spoke with proud confidence.

"What arrogance! I'll capture you today!"

Feng Quchu was furious. He drove his Source Power wildly and launched a fierce assault on Dongfang Muxue.

"So cold and proud. You truly delight this young master!"

Wang Chenjue gave a wicked smile, put away his folding fan, and joined the fight.

"Die!"

Dongfang Muxue shouted coldly and met their attack.

"Sword's Initial Ultimate Intent: Sword Severs Spring and Autumn!"

Zhang Xingfeng surged with Source Power and slashed with Ink Edge.

Boom!

The vast sword strike howled across the mountains, powerful enough to sever spring and autumn!

"Thunder Shatters Eternity: Cloud River of Flashing Lightning!"

At the same time, Chen Guyu gathered power in both fists, then struck.

Bang!

Lightning flashed, brilliant as the Silver River, stretching like a cloud river into the distance!

"Ah!"

Screams rose from all sides. Three hundred Wang Family clansmen turned to bloody mist in an instant!

"What? Their techniques really are strange!"

Most of the surviving Wang Family clansmen went pale with horror, their courage shattered!

"Run! Hurry!"

Their nerve was gone, and they fled in every direction.

"Ah!"

But Xie Shiwei and the others surrounded and killed them.

In the blink of an eye, another hundred Wang Family clansmen had died!

"Damn it! The ten of us at the Foundation Establishment Realm Seventh Layer will surround and kill those two. The rest of you, wipe out those Azure Feather Sect bastards!"

Seeing this, Wang Yufu, one of the Wang Family cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Realm Seventh Layer, made a swift decision.

"Right!"

The other clansmen fought as he ordered.

How can those two have such powerful techniques? This is bad—my clansmen are in trouble!

Hearing his clansmen's cries, Wang Chenjue burned with anxiety. He sent Feng Quchu a message through Source Power: "Feng Quchu, hold Dongfang Muxue off. I'm going to kill those ants!"

"Ah... me?!"

Feng Quchu froze. Dongfang Muxue's techniques are terrifying. Even at the Foundation Establishment Realm Eighth Layer, I'm not confident I can face her alone!

Whoosh!

Wang Chenjue did not care what Feng Quchu was thinking. He turned into a streak of light and flew away.

Boom!

Unexpectedly, a wall of ice rose from the ground and blocked his path.

"Dongfang Muxue, you?!"

Wang Chenjue turned back, startled.

"Fine. If you're so eager to die, I'll grant your wish!"

"Feng Quchu, let's kill her together!"

He roared in frustration, no longer caring that Dongfang Muxue was the woman his eldest uncle wanted.

"Fine!" Feng Quchu nodded. His eyes suddenly turned white, like those of a corpse. "Moon Reflected in the Nine Springs!"

Boom!

A full moon appeared above the valley, casting down a bitterly cold light.

Across eighty li, eerie winds blew. The cries of wandering souls and the howls of evil ghosts seemed to echo through the air, as though the valley had sunk into hell. It was unnerving beyond measure!

Cold—a cold that rose from within and filled the heart with boundless fear. Everyone in the valley shuddered!

This was the Moon-Reflecting Sect's signature technique, the Xuan-Tier Upper Grade Moon Reflected in the Nine Springs!

The technique used its caster as a sacrifice to summon evil spirits from hell to fight, making it exceptionally powerful!

But because Moon Reflected in the Nine Springs required its caster to sacrifice himself and inflicted irreparable damage on his body, members of the Moon-Reflecting Sect would never use it unless they had no other choice.