"The grand formation is broken! Follow me-attack!"
"Take the main peak!"
Cheers surged like mountains roaring and seas crashing from one of the valleys below Divine Mist Mountain. With mountains for walls and a grand formation guarding it, this natural checkpoint was as impregnable as copper walls and iron ramparts. The Cloudthunder Sect called it Snake Neck Valley.
Its name alone revealed how treacherous the terrain was. With cultivators at Core Formation or above raining divine abilities and spells down from the heights, it was truly a pass where one man could hold off ten thousand.
But as the array foundations came under attack, the Flight-Sealing Curse Arts there happened to fail. Many Puppet Dao puppeteers immediately sent their mechanism puppets leaping upward, charging into the enemies atop the pass.
Over a hundred Divine Descentors also charged in aboard Silver Pearl Flying Boats, opening fronts on every side at once.
The Core Formation elder guarding the pass was instantly robbed of his bluster, his attacks silenced on the spot.
Before long, several five-star battle puppets trampled through the valley. One Asura-shaped mecha tossed out the elder's corpse as casually as throwing away a grasshopper, proclaiming victory in every direction.
"Your elder has been slain! Surrender and you will be spared!"
The Cloud Province cultivators were left hollow and stunned. Their swords and sabers slipped from their hands as they slumped to the ground.
Soon, several more checkpoints fell in succession. The attackers swept forward like a blade splitting bamboo, storming onto Divine Mist Mountain's main peak.
More elders guarded this place. Eight experts at Core Formation or above had formed a Star Dipper Formation, while over a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators and a thousand disciples stood ready for battle.
The attacking puppeteers sent several waves of battle puppets against the