The Immortal Slaying Crossbows used by Tongzhu Kingdom's officers and soldiers were sharp weapons Confucian cultivators used against the Daoist sect. Even well-trained Daoist soldiers found them difficult to withstand, much less the retainers of these Confucian cultivator families. The instant they made contact, after the first screams rang out, the soul-stirring howls never ceased. The Zhu family's retainers truly did not wish to cry out, but the Immortal Slaying Crossbows were simply too tyrannical. Once an arrow shot through, it would surely pierce straight through the body, bursting from the back with flesh and blood. That utter agony tore at their hearts and split their lungs, leaving them no choice but to open their mouths...
"Boom..." Xian Lao was still staring in shock when a gale suddenly howled before his eyes. He hurriedly looked up and saw a black shadow. Within that shadow, hundreds of inscriptions resembled death-chasing proclamations; roaring, they had already charged before his face. Xian Lao opened his mouth and spat out a breath of true qi. Several streams of Vast Righteous Qi crashed down at once, forming a great hand before him and barely tugging the incoming arrow slightly aside. With a soft "whoosh," the Immortal Slaying Crossbow bolt flew past Xian Lao's ear, shearing away several white hairs!
"How... how could they possibly charge into Qianyu Mountain?" In an instant, Xian Lao had weighed the gains and losses. He knew it was utterly impossible to break through this chain of camps under such circumstances, and he was about to give the order to retreat in his urgency. Yet the danger of the situation far exceeded his expectations. "Clang..." A Golden Chirping Sound rang out from somewhere a dozen or so zhang below him. The sound was so piercing, so terrifying that it shook the