Peacock Spreads Its Tail, Slaying a Feng Household Cultivator

"Seventh sister!"

Seeing the Lang Household's female cultivator blasted to death by a single sword strike from Kong Wenxuan, the remaining two Lang Household cultivators flew into an even greater rage.

But despite their fury, they did not charge Kong Wenxuan in a desperate fight. Instead, they retreated again and again, each throwing back his head and letting out a series of wolf howls.

The next moment, wolf howls came from every direction. Gray wolf demons came running and converging from all around, with quite a few Lang Household cultivators charging in behind them as well.

Wolf pack tactics!

Kong Wenxuan understood at once. When his eldest brother Kong Wenzhang had told him about the mountains beyond the pass, he had mentioned that the wild Bloodline Lineages there were different from the Bloodline Lineages within the pass.

These wild Bloodline Lineages likewise had no "True Spirit Star" to suppress their bloodlines and could only awaken them by worshipping the moon. Naturally, their success rate was low as well, and in many cases their demonic nature overcame their humanity, causing them to degenerate into Demon Beasts.

But unlike the Bloodline Lineages within the pass, such as the Kong Household, these wild Bloodline Lineages had to survive and develop beyond the pass, in a more dangerous world surrounded by demons. They often did not kill the members of their Bloodline Lineages who had degenerated into Demon Beasts. Instead, they kept them and drove them to fight and kill, protecting the household.

The most famous of them was the "Gray Wolf" Lang Household. Its wolf pack tactics referred not just to its cultivators, but even more to the packs of degenerated gray wolf Demon Beasts they kept and drove into battle.

Kong Wenxuan watched the pack of wolf demons closing in to kill him. A rough glance showed twenty or thirty of them, to say nothing of the dozen or more Lang Household cultivators following behind. Strong as his "Five Elements Divine Swords" were, it would still be hard for him to fight while so heavily outnumbered and sweep away thirty or forty enemies!

In particular, he had only forged three of his "Five Elements Divine Swords" so far. He still lacked the two with the greatest killing power, the "Crimson Fire Divine Sword" and the "White Metal Divine Sword." Otherwise, if he had all five swords, he might have had some confidence in fighting the wolf pack.

"Wenxuan, nephew, quickly, come into the grove!" Just as Kong Wenxuan hesitated, wary of the enemy, he suddenly received a voice transmission from his third aunt, Kong Yuyin. "These wolf packs aren't something you can deal with. We're preparing to activate the illusion array and kill the enemy."

A Second Tier illusion array that the Foundation Establishment patriarch had personally commissioned someone to refine naturally could not be limited to creating illusions, concealing things and hiding their tracks. It also possessed considerable killing power.

His eldest brother Kong Wenzhang had mentioned this when he introduced the illusion array to him. Now Kong Wenxuan had a chance to see it for himself.

"All right!" Kong Wenxuan did not hesitate. He immediately agreed and retreated into the persimmon grove.

"Hmph! You killed someone and think you can escape!" Seeing Kong Wenxuan retreat into the persimmon grove, the Lang Household cultivators closing in to kill him were naturally unwilling to let him go. They drove the wolf pack forward, even intending to pursue him into the grove.

Of course, some among the Lang Household cultivators were alert. The burly man leading them was the first to change color and call out, "Something's wrong..."

Screech!

But before the burly man could say any more, the clear cries of a peacock suddenly rang out. Everyone saw a vast wash of blue light pour out of the persimmon grove before them and gather in midair into a huge, gorgeous and beautiful blue peacock.

The blue peacock raised its head and cried out clearly. The thick tail feathers trailing behind it rose high, trembled and spread open. Dazzling, entrancing blue light burst forth in an instant, flooding the surroundings. At that moment, the world around it seemed to lose all color.

The Second Tier illusion array's killing move: Peacock Spreads Its Tail!

At that moment, whether it was the pack of gray wolf demons and Lang Household cultivators closing in for the kill, or the Feng Household cultivators hiding nearby to watch and spy, waiting to reap the fisherman's profit, and the other bloodline cultivators, all were drawn to the dazzling, entrancing blue light. All became entranced by "Peacock Spreads Its Tail."

Awoo!

Kill...

The next moment, wolf howls and cries of battle rang out. The wolf-pack Demon Beasts, Lang Household cultivators, Feng Household cultivators and others around the grove, all bewitched by "Peacock Spreads Its Tail," began to descend into madness. They attacked wildly in every direction, fighting and slaughtering one another.

It was as though they had fallen into some frenzied battlefield, with mortal enemies on every side.

At once, the sounds of slaughter, screams and all manner of death cries began to ring out and echo around the persimmon grove.

Kong Wenxuan met up with his third aunt, eldest brother and the others in the persimmon grove. Seeing the chaotic fighting outside, he could not help drawing a sharp breath. "Have they been caught by an illusion technique and become lost in an illusion?"

"Of course!" His eldest brother Kong Wenzhang nodded with a smile. "Cousin Wenxuan, the illusion techniques of the 'Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture' passed down in our household may not seem very deadly, nowhere near your 'Five Elements Divine Swords,' but that's only because our cultivation and strength are insufficient."

"The 'Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture' places greater emphasis on refining the soul than on Qi Refining, so it can only display its true killing power after one advances to the Second Tier Foundation Establishment Stage and opens up a sea of consciousness."

"Look at this illusion array. It merely incorporates one of the patriarch's Bloodline Divine Abilities, yet see how much killing power it's unleashing now!"

"Under a single 'Peacock Spreads Its Tail' illusion technique, no matter how many enemies attack, we don't even need to lift a finger. We can make them kill one another in the illusion until they're dead."

"Simple, easy, fast, and safe enough too!"

His eldest brother Kong Wenzhang spoke with some pride. Clearly, the power of Kong Wenxuan's "Five Elements Divine Swords" had gotten to him over the past few days.

"All right, stop blowing your own trumpet." At that moment, his third aunt Kong Yuyin interrupted Kong Wenzhang and turned to Kong Wenxuan. "Wenxuan, although the patriarch's 'Peacock Spreads Its Tail' illusion technique is strong, it isn't enough to keep every Demon Beast and cultivator here lost in the illusion until death."

"In particular, some Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators and Demon Beasts are often more likely to awaken from the illusion when jolted by a life-or-death crisis. So we still need to work together to clear out the cultivators and Demon Beasts who are about to wake up or have already done so."

As she spoke, his third aunt had already led Fifth Uncle, Fourteenth Uncle, his eldest brother Kong Wenzhang, Kong Wenzhong and the others toward the battlefield outside the persimmon grove, leaving Eldest Uncle, Ninth Uncle, Thirteenth Aunt and the others to continue operating the illusion array while continuing to dig out the "Vermilion Fruit Tree."

By now, they had dug out more than half of the "Vermilion Fruit Tree," and it would not be long before it was completely free. But it was all the more important to guard the final stretch at a time like this, so that everyone's hard work would not come to nothing at the last moment.

So, after swallowing a pill to restore his Law Power, Kong Wenxuan followed his third aunt and the others out of the persimmon grove once more, searching the battlefield for cultivators and Demon Beasts about to awaken from the illusion.

At that moment, his gaze suddenly sharpened and fell on one person. The man wore a blue-gray feather robe, and a pair of blade-like "Wind Wings" circled his body, humming as they repeatedly slashed out and killed the Demon Beasts and cultivators charging at him.

"The Feng Household!"

Kong Wenxuan recognized him at a glance. He was the "Hummingbird" Feng Household cultivator from whom Kong Wenxuan had seized the spirit fire at the "Flamingo" Lie Household's lands. He was also the one who had just pointed out Kong Wenxuan's identity as a "Peacock" Kong Household cultivator to the Lang Household cultivators.

New grievances and old grudges surged into his heart together. Without hesitation, Kong Wenxuan sent out the "Yellow Earth Divine Sword," which came slashing down like a boulder falling from the sky and killed the Feng Household cultivator, still lost in the illusion, on the spot. He paid no heed to whether the man was about to wake from the illusion.

However, when the "Yellow Earth Divine Sword" reached him, the man did seem to awaken under the jolt of the life-or-death crisis. He let out half a frantic scream of "No!" before the "Yellow Earth Divine Sword" crushed him with an irresistible force.