A Pyrrhic Victory with Fewer Than One in Ten Surviving; an Eighth-Grade Upper-Class True Spirit Star
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Kong Wenxuan neither made a move nor offered any guidance; he simply instructed his clansmen to confront the "martial cultivators" directly.
Then, the clansmen discovered that the Five-Colored Illusory Light cast by the illusory "Five-Colored Peacock" in the air fell on the attacking "martial cultivators." However, the armor and helmets they wore were flashing with spiritual light, which dissipated the Five-Colored Illusory Light and prevented them from falling into the illusion.
Instead, these attacking "martial arts practitioners" seized the opportunity to rush forward, wielding various divine weapons and gathering various elemental Divine Ability, directly attacking the Kong Household members.
The Kong Household members, relying on the illusion technique of "Peacock Spreads Its Tail" and the attack techniques of "Five Elements Divine Swords" and "Five Elements Talisman Slips", had always been able to sweep through those of the same level, with few able to resist them. They had become somewhat accustomed to this clearing effect.
At this moment, the Kong Household members were caught off guard by the sudden encounter with a group of "martial arts cultivators" who were unaffected by illusions. Some of their clansmen, as well as the Peacock Dao Soldiers, were even killed on the spot by the divine weapons and elemental Divine Ability that were blasting at them.
In other words, the Kong Household members who participated in the battle and trials on this "Peacock True Spirit Star" in the "Rank Advancement Trial" derived from the "Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram" were not actually here in their true forms. Therefore, after being blasted to death, they were only defeated in the "Rank Advancement Trial". Their minds and consciousness returned to their original bodies. At most, they suffered some impact and backlash, but they did not actually die.
Otherwise, these Lineage members and Peacock Dao Soldiers who were blasted to death wouldn't even have had a chance to regret it.
The remaining Lineage members and Peacock Dao Soldiers, even if they were not killed by the sudden attack of those "martial cultivators", were still caught off guard and in a state of disarray. Their carefully arranged battle lines and formations were broken and disrupted by the attacks and bombardments of these "martial cultivators", making it difficult for them to organize an effective counterattack for a time.
Amidst the shouts of the attacking "martial arts practitioners" and the thunderous roar of the various divine weapons, the Kong Household members were momentarily overwhelmed and flustered. They could only hastily defend themselves, but had no power to retaliate, let alone turn the tide of battle or kill these attacking "martial arts practitioners."
Because of their lack of understanding of the techniques and strength of these "martial arts practitioners," the Kong Household members suffered considerable losses as soon as they engaged in combat with them.
Kong Wenxuan believed that, having learned from this "bloody" lesson, the Kong Household disciples would never again suffer such losses or be careless when they actually encountered invading martial artists from the "True Martial World Realm" in the "True Spirit Realm".
The saying goes, "No one can learn by being taught, but one can learn by doing."
This is the purpose of the "Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram" and the higher-ups of the "True Spirit Realm".
This was also Kong Wenxuan's purpose this time.
Now that his goal had been achieved, Kong Wenxuan could not stand by and watch the clan leader, his eldest uncle, his second aunt, and the others be suppressed and disrupted by the attacking "martial arts cultivators" without being able to turn the tide, so he prepared to take action.
But at that moment, suddenly, from the battlefield, Uncle Kong Yushuo's voice rang out. "Set up the ' Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation '!"
The next moment, ten "Five Elements Divine Swords" soared into the sky, all of them being Second Tier Spirit Artifact. They spun in the air and directly set up two "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation" in the air, protecting the Kong Household and resisting the various divine weapons and Divine Ability attacks of those "martial cultivators".
Boom! Boom! Rumble...
Clang! Clang! Ring ring...
With deafening roars and clanging metal, the divine weapons and Divine Ability unleashed by the "martial arts cultivators," though powerful, were unable to break through the protection of the two "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation" for the time being, let alone attack the Kong Household under the protection of the sword formations.
The Kong Household members were finally able to catch their breath, regroup, and resume their battle formation, relying on the two "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation" to fight the "martial arts cultivators" again.
Having suffered losses at the hands of these "martial arts practitioners" and learned about their methods, strength, divine weapons, and Divine Ability, the Kong Household members gradually stabilized their battles after regrouping, engaging in a back-and-forth struggle with these "martial arts practitioners."
In particular, after seeing that the clansmen had stabilized their formation, the two "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation" set up by the eldest Kong Yuyin Kong Yushuo, the third aunt Kong Yushan, the sixth uncle Kong Wenzhang, the fourth sister Kong Wenjun and others began to expand under the operation of the sword formation with the five elements generating each other, and included some "martial cultivators" in the sword formation to kill them.
Relying on these two "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation", the Kong Household members gradually gained the upper hand and killed more and more "martial arts practitioners".
Even when the remaining martial artists formed the True Martial Battle Formation, condensing and manifesting the "Giant Spirit" True Martial, the "Three Heads and Six Arms" True Martial, the "Three-Eyed" True Martial, and so on, and attacked the two "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation," they still failed to break the two sword formations. In the end, they were all killed by the sword formations, the Kong Household cultivators, and the "True Spirit Battle Formation."
Looking at the two "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation" that his uncle, aunt, and elder brother had set up, Kong Wenxuan discovered that among the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Lineage who participated in the "Rank Advancement Assessment," there were actually two complete sets of "Five Elements Divine Swords," enabling them to jointly set up two "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation."
He watched the two "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation" operate, fight, and kill, and compared them with the "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation" he had set up by himself. He quickly discovered their advantages and disadvantages.
The "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation," set up by multiple people, had many disadvantages in its operation and coordination. As a result, there were often minor pauses and flaws during its operation and combat, requiring the clansmen who set up the sword formation to make timely adjustments in order to ensure that the two sword formations were not broken or breached by the "martial cultivators."
However, the "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation" set up by multiple people also has its advantages. The Law Power and Spiritual Consciousness energy used to activate the sword formation by multiple people working together far exceed those of a "sword formation" set up by Kong Wenxuan alone.
As a result, these two "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation" are now more powerful than the sword formation set up by Kong Wenxuan alone, with the effect of "great force and flying bricks". This greatly makes up for the lack of coordination and many flaws in the operation of the "sword formation".
In this way, in coordination with the clan leader and the collector, they could continue reading "Lineage Cultivation: Starting from the Peacock Bloodline" anytime, anywhere. The Second Aunt's clan members suppressed these attacking "martial cultivators" and began to continuously kill and defeat them.
The "martial arts cultivators" who were annihilated also transformed into starlight and stardust, flying over and merging into the "Peacock True Spirit Star," strengthening the "True Spirit Star True Spirit Star" and enhancing its quality and foundation.
Seeing this, Kong Wenxuan knew that his clansmen had adapted to the methods and power of "martial arts practitioners" and could easily kill these low-level "martial arts practitioners" of the first and Second Tier. He was relieved. It was a good thing that he didn't need to intervene in the rescue.
In particular, as a large number of First Tier- and Second Tier "martial cultivators" were killed by the Kong Household, a new enemy condensed and manifested in the void not far away, which was a Third Tier "Lesser Giant Spirit" martial cultivator!
This was an old acquaintance of Kong Wenxuan. He had previously worked with Third Tier beast-taming black tiger Demon Beast in the "Demon Race Secret Realm" to kill a true Third Tier "Lesser Giant Spirit" martial artist who had invaded the "True Martial World".
He still remembers the difficulty and danger of killing that Third Tier "Lesser Giant Spirit" martial artist, and how he was severely injured multiple times. It was only because he was in the "secret realm" with the projection of the "Peacock True Spirit Star" on him, constantly showering him with Five-Colored Starlight to restore his Law Power, Spiritual Consciousness, and injuries, and with the desperate entanglement and assistance of a Third Tier beast-taming black tiger Demon Beast, that he was able to kill it with great difficulty.
Now, facing this Third Tier "Lesser Giant Spirit" martial artist formed from the "Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram", Kong Wenxuan directly summoned the "Five Elements Divine Swords", set up the "Great Five Elements Sword Formation", and generated and activated the "Great Five Elements Destruction Sword Light". Five sword lights slashed down in succession, killing him directly.
The whole process was easy, simple, and posed no threat whatsoever. In fact, Kong Wenxuan didn't even expend much of his power after breaking through to the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage.
This stands in stark contrast to his arduous battle against the invading Third Tier "Lesser Giant Spirit" martial artist in the "Demon Race Secret Realm" a few months earlier.
He couldn't help but sigh inwardly: the difference in cultivation level was indeed First Tier above the next!
When he was at the Second Tier Foundation Establishment Stage, it was as difficult as ascending to heaven to kill Third Tier enemy. But now that he has advanced to the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage, killing Third Tier enemies is a piece of cake.
As Kong Wenxuan and the Kong Household successively overcame the trials of the "Martial Cultivators," new enemies began to gather and attack from the surrounding void of the "Eighth-Grade True Spirit Heaven."
After "martial arts practitioners" came "military practitioners," who drove chariots, formed battle formations, and charged into battle.
Moreover, this time, the Third Tier "military cultivator" did not emerge separately at the back, but rather emerged together with the First Tier and Second Tier "military cultivators" from the beginning. He stood in front of the group of "military cultivators" like a general, leading this army of "military cultivators," driving chariots, forming a battle formation, and charging directly into battle.
Seeing this, Kong Wenxuan had no choice but to give up and let his clansmen fight against these "soldier cultivators" first to familiarize themselves with their characteristics, methods, and power. Then, he directly joined forces with his clansmen to confront the attacking "soldier cultivator" team.
Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, they clashed and fought directly!
The chariots were blasted apart, the "soldiers" were killed, the battle formation was broken, and the leading "general" was also killed by the "Great Five Elements Sword Formation" activated by Kong Wenxuan.
However, the Kong Household also paid a heavy price. One of the two "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation" was destroyed, and the three Foundation Establishment cultivators who formed the sword formation perished on the spot, their minds and consciousness forced to return to their physical bodies.
Of the more than two hundred Qi Refinement disciples and the "Peacock Dao Soldiers" team, nearly half had been killed or wounded.
The entire "Peacock True Spirit Star" suddenly seemed much emptier.
Before they could rest and recover, another group of cultivators gathered in the surrounding void.
These cultivators were not in formation, but each had their own methods. Among them were sword cultivators, magic cultivators, talisman cultivators, pill cultivators, weapon cultivators, and array cultivators. The leader was a Third Tier sword cultivator.
Familiar sword cultivator, pure sword cultivator, Kong Wenxuan still unleashed the "Great Five Elements Sword Formation" to directly confront the Third Tier pure sword cultivator, fighting and learning various sword cultivation techniques from him to improve his own swordsmanship level.
Similarly, the remaining clansmen and the "Peacock Dao Soldiers" team on the "Peacock True Spirit Star" also engaged in fierce battles with the remaining First Tier and Second Tier cultivators.
Law Technique, talismans, poison pills, Spirit Artifact, and formations attacked from all directions. On the Kong Household's side, the clear cries of Peacock rang out, and Peacock of various colors flew across the battlefield. One after another, "Five Elements Five Elements Divine Swords" slashed out, and one after another, "Five Elements Talisman Slips" flew up and swept down Law Technique and Spirit Technique. Furthermore, "Peacock Dao Soldiers" summoned "Peacock Feather Sword" and "Peacock Feather Slip," which, together with the "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation" and the "Peacock True Spirit Battle Formation," attacked the various cultivators who were attacking.
Deafening explosions, sharp Sword Qi energies, clashing Law Artifact, booming Spirit Technique, the clear cry of Peacock, the roar of cultivators, and all sorts of sounds, forces, and explosions permeated the battlefield surrounding the "Peacock True Spirit Star."
When the dust settled after this arduous battle, all the various cultivators who had gathered and attacked from all sides had been killed, turning into starlight and stardust and merging into the "Peacock True Spirit Star".
At this moment, on the "True Spirit Star", including Kong Wenxuan, there were less than twenty Kong Household cultivators left, and the "Peacock Dao Soldiers" team had been completely wiped out.
It can be said that this was a Pyrrhic victory. The survival rate of the Kong Household cultivators who participated in this "Rank Advancement Trial" was less than one in ten, not to mention that the "Peacock Dao Soldiers" team was almost completely wiped out.
Although it was a Pyrrhic victory, they ultimately achieved final triumph, slaying all the enemies in the "Rank Advancement Trial," passing all the trials, and successfully elevating the "Peacock True Spirit Star" to the rank of Eighth-Grade Upper-Class True Spirit Star!
So, after the pyrrhic victory, the remaining dozen or so people, including Kong Wenxuan, the clan leader, and the third aunt, stood on the "Peacock True Spirit Star," looked at each other, and smiled.
They had won, they had succeeded, and now it was time for them and their Lineage to receive cheers and glory.
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