Bloodline-Inherited Spirit Artifact

Awoo!

Kong Wenxuan unleashed all four swords at once, slaughtering the more than thirty Bronze-Iron Wolf Demons that had burst from the copper-iron barrier in moments. His swords had certainly astonished everyone and overawed all around him.

But he also seemed to have thoroughly enraged the Lang Household on Wolf Fang Mountain. A wolf's howl, far louder than the one before, rang out. Vast quantities of copper-iron light erupted from several "wolf fang" peaks on Wolf Fang Mountain, gathering in midair into a gigantic wolf demon nearly one zhang tall and almost two zhang long.

The copper-iron light gathered until it seemed solid, and the Qi and imposing might it unleashed far surpassed the First Tier, reaching the Second Tier.

Clearly, the Lang Household had laid a Second Tier protective formation over its ancestral grounds on Wolf Fang Mountain. Its power had now been unleashed in full, forming this gigantic Bronze-Iron Wolf Demon with Second Tier combat strength.

The Second Tier wolf demon now fixed its gaze on Kong Wenxuan, copper-iron light shining from its eyes.

In an instant, Kong Wenxuan felt a terrifying, savage force, carrying the sharpness of copper and iron and the wolf demon's bloodthirst, rush straight into his mind. It assailed and suppressed his mind and will, leaving his head blank and his mind reeling for a moment.

At the Second Tier, whether for a Second Tier Demon Beast or a Foundation Establishment cultivator, the defining ability was opening the Sea of Consciousness and gaining mastery over Spiritual Consciousness.

Thus, when a Second Tier Demon Beast or Foundation Establishment cultivator attacked a First Tier Qi Refinement cultivator, the first step was usually to use Spiritual Consciousness to overawe and suppress the opponent's mind and consciousness. Their head would go blank and their consciousness scatter, leaving them wholly incapable of consciously resisting or fighting, so they could swiftly be defeated or killed.

Kong Wenxuan was now being suppressed by the Second Tier Bronze-Iron Wolf Demon formed by the protective formation over the Lang Household's ancestral grounds. His consciousness scattered and his head went blank. Even if his four divine swords possessed unparalleled power and could sweep aside all opponents at the same level, they were useless now that his consciousness was suppressed and he had no idea how to command them in battle.

But just then, the Five-Colored Divine Light, which had always been in his mind and had accompanied him through reincarnation, began to flicker. A single faint flash of divine light instantly dispelled all the savage force and Sha Qi that had invaded his mind. He came to his senses at once, regaining control of his consciousness, body, magical power, and divine swords.

He abruptly opened his eyes and saw that he was not the only one affected. His eldest uncle, third aunt, eldest brother, and the others beside him all seemed to have been overcome by the savage might of the Second Tier Bronze-Iron Wolf Demon formed by the great formation in the air, standing rooted to the spot.

The Second Tier wolf demon opened its enormous jaws and roared. Vast quantities of copper-iron light erupted from its mouth, gathering and taking shape in the air as a gigantic wolf's head, seemingly both illusory and real. It opened its ferocious jaws, and two rows of sharp Wolf Fangs gleamed with a cold, cutting light, as if truly formed from copper and iron, as it lunged straight at the Kong Household members to devour them.

Kong Wenxuan's expression changed abruptly at the sight. Although he was confident in his own combat strength and the power of the Five Elements Divine Swords, he was not so conceited as to believe that four divine swords at the level of First Tier Law Artifacts could withstand the Second Tier wolf demon's attack.

He would be fortunate just to save his own life from those oncoming jaws.

But what about his eldest uncle, third aunt, eldest brother, and the other members of his household? Was he supposed to watch them be swallowed by those onrushing jaws, killed or injured by the Lang Household's protective formation?

It was as if the affairs of the world had come full circle. Five months ago, the Kong Household had relied on a Second Tier illusion formation to deal the Lang Household's cultivators and wolf demons a heavy blow. Now, as if to repay the debt, were the Kong Household members also going to suffer heavy casualties beneath the Lang Household's Second Tier formation?

Kong Wenxuan knitted his brows and clenched his teeth. He instantly sent his four divine swords into motion, preparing to attack with all his might and hold back the onrushing jaws for as long as he could. Then he would have to hurry and save his eldest uncle and the others.

Kree!

But before he could send his divine swords slashing out, a clear, ringing peacock's cry suddenly sounded.

His eldest uncle, Kong Yushuo, had awakened at some point. He turned his hand over and produced a crimson feather fan.

The crimson feather fan appeared to have been refined from seven crimson peacock feathers. But those seven feathers looked longer and larger, and the crimson spiritual light flickering over them was brighter and stronger. They were clearly Second Tier peacock feathers.

"A Second Tier Spirit Artifact!"

Kong Wenxuan recognized at a glance that the crimson feather fan was a Second Tier Spirit Artifact. Moreover, its Qi seemed to blend with his eldest uncle's.

His eldest uncle activated his Bloodline Divine Ability. A crimson peacock feather appeared and merged directly into the crimson feather fan. At once, their blended Qi became a bloodline connection.

The Second Tier Spirit Artifact, the crimson feather fan, which his eldest uncle would ordinarily have struggled to activate or control even with his Peak Qi Refining cultivation, could now be wielded.

With one sweep of the crimson feather fan, vast quantities of crimson flames burst forth and gathered in midair into a gigantic crimson-flame peacock.

This crimson-flame peacock had likewise reached the Second Tier. It raised its head and let out a clear cry. Behind it, tail feathers formed of flame rose, trembled, and spread wide: Peacock Spreads Its Tail!

As the flame-formed crimson-flame peacock performed the Peacock Spreads Its Tail, vast flames erupted from its outspread feathers. Like a volcanic eruption, or a meteor shower of fire descending from the sky, they blasted straight toward the gigantic jaws lunging to devour them.

The two collided in midair, erupting in a violent, thunderous explosion. In the end, both the flaming meteors and the onrushing wolf's head broke apart and dissipated in the air.

"Go! Fall back first!"

Kong Wenxuan stared somewhat dumbstruck at the fiery rain and wolf's head clashing. He understood somewhat how his eldest uncle had become the captain of the Lineage's squad serving at Demon-Suppressing Pass. It was not merely because he was the eldest, but also because the Second Tier Spirit Artifact, the crimson feather fan, gave him Second Tier combat strength for a short time.

Now, hearing his eldest uncle suddenly order a retreat, he turned to see that his uncle had already gone pale and was hurriedly swallowing pills to restore his magical power and condition.

Clearly, even with the aid of his Bloodline Divine Ability, the crimson peacock feather, his eldest uncle could barely wield the Second Tier Spirit Artifact, the crimson feather fan. The strain was too great; he probably could not use it many times.

Fortunately, his eldest uncle's attack and the explosion from the collision of flames and the wolf's head had startled his third aunt, eldest brother, and the others awake.

Hearing his eldest uncle's words, no one dared linger. They hurriedly retreated, withdrawing beyond the attack range of the Lang Household's protective formation.

Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief. But when they looked again at the Lang Household's ancestral grounds on Wolf Fang Mountain, where the Second Tier Bronze-Iron Wolf Demon stood guard, their expressions were all rather grim.

"I never expected the protective formation over the Lang Household's ancestral grounds to be a Second Tier offensive spiritual formation! It can even form a Bronze-Iron Wolf Demon with Second Tier strength!"

"We nearly all came to grief here."

"How did those people gather their information? Didn't they say the Lang Household's protective formation was mainly defensive and could only form First Tier Bronze-Iron Wolf Demons?"

"Fortunately, eldest brother had the Lineage's Bloodline-Inherited Spirit Artifact, the Crimson Plume Feather Fan. Otherwise, we'd definitely have been in trouble."

Now that they were safe, his third aunt, Kong Yuyin, could not help complaining, still shaken by the close call.