Counterattack!

Beyond Heavenly Void Pass lies a hundred-mile-long plain.

The trajectory of the churning demonic clouds changed; they were no longer pressing down on the city, but instead rolled backward, accompanied by the mournful sound of horns, revealing an unconcealable panic.

The Devil Cultivator' army of the Jin Kingdom had already lost their composure.

The Hehuan Valley defected, Heavenly Sha Sect Nascent Soul the Tian Sha Sect had his physical body destroyed.

Once the news spread, the lower-level Devil Cultivator lost all will to fight.

The cultivation world is inherently a complex web of interests, especially the demonic path. When things are going well, they are like a pack of wolves, cunning and treacherous; but when things turn against them, they scatter like birds and beasts, a disorganized rabble.

"Kill."

On the city wall of Heavenly Void Pass, Elder Chen uttered a single word.

Without any further mobilization, the three Golden Core elders of the Supreme Purity Sect transformed into three Heavenly Sword, plunging straight into the heart of the Devil Cultivator army.

The clarion call for the counterattack has sounded.

True Person Yun Du suppressed his injuries, swallowed a Rejuvenation Pill, and began performing Method Formula.

The Dispel Clouds and Lock the Heavens Technique reappeared, with the vast sea of clouds transforming into a giant shackle that directly impaled a white bone flying boat attempting to take off.

The flying boat's keel broke, and hundreds of Devil Cultivator fell like dumplings.

True Person Qingshan flicked his whisk, Azure Wood Transforms into Dragons. These dragons raged across the plains, specifically targeting the bronze and iron corpses that formed formations.

The pure energy of Yi Wood naturally counters the energy of corpses; wherever the wood dragon passes, the refined corpses are all turned into rotten wood.

Shi Jian moved the fastest.

Its five-zhang-tall purple-gold body transformed into a bolt of lightning.

He completely ignored those Qi Refining Realm minions, his Purple-Gold Lightning Pupils fixed on the Foundation Establishment Devil Cultivator cultivators mixed in with the crowd.

Interestingly, Devil Cultivator often prefer to use Blood Escape techniques when escaping.

Although this Secret Method is extremely fast, it also leaves a very obvious trail of Blood Qi, which is easy to track if there is no way to conceal it.

Shi Jian raised his right claw and made a grasping motion in the air.

The Purple Firmament Golden Lightning then spread along the blood-red trail.

A hundred feet away, a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Devil Cultivator who was activating Blood Escape let out a miserable scream. A bolt of heavenly lightning struck down, shattering the blood-red light protecting his body, and his entire body was roasted into a charred mess by the lightning.

The Storage Bag fell off.

The ground churned, and a red-furred rat's paw reached out, grabbed the Storage Bag, and dragged the corpse into the ground.

The entire process was smooth and seamless, with excellent teamwork.

"Split up."

Shi Jian transmitted his voice to Yun Du and Qingshan: "Those three sword cultivators from the Supreme Purity Sect are too bloodthirsty. Following them, you won't even get a sip of soup."

"We'll attack towards the southwest corner; that's where the remnants of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect are."

The two understood each other.

The six Golden Core of the Wei Kingdom carved six blood-red paths across the plains.

The pursuit lasted for a full half day.

The demonic cultivator at the Golden Core stage had no desire to fight; he was only concerned with escaping.

The lower-level Devil Cultivator were abandoned and slaughtered in droves by the Wei Kingdom cultivators. Their blood soaked the vast plains outside Heavenly Void Pass, turning the soil into a dark red paste.

In the White Cloud Temple camp.

Sun Mao, riding a blue flying sword with flashing light, beheaded a Devil Cultivator.

The communication Jade Slip at his waist vibrated. He probed it with his Divine Sense, and his expression changed slightly. He then beckoned Zhao Yanshan over.

"The Ancestor has given an order."

Sun Mao lowered his voice and spoke very quickly, "The battle at Heavenly Void Pass is over. The demonic path has retreated to the Jin Kingdom. Our patriarch has ordered us to immediately detach all the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining elites from White Cloud Temple and leave the main force."

Zhao Yanshan was taken aback. "Aren't you going to pursue the Jin Kingdom?"

"Chase, but not us."

A glint of light flashed in Sun Mao's eyes. "Our ancestor ordered us to raid the Fenghe Sect. Yan Qiu is dead, the Fenghe Sect is leaderless, and its elite forces were wiped out at Opening Yang Pass."

"At this point, the Fenghe Sect is just an empty shell. The sect's treasure trove, its low-grade Blessed Land, and its thousand-year-old heritage are all just sitting there."

Zhao Yanshan's breathing became rapid.

If we could acquire the resources of this ancient clan, the Lineage in the nine counties under White Cloud Temple's jurisdiction would not have to worry about resources for at least a century.

"We'll avoid the main battlefield and take a detour back to our sect. Our ancestor said we should take everything and leave nothing for other sects, not even a single Spiritual Qi tile."

After exchanging information, the two acted swiftly.

The group of cultivators under the jurisdiction of White Cloud Temple quietly slipped away from the pursuing army and disappeared into the wilderness, without anyone noticing.

On the other side, at Heavenly Void Pass, the main battlefield.

The pursuing army has already crossed the border between Wei and Jin.

The surrounding environment changed abruptly. The Wei Kingdom was filled with Spiritual Qi and had beautiful mountains and rivers; as soon as they stepped into the Jin Kingdom, the air was filled with a faint miasma and the smell of blood.

The sky is shrouded in a hazy smog all year round, the land is relatively barren, and the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth has become dim and thin.

The Jin Kingdom had five provinces, and the one closest to the southwestern defense line of the Wei Kingdom was "Profound Province".

Profound Province is controlled by the Yin Corpse Sect, one of the Five Demonic Dao Sects.

Under its rule lie six prefectures, where numerous large and small Devil Dao Sect stand.

Normally, these sects survive by plundering mortals and swallowing each other up.

Now, with the Wei Kingdom army pressing in, Profound Province is gripped by panic.

"Ahead lies the ' Ghost Gate Pass ' on the border of Profound Province, protected by a fourth-tier grand formation of the Yin Corpse Sect."

Elder Chen stopped his sword flash, hovered in mid-air, and looked at the majestic pass in the distance, which was made up of countless white bones.

True Lord Fang Yi's figure appeared and disappeared in the heavens. His Nascent Soul aura covered a radius of a thousand miles, deterring any possible counterattack from the Jin Kingdom.

"Bypass the main gate."

Elder Chen issued the order, "The army shall break into smaller units, with Golden Core cultivators at the head, and plunder the various prefectures under the jurisdiction of Profound Province."

"Eliminate all demonic strongholds, extract their Spirit Vein, and sever their foundation!"

National wars are never about conquest.

It's blatant plunder; there's no way to manage a place faster than to plunder!

Shi Jian, Yun Du, and Qingshan gathered together.

"Elder Chen and the others went to the ' Blood Sha Commandery ' in the east, and we'll go to the ' Black Sha Commandery ' in the west, which is the territory of Yin Wind Valley."

Yin Wind Valley, a vassal of the Yin Corpse Sect.

With Golden Core cultivator in charge, it controls the nine counties of Black Sha Commandery.

"Let's go." Shi Jian didn't waste any words.

Led by three Golden Core cultivators, followed by over a thousand remaining elites from the Azure Light Gate and White Cloud Temple, Yun Du and True Person Qingshan each summoned their spirit ships, carrying their teams straight to Black Sha Commandery.

Along the way, the gates of ordinary cities in the Jin Kingdom were tightly closed.

The cultivators of the Wei Kingdom did not attack mortals. According to the rules of the cultivation world, mortals are the foundation, so they would not indiscriminately slaughter them.

However, the Wei Kingdom cultivators showed no courtesy whatsoever to the demonic cultivation Lineage.

We passed by the settlement of a Foundation Establishment Devil Cultivator Lineage.

True Person Qingshan didn't even stop his escape, he just casually flicked out a few Azure Wood Divine Lightning.

Lightning razed the palace built on the Yin Vein to the ground, killing and injuring almost all the Lineage cultivators. The accompanying Qi Refining disciples rushed forward and looted all the spiritual items from the ruins.

They were like wolves and tigers, like locusts swarming across the land, leaving nothing but desolation!