Puppets Form a Formation

As expected, the old man above completely ignored Xiao Anhe's question.

He stared coldly at the Azure Cloud Sect below, his eyes flashing with the chilling light of a butcher.

To him, the disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect gathered in the main hall below looked like ants, which annoyed him greatly.

However, he stopped making moves after breaking the Azure Cloud Sect's grand formation.

Instead, he looked down while waiting for the arrival of the Mystic Snow Pavilion members.

For a cultivator at the Peak Mahayana Realm like him, annihilating a force like the Azure Cloud Sect was a matter of minutes.

But he still had his sect, and even if he was avenging his grandson, he also hoped to gain greater benefits while doing so.

For the major sects in the Cultivation Realm, what is most important?

Resources? Law Treasure? Secret techniques? Cultivation Method?

None of these!

For the Cultivation Realm, the most important thing is people.

It seems that the struggles between the major sects in the Southern Frontier are all about competing for resources, divine weapons, and miraculous elixirs.

In reality, it's all about competing for people. Only with a sufficient number of cultivators can a sect's resources, Law Treasure, secrets, and elixirs have any meaning.

Just like Chu Longcheng back then, the Qianyuan Sect's current status is inseparable from his existence.

Otherwise, no amount of resources will help.

At the same time, for a sect, having disciples with top-tier Spirit Root is certainly important, as it determines how high the sect can rise.

Disciples with ordinary Spirit Root are equally important, as they are the foundation of the sect.

After all, top-tier Spirit Root are extremely rare.

A sect that relies solely on a few high-end combatants is destined to go nowhere.

Just like an inverted pyramid, it could collapse at any moment once all the high-end combat forces have advanced.

Therefore, in the conflicts between the major forces in the Cultivation Realm, there are very few cases of actual destruction of sects and annihilation. More often, it is about mergers and acquisitions, so that the victorious side can gain greater benefits.

And this was precisely the plan of the Supreme Master of the Mystic Snow Pavilion.

Once the Mystic Snow Pavilion Sect Master and his entourage arrive, he will use his formidable strength to sweep through the Azure Cloud Sect.

Once a few stubborn ones are dealt with, it's only a matter of time before the others integrate into the Mystic Snow Pavilion.

Xiao Anhe stood there waiting for a long time, but received no reply. He could only secretly lament his situation.

Now, we just hope the other party will delay their actions and give the old lady enough time.

Thinking of this, Xiao Anhe quickly stepped back to the old lady's side.

He and Supreme Elder Li flanked the old lady, protecting her safety.

The old man above naturally noticed the old woman below as well.

However, in his view, a being who had just advanced to the Spirit Transformation wouldn't cause him any trouble even if he had some tricks up his sleeve, so he didn't pay much attention to him.

Soon, a dense cluster of black dots appeared on the horizon not far away, and they rapidly approached, completely surrounding the sky above the Azure Cloud Sect.

Looking at the crowd above, the faces of the three elders and the disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect all turned extremely ugly.

Then, several more figures appeared in the distance.

Unlike the people from the Mystic Snow Pavilion, these people did not surround them. Instead, they stopped in the air not far away, like spectators waiting for the show to begin.

Among that group of people, Xiao Anhe saw many familiar faces, all of whom were elders from various sects in the Southern Frontier, and many of whom Xiao Anhe had a good relationship with.

It turns out that these people had all followed after learning about the commotion at the Mystic Snow Pavilion, and their purpose was simple: to watch the excitement.

The demise of a second-rate power will definitely have a significant impact on the overall situation in the Southern Frontier.

These people came partly to watch the spectacle, and partly to relay messages to their respective sects.

Once the Azure Cloud Sect is destroyed, the Mystic Snow Pavilion will definitely be the one to reap the rewards, and as for the remaining soup, it will be a matter of first come, first served.

The sect leader of the Mystic Snow Pavilion approached Grand Elder Sun and asked, "Grand Elder, shall we make our move? Our men are ready!"

Upon hearing this, Grandmaster Grand Elder Sun, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them and simultaneously struck the main hall of the Azure Cloud Sect with a palm strike, his target being the three Grandmasters of the Azure Cloud Sect, Cui Yan, and a group of elders.

Faced with this godlike attack, the group was utterly powerless to resist.

But at that moment, the Method Formula in front of the old woman suddenly burst forth with a strong light.

Soon, the light completely enveloped the entire sect hall, then the entire mountaintop, and then the entire mountain peak.

Although Grand Elder Sun of the Mystic Snow Pavilion did not know what methods Azure Cloud Sect had used, he still swung his palms three times towards the white light below, just to be on the safe side.

However, all three attacks disappeared without a trace after entering the white light.

When the white light dissipated, it was revealed that the entire mountain gate of the Azure Cloud Sect was covered with countless puppets.

However, one-tenth of the puppets had already been reduced to fragments.

The other puppets together formed a large formation, protecting the Azure Cloud Sect in the center.

This is the trump card of the Azure Cloud Sect, the trump card left to the Azure Cloud Sect by that Puppet Master leader.

The old lady originally thought she would never need it in her life, but she never expected that one day the sect would have to face such a terrifying enemy as the Mahayana Realm.

The moment the Supreme Elder of the Mystic Snow Pavilion saw the puppet, a mocking smile appeared on his face, "No wonder you dared to kill my own grandson; so you had such a backup plan!"

Then, the other party shook his head regretfully and said, "It's a pity. If you had kept a low profile, you might have had a chance to make the Azure Cloud Sect a first-rate power with these puppets! Now, you have no chance!"

The old lady understood perfectly well what the other party was saying. Back then, wasn't it precisely with these Puppet Masters that the sect leader had slaughtered his way across the entire Southern Frontier?

But what was the result? Not long after the sect advanced to the first-class level, it faced annihilation.

Sects that have painstakingly advanced to the first-rate level are treated like a joke by top experts, easily reduced to the third-rate level.

It is precisely because of this that subsequent Azure Cloud Sect elders only used Puppet Technique as the sect's trump card, rather than for the sect's development.

The experience of that Puppet Master sect leader has proven to the Azure Cloud Sect that it is impossible to dominate the Southern Frontier by relying on puppetry.

Just like now, facing a master at the peak of the Mahayana stage.

The old lady could only control all the puppets to set up a defensive array outside the Azure Cloud Sect.

However, a few casual attacks from the opponent completely destroyed one-tenth of the puppets.

Whether it was Xiao Anhe, the old matriarch, or even the Supreme Elder Li, they all understood.

Faced with such a powerful being, no matter how many puppets there are, they can only delay the demise of the Azure Cloud Sect!