Facing the Enemy

"Sixth Brother, this Ge Yangfeng is one of the most outstanding figures among the younger generation of the Feng Prefecture Ge Household. He's the Foundation Establishment seed personally selected by that old man of the Ge Household. Even in the Late Qi Refinement stage, he can be considered quite formidable. How long do you think it will take him to defeat these two?" The younger of the two Foundation Establishment cultivators said with a smile, his tone relaxed.

"Nineteenth Brother, don't forget that you were sent by the state court to oversee things. You should at least put on a good show," another robust middle-aged cultivator said calmly.

"This time, in order to preserve the bloodline of the Caishi Wang Household, the Upper Sect sent Yue Lan, one of the five elders of the Battle Hall, known as 'Cold Moon Saber.' Apart from that Earl and the two Sima, who on our side of the State Court can subdue you? We can only send our underlings over here to see if our Yue Household are willing to fight amongst themselves, so that everyone can be happy." The young Foundation Establishment was still smiling.

"These underhanded tricks are petty and petty. This is hardly the kind of method Immortal Dynasty should use." Yue Lan shook his head, his tone complex, then turned to the young Foundation Establishment: "Can you really explain yourself going back like this?"

"Otherwise, how could a mere Foundation Establishment Lineage cultivator like myself possibly defeat an elder of the Two Instruments Sect's Battle Hall? Sixth Brother, are you perhaps going to reward me with a blow? Let's make this a more entertaining spectacle." The young Foundation Establishment grinned and placed his hand on Yue Lan's shoulder to show his closeness.

"The Upper Sect has only recently given the state court a little face due to the prevailing circumstances, which has even forced our Yue Household to serve the enemy, and caused my sixth brother to suffer in the Upper Sect as well. Kuang Liuting is indeed a remarkable figure, but he has not yet achieved the Golden Core stage. The Kuang Household currently does not even have a single Golden Core cultivator in the open in Shannan Circuit. With the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty on fire everywhere, what makes them think they can squeeze the Upper Sect out of Cloud Horn Prefecture?"

The young Foundation Establishment cultivator spoke with a humorous tone. Seeing that Yue Lan beside him did not answer, he followed the other's gaze and said, "Hey, that little sect leader's pupil technique is quite interesting, but unfortunately, it's a bit boring. I'm afraid it won't be able to do anything to Ge Yangfeng."

Kang Dabao's eyes flashed with Golden Light again. Ge Yangfeng used the Soul-Capturing Bell to summon a gust of yin wind. The Golden Light continued its momentum, breaking through the yin wind and striking Ge Yangfeng's vital points.

Upon seeing this, the latter let out a soft "Eh," and then shook the bell several more times, sending eight or nine gusts of yin wind rushing towards them.

With each strike the Golden Light broke through, its power weakened. By the time it broke through the last gust of yin wind, it was at its last gasp and was easily blocked by a black jackal flag summoned by Ge Yangfeng.

After the Golden Light was broken, the silver mace arrived again. This time, the silver mace was much weaker, and Ge Yangfeng didn't even need to use the Black Jackal Flag to block it. The Soul-Capturing Bell could easily block it with two gusts of yin wind.

"It seems that apart from this powerful eye technique, his other skills are rather weak." Ge Yangfeng breathed a slight sigh of relief. "We've still been delayed too long; we need to finish this quickly."

After saying that, he turned around and summoned a black ancient sword. It was eerily powerful and its cold light was chilling. It was clearly no ordinary item.

This ancient sword was a top-grade magical Law Artifact once used by one of his ancestors. It was made primarily of Deep Light Yin Iron and forged in a cold pool with frigid flames, making it perfectly suited to his family's corpse-raising Method Formula.

Despite its low grade, its cost is even higher than some Second Tier Law Artifact. It is only because the Feng Prefecture Ge Household was at its peak that they were able to spend so much resources to forge such Law Artifact to give to their descendants.

It was only because its rank was not high that the cultivators who raided the Ge family's property showed mercy and were able to leave it to the Ge Household.

The Ge Yangfeng to gain the appreciation of his elders and use this sword shows that he held a very high position in the Feng Prefecture Ge Household.

However, this sword has been handled by far too many Ge Household cultivators, and Ge Yangfeng has not yet completely imprinted his own mark on it, making it difficult to wield smoothly. He usually keeps it nurtured in his own blood bag, and now that it has been unsheathed, it will be a waste of two or three years of hard work!

Ge Yangfeng's ancient sword came fast and fiercely, and was truly sharp. Kang Dabao's short blade and silver mace could not stop it and were all knocked down halfway.

If an ordinary cultivator in the Middle Qi Refinement Refining could wield a high-grade magic Law Artifact with ease, they would already be considered a rare talent among their peers. However, Kang Dabao used two in a row, which made Ge Yangfeng look at him with new respect.

To his even greater surprise, Kang Dabao was still able to muster the strength to summon a third Law Artifact.

The heavy, Garrison Earth Azure Origin Shield swelled to the size of a door, standing before Sect Leader Kang Da. It had withstood the blow from the ancient sword, and cracks the thickness of a cow's hair had appeared on the outermost layer of Garrison Earth Refined Steel.

"This guy is much stronger than Shi Xiao." Kang Dabao had just caught his breath when his spiritual power gathered in his eyes again. Before he could return the ancient sword to Ge Yangfeng's hand, he was struck by a Golden Light and fell back.

Ge Yangfeng was startled. After carefully examining the ancient sword and confirming that it was unharmed, he felt somewhat relieved.

"If we don't get rid of them soon, the Wang Household will be wiped out!" Ge Yangfeng shook the Soul-Capturing Bell, intending to recall the Black-Haired Jiangshi and retreat first, but he saw that Yuan Jin was already locked in a fierce battle with the remaining Black-Haired Jiangshi of Ge Yangfeng, and it was difficult to get rid of him for the time being.

At this moment, Yuan Jin's short and stocky body was covered in bulging muscles, and the veins all over his body were like earthworms lurking under his skin, restless and throbbing.

Suddenly, he exhaled a large breath of white steam, Tiger Sha Staff flew out of his hand, unleashing a claw-like gust of wind that struck the Black-Haired Zombie in the chest.

The thick layer of dead skin on the Black-Haired Zombie's chest prevented it from suffering too much damage; however, several pieces of the accumulated dead skin were knocked off, and a strong, stale stench of decay immediately filled the area.

Yuan Jin was no longer in the mood to care about the taste. The Black-Haired Zombie was knocked off balance by him, and Yuan Jin took the opportunity to pounce on it. The White Ape Step moved swiftly, and the Ape Demon Cannon Hammer went straight in.

"You're courting death!" The Ape Demon Cannon Hammer was stopped by the mysterious light of a black jackal flag.

The Black-Haired Zombie quickly reacted and rushed over. Its ten shiny black fingers pierced Yuan Jin's solid chest, just like the scarred cultivator's death.

"You son of a bitch!" A khaki shield squeezed in front of Yuan Jin, separating him from the Black-Haired Zombie's ten fingers.

The powerful impact shattered the ten obsidian-like knuckles into countless small pieces, and the steel-hard fingers also pierced through half of the heavy shield, leaving ten shallow holes in this fairly good mid-grade shield.

Just as Kang Dabao lost the Garrison Earth Azure Origin Shield, Ge Yangfeng seized the opportunity. He was Yixin, controlling the Black-Haired Zombie to knock Yuan Jin away while the Ancient Sword turned around and came running.

Kang Dabao only had time to slap a handful of talismans on his body, but it was almost useless. The ancient sword easily pierced through several golden shield walls with almost no delay. Kang Dabao couldn't dodge in time, and his magic robe was easily torn open by the sharpness of the sword's blade, as if it were made of paper. His exposed back was swept by the sword wind, taking away a piece of flesh about the width of a palm.

Kang Dabao was unaware that the wound on his back was so deep that the bone was visible, but the fact that his robe was soaked with blood almost instantly indicated that the injury was quite serious.

"This ancient sword is incredibly fierce!" After dodging several more times, and finding no opportunity to bandage his wounds, Sect Leader Kang Da had no choice but to hastily swallow some hemostatic and blood-regenerating pills. He continued to struggle against the ancient sword with his short blade, silver mace, and the already damaged Garrison Earth Azure Origin Shield.

He was at a disadvantage, while Yuan Jin was becoming increasingly frenzied.

Yuan Jin was knocked away by the Black-Haired Zombie, but the rapidly circulating "White Ape Scripture" temporarily suppressed the pain in his body. He quickly stood up and then swiftly turned half his body to the side, causing the pursuing Black-Haired Zombie to miss its target.

Immediately afterwards, a punch with a negligible charging time Ape Demon Cannon Hammer, slammed heavily into the Black-Haired Zombie.

At this moment, the Black-Haired Zombie's thick carapace failed to protect the foolish creature. After being struck by the Ape Demon Cannon Hammer, the Black-Haired Zombie's thick carapace instantly cracked, shattered into pieces, and fell off, revealing the oily, foul-smelling rotting flesh inside.

At this moment, Yuan Jin glared with bloodshot eyes and threw another punch, causing the flesh on the Black-Haired Zombie's back to completely crumble and decay.

Yuan Jin didn't retract his hand; instead, he grabbed the Black-Haired Zombie's spine. The inanimate creature actually let out a human-like cry of surprise, and the next moment, Yuan Jin lifted it up and slammed it to the ground.

The loud noise startled Ge Yangfeng, who saw that the Black-Haired Zombie he had cultivated for many years had sunk into a deep pit, its hands still flailing wildly around.

At this moment, Yuan Jin's right hand, which was still gripping the Black-Haired Zombie's spine, was still there. Ignoring the sticky feeling on his hand, he stepped on the Black-Haired Zombie's head with his left foot, suddenly bent over, exhaled a breath of stale air, and pulled upwards sharply.

After a "ripping" sound, Yuan Jin pulled up a Black Bone covered in blood, flesh, and mucus from neck to tail, as if he wanted to rip it out.

The Black-Haired Zombie let out a loud, strange roar. At this moment, it struggled wildly, desperately trying to keep its spine by tilting its large, eyeless head downwards.

With the combined force, the originally straight spine, like a flexible bowstring, was stretched into a full moon.

Ge Yangfeng's face turned pale with horror. He saw that Yuan Jin's expression was ferocious at this moment, and blood was flowing from the belly that had been injured by the claw wind earlier, but this still could not calm the man's madness at this moment.

"Phew, this short guy is still more intimidating." Ge Yangfeng muttered to himself, not expecting that dealing with two mere Middle Qi Refinement cultivators would be so troublesome.

With a change of gesture, the ancient sword was retrieved from Kang Dabao. The latter realized something was wrong and, disregarding his injuries, tried to give chase, but he could not catch up.

The ancient sword pierced straight towards Yuan Jin's heart. Yuan Jin raised the Black-Haired Zombie with both hands to block it. The ancient sword instantly pierced through the half-fleshed zombie's body, and the Sword Qi surged wildly within the Black-Haired Zombie's body.

Yuan Jin's right hand, which was gripping the zombie's spine, was also affected; his little finger was severed at the base, and two knuckles of his ring finger were also grazed off.

Seeing how sharp the ancient sword was, Yuan Jin reacted quickly and fled. The ancient sword pursued relentlessly, but fortunately, the Garrison Earth Azure Origin Shield arrived at that moment.

The moment the sword tip touched the Garrison Earth Azure Origin Shield, the protective shield made of earth and wood Spiritual Qi burst open like a bubble. The shield itself, covered in wounds, could not withstand the ancient sword. After the ancient sword had penetrated three inches into the shield, the Garrison Earth Azure Origin Shield finally gave way and exploded. The ancient sword continued its unstoppable advance.

Yuan Jin dared not pause for a moment. He felt the sword wind behind him getting closer and closer, but the Ape Demon Cannon Hammer had no time to gather its strength. Even though he had no way to deal with it at this moment, his face showed neither sorrow nor joy.

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