Wu Bing: Deactivate the Sect-Protecting Grand Formation!

Hearing that, Qu Xingzhou sneered, speaking with undisguised contempt. "Li Guanqi, aren't you thinking a bit too highly of yourself?" "Heh, the Great Xia Sword Sect has certainly been riding high these past few years, hasn't it?!" His voice dripped with jealousy. The eight figures encircled Li Guanqi, their auras bristling with malice. *** Guanyun Pavilion. Chaos had gripped the pavilion, but Ji Yuchuan had forcefully seized control of operations! Though Yu Hua remained deeply wary of him, she could not defy the jade slip he bore from Li Guanqi. Ji Yuchuan said in a deep voice, "What is the latest intelligence?" Yu Hua frowned. "The cultivators across the four continents of the Great Xia Domain who originally intended to ascend have all vanished." Without a shred of hesitation, Ji Yuchuan crushed a transmission jade slip, sending word to Hong Zhi and detailing everything that had transpired here! Only this time, he acted not as Yu Shan, but as Ji Yuchuan. Hong Zhi's expression changed slightly. After contacting Long Hou, she immediately set out from the Xuanmen Domain toward the Great Xia Domain! Primal energy surged around Ji Yuchuan as he raised his hand, conjuring nine faint beams of spiritual light. Having marked the spatial coordinates of all nine individuals, he flicked nine jade slips straight toward Yu Hua. "Quickly! Head to these nine locations and contact them at once!" Yu Hua immediately set the orders in motion. She could vaguely sense that these nine auras belonged to none other than the nine Mahayana realm cultivators who had appeared at Mingchuan not long ago! With that done, Xi Yunhuai—who was currently refining the medicinal power of the Xuanyuan Sacred Soul Pill—spoke with a grim expression. "Old Ji, the light of that formation is far too terrifying. How can it be broken from the outside?" Ji Yuchuan's eyes flickered. He closed his eyes and unleashed his divine sense, unfolding a massive map within his mind. As he retraced Li Guanqi's travel path, a specific name suddenly leaped out at him! "Linyan City..." "Isn't that the city where the Pavilion Master once sharpened his blade?" Suddenly, as if realizing something, Ji Yuchuan's face fell. "Not good!" His throat tightened, and he said grimly, "Mobilize the Cloud Shadow Guard. Have them cautiously guard the vicinity of Linyan City." "Old Xi, I leave this place to you. I must make a trip to the Great Xia Sword Sect!" Before the words had completely faded, Ji Yuchuan vanished from the Guanyun Domain Boundary. Merely a few breaths later, the earth trembled for a hundred li around the territory of the Great Xia Sword Sect. Under Wu Bing's command, the terrifying sword light that hung high in the firmament began to slowly rise into the sky! *** Meanwhile, within the barrier's seal. Deep inside the void interlayer, a plump white radish was huffing and puffing as it tore through the spatial fabric. Sweat dripped from Pengluo's forehead as he muttered in frustration, "Damn it! Why are there fragments of Immortal Realm array plates mixed into these formations?!" "Master, I can barely dig through this!" A cold glint flashed in Li Guanqi's eyes. He transmitted his voice at rapid speed. "I left a powerful strand of sword qi outside in Linyan City." "If you and I merge, could a pincer strike from inside and out shatter this barrier?" Pengluo frowned, sounding far from confident. "I don't know... The power held within this barrier already carries traces of the Immortal Realm." "Still, it's worth a shot! Anything is better than waiting around to die..." Li Guanqi had little time left to devise a plan. Moreover, the moment his aura vanished, Ye Feng and the others immediately sensed it! Gu Li said in a heavy voice, "The boss seems to have run into trouble!" "His talisman aura has been blocked off by a powerful force." Ye Feng stood amid a land swirling with billowing demonic qi, his eyes freezing cold. Hearing the voice coming through the talisman, he gave a slight nod and whispered, "Wrap up whatever you're handling as fast as possible to reinforce the boss. As for me... I'll be disappearing for a short while." With that, Ye Feng looked up at the two cultivators standing above the Abyss of Purgatory! "Why... did you choose this place?" A terrible foreboding weighed on Ye Feng's heart. During his time at the Heavenly Demon Hall, he had constantly harbored an inexplicable intuition. Where did the Heavenly Demon Rift actually lead?! In his mind lay an exceedingly daring speculation: Beyond the Heavenly Demon Rift... it was very likely connected to the Immortal Realm, or perhaps some extraordinary expanse within it! Seeing someone choose this place as their ascension ground now only deepened that ominous dread... The two men exchanged glances, a sudden flash of madness surfacing in their eyes. "Since everyone is trying to become immortals... then we shall enter the demonic path! Hahahaha!" The instant those words fell, their auras deteriorated at a speed visible to the naked eye. In their place, wisps of demonic qi erupted from within their bodies! The seal over the Abyss of Purgatory shattered almost instantaneously. Billowing demonic qi and countless Abyss Demons began clawing their way out from the depths. Taking a deep breath, Ye Feng raised a hand, deploying the Yinming Profound Flame into a curtain of fire spanning heaven and earth! Gripping his sword in one hand, he spoke in a voice devoid of warmth. "With me here, you two... won't succeed!" Boom! A brilliant golden sword qi swept across the void. Ye Feng's long hair whipped wildly in the wind, his narrowed eyes blazing with murderous intent! *** Qingyun Continent. Clouds churned and a rain of blood poured down! Dense, dark clouds blanketed the firmament, blotting out the sunlight until the world resembled nightfall. Deafening peals of thunder roared across the sky, their booming rumbles making people's hearts pound in terror. Countless mortals huddled inside their rooms, trembling with dread. Suspended high in the sky hung a colossal golden barrier. A faint, suffocating pressure radiated outward, pressing down so hard that the populace could barely breathe, their faces pale as ash. Across the Northern Region of Qingyun Continent, clan and sect powers activated their sect-protecting grand formations one after another, everyone fearing for their own survival! Far along the horizon, thick pillars of golden light occasionally surged straight into the clouds. The sheer aura they carried was terrifying! Yet before long, fearsome flashes of blade and sword light would streak across the sky, severing those pillars. What followed were desperate life-and-death clashes between cultivators. The shockwaves alone pulverized countless villages, towns, and cities! Wails of grief echoed far and wide. Beneath the shattered walls and rubble, innocent lives were snuffed out one after another. Now that the Guanyun Pavilion's domain boundary had opened, the pavilion brought out all the projection stones from its intelligence division so Ji Yuchuan could better track every development. Light screens hung high in the sky. In one projection, a little girl was trapped beneath a boulder, half of her face already a bloody pulp. Her mother was screaming and weeping, tearing at the rubble with her bare hands! The woman's hair was disheveled, and blood poured continuously from one of her eyes, where a jagged shard of stone the size of a fingernail remained lodged in her socket. Yet she ignored her own safety, digging through the rocks like a madwoman in an attempt to drag her daughter free. Her hands were a mangled, bloody mess, the wounds deep enough to reveal bone, her fingernails torn back. Yet she took no notice, clawing ceaselessly at the stone. Suddenly! A massive boulder plummeted from the sky, crushing the woman's upper body directly into the earth! Her legs twitched twice before going still. Above the little girl, more falling rubble tumbled down, burying them both in the blink of an eye. Wu Bing watched the scene, his eyes bloodshot, his fists clenched so tightly that his body trembled with rage. In another projection, a man was crouched on all fours amid a field of ruins, desperately shielding an infant beneath his body! The man's left arm was broken, the bone piercing through the skin and smeared with dirt, yet he gritted his teeth and forced the protruding bone against the ground to keep himself propped up! His eyes were bloodshot, and blood dripped from his mouth like a broken string of beads. The upper echelon of the Great Xia Sword Sect watched in silence. Disciples stood with tears welling in their eyes, turning their heads away, unable to bear the sight. The Six Domains were plunged into total turmoil. Many early Mahayana realm cultivators were recklessly wagering their lives to force an ascension! Many others seized the chaos to pillage, slaughtering clan forces and looting whatever they could find! The world had descended into madness. To ordinary mortals, this shift in heaven and earth's great momentum was nothing short of a natural catastrophe. They had nowhere to hide and lacked the power to protect their loved ones. Wu Bing closed his eyes in agony, then drew a deep breath. Opening his bloodshot eyes, he roared, "Disciples of the Great Xia Sword Sect, hear my command!" Every pair of eyes snapped to Wu Bing's face. Surging with a violent, crushing aura of primal energy, Wu Bing bellowed: "Deactivate the sect-protecting grand formation!" "Contact our allied sects! At all costs... rescue the civilians!" "Should you encounter rebels—slay them on sight!" "Uphold the sect's ancestral teachings!" As his voice rang out, countless disciples of the Great Xia Sword Sect raised their arms and shouted in unison: "We uphold the ancestral teachings!" Hum! The Great Xia Sword Sect, whose defensive light had shone the brightest of all, now slowly deactivated its sect-protecting grand formation. This sight immediately drew the astonished gazes of the surrounding clans and sects. None of them could comprehend what the Great Xia Sword Sect was doing! Then, they watched as countless sword cultivators took to the air from within the Great Xia Sword Sect's territory! Organized and disciplined, they shot forth in all directions like arrows loosed from their bows! "What... what are they doing?" Ji Yuchuan looked at Wu Bing, genuine admiration shining in his eyes. For the very first time, he acknowledged Wu Bing in his heart!