Chapter 245: 237. War Between Two Sects! Imminent! (1/1)

237. War Between Two Sects! Imminent! (1/1)

Above the encampment of the Xuanhuang Sect.

Ten thousand meters in the air.

The Great Elder at the Nascent Soul ninth-layer Great Perfection, and the Second Elder and Third Elder at the Nascent Soul ninth-layer, were all currently suspended high in the air, concealing their own auras.

The three of them merely exchanged a glance, and the next moment, they all simultaneously raised their hands high, rapidly mobilizing the Spirit Power within their bodies to gather on their palms.

Afterwards, they flew rapidly in three different directions, using their hands, filled with Spirit Power, to draw in the high sky; what they drew were all obscure and mysterious runes.

In just a moment, all the runes were finished.

Immediately following, within the area they had drawn, each rune lit up in succession, forming a massive circle of light that illuminated the entire high sky.

"The Star Fall Array is complete; inject Spirit Power to summon the star meteor!"

As soon as this voice of the Great Elder fell, the Second Elder and Third Elder, who were in the other two directions, immediately began to follow suit and inject Spirit Qi into the array.

With the continuous injection of Spirit Qi, the runes across the entire array became increasingly bright.

When all the light converged together, the array shone in the sky like a scorching sun, stinging the eyes of all living beings under heaven so they could not open them.

The next moment!

An incomparably massive meteor was summoned, gradually emerging from beneath the array, growing larger and larger!

It took only the blink of an eye!

The entire meteor had fully emerged, falling toward the Xuanhuang Sect below with a momentum that blotted out the sky and covered the sun.

The speed of the fall was so fast that it directly rubbed against the surface to create a layer of flame, erupting with an extremely piercing sound of breaking through the air, as well as a sheet of dazzling light.

At the same time, bursts of terrified shouts rang out from the Flying Boat of the Xuanhuang Sect below.

"Oh no, there's a meteor in the sky crashing down on us!"

"An attack! Someone is attacking us!"

"Sect Master! Supreme Sect Master! People from the Heaven and Earth Sect have launched an attack on us; they used the Star Fall Array to summon a huge meteor to smash into our Flying Boat!"

"..."

Bursts of terrified sounds came one after another, instantly resounding through the entire Flying Boat of the Xuanhuang Sect.

Very quickly!

Several figures shot up into the sky from the Flying Boat.

They were the Supreme Sect Master Cao Dian, Sect Master Zhang Tianhe, and several Elders whose cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul stage.

All of them flew toward the meteor descending from the sky.

Then, only a loud boom was heard!

Watching the meteor that blotted out the sky, it was instantly blasted into countless fragments by Cao Dian, who had rushed to the front, and they rained down toward the ground like flowers scattered by a celestial maiden.

"Tianhe, you follow me to pursue those three old things from the Heaven and Earth Sect; the others deal with the meteor fragments, don't let those shards damage the Flying Boat!"

After dropping this sentence, Cao Dian took Zhang Tianhe and pursued the Great Elder and the other two at high speed.

As for the remaining Xuanhuang Sect Elders, they were all busy dealing with the meteor fragments.

"Hum—"

"Hum—"

"Hum—"

"Hum—"

"Hum—"

High above, five piercing sounds of breaking through the air were ringing out.

In just a fleeting moment, Cao Dian and Zhang Tianhe caught up to the Great Elder and the other two in front.

"Guan Qingshan, you cannot escape!"

Cao Dian shouted at the Great Elder and the other two in front, then took out a birdcage and swung it hard toward them.

In an instant, the mini birdcage, which had originally been only the size of a palm, instantly enlarged into a Heaven and Earth Prison, shrouding the space for a hundred miles around and trapping all the living beings inside the cage.

Seeing this, the Great Elder and the other two stopped directly and decisively attacked the pursuing Cao Dian and Zhang Tianhe, launching a counterattack against them.

The purpose of the three of them coming on this trip was originally to lure Cao Dian out of the Flying Boat, engage him in battle, and test his strength.

Now, it was time to achieve their goal.

"Boom!"

The battle was imminent!

On the Heaven and Earth Sect side, there was one at the Nascent Soul ninth-layer Great Perfection and two ordinary Nascent Soul ninth-layers.

On the Xuanhuang Sect side, there was one at the Spirit Severing first-layer and one at the Nascent Soul eighth-layer Great Perfection.

Both sides went all out from the start, bringing out all kinds of Dharma Spells and magic treasures, causing bursts of piercing collision sounds and sheets of dazzling light to ring out high in the sky.

Under the all-out exchange between the two sides, the originally calm, clear sky instantly became like a stormy day with lightning and thunder, full of noise and light pollution.

"Boom!"

"Boom—!"

"Boom!!!"

The sounds of battle rose in waves, one after another.

For a time, both sides fell into a stalemate, and neither could do anything to the other in the short term.

However, as time went on, the three core Elders of the Heaven and Earth Sect gradually fell into a disadvantage, being suppressed and beaten by Cao Dian and Zhang Tianhe.

Regarding this result, the three core Elders of the Heaven and Earth Sect all revealed joy on their faces.

The strength of Cao Dian, this Spirit Severing Stage powerhouse, was far lower than they had imagined!

Very mediocre!

The Heaven and Earth Sect can absolutely deal with him!

They can easily suppress him by using their superior numbers!

"Let's go, break the birdcage, and return to the Heaven and Earth Sect!"

The Great Elder transmitted his voice.

He could sense that Cao Dian was not holding back, but he still could not do anything to the three of them.

This probe had already succeeded.

There was no need to waste any more time entangled with the opponent.

Upon hearing this, the Second Elder and Third Elder immediately gathered together and joined forces with the Great Elder to beat back Cao Dian and Zhang Tianhe.

Then, the three of them quickly combined their strength to break the birdcage and flew back to the Heaven and Earth Sect at high speed.

Seeing that the three had escaped, Cao Dian and Zhang Tianhe were instantly furious and cursed several times in impotent rage.

Afterward, fearing that staying too long would lead to being surrounded and killed by the Heaven and Earth Sect, they had no choice but to retreat into the Xuanhuang Sect's Flying Boat to curse.

However, upon seeing the Flying Boat in front of them, which had been smashed to pieces by meteorite fragments and had several disciples lying on board who had been killed by the debris, the master and disciple were not angry but laughed instead.

They were truly laughing.

Moreover, it was a laugh of a conspiracy successfully carried out.

……

Deacon Cave Abode Area, "Wen" Cave Abode.

Chen An silently watched the scene unfolding in the Xuanhuang Sect at this moment, saw the master and disciple pair of Cao Dian and Zhang Tianhe looking at each other and laughing, and instantly realized something.

The Xuanhuang Sect must still have other trump cards!

The Heaven and Earth Sect had been played at their own game!

Afterward, if the Heaven and Earth Sect dared to attack the Xuanhuang Sect, something would most likely go wrong!

However, what does this have to do with me?

No, that's not right.

It still has something to do with me.

When the time comes, I can descend like a god, stand before the banner of righteousness, and take over the Heaven and Earth Sect.

By then, I will have become the savior of the Heaven and Earth Sect; it wouldn't be unreasonable for the Heaven and Earth Sect to be under my control, right?

What, that's not allowed?

Then I'll go be the savior of the Xuanhuang Sect.

"That's right, that's it!"

Chen An thought about these random things in his heart, and as he thought, he laughed and spoke to himself out loud.

He had already prepared to devour the Heaven and Earth Sect and the Xuanhuang Sect; when the time came, he only needed to support both Sect Masters as puppets, and he could hide behind the scenes and reap the rewards.

"Husband, are you asleep? I just tinkered with some new tricks, do you want to try them?"

Song Ying's voice rang out from outside the door.

Chen An's eyes lit up when he heard the sound; he immediately opened the door from a distance, pulled his little delicate wife, who was wearing a thin, translucent gauze dress, onto the bed, and while holding her slender waist with one hand, said:

"Try! I must try!"

……

The outskirts of the Heaven and Earth Sect.

Inside a public Cave Abode.

Under the organization of the Great Elder, an emergency meeting was convened.

The members attending the meeting were Sect Master Xiao Qingyue and eight core Elders.

The Great Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder described in detail the process and results of their recent battle with Cao Dian and Zhang Tianhe to Xiao Qingyue and the other five core Elders.

Afterward, under the precise guidance of these three core Elders, the nine people began to discuss whether the Heaven and Earth Sect should take the initiative to attack the Xuanhuang Sect.

The Second Elder was the most excited and said: "That Flying Boat of the Xuanhuang Sect must have been smashed by meteorite fragments; they won't be able to repair it for several days. We must seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break the Xuanhuang Sect in one fell swoop!"

Xiao Qingyue was relatively cautious by nature and tactfully questioned: "Second Elder, wouldn't that be a bit too rash?"

"Rash? How is this rash? This is me being decisive!"

After finishing, the Second Elder added: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; if we miss it, it won't come again. Being indecisive is truly a woman's perspective!"

Xiao Qingyue was the only woman in the room, so this remark about a "woman's perspective" appeared highly targeted; it was the Second Elder's retaliation for Xiao Qingyue's previous questioning.

Xiao Qingyue's willow eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she felt displeased by this.

At this moment, the Seventh Elder spoke up: "I agree with the Second Elder's proposal."

"In the past, our Heaven and Earth Sect has wanted to attack the Xuanhuang Sect countless times, but after all, a powerful dragon finds it hard to suppress a local serpent; we simply couldn't break the Xuanhuang Sect's sect-protecting array within the Great Thousand Domain."

"But now, the Xuanhuang Sect has courted death by coming to block our Heaven and Earth Sect's gate, voluntarily giving up their home-field advantage. We must seize this opportunity."

These words from the Seventh Elder truly spoke to the hearts of most of the core Elders.

They all thought the same thing in their hearts.

Xiao Qingyue remained cautious and expressed her own thoughts:

"I feel that doing this is still too risky. The reason the Xuanhuang Sect dared to come and block the gate, besides having a Spirit Severing Stage powerhouse of their own, is that they must have other backup plans."

"So what if they have other backup plans?"

The Second Elder said dismissively: "The Xuanhuang Sect is blocking right at the gate of our Heaven and Earth Sect; we can retreat back into the sect at any time to be protected by the sect-protecting array. No matter how you look at it, this war is a choice where the benefits outweigh the risks. Why not do it?"

After speaking, the Second Elder narrowed his eyes and stared directly at Xiao Qingyue's beautiful eyes, his tone full of suspicion:

"Qingyue, you have been stopping us from actively attacking the Xuanhuang Sect; could it be that you want to delay time for the Xuanhuang Sect so that they can repair the Flying Boat and retreat?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qingyue's expression instantly turned cold.

She looked at the Second Elder and said with some annoyance: "Second Elder, you can eat food indiscriminately, but you cannot speak indiscriminately."

At this moment, the atmosphere inside the Cave Abode suddenly became tense, and the two were on the verge of a confrontation.

"Enough, now is not the time for infighting."

The Great Elder, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up, and after finishing, he looked at Xiao Qingyue and said: "Qingyue, just listen to the Second Elder's suggestion this time; we must seize this opportunity to annex the Xuanhuang Sect."

"Great Elder..." Xiao Qingyue still wanted to say something.

However, the Great Elder did not give her the chance at all and interrupted her directly:

"Say no more, let it be this way. Now everyone go and prepare, quickly consolidate the Golden Core and Nascent Soul powerhouses under your command; we will launch a full-scale attack on the Xuanhuang Sect in three hours."

He also knew this was very risky.

But it was worth the risk.

The Heaven and Earth Sect and the Xuanhuang Sect shared the same roots and origins.

As long as he could merge the two sects into one and collect the Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang tokens from both sides, he could open the sect treasury sealed beneath the Heaven and Earth Sect and obtain the long-lost methods to break through to the Spirit Severing realm, or even the Void Refinement realm.

Under such a huge temptation, what was a little risk?

In a flash.

Nearly three hours passed.

Over a thousand Heaven and Earth Sect cultivators gathered on a massive Flying Boat.

This was the combat force going to attack the Xuanhuang Sect.

To reduce unnecessary losses, the cultivators on the Flying Boat were at least at the Golden Core Stage.

In the face of such a war between two sects, those below the Golden Core Stage were nothing but cannon fodder.

"Master, this is too sudden. How did it come to be that we are going to attack the Xuanhuang Sect for no apparent reason?"

On the Flying Boat, Ning Xian'er sent a voice transmission to Xiao Qingyue.

Xiao Qingyue replied: "The lifespans of most core Elders are reaching their end; they are desperate to break through to the Spirit Severing Stage to extend their lives."

Ning Xian'er was puzzled: "It is only reaching the end, isn't there still a few hundred years of time to cultivate?"

Xiao Qingyue gave a bitter smile: "Do you think a few hundred years is a long time? It is barely enough for a few long retreats. If we miss this opportunity to annex the Xuanhuang Sect, it is unlikely to come again."

Ning Xian'er worried: "But, I feel that since the Xuanhuang Sect dares to block the gates of our Heaven and Earth Sect, they must have something to rely on. Attacking the Xuanhuang Sect so rashly might lead us into their trap."

"A trap?" Xiao Qingyue said helplessly: "Your master knows this might be a trap, and the core Elders know it too, but everyone can no longer wait and is willing to gamble this once."

Ning Xian'er stopped sending voice transmissions and silently fell into deep thought.

She prayed in her heart, hoping that this rash start to the war would be fine, and hoping that she was just overthinking it.

Even if something really did happen, let it only happen to the Heaven and Earth Sect; she hoped that she and her master would both be fine.

In the next quarter of an hour or so.

The Great Elder, who was in charge of steering, flew to the space above the Flying Boat to boost everyone's morale, delivering a passionate speech in a booming voice to mobilize the Heaven and Earth Sect disciples below.

It was not just empty promises, but concrete rewards offered, with merit to be rewarded based on kills or captures.

Killing a Golden Core cultivator would be rewarded with a certain amount of High-grade Spirit Stones, Third-tier Pills, Third-tier Talismans, one Third-tier Dharma Artifact, and other items.

Killing a Nascent Soul cultivator would be rewarded with a certain amount of Top-grade Spirit Stones, Fourth-tier Pills, Fourth-tier Talismans, one Fourth-tier Dharma Artifact, and other items.

Seeing such generous rewards, the cultivators on the Flying Boat instantly became high-spirited.

Emotions of excitement, thrill, and madness instantly filled the entire Flying Boat.

The Great Elder was very satisfied with this result, immediately turned to face the Xuanhuang Sect outside the sect-protecting array, and suddenly waved his hand, shouting:

"All disciples of the Heaven and Earth Sect, follow me to attack the Xuanhuang Sect!"

Once these words were spoken, the Heaven and Earth Sect cultivators on the Flying Boat immediately responded loudly:

"Charge!!!"

"Attack the Xuanhuang Sect!!!"

"Annex the Xuanhuang Sect!!!"

"..."

Accompanied by bursts of shouting.

The Heaven and Earth Sect's Flying Boat moved.

In an instant, it shot out like an arrow leaving the bow, and with a "hum," it rushed out of the sect-protecting array and charged toward the Xuanhuang Sect stationed not far away.

Deacon Cave Abode Area, "Wen" Cave Abode.

Chen An, while entangled with Jiuji beneath him, spread his Divine Sense, which had reached the Sixth-tier, covering the entire battlefield where the Heaven and Earth Sect and the Xuanhuang Sect were at war.

When he saw that the two sects had finally started a full-scale war, he focused most of his Divine Sense on Xiao Qingyue and Ning Xian'er, who were participating in the battle, ready to rescue them at any time.

To him, it did not matter who won or lost between the Heaven and Earth Sect and the Xuanhuang Sect, as long as these two prospective concubines were safe.

PS: Setting out my bowl, asking for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets!

(End of this chapter)