Chapter 331: Forceful Breakthrough

"Clank—" "Clank—"

The metallic scraping of armor gave an unusually steady sense of oppression.

But the sound did not travel far; it fell silent within the mist, leaving an unavoidable, unearned dread.

Wei Ke selected the best among three hundred elite as members of the assault team, carefully following behind Mu Yi.

Under Mu Yi's lead, they slipped out through the opposite city gate; after emerging, howling sandstorms blew from the mist, causing them considerable trouble.

Especially the spiritual soul power embedded in the sand, which tested every soldier; within the city, protected by walls and barriers, they felt no danger.

Stepping out of the walls and exposed to the sand, they instantly sensed the horror of the Samadhi Divine Wind.

The all‑penetrating Divine Wind passed straight through armor and flesh, corroding the soul.

If not everyone present were elite among elites, they could not have remained so composed now.

This is why Mu Yi demanded the cream of the elite; ordinary soldiers could not endure the persecution of this Divine Wind.

While Mu Yi led the advance, his expression suddenly changed as if he stepped on something.

In an instant, the hair on his back bristled; Mu Yi instinctively assumed a defensive stance.

Almost simultaneously.

"Bang!" a muffled thud.

Mu Yi was struck by a scaled serpent tail, nearly being flung backward.

If not for the instinctive support of a soldier behind him, he might have been shot away like a cannonball.

It was in that instant that Mu Yi suddenly realized another flaw in his Great Mist Divine Art.

Because the mist affects both sides, Mu Yi could only vaguely capture some information, meaning that when the enemy hides in the mist by stealth, he cannot detect their data.

Just as now, he only discovered the enemy's trace after stepping on its tail.

"Form Array!"

Mu Yi let out a low shout, linking his Qi with the elite behind him; thin Cloud Energy rose and surged toward the creature attacking Mu Yi.

"Bang!"

Another muffled thud as the scaled serpent tail lunged at the group, but this prepared Mu Yi easily formed a Cloud Energy shield to block the attack.

As the distance closed, the opponent revealed its true form: a giant serpent clad in green scales. Though not yet at Legend level, it firmly stood among Transcendent creatures.

"Giant serpent?"

Mu Yi frowned; this was likely no coincidence, as their mission was to eliminate the giant serpent wielding the Samadhi Divine Wind.

Now, a giant serpent blocks their path, making the coincidence hard to ignore.

"Sss!"

The serpent hissed, and Mu Yi felt the soil beneath his feet begin to give way slightly.

Mu Yi's pupils narrowed, a sign of great wisdom.

A soldier who had intended to charge forward, trying to use the ground for momentum, suddenly lost footing as the earth collapsed and stumbled to the ground.

"These bald donkeys really have good tactics!"

Mu Yi muttered in his mind, "Bald donkey of the Buddhist Sect," noting that among mindless beasts, the chance of a creature developing such high tactical thinking is minuscule.

Especially before the opponent reaches Legend level.

Even some Legend creatures may lack such intelligence; overwhelmingly, Legend beings enhance their strength and physique, with little impact elsewhere in nature.

But if someone enlightens them, it's entirely different; these bald donkeys have indeed put great thought into making them beg for aid.

Without the Buddhist Sect disciples' enlightenment, how could a giant serpent wield such precise magic?

This made Mu Yi increasingly irritated with those Buddhist Sect disciples.

In this stalemate, seventy percent is owed to those bald donkeys, the remaining thirty percent stems from the chain reaction of heaven and earth's repulsion.

"Once we deal with these beasts, the next target is the Buddhist Sect lot!" flashed through Mu Yi's mind.

Facing spells that could disrupt balance, Wei Ke's selected elites quickly readjusted their center of gravity, each directly stepping over the soft, slightly sunken ground.

Before the giant serpent could react, several soldiers rushed to its side, slashing down their weapons without hesitation.

At the instant the serpent winced and lifted its head, a few precise arrows pierced its two eyes.

Shrouded in mist and now blinded, the serpent's threat dropped by ninety percent instantly.

The serpent, enraged by the pain of its pierced eyes, had not yet risen to strike.

Mu Yi, controlling the convergence of the battle formation, wielded Cloud Energy to slash a legion attack at the serpent.

The blade light severed the serpent's head, yet its twisted body kept moving, writhing wildly as if maddened.

Nevertheless, it mattered little; even an ordinary snake in nature can still writhe after its head is cut off.

Disregard the now indistinguishable giant serpent.

Mu Yi, with his brothers behind, charged toward the source of the Samadhi Divine Wind, uncertain whether the serpent's death would trigger other beasts' defenses.

But one thing he was sure of: they needed to reach the target as quickly as possible.

He vaguely sensed the Samadhi Divine Wind was far beyond its current manifestation, so they must locate and eliminate it in the shortest time.

The closer they approached the source of the Samadhi Divine Wind, the more Mu Yi frowned.

The opponent was cunning, completely hidden within the beast tide, and kept moving, with ever more beasts blocking their path.

Thousands upon thousands of frenzied beast‑magic creatures formed an army as impenetrable as a wall.

Facing such a beast tide, even a war chariot would not dare rush in lightly.

Although the mist concealed them, the beasts would not attack proactively, but to pass through they must unleash full firepower, carving a bloody path through the beasts.

Mu Yi took a deep breath, gripping the makeshift steel spear he had acquired.

Boom!

The steel long spear, reinforced by the commander's power, whirled at an invisible speed; several beasts ahead were struck as if hit by a speeding cannonball, their bodies soaring like torn bags of cloth.

The wild beast demon beast heavily smashed onto the ground, directly stirring up a commotion among the beast tide behind it and opening a brand‑new gap.

With Mu Yi as the tip, three hundred strong soldiers formed an arrow‑head formation, like a hot blade slicing butter, easily carving a bloody path through the beast tide.

Amid the frenzied slaughter, the bloody stench spread in all directions, yet Mu Yi felt no psychological pressure; instead, he sensed another feeling.

A feeling like a fish in water—this battlefield reeking of slaughter was the place most suited to Mu Yi's survival.

Facing the beast tide's obstruction, there were no tricks—just absolute force to crush it.

When enemies surround you on all sides, if you cannot break through quickly, no matter how mighty your momentum, you will be stopped and beaten to death.

This is the qualitative change that occurs when numbers reach a certain level.

"Break it!"

Mu Yi decisively unleashed a legion attack with Cloud Energy, cleanly shattering all the beasts blocking the way; in an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the beasts' agonized howls echoed through the mist.

Before the vast disparity in strength, any beast daring to confront Mu Yi and his elite troops behind him was mercilessly crushed, as if slammed into a true steel fortress.

Relying on a violent burst, Mu Yi slaughtered through all obstacles and reached the front of his target.

Using Samadhi Divine Wind, he summoned an endless sand‑storm giant serpent that appeared before Mu Yi and his companions.

Or rather, Mu Yi and his men slaughtered through the obstacles and arrived before the giant serpent.

Whether the former or the latter, at this moment the giant serpent directly faced Mu Yi's blade.

Layer after layer, under Mu Yi's ferocious spearhead assault, the beast tide was torn apart outright, and the flesh‑transcendent beasts collapsed at the first touch before the soldiers whose formation had been unified.

Following behind Mu Yi, these elite troops ensured a frantic, breakneck speed amid the sky‑filled blood, charging wildly toward the giant serpent.

After being enlightened, the giant serpent vaguely sensed something, but the beast's instinct still lingered within its nature.

Faced with Mu Yi's blade, the giant serpent had no intention of retreating; instead, it actively summoned nearby troops to join in encircling it.

"Got you!"

Mu Yi roared, his muscles bulging all over, his vital essence, energy, and spirit fully integrated—he had clearly entered a burst combat state.

Even if enlightened by the Buddhist Sect and bestowed a Dharma treasure by them, what of it?

A mere Legend‑realm beast is not enough to make Mu Yi bow his head.

A scarlet light enveloped the weapon in Mu Yi's hand; his muscles tensed, and he smoothly employed the Weapon Master Divine Ability to greatly strengthen the weapon.

A heart‑pounding dangerous aura coiled around the ordinary weapon.

Boom!

After a simple aim, the next instant, an ordinary steel spear erupted with an unfathomable speed within the beast tide.

The steel spear vanished from everyone's sight in an instant, releasing a terrifying howl, like a red star plummeting from the firmament.

"Roar!"

With a mournful howl, a huge silhouette suddenly appeared in the mist, its slender body flowing with countless purple‑black specks of dust, then vanished without a trace.

The next moment, before anyone could react, the giant serpent vanished into thin air, as if it had been waiting for this very scene.

Waiting for their arrival, waiting for them to walk into the trap.

Staring with furious eyes at the suddenly vanished giant serpent, Mu Yi for a moment didn't know what to do.

The meticulously prepared killing move ended before it even began, making it impossible to physically eliminate the giant serpent.

These Buddhist Sect bastards—what exactly have they done to these Legendary creatures?

The original direct strike at the Yellow Dragon seemed to have turned into stepping into a trap the enemy had meticulously prepared; from the start they knew they would come to deal with the giant serpent controlling the Samadhi Divine Wind.

"Roar!!!!"

A deafening roar rang out, and the surrounding beast tide instantly went berserk, fiercely charging toward the city wall—apparently launching another wave of siege assault.

Just as Mu Yi was about to break free from the beast tide, several huge creatures blocked their retreat route, sealing it off completely.

"You think you can take us on with these stinking fish and shrimp?"

Mu Yi drew a deep breath, then exhaled a thick killing aura toward the front, the aura washing over the beasts before him like a tide.

These beast monsters had completely fallen into a frenzy; they felt no fear whatsoever, waving claws and fangs as they attacked Mu Yi.

Mu Yi snorted coldly; although he hadn't directly slain the giant serpent wielding the Samadhi Divine Wind, what trouble could these monsters possibly cause them?

A keen blade's light flashed past, as if freezing the frame; Mu Yi and the formation of soldiers behind him encountered no hindrance, charging straight through the beasts' encirclement.

The beasts that had blocked the road instantly dropped dead; the giant bear's carcass was hacked into eight pieces, the giant wolf's carcass was chopped into countless segments…

"Hiss!"

The Legendary giant serpent that had vanished into the sandstorm, when everyone could not help but lower their guard, burst from the sand‑storm mist, jaws wide open, trying to swallow Mu Yi whole.

Bang!

A heavy, powerful uppercut strike, thundering like a clap of thunder, knocked the suddenly emerging giant serpent to the ground.

Fighting the giant beasts is the most meaningless sort of combat, and it's the kind Mu Yi dislikes most.

These giant beasts don't understand your superb technique, nor do they know the hardship of your painstaking training; they only employ the simplest attack methods, engaging in fierce life‑or‑death slaughter.

This crude, numbers‑based contest left Mu Yi somewhat uneasy, for he had not yet fully grasped the details between the giant serpent and the Buddhist Sect.

"Found you!"

Just as Mu Yi was thinking that, the giant serpent controlling the Samadhi Divine Wind directly whipped the surrounding air into black tornadoes, violent gusts surging, tearing apart his plan in an instant.

In a mere instant, the sandstorm rose with the tornadoes, severing the link between Mu Yi and the elite troops behind him.

Mu Yi finally understood what the perfected form of the Samadhi Divine Wind he had been worrying about looked like.

It turns out to be remarkably similar to the Great Mist Divine Ability—both use vital essence, energy, and spirit to affect others.

Although it appears less potent than the Great Mist Divine Ability, it is likewise a divine ability not to be underestimated.

"Ha!"

Mu Yi raised the great blade in his hand, gave a low shout, and slashed toward the giant serpent.

Yet when the legion attack landed on the giant serpent, it vanished strangely, as if everything that had just appeared were merely an illusion.

Seeing the trick, Mu Yi's face grew even more sour; he already knew what kind of game the other side was playing.

"How many sarira has the Buddhist Sect actually fed this fellow?"