Chapter 132: Chaos Arises

Three days later.

Qin Ming arrived at the Chu Tianhe market to purchase some supplies in case of emergency.

In the last two days, even the cultivators within the market had increased; having learned through various channels that the spiritual energy Archipelago was about to go to war, they flocked in one after another to rush and buy supplies.

After Qin Ming finished purchasing items and had just walked out of the Mirror Snow Pavilion, he witnessed a shocking scene! All the cultivators in the Chu Tianhe market also walked out, looking up at the sky above.

Hundreds of Dharma ships, large and small, swept across the firmament of the spiritual energy Archipelago, all heading toward Qianye Island, where the Zhao family, one of the seven major powers, was located.

On the masts of these Dharma ships, the banners of the Seventy-Two Islands San Alliance hung in neat uniformity.

Among them, three colossal Dharma warships led the way, clearly the main vessels of the San Alliance headquarters.

Along the exteriors of these vessels, rows of pitch-black, gloomy spiritual energy cannons were arranged on both sides, as if ready to devour everything.

They emitted a terrifying aura that made one's heart palpitate.

Dharma ships that blocked out the sun and sky followed orderly behind the three main vessels, each ship filled with countless cultivators.

Seeing such a grand and massive display, Qin Ming could not help but furrow his brows.

"I didn't expect the foundation of the Seventy-Two Islands San Alliance to be so profound; they are committing their entire force right from the start."

"It seems a great battle is unavoidable."

"Forget it, I should hurry back to Wangyue Island and hide."

Immediately, after bidding farewell to Aunt Long,

he piloted his Spirit Light Shuttle and flew back toward his old nest.

Qin Ming had only flown halfway

when, from afar, he saw that the hundreds of Dharma ships of the Seventy-Two Islands San Alliance had already arrived near the Zhao family's Qianye Island.

Qianye Island was the largest island in the spiritual energy Archipelago, rich in cultivation resources and products.

The island possessed a third-grade lower-quality spiritual vein, the only one in the entire spiritual energy Archipelago.

Buzz~ A vast golden curtain of light descended from the sky, like an overturned cover, enveloping the entire island of Qianye, with countless golden runes drifting along the edges of the formation.

This was the third-grade lower-quality protective great formation created by the Zhao family—the Jin Jiao Fu Hai Great Formation—using the third-grade spiritual vein as its core formation eye and drawing upon the power of heaven, earth, mountains, and rivers.

It was said that once this formation was fully activated, even a Jin Dan Laozu could not break through it.

The San Alliance's huge Dharma boats, carrying the army of cultivators, began to bombard the golden curtain of light frantically.

Various spells and the firepower from the ships' giant cannons struck the Jin Jiao Fu Hai Great Formation, crazily consuming the Zhao family's spirit stone resources.

Once a third-grade formation like this was fully activated, the spirit stones required for its consumption were like a bottomless pit.

Once the Dao of formations reached the third grade, it would merge with this world; even if third-grade Formation-Breaking Talismans were used, the damage they could cause would be reduced to an extremely minimal degree.

This was because as long as the third-grade spiritual vein remained, a continuous stream of spiritual energy would automatically fill in and repair the formation.

Therefore, the San Alliance did not choose to use third-grade Formation-Breaking Talismans right from the start.

Instead, they first utilized the power of numerous cultivators and Dharma ships to weaken the formation.

Although they still could not break through, they could continuously deplete the Zhao family's supplies for maintaining the formation.

Sooner or later, the formation would reveal a flaw.

Under the guidance of formation masters, the San Alliance's vessels constantly adjusted their attack positions, concentrating their firepower to fiercely assault several weak points of the formation.

Less than half a day later,

the power of the Jin Jiao Fu Hai Great Formation had been weakened by fully fifty to sixty percent compared to the beginning, and more flaws had started to appear.

Just at this moment,

"Attack target: Yin direction combined with Gen by three parts, fire!"

A heroic and spirited feminine shout rang out.

Hearing the voice, Qin Ming retracted his aura, hid within the clouds, and then released his divine sense to observe secretly.

When he saw the situation a mile away, he could not help but be startled.

The cultivator who had just commanded the ships to issue the attack order was actually Mo Lingwei from Qingxiadao.

The fluctuation of magic power on this woman had remarkably reached the aura of early Foundation Establishment.

It seemed that after obtaining the Foundation Establishment Pill, she had successfully broken through. Yet at this moment, leading her Mo family clansmen, the target of their fleet's attack was actually the vessels of the Seventy-Two Islands San Alliance.

Furthermore, quite a few Dharma ships from the Zhao family had flown out to provide her with support.

Besides Qingxiadao, more than ten other spiritual islands, large and small, suddenly struck out from the shadows, turning their spears toward the Seventy-Two Islands San Alliance.

It seemed these families had sided with the Zhao family.

In a flash of realization, Qin Ming also understood how Mo Lingwei had obtained those two portions of three-hundred-year Jade Marrow Ganoderma.

Not only her, but I'm afraid these spiritual island families had all reached some kind of exchange agreement with the Zhao family; now that the war had begun, they were completely tied to the Zhao family with no room for maneuver.

In an instant, the sky above the spiritual energy Archipelago filled with various splendid spells colliding and exploding, resembling a dazzling and colorful fireworks show.

Seeing that the time was about right, Huo Qianqiu, the Wei Mengzhu of the Seventy-Two Islands San Alliance standing atop the main vessel, took out a silver-white talisman in his hand, which emitted a shocking energy fluctuation.

"This third-grade Formation-Breaking Talisman, obtained at a huge cost, is finally about to be put to use," Huo Qianqiu said, lightly stroking the silver talisman, seeming somewhat pained.

But a moment later, a trace of cold ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

He lightly tapped the silver talisman with his finger and released it toward the third-grade defensive great formation, which had already consumed a massive amount of spiritual energy.

Mo Lingwei and the others also turned their heads, looking in the direction of Qianye Island.

They saw a streak of silver light instantly plunge into the Jin Jiao Fu Hai Great Formation.

Immediately, a vibration like a mountain collapse and tsunami erupted.

Boom! The golden curtain of light shattered in an instant; countless golden runes dimmed and vanished one after another.

With the Jin Jiao Fu Hai Great Formation broken,

excited shouts from countless cultivators rang out! "Look! The defensive great formation has been broken!"

"Thousand-Leaf Lingdao!"

"Charge! Brothers!"

"Seize Thousand-Leaf Lingdao!"

"The path to the Jin Dan lies right before our eyes!"

In an instant, cultivators of the San Alliance, rogue cultivators seizing the chaos to plunder, and practitioners from all walks of life piloted their magical artifacts, rushing toward Thousand-Leaf Lingdao at maximum speed.

Witnessing this scene, Mo Lingwei and the others knitted their dark brows tightly; they had never expected the Zhao family's third-tier great formation to be breached so quickly.

Once Thousand-Leaf Lingdao fell and the Zhao family fled, the fate awaiting the numerous families aligned with the Zhao clan was imaginable.

Yet Qin Ming furrowed his brows, a vague premonition stirring in his heart.

As one of the seven great powers, the Zhao family was likely not that simple.

Suddenly!

Hum~ A tremendously vast sound echoed between heaven and earth.

Outside Thousand-Leaf Lingdao, where the Jin Jiao Subduing the Seas Great Formation had seemingly been breached, a layer of blue light curtain rose once more, with even more complex and chaotic rune forces surging and flowing within it.

Those cultivators hoping to profit from the disaster crashed headlong into this blue light curtain.

Like moths flying into a flame, before they could even truly touch the formation, they turned into flying ash, leaving not a single scrap behind.

One magical warship after another slammed into the blue light curtain, instantly erupting into balls of fire.

"Oh no!"

"Retreat quickly! We've fallen into a trap!"

"It's a high-grade composite defensive formation!"

"The Zhao family is too sinister! This hatred is irreconcilable!"

Qin Ming watched for a while, shook his head, and let out a sigh; he had no interest whatsoever in joining the commotion.

Safety first.

He stealthily concealed his form and swiftly departed from this place.

Flying back toward his own Moon-Gazing Island.

(End of Chapter)