Chapter 562: Full Army Attack

Gao Cuo needed the Firefly Burial Gauze to cultivate a mask, specifically to disguise as a dead object, to fake the real, and the effect was excellent.

But on weekdays, the defense of Qu Teng Peak was strict, self-contained, and flawless.

Therefore, Gao Cuo could only endure bitterly, waiting for the opportunity.

This great battle, he escaped in advance, just thinking about taking advantage of the opportunity to make a profit. He also learned the latest battle report that Bi Tengyi's physical body was destroyed by Shuang Ling.

Gao Cuo and Sword Old discussed quickly, changed the original plan, and quickly arrived near the Qu Teng Peak.

After all, such an opportunity was too hard to come by.

"Hmm?" Sword Old gave a light sound.

Gao Cuo did not notice anything, but soon, he saw the entire Qu Teng Peak set up a defensive array, showing the strongest defensive posture.

Gao Cuo's heart moved, and he suddenly realized: "Oh, it must be Bi Tengyi's Nascent Soul shuttling through the void and returning to her base camp."

Bi Tengyi was one of the high-level leaders of the Ancient Vine Tribe, and had been acting recklessly for many years, and her own strength was quite strong.

But this battle, she experienced unprecedented challenges, her physical body was destroyed, and only the Nascent Soul escaped death.

This sudden change caused Bi Tengyi, who had always been pampered, to fall into a certain stress state, fearing any accidents, so as soon as she came back, she activated all defensive arrays, making Qu Teng Peak solid as a rock.

"However, in this way, it also exposed key information."

Sword Old said this and sighed deeply: "Gao Cuo, you also know many intelligence about Bi Tengyi, her cultivation history."

"She was originally a child of the tribe's high-level, born noble, although she upheld the savage and fierce tribal temperament of the savage tribe, she almost relied on background, her own aptitude, and her own cultivation to be overbearing and bully the weak."

"On the surface, there is nothing. But when facing major setbacks or life tests, defects are immediately revealed."

"Therefore, don't look at many Nascent Soul cultivators who are in high positions, in fact, they are strong on the outside and weak on the inside, and their temperament is not worth praising."

"Bi Tengyi's correct approach is actually to be hidden and not sent, to be loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and to keep hidden. But now, within a radius of hundreds of miles, anyone who sees Qu Teng Peak making a big fuss knows that something big must have happened. If combined with the latest battle report, it is easy to infer Bi Tengyi's current predicament."

"If there is really an enemy, it must be the time to take action!"

"You must know that Nascent Soul is much weaker than the Primordial Spirit."

Gao Cuo received Sword Old's guidance and suddenly realized: "Sword

Old, I understand."

"On one hand, you are saying that although most Nascent Soul cultivators have powerful power, their temperament is difficult to evaluate, or even not as good as me. This is a path I will target Nascent Soul cultivators in the future."

"On the other hand, the path of cultivation is not just the growth of cultivation, but also the tempering of one's personal temperament. Especially in the weak period, the pressure given by the outside world is often huge, which can bring people growth in heart and nature."

"And after this period, once the cultivation reaches a certain height, for example, the Nascent Soul level, it is difficult to feel pressure from the outside world on weekdays. This is instead unfavorable to the entire cultivation path of the cultivator!"

Sword Old laughed loudly: "Exactly. Therefore, there are always late bloomers."

"Cultivators who are always pampered and do not suffer setbacks and failures, their cultivation path will not go far."

"Therefore, are the previous two failures really just failures for you?"

"This is also a kind of success."

Gao Cuo experienced two failures one after another.

The first was the Evil God Bone of the Blue Sky Mountain. The second was the Wood-in-Fire in the Ten-Mile Burning Forest.

Both caused Gao Cuo to fall empty.

Now is the third time.

He prepared to steal the Firefly Burial Gauze in the Qu Teng Peak.

Compared with the first two times, he was obviously much more stable: "Sword Old, your words are very reasonable. Just... I still hope to be truly successful."

Between speaking, the green vines on Qu Teng Peak began to retract, and a large amount of green color faded rapidly, forming a surging green light wave, gathering into the interior of the Qu Teng Peak mountain body.

Sword Old murmured: "It's starting."

Gao Cuo nodded slightly, knowing that Bi Tengyi wanted to shape a body, it would inevitably consume a massive amount of vitality.

This would seriously affect the defense of the entire Qu Teng Peak, creating flaws in defense.

And these flaws would also be his opportunity.

Sword Old reminded: "Prepare."

Gao Cuo nodded again and began to urge the cultivation method.

This time he truly released his full strength, the whole process was silent, without a trace of aura leaking out.

After half a stick of incense, he transformed into a stone ball — Stone-in-Old Monster!

If Bi Tengyi's Nascent Soul did not return, Gao Cuo would not use his full strength to disguise as Stone-in-Old Monster.

But since her Nascent Soul returned and sat in the Qu Teng Peak, to obtain the Firefly Burial Gauze, it was very likely to produce a head-on conflict.

In this situation, the Soul Transformation-level Stone-in-Old Monster could make Bi Tengyi throw the rat-avoiding weapon.

More critically, after using this layer of disguise, even the Long Wang Temple side would not want to continue to investigate. Because in this way, it was very likely to create an internal conflict between the two great Soul Transformation-levels in the Thousand Peaks Forest: the Tendril Long Wang and the Stone-in-Old Monster.

In the unfavorable situation of the enemy being in front, the Tendril Long Wang would inevitably throw the rat-avoiding weapon and endure it.

This was exactly what Gao Cuo and Sword Old wanted.

"Stone-in-Old Monster?!" Bi Tengyi's Nascent Soul let out a scream.

Sure enough, when Gao Cuo officially took action, he shocked Bi Tengyi, making her dare not take action rashly, and could only ask for help for the first time.

The request for help information was sent to the Long Wang Temple and to Long Ye at an extremely fast speed.

"Discovered Stone-in-Old Monster's real body!"

"He finally appeared!"

"Is it true?"

"Bi Tengyi is absolutely certain!"

"Then act according to the previous arrangements!!"

The Long Wang Temple's reaction was extremely swift.

Because they had long since hypothesized the existence of the Old Monster in the Stone and established a large number of contingency plans. Several of them had even been rehearsed and practiced.

They could not afford not to take it seriously.

Because in their eyes, the Old Monster in the Stone was at the Soul Transformation level, a key figure affecting the overall situation of the entire Thousand Peaks Forest.

During the period when the Old Monster in the Stone went missing, they searched frantically but found nothing.

Now, the Old Monster in the Stone had finally emerged!

In all their plans, the first thing the Long Wang Temple did was consistent—offering incense to report to the Whisker-Stalk Long Wang.

Upon receiving the message, the Long Wang statue's eyes immediately flashed with brilliance, turning from dead to alive!

A moment later, Lord Long received the latest instructions.

"The Old Monster in the Stone?!" He stood up abruptly from his seat.

Upon learning that the Old Monster in the Stone had appeared, the Whisker-Stalk Long Wang immediately mobilized!

Lord Long also received the latest order—launch an all-out attack on the Liangzhu Kingdom's main camp, without a moment's delay.

"Everyone, hear my order: the entire army, attack!!" Lord Long shouted suddenly, his voice spreading across the entire battlefield.

Zhao Xi:?!!

The Liangzhu Kingdom's main army:??!

The duel of generals was in full swing, and the Thousand Peaks Forest side had even begun to gain the upper hand; why suddenly launch a full-scale attack?

This was very strange!

It wasn't just the Liangzhu Kingdom side that felt this way; the Thousand Peaks Forest coalition was also stunned for a moment, looking at Lord Long one after another, not knowing what the other party was up to.

Lord Long, however, scanned his surroundings with a solemn gaze, responding to the many doubts: "The entire army, attack! No mistakes allowed!"

He issued the order again.

"Hahaha. That's more like it!" The first to react was not someone else, but the contemporary Elephant King, Xiang Yue.

Xiang Yue stopped laughing, abandoned Shuang Ling, and charged fiercely toward the Liangzhu Kingdom's city camp.

He was powerful and heavy, breaking through the air and displaying an extremely ferocious posture, moving forward like a cannonball!

Zhao Xi stood up abruptly and immediately activated the magic formation.

Azure Moon Flying Shield Formation!

Seven hundred silver shields flew into the sky, moonlight flowing on the shield surfaces, and the Geng Metal Qi on the surface of the flying shields condensed into materialized light blades, combining offense and defense!

Bang, bang, bang.

Xiang Yue charged headlong, smashing through shield after shield.

"This is the kind of battle I like. Hehehehe..."

On the other side, Li Jiuqu abandoned Mo Yechen and flew to a higher altitude.

He grinned with a sinister smile, his lips splitting to his earlobes. The moment the Rotting Immortal Poison Basket tilted, three hundred thousand Rotting Immortal Maggots flowed over the high sky like a torrent of asphalt, descending head-on and covering the military camp and city!

Zhao Xi and the others' expressions changed drastically.

Zhao Xi activated the Azure Moon Flying Shield Formation again, bringing out over a thousand silver shields that circled and combined with each other, forming a perfect moon wheel above the city.

The Geng Metal Qi transformed into a hurricane of ten thousand blades.

The first wave of poison insects to rush over collided with the light blades and disintegrated one after another; the sound of their carapaces shattering was like hail hitting a jade plate, continuous and unending.

Crack, crack.

Inside the military camp city, cracks appeared on the formation disk of the Azure Moon Flying Shield Formation, and the cracks grew and spread rapidly; after a few breaths, they had expanded across the entire surface.

"I see it!" Within the Thousand Peaks Forest Alliance, the Poison Scorpion Cave Master suddenly shot out a scorpion tail poison needle.

The poison needle was silent; it first mixed into the swarm of poison insects to get close, then suddenly erupted, piercing through the void in an instant and, when it reappeared, accurately piercing the formation disk.

The formation disk shattered with a bang.

The Azure Moon Flying Shield Formation immediately fell into chaos; the obstructed Xiang Yue and the intercepted insect swarm both broke through the obstacles, their momentum rising again.

The broken shield fragments shattered into ten thousand star dust, scattering across the battlefield, and the dozen formation masters presiding over the formation died on the spot from the backlash.

The Geng Metal Qi dissipated like the wind.

Thunder Net Sky-Locking Formation!

The next moment, ten thousand thunder snakes darted out from the gaps in the city walls, purple-white electric light weaving into a hexagonal grid.

The wolf claw markings on Gu Ya's face glowed with green light, and his muscular right arm suddenly swelled to three times its size.

"Wolf Fang Break!"

He roared, his wolf-fang club wrapped in green sharpness, crashing fiercely into the thunder net.

Boom.

The next moment, the smoke of the explosion swallowed Gu Ya and his surroundings.

The Poison Scorpion Cave Master's purple gauze fluttered as she flew over the battlefield.

Her tail needle slowly outlined a scorpion-shaped talisman in mid-air.

The next moment, the five formation masters responsible for the Thunder Net Sky-Locking Formation suddenly had black blood gushing from their seven orifices, the formation's Red Copper Azure Dragon Pillar tilted with a sound, and the electric light chains twitched like a dying giant python.

Xiang Yue, who had charged to this point, simply pulled with both hands, tearing the electric net apart, and continued his charge like a savage beast!

Li Jiuqu's insect swarm was a step late; just as the electric net was about to recover, it was covered by the swarm, the two forming a fierce mutual consumption.

"Azure Sea Soldier Tide Formation, activate!" Zhao Xi's hair crown burst, and his long hair danced in the wind.

Covered in cold sweat, he frantically urged the magic formation.

Nine water currents gathered like dragons, soaring from the moat, the dragon roars stirring up hundred-foot angry waves.

The river waves surged into the sky, rapidly forming a water curtain barrier.

Just as the barrier was about to close completely, Xiang Yue crashed in, entering the water curtain a step ahead.

Martial Art—Army-Breaking Momentum!

Xiang Yue continued his headlong charge, the martial art he employed specifically countering armies; the nine water dragons intercepted him one after another, but their military power was dissipated, allowing Xiang Yue to crash through them without dodging or avoiding!

The insect swarm that followed landed on the water curtain and began to gnaw viciously.

"Fire arrows, fire arrows!" a general commanded hurriedly.

Ten thousand arrows were fired simultaneously from the city walls.

Utilizing military tactics, the arrow rain was extremely dense, almost all of it aimed at Xiang Yue.

Divine Ability—Indestructible Vajra!

Xiang Yue's entire body radiated golden light, his defense soaring to the limit, and he stubbornly charged forward against the arrow rain.

"This didn't stop him either?!"

On the city walls, the generals changed color one after another, feeling horrified.

Xiang Yue's ferocity exceeded their imagination.

Just as they were anxious and about to meet the thunderous collision of Xiang Yue and the city wall, a mechanical puppet suddenly appeared in front of Xiang Yue.

Boom!

The two collided, and the mechanical puppet was sent flying backward.

But soon, it adjusted its posture and stood firmly.

One could see that the mechanical puppet vaguely resembled Shuang Ling, but its body was as flexible as a snake, covered in silk robes, starlight scattering, and water vapor permeating the inside of the robes.

Nascent Soul level!

Xiang Yue snorted coldly, exhaling a puff of hot, turbid air from his nostrils, and launched his charge again.

Bang, bang, bang...

He stepped on the mountain ground, leaving deep footprints with every step.

The mechanical puppet moved toward him, like an infant falling into an adult's embrace.

Martial Art—Steel Fist.

Xiang Yue's fists radiated a silver-black steel color, their hardness soaring as he struck and smashed fiercely.

The mechanical puppet raised its pair of palms, crashing straight into Xiang Yue's steel fists.

In an instant, a thousand suspension threads sprayed from the mechanical palms.

The threads covered the steel fists, combining with the martial art Cotton Palm to form the mechanical technique—Cloud-Entangling Hand, Thousand-Thread Bind!

Xiang Yue felt his steel fists hit a ball of cotton, his massive, rigid power being rapidly dissipated.

From the moment he entered the battlefield until now, he revealed a hint of surprise for the first time, looking at the mechanical puppet in front of him again.

"Using softness to overcome hardness! This is the Soft-Boned Mysterious Maiden; it must be Shuang Ling's trump card."

"Three thousand six hundred ring joints, each embedded with 'Force-Unloading Talisman Runes,' capable of freely deflecting according to the direction of impact."

"Built-in 'Nine-Bend Corridor' liquid spirit mercury, capable of channeling seventy percent of the force received elsewhere."

"The outer silk robe looks unremarkable, but it is actually woven from Star Silkworm Silk, naturally possessing a force-unloading net structure, and can change the direction and trajectory of external forces."

"In this way, the core of this mechanical puppet should be the Mermaid's Tear."

Ning Zhuo's eyes shone with excitement.

Although the Soft-Boned Mysterious Maiden temporarily blocked Xiang Yue, it also tied up a large amount of Shuang Ling's energy and spiritual sense.

To achieve using softness to overcome hardness, she had to use more exquisite combat techniques.

As a result, the situation that Shuang Ling had painstakingly maintained through hard fighting collapsed instantly.

The Nascent Soul cultivators who had previously been in a stalemate with Shuang Ling now had their freedom and quickly moved away.

Shuang Ling was clearly a tough nut to crack; it was more pragmatic to kill and injure others first and reap the credit and battle achievements.