Chapter 499: Exhausting all his means, the True Form of the Heavenly Peng crashed ferociously into the Golden Wolf King!

To the indigenous spirit beasts of the Xiaoyue Mountain Range, human cultivators were truly nothing more than guests.

And those cultivators who sought to conquer Xiaoyue and subjugate this land were even more unwelcome guests.

In this regard, Aoxiao's words held much truth.

It was a pity, however, that some things could not be resolved by logic alone.

For the sake of a place to survive, for cultivation resources, and for the path to the Great Dao, what Han Zhan had to do today was to reverse the roles of host and guest and secure Xiaoyue once and for all!

He raised his hands into the void.

A series of humming sounds emanated from the void.

On the ground that had been shattered earlier, layers of ghostly light suddenly emerged, surging toward Qianye Peak like waves.

Within the ghostly light, five figures sat cross-legged, each holding a sharp sword, gazing coldly at the middle-aged man in the golden robe who stood with such majesty under the moonlight.

"A Puppet Sword Formation?" The Wolf Emperor Aoxiao raised an eyebrow.

Han Zhan smiled faintly and nodded. "Fellow Daoist has a keen eye. This is indeed the Two-Yi Five-Elements Formation I have refined. Using five late-stage Jin Dan sword cultivators as the foundation and drawing upon the energy of the third-tier spirit vein here, the formation's power is comparable to that of an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator."

The middle-aged man sneered, "You don't think you can stop me with such crude methods, do you? Besides, while the Five Elements are present, where is the Two-Yi?"

Han Zhan shook his head and sighed. "I expected you to come, Fellow Daoist. How could the preparations I made be so simple?"

As he spoke, a black light flickered from his body.

A black puppet then appeared to fight alongside him.

Seeing this, the Wolf Emperor Aoxiao's expression shifted slightly.

A Nascent Soul-stage puppet!

With this, one dead and one living, he could form the Yin-Yang formation eye with Han Zhan.

Combined with the five late-stage Jin Dan sword puppets, the Two-Yi Five-Elements Sword Formation was complete!

Its power, he feared, was already far beyond that of an early-stage Nascent Soul.

Although he had transformed into human form two hundred years ago and awakened his bloodline inheritance,

under these circumstances, if he were to fight the opponent with all his might, he feared he would lose more than he would win.

He had originally thought that their first encounter had allowed him to gauge the opponent's true strength.

That time, he had narrowly defeated the opponent by three moves.

This sudden arrival was meant to catch the opponent off guard.

He had not expected such a formation to be waiting for him.

For a moment, the Wolf Emperor Aoxiao was in a dilemma.

Seeing him hesitant and unable to advance or retreat, Han Zhan did not launch a preemptive strike, but instead used his spiritual sense to control the five puppets to frantically devour the earth vein's spiritual energy, ready to attack at any moment.

The two reached a stalemate.

But the army of spirit beasts attacking the camp did not stop.

A moment later, thousands of spirit wolves surged over like a tide.

Luo Chen, who had been marveling at Han Zhan's powerful spiritual sense in controlling six puppets to deter the Wolf Emperor, saw this and his expression changed drastically.

He wanted to lead the alliance disciples to retreat.

But clearly, there was no retreating.

Because on the side of the Luoyun Sect, Cheng Yan had already led his men out.

"The defensive formation has been broken and needs time to be repaired. Everyone, follow me to block the enemy; we must stop the beast tide outside the camp's defensive line!"

Cheng Yan gave the order, and the heroes responded.

Luo Chen took a deep breath and looked back.

He knew that the Wolf Emperor Aoxiao's angry strike upon arrival was not as simple as it looked.

He had not expected that a single clash between Nascent Soul-level powerhouses would destroy the defensive formation of the base with just its aftermath.

In this case, there was little difference between retreating to the rear and staying on the front line.

The only thing to consider was...

Swish!

A pair of wings unfolded below.

Ceng Yilong's body trembled slightly, his face showing a mix of fear and excitement.

By the looks of it, he was ready for a great battle.

Luo Chen sighed inwardly.

"Fine, if that's the case, then let's fight!"

With a soft shout, Luo Chen stepped out from the crowd.

"Take care of yourselves!"

As he spoke, he had already drawn his Profound Fire Sword and slashed forward, sending out a fiery red sword energy dozens of feet long.

Under the infusion of magic power, low-tier spirit beasts were mowed down!

At this very moment, two early-stage third-tier spirit beasts locked onto him and lunged.

Luo Chen gritted his teeth and released two consecutive Blazing Sun Arts to temporarily block their path. Then, flipping his wrist, a disc shaped like a full moon fell into his hand.

Injecting magic power, a series of clicking sounds echoed.

Soon, curved moon flying wheels resembling leaves detached from the disc, growing larger and more numerous under the infusion of magic power.

In the blink of an eye, three hundred and sixty-five flying wheels circled his side.

Not only that.

Behind him, the Moon-Breaking Wings, which he had not nurtured for long, were already activated, manifesting two wing phantoms.

He went all out from the very first move!

It was not that he was making a fuss or using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

It was simply that the number of spirit beasts attacking the base was too great.

The number of third-tier spirit beasts alone was no less than twenty!

And the number of Jin Dan cultivators remaining at the base was at most ten.

If the two formation masters who had to stay behind to repair the formation were excluded, the number was even smaller.

In other words, every Jin Dan cultivator currently blocking the beast tide had to face two to three enemies of the same rank!

This battle had come too suddenly!

Not far away, Cheng Yan, who was suppressing three mid-stage Wolf Kings with his own strength, seemed to have energy to spare.

He scanned the surroundings with his spiritual sense, observing the overall situation.

When he saw Luo Chen unleashing all his magic treasures and maneuvering through the battlefield with ease, he couldn't help but feel a sense of approval.

He was indeed the number one Foundation Establishment cultivator of the former Yuding!

Even after reaching Core Formation, his combat power remained undiminished, still possessing the style of one who had once dominated a region and suppressed his peers.

With this, he didn't need to be distracted by looking after him.

However!

When Cheng Yan's gaze fell on the rear of the beast tide, on the three late-stage third-tier Wolf Kings who were watching covetously and ready to strike at any moment, his heart sank.

"This battle is dangerous!"

"Junior Brother Han Zhan's cultivation is inferior to the Wolf Emperor Aoxiao's; by using the advantage of the terrain and people to set up the formation, he is temporarily holding him back and will surely be unable to spare a hand to help us."

"Then, we can only drag it out."

"Drag it out until the defensive formation takes effect!"

"Drag it out until the Sword-Holding Hall cultivators return!"

Thousands of miles southwest of the base.

Two battles, one large and one small, were raging.

The large-scale one was the seven sects attacking the mountain, besieging Mount Jihuang.

The small one was over a hundred Sword-Holding Hall cultivators intercepting the reinforcements of the Aoxiao Wolf Court.

The latter battle had erupted quickly.

And it ended just as quickly!

With a brilliant sword light sweeping across the battlefield, obliterating the last third-tier spirit wolf, this interception battle was effectively over.

Wei Wuya, a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator, walked up with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Linghu, the mission is complete. Should we go to help the Star-Moon Shrine next?"

As he said this, the other Sword-Holding Hall cultivators also cast their gazes over.

As the most elite unit in this opening war,

the Sword-Holding Hall of the nine sects gathered the elites of the nine major Nascent Soul sects and even several major Jin Dan sects.

The total number of Jin Dan powerhouses within it was over a dozen.

There were also over a hundred Foundation Establishment experts.

Such a force could play a decisive role at a critical moment.

If they joined the battle at Mount Jihuang,

the defense battle that had lasted for several days would surely be easily won.

Linghu Jie felt moved upon hearing this suggestion.

As the leader of the Sword-Holding Hall, he had the authority to act according to the situation and report later.

Helping was possible.

Especially since the Star-Moon Shrine had a good relationship with the Luoyun Sect.

Helping them take Mount Jihuang would allow them to become neighbors and legitimately accept them as vassals in the future.

Just like the relationship between the Yuding Sword Sect and the Yan Alliance back then.

Just as he was about to make a decision, his gaze suddenly shifted to the ground.

Shoo!

A yellow light broke through the soil and headed straight for him.

Magic power surged in the air.

Linghu Jie caught the yellow light while raising his hand to stop the others' movements.

"Don't worry, it's a sound-transmission puppet from my Luoyun Sect."

Everyone felt relieved and looked over; it was a small yellow pangolin.

Though small in size, its grade was extremely high, reaching the third tier!

Wei Wuya exclaimed, "Using a Profound Yellow Pangolin as a sound-transmission puppet, your sect is truly extravagant!"

Linghu Jie smiled faintly and cast a spell.

The yellow pangolin seemed to have received a code, opening its mouth with a squeak.

The voice was sharp, but the tone was clearly human, just a bit hurried.

"The sect is in danger, return quickly!"

Linghu Jie's expression turned gloomy instantly.

The base, rather than being the coalition base, was more like the Luoyun Sect's base.

The other sects were stationed separately outside.

It was only the Luoyun Sect and the Sword-Holding Hall that were stationed in the Qianye Peak area.

Now that the Sword-Holding Hall had set out, nearly ninety percent of those left behind were Luoyun Sect disciples.

Considering the Jin Dan cultivators distributed to the Moon-Breaking Immortal City and other places, there were fewer than ten Luoyun Sect Jin Dan cultivators left there!

Now that the message "the sect is in danger" had arrived, he knew better than anyone what it meant.

The others looked at each other in dismay upon hearing this.

Lin Qingxuan frowned, "No wonder the reinforcements sent by the Wolf Court this time were so vulnerable; they were actually just bait!"

Wei Wuya nodded, "Spirit beasts that have transformed have wisdom no less than our human race. Last time they used Mount Jihuang as bait to ambush the Sword-Holding Hall cultivators. This time, they simply lured our Sword-Holding Hall out, drawing the snake out of its hole, and focused their attack on the base. They are trying to strike at the heart!"

Nalan Feng of Liu Senzhai asked in confusion, "But isn't True Person Han sitting at the base? How dare they?"

How dare they?

Wasn't the answer simple!

Naturally, a powerhouse of the same rank had personally taken action.

Linghu Jie, with a gloomy face, did not hesitate and waved his hand.

"Stop cleaning the battlefield."

"Everyone, follow me to reinforce Qianye Peak!"

"My Luoyun Sect will definitely compensate for any losses later!"

With the order given, he charged out first.

The others hurriedly followed, not bothering to collect the spoils on the ground.

Linghu Jie took the lead, burning with anxiety.

"I only hope the sect can hold on and not suffer too many losses!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill all these humans!"

"Roar!!!"

On the battlefield, the wolf howls were like the sound of waves, rolling on endlessly.

The voices of the low-tier Luoyun Sect disciples were also incessant, though they had turned into wails and screams.

One by one, precious puppets were ferociously blown up under the attacks of spirit beasts that outnumbered them several times over.

In the short time they had been fighting, the casualties among the low-tier cultivators were shocking.

If it were just this, it would be one thing.

But in the battle of high-tier cultivators, the scales of victory were also gradually shifting.

Boom!

A third-tier puppet self-destructed!

The powerful shockwave swept in all directions, not only killing an early-stage third-tier spirit wolf but also taking away dozens of low-tier spirit wolves.

Of course, in the process, quite a few Luoyun Sect disciples were killed by mistake.

"Disciples, I am sorry."

The pale-faced Luoyun Sect Jin Dan True Person muttered to himself, full of guilt.

He had no choice.

Under the siege of the wolf pack, he had no choice but to self-destruct his precious puppet.

In normal times, sacrificing a puppet to kill a Wolf King of the same rank would be worth it.

But now, his enemies were not just one.

The next moment, two huge black shadows lunged down from the air.

The Luoyun Sect Jin Dan True Person controlled two flying swords to attack simultaneously.

Having self-destructed a puppet refined with his own mind and being seriously injured, he could still control two flying swords; one had to admit this person was strong.

However, he was already at the end of his rope.

A sharp whistle suddenly exploded.

It made him dizzy and his soul tremble.

When he hurriedly regained his senses, he saw that his two flying swords had been knocked away to who knows where.

And the two spirit wolves of the same rank as him were already very close.

One used monstrous demonic energy to suppress his magic power, while the other whistled past, tearing him to pieces.

He didn't even manage to self-destruct his Core.

After the two Wolf Kings succeeded, they took a breath, then cast their bloodthirsty gazes toward the battlefield, each finding an opponent and charging over.

This scene happened extremely quickly.

But it was seen by all the Jin Dan cultivators!

Cheng Yan's expression changed, and after forcibly killing a mid-stage Wolf King, he glared hatefully at the three late-stage Wolf Kings in the far rear.

Just now, it was one of them that had suddenly whistled, breaking the balance of the battlefield.

This led to the fall of one of his junior brothers without any resistance.

But he could only watch all this.

Only watch!

Luo Chen, who was maneuvering between two Wolf Kings, naturally noticed this scene as well.

A sense of luck couldn't help but arise in his heart.

He maintained the realm of the first level of Jin Dan, attracting the attacks of two early-stage third-tier Wolf Kings.

While seemingly exerting his full strength, he maintained a balance of victory and defeat.

If he had stood out a little more just now,

who knew if those three late-stage Wolf Kings would have targeted him.

But soon, he knew that luck could not last forever.

Because one of the two Wolf Kings that had been freed was charging toward him.

"My strength alone is already at the limit to suppress two Wolf Kings without killing them."

"If another one comes, if I don't use my full strength, I will surely suffer the consequences!"

"I can't hide my clumsiness anymore!"

Luo Chen's eyes turned cold, and the wings behind him trembled violently.

His whole body instantly broke free from the encirclement of the two Wolf Kings and then leaped high into the air.

This extreme speed stunned the two enemies.

Previously, Luo Chen's speed had only been a little faster than theirs.

If he had unleashed this speed earlier, then they...

"Wrong!"

"Be careful!"

Luo Chen couldn't understand their wolf language, and he didn't have time to listen anyway.

Straight into the high air, one hand waved the sword to draw a circle, the other hand pressed down violently.

Blazing Sun Art, suddenly erupted!

Innate One Qi Great Handprint, rumbled down!

After releasing two attacks, his magic power stagnated, but Luo Chen ignored the sharp pain from his meridians and forcibly mobilized the magic power stored in his Jin Dan.

Countless spiritual incantations left countless afterimages under his flying fingers.

Above the battlefield, a phantom mountain appeared, with magma flowing and scorching heat.

The powerful suppressing force actually suppressed the low-tier spirit wolves and cultivators within a hundred-mile radius, making them unable to lift their bodies.

Luo Chen gave a low shout.

"Mountain Collapse!"

In an instant, the phantom mountain suddenly exploded!

The terrifying power was concentrated at one point.

The Wolf King, who had just flown out in a sorry state from the bombardment of the two spells, showed terror in its eyes when facing this world-destroying strike.

Boom!

A deafening explosion resounded in all directions, even more intense than the self-destruction of the third-tier puppet earlier.

Just one strike!

The two early-stage third-tier Wolf Kings were annihilated without any resistance.

Leaving only a huge concave hole on the ground.

At this very moment,

the third-tier Wolf King that had charged over was already close.

It was stunned for a moment, then erupted with monstrous demonic energy, charging straight at Luo Chen.

It wanted to seize this opportunity to kill this despicable human.

"Die!"

Looking coldly at the huge spirit wolf charging at lightning speed, Luo Chen's expression was solemn.

In a short period, exerting his full strength to release three spells did not consume too much magic power for him, but such rapid mobilization of magic power caused him to have a brief vacuum period.

However!

If it were someone else, they might have already surrendered.

But he was different.

The magic power in his Qi Sea could not be mobilized for the time being.

But the seven hundred or so acupoints he had once opened also contained a lot of pure magic power, no less than his Qi Sea.

After all, this was what he once called his second Qi Sea.

With a thought, more than seven hundred acupoints vibrated in unison, and magic power surged out like a spring.

The purple-gold flying wheels hovering above his head flew out like geese in formation, constantly changing their formation in the air.

Shoo! Shoo! Shoo! Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!

Extreme sharpness cut through the void.

It was like a net, waiting for the Wolf King to plunge into it.

At this very moment!

"Woo!"

Another sharp whistle, like a thread, entered Luo Chen's ears.

His whole body stiffened.

The Heavenly Moon Purple-Gold Wheels in the void also stopped instantly, no longer spinning.

Not far away.

Cheng Yan had killed another third-tier Wolf King and, seeing this scene, let out a loud shout: "Be careful!"

Unfortunately, his warning came too late.

Without the master's control, the flying wheels stopped spinning, and the net had gaps.

The early-stage third-tier Wolf King that had received support approached within ten miles of Luo Chen without any pause.

It opened its mouth and spat out a Revolving Moon Slash, breaking the Purple-Gold Wheel formation.

Then the huge wolf body followed, and a claw swung down.

At this moment.

A black halo flashed and disappeared on Luo Chen's body.

He suddenly opened his eyes and stared deeply at the Wolf King that had reached him.

This time, it was the opponent's turn to be motionless.

One hand held upright in front of his chest, a deep blue light screen unfolded like glass, easily blocking the Revolving Moon Slash whose momentum had not yet faded.

One hand held out, and the flying wheels that had fallen messily to the ground returned in unison, wrapping the Wolf King tightly.

Sss...

Harsh sounds rang out continuously.

Flesh and blood flew, fur was gone.

Bones were shattered, and the demon core exploded.

As the Wolf King wailed in pain, a soft sound of surprise came from behind the battlefield.

"That person was actually not affected by my wolf howl."

"No matter, I will take action!"

A low response came, and the three late-stage spirit wolves that were in charge of the overall situation finally moved.

The first one, with the brightest fur, as if cast from gold, took a step forward and headed straight for Luo Chen.

Behind him, another Black Wolf King looked at the companion who had been whistling earlier.

"Third Brother, the Luoyun Sect has no more tricks; Big Brother and I will go sweep the battlefield. You stay in the rear and continue your previous actions; you must kill more human Jin Dan cultivators."

The spirit wolf called Third Brother stuck out its tongue and licked its lips.

"Fine, I know. These human cultivators indeed have strong souls; I didn't expect a mere first-level Jin Dan, oh, second-level Jin Dan cultivator to be able to resist my soul attack."

When the Black Wolf King was about to move, he paused again.

"Don't provoke that old man; although he is old, his soul is still above ours, be careful of a backlash."

"Nagging!"

"Hmph!"

The Black Wolf King shook his head, ignoring this Third Brother who was most favored by their father, and chose an opponent to charge at.

However, during the flight, most of his gaze still fell on the Big Brother who had taken action first.

That human cultivator earlier had killed three companions in one go, which really boosted the morale of the human side.

Big Brother's action was to obliterate him.

"Among us three brothers, Big Brother has the strongest physique; killing him should be a breeze!"

He had killed three Wolf King-level opponents in one breath.

In the process, he had cast three large-scale spells, activated three magic treasures, and even used his trump card, Mirror Flower Water Moon.

At this moment, even if Luo Chen was not at the end of his rope, he had fallen into a period of absolute weakness.

But under these circumstances,

no other spirit wolves on the battlefield attacked him.

It seemed strange, but the atmosphere was actually heavy to the extreme.

Because a golden light was cutting through the darkness, chasing the stars and the moon, rushing toward him frantically.

That dazzling golden light was so huge, like a golden sun in the dark night.

The surging demonic energy stirred up a heaven-shaking gale wherever it passed.

The massive spiritual sense locked onto Luo Chen regardless of everything, leaving him with nowhere to run and nowhere to hide!

"This is what you forced me to do!"

Luo Chen gritted his teeth and roared, charging toward the golden light regardless of his life instead of retreating.

Seeing this scene, Cheng Yan in the distance shouted loudly.

"No!"

But Luo Chen acted as if he hadn't heard.

Charging faster and faster.

And his body was also undergoing crazy changes.

His Daoist robe shattered!

His body size grew crazily!

His hands reached forward, his sharp claws seemingly able to cut through the long sky.

Strands of vigorous blood energy swirled around his side, forming pure white Qi armor, wrapping his whole body.

When the man and the wolf were thirty miles apart, a huge monster that looked like a Great Peng suddenly appeared in the night sky.

Its body was already four feet tall!

However!

"Still not enough!"

Luo Chen's eyes widened, and a massive amount of blood energy washed over the Moon-Breaking Wings; stimulated by this, the wings expanded and stretched to the limit, like wings hanging from the sky.

Luo Chen, whose body size was originally much smaller than that golden wolf, was only one-third smaller than the opponent after flapping his wings.

His speed also instantly increased several times!

If it were just this, it would be one thing.

But Luo Chen still didn't stop his movements.

The Natal True Fire in his Qi Sea was stimulated, suddenly dispersing and wrapping his whole body.

In an instant, a monster as majestic as a Great Peng, with wings like clouds hanging from the sky, appeared on the battlefield.

He was shrouded in blue-red light, like a god of fire.

By this time, the changes had stopped.

And the distance between the two sides had entered ten miles; the super-fast impact inertia determined that this strike could not be stopped.

Under the night sky, two huge figures, one gold and one red.

Under the determined momentum of each other, they crashed together.

Boom!

The volcanic-like energy surged in all directions.

Centered on the collision of the two, surging air waves rolled outward.

The dark clouds in the sky suddenly dispersed, revealing the bright moonlight.

The human-wolf battle groups nearby were forced to disperse one after another.

On the ground, a concave hole thousands of feet deep collapsed like a crater, shocking to the eye.

The firelight was blazing!

Blue flames surged toward the golden light, trying to refine it.

But only for an instant.

The blue-red figure flew backward like an arrow off a bow, directly plunging into the human base.

The golden light shadow retreated dozens of steps in the void.

It shook its head violently, its whole body shook, and demonic energy surged out, extinguishing the strange flames that remained on its body and tried to burn its flesh.

By this time, it stopped its body and looked at the figure that had been blasted back a hundred miles.

"Good physique!"

"Come again, come again!"

The wolf howls rumbled, resounding through the wilderness.

Answering it was a brilliant light screen rising from the ground, shining in the dark night.

The Luoyun Sect's defensive formation was finally repaired!

Cheng Yan shouted loudly, calling the remaining Luoyun Sect members to retreat into the formation.

The ten thousand wolves tried their best to encircle and kill, not letting them retreat.

Three huge spirit wolves, leading a group of third-tier Wolf Kings, approached together.

"The human turtle shell can't stop us!"

"Charge in and kill everyone!"

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(End of this chapter)