Chapter 691: Pointing Directly at the Mountain Gate

Chen State, Shang'an Commandery.

Boom, boom, boom!

Violent explosions spread from the Shangling Sect's sect grounds.

"Haha! The array has been broken; everyone, it is time for us to take action."

Above the Shangling Sect's mountain gate, hundreds of figures floated in the air; these people were precisely the Huangfu Family of Chen State, the Danhe Sect, and their affiliated forces, and of course, the Zixiao Sect of Zheng State was added.

The Huangfu Family and the Danhe Sect could be said to have gone out in full force; out of their twelve Golden Core cultivators, ten were dispatched, the affiliated coalition had two, and the Zixiao Sect dispatched two Golden Core cultivators.

In total, there were fourteen Golden Core cultivators.

And the Shangling Sect originally had thirteen Golden Core cultivators, but it had been confirmed ten years ago that four had died, and now only nine remained.

In these years, did the Shangling Sect have any allies?

In reality, they did not, because of their domineering nature; in Chen State, the Shangling Sect had almost no allies, although there were quite a few subordinate forces, yet they were secretly suppressed by the Shangling Sect, and it was still very difficult for any Golden Core cultivators to emerge.

Secondly, even if there were any, no one was willing to come now.

After all, in terms of reputation, the Shangling Sect was still a bit worse than the Yunyang Sect of Zheng State.

Now only a portion of the subordinate forces came to support, but unfortunately, there were no Golden Core cultivators, and some subordinates had already begun to be disloyal.

After all, the Huangfu Family and their coalition appeared with great fanfare, and the strength they displayed shocked those forces.

They also knew that the Shangling Sect had fallen into a disadvantageous position; not to mention coming to support, there were even those who might kick them while they were down.

The various major forces of Chen State are now all watching; once one side shows any weakness, they probably would not mind pouncing to take a fierce bite.

The situation in Chen State has already changed; the confrontation between the two major forces depends on this battle.

"Huangfu Quan! Cui Yu!"

After the great array was broken by the array-breaking bead, the mountain gate was already exposed.

The disciples of the Shangling Sect were also ready for battle, and those Golden Core cultivators were all looking at the enemies in mid-air.

They were all old acquaintances, and among them, there were only two unfamiliar Golden Core cultivators, though some people recognized them.

"Sect Leader, those are the two Golden Core cultivators of the Zixiao Sect."

Clearly, the identities of Lu Qingshan and Zhang Laozu could not be hidden.

"Zixiao Sect?"

The high-level members of the Shangling Sect carried a bit of ferocity. "Now, even they dare to come?"

During the peak period of the Shangling Sect, they did not care about the Zixiao Sect at all; even if the Zixiao Sect had six Golden Core cultivators, what could they do?

Except for that Lu Qingshan, the strongest among the others was only at the Golden Core initial-stage peak.

They did not care at all, but now it is different; the sudden deaths of Junior Uncle and Senior Brother Qiu Bai could be said to have hurt their bones and muscles.

The loss of several top-tier combat powers meant that even with nine Golden Core cultivators remaining, their top-tier combat power was already inferior to the enemy.

However, in this situation, it was obvious that the Huangfu Family and the Danhe Sect wanted to destroy their Shangling Sect; otherwise, they would not have directly attacked the mountain gate as soon as they arrived.

Since there was no way back, these cultivators of the Shangling Sect were also filled with killing intent.

"Fellow Senior Brothers and Junior Brothers, today is the moment of life and death for our Shangling Sect. Since the enemy does not want us to live, then even if we die, we must drag them down with us!"

Sect Leader Su Haoran roared resolutely.

"The Sect Leader is right; these years, it is time to decide the winner with them."

As the mountain gate of the Shangling Sect, there were tens of thousands of disciples inside, each one boiling with hot blood; perhaps some were afraid, but more cultivators were filled with killing intent.

These cultivators were not fools; if they fled now, their future days would certainly not be easy. Once the Shangling Sect was destroyed, they would have no way to survive in Chen State from now on.

Hostile forces would certainly hunt them down crazily, and those neutral forces would also be unable to resist taking action against them when the time came.

Who told them to be disciples of the Shangling Sect? They must have quite a bit of wealth and cultivation techniques on them.

With a long whistle, the Golden Core and Purple Mansion cultivators of the Shangling Sect flew into the sky one after another, charging toward the army outside.

Soldier against soldier, general against general.

As soon as the two sides met, they directly used their most powerful attacks.

A great battle between more than twenty Golden Core cultivators and over a hundred Purple Mansion stage cultivators—for Chen State, this was absolutely a world-shocking battle.

It was even a rare great battle if placed in the Southern Wilderness Continent.

Human cultivators, although they would have internal strife, and the various major forces would kill each other for some benefits.

But in the Southern Wilderness Continent, such Golden Core cultivators are standing among the high-level members; such a great battle is still very rare.

"Junior Brother, stay behind me."

Lu Qingshan sought out an old man at the Golden Core seventh layer of the Shangling Sect, coordinating with Zhang Laozu to besiege this person together.

Therefore, in terms of the number of Golden Core cultivators, they occupied an advantage, naturally forming a situation of many attacking few in parts.

Lu Qingshan and the others belonged to the guest army; intercepting a Golden Core seventh-layer cultivator of the Shangling Sect was already quite good.

The Huangfu Family and the Danhe Sect would absolutely not say anything.

"Senior Brother, rest assured, I will take good care of myself."

Zhang Laozu still understood that the other side was at the Golden Core seventh layer; if it really reached the situation of a trapped beast fighting, it was very likely that they would drag him down to die together.

Pick the soft persimmon.

So when fighting, he hid behind Lu Qingshan, sacrificing the fourth-grade mid-tier Soul-Snatching Bell from a distance.

This fourth-grade artifact was quite powerful; the sound vibrated, snatching away one's soul, and it was an artifact for mental attacks.

With his cultivation driving the Soul-Snatching Bell, although he could not severely damage the soul of a Golden Core seventh-layer cultivator, he could influence it.

And the rest only needed to be handed over to Senior Brother Lu Qingshan; Senior Brother Lu Qingshan's cultivation already exceeded the other side's, at the Golden Core eighth-layer peak, holding three fourth-grade high-tier artifacts.

His combat power could be said to be directly chasing that Qiu Bai who died in the Shangling Sect.

It must be said that after joining the Zixiao Sect, they felt "truly fragrant"; with that person supporting from behind, not to mention anything else, just the artifacts and spirit pills suitable for them.

They were not lacking at all.

Especially the artifacts that increase combat power; each of them had three of the same grade, one for attack and one for defense, and some even had special functions.

For example, this Soul-Snatching Bell of his—the defensive effect is not strong, but it has the effect of attacking the soul, which is an extremely precious existence in various cultivation markets.

It is even more precious than some fourth-grade high-tier flying swords.

After all, in the cultivation world, means of soul attacks are still very few; such secret techniques for attack or defense are only possessed by those truly major forces.

Like the remote places of the cultivation world such as the Southern Wilderness Continent, the foundation of major sects is very little; even if they are as strong as the Yuanding Sect, in terms of foundation, they might not necessarily be comparable to those second-rate sects.

Not to mention the Shangling Sect, which had one or two Nascent Soul cultivators appear since its birth.

Means to defend against soul attacks simply did not exist.

So Zhang Laozu drove the Soul-Snatching Bell to attack from a distance. ===== CHAPTER 692 =====