Chapter 145: Both Su and Zhou Are Quite Sensible

No immortal cultivator would ever think they had too many resources.

What the Su family promised the Lei family would go to the Lei family, not to this Lei family Foundation Establishment cultivator before him.

He stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "This matter, we'll discuss it after the Zhou family Foundation Establishment cultivator is dead."

If both the Su and Zhou family Foundation Establishment cultivators perished together, would he be foolish enough to attack the Zhou family's grand array alone?

"According to Senior Lei, we'll discuss this matter later, then what this junior said earlier..."

"Acceptable." The Lei family Foundation Establishment cultivator uttered a single word indifferently.

With the Lei family Foundation Establishment cultivator making a move, he believed the Su family would have a seventy to eighty percent chance of victory this time.

As for why not ninety or a hundred percent, it was because they didn't know the Zhou family's trump cards. Until the final moment, they absolutely couldn't be careless.

He believed the Zhou family was the same.

"In half an hour, we will launch the decisive battle. In this battle, my Su family will surely win!"

"We will win!"

"We will win!"

"We will win!"

Their voices tore through the silk and pierced the clouds.

Half an hour later.

The Su family members left the grand array, their eyes full of fighting spirit.

A strange light flashed in Xu Mingwei's eyes as he murmured, "The Su family members' expressions have changed. Have reinforcements arrived?"

He slapped his storage bag, and a token with the character "Lei" carved on the front immediately appeared in his hand.

"Is it the Lei family?"

After a glance, he immediately put the token back into his storage bag, his eyes bursting with brilliance.

For this battle, his Xu family had waited a long time.

The Zhou family always had people monitoring the Su family's movements. Seeing them making moves to charge out of the grand array, they immediately returned to inform Zhou Shaoyuan of this matter.

The "Destroy Su" army met the enemy.

Both sides confronted each other but didn't immediately fight.

Ancestor Su stood in the void with his hands behind his back, his robes billowing as he took his position before the formation.

Without opening his lips or teeth, a thunderous sound first surged from his dantian. In an instant, the sound shook the nine heavens like a great bell tolling in the clouds. The vast sound waves swept across the four wilds, making the mountains tremble.

"Zhou Qingfang, I know you're here. Come out!"

Zhou Qingfang was Ancestor Zhou, newly advanced to Foundation Establishment.

Shortly after, a green light flew from the distance and in an instant landed before the Zhou family's immortal cultivators.

"Ancestor!"

The Zhou family disciples all cupped their hands and called out.

"So this is Ancestor Zhou, and that opposite must be Ancestor Su."

"Ancestor Su's brow is darkened. This is already a sign of his lifespan approaching its end. He definitely won't be a match for Ancestor Zhou."

Every one of the Zhou family's allies thought this in their hearts.

Zhou Qingfang wore a gray robe, extremely plain. Although his hair and beard were gray-white, his face was like an infant's, his bearing outstanding, his vital essence abundant, and his spirit perfect.

"Old Ghost Su, your time is near. Rather than hiding properly in your turtle shell enjoying your final moments, you come out seeking death?"

"Junior, don't be arrogant. When this old man achieved Foundation Establishment, you weren't even born yet. In my youth, I killed quite a few Zhou family members. I wonder if among them were your parents or ancestors?"

Ancestor Su grinned, seeming to leak cold qi. Combined with his appearance, he looked like an evil ghost crawling out of hell, making those who looked at him feel chills down their spines.

Zhou Qingfang appeared unmoved and imperturbable, but his hands behind his back clenched tightly.

He must have been struck by those words.

"Since you've come out, then don't go back. Already about to die yet still making such a fuss. You might as well leave your life here today!"

Zhou Qingfang swept his wide sleeves, and a green wood-element flying sword flew out from his sleeve robe. It emitted a terrible pressure, making all the surrounding immortal cultivators retreat three steps.

"A top-tier magical artifact!"

The immortal cultivators showed envious expressions.

The vast majority of Foundation Establishment immortal cultivators used top-tier magical artifacts. Their power was far beyond what high-grade magical artifacts could compare to.

Only those who were truly impoverished might use high-grade magical artifacts, though they definitely wouldn't be ordinary high-grade ones.

After all, Foundation Establishment stage immortal cultivators, merely with their vast magical power, the might of second-tier spells, and divine consciousness, could crush the vast majority of Qi Refining stage immortal cultivators.

If they also had a top-tier magical artifact in hand, then Qi Refining stage immortal cultivators had almost no possibility of fighting above their level.

"Hmph!"

Ancestor Su snorted coldly. Raising his hand, a black awl emanating cold qi also flew from his sleeve opening, directly meeting the green flying sword.

A "zheng" sound of metal striking metal rang out.

The green blade and the dark awl struck each other in midair, bursting out with ten thousand points of sparks.

The cloud layers in the sky seemed to split open from the middle.

The surrounding people all retreated, not daring to approach within a li radius, afraid of being accidentally injured.

The Profound Ice Awl and the green flying sword both turned back, their dark glows flickering on and off.

"Quick!"

Zhou Qingfang made hand seals for sword techniques, wanting to again channel magical power. Suddenly, that green sword abruptly split into nine phantom images, like green rainbows piercing the sun, directly taking Ancestor Su's vital points.

Ancestor Su slapped his storage bag, and a black miniature mountain peak flew out. Meeting the wind, it expanded violently to several zhang in size, standing above Ancestor Su's head.

The pressure it emitted likewise indicated that this was also a top-tier magical artifact.

Ancestor Su was now over two hundred years old, approaching his limit. Having two top-tier magical artifacts in hand wasn't particularly strange.

However, Zhou Qingfang's foundation was somewhat lacking. If given another few decades, perhaps he could also obtain another top-tier magical artifact.

In all of Great Wei, top-tier magical artifacts weren't too numerous either.

After all, magical artifact refiners who could craft top-tier magical artifacts were too few, even rarer tha pill refiners who could refine second-grade pills.

What Ancestor Su offered to move the Lei family was these two top-tier magical artifacts of his as compensation.

After all, if he died and the Su family had no Foundation Establishment cultivator, even with a grand array, it would be very difficult to keep them.

Of course, the premise was that the Su family survived this crisis.

Yellow light scattered down, protecting Ancestor Su's entire body. The nine phantom images fell on his semi-transparent yellow curtain, merely causing ripples but the next moment, Ancestor Su himself suddenly spat out black blood.

He was already approaching his lifespan limit. This kind of intense combat was naturally unsuitable for him.

If not for this, he was confident he could easily defeat Zhou Qingfang, forcing him to only be able to cower within the Zhou family's grand array.

"Controlling two top-tier magical artifacts is still too strenuous."

Ancestor Su thought secretly and transmitted to Su Yuanze, "Begin the attack. Only in chaos will the Lei family member have a chance to act."

Su Yuanze received the transmission and immediately said, "Su family members, follow me in the attack!"

"Destroy the Zhou family."

"Kill!"

The Zhou family members also launched their attack.

Martial Dao experts against martial Dao experts, immortal cultivators against immortal cultivators.

Whether the battle in the air or the battle on the ground, both were incomparably fierce.

Boom boom boom~

As techniques clashed head-on, dust flew up.

Qi waves surged wildly.

The Su family members had completely different momentum from the previous battle. All were full of fighting spirit, so for a time, the Zhou family and their allies actually couldn't gain the upper hand.

Both sides were engaged in heated battle. However, two people were watching from the periphery.

One was Xu Mingwei, dozens of li away from the battlefield. Foundation Establishment divine consciousness couldn't possibly cover such a large area.

The other person was the Lei family Foundation Establishment cultivator, sitting on a green-skinned gourd, suspended in the high sky, a dozen or so li from the battlefield. However, Xu Mingwei vaguely saw his figure.

"As expected, the Su family has friendly forces. It must be Foundation Establishment. Otherwise, the Su family disciples and their allies couldn't possibly have such increased confidence and be so full of fighting spirit."

Xu Mingwei pondered and also had a headache.

"If Ancestor Zhou is killed by a sneak attack, then all my Xu family's calculations will come to nothing. We can only slowly plan again."

But the Xu family was already being noticed by more and more people. They couldn't hide for much longer.

"There's Ancestor Su approaching his limit. The luckiest outcome for Ancestor Zhou would be to kill him while only suffering minor injuries himself. But now that the Su family has an additional Foundation Establishment helper, the Zhou family's situation is very unfavorable. I wonder if the Zhou family also has such trump cards."

However, Xu Mingwei thought it unlikely. The Zhou family had only become a fourth-rank family for twenty-some years.

Connections and such needed long periods of time to accumulate.

For the Su family to invite a Foundation Establishment helper, they must have paid an extremely great price.

The Zhou family had no need to do so. After all, Ancestor Zhou had just broken through and still had nearly two sixty-year cycles of lifespan remaining. He had plenty of time to befriend Foundation Establishment families in neighboring commanderies and develop and strengthen the Zhou family.

"Should I give a warning?"

"No!"

Xu Mingwei immediately refuted himself, "If the Zhou family knew there was another Foundation Establishment immortal cultivator secretly watching, being cautious, they would definitely choose to retreat. If this battle isn't fought, the Zhou family would very likely prepare to outlast Ancestor Su's death before destroying the Su family. Then what benefits could my Xu family gain? Snatch food from the Zhou family's mouth?"

The Zhou family originally also had such plans but because of the Su family itself, it caused all the families to harbor resentment and side with the Zhou family one after another.

Then both sides began competing to win over the commandery city's various martial Dao families, which was how it evolved into today's situation.

Xu Mingwei's eyes flickered, "Then I'll wait for the hidden Foundation Establishment cultivator to make his move before I block him. Even if I can't completely stop him, with my attack, I should be able to make it deflect or delay."

"However, this place is too far. It would be best to be within a li's distance. Then my arrows should be able to intercept his offensive."

After thinking for a moment, Xu Mingwei left this mountaintop.

He slowly approached.

Fortunately, everyone was fighting desperately and had no spare energy to notice what was happening around them.

"Old Ghost Su, how many mouthfuls of blood have you vomited? Your lifespan has decreased some more, hasn't it?"

"What's it to you!" Ancestor Su snorted coldly, controlling the Profound Ice Awl to continuously collide with the green flying sword. If he had spare energy, he would also attack Zhou Qingfang himself.

However, a crimson shield now floated around him. Its surface was carved with fierce giant beasts. It was clearly also a high-quality defensive magical artifact.

"Compared to these immortal cultivation families that have accumulated for hundreds of years, my Xu family's foundation is truly still far behind."

Xu Mingwei sighed inwardly.

"Azure Wood Sword Technique, Heaven-Reaching Sword Wood!"

The green flying sword suddenly emitted a clanging sound. The azure wood qi surged violently. With the flying sword as the core, a green giant sword phantom formed around it.

"Go!"

Zhou Qingfang made hand seals for sword techniques and drove the giant sword.

Ancestor Su suddenly bit the tip of his tongue, forcing out a drop of vital blood that entered the Profound Ice Awl.

The Profound Ice Awl rapidly absorbed this drop of vital blood. Red light flickered slightly. Ancestor Su made hand seals with both hands, his eyes splitting with rage as he shouted, "Profound Ice Peak, Condense!"

The Profound Ice Awl itself erupted with countless cold qi. The cold qi rapidly condensed into a small ice peak.

Foundation Establishment cultivator magical power, techniques, and fully unleashing a top-tier magical artifact's power, this was the true reason all Qi Refining immortal cultivators feared Foundation Establishment immortal cultivators.

With this one move, seven or eight Qi Refining perfection cultivators would either die or be severely injured.

The ten-zhang azure wood giant sword and the profound ice peak collided with each other. An earth-shattering sound erupted as if the sky was splitting. Countless ice fragments scattered down to the ground.

Zhou Qingfang went all out, forcing Ancestor Su to consume his lifespan. Ancestor Su naturally knew this but this was also an opportunity.

A perfect opportunity for a sneak attack.

A smile appeared at the corner of the Lei family Foundation Establishment cultivator's mouth as he rapidly approached on his green-skinned gourd, saying indifferently, "Both the Su and Zhou families are quite sensible. They created an opportunity so quickly."