Chapter 516: Jin Dan Melee

Mount Tuoyun is only a few thousand miles away from Mount Tiexian Fortress. At the full speed of Jin Dan cultivators, they could arrive in less than half a day.

Just as Song Qingming and the others arrived at Mount Tiexian Fortress, they saw from afar that a spiritual light had already lit up above Mount Tiexian Fortress; the Ma family had already activated the mountain-protecting formation to defend against the enemy.

Outside Mount Tiexian Fortress, Xiaoyao Sect Sect Master Yao Ganshu and several other Jin Dan cultivators were standing in mid-air, facing seven or eight Jin Dan cultivators on the opposite side who were relying on the mountain-protecting formation with expressionless faces.

On the side of Mount Tiexian Fortress, apart from the calm-faced Ma Hongshan, the others were all wearing blue robes embroidered with golden clouds, clearly cultivators from the same sect.

Beside Ma Hongshan, there was also a delicate woman in purple clothes. This woman had just formed a core not long ago and was only at the first layer of Jin Dan. She was precisely the Autumn Butterfly Fairy who had participated in the Mount Tuoyun "Sword Trial Assembly" with Song Qingming.

When Yao Ganshu and the other four arrived at Mount Tiexian Fortress, they had just started attacking the mountain-protecting formation when a large number of Jin Dan cultivators flew out of the formation and intercepted them.

Seeing that the opponent had many people, Yao Ganshu did not dare to continue attacking, retreated to the side, and questioned the other party why they wanted to interfere in the affairs of the State of Wei.

Although the side of Mount Tiexian Fortress clearly had the advantage in numbers, they seemed somewhat wary and did not choose to immediately surround and attack the Xiaoyao Sect cultivators. Facing Yao Ganshu's questioning, these people only replied with a few non-committal words and did not want to argue too much, so the two sides just stood in place and confronted each other.

After seeing the blue-robed cultivators who were confronting Yao Ganshu in front, Chu Fengping on the flying boat suddenly changed his expression and shouted loudly: "It is the people of the Nine Yuan Sect of the State of Yue. No wonder Ma Hongshan dared to betray the sect. I didn't expect the Ma family to have already defected to the Nine Yuan Sect."

"Everyone, follow me, first behead the traitor Ma Hongshan!"

Over a hundred years ago, the Supreme Elder of the "Nine Yuan Sect" successfully condensed a Nascent Soul and advanced to the Nascent Soul realm. The Nine Yuan Sect thus leaped to become a Nascent Soul sect. Under the leadership of Wu Jiuyuan for over a hundred years, the Nine Yuan Sect quickly integrated the entire cultivation world of the State of Yue, and its strength greatly increased, no longer inferior to the current Xiaoyao Sect.

"Ma Hongshan, you shameless villain, give me your life!"

Hearing the Nine Yuan Sect from Chu Fengping's mouth, Song Qingming also immediately thought of the old ghost Linghu who competed with him for the "Phantom Boat" at the Star Assembly a few years ago. This person came from the Nine Yuan Sect.

Ma Hongshan and Jin Ziyuan were also enemies who were extremely jealous when they met. As soon as they made a move, they were serious. Both were at the fourth layer of Jin Dan, and their strength was not much different. The fight on the scene was also very intense.

Half a year ago, Ma Hongshan personally went to Mount Guyang to the sect's Merit Hall, wanting to exchange the merits in his hand for a large amount of spiritual objects to comfort the cultivation families under his command.

The Xiaoyao Sect elder on duty at the Merit Hall at that time happened to be Jin Ziyuan. This guy was deeply moved by the miserable appearance Ma Hongshan pretended to have in a few words, and he agreed on the spot, letting Ma Hongshan take away a large amount of spiritual objects from the Merit Hall.

Xiaoyao Sect's transmission elder Jin Ziyuan has always had a relatively hot temper. Before he finished speaking, Jin Ziyuan had already leaped off the flying boat and rushed toward Ma Hongshan on the opposite side!

The cultivation world of the State of Yue was originally like the State of Zheng to the east, with only a few Jin Dan sects, and there was no huge Nascent Soul force like the Xiaoyao Sect.

Seeing Ma Hongshan's betrayal of the sect, the aura on Ma Hongshan's body also changed immediately, transforming into a streak of golden light and actively greeting him.

"Haha! Jin Ziyuan, I only flattered you a few words in front of you back then, and you really thought that with your little cultivation base, you could truly fight me."

After learning the news of the Ma family's betrayal of the sect, Jin Ziyuan was also the most angry among the many elders of the Xiaoyao Sect. Ma Hongshan had cheated so many sect spiritual objects from his hands. Even if Supreme Elder Li Mufeng did not blame him, this matter would more or less have some bad influence on Jin Ziyuan's status in the Xiaoyao Sect in the future.

The Nine Yuan Sect is also a Nascent Soul sect, with its mountain gate located in the cultivation world of the State of Yue to the west of the State of Wei. Because the State of Yue and the State of Wei are separated by a huge mountain range stretching for tens of thousands of miles, low-tier cultivators below Foundation Establishment are difficult to cross, and cultivators from the two countries rarely interact.

After Bai Yuxian and the others arrived to support, Yao Ganshu, who felt confident in his heart, did not talk nonsense and gave an order to kill Ma Hongshan, who was still fighting with Jin Ziyuan, first.

Seeing Yao Ganshu make a move, the Nine Yuan Sect side did not hesitate and immediately had two streaks of golden light step forward to intercept Yao Ganshu. The two sides immediately entangled together.

After obtaining the "Mist Snow Ice Lotus" at the Star Assembly a few years ago, Yao Ganshu's injuries had also recovered more than half, and he could make a move. However, he had not yet recovered his full strength, and at most could only exert about seventy percent of his peak power, with strength equivalent to an eighth-layer Jin Dan cultivator.

After receiving Sect Master Yao Ganshu's instruction, the rest of the Xiaoyao Sect also immediately took out their magic treasures and killed toward the battlefield. More than a dozen Jin Dan cultivators from both sides fought like this outside Mount Tiexian Fortress.

The outbreak of battle between so many Jin Dan cultivators is also very rare in the cultivation world of the State of Wei. For a time, magic treasures were flying everywhere above Mount Tiexian Fortress, and even the mountain-protecting formation of Mount Tiexian Fortress below was shaken violently by the aftermath of the spells of the crowd fighting.

Many low-tier Ma family cultivators hiding in Mount Tiexian Fortress, watching the Jin Dan great powers fighting in the sky, were also terrified, fearing that the mountain-protecting formation above would not be able to withstand it and they would be implicated by the fighting of the Jin Dan cultivators above.

Although the number of Jin Dan cultivators on both sides was equal, the overall strength of the many Jin Dan cultivators on the side of Mount Tiexian Fortress was clearly inferior to the Xiaoyao Sect.

Although the Nine Yuan Sect also sent two late-stage Jin Dan cultivators, their strength was slightly worse than Bai Yuxian and Yao Ganshu of the Xiaoyao Sect, and they could only barely drag them down.

The remaining people, including Ma Hongshan, only had three mid-stage Jin Dan cultivators, while the other three had cultivation bases only at the early stage of Jin Dan. Apart from Song Qingming, whose cultivation base was only at the second layer of Jin Dan, the remaining five on the Xiaoyao Sect side were all mid-stage Jin Dan cultivators, and their strength was clearly much stronger than the opponent.

After the exchange, the Mount Tiexian Fortress crowd soon fell into a disadvantage. However, Ma Hongshan and others could occasionally rely on the third-tier mountain-protecting formation behind them to cover, and for the time being, they would not be defeated so quickly.

After Song Qingming joined the battlefield, the opponent he faced happened to be the Autumn Butterfly Fairy, who was the weakest among the many Jin Dan cultivators on the other side.

Back then, when participating in the "Sword Trial Assembly" on Mount Tuoyun, Song Qingming also had the honor of seeing her once. At that time, this woman shone brilliantly in the "Sword Trial Assembly" and easily won the top three results.

And at that time, Song Qingming's cultivation base was only at the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment, and he barely entered the top ten, with strength far inferior to Ma Qiudie, who was already at the peak of Foundation Establishment at that time.

Decades passed in a flash. When they met again, both Song Qingming and Ma Qiudie had successfully formed a core and became high-above Jin Dan True Persons. However, because Song Qingming broke through to the Jin Dan realm one step earlier, his cultivation strength had instead walked ahead of Ma Qiudie.

Facing Ma Qiudie, whose cultivation base was only at the first layer of Jin Dan, Song Qingming, who had always been relatively cautious in fighting, did not underestimate this woman. As soon as he made a move, he summoned his two most powerful magic treasures, the "Ink White Sword" and the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," to stand by, not giving the opponent any chance to counterattack him.

Ma Qiudie had only broken through to the Jin Dan realm for five or six years. Although she had refined her life-bound magic treasure, her personal strength was still at the bottom in this kind of Jin Dan cultivator battle. Facing the fierce attack of Song Qingming's two magic treasures, Ma Qiudie could only barely cope by relying on her own life-bound magic treasure, and was soon suppressed by Song Qingming and fell into a disadvantage.

Seeing that this woman was already somewhat unable to cope with his attack, Song Qingming took the opportunity to take off the cloth bag at his waist.

After a mass of black energy rolled out of the cloth bag, a man in a black robe soon appeared beside Song Qingming.

"This aura... could it be a Jin Dan stage corpse puppet!"

Seeing the figure of "Jin Feng," Ma Qiudie also quickly felt the Jin Dan stage pressure coming from him and shouted in surprise.

Facing Song Qingming alone was already difficult to handle, and with an additional "Jin Dan corpse puppet" helping, Ma Qiudie was immediately flustered under the siege of Song Qingming and the other.

Seeing that she was somewhat unable to support herself, a flash of decisiveness flashed on Ma Qiudie's face. She cast a spell to control her life-bound magic treasure, a pair of golden and silver-colored copper rings, which directly grew larger and covered "Jin Feng" on the side, temporarily preventing the other party's action.

After catching her breath, Ma Qiudie sprinkled a handful of gold powder toward Song Qingming on the side and cast a spell to transform the gold powder into countless silver butterflies, commanding these silver butterflies to entangle Song Qingming.

This gold powder into butterfly technique is a phantom technique that Ma Qiudie had practiced for many years. Although this technique has no great use after reaching the Jin Dan stage, it should not be difficult to contain the opponent for a moment. As long as she drags a little time for herself and retreats to the mountain-protecting formation in time, she can temporarily turn danger into safety.

Unexpectedly, just as Ma Qiudie turned and escaped dozens of feet away, the sound of magic treasures breaking through the air suddenly came from behind her. Turning around, she discovered that the "Ink White Sword" controlled by Song Qingming had already killed her in front.

Seeing this, Ma Qiudie was also too late to be surprised and hurriedly cast a spell to release a yellow spiritual talisman, which transformed into a shield to protect her in front, very dangerously blocking Song Qingming's blow.

This talisman was given to Ma Qiudie for self-defense by Wu Jiuyuan, the Supreme Elder of the Nine Yuan Sect, after she chose to join the Nine Yuan Sect. After losing this life-saving trump card, Ma Qiudie suddenly felt flustered in her heart, immediately put away the magic treasure in front of her, and retreated rapidly, wanting to distance herself from Song Qingming.

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This spirit talisman was bestowed upon her for self-defense by the Nine Yuan Sect's Supreme Elder, Wu Jiuyuan, after Ma Qiudie chose to join the Nine Yuan Sect. Having lost this life-saving trump card, Ma Qiudie felt a sudden panic in her heart. She immediately withdrew the magic treasure in front of her and retreated rapidly, wanting to put some distance between herself and Song Qingming.

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