Chapter 123: Rescue (For the Silver Alliance! )
Chapter 123: Rescue (For the Silver Alliance! )
‘Damn it. . . I was discovered by Master earlier when I stayed in the formation. ’
Lu Guo followed behind Fang Xi, secretly lamenting his fate.
He knew he hadn't shown enough loyalty before, so at this crucial moment, Fang Xi had brought him along for the risk, preventing him from staying safely at Emerald Cliff.
‘Thankfully. . . Master had previously shattered the defensive magic shield with a single palm, and his body cultivation seemed to have broken through as well. With the two combined, even encountering a Qi Refinement Perfected cultivator, he should be able to hold them off for a bit. . . ’
Lu Guo had, after all, gained experience from his travels; his vision was sharp. He mused that following Fang Xi during this chaotic time might even be safer than staying at Emerald Cliff.
Fang Xi piloted the Black Feather Boat; a distance of over ten li was covered in but a moment.
Boom!
Not far off, a spirit boat, over ten zhang long, could be seen launching a furious bombardment. Streaks of startling lightning and thunder danced wildly, coupled with attacks from a multitude of artifacts on board. The moon-like illusion above Mirror Moon Lake shattered instantly, revealing large swathes of buildings below.
“This. . . ”
Lu Guo watched as a figure in silver-white armor leaped down from the flying boat, unable to help but exclaim in shock: “Is that a Silver-Armored Demon? ! ”
He had originally hoped they were just ordinary rogue cultivators, but he never expected to encounter the worst possible outcome!
His face instantly turned incredibly grim.
“Hahaha. . . Kill! ”
“Follow the boss, and there’ll be meat to eat! ”
Rogue cultivators, one after another, controlled their artifacts, swooping down like locusts. They even directly set fire to residences and spirit fields. . . sending flames soaring into the sky, dispelling the night, purely for their own amusement.
On Twin Peaks, flames abruptly flared up as well!
“Go! ”
Fang Xi lightly commanded, and the Black Feather Boat flew towards Twin Peaks.
“Eh? ”
Lu Guo looked at his master in bewilderment.
Fang Xi, without turning his head, said: “This master’s life is precious; why bother fighting head-on with that powerful Silver-Armored Demon? We’ll go to Twin Peaks, where there are fewer enemies. We’ll save as many as we can, that’s all. . . ”
He always emphasized suppressing opponents through cultivation realms when fighting.
His previous fight against Mo Qing Yu was effortless and graceful, a classic example of overwhelming an opponent with perfected body cultivation, ninth-layer Qi Refinement, and divine consciousness suppression!
Against that pseudo-Silver-Armored Demon, it would be slightly risky.
After all, the opponent was at least a master at the perfected Qi Refinement stage.
And Ruan Dan?
What kind of relationship did Ruan Dan have with him? On the contrary, there was even a minor grudge, so he wouldn’t be blamed for not saving her. . .
“I’ll go to West Peak, you go to East Peak and see how Mu Zhong’s family is doing. . . ”
Amidst Lu Guo’s panicked expression, Fang Xi tossed him towards East Peak, while he himself flew towards West Peak.
West Peak.
The low-grade first-tier illusion array had long since been breached.
Within the valley, sounds of combat continuously echoed.
Whoosh!
Fang Xi’s heart instantly tensed at the sight. He poured spiritual power into the Black Feather Boat, causing it to almost transform into a streak of black light as it flew into the valley.
Inside the valley.
Flames had set the flower garden ablaze, bathing the surroundings in a crimson glow.
Hua Chan Juan and her daughter were controlling their artifacts, fighting a group of rogue cultivators, clearly at a disadvantage.
Buzzing!
Countless jade bees vibrated their wings, emitting a roar. Under the command of a palm-sized, jade-white queen bee, they continuously swarmed towards the three cultivators.
The leader among these three cultivators was shockingly at the eighth layer of Qi Refinement. With a sinister grin, he controlled a red-skinned gourd, from which toxic smoke and flames continuously spewed forth, burning jade bees to death one by one.
The other two rogue cultivators controlled blade and sword artifacts, clashing fiercely with the artifacts released by Hua Chan Juan.
“Forget about that old hag, leave the young one alive for me! ”
The male cultivator at the eighth layer of Qi Refinement shouted: “I’ve just perfected that ‘Dragon Roar Art’ and I’m short a few high-quality cultivation vessels! Hehe. . . Little girl, if you surrender obediently, I might consider sparing your mother! ”
“Dream on! ”
Hua Chan Juan suddenly spat out a mouthful of vital blood, her hands forming incantation gestures.
On her flying dagger artifact, a layer of red light suddenly spread, her spiritual power surging, faintly comparable to a late-stage Qi Refinement cultivator.
“Be careful, this old hag is using a secret art to fight for her life! ”
The artifacts of the two rogue cultivators were cleaved open by the crimson blade light. Hua Chan Juan spat out another mouthful of vital blood, and the flying dagger transformed into a crimson streak, slashing towards the leading male cultivator!
“Hehe, mere tricks! ”
The male cultivator sneered, unhurriedly releasing a green shield, which easily blocked the blade light.
After all, he was at the eighth layer of Qi Refinement. Even if Hua Chan Juan used a secret art that consumed vital energy to fight for her life, she could at most briefly surpass the late-stage Qi Refinement barrier and only sustain a few attacks, completely unable to harm him!
“Yi Xi, I will detonate the queen bee later to desperately hold back these people. You must run quickly, don’t look back! ”
Hua Chan Juan, disheveled and with blood at the corners of her mouth, looked like a ferocious evil ghost, yet she lowered her voice to her daughter beside her.
Wei Yi Xi had now grown into a twenty-year-old young woman, her eyes bloodshot: “Mother. . . ”
Just as the mother and daughter were facing a life-or-death separation.
Bang bang!
The ground violently cracked open, and several sharp wooden thorns launched a surprise attack.
“Ah! ”
Amidst several screams, all the rogue cultivators except the male one were killed!
“Who is it? ”
The male cultivator, in a panic, quickly brought his shield and gourd close to his body, protecting himself: “My boss is a Silver-Armored Demon! Fellow Daoist, do not bring harm upon yourself! ”
Swish swish!
Within the surrounding flower garden, the roots and stems of the spirit flowers and spirit herbs suddenly grew rapidly, twisting into dark green vines, their surfaces covered with fine barbs, sweeping towards the male cultivator in layer after layer.
“Go! ”
The male cultivator’s expression was grim. With an incantation gesture, he released a large amount of flames from his red-skinned gourd, scorching the vines.
Wave after wave of vines turned to ash, but their numbers seemed endless, continuously emerging from the ground!
“Not good! ”
Feeling the massive consumption of his spiritual power, especially as his dodging range grew smaller, the male cultivator instantly conceived the idea of retreating. A blood-red escape talisman flew out, about to activate.
Clang!
Amidst the myriad vines, a peach wood sword flew forth, piercing towards him. It collided with the green shield, emitting a crisp clang.
Behind the flying sword was a figure!
True Vigor surged on his fist, like a giant axe cleaving the sky, descending fiercely!
Boom!
The shield flew off, and the male cultivator’s spiritual power shield was instantly torn apart with ease.
A streak of true vigor, like a flying sword, instantly pierced through the male cultivator’s forehead, leaving a small blood-hole on his brow before he fell to the ground.
These swift movements, like a rabbit leaping and a falcon striking, happened so fast that from beginning to end, the opponent hadn’t even had time to activate that life-saving talisman.
The countless vines retracted into the ground, revealing Fang Xi’s tall and straight figure, like a pine tree.
He smiled at Wei Yi Xi, then unceremoniously collected the male cultivator’s storage bag.
After a thought, he also collected the corpses of the nearby rogue cultivators into his storage bag.
“Uncle! ”
Seeing the figure identical to the one in her memories, Wei Yi Xi cheered.
“Fellow Daoist Hua. . . ”
Fang Xi looked at Hua Chan Juan, only to find that her life force was rapidly weakening.
“No matter, it’s just a bit of vital energy consumed. This old woman can still hold on! I won’t die for a while! ”
Hua Chan Juan retrieved her flying dagger artifact, the remaining strands of black hair on her head turning white one by one. In an instant, she seemed to have aged another ten-odd years.
“Mother. . . ”
Seeing this scene, Wei Yi Xi’s eyes couldn’t help but well up with tears.
......
Twin Peaks East.
Lu Guo, holding his shuttle-shaped artifact, transformed into a streak of light, piercing through the chest of a rogue cultivator who failed to dodge in time.
“I’m going to die, I’m going to die. . . ”
He was also pulling a small boy by the hand, rescued from Mu Zhong’s family.
The situation there had been extremely urgent. Mu Zhong’s son had told him to take the boy and leave first, while their entire family stayed behind to cover their retreat.
Even so, Lu Guo was still caught by rogue cultivators after running to the foot of the mountain with the boy.
“Hehe. . . How could I let you escape? ”
“It’s just that our Second Boss heard there were pretty female cultivators on West Peak whose pristine Yin energy was still intact, so he rushed there impatiently. Otherwise, you wouldn’t even have made it to the foot of the mountain. . . ”
A female rogue cultivator in an almost transparent palace dress walked out of the darkness with a smiling expression.
“Gone to West Peak, huh? They’re probably gone for good. . . ”
Lu Guo coughed a few times, responding with a cold sneer.
“You’re looking for death! ”
The beautiful female rogue cultivator’s expression turned chilling. She brandished a snow-white serpent-python whip artifact, ready to send Lu Guo on his way.
Pfft pfft!
The next moment, vines emerged from the ground one by one, swiftly coiling around the rogue cultivators present.
“This is. . . Entanglement Art? Help! ”
“How can this low-level spell be so powerful? Ah. . . ”
Innumerable thick vines coiled around the rogue cultivators, constantly tightening like pythons, strangling them until their bones fractured and they died.
“Ah, Senior, spare my life, Senior, spare my life! ”
The beautiful female rogue cultivator’s expression drastically changed, and she knelt, begging for mercy.
But the next moment, a wooden thorn mercilessly pierced through her beautiful head.
“Lu Guo. . . ”
A flying boat stopped, and Wei Yi Xi’s voice drifted down from it; she still recognized this errand-running companion.
“Aunt Hua, thank goodness you’re alright! ”
Lu Guo felt a sudden wave of relief upon seeing Hua Chan Juan and her daughter.
“Alright, bring him along. Get ready to leave. ”
Fang Xi stood at the prow of the Black Feather Boat, hands clasped behind his back, gazing towards Mirror Moon Lake.
With so many people standing on the Black Feather Boat, it already looked a bit crowded.
He could only do this much; the rest was just desperately defending Emerald Cliff.
Hmm, if these rogue cultivators went to his home turf, there would indeed be a good show to watch.
Emerald Cliff was his old nest. With the Demonic Tree there, it was practically impregnable. . .
......
Mirror Moon Lake.
“Kill the enemy! ”
“Kill! ”
Young men and women, in their twenties and thirties, with fanaticism in their eyes, fought desperately on the front line.
The radiance of artifacts and talismans spilled forth, yet due to their shallow cultivation and meager spiritual power, their defenses were often broken and their heads severed by the rogue cultivators within a few moves.
These were all ‘Immortal Sprouts’ from various generations, trained for loyalty since childhood, considered the most devoted to Ruan Xing Ling. They were supposed to be the backbone of the future, yet at this moment, they were senselessly losing their lives. . .
Everything that was happening was like a re-enactment of the Lu family’s downfall decades ago.
Bang!
The Kou family’s eldest brother, clad in white turtle armor, stomped on a head, crushing it. Like a cat playing with a mouse, he appraised the figure of a girl in a red dress standing before a second-tier spirit peach tree opposite him.
With his strength, he could easily kill Ruan Dan, but the higher-ups required her alive.
Thus, the Kou family’s eldest brother didn’t mind playing a little.
“Villain! ”
Ruan Dan cursed, crossing her hands and shaking the ‘Bewitching Heart Bell’.
Ding-a-ling!
Amidst the crisp ringing of the bell, the Kou family’s eldest brother’s figure paused.
Utilizing this opening, Ruan Dan immediately activated a terrifying high-grade first-tier talisman. A flash of lightning streaked by, shattering the Kou family’s eldest brother’s spiritual power shield.
‘A chance! ’
Ruan Dan’s expression was stern. Her red silk ribbon and mirror artifact flew out in unison. In her hand, she held a red jade dagger, and with a single thrust, like a rainbow piercing the sun, she stabbed towards the Kou family’s eldest brother’s throat!
The armor joint there was relatively weak; it might be a vital point!
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