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Chapter 455

At this moment, Yashan was just a Qi-Induction junior, there was no need for him to go up and fight the enemy desperately, just follow the elders and do some minor tasks.

However, the number of enemies who broke in exceeded everyone’s expectations. Originally thought that the formation would only bring enemies one by one, waiting for them to be harvested. Who would have thought that before one was completely dealt with, another cultivator would break in, or just when one was resolved, before they could catch their breath, someone else would be sent here, and eventually, two or three would come at once.

At this rate, if they couldn’t kill the enemies the moment they broke in, then more and more enemies would come later, and in the end, they would be outnumbered and beaten to death by the enemy.

But it’s extremely difficult to kill the enemies instantly. It’s okay if it’s just a Foundation Establishment cultivator who broke in; there’s a Golden Core cultivator in the team. But if a Golden Core cultivator comes, they can only rely on the advantage of the formation to slowly wear down the opponent.

Previously, they thought they could outnumber the enemy with the formation, but they didn’t expect to be in a situation where they were outnumbered from the beginning.

Now, Yashan’s “Moon-Three-Nine” team is facing a Golden Core cultivator. Yashan’s master, the only Golden Core cultivator in the team, is maneuvering against him under the cover of the mountain protection formation, trying to kill him.

Just at this moment, the mist surged in the distance, and another thin-faced cultivator broke in. Yashan and the others were startled, but upon careful examination, they found that he was only a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and they couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The two Foundation Establishment cultivators in the team immediately confronted the thin-faced cultivator.

For a moment, magical weapons flew, spiritual lights flickered, and the mist churned.

Yashan was hiding on the side, wondering whether to take advantage of the situation to make a sneak attack, when the mist surged again, and a tall Foundation Establishment cultivator came in.

The tall Foundation Establishment cultivator was covered in thick armor, his hands forming seals, ready to attack at any time. As soon as he came in and saw his teammates fighting the enemy, he immediately summoned his magical weapon and launched an attack.

Just then, Yashan, who was already prepared, clasped his fingers together, and a silver light rose beside him. Taking advantage of the other party’s inattention, he flicked his fingers.

The silver light burst out.

“Swish—”

“Pop!”

In the terrified eyes of the tall cultivator, the multiple layers of protection on his body shattered, and a huge hole appeared in his heart.

The tall cultivator was instantly pierced through the heart by Yashan’s magical weapon.

The heart is the core of a cultivator’s spiritual power. Once shattered, the spiritual power inside the body will instantly collapse and chaos, stiffening for five seconds, making it difficult to release any spells again, and then death follows as the blood runs out.

With the shield broken, Yashan immediately released an attacking spell.

“Silver Moon Spear”!

A silver light shot out, hitting the tall cultivator’s neck.

“Crack!”

The entire neck exploded, and the head flew off and fell to the side.

“!!?” Yashan’s master and senior uncle were shocked, looking at Yashan in horror, and at the small short sword beside Yashan.

What kind of magical weapon is this, so sharp, seemingly powerful shield, but it broke with just one poke.

The thin-faced cultivator was even more horrified, taking a step back under his feet, seemingly realizing the danger and wanting to run away immediately.

At this moment, another light blue cultivator came in, and the powerful aura emanating from him made Yashan and the others feel uneasy.

Golden Core cultivator!

The thin-faced cultivator was overjoyed.

Yashan and his master and senior uncle subconsciously turned their heads to look at the Golden Core realm master who was fighting fiercely on the side.

Yashan’s master and senior uncle thought to themselves, “Our lives are over!”

Seeing this, Yashan knew that he couldn’t rely on his master anymore, so he immediately took action, formed a seal with his fingers, and waved his hand, and a silver light flashed.

“Swish—”

“Bang!”

The confident expression on the light blue Golden Core cultivator’s face froze in place. In the moment when the silver light shattered his shield, he instinctively dodged to the side.

“Poof!”

His left arm was cut off by the silver light and fell aside.

Before he could recover, Yashan launched another silver flying shuttle from behind his body, which arrived in an instant.

However, the Golden Core cultivator had already reacted, his pupils shrinking, and he used a displacement technique to narrowly avoid being pierced by the silver shuttle.

“Poof!”

However, what the Golden Core cultivator didn’t expect was that the small flying sword behind him had already turned back and waited at the position where he dodged, beheading him with one strike.

With an expression of disbelief, his head flew off and fell to the ground, his headless body slowly collapsing heavily.

“Bang!”

It also fell heavily on everyone’s hearts.

Everyone present looked at the fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenager, the short-haired Qi-Induction junior, who looked arrogant with his fingers merged together, feeling a sense of absurdity in their hearts for a moment.

“The Golden Core realm cultivator just now was fake, right!”

The thin-faced cultivator’s face turned ashen!

Unfortunately, before they could be ‘shocked’, ‘unbelievable’, ‘Yue Ying is actually a divine-level genius’, ‘the magical weapon is so powerful’, ‘how did he do it’, ‘killing enemies like cutting vegetables’…

They saw the mist surging again, and two cultivators walked in, one in the Golden Core realm and the other in the Foundation Establishment realm.

The thin-faced cultivator’s eyes were filled with tears of joy.

Yashan’s team members: “How come there are so many?”

“Swish—”

“Splish splish splish~”

“Ahhh~”

After experiencing confusion, extreme joy, despair, resurgence of hope, and feeling as if all hope was lost, the thin-faced cultivator couldn’t hold back any longer and immediately turned to Su Hao for help: “Damn! Boss Wei…”

After Su Hao understood the situation in detail, he couldn’t help but speculate: “Could it be that they want to focus on one area? That’s not a bad idea. Concentrating forces in one point for a breakthrough, if the sect doesn’t gather its strength for defense, it’s afraid it will soon be breached.

But Yashan is just too unlucky. The entire sect’s formation covers an unknown area, yet he happened to be under fierce attack.”

After thinking for a moment, Su Hao replied to Yashan: “Priority is to save your life. If support doesn’t arrive within one minute, then you should retreat first!”

Obviously, the elders of the Immortal Sect were not incompetent. After learning of the situation, they immediately manipulated the formation to divert the numerous enemy cultivators pouring into the southwest corner to both sides, alleviating the local pressure. They urgently mobilized the small reserve team to support the defense and also dispatched a small number of personnel from other areas to join the defense in the southwest corner.

However, even if including the lowest-level Qi-Induction cultivators in the Yunzhong Valley, there were only a little over a thousand of them. The numerical disadvantage could not be compensated for in any way.

The supporting cultivators were just a drop in the bucket.

It was precisely when the southwest corner was in imminent danger that the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Yunzhong Valley personally took action. Dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators swiftly roamed the southwest corner, clearing out a large number of enemies.

Only at this moment did the defending cultivators in the southwest corner breathe a sigh of relief.

In less than half an hour before and after the battle, a large number of cultivators died, including those from the Yunzhong Valley, but more were enemy cultivators.

The enemy cultivators killed by the formation eye squad were in the minority; most were indiscriminately harvested by the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Yunzhong Valley.

At this time, someone found a scroll of mission from the dead cultivators. After opening it, it read: “Kill all the cultivators of the Yunzhong Valley, leave none alive.”

The person took a cold breath and immediately reported the matter to the elders of the sect. After some discussion, the elders immediately collected a large number of scrolls and circulated them among all the sect’s cultivators.

More and more people found similar scrolls from the dead cultivators, and this news quickly spread. The cultivators of the Yunzhong Valley realized one thing: if the mountain gate was breached, no one would be spared. To survive, they must fight to the death and completely defeat the enemy.

At this point, everyone’s mentality changed. It was truly a fight to the death; there was nowhere to escape!

The slight sense of luck in their hearts was shattered thereafter!

“There’s no other way, only to fight to the death!”

Su Hao looked at the scroll in his hand and fell into thought: “What’s the meaning behind the enemy playing this hand?”

Then he let out a long sigh and murmured softly, “Seeing the Sect Master’s domineering and confident appearance, I originally thought that the Yunzhong Valley could rely on the formation to repel the enemy, but it seems that I was thinking too much.

It seems that the enemy’s assault has clearly decided to expel the Yunzhong Valley from the cultivation world!”

Su Hao counted the power he controlled and compared it with that of the combined cultivators, thinking to himself: “Now that I’m up against the Unity Realm cultivators, there shouldn’t be too much risk. In that case, I just need to find out all the Unity Realm cultivators on the enemy side and drive them away. However, by doing so, I’ll reveal my identity, and the Yunzhong Valley probably won’t stay much longer! Fortunately, I’ve already obtained the techniques I wanted. Leaving now wouldn’t be a pity.”

The six Nascent Soul cultivators still showed no signs of action, and it was unknown what they were plotting or whether they were still hoping for their support.

Since they believed that the “Crystal Thief” was in the Yunzhong Valley, then so be it.

“Yes, the Crystal Thief is indeed in the Yunzhong Valley, but so what?”

Suddenly, a Nascent Soul cultivator appeared behind Shan Huan and quickly said, “Hall Master, the items have been confirmed to be delivered to the cultivators of the Yunzhong Valley.”

Shan Huan nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said, “Give the Yunzhong Valley a quarter of an hour to react. After a quarter of an hour, send out the signal and begin the final attack.”

The Nascent Soul cultivator received the order and retreated.

Shan Huan stood alone on the peak, facing the fierce wind, murmuring to himself, “This is just the first move. I hope the Yunzhong Valley will give me a surprise.”

If this failed to arouse the Yunzhong Valley’s determination to resist to the death, thus consuming a large amount of the Eighteen Sects’ power, he still had a second move prepared, only waiting for the moment when the Yunzhong Valley’s mountain gate was breached…

Shan Huan chuckled, “Robbers fight tooth and nail to capture the enemy’s stronghold, only to find that what they obtained is not enough to fill the gap in their teeth. Then they suddenly discover a peerless treasure… For the sake of the peerless treasure, they turn against each other. Isn’t this the most common plot? Hehehe!”

Such plots are so common precisely because they are effective, hitting human desires directly.

Greed is hard to resist!

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    Chapter 455

    At this moment, Yashan was only at the Qi Induction Realm.

    There was no need for someone at his level to risk his life on the front lines. His role was simply to follow the elders, assist where he could, and take care of miscellaneous tasks.

    However, the sheer number of enemies pouring into the formation far exceeded everyone's expectations.

    Originally, they believed the mountain-protecting formation would continuously separate the invaders, sending them in one after another so they could be eliminated individually.

    Reality proved otherwise.

    Before they could finish off one enemy, another would emerge from the mist.

    Sometimes, just after killing one opponent and before anyone could even catch their breath, another would arrive.

    Toward the end, two or even three enemies appeared simultaneously.

    If this continued, it would soon become impossible to eliminate each opponent the moment they entered.

    More and more enemies would accumulate until the defenders themselves became the ones surrounded.

    Killing invaders instantly was far easier said than done.

    If the one entering was only a Foundation Establishment cultivator, the team's Golden Core cultivator could deal with them quickly.

    But when a Golden Core cultivator appeared, they could only rely on the terrain and the formation to slowly wear the opponent down.

    They had expected to outnumber isolated enemies.

    Instead...

    They found themselves outnumbered from the very beginning.

    ...

    Yashan's squad, Moon Three-Nine, was currently locked in battle with a Golden Core cultivator.

    His master—the squad's only Golden Core cultivator—used the concealment of the mist formation to maneuver around the enemy, searching for an opportunity to finish him off.

    At that moment, the mist ahead surged violently.

    Another cultivator stepped out.

    He had a long, thin face.

    The entire squad tensed instantly.

    Fortunately...

    After taking a closer look, they realized he was only at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

    Everyone quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

    The team's two Foundation Establishment cultivators immediately moved forward to intercept him.

    Magical artifacts flew through the air.

    Spiritual light flashed repeatedly.

    The surrounding mist churned violently.

    ...

    Yashan remained hidden nearby.

    He was wondering whether he should seize the opportunity for a sneak attack when the mist surged once again.

    Another cultivator stepped out.

    This one was tall and heavily built.

    Thick armor covered his entire body.

    His hands were already forming seals, prepared to cast a spell the instant he entered combat.

    The moment he saw his companion fighting, he immediately summoned his artifact and rushed forward.

    Yashan had been waiting precisely for this opportunity.

    His fingers formed a seal.

    A silver flying shuttle quietly floated beside him.

    Without hesitation...

    He flicked his fingers.

    Swish!

    Pop!

    The silver shuttle became a streak of light.

    The heavily armored cultivator's multiple defensive barriers shattered instantly.

    A fist-sized hole exploded through the center of his chest.

    His heart was pierced clean through.

    The heart was the core of a cultivator's spiritual power.

    Once destroyed, all spiritual power inside the body immediately descended into chaos.

    For roughly five seconds, the cultivator became completely unable to cast techniques.

    After that...

    Only death remained.

    The moment the enemy's shield collapsed, Yashan immediately followed up.

    "Silver Moon Spear!"

    A silver spear shot forward.

    Crack!

    The cultivator's neck exploded.

    His head flew through the air before crashing heavily onto the ground.

    ...

    Yashan's master...

    His martial uncle...

    Both stared blankly at him.

    Then at the tiny silver shuttle floating beside him.

    Their minds were completely blank.

    What kind of artifact is that?

    Such terrifying defensive barriers...

    Broken with a single strike?

    The thin-faced cultivator was even more horrified.

    He instinctively retreated several steps.

    He had finally realized...

    This seemingly insignificant Qi Induction disciple was the most dangerous person present.

    Just then...

    The mist rolled once more.

    Another cultivator entered.

    The powerful spiritual fluctuations radiating from him instantly made everyone's hearts sink.

    Golden Core Realm.

    The thin-faced cultivator's face immediately lit up with joy.

    Yashan's master and martial uncle instinctively looked toward their own Golden Core cultivator, who was still engaged elsewhere.

    Both thought exactly the same thing.

    "We're finished..."

    Seeing this, Yashan knew he could no longer rely on anyone else.

    He acted immediately.

    His fingers formed another seal.

    The silver shuttle shot forward once again.

    Swish!

    Bang!

    The newly arrived Golden Core cultivator had been full of confidence.

    That confidence froze instantly.

    His protective barriers exploded apart under the silver shuttle.

    Instinctively, he used a movement technique and narrowly dodged.

    Slash!

    His left arm flew into the air.

    Before he could recover...

    A second silver shuttle appeared behind him.

    The Golden Core cultivator's pupils shrank violently.

    He immediately activated another movement technique.

    His figure flashed sideways.

    Unfortunately...

    He had overlooked the first flying shuttle.

    It had already circled behind him.

    It was waiting exactly where he reappeared.

    Slash!

    His head flew into the air.

    His expression remained frozen in disbelief.

    His headless body staggered twice before collapsing heavily onto the ground.

    Bang!

    The dull sound echoed through everyone's hearts.

    Silence fell.

    Everyone looked toward the fifteen or sixteen-year-old Qi Induction disciple standing calmly nearby.

    His fingers remained joined together.

    His expression never changed.

    For a moment...

    Reality itself seemed absurd.

    Was that really a Golden Core cultivator?

    ...

    The thin-faced cultivator's expression became deathly pale.

    Unfortunately...

    There was no time to marvel.

    No time to wonder how a Qi Induction disciple could slaughter Golden Core cultivators.

    No time to question the terrifying power of that silver shuttle.

    The mist surged again.

    Two more enemies stepped out.

    One Foundation Establishment cultivator.

    One Golden Core cultivator.

    The thin-faced cultivator nearly burst into tears from excitement.

    Yashan's teammates nearly burst into tears from despair.

    "Why are there so many of them?!"

    ...

    Swish!

    Slash!

    Bang!

    Ahhh!

    After experiencing confusion...

    Relief...

    Hope...

    Despair...

    Hope again...

    And finally utter hopelessness...

    The thin-faced cultivator completely lost his composure.

    He immediately sent a transmission.

    "Boss Wei..."

    "Damn it..."

    "Help!!"

    ...

    After hearing Yashan explain the situation, Su Hao immediately understood what the enemy was trying to do.

    "They're concentrating all their forces at one point."

    "Not a bad strategy."

    "Break through a single section of the formation first."

    "If Moonwatch Valley fails to reinforce that position quickly, the mountain-protecting formation will soon collapse."

    He couldn't help shaking his head.

    "Yashan's luck really is terrible."

    "The formation covers such a vast area..."

    "Yet he just happened to be stationed at the enemy's main assault point."

    After thinking briefly, Su Hao replied,

    "Your first priority is staying alive."

    "If reinforcements don't arrive within one minute..."

    "Retreat immediately."

    ...

    Fortunately...

    The elders of Moonwatch Valley were not incompetent.

    After discovering the enemy's intentions, they immediately altered the mountain-protecting formation.

    The stream of invaders entering from the southwest was diverted toward both sides, easing the pressure somewhat.

    Reserve squads were rushed over.

    Defenders from neighboring sectors were also transferred to reinforce the southwest.

    Even so...

    Moonwatch Valley had only a little over a thousand disciples altogether.

    Even counting Qi Induction cultivators.

    There was simply no way to make up such an overwhelming numerical disadvantage.

    The reinforcements were nothing more than a drop in the ocean.

    Just as the southwestern defense was nearing collapse...

    The Nascent Soul elders finally made their move.

    More than twenty Nascent Soul cultivators began rapidly moving throughout the battlefield.

    Everywhere they passed...

    Enemy cultivators fell in large numbers.

    Only then did the defenders finally catch their breath.

    ...

    Within less than half an hour...

    The battlefield had become a sea of corpses.

    Moonwatch Valley had suffered casualties.

    But the invaders had lost far more.

    Most of the enemy dead had not fallen to the four-man squads guarding the formation nodes.

    Instead...

    They had been harvested almost single-handedly by Moonwatch Valley's Nascent Soul cultivators.

    ...

    Soon afterward...

    Someone searched the corpse of an enemy cultivator and found a mission scroll.

    After opening it, only one sentence was written inside.

    Kill every cultivator of Moonwatch Valley. Leave no survivors.

    The disciple who found it immediately reported the matter.

    The elders quickly ordered every battlefield to collect similar scrolls.

    Very soon...

    More and more identical mission scrolls were discovered.

    The news spread throughout Moonwatch Valley.

    Every disciple finally understood one undeniable truth.

    If the mountain gate fell...

    No one would survive.

    There would be no surrender.

    No prisoners.

    No mercy.

    Only death.

    The final trace of hope inside everyone's hearts disappeared.

    There was only one choice left.

    Fight to the death.

    ...

    Su Hao looked quietly at the scroll in his hand.

    He fell into thought.

    "What purpose does revealing this serve?"

    A moment later, he sighed softly.

    "Seeing the Sect Master's confidence before, I thought Moonwatch Valley truly possessed the strength to repel the invasion."

    "Looks like I underestimated the enemy."

    "This isn't merely an attack."

    "They're trying to erase Moonwatch Valley from the cultivation world altogether."

    He silently calculated the strength currently at his disposal.

    Then compared it against that of Unity Realm cultivators.

    "Against ordinary Unity cultivators..."

    "There shouldn't be much danger anymore."

    "If necessary, I'll simply identify every Unity cultivator on the enemy side and drive them away."

    "Of course..."

    "Doing so will expose my identity completely."

    "Moonwatch Valley won't be able to shelter me afterward."

    He wasn't particularly concerned.

    He had already obtained nearly everything he wanted from the sect.

    Leaving now would not be much of a loss.

    Since they insisted the Crystal Thief was hiding inside Moonwatch Valley...

    Then let them believe it.

    Because this time...

    They had guessed correctly.

    "The Crystal Thief really is inside Moonwatch Valley."

    "So what?"

    ...

    Far away...

    A Nascent Soul cultivator landed silently behind Shan Huan.

    "The items have all been delivered."

    "The disciples of Moonwatch Valley have received them."

    Shan Huan nodded slowly.

    "Very good."

    "Give them a quarter of an hour."

    "After that..."

    "Send the signal."

    "The final assault begins."

    "Understood."

    The Nascent Soul cultivator bowed and departed.

    Shan Huan stood alone atop the mountain, allowing the fierce wind to whip against his robes.

    He smiled faintly.

    "This is only the first move."

    "I hope Moonwatch Valley gives me a pleasant surprise."

    If this failed to force Moonwatch Valley into a desperate last stand—thereby consuming most of the eighteen sects' strength—

    He still had a second move waiting.

    One prepared especially for the moment the mountain gate finally fell.

    Shan Huan chuckled quietly.

    "Bandits risk their lives capturing a fortress..."

    "Only to discover the spoils aren't even enough to fill the gaps between their teeth."

    "And then..."

    "They suddenly discover an incomparable treasure."

    "For that treasure..."

    "They turn on one another."

    "Isn't that the oldest story in the world?"

    "Heh..."

    Such stories endured for one simple reason.

    Because they always worked.

    Nothing tempted the human heart more effectively...

    Than greed.
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    After experiencing confusion, extreme joy, despair, resurgence of hope, and feeling as if all hope was lost, the thin-faced cultivator couldn’t hold back any longer and immediately turned to Su Hao for help: “Damn! Boss Wei…”

    okay I think chatgpt mistranslated this lmao
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