After collecting all the treasures in the vault, Lu Qing immediately flew away.
However, as soon as he came out, he sensed more than a dozen incredibly powerful auras entering the inner city and flying towards him at great speed.
"You came back quite quickly."
Lu Qing chuckled lightly, then his aura shifted again, and his figure vanished, completely blending into the surrounding environment, disappearing silently like a ghost.
Less than three breaths after he left Huixing Peak, more than ten figures descended, their powerful and boundless primordial spirit magic surging forth, joining forces to seal off the entire mountain peak.
Where did they go?
The spiritual senses of the Gongshu family ancestors were incredibly powerful; in the blink of an eye, they had searched every inch of Huixing Peak.
However, they did not find the person they were looking for. In front of the treasure vault, there was only a group of guards who had collapsed and fainted.
The treasure vault door was completely open, and the formation was completely broken.
But the assassin they had anticipated had vanished without a trace, and they didn't know where he had escaped to.
"No!"
The second branch patriarch rushed into the treasure vault, only to find it completely empty, with not even a single piece of wood left. His vision went black.
Although the most important treasures of the second branch of the family were in his hands, there were still many treasures in this treasury.
Spirit stones alone account for more than half of their second branch's inventory.
Now that he's been wiped out in one fell swoop, how could he not be furious?
"Father, that thief must still be in the inner city. We absolutely cannot let him escape!"
The second branch of the family rushed out and shouted loudly at the white-haired, youthful-looking old man.
"Of course! If he really escapes, what will become of the Gongshu family's reputation!"
The old man with white hair and a youthful face also looked extremely unpleasant.
As the current patriarch of the Gongshu family, a powerful cultivator at the fifth level of the Primordial Spirit Realm, when had he ever been so thoroughly mocked?
Immediately, he took out a formation plate the size of a millstone, engraved with complex and ancient runes.
"Father, are you going to use the Zhou Tian Array Plate?"
The other figures were immediately taken aback.
Clearly, the array plate that the white-haired, youthful-looking old man took out was extraordinary.
"That assassin's cultivation level is not weak, and he clearly has a powerful spiritual artifact that can completely conceal his aura and hide his tracks. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to escape our primordial spirit perception. Without using the Zhou Tian Array Plate, it would be difficult to find his trace."
The old man with white hair and a youthful face said in a deep voice.
"But our ancestors said that every time the Zhou Tian Array Plate is used, it will consume the star power accumulated by the Zhou Tian Array. It should not be used lightly unless it is in a critical moment."
"This is a critical moment for our Gongshu family. If this assassin escapes, our family will lose face, and our family ranking will be affected in the next round!"
The white-haired, youthful-looking old man spoke solemnly.
Upon hearing this, the others immediately trembled and fell silent.
The family ranking is extremely important to the thirty-six upper clans, as it relates to a great secret that cannot be ignored.
Seeing that no one else objected, the white-haired, youthful-looking old man immediately activated the array plate in front of him.
As the array plate rotated, a powerful wave of energy emanated from it.
The inner city immediately changed. From the spiritual peaks, beams of starlight shot into the sky, connecting with the array light curtain covering the top.
In an instant, the space within the entire inner city stagnated by more than ten times.
The array's light barrier became incredibly condensed, radiating power that even powerful beings who had survived several tribulations of the primordial spirit would find awe in its presence.
After doing all this, the white-haired, youthful-looking old man finally breathed a sigh of relief.
There was actually one more thing he didn't say: he suspected that the assassin might also have a magical artifact specifically designed to break formations.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why the other party was able to break through the inner city's array barrier and sneak in without alerting them.
If that's the case, without using the Zhou Tian Array Plate, it's quite possible that it could escape if we're not careful.
At that time, it will be an unimaginable blow to the prestige of the Gongshu family.
Currently, by using the Zhou Tian Array Plate to deplete its reserves and fully unleash the power of the Zhou Tian Star Array, the entire inner city is now impregnable.
Regardless of whether the assassin was a powerful figure of equal strength or possessed a strange magical artifact capable of breaking formations, it was impossible for him to escape silently again.
In this way, he can gradually uncover it.
As he focused his mind on the array plate, the white-haired, youthful-looking old man immediately sensed that the entire Zhou Tian Star Array was completely under his control, crystal clear.
In this summarized state, he finally noticed something unusual.
A faint aura, almost perfectly integrated with the fluctuations of the Zhou Tian Star Array, was rapidly moving outwards, its location already approaching the inner city wall.
"You thief, we've found you!"
A sharp light flashed in the eyes of the white-haired, youthful-looking old man. With a mental command, a beam of starlight descended from the array light screen above, blasting towards that aura.
The power of the falling stars was terrifyingly strong, completely comparable to the full-force attack of a second-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.
This was only because the white-haired, youthful-looking old man was concerned that this was the inner city, and if the power were too great, it might cause irreparable damage, so he restrained most of the power of the formation.
Otherwise, the full power of the Zhou Tian Star Array would be far more than this.
boom!
The power of the stars fell, causing the earth to tremble and the ground within a half-mile radius to be shattered.
Fortunately, this was already the edge of the inner city; otherwise, this attack alone would have affected countless members of the Gongshu family.
A figure was shaken out, looking somewhat disheveled.
"Thief, where do you think you're going!"
The other patriarchs of the Gongshu family also sensed this scene and were all invigorated.
They shifted their bodies and pounced on them.
The powerful aura of the primordial spirit had already enveloped the assassin before he even arrived, intending to suppress him.
"So, after all, we couldn't completely hide it after all..."
Lu Qing, who was thrown into the air by the shock, gave a wry smile.
He had only downloaded the formation within the inner city; he hadn't had time to decipher it yet.
Therefore, when the energy was integrated, there was still a slight flaw, which was unexpectedly noticed by the other party.
"However, it won't be that easy to catch me."
Sensing the dozen or so figures exuding a terrifying aura, pouncing like wolves and tigers, Lu Qing remained calm.
When the Fire Cauldron was in operation, it blocked all the power from his body, so that it could not affect him at all.
The five spiritual pearls in the acupoint between his eyebrows, along with the soul talisman, all shone brightly, firmly protecting his soul from being injured by the power of the primordial spirit.
At this moment, Lu Qing held nothing back, unleashing his true power by fully activating the golden core of his magical energy.
His figure transformed into a dazzling streak of light and flew away.
At the same time, a beam of azure light flew out from the Qiankun Yiqi Bag and blessed him.
The power of the wind-elemental artifact further increased his speed, making him almost as fast as the group of Nascent Soul experts chasing after him.
His sudden outburst caused the dozen or so Gongshu family elders who were chasing after him to be momentarily stunned.
"What, the aura of a Golden Core cultivator?"
"This assassin is only at the Golden Core stage?"
"That's impossible!"
However, it was the eruption of Lu Qing's golden core that made them realize that this incredibly cunning and mysterious assassin who had been toying with them was actually a golden core cultivator.
How could they possibly accept this?
This moment of hesitation caused them to miss their last chance to grab Lu Qing.
Lu Qing was already not far from the inner city wall, but after being blasted away by the starlight pillar, the distance became even closer, only a hundred feet away.
Now, unleashing its full speed, it arrived at the wall in an instant, crashing into the array of light that radiated terrifying power.
"Has this guy gone mad?"
Upon seeing this scene, a thought suddenly flashed through the minds of the Gongshu family elders.
The Zhou Tian Star Array is now fully activated, and the array's light barrier on the wall is so powerful that even they dare not touch it lightly.
If this ghost-faced assassin, exuding the aura of a Golden Core cultivator, were to crash into him like this, even a powerful cultivator who had undergone several tribulations of the Nascent Soul stage would be shattered to pieces.
"Die!"
An elderly man with white hair and a youthful face in the distance also witnessed this scene.
He guessed that the other party probably wanted to use their extraordinary treasure to break through the formation and leave.
But how could he let them succeed?
Immediately, he activated his mind, and the array light screen in front of Lu Qing shone brightly.
In the blink of an eye, the white-haired, youthful-looking old man used the Zhou Tian Array Plate to mobilize the power of the great array, amplifying the power of the array light barrier in front of Lu Qing several times over.
"Even if your treasure is a top-grade spiritual artifact, don't even think about breaking through the formation and leaving!"
However, just as the white-haired, youthful-looking old man and a group of Gongshu family ancestors thought that Lu Qing was about to be shaken to death by the power of the Zhou Tian Star Array,
The next moment, something unbelievable happened.
Suddenly, a spell was released from the light that Lu Qing had transformed into, and flew forward.
When the incantation landed on the array's light screen, it actually caused the entire light screen to freeze for a moment.
In that instant, the light that Lu Qing had transformed into had already passed through the array's light barrier.
The Zhou Tian Star Array light barrier, which was powerful enough to kill a Nascent Soul cultivator after several kalpas, was completely useless and did not cause him any harm.
"What?!"
This scene caused all the patriarchs of the Gongshu family to gasp in shock.
The old man with white hair and a youthful face, in particular, almost popped his eyes out of their sockets.
"Father!"
Only then did the dozen or so patriarchs of the Gongshu family arrive at the inner city wall.
However, sensing the terrifying power emanating from the array's light barrier, they dared not rush into it and could only shout loudly.
"Shut up! I understand!"
The white-haired, youthful-looking old man's face was ashen as he immediately manipulated the Zhou Tian Array Plate to remove the array's light barrier.
However, once a large formation like the Zhou Tian Star Formation is activated at full power, it is not so easy to stop it.
Even with the Zhou Tian Array Plate as the key to the array, it would still take at least ten breaths to remove the array's light barrier.
By then, given the assassin's skill and cunning, he would probably have already escaped the city.
Thinking of this, the white-haired, youthful-looking old man's face grew even more somber.
He manipulated the Zhou Tian Array Plate, and his incredibly powerful primordial spirit transmitted its voice, which suddenly resounded throughout the entire city through the power of the array!
"Listen up, all Nascent Soul Realm cultivators in the outer city! Whoever can leave behind that escaping light will be richly rewarded!"
Upon hearing this divine voice transmission, everyone in the outer city was taken aback.
But powerful beings quickly realized what was happening.
At the same time, they also saw a streak of light flying out rapidly from the direction of the inner city.
"That's the voice of the clan elder!"
"Quickly, stop that streak of light!"
"We can't let him escape the city!"
"As long as we keep him here, we will receive a reward from the clan elder!"
Instantly, dozens of powerful primordial spirit auras erupted from various locations within the outer city, soaring into the sky and rushing towards the escape light that Lu Qing had transformed into, attempting to capture him.
"Those who block my way shall die!"
Sensing the auras of those dozens of primordial spirits, Lu Qing's expression became extremely solemn.
Although most of the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators in the outer city who were subordinate to the Gongshu family were only at the initial Nascent Soul Realm.
However, even he would not be able to withstand being besieged by so many Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
More importantly, if we stop them at this moment, and the patriarchs of the Gongshu family in the inner city rush out, that would be a real problem.
Thinking of this, a murderous intent suddenly appeared on Lu Qing's face.
A precious sword appeared in his hand.
This time, however, he was not using an ordinary sword, but a flying sword of the spiritual weapon level that he had obtained in the battle of Tian Shu Divine Mountain.
However, after he refined this magical flying sword, it had long since changed its appearance, making it difficult for people to discover its original origin.
With the spirit sword in hand, Lu Qing's perfect golden core began to operate at full capacity.
At the same time, the boundless physical power within his body transformed into magical power, surging into his magical core.
After Lu Qing attained the perfect Golden Core, he gained the ability to gather and disperse at will, and to be formless and without appearance.
It can integrate magical energy into the physical body, thereby enhancing physical strength.
However, it can also transform physical strength into magical power, thereby enhancing the power of the Golden Core!
How terrifying is Lu Qing's physical strength now?
It can be said that by cultivating the 【Eternal Heavenly Witch Body】 and reaching the perfect Golden Witch realm, he could crush any Golden Core realm genius and fight against a Nascent Soul realm expert with just his pure physical strength.
Now, with the aid of such powerful physical strength, his magic power, having reached the ninth level of the Golden Core stage, is now comparable in quality to that of the Nascent Soul realm, and its power has increased once again.
Subtly, it even broke through a certain limit, undergoing a mysterious transformation.
However, this transformation was within Lu Qing's expectations.
Because this was one of the changes he deduced in the tenth stage of the 【Perfect Golden Elixir Method】.
It's just that he's temporarily revealing it in this way.
It sounds complicated, but in reality, all changes happen in the blink of an eye.
The moment his magical power transformed, Lu Qing unleashed a sword strike.
A dazzling sword light was unleashed by him, slashing forward with the power to cleave the heavens and destroy the earth, annihilating everything in its path.
A Nascent Soul cultivator who had just taken flight, his eyes still brimming with excitement, was slashed through the middle of his body by a sword light before he could even dodge, his body immediately freezing in mid-air.
The sword light, after piercing his body, continued its momentum, sweeping past the two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators behind him.
