Chapter 635: Chapter 634: Tianxuan Battle Array
"Such a pity. How great it would be if it had been an intact Essence Stone!"
Qin Xiangyu was regretful even now.
She was 31 years old this year and although one of the leading figures among the Invincible Lords, a substantial gap remained for her to break through from her chrysalis and successfully reach the Land Immortal Realm.
However, if she could get enough Essence Stones, this process would undoubtedly be accelerated, maybe taking only three years!
"Although the Essence Stone is broken, I want to take it back for some research."
Said Shi Xiaole.
He did not reveal his secret ability to absorb broken Essence Stones because it defied common knowledge. If explored further, it would shock the world.
"If Brother Shi wants this, then it is yours."
Qin Xiangyu glanced thoughtfully at Shi Xiaole and suddenly smiled.
She wasn’t sure about his purpose, but one thing she did know was that these pieces held no use for her. Since that was the case, why not simply hand them over.
"Thank you."
Thereupon, Shi Xiaole took out a prepared wooden box and collected the pile of stone fragments.
On the other side, Yu Zhao and a beautiful girl were carefully collecting spiritual medicine from the farm. After all was done, the group began to divide the spoils.
As the initiator of this action, Qin Xiangyu should have made the decisions, but for some reason, she turned to Shi Xiaole and asked, "Brother Shi, how do you think we should split it?"
Hearing this, both Yu Zhao and the beautiful girl also turned their eyes toward him.
Shi Xiaole remained silent.
Without him, the three of them wouldn’t have been able to break the Array System. Even if they had found some helpers, they would not have succeeded so effortlessly. But he dared not say this out loud.
After all, it was Qin Xiangyu who found the blueprint and invited him to join. Without him, they would have just had to put in a bit more effort.
"I only need the Non-eating Berries, this medicine might be useful to me. You guys split the rest."
Shi Xiaole made his decision.
Although he was hesitant whether to use the Blood Yang Medium he prepared, foresight prevented any mishap. It wouldn’t be wrong to gather the medicine ingredients first. As for the remaining spiritual grasses, they held little significance to Shi Xiaole.
In fact, the biggest gain from this trip was the pile of destroyed Essence Stones.
"That wouldn’t be fair, Brother Shi."
Yu Zhao furrowed his brows.
Qin Xiangyu smiled and promptly said, "Brother Shi, you don’t have to do this. There are a total of thirty-one medicinal herbs here. How about this, I’ll slightly take advantage and take eleven herbs, Brother Shi takes eight, and you both get the remaining six each, how does that sound?"
"I have no objections."
"I have no objections, either."
The quick agreement from Yu Zhao and the beautiful girl was due to the fact that they contributed the least. Receiving six each was perhaps already a special consideration from Qin Xiangyu and they both felt somewhat embarrassed.
Seeing their reactions, Shi Xiaole didn’t object anymore.
Humility has its place, and sometimes overdoing it can make others uncomfortable.
After splitting up the loot, the four of them chatted and laughed on their way back. As they were exiting the tunnel, Qin Xiangyu’s face turned serious and she shouted, "Who’s there, come out!"
"Hahaha, Miss Qin of the Qin Family is indeed sharper than others."
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.
Shadows emerged from different directions, precisely twenty individuals. They surrounded the four in a semicircle, their gazes of anticipation on Qin Xiangyu were like hungry predators eyeing their prey.
"Qiu Family, Xue family, and He Family, you’ve plotted so seriously and even followed me here."
The four major families of Yuanling had coexisted for many years, and Qin Xiangyu naturally recognized the experts from the other three major families. What surprised her was that these three families valued her so highly, they directly dispatched twenty top Lords.
This team nearly consumed half of the main force of the three major families and was enough to trap and kill two ordinary Invincible Lords.
"Go back from whence you came, or don’t blame me for being rude."
Qin Xiangyu said coldly.
"Miss Qin, we know that you are the mighty sixth-ranked Lord and don’t consider us worth your time, but have you considered the safety of your companions?"
Old Qiu said with a genuine chuckle, but his words carried a murderous intent.
They have been investigating for days and knew that Yu Zhao was only a normal Lord, probably not even a mid-level one. The beautiful girl was even weaker, at only the eighth level of the Dragon Gate Realm.
As for the teen with his white-accented temples, he was a bit mysterious. However, based on their positions, it was apparent Qin Xiangyu was the main focus - thus he couldn’t be a significant figure either.
Before cultivating the Tianxuan Battle Array, twenty of them could only manage to kill three in the young man’s team, but now all four were under threat.
The Tianxuan Battle Array was discovered by the Qiu Family in an ancient relic several years ago. Though incomplete, it remained an impenetrable Divine Barrier Realm level array.
Even though it was incomplete, it was something an array of Dragon Gate Realm level could never match. Killing the four present would be effortless.
The goal of Old Qiu’s words was to distract Qin Xiangyu. Hunters always liked to toy with their prey before the hunt, yet Qin Xiangyu showed no signs of panic, rather she appeared calm.
"Brother Shi, can you look after my cousin and Junior Sister? You only need to hold on for dozens of moves."
Qin Xiangyu transmitted a message to Shi Xiaole privately, inside she felt a bit relieved.
It was fortunate she had brought Shi Xiaole along. Otherwise, facing twenty top Lords alone, it would actually be quite difficult to ensure two people’s safety, let alone Yu Zhao.
With a surge of rage in her heart, the murderous intent gathered in her scabbard. Qin Xiangyu lightly scolded and swung her sword horizontally in front of her.
"Form the Array, kill!"
As the yellow sword aura was about to strike, a mysterious and profound Array System aura enveloped the twenty top-ranked Lords, like a vast white fan.
The yellow sword aura collided with it, causing a ripple of Sword Qi spreading in all directions. Various trenches appeared on the ground, rubble slid down from the flanking cliffs, and a small peak was cut off by the Sword Qi, crashing down dramatically.
The might of Qin Xiangyu’s sword left the twenty top-ranked Lords startled, truly realizing just how terrifying the strength of the sixth rank on the Lord’s list was. However, the next moment, they all started laughing.
No matter how strong Qin Xiangyu’s sword technique was, wasn’t it still blocked by the Tianxuan Battle Array?
"Dirty woman, today is your death day."
The Tianxuan Battle Array only needed simultaneous activation of the mind mantra to form instantly, moving uniformly. On Old Qiu’s command, twenty beams of Vigorous Air burst forth and pressed against the four figures at the core.
"Their attacking power?"
Qin Xiangyu slightly changed color.
The attack power of these twenty beams nearly reached the level of ordinary Invincible Lords. More importantly, once her Qi was locked by the battle array, she was unable to shake it off and could only fight passively.
"Sword Across Time!"
Hopping into the air, Qin Xiangyu slashed out her sword. The sword aura this time was only thirty feet large, it seemed like the twilight’s afterglow uderneath the haze, radiating brilliantly at the center, but blurred at the edges, lazily engulfing the surroundings.
"Tsss, tsss, tsss...."
Innumerable piercing sounds rose.
The white fan was pierced instantly, but most of the power of the yellow sword aura was neutralized. When it charged the twenty top Lords, they easily dispelled it.
"Once the Tianxuan Battle Array activates, everyone’s attack and defense power will double. Let’s see what you can do."
Old Qiu’s wrinkled face contorted further. Their combined power of twenty now was equal to ordinary Invincible Lords. But with the power of the Battle Array, it was even more horrifying than twenty ordinary Invincible Lords combined. Let’s see how Qin Xiangyu would die!
"Tianxuan Fist, strike!"
In the midst of maniacal laughter, Old Qiu struck first. The other nineteen people were not a moment slower.
"Bang!"
Twenty white fist auras crisscrossed. Qin Xiangyu dodged twelve of them in time and severed five more, leaving three howling and charging towards Shi Xiaole and the other two.
Yu Zhao and the beautiful young girl turned pale. Under such attack, they didn’t even have a chance to fight back.
A green sword aura brightened up in time. "Puff, puff, puff," the three fist auras were divided, charging from the left and right sides of them. They pierced through the mountainsides behind, creating three hundreds of meters deep holes. Dust rose, and the entire mountain trembled.
After battling for more than a dozen moves, Qin Xiangyu gradually figured out the Tianxuan Battle Array, and her heart sank.
To break through this Battle Array, each one had to be defeated individually. The problem was she couldn’t simultaneously pierce through the Array and break her opponent’s defense. Consequently, she had to endure a doubled attack from twenty people all the time.
Or else, directly find out the weakness of the Battle Array but at this moment, where could she get the extra energy? Even if she had it, it would not be noticeable in such a short time.
"Surrender now, or you won’t even have a complete corpse to bury."
The masters of the three Great Families laughed heartily.
"In your dreams, Desolate Moonlight!"
Twenty fist auras attacked again, but this time, Qin Xiangyu stood her ground and resolutely used her ultimate move.
Under the reinforcement of complete truth of dusk, the moment her sword aura rose, the sky and earth within a radius of five hundred meters turned a desolate yellow, filled with a sense of desolation and death. Swords Qi, penetrating everything, rushed towards the white fan at a frequency of ten times per breath, swiftly killing the figures behind.
"No, the Curtain of Tianxuan!"
Old Qiu and others paled in alarm, quickly switching from offense to defense.
An transparent curtain fell from the sky, blocking them. The fierce yellow Sword Qi pierced it, immediately splattering in all directions like raindrops on stone slates.
Quickly, the curtain was riddled with holes, allowing Sword Qi to pierce into the bodies of masters behind, sending blood splashing everywhere.
"Fantastic, Senior Sister is invincible!"
The beautiful young girl jumped up excitedly.
However, Yu Zhao’s expression was serious, he said solemnly: "It’s not over yet."
Those twenty top Lords retreated or sidestepped, but the Qi of the Tianxuan Battle Array always locked onto Qin Xiangyu and the others, with an increasingly fierce tendency.
"Miss Qin, no matter how strong you are, you shall be buried here today."
A high-ranking master from the Xue Family roared in rage. Even though he was bleeding, his momentum was increasing rather than decreasing.
The most terrifying thing about the Tianxuan Battle Array was that every time the Array caster was injured, the essence blood from their body would automatically merge into the Array, becoming part of its power.
So, unless someone broke the limit of the Array at once, anyone falling into the Tianxuan Battle Array would be slowly worn to death, with no other way out.
Even though they knew they would undoubtedly win today, the masters from the three Great Families were still scared half to death by Qin Xiangyu’s ultimate move, thinking about her young age but possessing such power, which further confirmed their intention to kill her.
"It seems that only those individuals ranked in the top five on the Lords list may have a chance to break this array in one fell swoop."
Qin Xiangyu heaved heavily.
In her heart, even if a top-five master from the Lord’s list were to come, the chances of breaking this array wouldn’t be very high. Half a year ago, she had fought one of them. Their strength was barely half a stack higher than her.
It seemed like she would have to use the items sent by her family to save her life today.
