Chapter 373: Original Foundation Balls
Before anyone could react, the old man placed his hand two inches below his navel.
A moment later, a group of multicoloured lights formed in his hand and everyone panicked.
Seeing this, He Mingyang cackled madly.
He played with the ball of light and his eyes shone with madness.
"Run." Yang Xu shouted and several people reacted.
Without a second thought, Yu Nianzhen grabbed his master and activated the golden teleportation talisman.
Soon after, the two appeared beside Jiang Yue.
"Azhen..." Jiang Yue started but didn’t finish when he saw the urgent look on his husband’s face.
"What’s wrong?" He asked instead.
"Nianzhen, I will find my wife." Yang Xu said and immediately turned about.
"Let’s go together." Yu Nianzhen said and pulled Jiang Yue to run behind Yang Xu.
"Azhen, what’s going on?" Jiang Yue asked while they were running.
"The enemy is here." Yu Nianzhen answered simply.
At the same time, a red firework exploded above the camp and the camp turned to chaos.
Cultivators who were previously going about their business turned into headless chickens.
Some shouted for their friends to run together but most rushed out of the formation and teleported without a backward glance.
"I will message the others." Jiang Yue said and began to message as they ran.
Several breaths later, they met up with Bing Lan, Li Futian, and Xuan Ke but there was no time to explain the situation.
"We are teleporting." Jiang Yue said and quickly activated one of the newly engraved teleportation formations.
In the blink of an eye, they disappeared from the camp and reappeared ten thousand kilometres away.
When they landed, no one spoke for a long time.
Other than Yu Nianzhen and Yang Xu who knew the whole situation, the others were at a loss.
"What happened?" Xuan Ke asked after a long time.
When they heard the question, Yang Xu and Yu Nianzhen turned pale.
For the last short while, they acted on instinct.
They didn’t have time to consider anything or feel afraid.
However, now that they had put some distance between them and the enemy, they suddenly felt afraid.
"Those coloured balls, they should be the original cultivation foundation of the disciples of the Death Flower Ascension Front." Yu Nianzhen spoke through gritted teeth.
During the first attack, they were too far from the enemy and he couldn’t tell what the balls were.
However, this time around, he was close enough.
"I don’t know how they did it but they have managed to condense the original foundation into such a weapon."
"Most importantly..." Yu Nianzhen said and frowned.
"Most importantly?" Bing Lan queried.
"Something strange is embedded in the condensed foundation. It should be the source of the poison." Yang Xu finished and everyone fell silent.
They didn’t expect the light balls to have such an origin.
Thinking about it, Jiang Yue swallowed and his eyes turned solemn before he spoke.
"In that case, doesn’t it mean that each disciple of the Death Flower Ascension Front has one light ball?"
"When He Mingyang took out the light ball, his cultivation was already sealed." Yang Xu added and the others couldn’t help but feel depressed.
"What a mess." Jiang Yue muttered.
"Even if everyone managed to escape, all the allies are now scattered. I am afraid our chances are not good." Li Futian said.
"We no longer have the luxury of plots and complex stratagems. Our best option is to find small enemy groups and eliminate them. When we discover large groups, we should do our best to scatter them or escape if we can’t." Yu Nianzhen suddenly said.
In his previous life, Yu Nianzhen was the head of a family and was always in charge of situations.
When he first came to the Cangxing world, he decided he didn’t want to be in charge of too many things.
He only wanted to be with Jiang Yue, cultivate, and occasionally socialise with a few close people.
However, he couldn’t afford to take a back seat at this time.
If he wanted to survive the current crisis, he could only take charge and do his best.
"It’s been a while." Jiang Yue muttered with a smile on his lips.
Even in this situation, he couldn’t help but admire the serious Yu Nianzhen.
"XiaoYue, how long will you need to engrave the remaining formation disks?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"At least three days."
"We will leave that to you while the rest of us walk around to find enemies."
With a sigh, Jiang Yue nodded.
He looked at Yu Nianzhen for a few breaths and then entered the ancient palace without complaints.
"There is a group of less than two dozen about nine kilometres from here." Yang Xu said and everyone became alert.
Beneath the fear of the last short while, everyone was angry.
They were angry that the enemy played such a cruel hand and also angry that a lot of people would surely die in the coming while.
"Show no mercy." Bing Lan said.
"Show no mercy." Xuan Ke echoed with reddened eyes.
Six years later, Yu Nianzhen, Jiang Yue, Li Futian, Xuan Ke, Bing Lan, and Yang Xu came across a relatively large enemy camp.
The camp had several layers of defence formations and three sets of guards patrolled at any given time.
[This camp is different.] Bing Lan sent a group transmission.
In the past six years, the five of them had come across and destroyed many enemy camps.
However, this was the first time they had found such a stronghold.
[Could it be the enemy’s base?] Xuan Ke wondered.
[It could be.] Jiang Yue said and frowned.
In a practised manner, he turned and looked at the Cangxing, bounty, and ranking lists.
[They have less than two hundred and we have close to three hundred.] He said and everyone felt a little complicated.
Over the past six years, it had become customary to tally the number of survivors on both sides.
However, every tally left everyone more depressed.
After all, more than twenty thousand origin tempering realm cultivators entered the Nine Treasures secret realm.
Unfortunately, less than fifty would come out if things continued as they were.
[This camp is too heavily protected. Attacking it will be difficult.] Yang Xu said.
[I have sent a message to several others. They are making their way here.] Li Futian said.
After the incident six years ago, the orthodox cultivators were no longer willing to gather in a camp.
In the end, everyone adopted guerilla warfare.
They attacked lone or small groups of enemies.
If they encountered a large group, they would message acquaintances to attack together.
After that, everyone went their separate way until the next cooperation.
Although this method was not as impressive as having a big army, it worked well.
A lot of allies were killed but more enemies perished.
In this way, they whittled down the enemy to less than two hundred.
If they cooperated well in the next attack, the disciples of the Death Flower Ascension Front in the Nine Treasures secret realm would be wiped out.
However, no one thought the last fight would be easy.
[XiaoYue, I know we are a little far but can you try to see the formation weaknesses?] Yu Nianzhen asked.
[Mmmh.] Jiang Yue agreed.
A moment later, his eyes glazed over and shone with a light blue light.
While Jiang Yue was studying the formation, several groups of people arrived.
The first group was led by Wei Ge.
This group had close to sixty people and was the largest ally group in the Nine Treasures secret realm.
[Fellow Daoist Wei.] Yu Nianzhen greeted.
[Senior Yang, fellow Daoists.] Wei Ge transmitted back.
Since they were only a few kilometres from the enemy camp, no one dared to speak.
If they spoke, they could be easily overheard.
At that time, they would not only lose their chance to attack when the enemy was unprepared but they would have to escape to avoid the foundation balls’ attack.
[This should be the last camp.] Wei Ge said and several people heaved a sigh of relief.
No matter who, everyone was tired of living so desperately.
They wanted to get done with the final battle and accept whatever outcome they would face.
However, Yu Nianzhen wasn’t reconciled.
He still wanted to do his best and eliminate the enemy.
After all, he still wanted to live and face eternity with Jiang Yue.
[Fellow Daoists.] A female voice sounded and everyone saw a dozen beast people walking towards them.
[Fellow Daoist Lin.] Several cultivators called.
However, before they made further conversation, more groups arrived.
A group of eleven was led by Meng Zihua, another of seven was led by Mo Tianxing, and one of four was led by Gu Meng...
In this way, about two hundred and fifty cultivators gathered several hundred kilometres from the enemy camp.
[How is the situation?] Meng Zihua asked and Li Futian sighed.
[Brother Jiang is studying the formation. This time will be more difficult and dangerous.]
