Chapter 852: 500 Years of Foundations
Yifeng was nearly injured even though he received Shang Xia’s reminder, and due to the strong impact, his mind turned hazy for a moment. It wasn’t just because of the suppression of the grand formation. It was also because of the rejection from the Azure Flame World’s Will.
With the layers of debuffs stacked on top of each other, Yifeng felt that more than 30 percent of his strength had been restrained. He felt extremely fortunate that he wasn’t actually hurt by the strike earlier.
Fortunately, the 3 Martial Dipper Realm experts appeared soon after and assisted him in holding their ground.
If that was the Yifeng of the past, there was no way he would be willing to work together with the others. He wouldn’t accept their help either. However, in his current situation, he couldn’t help but join forces with those who just appeared.
It was then that a loud crack was heard as one of the 2 light rings around the Halo Mirror shattered.
Soon after, Lu Wuzi’s flustered yell came from outside the city. “Kou Chongxue, give me world origin!”
After confirming their plan to attack the Yanlin City, the experts of the Azure Ascension World split their troops up. A group of them would cause a Beast Tide to force the Yanlin Clan to split their strength up. Next, the experts would split into groups of 3. Around 10 of them led the Formation Grandmasters in the direction of the city. Kou Chongxue and Yifeng would take the lead in sieging the city while the rest of their group would be concealed by Lu Wuzi’s Halo Mirror. They would take action once the formation was dealt with. The others were led by Jiu Du to linger around the city to prevent ambush from any reinforcements who might arrive.
There was also another reason for the somewhat even plot of manpower. That was because Kou Chongxue’s Origin Holy Artifact could only provide 10 of them with enough world origin from the Azure Ascension World!
Of course, that was what Kou Chongxue said... After all, he was the one controlling the Origin Holy Artifact and his word was law.
What they couldn’t deny was the fact that the Azure Flame World’s Will would be able to suppress their fighting abilities by close to 20 percent if they didn’t have the support of the Origin Holy Artifact.
With it, they would be able to display 90 percent of their combat capabilities. The suppression was still there, but it was a lot weaker. 10 percent might not seem like a lot, but it could decide a lot of matters.
For example, Lu Wuzi looked like he merely lost 10 percent of his combat strength, but another one of his light rings was easily shattered by the protection formation.
The damage he suffered was much more than when he was at the heavenly screen. His true essence was damaged, and he spat out mouthfuls of blood without stopping. He had no choice but to call for Kou Chongxue to increase the support of world origin.
Kou Chongxue was trying to stop the Yanlin Zongheng, their peak-tier powerhouse, but after hearing the yell, he merely hesitated for a moment before adjusting a strand of world origin to support Lu Wuzi.
The moment he received the assistance of world origin, Lu Wuzi seemed to have replenished a good portion of his energy and the strained look on his face disappeared.
Qing Pingzi noticed what happened to Lu Wuzi and he quickly approached, “Martial Ancestor, are you still alright?”
Glaring at him from the corner of his eye, along with several others who were present, he growled, “What are you still doing here?! Hurry up and enter the city!”
Lu Wuzi might be speaking to those before him, but his gaze landed on someone specific.
Han Mo gritted his teeth before cupping his fists respectfully. “Yes.”
His figure soon passed the opening in the formation.
With a slight look of embarrassment, Qing Pingzi wanted to say something else. However, Lu Wuzi interrupted, “Jian Yingzi, you stay behind and protect me. Everyone else, enter the city! The city contains the foundation of the Yanlin Clan that spans hundreds of years. Haven’t you realized that the brat from the Tongyou Institution hadn’t shown up even after getting rid of the protection formation?”
From the looks of it, Yanlin City was bound to fall.
The moment the experts of the Azure Ascension World entered and occupied the city, the foundations of the Yanlin Clan which had been accumulating for hundreds of years, would belong to them.
Under such circumstances, other than the holy land which they couldn’t actually bring away, everything would belong to whoever grabbed it first!
No one knows how ‘that brat’ from the Tongyou Institution infiltrated the city and how much information Kou Chongxue managed to gather in the past. They were afraid everything of value in the city would be the kid’s goal.
With Lu Wuzi’s reminder, Qing Pingzi and Yin Lingzi rushed into the city behind Han Mo.
“Outsiders, what’s the reason for this?! Why are you attacking us?” Yanlin Zongheng’s enraged roar came from the skies above the city. He was still held down by Kou Chongxue, and he could do nothing but scream.
The number of experts who entered the city increased by the second as Lu Wuzi maintained the final ring of light around the opening.
Even though their combat strength was suppressed even further after entering the city, they had an absolute advantage in terms of numbers! They quickly resisted the desperate counter attack of the Yanlin Clan.
As the battle raged on, structures in the city collapsed and so did many parts of their protective formation.
The experts of the Azure Ascension World didn’t immediately gain the upper hand after entering the city. That was because the sheer number of experts in the Third and Fourth Order of the Primary Realm were also desperately defending the grand formation. They actually managed to cause some trouble for the Martial Dipper Realm experts who just entered.
Of course, it was merely slightly more troublesome to deal with it.
After all, the number of Martial Dipper Realm experts the Azure Ascension World sent was easily 5 times more than the number of Martial Sages in the city!
Fortunately, the Azure Ascension World destroyed a portion of the city wall at the start. Otherwise, the Yanlin Clan would be able to hold out for quite a long time with their special defenses.
The longer they took, the more variables in their plan!
When Kou Chongxue and the others arrived in the Yanlin City, the experts of the clan already used some special methods to contact the Martial Sages they sent to stop the Beast Tide from returning.
Unfortunately, they were quickly intercepted by Jiu Du and the others. Those who were sent to request reinforcements from the other continents were also stopped along their way by the Martial Extermination Realm experts of the Azure Ascension World.
Of course, news of the Yanlin Clan coming under attack couldn’t be hidden for long. It started to spread among the great powers of the other continents.
The source of the news was extremely direct. It was from the experts above the heavenly screen.
There were hundreds of Martial Extermination Realm experts and dozens of Martial Dipper Realm experts from the Azure Ascension World who entered the Southern Yanlin Continent. The experts of the Azure Flame World wouldn’t just let them do whatever they wished without keeping an eye on them!
However, they had no idea what the true goal of those outsiders was. They never thought that they would be so familiar with the Azure Flame World and neither would they have thought that the outsiders would take such decisive actions under Kou Chongxue’s leadership.
Of everything they didn’t think of, the greatest surprise came when they noticed how the protection formation around the Yanlin City was breached in an instant.
That was also the reason why even if the other powers wanted to provide assistance, they wouldn’t be able to coordinate with the other factions and gather enough experts in time.
What was made more obvious by the battle was the fact that there was no single faction in the Azure Flame World who had the ability to resist the outsiders!
If they really wanted to eliminate the group of outsiders, they would need to gather the entire strength of their world! They would need to make countless adjustments, but too bad for them, the Yanlin Clan failed to buy them enough time!
More than 15 Martial Dipper Realm experts poured into the city by that point and no matter how hard the cultivators of the Yanlin Clan resisted, they were being pushed back forcefully. Their losses were severe, and it was especially so for the low-level cultivators within the city.
With a long whistle, Kou Chongxue’s sword light stopped Yanlin Zongheng who was trying to retreat. Soon after, a second opening tore through the city wall. Kou Chongxue pointed his sword at Yanlin Zongheng and growled, “Are you really planning to send every single member of your clan to their death by resisting till the end?”
Yanlin Zongheng was on the brink of collapse and he roared angrily, “What exactly are you outsiders up to?! What do you want?! You are the ones who eliminated the 500 years of foundation of my Yanlin Clan...”
Kou Chongxue stared at Yanlin Zongheng whose emotions were extremely unstable at the moment and frowned. The situation that was playing out wasn’t something he wanted to see. No matter how hard Yanlin Zongheng struggled, he wouldn’t be able to last till their reinforcements arrived. However, it was possible for him to destroy the entire city. That wasn’t part of Kou Chongxue’s plan. He needed a near complete grand formation in order to get ready for their next phase.
Shang Xia sneakily arrived at the core region of the Yanlin City by the time everything had played out.
The situation was clear in his eyes. It was a matter of time before the fourth soul Martial Sage of the Yanlin Clan would no longer be able to fight. Even if Yifeng and the rest didn’t kill him, he would experience cultivation deviation due to the imbalance of his Martial Souls and meet his end.
It was the other third soul Martial Sage who caught Shang Xia’s attention. From the time he emerged from the Yanlin Holy Land, he had hidden himself. He concealed his aura completely despite the city being breached. Shang Xia couldn’t be more curious about what was going on.
Shang Xia was headed straight into the core region in order to deal with their Formation Grandmaster while preserving the protection formation to the best of his abilities. He also needed to look for the entrance to the Yanlin Holy Land and sweep away the resistance within to prevent Yanlin Zongheng from going crazy at the last second and destroying the secret region their Holy Land was contained in.
As he entered the core region, he heard a loud yell. “... What are you still messing about for?! We won’t be able to protect the city anymore! Hurry up and leave!”
“I won’t leave! The moment I leave, the grand formation will no longer operate! Only with me here will we be able to buy some time. When that happens, reinforcements...”
“There won’t be any reinforcements!” The loud voice interrupted the person who was speaking. “No one will be here to save us! Bring our disciples from the later generation and leave through the hidden passage! Meet up with Fifth, Eighth, and Sixteenth Elders who are down south stopping the beast Beast Tide! In the future, our Yanlin Clan will have hopes of rising again!”
“Twelfth Uncle, you...”
“Hehe... I’m pretty much a cripple at this point. I won’t be able to leave with you. I’ll stay behind and drag those outsiders to death with me! Yanlin Zongheng is a fool! He even chose to send people down south to stop the Beast Tide even after learning that the powerful outsiders entered our continent! Even if we use our toes to think, we’ll know that they’re scheming something! Half the reason we’re being destroyed today is because of him!”
“Twelfth Uncle...”
“Leave, hurry up and leave! Scram!”
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