132, Desperate Struggle

  Kuang Zhuang saw the two of them with intense murderous intent. He immediately retreated, only to stand together with Zhan Bai and protect Xiao Guzi and Xiao Zui behind him. Then, he changed his shape and shadow, taking these two Qi-refining cultivators to stand at the entrance of the main hall.

  Ye Jingwen and Mo Tian Ge saw the situation, the smile at the corner of their mouths grew even bigger. Since Kuang Zhu Shixiong had taken care of Xiao Guzi and Xiao Zui's worries from behind, and had also cut off their retreat, what else did they have to worry about?

  In contrast, the faces of the ancient swordsmen looked even more unsightly.

  It seemed that the candle was not enough to strike the opponent's morale, and with a nonchalant and elegant tone, he casually threw out a sentence that should have been full of killing intent: "Sooner or later we'll send them on their way, let's just hurry it up."

  The words had barely fallen when a Qi Foundation stage cultivator from the Ancient Sword Sect, who couldn't sit still, shouted loudly: "Don't bully people too much!" His eyes were completely red as he charged towards Kuang Zhuo.

  When the initial cultivators of Zhuji rushed forward, Wan Hong'an had already shouted "Form an array!" But it was still a step too late.

  In the early stages of building a foundation, compared to the later stages, the cultivator naturally had no advantage, and even the almost substantial sword edge was only able to reach the candle flame's surface for an instant before being wrapped up by the powdery substance scattered by Kuang Zhu with a light wave of his sleeve.

  The seemingly light pink mist that can block the flying sword is already enough to shock people, and now it's like a thorny vine that wraps around the sword, combining Xiu and divine consciousness as one. Not only the cultivators of the ancient sword sect, but also Mo Tian Ge and Ye Jing Wen are equally surprised.

  While Mo Tian Ge and Ye Jing Wen were shocked, the unconscious formation of the Gu Jian Pai cultivators' sword array was about to be completed.

  Bian Ting's elegant and calm voice said: "I'll help you set up a formation."

  The sound still lingered. The foundation-building early-stage cultivator was like a kite with a broken string, crashing into the already formed sword array. Behind him, a thin trail of pink mist was left, and another foundation-building mid-stage cultivator from the same sect saw his fellow disciple crash over and naturally reached out to catch him. He caught him easily, but no one noticed that the pink mist also attached itself to the cultivator's body.

  The action of Kuang Zhu naturally reminded some distracted Ye Jingwen and Mo Tian Ge.

  Mo Tian Ge quickly controlled the flying shuttle to collide with another foundation-building cultivator standing on a sword array star position. The cultivator naturally didn't dare to harden this collision, and had to abandon the star position that he had just stabilized, and was also injured by Mo Tian Ge's swift shot of flying needles.

  Wan Hong'an was enraged by this scene, and since he couldn't set up a formation, he could only break through one by one. Thinking that as fellow Foundation Establishment cultivators, the female cultivator would be easier to deal with, he suddenly pointed his two fingers at the sword body and made a wiping motion. A deep red blood color invaded his sword, and at the same time, Wan Hong'an switched the hand holding the sword to his injured left hand. Immediately after, a series of flying blades transformed from the sword energy, carrying the deep red blood color, flew towards Mo Tian Ge in a vast and overwhelming manner.

  "Wan Shi Xiong, you......?" The youngest foundation-building cultivator of the Gujian Sect was shocked.

  Mo Tian Ge was extremely vigilant against this unusual Blood Blade, and the white silk handkerchief hovering above his head quickly laid down a brick wall in front of him. However, unexpectedly, the Blood Blade at the edge of the brick wall bypassed it and rushed straight towards Mo Tian Ge. Mo Tian Ge rapidly retreated while controlling his protective true energy to surge violently. Unexpectedly, the protective true energy only slightly slowed down the speed of the Blood Blade, and two blades flashed by, avoiding evasion. "Hiss" sounds were heard as they struck Mo Tian Ge's left shoulder head and small abdomen.

  With a single glance, Wan Hong'an sneered and gave a ferocious smile: "Xiao Gai Zhi, if you want to survive today, you must fight for your life. Do you still think you can retreat unscathed?"

  The young monk named Xiao Gai Zhi heard this and also self-mutilated with his sword like Wan Hong An.

  The three ancient swordsmen of the Gujian Sect who were entangled with Ye Jingwen in a fierce battle, seeing this commotion, also cooperated with Ru Mohang An to self-inflict wounds and sacrifice their swords.

  For a moment, the Blood Blade danced wildly, and Ye Jingwen and Mo Tian Ge were suppressed to the point where they could hardly control the situation. The five members of the Gujian Sect took advantage of the Blood Blade's opening and began to set up their formation again.

  After a push, the situation of the candle mouth corner flashed a cold smile, from the bosom mō out before the opening of the war stirred up that bottle of Dan yao, poured out a few cyan-colored pills, and threw them into the field with a toss.

  Several people from the Gujian School naturally dodged in a flurry, but Mo Tian Ge and Ye Jing Wen, who were attacked, were not so lucky. Since they couldn't dodge in time, the two could only forcibly withstand this blow. Unexpectedly, the pellet turned into powder mist when it touched the protective true energy, and followed the blood gas that overflowed from the wound during the fight, rushing into the wound. Mo Tian Ge and Ye Jing Wen were startled by the coolness entering their bodies, and when they looked again, the wound was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

  Moreover, the candle was thrown afterwards and did not stop. Then, a green mist swirled in the field, the blood blade disappeared instantly, and the cultivators of Gujian Sect stared at their healed fingers in shock, their combat power greatly reduced.

  Ye Jingwen and Mo Tian Ge couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time, it was their first time knowing that a doctor's treatment could also be used as an attack method.

  "Today I've also reached a higher level."

  Wan Hong'an's ferocious expression didn't change as he forced out a smile: "This blood clotting at just the right time, I won't thank you for it."

  As soon as he finished speaking, he slapped his own chest with one palm, and a mouthful of blood from the heart spurted onto the ground in the center of the main hall. In an instant, the chaotic and disordered bloodstains left on the ground by the Blood Blade suddenly came to life and began to squirm about. Wan Hong'an burst out into maniacal laughter: "Since you can't form the Ten Thousand Star Array, let me show you that our Ancient Sword Sect's Ten Thousand Asura Array is just as good! Hahahaha!"

  Another mid-term cultivator of the Ancient Sword Sect's face changed greatly: "Wan Hong'an, you're crazy! Our sect's forbidden technique you also dare to learn, and you even designed us to be deceived!"

  The Blood Blade on the ground was not something that Wan Hong'an could accomplish alone. Knowing that he had no way out, Wan Hong'an, in order to kill his opponent, not only used himself as a sacrifice but also directly used his fellow disciples as blood mediums for the Ten Thousand Evil Demon Formation.

  Wan Hong'an looked at the bloodstains crawling rapidly on the floor of the grand hall, laughing almost to exhaustion, yet still said: "Since we can't live anymore, let's go down to hell together, hahahaha!"

  Several people from the Gujian Sect changed color in fright. Mo Tian Ge was still unclear about what was happening, when Kuang Zhuo Qing shouted at the entrance: "Xiao Bai, protect the law!"

  With just this breath, the bloodstains on Wan Hong'an's feet formed a circle around him as the center, and from this circle, words that exuded a cold aura rapidly spread outward.

  Kuang Zhuo sat cross-legged, his palms pushed forward, and a white mist quickly spread from where he was to where Ye Jingwen and Mo Tian Ge were standing, and the white mist also stopped the blood characters from spreading further in time.

  The cultivators of the Ancient Sword Sect saw the white mist and were like seeing a lifeline, wanting to rush over. However, they only managed to rush halfway before their bodies were covered by the spreading blood characters, and then froze in place.

  The stranger's song abruptly stopped as he stared at the pale face of the frozen ancient sword cultivator, while the blood characters on the ground grew more vibrant and spread across the walls of the grand hall, as well as the areas shrouded in white mist.

  As they watched, Cui's face turned pale and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. Mo Tian Ge and Ye Jing Wen exchanged a glance, knowing that the key to the situation lay with Wan Hong An. Just as Mo Tian Ge was about to deliver the final blow to Wan Hong An, who was laughing hysterically, Xiao Bai shouted: "No!"

  The song of the wild sky was full of doubts as it gazed into the distance. Xiaoguzi poked his head out from behind the back of Baishi Xiong, the white-robed protector, and said: "This Wanxiang Xiuluo formation can only be slightly restrained by someone like Shixiong who is formless. Once it comes into contact with a physical object, it will use that physical object as a medium..." Xiaoguzi paused for a moment, unable to find the right words, and could only point at several Gujianpai cultivators who had been chosen as blood mediums: "It will become like that."

  Ye Jingwen also explained: "The ring of blood under his feet seems to be only on the ground, but if someone really attacks, it will form a cylinder from the ground to resist the attack, and at the same time, take the attacker through the medium as a blood medium."

  When he finished speaking, Ye Jingwen said: "The Wanxiang Xiuluo formation is an extremely vicious blood-refining formation. This formation was famous in the war of the demonic beasts hundreds of years ago, but it was ultimately listed as a forbidden technique by the ancient sword sect because its destructive power was too great and the master of the blood-refining formation was prone to demonization. However, you are not from Xikunwu, so I don't know if this is also reasonable."

  In such a critical situation, Ye Jingwen still had the mood to explain that it was not in Xikunwu's growth and didn't know if it was also reasonable, which left Mo Tian Ge speechless.

  Tian Ge's mind was racing like electricity, but Ye Jingwen's voice whispered in his ear again: "Tian Ge, you're proficient in array techniques. If there's a phantom beast within the array, it can be defeated with one strike. However, this place is too small, and the array disk is also a physical object, what a pity."

  Stranger's song heard words one joy: "Illusory beast can?"

  Ye Jingwen nodded and said, "Those without physical bodies can also go."

  "Then can the divine consciousness also be achieved?"

  Ye Jingwen smiled bitterly: "That's natural, but when it comes to spiritual consciousness, a sword cultivator cultivates their sword while also cultivating their spiritual consciousness. Even if it's Kuang Shi Xiong in the late stage of foundation building, he may not be able to surpass the spiritual consciousness of a mid-stage foundation building sword cultivator."

  The song of the wild sky, with the cultivation of the spiritual mantra, she is precisely not an ordinary cultivator.

  But the Lian Shen Jue is now the only thing that can suppress the Tian Ge, and naturally doesn't want to reveal his strong spiritual awareness in front of so many people. He borrowed Ye Jingwen's previous mastery of array techniques and said: "Array techniques can also be large or small, why not give it a try."

  Ye Jingwen didn't quite understand the formation method, but he deeply trusted Mo Tian Ge's words and happily said: "Then let's give it a try quickly."

  But didn't know that the formation that can summon fantasy beasts is not a simple array, and just the array eye is not something that a few people can set up.

  The stranger's gaze fell upon the candle's divine color, and he knew that Xiao Bai and the other two could no longer hold on. Without hesitation, he reached into his Qiankun bag and pulled out a few pieces of spiritual stones, arranging them into a golden formation that could sense spiritual energy. He said to Ye Jingwen, "Brother Ye, I trouble you to protect me with your magic."

  Ye Jingwen was anxious in his heart and didn't think about why setting up an array still needed a guardian, so he nodded in agreement.

  Mó Tiān Gē quickly summoned his divine consciousness, and the only killing move of the Lian Shen Jue he had cultivated was launched at the completely unguarded Yuán Shén of Wàn Hóng ān. The weakness of the Yuán Shén was naturally not as strong as the Ròu body, let alone an unguarded Yuán Shén. As soon as the Lian Shen Jue was released, it was a one-hit kill.

  Kuang Zhu felt a sudden lightness throughout his body, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that Wan Hong'an had already fallen to the ground. The Blood Refining Characters surrounding him also lost control, surging backwards towards Wan Hong'an's body. Kuang Zhu hastily joined his palms together and then separated them again, and a white mist barely managed to block several people, but by then Wan Hong'an had already exploded and died.

  The explosive power of the foundation-building period's Zhū Jī was so great that it flattened the grand hall at Qián Mén Lǐng, and several ancient sword sect cultivators who were outside the range of Huāng Zhú Bái Wù (Yellow Candle White Fog) did not die directly from the Wan Xiàng Xiū Luó Array, but also died under the counterattack of the Wan Xiàng Xiū Luó Array.

  After the explosion had subsided, the elegant and refined Kuang Zishi stood amidst the ruins, gazing at the other sect cultivators who had rushed to the scene. He said nothing.

  Ye Jingwen and Mo Tian Ge wouldn't naturally go to explain, but these foundation-building monks aren't fools either. Their divine sense has been paying attention to this place all along. They can roughly infer what happened.

  "The Infinite Shura Formation, this is the Infinite Shura Formation!" someone muttered to himself.

  However, even if he muttered to himself, Zhu's sharp ears could hear him clearly, and his face turned pale.

  The remaining aura of the Wanxiang Xiuluo Formation can still be felt today, although it is unknown what triggered the Wanxiang Xiuluo Formation. However, the fact that even the Wanxiang Xiuluo Formation was broken through shows just how powerful this rarely active medical cultivator is.

  In the front gate ridge, several major friendly factions of the ancient sword sect did not dare to take the lead; and the remaining members of the ancient sword sect who didn't even have a foundation-building period cultivator left were even more tight-lipped.

  In the Front Gate Ridge residence, five Foundation Establishment cultivators suddenly died. Even in normal times, this would not be something that could be glossed over, let alone after the battle with the demonic beasts when many Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Ancient Sword Sect had fallen. Adding to this were the two early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators killed by Mo Tian Song and Ye Jing Wen outside the residence, resulting in a total of seven Foundation Establishment cultivators falling within the sect's internal conflict.

  When the news reached the sect, the leader of the ancient sword sect was furious. He rushed to the front gate ridge residence thousands of miles away, and ordered that Kuang Zhuo and several others who were directly involved in this matter be beheaded with a sword.

  There were six people in the house, four foundation-building cultivators and two energy-refining cultivators.

  "Let's hurry up and leave, if this matter spreads out, the cultivators of the Ancient Sword Sect will definitely rush over here, at that time we'll be in trouble!"

  "No way, brother, we've already alarmed Master Jiedan, how can we escape?"

  "What's to be done? Can't just crouch here waiting for them to come and kill us?"

  "This... even if we want to run, we can't escape!"

  …………

  Four foundation-building cultivators remained silent, while two Qi-refining cultivators chattered away. Xiaoguzi and Xiaozui argued for half a day, neither convincing the other, until they finally stared at each other with wide eyes, both trying to outdo the other in a staring contest.

  Kuang Zhuang swept them with a glance and said: "This matter has already been reported to the leader, you don't need to worry about it anymore."

  Xiao Guzi and Xiao Zui turned their heads at the same time, wide-eyed: "Why didn't you say so earlier!" They had been arguing for half a day, their mouths were dry.

  "You didn't ask."

  The two of them fell silent at the same time, each humming a sound of anger.

  The two children stopped talking in anger. Xian Bai looked at them helplessly and turned to Kuang Zhu: "Senior brother, how will the sect leader handle this matter?"

  "The reason I asked you to come is that I wanted to talk about this matter."

  Ye Jingwen had already put down his tea and said, "Qing Shi, Zhang Shidi, this matter arose because of me, you don't have to be polite, just speak directly." Before he killed the person, he had already thought about the consequences. The leader would still protect their own disciples no matter what, and in the end it would still become a confrontation between the two sects' powers. This time, the various sects suffered heavy losses due to the beast's chaos, and the ancient sword sect also suffered greatly. Although the Xuanqing Sect lost many foundation-building disciples, they preserved their basic strength because of the sealed mountain. Between the two sects, the Xuanqing Sect was still in a superior position. Moreover, Jinghe Shizu was a good killer and extremely protective of his own people. If he found out that his Qingyuan Peak disciple had done such a thing, he would definitely be clapping with laughter, not punishing him. With Jinghe Shizu protecting him, what did he have to fear?

  "Just like that," he said, but Jing Yan faintly replied: "No, I think it's better if you don't say it directly."

  Ye Jingwen was puzzled: "Why?"

  Kuang Zhuo's gaze swept around the room, finally settling on Mo Tian Ge who was quietly sipping tea: "This matter, it would be better if we all pushed it onto Eldest Miss Mo."

  As soon as these words came out, not only were Meng Tian Ge, Ye Jing Wen and Zhan Bai stunned, but even the little Guzi and Xiao Zui who were squatting in anger also looked up.

  "Why?" Ye Jingwen blurted out again.

  Kuang Zhu didn't respond, but instead lowered his head and drank tea. Mo Tian Ge quickly calmed down, nodded: "Okay."

  Ye Jingwen was even more surprised and turned to Mo Tian Ge.

  Mo Tian smiled and said in a soft voice, "Has Big Brother Ye forgotten my identity as the Gatekeeper?"

  Ye Jingwen was taken aback, suddenly enlightened: "You mean to say——"

  "Moye is a nominal disciple of Jing and Shizu." Kuang Zhu took over the conversation, "What Ye Shidi said just now makes sense, but it's more suitable for Moye to speak out."

  Jinghe Shizu indeed had such a temper, but Ye Jingwen was ultimately separated from him by one layer. Mo Tiange, on the other hand, was Jinghe Shizu's registered disciple, and doing this would make Jinghe Shizu appear both emotionally and rationally. Even if Jinghe Shizu didn't appear, the most senior master of Qingquan Peak, Xuan Yin Shibo, would appear instead. This way, not only would others be fine, but Mo Tiange might also not have any problems.

  Having thought this through, Ye Jingwen couldn't help but sigh in his heart. This Kuang Zhu Shixiong, looking cold and detached from the world without a care, had thoughts that were actually so meticulous, and eyes that were also so venomous - thinking to this point, Ye Jingwen suddenly felt a chill on his back, wasn't he being calculated by Yuan Ying Shizu?

  Feeling Ye Jingwen's strange gaze, Kuang Zhuo's face remained calm and peaceful, but Mo Tian Ge sank in a bit, then said: "Since that's the case, why not go all out? Let's say they wanted to kill me and steal my treasure, and had ulterior motives. After failing, they wouldn't give up - Kuang Zhuo Shixiong, like this, can I get some benefits from Jinghe Shizu?"

  Ye Jingwen only felt a chill on his back. As the daughter of Jing and Shizu, the disciples under her suffered from assassination attempts but were able to kill their assassins in return; she was not only unlikely to be blamed, but would probably be greatly rewarded instead.

  Mo Tian Ge smiled lightly and turned his head to Ye Jing Wen: "Brother Ye, if I get any benefits, I won't enjoy them alone."

  Ye Jingwen had not yet responded when he heard Kuang Zhu's voice: "What about us?"

  The gaze swept to the corner where Xiao Guzi and Xiao Zui were, their bright eyes shining, smiling: "Of course they do."

  Ye Jingwen was drenched in cold sweat. He had thought he was ruthless enough, but hadn't expected these few people to be even more daring than him, not only wanting to scheme against Yuan Ying's master ancestor, but also dividing the spoils ahead of time...

  Kuang Zhuo got the message, smiled and took out a transmission token: "Then thank you first for Mo Shifu's generosity. The sect leader will respond to the news that Jinghe Shizu is already on his way."

  Thank you for ton※ton's reward, good xìng ID...... and Liyan's pink vote, today is another rush job...