novelraw Chapter 516 - 245: Gaining Another Retainer, Hope for Eighth-Grade Promotion
Chapter 516 - 245: Gaining Another Retainer, Hope for Eighth-Grade Promotion
"Roar!"
The numerous demon beasts under its command were slaughtered.
The Ink Feathered Dark Qilin was clearly enraged, letting out a furious roar.
Its four hooves stamped the ground.
Rumble.
The earth shook and the mountains swayed.
In the center of its forehead, the purple lightning mark suddenly burst with intense electric light.
This electric light seemed to want to tear through the void, blasting towards the weak point of the array.
The bloodline power of the Tier Three Demon King was fully poured into this attack. For a moment, the surrounding spiritual power surged, and the ground beneath its hooves was shattered into cracks.
The Cao Clan Leader and Third Elder Cao witnessed this scene.
Their pupils contracted.
They hurriedly channeled their mana into the array platform, the light within the array swirled and absorbed most of the electric light. The remaining electric light, though it struck the array wall, failed to break through.
"Puff"
However.
With the absence of two Foundation Establishment battle powers and the disciples stationed at the array hub.
The backlash force received by the Cao Clan Leader and Third Elder Cao was immense, causing them to spurt large mouthfuls of blood.
But.
Their gazes were resolute.
They climbed up,
and continued to maintain the operation of the array platform.
"Roar"
The strike failed to shatter it.
The fierce light in the eyes of the Ink Feathered Dark Qilin intensified.
Its tail, resembling a dark ribbon, whipped fiercely, summoning a strong eerie wind. The eerie wind carried its demon elemental power, rushing towards the array. Simultaneously, its four hooves slammed the ground, the massive obsidian jade-like hooves landing heavily, causing the earth to tremble with each step. The spiritual power fluctuations in the hoof prints merged with the eerie wind, forming a strong force to break the array. This combined force charged fiercely towards the array.
Rumble!!
The entire array trembled violently.
Then.
The light curtain cracked with several crisp sounds, rapidly collapsing.
The Primordial Celestial Array was broken!
The backlash force from the array was as mighty as thunder.
The Cao Clan Leader and Third Elder Cao, main forces of the array, were instantly blown away, bloodied and battered.
The Demon King’s eyes flashed with ghostly light, the purple lightning mark between its brows erupted again, and two streaks of purple lightning struck down. The severely injured Cao Clan Leader and Third Elder Cao couldn’t dodge, being hit by the lightning and turned to ash in an instant.
"It’s over, it’s over!"
"The Lin Family is finished, everybody run!"
"Woo woo, husband, wait for me..."
"..."
Abandoned, the members of the Lin Family watched their last sliver of hope shatter.
They scattered in panic.
But how could they possibly match the speed of the beast tide.
In an instant.
The entire Cloud Mountain was littered with corpses, the temples in the mountain were destroyed, the spirit grass and spirit medicine trampled, what was once a celestial paradise, Cloud Mountain was now a sea of blood:
"This is....."
The Mountain Protection Array has been breached?!
The imprisoned Lin Clan Leader heard the screams from his family above, his face changed. In the end, even the Cao Family couldn’t defend Cloud Mountain.
The legacy he and his wife painstakingly fought for over a hundred years was destroyed in a day!
How would he face his wife after death?
The Lin Clan Leader collapsed on the ground, regretting his past decisions:
"Had I known earlier...."
When the Shangguan Family suggested they seek refuge with the Fu Family, he should have decisively accepted.
At worst.
Hiding in the Shangguan Family’s Celestial Dragon City to weather the storm would have been good.
But he was possessed by ghosts and deceived by the words of the Cao Family, leading to the destruction of his family and the death of his people. Overwhelmed with grief, the Lin Clan Leader’s injuries flared up again, and without spirit medicine to suppress them, his internal organs shifted position, leaving him collapsed on the ground, his life hanging by a thread.
Yet, his eyes remained fixed on one spot on the moss-covered stone wall.
As if something important was hidden there.
...
Fifty miles outside Cloud Mountain, high in the sky.
A streak of green light sped towards them.
Sitting cross-legged atop the Cyan Python, Fu Changsheng spoke:
"Xiaoqing, stop for a moment."
Along the way.
Xiaoqing had been flying within the clouds.
So.
They barely encountered any demon beasts.
Furthermore, Fu Changsheng employed the Concealing Breath Technique and Invisibility Technique, so even when encountering other flying demon beasts, they remained undetected.
He glanced at Cloud Mountain in the distance.
On the mountain, the array light curtain was barely visible.
According to the intel provided.
The beast tide should have already reached Cloud Mountain:
"It seems Cloud Mountain is ultimately defenseless."
Just a Tier Two beast tide is hard to handle, let alone with a Tier Three Demon King. Furthermore, the Mountain Protection Array of the Lin Family’s fief was controlled by the Cao Family, significantly weakening the array’s power, hence the defeat of the Cao Family.
This was within his plans.
But.
To be safe.
Fu Changsheng still willed:
"Exchange intelligence"
Buzz!
The panel trembled.
A surge of yellow light flowed.
Then, lines of text appeared:
[1: Hee Clan Leader received your transmission learning that a Tier Three Demon King might attack the city, decisively led his people to hide in the underground city for refuge, the Hee Family Mountain was ravaged by demon beasts, yet the Hee Family people luckily survived]
[2: To protect Cao Xueyang and Cao Xuerui, Cao Clan Leader and Third Elder Cao perished on Cloud Mountain. In their moment of peril, Cao Clan Leader passed the position of Patriarch to Cao Xuerui, but Cao Xueyang was discontented, parting ways with Cao Xuerui]
[3: Loose Cultivator Master Yunbo had been eyeing Cloud Mountain; once the mountain gate was breached, he was quick to seize any opportunities left by the beast tide]
[4:...]
....
Fu Changsheng’s eyes swiftly scanned through the intelligence.
When his gaze landed on the third entry.
His eyes narrowed slightly:
"Master Yunbo?!"
The last time he competed for the Nine Yang Divine Sword, Master Yunbo was among them, and now that rascal had come to Cloud Mountain again.
But.
Based on the information provided.
The beast tide had already left Cloud Mountain.
Fu Changsheng promptly patted the Cyan Python:
"Xiaoqing, speed up!"
Other things could be set aside.
If the Tier Three Cold Mulberry Fruit brought back from the Celestial Punishment Mini World by the Ghost Immortal Lady were taken by Master Yunbo, it would be troublesome.
The Cyan Python flapped its meaty wings.
Diving down.
The fifty-mile distance took less than half a cup of tea time before they reached the foot of Cloud Mountain.