Chapter 410 - 407: Holding Firm
’No wonder the Corpse Refining Sect dared to mobilize almost their entire force in the rear, an area controlled by the Tian Nan Domain’s Righteous Alliance.’
’So there was this much at stake!’
’Judging by the entrance to that Secret Realm Space, these ruins must be extraordinary!’
’It seems we’ve just been caught in an unexpected disaster!’
A sense of realization dawned on Wei Yuting.
She had more or less guessed the cause and effect of this ambush.
However, she didn’t waste time on thoughts like ’If only I had known, I wouldn’t have come.’
Instead, she faced reality.
Her eyes focused, her bright gaze piercing through the golden Magic Array Light Curtain.
She scanned the figures floating in the air before her, who were continuously unleashing Magic to bombard the Array Light Curtain she had deployed.
Her mind raced, searching for a way to escape.
’This is going to be trouble...’
A flicker of concern crossed Wei Yuting’s eyes, and a grave expression appeared on her beautiful face.
The leading figure was tall and burly, completely shrouded in a wide black cloak, revealing only a pair of cold eyes that glinted with a sinister light. The immense aura of a Soul Emergence Eighth Layer expert radiated from him.
This was likely the Sect Leader of the Corpse Refining Sect, Qiu Kunsheng.
His aura was so powerful that for a hundred zhang around him, even the fierce winds of Golden Wind Valley dared not cross the line!
He was an old Demon Cultivator who had been immersed in the Soul Emergence Eighth Layer for many years; his strength was not to be underestimated in the slightest.
The two people behind him were likely Elders of the Corpse Refining Sect.
Both were at the Soul Emergence Seventh Layer.
There were also quite a few other Demon Cultivators at the Soul Emergence Middle Stage, and even the Early Stage!
One could say...
...the Corpse Refining Sect had mobilized almost its entire main force!
The more she observed...
...the more Wei Yuting’s heart sank.
But there was one saving grace.
According to rumors, the Corpse Refining Sect’s ancestor, a master at the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer Peak, had been seeking a breakthrough to the Divine Travel Realm in recent years and had not appeared here.
Otherwise...
...no matter how profound her Array Dao Cultivation was, she would have absolutely no hope of holding on!
’It’s a good thing that old demon isn’t here.’
’A blessing in this misfortune!’
’Although breaking through and escaping is impossible, holding on with the Solid as a Rock Array isn’t a problem.’
’I just hope those Outer Disciples who escaped can get the news back to Barbaric City and bring reinforcements as soon as possible.’
Wei Yuting thought to herself.
But at the same time, when she thought of the Outer Disciples of the Sect who had fled...
...and recalled the Corpse Refining Sect, which had practically mobilized its entire force, a wave of worry rose in her heart.
’Under the pursuit of those Corpse Refining Sect Demon Cultivators...’
’...can they even escape?’
’Even if some manage to get away, won’t the losses be heavy?’
SIGH...
’In the end, it was my carelessness that doomed them...’
Sighing inwardly, Wei Yuting couldn’t help but feel a pang of self-reproach.
Despite this,
her hands didn’t slow in the slightest.
She took out several more Middle Grade Spirit Stones, replacing the ones on the Array Plate that were nearly depleted of Spiritual Qi. At the same time, her jade-white hands moved in a blur, creating a series of afterimages as she executed a Technique, stimulating the power of the Solid as a Rock Array and raising the strength of its light curtain to a new level!
The mistakes she had made were irreversible.
The most important thing now was to preserve her own life.
When reinforcements arrived...
...she would settle this score with them.
She would avenge the junior disciples who had died!
As these thoughts raced through her mind...
...a cold, murderous intent flashed across Wei Yuting’s exquisite, jade-like face.
...
「Meanwhile, outside」
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Streaks of black, sinister light shot out from midair, slamming into the Solid as a Rock Array’s light curtain.
The successive explosive impacts sent out shockwaves that ravaged the surrounding land,
littering the ground with fissures and shattered stones.
However,
when this power—strong enough to shatter mountains—struck the Solid as a Rock Array’s light curtain, it only caused ripples to spread across its surface.
It merely dimmed the curtain’s light slightly,
and the resulting shockwaves only added a few more cracks to the ground outside the curtain.
But none of this mattered.
Because when Wei Yuting, inside the Array, replaced the stones on her Array Plate with Middle Grade Spirit Stones and activated the Array’s power,
the slightly dimmed Array Light Curtain brightened once more, returning to its previously indestructible state.
This scene...
...made the Demon Cultivators of the Corpse Refining Sect, who had been attacking relentlessly in the hopes of exhausting their opponent’s resources, want to cough up blood.
Their attacks stopped involuntarily.
One by one, they turned their gazes to their Sect Leader, Qiu Kunsheng.
Qiu Kunsheng said nothing.
For a moment,
the atmosphere grew taut.
Only the sound of the fierce winds that filled the air echoed around them.
"Sect Leader Senior Brother, if I recall correctly, this woman is Wei Yuting of the Dragon Cloud Sect. Her Array Dao Cultivation is extraordinary. With our power alone, I fear we won’t be able to break through her Array’s defenses in a short amount of time."
After a long moment,
the Soul Emergence Seventh Layer Elder beside him—a gaunt man with pale skin and hands like withered claws—spoke in a raspy voice.
His words slightly eased the tense, dead-silent atmosphere.
He continued:
"Junior Wu, who is on watch outside, just sent a message. Some of the fleeing Dragon Cloud Sect Outer Disciples have been killed on the spot, and some have been captured, but several are still unaccounted for. The Disciples sent in pursuit have not yet returned. He’s doing his best over there..."
"However, we ourselves have been active here for three years. Although we have always tried to conceal our presence, we’ve already attracted some attention. Now that this has happened, I fear the news can’t be contained for long..."
With every word that was spoken,
the situation grew more troublesome.
And the expression on Qiu Kunsheng’s face, hidden beneath his black cloak, grew even uglier.
Even the Grand Elder, a Soul Emergence Seventh Layer master, could feel the immense pressure emanating from him.
"Damn it!"
"Damn that Pan Yunfei!"
"Damn the Dragon Cloud Sect!"
After a long silence, the Corpse Refining Sect’s leader, Qiu Kunsheng, erupted in a stream of curses.
If one could lift his cloak,
they would see his face twisted in a ferocious snarl.
"Ah! That son of a bitch Pan Yunfei ruined my grand plans! If he hadn’t dropped the ball, we wouldn’t be in this mess today!"
"Ghost Shadow, my ass! To fall at the hands of a mere junior at the Soul Emergence Fourth Layer—what a joke!"
"That bastard deserves to die by a thousand cuts! If he weren’t already dead, I would have personally refined him into a Living Corpse, making his soul suffer day and night, never to find peace!"
Qiu Kunsheng roared,
his eyes bloodshot, a towering rage blazing within him, threatening to burn everything to ashes!
Pan Yunfei.
The real name of Ghost Shadow.
Several years ago, the Corpse Refining Sect had found him and struck a secret deal.
They planned to use the power of his Void Escape Gu to break through the outer defenses of these ruins—a site of extreme importance to the Corpse Refining Sect—and seize what was inside.
Who could have known that a mishap...
...would lead to Pan Yunfei’s whereabouts being exposed, attracting the attention of the Dragon Cloud Sect’s Wu Tianhao, who came to investigate.
To prevent the anomaly in Golden Wind Valley from being discovered, Qiu Kunsheng had led the Corpse Refining Sect into hiding. At the same time, he could only have Pan Yunfei leave first and cause a stir outside to draw everyone’s attention away from Golden Wind Valley.
This was why,
three years ago, Ghost Shadow Pan Yunfei had infiltrated Barbaric City and even secretly placed a Gu on Wu Tianhao.