Chapter 131: The Array Shatters, the Yin Demon Sect Arrives, and the Fiendish Fog Descends

Chapter 131: The Array Shatters, the Yin Demon Sect Arrives, and the Fiendish Fog Descends

"Spiritual essence eruption! Use your artifacts to defend!"

Almost as soon as the streaming light violently erupted, a hurried roar echoed across the mountain.

It was the stern-faced cultivator, Yan.

Chu Ning, with his hand pressed against the pillar of magic power, was already prepared.

In almost an instant, the three intermediate-grade, medium-quality defensive talismans he held in his hand were activated simultaneously.

Simultaneously activating three intermediate-grade, medium-quality talismans was already the limit of what he could do at that moment.

At the same time, the spiritual power from his left hand surged into the Earth Spirit Bracelet, activating the defensive artifact that was comparable to a top-grade artifact.

In a flash, Chu Ning had utilized all of his strongest defensive measures.

The others also immediately brought out their own defensive artifacts and activated their protections.

At this moment, the rapidly returning dots of green light struck the people on the mountain with even greater force.

"Chi!!!'

"Ah!" "No!"

Accompanying the shattering of defensive shields, one after another, cries of anguish rang out.

At this moment, outside of Chu Ning's protective shield, five or six beams of green light shot towards him.

Their speed was unprecedented.

The outermost layer of intermediate-grade, medium-quality defensive talisman offered almost no resistance and was directly shattered.

The second layer of the same grade and quality fared no better.

Then, the beams struck the third layer.

The third layer of the light shield barely held for a moment before it, too, shattered once more.

However, this gave Chu Ning some time, and he quickly produced three more medium-quality talismans.

Without hesitation, Chu Ning activated them.

At this moment, Chu Ning didn't even have time to think about the stone pillar; he retracted his hand and reached into his storage bag for more talismans.

But at that moment, a green stream of light traveled up the stone pillar and struck the palm of Chu Ning's hand.

Then, it flashed and disappeared into Chu Ning's palm.

Chu Ning was startled and couldn't help but take a big bite.

But the next moment, as Chu Ning felt nothing abnormal, he didn't have time to think anymore and quickly took out the three talismans and held them in his hand again.

Because at the same time, the green light that had shattered three layers of intermediate-grade, medium-quality defensive talismans had already heavily struck the yellow light shield of the Earth Spirit Bracelet.

The defensive artifact's yellow light flashed, and the next moment, it completely shattered.

However, at the same time, the few beams of green light that had flown towards them also shattered and disappeared without a trace.

And Chu Ning, who was still inside the three layers of intermediate-grade, medium-quality defensive talisman shields, was safe at the moment, but his face was extremely solemn.

The talismans in his hand were ready to be activated at any time.

Because at this moment, a few scattered beams of green light were still flying around, but fortunately, none of them hit his defensive shield.

Until this moment, the sky full of green light and streaming light disappeared, and the spiritual essence eruption seemed to have ended.

"With such eruptive power, only half of the disciples present would have survived?"

As Chu Ning's heart trembled, he looked up and then fell silent.

Of the original two hundred people on this mountain, only less than ten figures remained at this moment.

Among them were the stern-faced and Liu- surnamed cultivators.

The rest, including Wang Weizhong, whom Chu Ning knew, and Zhuang Yunde and Luo Hongping, had all disappeared without a trace.

Even the artifacts, storage bags, and other items on these people had completely vanished.

It was as if these people had never appeared on this mountain.

Chu Ning's heart fell into an icy pit.

This scene was as if those people had been teleported somewhere else, and if Chu Ning hadn't just seen Wang Weizhong disappear before his very eyes, he might have thought the same.

But at this moment, he knew that these people had been reduced to nothingness under the impact of those streams of light.

"The Wood Spirit Seed has been stopped, bad, the grand array can't hold..."

Before Chu Ning could think any further, he heard a startled cry in his ear.

Looking up, he saw that the green seed light group was being blocked in mid-air by a layer of colorful light screen.

"This Five Elements Grand Array, apart from being able to condense spiritual power, actually has such strong defensive capabilities."

Chu Ning looked at the sky in surprise.

At this moment, the colorful light shield blocking the Wood Spirit Seed in the air was connected to the various mountain peaks where they were located.

It was also a transformation of the Five Elements Grand Array.

Although no disciples were casting spells at the moment, the array's defense had been activated, indicating that there had been some prior arrangement.

However, at this moment, the colorful light shield was visibly thinning at a rapid pace.

The Wood Spirit Seed had already pushed its way halfway through the shield, and if this continued, it would only take a few breaths for the shield to be completely broken through.

As Chu Ning and the others looked up, inside and outside the spiritual realm, everyone else was also watching the scene unfold in the sky.

However, what they saw was not the same as what Chu Ning and the others witnessed.

In the residential area, where many houses had been built, disciples of different attributes looked up at the sky.

In their eyes, above the sky where the Five Elements Grand Array was set up, green light flashed.

The light soared into the sky.

The next moment, the sky seemed to be illuminated by the green light.

Then everyone noticed that the spiritual energy of the entire world was surging towards the sky at a visible rate.

The dense spiritual energy turned into clouds that floated in the air.

Together with the soaring green light, they formed a heavenly phenomenon that enveloped the four directions.

At the same time, as Chu Ning and the others watched within the Five Elements Grand Array, the green light group transformed by the Wood Spirit Seed directly broke through the light shield of the Five Elements Grand Array and soared into the clouds.

The next moment, invisible waves of light rippled across the sky.

And the location they appeared in was right where the five Nascent Soul Elders of Qingxi Sect were situated.

The five Nascent Soul cultivators sitting on the stones were all profoundly skilled in their art, and their perception of the outside world was incredibly sensitive.

As soon as the restrictions of the spiritual realm behind them showed the slightest reaction, several of them stood up.

However, before they could react further, figures began to appear through teleportation.

But the five elders did not turn their gazes towards Chu Ning and the others.

Instead, their eyes were fixed on the distance, several hundred li away, where a green light pierced the heavens.

Even from several hundred li away, everyone could see it clearly.

And when the five elders saw the direction of the green light, they were slightly taken aback.

Because that direction was extremely close to Qingxi Sect!

This was something that none of the Nascent Soul Elders had expected, and their faces underwent several changes in expression.

Several hundred li away, many disciples within Qingxi Sect were naturally drawn to the towering green light.

In the inner sect of Qingxi Sect, a small group of people who witnessed this anomaly had their faces turn incredibly complex, and they cried out in surprise.

"A Spirit Seed!"

Just as the wood spirit seed transformed into a green light that was about to tear through the sky, a figure suddenly appeared in the air.

Then, this person lightly raised his right hand, and a white giant hand, manifested from spiritual power, fiercely grabbed towards the wood spirit seed, attempting to capture it as it tried to flee.

"Sect Master!"

When the sect members saw the figure in the air, they exclaimed in surprise.

This person was none other than the Sect Master of Qingxi Sect, Xin Wuyao.

He had apparently been aware of the direction of the spirit seed's appearance and had arrived at the first moment it burst out of the spiritual realm.

As Xin Wuyao reached for the wood spirit seed, far away, several hundred li away, where Chu Ning and the others were located...

"How audacious!"

The usually taciturn Elder Yang, dressed in a blue robe, suddenly shouted at this moment.

Then, he flicked his finger, and a spell shot out, striking a cultivator at the peak of the Refining Qi realm who was not far from Chu Ning.

This cultivator was instantly penetrated by the spell, with no resistance, and fell to the ground.

At the same time, a palm-sized talisman slipped from his hand.

"A Locating Talisman?"

Chu Ning was extremely familiar with various talismans, and with just a glance, he recognized that it was the most basic, low-grade Locating Talisman.

Could it be someone from the Yin Demon Sect?

A hint of doubt flashed through Chu Ning's mind.

"Hmph!"

At this moment, the other Nascent Soul Elders also took action.

Several more disciples fell to the ground, and they were all those who had worked with Chu Ning to drive the array, a total of four or five people.

But the next moment, the Nascent Soul cultivators' faces changed.

They saw that one of the fallen disciples had a smile on his face.

And the Locating Talisman in his hand was glowing, indicating that it had been activated.

"Hehe! Good, it would be a shame if Qingxi Sect played the turtle and hid in its shell. You've hidden quite well!"

Along with this voice, several black shadows suddenly appeared in the sky above everyone.

However, these black shadows did not pause at all but rushed towards the distance.

"Don't even think about it!"

Seeing this, the five Nascent Soul Elders below rose into the air one after another.

At the same time, they unleashed their spiritual artifacts, blocking the black shadows in the air.

Each elder confronted a different Nascent Soul cultivator from the Yin Demon Sect, and there were five of them as well.

The blue-robed Elder Yang, who was at the forefront, faced off against a disheveled-looking old man with a ghost-headed staff.

The black-faced Elder Zhu, who was at the back, faced a skinny old man holding a Soul-Summoning Banner.

The remaining three Nascent Soul Elders also confronted the other three Nascent Soul cultivators.

And the Nascent Soul cultivators from the Yin Demon Sect also took action, with various lights intertwining in the air.

A terrifying pressure enveloped the entire sky.

"Not good!"

Seeing this, Chu Ning took a step with the Thunderstep, intending to flee towards the distance.

With so many Nascent Soul cultivators clashing, even a tiny bit of the aftermath would be enough to kill everyone else.

"You dare, brat!"

At this moment, the black-faced Elder Zhu in the air suddenly shouted.

The next moment, the sky above Chu Ning and the others darkened.

The skinny, black-robed old man, who was facing off against Elder Zhu and holding the Soul-Summoning Banner, had thrown the banner towards the people below.

Immediately, accompanied by gusts of yin wind, countless black shadows rushed towards the people on the ground, including Chu Ning.

In an instant, everyone was enveloped by a black mist.

"What's happening?"

"Ah, I can't see!"

"Be careful, everyone!"

"There are ghosts!"

Chu Ning first heard the exclamations of the surrounding Qingxi Sect disciples.

The next moment, he heard the shrill and mournful cries of ghosts piercing his ears.

"Yin souls?"

Chu Ning quickly made a judgment and took out two beads from his storage bag.

One was the green light bead given to him by the sect before entering the spiritual realm, and the other was the Soul-Fixing Bead he had bought from Yunhai Pavilion in Fengxiafang for a full ten thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Even though Chu Ning didn't know much about ghost techniques, he dared not release his spiritual sense in a place with so many yin souls.

Holding the green light bead and the Soul-Fixing Bead, when Chu Ning saw the scene around him, his face changed slightly.

He saw that the area was filled with countless yin souls and ghostly shadows.

These ghostly shadows were rushing towards the Refining Qi cultivators.

They even managed to break through the shield of the Green Light Bead.

However, as they drew close to him, an invisible wall repelled them.

This was, of course, the power of the Soul-Fixing Bead.

Seeing this, Chu Ning's expression changed slightly, but his heart settled a little.

The Soul-Fixing Bead could ward off attacks from Yin souls of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and below.

For a Yin soul to reach the late Foundation Establishment stage, its owner would likely have been at the Golden Core stage in life.

These Yin souls probably weren't that powerful.

However, the next moment, his expression turned extremely ugly, and he quickly dodged to the side.

A Qingxi Sect disciple at the eighth level of Qi Refining, his eyes bloodshot, was charging at him with a magic tool in hand.

"Fellow disciple, snap out of it!"

Chu Ning shouted sternly, trying to wake up the disciple.

But this disciple, whose senses had been obscured by the ghostly shadows, didn't react at all.

Seeing Chu Ning dodging, he even cast another spell at him.

Chu Ning sighed inwardly and had no choice but to send out a true spell from the Fu ring on his finger.

A Crimson Flame Fire Fu transformed into a true spell and flew towards his opponent.

However, the disciple didn't know how to defend himself at all and continued to charge forward with a crazed look on his face.

"Chi!"

The fire spell hit the disciple directly, and without any spell defense, the disciple's body was penetrated by the true spell.

Chu Ning silently watched him fall, and then a ghostly shadow rushed towards him.

His heart stirred, and Chu Ning raised his hand and sent out another true spell, this time a Crimson Flame Fire Fu, towards the ghostly shadow in the air.

"Ah!"

The ghostly shadow in the air was hit by the spell and let out a shrill cry.

Instead of dissipating, it rushed towards Chu Ning even more frantically.

"These ordinary spells might hurt these Yin souls a little, but it's hard to destroy them."

Chu Ning sighed inwardly. Then, as he watched the ghostly shadow rush towards him, it was repelled by the invisible shield of the Soul-Fixing Bead.

At this moment, Chu Ning didn't have time to worry about destroying the ghostly shadows.

He used the Thunderstep to quickly step in one direction.

Being trapped in this ghostly fog was too passive, and it was better to get out as soon as possible.

But after running a certain distance, Chu Ning's heart suddenly sank.

This ghostly fog seemed to be affected by some kind of array or restriction. No matter how Chu Ning moved, it seemed like he was just going in circles within the fog and couldn't get out.

Chu Ning could only slowly walk towards one corner, constantly dodging other disciples.

However, sometimes he had no choice but to engage, and Chu Ning could only do so reluctantly.

After a while, Chu Ning's eyes suddenly lit up.

Not far away, he saw Mu Ling holding a jade scepter-like magic tool.

The jade scepter emitted a soft yellow light that enveloped her, and the Yin souls seemed to be incredibly afraid of it, avoiding it from a distance.

Seeing this, Chu Ning quickly walked over to Mu Ling.

Mu Ling, who was holding the jade scepter and warily watching her surroundings, saw someone quickly approaching her and immediately became alert, ready to activate a Fu.

"Fellow disciple Mu, it's me, Chu Ning."

Chu Ning quickly called out.

"Fellow disciple Chu?"

Mu Ling saw that it was Chu Ning, and seeing that he was unharmed and seemed to be in his right mind, she was quite surprised.

However, when she saw the item in Chu Ning's hand, she guessed that he might also have a treasure.

Although they were both curious, neither of them was in the mood to talk at the moment.

But after joining forces, they both felt more at ease.

They could both ward off the Yin soul ghostly shadows, and if other Qingxi Sect disciples attacked them, they could also join forces to fight back.

Gradually, this corner became a safe haven.

However, not far from them, the scenes of Qingxi Sect disciples fighting each other made Mu Ling's eyes fill with reluctance.

She asked in doubt, "Can't any of the Golden Core elders of the Sect spare some time? Don't they care about the thousands of Qi Refining disciples at all?"

Hearing Mu Ling's words, Chu Ning shook his head. In fact, he had already started cursing in his heart.

But they, who were shrouded by the ghostly fog, naturally didn't know that the situation outside had already changed drastically.

When the black-faced Elder Zhu saw the skinny old man from the Yin Demon Sect take out the Soul-Summoning Banner and throw it down, he shouted and took out his own magic treasure to try to stop it.

However, the next moment, his pupils suddenly dilated.

His eyes, fixed on the front, were filled with uncontrollable shock.

He saw that in the distance, Elder Xie of Qingxi Sect, who was rather plump, was not fighting the white-haired old man from the Yin Demon Sect as he had originally intended.

Instead, the two of them joined forces and attacked Elder Gui, who was also a Golden Core cultivator from Qingxi Sect and was fighting another Golden Core cultivator from the Yin Demon Sect.

Elder Gui also noticed something was wrong.

The pill furnace in his hand suddenly grew larger, surrounded by crimson flames, and he himself flashed and entered the pill furnace.

The next moment, the attacks of the two Yin Demon Sect cultivators and Elder Xie struck the pill furnace simultaneously.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a deafening explosion, the pill furnace burst apart, and flames filled the sky.

(End of Chapter)

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