Chapter 1267: Three Thousand Versus One Million

Kill!

Earth-shattering shouts of killing echoed as the forces of Senluo Dian from the nine families launched their assault, surging in from all directions like a tidal wave.

It was a full-frontal attack, and Senluo Dian seemed to have prepared an endless supply of cannon fodder, using them as human shields to carve out a bloody path and buy enough time for their killing arrays to bombard the Tian Ting barrier.

Let's go!

Long Yi and the others roared fiercely, activating their arrays one after another and unleashing waves of array divine light.

As for Ye Chen, he remained standing in place. The array he controlled, the Xu Tian Jue Sha Zhen, was the most powerful, but it also consumed an immense amount of energy, so he couldn't waste it on mere foot soldiers.

He was waiting for the enemy's Zhun Sheng to enter the attack range, ready to pick them off one by one.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

In the four directions of the void, brilliant blood flowers began to bloom as Senluo Dian's forces fell in droves.

The scene was incredibly bloody, with fresh blood staining the starry sky.

Yet, even so, Senluo Dian's experts charged forward like rabid dogs. As soon as one wave fell, another took its place, driven by a deadly order: retreat, and die.

Kill! Kill for me!

The foot soldiers charged madly, while Senluo Dian's Sheng Ren barked like mad dogs, showing no regard for their subordinates' lives.

Fight! Fight to the death!

Long Yi and his group shouted even louder. Anyone stepping into the array's attack range was met with a barrage of divine light the next moment. Even the few slippery ones who slipped through were quickly targeted by the arrays. The people of Da Chu had impeccable aim.

With so many experts serving as cannon fodder, Senluo Dian's arrays inched closer, and several had already entered the attack range. All were controlled by Zhun Sheng, who were bombarding the Tian Ting barrier with full force.

Pick them off one by one!

Ye Chen sprang into action, activating his array and firing a beam of nine-colored divine light. A Senluo Dian Zhun Sheng who was still shouting was obliterated on the spot, not even getting a chance to scream as his body and soul turned to ash.

Damn!

The other Senluo Dian Zhun Sheng who were attacking the Tian Ting barrier couldn't help but tremble all over.

These Zhun Sheng were all from Senluo Dian's affiliated forces, coerced and deceived into coming. They had no idea how terrifying the Tian Ting's killing array was until they witnessed it firsthand—it was beyond anything they imagined.

Many Zhun Sheng began cursing under their breath, resenting Senluo Dian's ruthlessness for using affiliated forces' Zhun Sheng as cannon fodder while hiding their own people safely in the back. As long as it wasn't their own losses, they didn't care.

Pfft! Pfft!

In the blink of an eye, two more Zhun Sheng were taken out by Ye Chen in swift, decisive kills.

Retreat and die!

Perhaps sensing the affiliated Zhun Sheng's hesitation, the Senluo Dian Sheng Ren thundered in rage.

With no choice, those Zhun Sheng gritted their teeth and continued their assault, deploying their life-bound artifacts.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Ye Chen kept his Xu Tian Jue Sha Zhen in full swing, picking them off one by one.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Long Yi and his team were equally fired up, as if injected with adrenaline, launching divine light after divine light. Not a single shot missed, and each one made a blood flower bloom on the enemy.

However, the enemy numbers were overwhelming, and they charged fearlessly. Tian Ting was starting to feel the pressure.

By now, Senluo Dian's nine Xu Tian Jue Sha Zhen had been moved into the attack range.

Kill!

The nine fully activated Xu Tian Jue Sha Zhen locked onto the Tian Ting barrier.

There was no denying the power of the Xu Tian Jue Sha Zhen—it far surpassed ordinary attack arrays and killing arrays. The divine light it unleashed made the Tian Ting barrier rumble and shake violently. At this rate, the barrier wouldn't hold for more than three hours, not counting Senluo Dian's other attacks.

But Tian Ting wasn't about to stand there and take it.

A war of attrition? Bring it on—who's afraid of whom? Let's see if you break the barrier first or if we wear you down first.

Pfft!

With another brilliant blood flower, Ye Chen struck down another Zhun Sheng.

By this point, he had already eliminated over twenty of Senluo Dian's nine families' hundred-plus Zhun Sheng.

After destroying that Zhun Sheng, Ye Chen shifted his aim to the east, targeting the Senluo Dian Sheng Ren with blood-red hair. This was the one who had been blasted away by Ye Chen's Xu Tian Jue Sha Zhen on his first appearance.

This time, Ye Chen had his sights set on him again.

The real threat to the Tian Ting barrier came from the nine Sheng Ren controlling their Xu Tian Jue Sha Zhen.

Ye Chen saw this clearly, so his array's mission was to restrain the enemy's nine Sheng Ren—or more precisely, their Xu Tian Jue Sha Zhen.

Here's for you!

Ye Chen snarled coldly and activated the Xu Tian Jue Sha Zhen, firing a beam of nine-colored divine light.

The blood-haired Sheng Ren from Senluo Dian paled instantly, his face darkening with fury.

Why me again? The blood-haired Sheng Ren's heart burned with rage. Among the nine Sheng Ren, why is it always me? I was the one blasted away the first time, and now again. Are you doing this on purpose?

Furious as he was, the blood-haired Sheng Ren summoned his life-bound artifact—a bronze shield—in the nick of time.

Clang!

The sound of the nine-colored divine light striking the shield was sharp and clear.

Just like the first time, the blood-haired Sheng Ren was sent flying backward.

Next!

Ye Chen swung his aim around and unleashed a second beam, blasting a purple-robed Senluo Dian Sheng Ren away on the spot.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Such sounds followed one after another.

Ye Chen was going all out, burning through fifty million yuan stones to unleash his ultimate attacks. The enemy Sheng Ren were picked off one by one, sent flying repeatedly, only to charge back and get blasted again. These mighty Sheng Ren were left unable to lift their heads under Ye Chen's assault.

Bastards!

All nine Sheng Ren were furious, their faces twisted like demons.

It was infuriating— their attacks couldn't penetrate, but the enemy's could strike freely. They had finally moved their Xu Tian Jue Sha Zhen into position, only to be suppressed so badly they couldn't fight back. This nauseating, frustrating style of warfare made them want to vomit blood.

Pfft! Pfft!

The battlefield didn't pause for their anger. The front-line cannon fodder continued to fall in waves.

In just a quarter of an hour, over a hundred thousand cultivators had been wiped out. If this kept up, they wouldn't need to worry about breaking the Tian Ting barrier—they'd be crippled first, left half-dead.

Retreat!

In the end, the Senluo Dian Sheng Ren gave the order.

Hearing this, the Senluo Dian cultivators charging at the front felt as if they'd been granted a pardon, scattering faster than rabbits, desperate not to get caught in the Tian Ting killing array. The sight of nearly a million cultivators fleeing in disarray was quite the spectacle, routed by just thirty thousand.

However, this time, the Senluo Dian cultivators didn't leave Da Chu Star. They stopped at a distance of one hundred thousand zhang.

With that, Ye Chen and his group also ceased their attacks.

One hundred thousand zhang was the maximum range of the Tian Ting killing arrays.

The Senluo Dian cultivators regrouped on the spot, surrounding the Tian Ting immortal mountain from afar.

The Sheng Ren looked utterly disheveled as they turned to a black-robed Senluo Dian Sheng Ren.

"We can't keep fighting like this."

"Are you teaching me?" the black-robed Sheng Ren snarled through gritted teeth, his eyes bloodshot and his expression menacingly savage. "Surround this place for me. I don't believe they'll never leave their sect."

"Kill them on the spot if anyone tries to leave."

"Right, starve them out."

The other eight Sheng Ren echoed with savage grins, their eyes filled with venomous resentment as they glared toward Tian Ting. They'd learned their lesson and no longer dared to attack rashly, opting instead for a siege tactic.

On Ye Chen's side, he pulled out wine flasks and started drinking heartily.

Long Yi and his team climbed to the mountaintop where Ye Chen was, their expressions a mix of concern.

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow. "What's the matter?"

Long Yi cleared his throat. "Maintaining the barrier and activating the arrays is consuming way too much. If Senluo Dian sends more troops and keeps attacking, our remaining yuan stones won't last long."

"I can see that." Ye Chen chuckled dryly. Not even counting the other arrays, his Xu Tian Jue Sha Zhen alone had burned through seventy million yuan stones in this battle.

"Looks like I need to slip out and grab some funds."

"Charge straight out?" Taiyi Zhenren raised an eyebrow. "They're just waiting for you to do that."

"We have the star domain platform." Ye Chen smiled at Long Yi.

"Oh, right—I forgot about that."

"Come on, list out all those affiliated forces outside for me. I'll go hit their headquarters one by one."