Chapter 1322: Calling for Reinforcements

Chapter 1362: Seeking Reinforcements

Sorry, I posted the wrong chapter and missed one. This chapter is actually Chapter 1362. As for the "Helping with a Small Favor" chapter, it is Chapter 1363.

Boom!

While the three were talking, a sudden thunderous boom echoed from outside the mountain, piercing the night sky and shattering the silence.

Ye Chen furrowed his brow slightly and abruptly stood up, his eyes narrowing as he stared toward the outside of the Long Wu family immortal mountain.

Outside the mountain, a vast crowd surged like an ocean, with people riding flying swords, mounted on spirit beasts, or soaring through the clouds. They all wore robes embroidered with skull totems, filling the surrounding void.

Kulou Wang Dian!

The elders of the Long Wu family quickly ascended to the sky, their faces pale as they gazed outward. There were nine Sheng Ren, nearly a hundred Zhun Sheng, and hundreds of thousands of cultivators, forming an immense and earth-shaking force.

Activate the barrier!

Long Wu shouted suddenly. The lineup from Kulou Wang Dian exuded a murderous aura that reached the heavens, indicating hostile intentions.

Immediately, divine rainbows shot up from all sides of the Long Wu family, enveloping the immortal mountain in a massive barrier.

In response, the experts from Kulou Wang Dian merely sneered sinisterly without interfering. In their eyes, the Long Wu family's so-called barrier was like a mere decoration, easily shattered with a single blow.

The ancestor of the Long Wu family was roused from seclusion and appeared in the sky. Seeing this formidable array, his face turned deathly pale. "Fellow Daoists from Kulou Wang Dian, may I ask the purpose of your visit?"

"What purpose?" A black-robed Sheng Ren from Kulou Wang Dian smirked mockingly, revealing two rows of stark white teeth. "You harbor someone we from Kulou Wang Dian want, so you must pay the price in blood."

"Harbor?" The Long Wu family ancestor was baffled. "Fellow Daoist, what do you mean by that?"

"No tears until you see the coffin. Attack!"

"Fellow Daoist, let's talk this out properly. We—"

"Too late." The black-robed Sheng Ren cut off the Long Wu family ancestor mid-sentence, raising his sword to point at the family's barrier. He laughed sinisterly and lewdly, "Kill the male cultivators, but spare the female ones."

In an instant, the surrounding void trembled. The killing array brought by Kulou Wang Dian activated simultaneously, unleashing beams of array divine light, each carrying devastating power.

At the sight, whether it was the Long Wu family ancestor, elders, or juniors, their faces turned ashen. The incoming array divine light could shatter their mountain-protecting barrier in one strike, and if it did, extermination awaited them, with no survivors.

As the Long Wu family despaired, the countless beams of array divine light bombarded the barrier without delay.

Boom! Bang!

Thunderous roars shook the heavens and earth.

However, the expected scene of the Long Wu family's mountain-protecting barrier being destroyed did not occur.

Hmm?

The Sheng Ren from Kulou Wang Dian frowned, his eyes narrowing. Hundreds of assault arrays had failed to shake the barrier at all.

In contrast, the Long Wu family ancestor and the elders were stunned. They knew how powerful Kulou Wang Dian's assault arrays were—they could shatter their barrier in a single hit.

Yet now, the mountain-protecting barrier remained intact, without even a hint of damage. They were astonished, unaware that their own barrier had become so formidable.

What they didn't know was that ever since Long Wu awakened his past-life memories, he had already upgraded the family's mountain-protecting barrier using arrays from the Taixu lineage, making it extraordinarily dominant.

Attack! Keep attacking!

Amid the chorus of surprised voices, the black-robed Sheng Ren from Kulou Wang Dian roared in fury.

No one dared disobey a Sheng Ren's command. The experts from Kulou Wang Dian activated the arrays again, bombarding the barrier.

On the mountain peak, Long Wu's expression was grim. Although the family's mountain-protecting barrier was enhanced with arrays from the Taixu ancient dragon lineage, under such absolute suppression of power, it was only a matter of time before it broke.

Once the barrier fell, the family would face total destruction. Kulou Wang Dian was simply too strong.

Withdrawing his gaze, Long Wu turned to Ye Chen beside him.

Ye Chen seemed to understand the meaning in Long Wu's eyes and said casually, "With the Zhoutian evolution concealing my aura, even a Sheng Wang might not track me, let alone Kulou Wang Dian."

"So, Kulou Wang Dian is deliberately stirring up trouble."

"It's not entirely baseless." Ye Chen furrowed his brow, as if realizing something, and shifted his gaze to Xiao Feng and Fu Ling. He detected a Kulou imprint within their bodies.

"No wonder." Ye Chen raised his hand and erased the Kulou imprint from Xiao Feng and Fu Ling's bodies. He had now figured out how Kulou Wang Dian had pinpointed this location—it must be due to that imprint.

"What a careless oversight." Xiao Feng said coldly, unaware that such an imprint had been planted in his body.

"I'm sorry for involving your family." Fu Ling said with a face full of guilt. If not for the imprint in their bodies, Kulou Wang Dian wouldn't have found this place. Ultimately, it was their negligence.

"What are you saying?" Long Wu smiled immediately. "My family and Kulou Wang Dian were bound to clash sooner or later—it's just happening earlier. There's no need for guilt; we're all family."

"The enemy's forces are too vast; a direct confrontation would mean defeat." Ye Chen pondered and said, "Seek reinforcements!"

"I've already notified our allies and the Tian Ling family." Long Wu replied, "But I'm not sure if they'll come to our aid. Kulou Wang Dian is too powerful; no one in this star domain wants to provoke such a formidable force."

"How long can the barrier hold?"

"At most, just one day."

"Hold out as long as you can. I'll go to the Tian Ling family." As Ye Chen spoke, he prepared to use the Heavenly Dao to depart.

"Why go yourself when we have Hua Xu and Shangguan Yuer?" Long Wu asked, puzzled.

"Hua Xu and Shangguan Yuer can't mobilize their family for aid." Ye Chen smiled. "Though they are Sheng Nu of the Tian Ling family, they don't have the authority to command an army of cultivators. This is a war, and the Tian Ling family has no obligation to intervene, especially against Kulou Wang Dian."

"Then you'd be going in vain. If even they, as Sheng Nu, can't request help, what chance does an outsider like you have?"

"You never know." Ye Chen smiled faintly and then vanished into a black hole. If it were just him alone, he wouldn't fear Kulou Wang Dian, but he had to consider the Long Wu family. Once a war broke out, there would be countless casualties, which he wanted to avoid. So, he needed to seek reinforcements in person.

"I hope he can bring the Tian Ling family." Watching the direction Ye Chen left, Long Wu murmured to himself.

He had oversimplified the situation. The Tian Ling family wouldn't risk war with Kulou Wang Dian just to save a small family. This involved family interests, beyond what Hua Xu and the others could influence.

In the sky, the Long Wu family ancestor arrived, glanced at Xiao Feng and the others, then focused on Long Wu.

Long Wu smiled and, before the ancestor could speak, formed hand seals to activate the numerous arrays inscribed around the family, reinforcing the mountain-protecting barrier and making it even more solid.

The Long Wu family ancestor watched in astonishment, unaware that Long Wu possessed such abilities. Now he understood why the family's mountain-protecting barrier had become so strong—it was all thanks to his grandson!

Outside the mountain, the black-robed Sheng Ren from Kulou Wang Dian had frowned more than once. A small family's barrier being this resilient was beyond his expectations. If he had known, he would have ordered an attack before they activated it, avoiding this hassle.

Attack! Keep attacking!

The more the black-robed Sheng Ren thought about it, the angrier he became, his roar like thunder shaking the sky.

The experts from Kulou Wang Dian all looked ferocious, attacking with frenzied determination.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen had already emerged from the black hole. This place was thirty thousand li from the Long Wu family ancient star.

This stretch of starry space was bustling, with many onlookers pointing and commenting on the Long Wu family ancient star. Among them were some of Long Wu's so-called allies, but they dared not approach, merely observing from afar.

Ye Chen scanned the area briefly, then shot through the stars like a divine ray, his target: Tian Ling Star and the Tian Ling family.

On Tian Ling Star, at the Tian Ling family.

In front of the grand hall, two graceful figures knelt—it was Hua Xu and Shangguan Yuer.

"Father, please send troops!"

"Father, please send troops!"

Hua Xu and Shangguan Yuer kept kowtowing, repeating this plea countless times. Their foreheads were bloodied, their voices laced with desperation. The Long Wu family had too many reincarnated individuals who were like family from their homeland; they couldn't stand by and do nothing.

As Ye Chen had anticipated, even as Sheng Nu, they held prestigious status but lacked real authority, unable to request family aid or mobilize cultivators.

Thus, they resorted to this method, begging the family to send forces to rescue the Long Wu family.

Around them, people gathered—the Tian Ling family higher-ups, puzzled by their actions and wondering why the Sheng Nu were so agitated over a small family.

"What's going on here?" Many elders scratched their heads, still unclear on the situation.

"The Long Wu family has no connection to our Tian Ling family. Why are Shuang Er and Xue Er making such a fuss?"

"You two silly girls, stop kowtowing." A kind elder stepped forward, heartbroken at the blood on Hua Xu and Shangguan Yuer's foreheads. "Get up and talk. What are you doing?"

Yet, Hua Xu and Shangguan Yuer did not rise. They kowtowed again toward the hall, their voices pleading with a sob, "Father, please issue the order to send troops. Have pity on your daughters."

"Stop this nonsense!" A stern voice boomed from the hall, making it tremble. A middle-aged man in a python robe emerged, his physique robust and his every step exuding the authority of a leader. This was Hua Xu and Shangguan Yuer's father in this life, the current Sheng Zhu of the Tian Ling family.

"Father, please send troops." Seeing their father appear, Hua Xu and Shangguan Yuer kowtowed again.

"I want to know what on Yang Chen Star is worth you going to such lengths."

"Our family is there."

"Family?" Not only the elders present, but even the Tian Ling Sheng Zhu frowned. The Long Wu family had no ties with the Tian Ling family, so how could there be family members? What kind of connection was this?

"Father, Yang Chen Star truly has our family." Hua Xu and the others said with tearful eyes. Time was pressing, and they had no intention of explaining. Even if they did, those present might not believe it, and even if they did, it would take time to process—by then, it would be too late.

"For a small family, you're asking our Tian Ling family to wage war against Kulou Wang Dian?" The Tian Ling Sheng Zhu's voice thundered. "Do you understand what that means? It means that if war breaks out, countless from our Tian Ling family will die—they are not your family?"

"We—"

"Tian Ling Sheng Zhu, there's no need for such anger!" Before Hua Xu and Shangguan Yuer could finish, an ethereal voice came from outside the mountain. As the words fell, Ye Chen descended from the sky.