Chapter 324

Mo Hua furrowed his brows, pondering in his heart. The third leader of Black Mountain Stronghold had seen him. As long as he told Qian Family Old Ancestor about entering Black Mountain Stronghold and drew a portrait, the Old Ancestor would naturally recognize him. He had caused Qian Family so much trouble, and he was also an exceptionally talented young array master; Qian Family Old Ancestor couldn't possibly not know his appearance. Black Mountain Stronghold's array formations had been tampered with. Mo Hua had entered Black Mountain Stronghold, and Mo Hua was a young array master. Qian Family Old Ancestor would surely think that all this was Mo Hua's doing, and all these accounts would be calculated on Mo Hua's head. But looking at the situation now, Qian Family Old Ancestor didn't know. Why? Mo Hua's gaze slightly narrowed. The only possibility was that the third leader had only mentioned that Black Mountain Stronghold's array formations had been tampered with, but hadn't told Qian Family Old Ancestor about encountering him. The tampering of the array formations had aroused Qian Family Old Ancestor's vigilance. Black Mountain Stronghold took defensive measures. They just didn't expect that the Dao Court Division would actually submit a memorial directly, requesting to transfer Dao soldiers to exterminate Black Mountain Stronghold. The defense they had set up was fundamentally useless. And the third leader concealed the matter of encountering Mo Hua, so Qian Family Old Ancestor didn't suspect Mo Hua. Although Mo Hua was an array master, he was also just a young cultivator of a dozen years, with a low and weak cultivation level. Moreover, Qian Family Old Ancestor didn't know that he had learned concealment techniques and Passing Water Step. Merely relying on the fact that Black Mountain Stronghold's array formations had been tampered with, Qian Family Old Ancestor could think until his head burst, but it would be impossible to associate this matter with Mo Hua. So in Qian Family Old Ancestor's eyes, Black Mountain Stronghold was indeed inexplicably leaked, and suddenly exterminated by Dao soldiers. "But why didn't this third leader mention seeing me?" Perhaps this third leader was actually an old six? Mo Hua had some doubts in his heart. Qian Family Old Ancestor didn't know about Mo Hua, who was behind the scenes. Elder Yu and the others couldn't find him even if they searched, and they certainly wouldn't reveal Mo Hua. Elder Yu only said coldly: "Heaven's net is vast, sparse but not leaking. Man does, heaven watches. You are full of evil, and should receive this retribution!" Qian Family Old Ancestor smiled faintly, "It's a pity, this retribution has come a little late. If it had come a bit earlier, it wouldn't have caused so many people to die." The crowd was greatly angered. "No need to waste words with him." Commander Yang pointed his long spear and sternly said, "Kill!" The Dao soldiers behind him shouted in unison, "Kill!" Following the direction of his long spear, they rushed towards Qian Family Old Ancestor. The siege and kill against Qian Family Old Ancestor officially unfolded. During the siege, none of the Qian Family disciples made a move to help. This was originally within everyone's expectation, but for no one to make a move at all was still beyond everyone's expectation. Making a move against Dao soldiers was a violation of the Dao Court. Qian Family was unwilling to commit a great crime. At this life-and-death juncture, no one in Qian Family cared about their Old Ancestor. The Demon Hunters, Dao Court Division, and the Qi Refining cultivators from the An Family mostly did not make a move. They only faintly confronted the Qian Family disciples, playing a deterrent role to prevent any Qian Family members from having other thoughts and causing trouble. The main force besieging Qian Family Old Ancestor was Elder Yu and the other four Foundation Building early stage cultivators, as well as the hundreds of Dao soldiers under Commander Yang. It was truly Mo Hua's first time seeing the scene of Dao soldiers attacking. The Dao soldiers were in teams of ten, with similar spiritual roots, the same cultivation methods, wearing standard armor, holding sharp long spears, resonating their Qi with the array formations, and their spiritual power responding to each other. Their morale instantly surged. When attacking, their movements were neat and uniform. Their spears thrust out like dragons, attacking Qian Family Old Ancestor, then retreating after one strike, not lingering in battle. At the same time, another team of Dao soldiers followed closely with their attacks, cycling back and forth, strangling him in a chain, with a continuous and non-stop offensive, not giving Qian Family Old Ancestor a chance to breathe. Qian Family Old Ancestor's entire body was entwined with condensed blood energy. As he waved his hands, he drew blood marks in the air, resolving these offensives one by one. However, gradually, he also became somewhat tired of coping. Commander Yang, Elder Yu, Old Master An, and Division Chief Zhou also cooperated with the Dao soldiers, making a move together, wanting to exhaust Qian Family Old Ancestor to death. But after exhausting him for half a day, Qian Family Old Ancestor still had abundant blood energy. Elder Yu couldn't help but say angrily, "Old dog Qian, exactly how many people have you killed, and how many people's longevity pills have you eaten?!" Qian Family Old Ancestor laughed coldly and didn't speak. The crowd's offensive became more urgent. Several Foundation Building cultivators desperately held down Qian Family Old Ancestor, not allowing him to escape. Commander Yang then led the Dao soldiers in the main attack, using a continuous and non-stop offensive to gradually exhaust Qian Family Old Ancestor's spiritual power, slowly aggravate his injuries, and cause his blood energy to be lost. Mo Hua watched nervously and anxiously, and at the same time, he had some enlightenment in his heart. Winning the weak with the strong is the rule of the heavenly way. And accumulating the weak to win the strong is also the rule of the heavenly way. When a single cultivator's cultivation is insufficient, they can use this method, unite together, and exert all their efforts to fight a strong enemy. Just like array formations, accumulating array patterns stroke by stroke condenses into powerful array formations, thus possessing power that surpasses the ordinary. Manpower has limits, but as long as there are enough people and their hearts are united enough, the power is infinite and endless. The fight still continued. After several hours, the Dao soldiers began to suffer casualties, and the injuries on Elder Yu and the others' bodies became heavier. And Qian Family Old Ancestor's breath finally weakened, and his blood energy couldn't support him. Qian Family Old Ancestor tried to break out of the siege several times, but all were blocked by Elder Yu and the others fighting with their lives, and then restrained by the Dao soldiers, falling into a heavily besieged dilemma again. Qian Family Old Ancestor's state was not as relaxed as before; instead, he became much more violent. His whole body's blood energy was thicker, and his eyes were filled with red fierce Qi, like a trapped beast in a dying struggle. Just when everyone thought they could wear down and suppress and kill Qian Family Old Ancestor, a sudden change occurred. A deep and thick breath suddenly appeared from a corner of Qian Family, rushing straight into the battle. Elder Yu recognized the person and said in shock and anger, "Great Elder!" The person was exactly Qian Family Great Elder, and also Black Mountain Stronghold's great leader! Qian Family was in an uproar again. "Great Elder?" "Great Elder didn't die?" "What exactly is going on?" Only at this time did this group of Qian Family disciples know that their Qian Family actually hid so many secrets, and they, these Qian Family disciples in Qian Family, actually knew nothing at all. When Great Elder appeared, Qian Family Old Ancestor wanted to take the opportunity to escape. He forced back Commander Yang with one palm, avoided the Dao soldiers' long spears, and with a backhand tear, a terrifying blood mark condensed and swept over a team of Dao soldiers. Several Dao soldiers immediately died. Commander Yang's eyes were about to crack. Although these Dao soldiers were his subordinates, they were also his brothers who fought alongside him. "Old thing, die!" Commander Yang exhausted all his strength, and golden spiritual power poured into the long spear in his hand. The long spear trembled and cried, blooming with dazzling light and condensing terrible power. Qian Family Old Ancestor's face was shocked, "Superior Dao art?" He wanted to retreat and escape, but another team of Dao soldiers entangled him again, making it impossible for him to escape. A moment later, Commander Yang finished accumulating spiritual power, and his entire body's breath surged. Then, person and spear united, the spear thrust out like a dragon, rushing to Qian Family Old Ancestor in a flash. The long spear carried great force, directly piercing through Qian Family Old Ancestor's chest. The golden light entwined on the spear flickered, constantly strangling Qian Family Old Ancestor's blood energy and extinguishing his vitality. It seemed that Qian Family Old Ancestor was about to die under the spear. At the critical moment, Great Elder's expression sank. He forcibly took a blow from Elder Yu, and then clashed palms with Old Master An, using the force to retreat. Regardless of his own injuries, he rushed straight towards Commander Yang, forcing Commander Yang back with sinister palm force. Commander Yang had to receive the move and withdraw. Qian Family Old Ancestor seized the moment to breathe and swallowed two blood-red pills. The flesh and skin on his chest wriggled, and his injuries gradually stopped. But this kind of pill only treated the symptoms, not the root cause. If it was dragged down, he would undoubtedly die! He must escape... Qian Family Old Ancestor exhausted all his strength, urged his blood-colored escape method, and wanted to break through the siege and escape again. Commander Yang wanted to make another move to keep Qian Family Old Ancestor, but the previous Dao art move had already exhausted all his spiritual power. That style of spear method was called Shining Gold Spear, which was the Yang Family's secret spear method, and also a second-grade superior Dao art. Superior Dao arts are powerful, but consume a lot of spiritual power and take a long time to accumulate Qi. One must grasp the timing and achieve results with one strike, otherwise, either it won't hit, or they will fall into a passive state due to excessive spiritual power consumption. His previous spear method took advantage of Qian Family Old Ancestor's inability to escape and hit him. But Qian Family Old Ancestor was in the Foundation Building mid-stage, and because he had taken people's longevity pills, his blood energy was thick, so although he was heavily injured, his body did not die. Elder Yu and the others wanted to block Qian Family Old Ancestor, but they were blocked by Great Elder's move. The other several teams of first-grade Dao soldiers were even less able to block Qian Family Old Ancestor. They could only do their best to stab out their long spears, leaving trails of injuries on Qian Family Old Ancestor's body. Qian Family Old Ancestor broke out of the siege, looked back silently, his blood-red eyes looked at Great Elder, and then swept over the crowd. Then, without a word, he turned into a blood-colored escape light and rushed directly out of Tongxian City's gate. The direction he escaped in was Great Black Mountain! Everyone was already exhausted from the long battle and unable to prevent him, only letting Qian Family Old Ancestor escape. But Qian Family Great Elder was left behind. Qian Family Great Elder did not want to escape, but always fought until his oil was dry and his lamp extinguished, until all his vitality was gone. Finally, he half-knelt on the ground, blood flowing all over the ground. Elder Yu looked at him silently and sighed, "Was it worth it?" Qian Family Great Elder's face was expressionless. He said self-deprecatingly, "A person who is about to die, who should have died early, anything is worth it." After saying that, he slowly closed his eyes. This Qian Family Great Elder, who had "died" early, finally died now. This time's siege and kill could also be said to have come to an end. Everyone's injuries were not light, and some people also died at the hands of Qian Family Old Ancestor. Qian Family Old Ancestor suffered heavy injuries and escaped towards Great Black Mountain. Mo Hua sat cross-legged on the roof, watching all this from afar. He felt both regret and sadness in his heart. The regret was that he couldn't kill Qian Family Old Ancestor. The sadness was that many people bled and many people sacrificed in this siege and kill. Mo Hua couldn't help but think in his heart: "If I were a second-grade array master and set up a second-grade array formation, wouldn't I be able to completely trap and kill Qian Family Old Ancestor, and there wouldn't be so many casualties?" Mo Hua sighed slightly. It seemed that his ability was still not enough, and the level of his array formations still needed to be elevated. The long road of cultivating the Dao is endless, and array formations are vast and profound. He still has much to learn, and he is still not strong enough... (End of this chapter)