Chapter 1177: Chapter 43: Rouge and Dark Purple Over the Frontier
"Not good!" Faced with this terrifying assault, Cultivator Yun Xuan immediately used his Escape Technique. With a swoosh, he narrowly avoided the edge of the light beam.
But while he managed to dodge it, the Rinsing Spirit Sect cultivators around him were not so fortunate.
Boom!
The massive light beam swept across, instantly blasting a First Tribulation Realm Rinsing Spirit Sect cultivator’s body into pieces, turning them into a cloud of blood mist.
"Whew, what a powerful attack!" Yun Xuan took a deep breath with lingering fear as he looked at the tragic scene of his companion, a flash of shock and anger in his eyes.
If he had reacted just a bit slower and taken this attack head-on, even if he survived, he’d lose a layer of skin.
In mid-air, a dozen or so newly appeared cultivators from the Golden Scale Guard stood suspended, forming a battle formation, their intimidating aura spreading out.
At this moment, none of them spoke, all silently looking at a tall, lean Taoist ahead of them.
Dian Cai Taoist.
The commander of their operation.
"Yun Xuan, you indeed are an insider from the Rinsing Spirit Sect...." Dian Cai Taoist coldly spoke as he gazed into the distance at Cultivator Yun Xuan.
At this time, Black Cloud Mountain had not yet received news of Dragon City Pass’s fall, and Dian Cai Taoist’s intelligence was still at the stage of knowing the Rinsing Spirit Sect had several high-level cultivators secretly colluding with the Demon Race.
He did not know that the Rinsing Spirit Sect had long since transformed from the Taoist Sect into the Demon Sect.
And Cultivator Yun Xuan, an elder of the Rinsing Spirit Sect, a Fourth Tribulation Realm cultivator, was a well-known figure within the sect, someone Dian Cai Taoist naturally recognized.
"Dian Cai, how is it that you and the Golden Scale Guard cultivators are here?" Yun Xuan looked at Dian Cai Taoist, his previously confident expression had vanished, replaced by a sullen demeanor.
"Naturally, to deal with you," Dian Cai Taoist said ruthlessly. "Shui Yue told me there was a traitor in the Rinsing Spirit Sect. I didn’t expect you would also be one of them."
"Shui Yue?" After the initial shock, Yun Xuan surprisingly regained his composure quickly and let out a cold laugh, "Impressive, she managed to discover so much in such a short time since taking over the Knowledge Guard Tower."
Even now, he couldn’t help but feel a slight chill in his heart.
It had only been half a year since Shui Yue Pavilion Master assumed the position of Tower Master of Knowledge Guard and personally came to the Central Spirit Domain, yet she even knew about their plans to target Black Cloud Mountain.
If she were given more time, who knows how much more would be exposed?
Fortunately, they had already officially launched the Soul Snatching Battle, so it didn’t matter whether these things were exposed or not.
Yun Xuan glanced again at Dian Cai and his assembled dozen or so Golden Scale Guards, suddenly chuckling lightly, "Is this where your confidence to deal with me comes from?"
"Regrettably," he said with a sinister smile, "this is far from enough!"
Seeing Yun Xuan’s reaction, Dian Cai Taoist’s heart suddenly tightened.
After all, Yun Xuan was only at the Fourth Tribulation Realm, while he was at the Fifth Tribulation Realm, and the dozen or so Golden Scale Guard cultivators he brought were at least at the Second Tribulation, forming a battle formation with the combat power of the Fourth Tribulation Realm.
In addition, there were still the Heavenly Secret Pavilion cultivators originally stationed at Black Cloud Mountain. With such a comparison, logically speaking, this battle should be a sure victory for them.
However, Yun Xuan’s eerie demeanor left Dian Cai Taoist with an ominous premonition.
"Looks like you have some powerful trump card you haven’t played yet," Dian Cai Taoist chuckled while probing.
"You’ll know soon enough," Yun Xuan remained unfazed, even having the leisure to jest.
A flash of undisguised killing intent crossed Dian Cai Taoist’s eyes, finally losing patience to exchange any more words with Yun Xuan.
"Activate!" he shouted.
Immediately, several hundred cultivators who had been prepared for a long time revealed themselves, holding formation flags and waving them vigorously.
Invisible secret patterns suddenly appeared, starting to ripple in the surrounding space.
The entire space’s fluctuations, under the influence of these secret patterns, seemed to solidify, no longer flowing.
"It’s a space sealing formation, prepared to the fullest," Yun Xuan muttered, recognizing it as a formation that seals space.
As for the purpose, it was apparently to catch them like turtles in a jar, cutting off their retreat.
"You can’t escape!" Dian Cai Taoist roared furiously, leading the Golden Scale Guards in a frontal assault, murderous intent overwhelming.
"It’s just... who told you I plan to escape..." Yet in Yun Xuan’s eyes, a trace of excitement glimmered. As the Golden Scale Guard cultivators drew closer, his face suddenly beamed, "Very good, very good, just what I wanted!"
The next moment, he patted the Spirit Beast Bag embroidered with golden patterns on his waist.
With a buzz, a golden light shot to the sky, instantly filling the entire sky.
What followed was a terrifying pressure that covered the entire sky, causing the just-solidified space to tremble.
It was a giant golden bird, spreading its wings to the clouds, released by Yun Xuan, appearing in the sight of everyone, like a golden deity overlooking all the Golden Scale Guard cultivators, its golden feathers brighter than the Taoist Armor they wore.
It gazed disdainfully in all directions, its aura terrifyingly intimidating.
"Ninth Grade... Ninth Grade Demon Beast!" At the instant the golden giant bird appeared, Dian Cai Taoist’s body abruptly halted, his eyes filled with shock, "How is that possible?!"
The Beast Pet of a Beast Cultivator cannot exceed the cultivator’s own cultivation in major realms.
This is an iron rule for Beast Cultivators.
Yet here, Yun Xuan Taoist broke that iron rule, possessing a Ninth Grade Beast Pet with Eighth Realm cultivation.