Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Jiang Ding gazed at the majestic Immortal City before him.

No one knew how many years of history it had, primitive and vicissitudinous, with the city walls bearing numerous mottled marks of blades and swords, silent witnesses to the myriad years that had passed.

Generations of cultivators had spent their entire lives here.

Looking at the surrounding terrain, even in the prairies, numerous mountain ranges and earth dragons converged here, gathering spiritual energy and forming Spiritual Veins.

Dozens of third-grade upper-quality Spiritual Veins coiled like pythons, giving birth to a fourth-grade lower-quality large Spiritual Vein at their center.

This was what the Hei Clan relied on to suppress the Black Snow Prairie and give birth to Nascent Soul Monks, the foundation of their power!

Tens of thousands of cultivators lived here year-round, among them those who cultivated Qi, Foundation-building cultivators, and Golden Pill Monks.

At this moment, as the Immortal City's Formation Method ascended, Array Patterns spread and densely covered the area, all of the cultivators lifted their heads, watching the sky with terrified eyes at the blurred face of the young man in green clothes.

"A fourth-grade middle-quality Formation Method…"

Jiang Ding's Divine Sense scanned over and over again, and he finally muttered to himself.

It was a Formation Method built upon a Spiritual Vein, capable of borrowing the power of the Spiritual Vein and a large number of cultivators. In terms of upper limits of strength, it surpassed many Mid-stage of Nascent Soul cultivators.

The prerequisite was that all Formation Method nodes were intact, and that the main Formation Method operators had adequate basic Formation Method qualifications, and there had to be a sufficiently large number of participants.

"Will you be qualified?"

Jiang Ding seemed to be asking.

Clang!

Draw the sword, slash!

In an instant, many Golden Pill Monks only felt an enormous Sword Intent spread in all directions, imbued with the intent of Elimination Method and Law-Breaking, instantly freezing their Mana. Mobilizing it was incredibly difficult, breathing was constricted, and they found themselves utterly without the ability to resist.

They could only watch helplessly as a Blue-Gold Sword Light appeared at the edge of the sky, carrying the supreme Sword Domain, splitting the space, and slashing down towards the entire Immortal City.

There was light in the heavens and the earth,

But in that instant, everything disappeared, leaving only a swath of Blue-Gold Sword Light covering the sky and filling the world, with nothing else in sight.

"No…"

The minds of many cultivators went blank, their limbs turned cold, and their Divine Souls lost consciousness.

Scream!

Some time passed before many cultivators regained consciousness, looking around them.

All around them, night had fallen.

A God-Jun Black Crow emerged from the Formation Method, let out a long cry towards the sky, producing sharp, pitch-black sound waves, moving against the Blue-Gold Flying Sword, dominating a night Formation Method field of dozens of kilometers, gathering Spiritual Energy to amplify its attack.

Black Feather Heavenly God Slaughter Ten Thousand Spirits Formation!

This was the ancestral clan Array of the Hei Clan, handed down for ten thousand years. If it weren't limited to a fourth-grade lower-quality Spiritual Vein, it would have been even stronger.

The two attacks met.

Boom!

Under the Law-Breaking sword blade, the pitch-black sound waves shattered, crumbling with a thunderous roar. As the sword slashed, the pitch-black sound waves reappeared, only to be broken again, unable to hold back at all.

After six consecutive attempts,

The pitch-black sound waves barely managed to block the Blue-Gold sword blade, forcing it back.

Buzz!

The Taiqing Flying Sword returned and settled on Jiang Ding's shoulder, buzzing and transmitting the various Formation Method details it had probed.

"The Array Base's main Formation Method personnel have poor qualifications, and the basic level cultivators' cooperation is very chaotic."

Jiang Ding closed his eyes and calculated for a moment, muttering to himself, "But, there is a vast number of cultivators, and it is a fixed clan-defensive Formation Method, not an Army Formation, still posing a significant threat."

"More Formation Method data is needed."

Clang!

Another slash of the sword!

The Blue-Gold Sword Light traversed dozens of kilometers, slamming directly down, each stroke causing the Formation Method to roar, vast swathes of Spiritual Light to disperse, earth and mountains to quake within the Formation Method, akin to a destructive natural disaster.

This is the power of an Immortal of Nascent Soul!

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A single person was enough to suppress the vast grassland, with tens of thousands submitting to him, the only thing that hindered his ruling power was the vast space, not any resistance force from the lower ranks.

Sword-light after sword-light, without any pause.

The Formation Method of Beast Spirit Immortal City was slashed until it shook uncontrollably, and the numerous cultivators within the city were panic-stricken and fearful, desperately channeling their mana into the Formation Method, earnestly praying to their ancestors for protection.

Screech!

The God-Jun Black Crow born from within the protective clan Formation Method broke away from the heart of the formation and pounced towards the green-clad youth in the distance, its sharp beak peerless in sharpness, creating a deep spatial black hole with every stab.

The sharp beak was even imbued with a rich curse energy, formed from the collective resentment and hatred of countless cultivator souls over many years, even a brush with it would cause a Nascent Soul Monk's Law Body to rot and die.

Only to see the Blue-Gold Sword Light meet its attacks, whether cleaving, chopping, or cutting, the blade was light, fast, and swift, always striking at the vital spots of the God-Jun Black Crow.

The Black Crow's furious assault was halted, thrown into chaos.

Clearly borrowing the power of the Spiritual Vein and many cultivators, the God-Jun Black Crow possessed at least several times the strength of the young man in green, not even fearing a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

But,

under the Sword Light, it was restrained and unable to exert its full strength, with much of its power wasted. On the occasions it screeched and dived to attack, it was dodged, missing its target completely.

…

In the center of Black Feather Heavenly God Slaughter Ten Thousand Spirits Formation, Hei Chengxiu's body was surrounded by misty Array Patterns, veins on his face bulging, his eyes full of bloodshot veins, and beads of sweat kept falling.

"No!"

"That Tushan old thief is proficient in Formation Methods, the clan's Formation is being suppressed and cannot unleash its full power!"

Hei Chengxiu bellowed furiously.

The direct lineage Golden Pills operating the enormous power of the Formation Method instantly turned pale.

An Immortal of Nascent Soul, also an expert in Formation Methods,

this kind of person was simply the bane of protective clan Formation Methods!

No matter how mysterious the Formation Method was, under the siege of such an expert in Formation Methods, an Immortal of Nascent Soul, it would hardly last long.

Under prolonged attacks, it would inevitably be breached, the clan would be destroyed, not even chickens and dogs spared!

Just as the Hei Clan had been treating any Loose Cultivator and their families who dared to resist for thousands of years, all turned into cultivation fodder for the Hei Clan's disciples to refine Treasures and practice Magic.

"Hold on!"

"We still have a way out!"

The old Hei Clan cultivator who had shattered the Divine Crow Immortal's soul tablet spoke loudly, "I have already received a response from the nearby Ice Snow Palace Mu Family, Joyous Union Sect Liu Family ancestors, and other five major families like the Liudao Sect Yin's; they have promised to send support and are already on their way here. Using the teleportation Formation, they can arrive in at most seven days!"

"Really?"

Seven days!

The many direct lineage Golden Pills showed ecstatic expressions.

For the sake of interests and to control as much territory as possible, the core clan lands of the various families in Northern Plains were very far apart. Even the closest Joyous Union Sect Liu Family required years of travel by a full-strength Golden Pill Monk and months for a Nascent Soul Monk.

Support arriving in seven days!

This was almost the speed seen in historical records, when major clans were established and vied for supremacy over Northern Plains, united in earnest!

"Absolutely true!"

The old cultivator directly took out the long-range correspondences from the ancestors of the other families, it was not something he had fabricated.

"The descendants of our ancestors, how could they be short-sighted?"

"We were the ones with petty minds!"

Hei Chengxiu's eyes welled up with hot tears, a great deal of hope sprouting in his heart, "If we get through this ordeal, in the future our Hei Clan, our clan's cultivators will surely be able to expel the barbarians and restore our ancestors' territory!"

"Brother Chengxiu!"

"We've come to aid, if there's anything that needs to be done, just command us!"

The next moment, accompanied by hearty laughter, Shang Sanwu, the manager of Spirit Treasure Commercial Association Beast Spirit Branch, appeared with a dozen Golden Pill Monks.

Not far behind were hundreds of Foundation-building cultivators, all equipped with Magic Tools and Treasures, and a full set of Talismans, ready for a major battle at any moment.

Clearly, they too had received the Shang Clan's command; otherwise, with the nature of merchants, they would have waited and observed, assessing the situation between the two battling parties, before making a decision, and would not have joined so promptly and decisively.

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