Chapter 61: Official Attack

At that moment, another large group of people flocked in from the sky.
All those from the Fire Moon Sect who were at the Foundation Establishment level or above rushed out in force to attack the Immortal Cloud Sect.
Seeing that all his disciples had arrived, Yongshan loudly ordered, “Everyone from the Fire Moon Sect, listen up! Spread out across the Mist-Chasing Mountains to prevent the people of the Immortal Cloud Sect from escaping.”
It was clear that the Fire Moon Sect was determined to eradicate the Immortal Cloud Sect this time.
“Yes, Sect Leader!” About three hundred people from the Fire Moon Sect replied in unison.
Soon, those three hundred people split into forty groups and went to various locations in the Mist-Chasing Mountains to guard strictly and stop the Immortal Cloud Sect members from escaping.
When Elder Linghuo saw that the people from the Fire Moon Sect had arrived, he softly said, “Alright, it’s time to start the slaughter.”
Yongshan nodded in delight, then shouted toward Cloud-Chasing Peak, “The Immortal Cloud Sect shall perish here!”
As soon as he spoke, Elder Linghuo controlled the fire clouds and suddenly sent them all toward Cloud-Chasing Peak.
With their overwhelming flame power and intense heat waves, there was no doubt that if those fire clouds really landed on Cloud-Chasing Peak, the entire peak would be burned to ashes.
“That’s too much!”
Huaqing snapped in anger and immediately drew his jade sword, slashing it vigorously through the air.
A powerful sword-shaped beam of light appeared and rushed toward the sky-blocking fire clouds. They collided instantly, causing a burst of starlight and flames. The entire sky was filled with intense energy explosions and spectacular sparks falling downward.
The beam of light from the jade sword barely managed to hold back the pressure of the fire clouds but failed to disperse them completely. Huaqing narrowed his eyes and quickly raised his jade sword again, sending out another sword-shaped beam of light.
Boom!
The beam hit the center of the fire clouds, causing them to shake violently. With a loud explosion, the fire clouds split into several pieces, then into hundreds more, before gradually disappearing from the sky.
Elder Linghuo finally revealed himself.
However, he showed no trace of anger at this moment. Although Huaqing had dispersed the fire clouds he controlled, he had already seen the jade sword and confirmed that his goal for this journey was real, which filled him with excitement.
At the same time, Elder Linghuo also realized that Huaqing was only at the early Yuan Ying stage, so his attack power using the jade sword wasn’t very strong—roughly on par with his own strength at the early Outward Emergence stage.
“Not bad. Your attack power is indeed strong,” Elder Linghuo chuckled in the air.

Huai Qing and Master Dongzhen immediately recognized Master Linghuo. What surprised them even more was that Master Linghuo’s vital energy was several times stronger than that of those in the later stages of the Yuan Ying phase. Could it be someone in the Qi Chu phase? Huai Qing and Master Dongzhen struggled to figure it out. Though they initially refused to believe it, they gradually acknowledged Master Linghuo’s strength. “Yongshan, you actually brought someone from the Qi Chu phase to help you! This is a serious violation of the agreement among the four sects. Don’t you know that our Xianyun Sect also comes from the North Immortal Continent?” Huai Qing shouted angrily. Qu Yi, who was in front of the Xianyun Hall, heard Huai Qing’s words and was shocked. So, this man radiating an aura of fire came from a cultivation sect on Tianfeng Star. It seemed that the news about Huai Qing possessing the Jade Sword had been exposed, and external forces were also getting involved in Cuimu Star. “Huai Qing, you can collude with the sea monsters to attack Master Han Yue—can’t I bring friends to uphold justice? Today, your Xianyun Sect must give us an explanation,” Yongshan retorted immediately. This time, determined to destroy Xianyun Sect, Yongshan needed to assign them a fault, so Huai Qing was blamed for having connections with the sea monsters. Huai Qing stopped arguing. Since the Huoyue Sect intended to destroy Xianyun Sect, they would find any excuse anyway. Arguing further was pointless. “Master, it seems we need to activate the grand array,” Huai Qing said to Master Dongzhen. Master Dongzhen nodded slightly. He also knew Master Linghuo’s strength and realized that it would be difficult for him and Huai Qing alone to withstand the Huoyue Sect’s attack. In an instant, Master Dongzhen disappeared. At the same time, spiritual energy throughout Chuiyun Peak began to gather toward the Chuiyun Tower. The flow of spiritual energy grew faster and faster. In no time, circles of mist-like gas formed starting from the Chuiyun Tower, quickly enveloping the entire peak. As the mist covered the mountain, the spiritual energy in the surrounding area immediately flowed toward Chuiyun Peak. Gradually, the entire area around Chuiyun Peak was shrouded in mist, with dense spiritual energy. Just as Chuiyun Peak activated the “Demon Extermination Array,” the other thirty-five peaks of the Xianyun Sect, as if receiving a signal, also immediately activated their own “Demon Extermination Arrays.” Together, the “Thirty-Six Peaks Demon Extermination Array” formed a unified whole. “Hahaha, the sect protection array—interesting, really interesting,” Master Linghuo laughed in the air.

Yongshan, who was standing nearby, grew anxious and said, “Lord, since the Xianyun Sect has this massive formation, we can’t attack right away. What should we do now?”
Linghuo Shangren glanced at Yongshan and smiled, “Yongshan, there’s no need to worry. With me here, along with Qianshun and Wanchang, both in the later stages of the Yuan Ying phase, and you in the early stage, this sect defense formation can withstand a few attacks.”
It turned out that those two in the later stages of Yuan Ying were Qianshun, who practiced wood-based cultivation techniques, and Wanchang, who practiced fire-based techniques. Both were under Linghuo Shangren’s command and had been summoned to Cui Mu Star this time.
After hearing Linghuo Shangren’s words, Yongshan finally felt relieved.
Not long after the 36-Peak Demon-Slaying Formation was fully activated, all the spiritual energy in the area around the 36 peaks gathered together, making the white mist increasingly dense. It wasn’t until the mist was almost completely unified that the flow of spiritual energy stopped, and the formation reached its strongest state.
Linghuo Shangren was very confident in his own strength and refrained from attacking the Xianyun Sect until the formation was at its optimal state. Then he smiled.
“Yongshan, summon all the Golden Core stage disciples from the Huoyue Sect. They should attack the other 35 peaks, while the four of us will attack Zhuiyun Peak together. I’m curious to see how long the Xianyun Sect’s defense formation can hold out,” Linghuo Shangren said with a sinister smile.
Hearing this, Yongshan was overjoyed, knowing that the lord of the Huoyue Hall was finally ready to take action.
Soon, forty Golden Core stage disciples from the Huoyue Sect arrived and, under Yongshan’s arrangement, went to the 35 cultivation peaks of the Xianyun Sect to wait for the attack order.
Inside Zhuiyun Peak, the Demon-Slaying Formation was overseen by Dongzhen Shangren. Huaiqing felt quite confident—given his mid-stage Yuan Ying cultivation, he believed he could withstand attacks from those in the middle stage of exiting their bodies using this formation. However, what worried Huaiqing the most was what might happen to the other 35 peaks, as there were still many elders in the early Golden Core stage there, and the effectiveness of the formation would be much weaker in such cases.
Qu Yi, Li Ji, Wang Mo, and De Quan were together. Seeing the white mist covering the peaks, which seemed calm on the surface, they felt a hint of unease. Moreover, Qu Yi had an intuition that after today, these three would leave him forever.
“Cunjie Ball… I can only take one person in now…” Qu Yi was in pain, with sweat dripping from his forehead.
In the air, Linghuo Shangren, Qianshun, Wanchang, and Yongshan stood in a square formation, each taking out their own magical treasures.

Elder Linghuo held a completely red disc in his hands, about the size of a head, with a flame-shaped pattern at its center. This magical artifact was called the Tonghuo Disc, a top-grade treasure.

Qianshun held a green long sword named Dicui Sword, also a mid-grade treasure. Wanchang carried a red iron spear called Liaoxing Spear, likewise a mid-grade treasure. As for Yongshan, he still wielded his low-grade treasure, the Lingren Sword.

Elder Linghuo nodded, sending a signal to Yongshan. Instantly, Yongshan unleashed his vital energy, and a loud voice resounded through the air: “Elders at the Golden Core stage, begin the attack!”

The Golden Core cultivators of the Huoyue Sect who were already in position immediately responded and launched simultaneous attacks on the thirty-five peaks of the Xianyun Sect. At the same time, Elder Linghuo, Qianshun, Wanchang, and Yongshan also started attacking Zuiyun Peak.

The forty disciples of the Huoyue Sect attacked the thirty-five peaks. Their vital energy attacks were instantly swallowed up by the thick white mist, just like stones thrown into the sea—without any reaction at all. This showed just how much spiritual energy the demon-exorcising arrays on each peak had gathered, enough to absorb those attacks entirely.

In fact, Elder Linghuo didn’t even need those forty Golden Core cultivators to break through the large arrays. Their purpose was merely to distract the interconnected demon-exorcising arrays of the thirty-six peaks, so that Elder Linghuo could focus all his efforts on attacking Zuiyun Peak.

“Meteoric True Fire!”
“Wood Element Star-Slicing!”
“Heavenly Fire Descending Instantly!”
“Razor-Sharp Void Piercing!”

Elder Linghuo, Qianshun, Wanchang, and Yongshan simultaneously unleashed powerful attacks. Swaths of deep blue flames kept falling from the sky, rushing toward Zuiyun Peak at great speed. These were Elder Linghuo’s inner true flames. By the time his cultivation reached the Outward Emergence stage, a cyan true flame had already formed within his Yuan Ying. And here, Elder Linghuo recklessly unleashed his true flames without hesitation.

Qianshun cast a wood-element attack spell, also with full force. A huge green sword appeared in the air and swung down with such power that it seemed capable of splitting planets. Wanchang unleashed a fire-element spell with all his might, just like Elder Linghuo, recklessly releasing his inner true flames. Yongshan too was unrelenting; he poured all his vital energy into the Lingren Sword, creating a gleaming golden blade that sliced toward Zuiyun Peak, giving the illusion that it could destroy the entire peak in one strike.

The demon-exorcising arrays on Zuiyun Peak activated. Faced with four extremely powerful spell attacks, if they defended themselves like the other thirty-five peaks, not only would the white mist vanish instantly, but Zuiyun Peak itself would also be completely erased.

“Spiritual Energy Turns into a Dragon—Attack Proactively!”

Elder Dongzhen swiftly changed his tactics. Then, the white mist covering Zuiyun Peak suddenly gave rise to a hundred giant white dragons. One after another, these dragons emerged from the sea of mist to actively confront the four incoming spells.