A Sect from a Spirit Vein

Chapter 300 - 260: Breached

The four Foundation Establishment cultivators shuddered in their hearts, their expressions changing dramatically. A junior brother shouted, "It’s Master Yeguang, Cang Jing! How did he come to kill directly!"

The few were both shocked and fearful. Fortunately, the Fifth Elder reacted quickly and shouted repeatedly, "Retreat quickly! Withdraw from here immediately and rebuild the defense line at Golden Dawn Peak! Junior brother, quickly use the Thousand-Mile Mirror to inform the disciples guarding the mountain gate and request the presence of the Supreme Elder!"

No one expected that Master Yeguang, as the highest combat strength, the overall commander of Sanshan County, would directly abandon the probing between Foundation Establishments, leave the army behind, and personally come to kill, treating himself as a sharp knife to break through the gate!

But Master Yeguang undoubtedly made the most astute choice. He knew Master Fengfeng was in seclusion healing his injuries and seized this valuable gap, intending to take advantage of the fact that Chongming County temporarily had no Golden Core Masters to achieve the greatest victory.

The Golden Core Master, driving his Magical Treasure with full force, could fly two thousand miles in an hour by controlling his Escape Light. However, flying at full speed, the Escape Light was dazzling, like a Fire Meteor, trailing tens of feet in flames, extremely conspicuous in the air.

If the Escape Light needed to be restrained and the body concealed, the Escape Speed would have to be reduced. In any case, at this moment, Master Yeguang’s surprise attack on Mingsha Bay must have balanced speed and concealment.

Had it not been for the Fifth Elder’s meticulous arrangements, establishing a hundred-mile-wide network of alert points, with a main observation point equipped with a Thousand-Mile Mirror connecting via Communication Talismans to sub-observation points layer by layer, Master Yeguang’s sudden attack would not have been detected. Even so, when they discovered the Master’s Escape Light, it was already within a hundred miles of Mingsha Bay!

A hundred miles is just a little over half a cup of tea’s time for a Golden Core Master!

The Fifth Elder’s retreat order made Han Wen’s eyes widen instantly as he shouted anxiously, "We can’t retreat! Fifth Elder, Mingsha Bay is our foundation, there’s still—"

"Our lives are at stake, what foundation are we talking about?! Only by calling the Supreme Elder can we stop Master Yeguang; can a fatty like you hold him back?" The Fifth Elder flashed and headed out.

But Han Wen actually grabbed his sleeve, his voice full of pleading, "We can! We have four Foundation Establishments, four hundred Qi Cultivation Elites, and the Mountain Protection Grand Array here. As long as we fight desperately, even a Golden Core Master cannot easily take us down - we can hold out until Master Fengfeng arrives—"

The Fifth Elder burst into rage, Spiritual Power surging, pushing Han Wen away instantly, "Fight desperately? You go desperately fight, or should I go desperately fight? We can hold back the Golden Core, but most will die! I don’t want to be a dead ghost, if you want to die, then get lost!"

The Fifth Elder, with his junior brother, fled out the door, shouting for Yinghua Peak disciples to withdraw. Zhang Hansong, with all his strength, barely managed to pull the ashen-faced Han Wen, "Quickly go, gang leader, we’re outnumbered, if we don’t leave we’ll be finished!"

Han Wen shouted with grief and indignation, his eyes bloodshot, also rushing out the door.

The Fifth Elder led the Yinghua Peak disciples in a frantic retreat. To prevent a pursuit by Master Yeguang, various Escape Lights dispersed in the air like swimming fish, agreeing to regroup at Golden Dawn Peak several hundred miles away.

While retreating, the Fifth Elder passed the news of Master Yeguang’s solo intrusion to Hee Yangchen and the Second Elder at Kong Family Castle, urging them to come to aid swiftly. Although in a hurry, he was nonetheless an Elder of the Xuanguang Sect, the Peak Master of Yinghua Peak, with a strong strategic sense.

Now giving up Mingsha Bay was indeed out of desperation, but if Master Yeguang continued to pursue, he would fall into the encircling reinforcements and coupled with the soon-arriving Master Fengfeng, Yeguang would certainly suffer a great loss.

Not long after flying out, a huge rumble echoed through the night sky. The Fifth Elder looked back and saw flames raging in the direction of Mingsha Bay, as if the Mountain Protection Grand Array had already been broken!

Master Yeguang had arrived!

Everyone felt a tremor in their hearts, their escaping forms speeding up by threefold. Looking back, fortunately, Master Yeguang wasn’t just a reckless brute; after breaking Mingsha Bay, he temporarily stopped, seemingly waiting for the subsequent army.

The Fifth Elder and his junior brother reached Golden Dawn Peak and found their regrouped disciples, as well as Zhang Hansong and all Shahe Gang disciples. But they were still waiting for Han Wen.

Just as he frowned deeply, cursing loudly and suspecting Han Wen had died, the disheveled fatty appeared on Golden Dawn Peak, carrying a skinny human shape on his back.

Meanwhile, as the Second Elder at Kong Family Castle received news of Master Yeguang’s intrusion, preparing to move his troops for aid, the outposts two hundred miles outside Kong Family Castle also began shouting in panic.

Fourteen Foundation Establishment Escape Lights pierced the sky like a long rainbow, illuminating half the night sky.

Fourteen Foundation Establishment cultivators from Sanshan County attacked Kong Family Castle!

The Second Elder’s face turned ashen, yet he gritted his teeth and gathered his two hundred disciples from Zhiyan Peak, along with Kong Family Castle’s elite and Shouzhuo Sect’s remnants, to defend the array, waiting for Master Fengfeng to aid.

But then the outposts brought yet another message of despair.

Fourteen Floating Battleships lined up, pressing in with overwhelming force!

Spiritual Power luminescence filled the sky, the brilliant moonlight was overshadowed, large shadows covered the mountains, and cultivators within the outposts were too frightened to breathe.

The cultivator army from Sanshan County was rushing towards Kong Family Castle!

It turned out that Sanshan County indeed adopted a split attack tactic, but they divided into two paths, one with Golden Core Masters, one with the army, intending to achieve the greatest success overnight!

The Second Elder’s face was pale, he could only shout, "Retreat backward! Merge with the Spirit Talisman Sect at Fucang Mountain to establish a new defense line. Quickly send word to the Supreme Elder, the entire army of Sanshan County has been deployed, breaking through from the direction of Kong Family Castle, how to resist the enemy, please make a decision, Zhenren!"

Even if the new Patriarch of Kong Family, Kong Lingde, didn’t want to, he had no choice. Before the fourteen Foundation Establishments and fourteen Floating Battleships, the military strength gathered by Kong Family Castle now was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, hopelessly inadequate.

Risking lives meaninglessly was futile. Everyone decided to keep their useful lives, waiting for a chance to settle old scores. Fortunately, the enemies were still two hundred miles away, and with the Foundation Establishment escape speed, they had an hour of incense stick time to withdraw, which allowed the Kong Family Castle’s people some time to move treasures.

The two directions’ calls for aid were sent one after another to Mingjian Mountain, and the mountain-guarding disciples, upon receiving the news, dared not delay. In a panic, they knocked on Master Fengfeng’s seclusion door.

In an instant, Xuanguang Sect’s Mingjian Mountain erupted in light, roars echoing across the peaks: "Elder Dog Cang Jing, so arrogant and cunning, he actually dreams of destroying our Chongming County at once, I will not let him leave alive!"

"Order, leave one Foundation Establishment at Golden Dawn Peak to lead and alert transmissions, Second Elder and Kong Lingde halt retreat, ready the army, all other Elders and subordinate sects, advance towards Kong Family Castle, as soon as I arrive, we will reclaim Kong Family Castle!"

In this moment, Master Fengfeng made a decision. He abandoned focusing on Master Yeguang in Mingsha Bay and gave up on defending Golden Dawn Peak, deciding to take advantage of the enemy army occupying Kong Family Castle being without a Golden Core Master and gather the whole county’s strength to first break this path of troops!