Chapter 472 - 214: Kill

Chapter 472: Chapter 214: Kill

Jiulian Island.

It was called an island, but it was more like a vast stretch of interconnected shoals within the Great Cloud Marsh, dense with massive fields of reeds.

This place was once a favorite haunt of Water Pirates. The surrounding waterways were well-developed, and the two-to-three-meter-tall reeds formed a natural labyrinth. Whenever the Court sent troops for an extermination campaign, this became the pirates’ perfect hiding spot.

The stronghold of the Path of Non-Birth was located here.

Qin Fang flew through the air, his expression placid, even cold.

Behind him were several hundred other figures.

...This time, those sent to exterminate the Path of Non-Birth were all experts from the Inner Sect.

They were all at least in the True Essence Second Realm of Cultivation.

And they were all proficient in the Body Technique Leaf Skill.

Leading them was Yue Shan... a True Inheritance disciple of the Luzhan Lineage with a military background, who now flew at the very front.

He was flanked by over a hundred figures whose auras reeked of blood... They were disciples of the Luzhan Lineage.

...In campaigns like this, the Luzhan Lineage was always the most eager participant.

Because their Path was found in slaughter.

Besides the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect, some disciples from the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect had also come, though there were only a few dozen of them, far fewer than from the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect... Qin Fang even saw Zhao Yuanling.

...The other man’s gaze held a dark glint as he looked at him.

Qin Fang keenly sensed the killing intent hidden deep in his eyes... It proved that what he had mentioned to his Master the other day was not just his imagination.

But today, Qin Fang was in no mood to pay him any mind.

He just flew on in silence, his gaze indifferent. In the blink of an eye, they had flown out of Lanyang City, eliciting gasps of shock and awe from the countless commoners below.

...Flying was not something most commoners ever had the chance to witness.

Soon, Jiulian Island came into view in the distance.

Upon the vast expanse of the Great Cloud Marsh, fleet after fleet of military vessels were arrayed. Onboard were massive numbers of Black Armored Soldiers, standing ready and having almost completely surrounded Jiulian Island.

The deployed forces numbered in the tens of thousands.

However, they were only forming a perimeter on the water and had not disembarked onto the island... The main assault force was still the Sects; these troops were for support.

All of this was just the force on the surface.

Qin Fang knew that the top experts of the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect, like the Sect Leader and his own Master, and even the Elders from the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect visiting the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect, were all hidden in the shadows, observing this great battle.

...Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit.

One couldn’t say the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect was attacking with the full strength of the entire Sect this time.

But they had, at the very least, deployed half of their elite forces.

Aside from some old ancestors who were in year-round seclusion on some unknown mountain peak within the Sect, probably four or five of the Six Veins Hall Masters had come.

...It was just as Qin Fang had thought when he notified his Master.

’If nothing unexpected happened, the elders would have just made a trip for nothing. What did that matter?

’But if something unexpected *did* happen and the elders weren’t present, allowing the enemy to escape and cause some great disaster later on... *that* would be true foolishness!’

...Fortunately, the elders of the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect were not so foolish or arrogant.

"The Luzhan Lineage will act as the vanguard! The rest of you, guard the flanks! The objective is to eliminate all Evil Cult Members on the island! Do you understand?"

Yue Shan’s cold, hard voice echoed.

"Yes!"

The disciples responded in unison.

"Kill!"

Yue Shan roared. The next instant, the several hundred figures in the air shot down toward Jiulian Island like a volley of sharp arrows!

Almost as soon as they began their descent, the disciples saw them... On Jiulian Island, a large number of figures in varied attire had appeared. It was as if they had received news in advance and were arrayed in formation to greet them.

"Activate the array!"

At their head was an old man in a gray robe. Gazing at the suddenly attacking Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect disciples, he showed no fear. Instead, a strange, fanatical smile spread across his face.

He formed a hand seal, and behind him, dozens of Path of Non-Birth followers simultaneously began a bizarre ritualistic walk. They chanted in unison, their voices low at first, then swelling into a torrent of sound that pierced the roar of the waves and the howl of the wind, striking directly at everyone’s Sea of Consciousness.

"Spirit returns to oblivion—body becomes eternal!!"

The moment these words echoed, invisible ripples seemed to spread through the sky above Jiulian Island.

The few Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect disciples at the forefront abruptly froze. They felt a ringing in their minds as the world before their eyes seemed to shimmer. For a moment, their thoughts grew hazy and scattered, as if something was trying to pull their consciousness from their bodies!

Even the flow of True Essence within their bodies slowed by a fraction!

"Guard your minds! It’s the Path of Non-Birth’s ’Soul-Catching Evil Sound’!"

Yue Shan’s sharp cry, like a sudden clap of thunder, instantly jolted many of the disciples awake.

But the array’s effect had already taken hold, blunting the fierce, storm-like momentum of the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect’s assault.

Even Qin Fang felt his own mind tremble slightly. The effect wasn’t major, but it was enough to make him frown deeply.

Some of the disciples around him grunted in pain, clearly in great discomfort.

Just then, a soft, leisurely voice sounded out.

"Who is first to awaken from the great dream? In this life, I alone know. Let’s take a measure of the shattered starry river, and scatter it upon the mortal realm... for the moment of Illusion-Breaking."

’That voice is surprisingly familiar?’

Just as Qin Fang was frowning, in the next instant, he clearly felt a vast Power of Spiritual Sense suddenly sweep over them.

The next moment, a series of shrill, miserable screams were heard.

Below, several of the Cult Members behind the old man suddenly staggered backward, clutching their heads and howling in agony, and then...

POP, POP, POP!!

The heads of those dozens of people actually burst open like watermelons!

Blood instantly filled the air. The old man’s face turned deathly pale as he staggered backward and looked up in horror.

Qin Fang also turned his head and saw Yun Guanyu appear at the very front of their formation. His gaze was indifferent and leisurely as he looked down upon the scene below...