45: Killing three out-of-body realm masters in a row, the Shi family's strength is revealed

Outside the defensive grand Formation.

Twenty-Three, Twenty-Four, and Guardian Twenty-Seven, the three Family Guardians of the Shi Family, emerged with expressions of vigilance and solemnity, their Divine Sense immediately spreading out.

Soon!

Every rustle within tens of thousands of miles was within their sight and known to their hearts.

No problems!

"Could the opponent possess some Spatial Magic Treasure, hiding within it?"

Guardian Twenty-Seven's mind worked faster, and he quickly speculated on a possibility, conveying it to the other two Guardians.

"That is indeed possible!"

The other two Guardians also highly agreed with Guardian Twenty-Seven's speculation, and their expressions simultaneously became very grim.

"This makes things difficult. Do we have to send someone to guard outside? Elder Seventy-Two's fate is unknown, and we don't know how strong the opponent truly is!"

"Elder Seventy-Two was a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator. He went out and didn't return. Shi Xiaodan was an Out-of-Body Realm cultivator. He went out and returned. This might indicate that the opponent may not be able to do anything to Out-of-Body Realm experts."

"Reasonable! However, this is just our guess. If we really need to send someone to guard outside, it would probably be safe to send at least two Out-of-Body Realm experts. Who would want to stand outside in the strong wind? I think it's best if we find that person!"

"...Then let's search the surroundings? The opponent has attacked the defensive grand Formation repeatedly, so they are probably still nearby and haven't left. Haha, a Spatial Magic Treasure that can hide living people, two brothers, whoever finds the person first gets the Treasure?"

"Good!"

Upon hearing of Treasure, all three men's eyes lit up, completely abandoning any thoughts of safety.

Perhaps, in their view, with the three Out-of-Body Realm experts forming a joint force, even a Spirit Division Realm expert would be held off for a while, posing no real danger.

To find the Treasure, the three immediately split into three groups and began to search carefully around the defensive grand Formation.

"Hmph, still thinking of finding Treasure when death is at hand!"

The actions of the three were all under Long Aotian's surveillance.

When they came out, they were all cautious, but then they all showed a greedy expression. Although he couldn't hear what they said through their Divine Sense, Long Aotian could roughly guess even without hearing.

He was originally worried that setting up a Void Annihilation Array at the entrance and exit of the defensive grand Formation and activating it might alert the people inside and expose his Void Formation, but after Shi Xiaodan's entry and exit, Long Aotian no longer cared so much. He directly set up five Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays, each a mile in radius, at the entrance and exit of the defensive grand Formation.

Long Aotian was originally worried that these three Out-of-Body Realm experts would play the same trick as Shi Xiaodan, coming out and then immediately retreating. He planned to activate the Void Annihilation Array at the entrance and exit, but he didn't expect these three fellows to be so reckless as to try and find him to snatch his Spatial Magic Treasure?

At this moment, Long Aotian was truly amused.

After continuously and madly carving Void Annihilation Arrays, the vicinity of the defensive grand Formation now had over thirty Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays of varying sizes carved by him.

In addition, the Small Valley also had ten Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays and one Void Concealment Formation carved there by him.

It was not yet time to expose that corpse. Ten Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays were still not enough!

Although the three Out-of-Body Realm experts had become greedy for Long Aotian's Spatial Magic Treasure, they also understood that it was not safe outside at the moment. They maintained a high level of vigilance against any sudden attacks, their Divine Sense constantly released, monitoring every rustle within tens of thousands of miles.

However, no matter how vigilant they were, they could not guard against Long Aotian's invisible, colorless, seemingly non-existent Void Annihilation Array, which, once activated, would furiously annihilate enemies with the force of thunder.

In just a thought, Long Aotian simultaneously activated three Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays, targeting the three Out-of-Body Realm experts located in three different places.

"Not good!"

Guardian Twenty-Seven was the first to sense the terrifying danger approaching. In that instant, all the hairs on his body stood on end.

However, before he could make any further moves, he was swallowed by countless Divine Sense Void Wind Blades.

"Ah!!!"

Immediately after, screams echoed from within the Void Annihilation Array.

Nascent Soul Realm experts couldn't last two breaths.

Out-of-Body Realm experts couldn't last three breaths.

Out-of-Body Realm experts only lasted one breath longer than Nascent Soul Realm experts in the Annihilation Array.

After three breaths, silence returned within the three Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays. Long Aotian quickly used his Divine Sense to move their shredded bodies to the Small Valley, and at the same time, he collected their storage rings into the Treasure Pagoda.

The Shi Family's Twenty-Three, Twenty-Four, and Guardian Twenty-Seven never dreamed that their greed for Long Aotian's Spatial Magic Treasure would not only fail but also cost them their own storage rings, along with their lives.

"Twenty-Three, Twenty-Four, Guardian Twenty-Seven? This Shi Family indeed hides deeply. On the surface, there are only a dozen Family Guardians, but now three Family Guardians ranked in the twenties have appeared.

Hmph, let's see how many more Family Guardians your Shi Family has. Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays kill Out-of-Body Realm experts like slaughtering dogs.

However many come, I will kill however many!"

After collecting the three Out-of-Body Realm experts' storage rings into the Treasure Pagoda, Long Aotian immediately erased the Divine Soul imprints they had left in the storage rings. In the storage rings, he indeed found their identity tokens.

The Elder Seventy-Two he had annihilated earlier was only a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator. The Shi Family had over a hundred Nascent Soul Realm experts on the surface, so Elder Seventy-Two's identity token couldn't reveal much of the Shi Family's strength to Long Aotian.

But now, these three Protector-level identity tokens clearly exposed a part of the Shi Family's true strength.

"Hmph, after losing one Nascent Soul Realm Family Elder and three Out-of-Body Realm Family Guardians consecutively, if anyone else comes out from inside now, they shouldn't be so easy to deal with, right?"

After annihilating the three Out-of-Body Realm experts, Long Aotian did not immediately activate the Void Attack Formation to attack the defensive grand Formation. He needed to continue setting up more Void Annihilation Arrays, striving to inflict greater casualties on the Shi Family, and even to wipe out everyone within the defensive grand Formation.

Furthermore, after three attacks on the defensive grand Formation, the events outside might have already caught the attention of those inside, and Shi Jing should not make a move against Long Aoxue at this time.

Of course, this was also his psychological speculation, and he still could not underestimate the enemy's depravity.

After the Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays in the Small Valley were stacked to fifteen, and the Void Annihilation Arrays near the defensive grand Formation increased to forty-five, Long Aotian once again activated the Void Attack Formation to attack the defensive grand Formation.

This time, the attack time was shorter. After one breath, Long Aotian immediately stopped the attack.

Inside the defensive grand Formation.

Less than half a quarter of an hour after the three Out-of-Body Realm Family Guardians left, the defensive grand Formation was attacked again.

For a moment, the expressions of Shi Jing and others changed slightly again.

This time, everyone's expressions became exceptionally solemn.

The three Out-of-Body Realm experts went out and did not return. What did this mean?

Either the newcomer had profound cultivation, capable of easily killing three Out-of-Body Realm experts, or possessed heaven-defying means of killing, eliminating three Out-of-Body Realm experts with no effort.

And no matter which it was, they did not have full confidence in dealing with it.

"Go and invite all ten Ancestors of the Distraction Realm. We need to tell the opponent that the consequences of angering the Shi Family are very severe!"

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