48: Shocking, murderous intent

Shi Xiaodan bowed respectfully to the air above him and said, “Senior, the Shi Family still has eight Ancestors of the Distraction Realm, eighty-seven Soul Emergence Realm Family Guardians, and twenty-nine Nascent Soul Realm Family Elders within the defensive Formation.

Among them, the Shi Family's Clan Chief, Shi Tianjing, is inside, at the Ninth Revolution Peak Stage of the Soul Emergence Realm.

Does Senior wish to capture them all in one fell swoop?

Does Senior need this Junior to bring them all out?”

Shi Xiaodan’s words struck the Ninth Ancestor and the Tenth Ancestor like a bolt from the blue.

Was this kid still a member of their Shi Family?

He was actually betraying information about their Shi Family’s true strength?

The two were dumbfounded.

With this Divided Soul, they were cut in several places by the Divine Sense Void Wind Blades within the killing Formation, making them grimace in pain.

The stimulating, bone-deep pain instantly sobered them up, and they immediately realized something.

This Shi Xiaodan is a bit strange!

Could he not be a member of their Shi Family?

A spy, lurking within their Shi Family?

The more the Ninth Ancestor and the Tenth Ancestor thought about it, the more furious they became.

That damned Shi Xiaodan, a traitor! The Shi Family had cultivated him for so many years for nothing.

He was simply unforgivable!

“Oh, by the way, Senior, you might not know this, but the Shi Family also has three Mahayana Realm powerhouses; this is the Shi Family’s strongest force.

Originally, one of them was in the Imperial City, and two were secretly stationed here, but recently, things have not been peaceful in the Imperial City, so the two who were secretly stationed here have quietly returned to the Imperial City Shi Family.

Therefore, there are no Mahayana Realm foundational powerhouses of the Shi Family stationed within the defensive Formation right now!”

“!!!”

After hearing Shi Xiaodan’s supplement, the Ninth Ancestor and the Tenth Ancestor were truly infuriated, their lungs feeling like they would explode. Smoke continuously spewed from their mouths, and they roared like madmen towards Shi Xiaodan, their voices tearing through their lungs:

“Shi Xiaodan, I’m going to flay you alive!”

However, their loss of composure was met with endless, merciless Divine Sense Void Wind Blades.

They had already been distracted and injured once; this time, another distraction basically sealed their fate, indicating that death was not far off.

Indeed.

Within five breaths, the Void Annihilation Array returned to calm, and Long Aotian closed the Formation with a thought.

Instantly, wisps of Soul dispersed into the Void Realm.

The people who died within the Void Annihilation Array had even their Souls torn into fragments; not to mention Possessing others, they couldn't even reincarnate.

The Ninth Ancestor and the Tenth Ancestor wanting to kill Shi Xiaodan would be impossible, even in their next lives.

Because they no longer had a next life!

“Hiss!!”

Upon seeing the killing Formation close, and the Souls trapped within it dissipate like dandelions into the heavens and earth, Shi Xiaodan couldn't help but gasp, once again witnessing the terror of the Void Formation, which could even annihilate Souls.

One must know that ordinary killing Formations simply couldn't achieve this. His heart grew even more curious and respectful towards this mysterious Immortal Severing Mountain powerhouse.

Immortal Severing Mountain has Ao Zhan’s Dragon Soul suppressing it for nearly ten thousand years, and no one dares to approach. Clearly, Shi Xiaodan might have mistaken Long Aotian for Ao Zhan.

“Spirit Division Realm powerhouses are indeed ferocious; it took sixteen Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays to completely annihilate them! And their deaths were due to two distractions; otherwise, twenty-five Void Annihilation Arrays might not have been able to kill Spirit Division Realm powerhouses fighting back-to-back!”

After this battle, Long Aotian also gained an understanding of using Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays to kill Spirit Division Realm powerhouses.

For one Spirit Division Realm powerhouse, ten Void Annihilation Arrays might suffice, but for two Spirit Division Realm powerhouses fighting back-to-back, even twenty Void Annihilation Arrays might not be enough.

Now, hearing Shi Xiaodan reveal the Shi Family’s true foundation, Long Aotian couldn't help but gasp. There were actually three Mahayana Realm foundational powerhouses?

He wasn't very surprised by this news, as it was already within his expectations that the Shi Family would have Mahayana Realm powerhouses; he just hadn't expected there to be as many as three.

“This is an opportunity!”

Hearing Shi Xiaodan say that the two Mahayana Realm powerhouses stationed here had left, Long Aotian couldn't help but feel a stir in his heart.

If those two Mahayana Realm powerhouses were still here, he absolutely couldn't have slaughtered the Shi Family's powerhouses like this, but now, it truly seemed like an opportunity?

One must know that at this very moment, he had set up a full fifty Void Annihilation Arrays near the defensive Formation. Although these Void Annihilation Arrays couldn't completely capture all the Shi Family powerhouses within the defensive Formation, they could definitely kill one, two, or even three tenths of them.

This would undoubtedly be a heavy blow to the Shi Family!

Thinking of this, Long Aotian immediately sent a Divine Sense message to Shi Xiaodan: “You can trick them all out.

Also, you don’t need to come out.

Besides the Shi Family members, no one else should come out!”

“No one else” naturally referred to Long Aoxue.

Long Aotian was subtly reminding Shi Xiaodan to protect Long Aoxue.

But presumably, Long Aoxue wouldn't need Shi Xiaodan's protection at all, because Long Aotian surmised that Shi Jing and the others wouldn't bring Long Aoxue, who would be a burden, out to battle.

And regardless of whether Shi Xiaodan would help him protect Long Aoxue, Long Aotian would not reveal his relationship with Long Aoxue.

It was still unclear whether Shi Xiaodan was friend or foe; Long Aotian could not easily trust a stranger, much less give someone he didn't understand a handle to constrain himself.

“...Understood!”

Long Aotian was hidden inside the Treasure Pagoda, so he could only send Divine Sense messages to Shi Xiaodan, while Shi Xiaodan could not send Divine Sense messages to him.

Furthermore, to maintain an air of mystery, Long Aotian merged his Divine Sense with this world. He could send Divine Sense messages to Shi Xiaodan from any direction, and Shi Xiaodan, trying to track him with Divine Sense, would only find emptiness, discovering nothing.

Mysterious!

Profound!

Unfathomable!

Having settled on what to do next, Shi Xiaodan bowed to the air and then entered the defensive Formation, while Long Aotian continued to frantically engrave Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays.

Fifty Void Annihilation Arrays seemed like a lot, but Long Aotian, having witnessed the Ninth Ancestor and the Tenth Ancestor break through sixteen Void Annihilation Arrays, knew that this time, fifty Void Annihilation Arrays would be good if they could even kill one Ancestor of the Distraction Realm.

After all, this time, it was very likely that eight Ancestors of the Distraction Realm would come out, which was not on the same level as two Ancestors of the Distraction Realm.

Two Ancestors of the Distraction Realm needed to attack the Void Annihilation Arrays several times to break them, while eight Ancestors of the Distraction Realm could achieve it with a single simultaneous strike.

Inside the defensive Formation.

When Shi Xiaodan returned, most people couldn't help but frown slightly, unsure whether they were worried about the situation outside or simply disliked Shi Xiaodan.

“Coward, why are you back?”

“Quick, tell us, what’s the situation outside now? The defensive Formation hasn’t been attacked again, so has the problem been resolved? What exactly is going on out there?”

Two talkative Soul Emergence Realm Ninth Revolution Peak Stage powerhouses who didn't think much of Shi Xiaodan looked at him and asked impolitely.

“Clan Chief, something terrible has happened! Quick! Everyone, go out! The Ninth Ancestor and the Tenth Ancestor are trapped in a killing Formation by the enemy; if we don’t go out to support them, they’re going to fall!”

“What?!”