192: Chapter 192 Taking Action

"Palace Master, it is bad. The three countries of Shu, Wei, and Han have made a move. As soon as they struck, they slaughtered six of our Purple Mansion Masters."

Inside Biluo Palace, a Purple Mansion Master hurriedly reported.

"Not only that, but our three border cities have all been captured. Tens of thousands of Cultivators are either dead or injured, and they are heading straight toward our Biluo Palace."

Hearing this, the Palace Master of Biluo Palace had a gaze as gloomy as water. They had long known that these three countries would make a move, but they did not expect it to be so fast. Before their manpower had even assembled, they were caught off guard.

Now that tens of thousands of Cultivators were lost, fighting next would likely become even more difficult.

"Pass down the order for the Sect to be on alert, and at the same time spread the news of the three countries' invasion to all parts of Yan Country." The Palace Master of Biluo Palace immediately commanded.

Order after order spread outward from Biluo Palace like a tide, instantly stirring up massive waves across the entire Yan Country.

Far away in Wuyue Mountain, Chen Changqing and the others all had solemn gazes. A new war was about to arrive.

...

After several days of battle, Chen Xuanyi and the others were already exhausted. Fortunately, this wave of ghosts was completely annihilated, but their losses were not small either.

On the hill where the Chen family was located, out of more than seven hundred Qi Refining Cultivators, half died in battle directly. Even out of the forty Qi Refining Cultivators brought by the Chen family, several were lost.

And this was only the first encounter, yet the losses were already this great. If ghosts appeared again next time, the result would likely be even more miserable than now.

The Cultivators on other hills also suffered heavy losses. Some hills, along with their Formations, saw all their Cultivators perish completely.

After a battle, everyone was directly demoralized. It was not just due to excessive consumption of mana, but even more so because of low morale.

Li Taixuan took the initiative to step forward and act as a Protector for Chen Xuanyi and the others. After several days of fierce battle, the four people other than him had all sustained injuries to varying degrees.

Chen Lingchuan and Liu Wuxie had almost died at the hands of the Second-Rank fierce ghosts. If it weren't for Li Taixuan's help, they might be cold corpses by now.

"So many people died in just this battle, how are we going to fight the rest?" Li Taixuan looked at everyone and sighed in his heart.

He didn't have many years left to live. Although he was still at the Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment, he was no longer in his Peak state.

Therefore, after only briefly making a move a few times, he already felt somewhat unequal to the task.

After a while, Chen Xuanyi got up. His injuries were not heavy and could be recovered from with a little recuperation.

"Brother Li, how is it?" Chen Xuanyi asked.

"Everything is normal at the moment, nothing has happened," Li Taixuan replied.

"In this battle, nearly half of the people on the hill we guard died, and I don't know how to fight next. It is said that the Ghost Abyss leads to the Netherworld. If it is not closed, more ghosts will appear." Li Taixuan frowned, his heart growing increasingly uneasy.

"These are not things we should consider. Those Golden Core factions of the Yuxu Sect will naturally send people to take action. As long as we guard this place, the danger faced by the clansmen in the rear will be slightly smaller," Chen Xuanyi explained.

It's just that his expression was not all that optimistic either.

"First arrange for a portion of the people to exchange contributions to enhance their strength, and then let another portion take over," Chen Xuanyi proposed.

Li Taixuan nodded.

The two immediately dispatched a few people to pass down the instructions.

Soon, quite a few Cultivators exchanged their contributions.

Chen Changshi and the others were also among them. What she exchanged for was a Spirit Pill, which cost her one hundred and eighty contributions. With this Spirit Pill, her cultivation would definitely be able to Breakthrough to the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining during this period.

As for Chen Changchu, what she exchanged for was a First-Rank High Grade defensive Magical Artifact. For her, defense was her weak point. If she had such a shield earlier, she wouldn't have been injured.

After her group finished exchanging, the next batch of people went to exchange.

This kind of thing was being staged on every hill, because they all knew that if these contributions were kept, they might not necessarily be useful next time.

...

Ever since the Seal of the Ghost Abyss was undone, Master Zijiao had left Yingzhou. During this period, a few blind Purple Palace Cultivators were casually killed by him. It's just that his luck wasn't so good this time, because the person in front of him was a genuine Golden Core Master.

"Who are you?" Master Zijiao was surprised. He didn't expect that even after taking so many detours, he was still tracked, and even his territory was found out.

"Hehe! No wonder we couldn't find the location of your Anti-Immortal Alliance no matter how hard we tried. It turns out you were hiding in this kind of place. At that time, we even wondered if you were hiding over at the Wuwang Sea. It seems we still thought things were too simple."

The old man in yellow robes stroked his beard and smiled, but the coldness in his eyes made Master Zijiao terrified from the bottom of his heart.

Don't look at the fact that he possessed the strength to fight against a Golden Core Master; in reality, that Golden Core Master back then had only just advanced to the Golden Core Stage.

But the one in front of him had entered the Golden Core Stage for no less than four hundred years.

Even if the other party was only at the Peak of the Early Stage Golden Core.

Just as the two of them were in a standoff, inside the Grotto-heaven Blessed Land, a dozen or so Purple Mansion Masters appeared one after another.

As soon as they appeared, upon realizing that the person in front of them was at the Golden Core Stage, everyone's expression became very ugly.

Don't look at this as their base camp; in reality, even if everyone attacked together, they might not be able to block a Golden Core Stage Immortal Master.

"Humph, mere Purple Palace Cultivators dare to appear in front of this old man. Since that is the case, this old man will send you on your way." Huang Zhenyuan's tone was cold. With a casual wave of his hand, terrifying spiritual power pressed toward them.

Seeing this, Master Zijiao hurriedly reminded, "Retreat quickly."

As for him, he released all his aura and blocked at the very front.

Behind him, the dozen or so Purple Mansion Masters turned pale. A casual strike from a Golden Core Stage Immortal Master was definitely not something they could receive.

However, since they had already been locked onto by this attack and could not hide, they joined forces to resist together. With Master Zijiao taking action in front, perhaps they could really block it.

Boom.

The terrifying might instantly rippled across the surroundings.

In the blink of an eye, nearly ten Purple Mansion Masters were instantly shattered.

As for the remaining few people other than Master Zijiao, although they escaped death, their situation was not good either. Not only was their aura almost completely gone, but their Physical Bodies were also nearly shattered.

If their cultivation hadn't reached the Late Stage of the Purple Mansion, and they hadn't cooperated with Master Zijiao, otherwise, based on that strike just now, they would have died long ago.

In front of them, Master Zijiao was also not feeling well. Directly taking a move from the Golden Core Master head-on caused him to be quite heavily injured as well.

Huang Zhenyuan was not surprised that this move didn't kill all of them. After all, a Pseudo-Core Realm Expert, no matter how false, still possessed a portion of the abilities of a Golden Core Master.

He struck out with another palm. This time, the might was three parts stronger than the last.

Seeing this, Master Zijiao knew that nothing could be done to save the situation, so he hurriedly dodged. He wasn't stupid; there was no need to sacrifice his own life for a few Purple Mansion Masters.

This time, with no Master Zijiao blocking in front, the remaining living Purple Mansion Masters were wiped out by this strike.

As for Master Zijiao, he immediately fled into his own Grotto-heaven Blessed Land. Huang Zhenyuan glanced at it, first transmitted the intelligence here, and then passed through the entrance of the Grotto-heaven Blessed Land to enter.