41: Chapter 41 The Great Melee (Part 2)

Listening to the screams of Master Chiyun while sensing the information transmitted by the Purple Mansion ghost, Xiao Yun knew in his heart that the previous move had not completely killed Master Chiyun, only that he had suffered not-insignificant injuries.

Immediately, he continued to control all the ghosts to besiege Master Chiyun, determined to execute him here.

Seeing the ghosts starting to attack him again, Master Chiyun activated the escape talisman in his hand, which immediately emitted a brilliant light. Following this escape talisman, he vanished from the spot, reappeared dozens of miles away, and hurriedly fled.

Sensing with his Divine Sense that Master Chiyun had already departed, Xiao Yun ceased his pursuit, turning instead with Master Xieyan to massacre the Cultivators of the market while sacrificing their Divine Souls.

After the Formation shattered, all the Cultivators inside the market fled in all directions. Those who failed to escape in time were slaughtered one by one by the evil Cultivators, while some Cultivators who managed to escape the market were ultimately ambushed by evil Cultivators outside.

This massacre lasted for a full incense stick's time. Countless Cultivators were slaughtered, and after death, they were even refined into ghosts, doomed to eternal damnation without a chance of reincarnation.

Within the market, three batches of Cultivators failed to leave in time. These three batches of Cultivators were precisely the Zhao Family, the Wang Family, and the Zhou Family of Qinghe County.

"Senior Zhao, what should we do next?" Zhou Mingyan asked.

The Cultivators of these three families were unlucky; they originally had hopes of escaping the market, but unexpectedly, two Foundation Establishment evil Cultivators appeared in that direction. Helpless, they had no choice but to fall back, because the strongest among them, Zhao Huaichong, was only at the first layer of Foundation Establishment and fundamentally incapable of protecting his own Family's Cultivators to leave safely, let alone the Cultivators of the other two families.

Zhao Huaichong's expression was gloomy, and he had no idea what to do next either. If he could have escaped, he would have long ago, but there were simply too many evil Cultivators. Let alone fighting two single-handedly, he couldn't beat even a single one of them casually.

"Let's keep moving and see which direction has fewer evil Cultivators. Anyway, there are plenty of Cultivators inside the market; escaping amidst the chaos is still possible." Zhao Huaichong had no choice but to offer an explanation that amounted to saying nothing at all.

However, hearing this, the Cultivators of the three families felt much more at ease. At least the Senior still felt there was a chance to escape, so the problem shouldn't be too big.

Melees were breaking out everywhere in the entire market. Quite a few Cultivators organized themselves to resist those evil Cultivators; although the effect was not large, it at least contained some of the evil Cultivators.

There were also some evil Cultivators joining forces to break through. Master Xieyan and Xiao Yun saw this scene but didn't pay much attention to it. Firstly, they had their own prey, and secondly, time was tight, as the Xuantian Sect's reinforcements would arrive very soon. Rather than managing their subordinates, filling their own stomachs first was more important.

An incense stick's time later, Xiao Yun looked at Master Xieyan and reminded him, "Senior Brother, it's time to go. The Purple Mansion Master of the Xuantian Sect should be arriving soon. If we get dragged down, it will be very difficult for us to leave Taihe Prefecture next."

Master Xieyan was also killing to his heart's content, but upon hearing Xiao Yun's reminder, he suppressed his somewhat irrepressible excitement. He knew Xiao Yun was right; although they had only achieved their current results initially through such a surprise raid, if they underestimated the Purple Mansion Masters of Taihe Prefecture, they would sooner or later meet their doom.

He nodded and turned to leave with Xiao Yun.

However, the Purple Mansion Master of the Xuantian Sect and the Purple Mansion Master of the Song Family arrived together.

"You want to leave right after finishing the slaughter? There's no way it's that easy." A cold female voice rang out from not far away.

"Bingyou, I didn't expect you to also advance to the Purple Mansion stage." Catching sight of the newcomer, Xiao Yun exclaimed with emotion.

Master Bingyou's expression was aloof, and without a word of disagreement, she attacked Xiao Yun.

Old Ghost Song confronted Master Xieyan, and as soon as they clashed, the two completely suppressed Master Xieyan and Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun was not in a rush either, striking up a conversation with Bingyou. It seemed the two had known each other for I don't know how long, and every sentence he spoke seemed to carry a trace of adoration.

However, Bingyou ignored the other party from the very beginning, blindly launching attacks instead.

Meanwhile, within the entire Taihe Prefecture, this great melee had not yet ended. Countless forces of various sizes were also attacked by evil Cultivators. Many Qi Refining families even had their mortal clansmen entirely sacrificed by the evil Cultivators, and even some Foundation Establishment families could hardly withstand the onslaught of the evil Cultivators. Fortunately, the number of evil Cultivators was far fewer than those in Taihe Prefecture. Coupled with the support of Cultivators from the Xuantian Sect, the Yun Family, and the Song Family, the evil Cultivators, who were originally at an advantage, gradually began to retreat in defeat, even though they had achieved considerable results initially through such harassment-style raids.

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Turning back to Chen Changqing's side, the battle was also nearing its end. This incense stick's time of combat had increased the experience of Chen Changyue and the others quite a bit. During this period, they also encountered some dangers, but fortunately, Chen Changqing was taking care of them from the side, which allowed them to turn peril into safety.

However, the evil Cultivator opposite him was mentally breaking down. For a full incense stick's time, the Chen Changqing before him hadn't even given him a proper glance. Even when he exhausted all his means, he couldn't attract Chen Changqing's attention, so he had long realized that the youth before him was problematic. Originally, he wanted to leave, but Chen Changqing had no intention of letting him go at all.

Looking at the somewhat exhausted Chen Changyue and the others, Chen Changqing thought to himself that this trial would end here, as the few of them were already struggling to hold on.

Then he looked at the evil Cultivator before him, raised a single finger, and instantly killed him, subsequently disposing of the other surviving evil Cultivators along the way.

Aside from Li Qingling and Chen Yuanjin, everyone else was left speechless by this display of means.

Chen Changqing killed Late Qi Refining Stage Cultivators just like slaughtering dogs. Although these Qi Refining evil Cultivators were already exhausted, through the previous battle, they also knew that Chen Changqing had been watching over and protecting them all along.

Chen Changyue took a glance, his heart filled with incomparable shock. He hadn't expected Chen Changqing to have grown strong to such an extent by now; even a Ninth Layer of Qi Refining Perfection expert was no match for him. Perhaps even a Foundation Establishment Senior couldn't necessarily take down Chen Changqing with a hundred percent certainty.

"You all rest for a moment, and then we will head to Taihe Market." Chen Changqing said.

Everyone nodded, and then they immediately found a quiet place to sit cross-legged and recover their spiritual power.

After a while, Chen Changqing looked into the distance. Just now, his Divine Sense had scanned two groups of Cultivators. One group was precisely the evil Cultivators, while the other group of Cultivators wore various garments, seeming to come from different factions, and among them were even two or three Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

That group of evil Cultivators had fled less than a thousand zhang before being completely slaughtered by the group of Cultivators behind them.

Suddenly, the gaze of one of the Foundation Establishment Cultivators swept over, and after whispering something to the Cultivators beside him, they all flew over together on swords.

Seeing this, Chen Changqing hurriedly ascended into the air and bowed respectfully to prevent the opposing Cultivators from mistaking them and killing them.

"Greetings, Seniors. This junior comes from the Chen Family of Qinghe County and was on the way to participate in the Taihe Assembly when we were ambushed and attacked by a group of evil Cultivators."

"Hmm? People from the Chen clan of Qinghe? Is it that Chen clan that just advanced to a Foundation Establishment Family?" a middle-aged Cultivator dressed in dark robes asked. Judging by his appearance, all the Cultivators here revered him as their leader.

"Indeed." Chen Changqing said respectfully.

"You guys are quite lucky; the Taihe Assembly was just attacked by evil Cultivators." The middle-aged Cultivator slowly said.

"What?" Chen Changqing's face was filled with shock.