Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1707: Chapter 1042: Yun Ge at His Wits’ End

On the small Cloud Peak, Wen Yu watched the trembling protection array, knowing she couldn’t wait any longer.

She must take the initiative to attack, or else when the array collapses, the entire small Cloud Peak would be left at the mercy of these demon beasts.

Thinking of this, Wen Yu took out her lifebound magical treasure, the Dragon and Snake Blue Water Flag.

"Dragon and Snake Myriad Forms!"

The azure flag suddenly erupted with frost-like light patterns, a seven-foot long flag in her hand spinning into a blue light vortex, and the dragon pattern on the flag abruptly filled with blood, with liquid azure light seeping from the gaps in the scale armor, and dragon eyes bursting with two cold stars.

The flag shook fiercely, and its fabric shattered like a water surface, with a Jiao Long made of indigo water flow breaking out from the flag.

The Jiao Long whipped its tail, and the blue silk on the flagpole shattered in response, transforming into a water mist wrapping around the dragon head and rushing skyward, with the dragon’s roar mingling with the crisp sound of ice breaking, causing surrounding leaves to crystallize with white frost.

Wen Yu stood suspended in mid-air, continuously waving the flagpole in her hand.

The flagpole whistled as the Jiao Long, glowing with azure light, charged out of the protection array to meet a twenty-zhang long Poison Fang Viper.

This Poison Fang Viper was just a second-order mutant beast, and upon being hit by the Jiao Long, it instantly transformed into a huge ice sculpture.

However, soon, Wen Yu’s Jiao Long was entangled by another demon beast Poison Fang Viper.

The Poison Fang Viper excels in using poisonous fog, its scales are purple-blue, its entire body is loaded with toxic substances, and its body is extremely tough, with scales that are incomparably durable.

Wen Yu’s Cold Qi Jiao Long grappled with it, but for a moment was only able to restrict the Poison Fang Viper’s movement, unable to inflict substantial harm.

A hundred Poison Fang Vipers may not seem like many, but among them are twelve second-order demon beasts, a force enough to crush most immortal cultivation forces in the Yunxiao Mountain Range.

The small Cloud Peak is merely the Elder Peak of the Sky Cloud Sword Sect, and its disciples were recruited over the past twenty years, the highest cultivation only the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

As for the miscellaneous martial artists, although there are a few Golden Body Realm Martial Artists among them, against second-order demon beasts, Golden Body Realm Martial Artists would only end up being slaughtered.

In other words, the only ones truly capable of fighting this group of Poison Fang Vipers on the small Cloud Peak were Wen Yu and Wen Qiao.

Seeing her Cold Qi Jiao Long being entangled, a sharp gleam flashed in Wen Yu’s eyes.

She continued to wave the flagpole with one hand, while forming a spell with the other, and in the next moment, she suddenly opened her mouth, spitting out a cyan-white beam of light.

The beam was only three inches long, yet it carried a bitter coldness.

At the moment she spat out the beam, the Poison Fang Viper grappling with the Cold Qi Jiao Long suddenly coiled its body, cautiously watching Wen Yu.

Hiss hiss~~

A grim green poisonous gas spewed from the snake’s mouth, like a green barrier.

Clearly, it intended to block Wen Yu’s beam of light.

However, it seemed to underestimate this beam of light.

The three-inch beam, thin like a strand of hair, penetrated the poisonous gas barrier in the blink of an eye, directly shooting into the mouth of the Poison Fang Viper.

The Poison Fang Viper’s body stiffened, and then an intense coldness exploded from within, with the continuous sound of freezing ice crackling, and with a bang, an ice spike pierced through its scales from the inside out.

In the blink of an eye, the Poison Fang Viper turned into an ice sculpture adorned with ice spikes, radiating a dazzling glow under the bright sunlight.

The surrounding Poison Fang Vipers became nervous upon seeing this, and those attacking the array changed course, converging towards Wen Yu.

Among them, one maintained a human snaketail form, with narrow eyes, a sharp face, and a chin like a cone, giving the impression of someone sinister and eerie, typical of the Poison Fang Viper’s transformation features, with a long face and small eyes that altogether resembled an unfriendly character.

"Hiss~~ Human clan cultivator, you deserve death!"

The human-form Poison Fang Viper eyed Wen Yu with venomous intent, its voice sharp and grating.

Wen Yu ignored the threat; she wasn’t some naive novice or a weak woman, such threats were of no use to her.

After instantly killing a demon beast Poison Fang Viper, Wen Yu continued to wield her flagpole, maneuvering the Cold Qi Jiao Long to entangle with several Poison Fang Vipers, occasionally spitting cold beams, attempting to replicate the earlier instant kill. However, these Poison Fang Vipers had experienced the dreadful beam, avoiding them with every attempt.

Nonetheless, with Wen Yu’s restraint, the pressure on the protection array was greatly reduced.

The array trembled ceaselessly, with Wen Qiao striving to maintain its stability, while the disciples and miscellaneous martial artists of the small Cloud Peak, after the initial panic, regained their composure, with the deacons leading the disciples and martial artists to join the battle.

Their cultivation was low, their combat power weak, but they prevailed in numbers; while they couldn’t threaten the demon beast Poison Fang Vipers, they could block the mutant beast Poison Fang Vipers’ attacks.

Thus, with both sides attacking through the array, the small Cloud Peak temporarily steadied the situation.

However, the small Cloud Peak couldn’t hold out for long, with Wen Yu alone pulling several demon beast Poison Fang Vipers, she couldn’t endure for much longer, and the disciples, though capable of mustering decent attack power in short bursts, would deplete their mana over time.

They were now forced to stall for time, relying on the hope of the sect’s rescue.

Yet, unknown to them, the Sky Cloud Sword Sect was amidst a chaotic predicament.

The small Cloud Peak was located southwest of White Cloud Immortal City, seven to eight hundred miles from the Wanhua Mountain Range, thus it was attacked by demon beasts, making it evident that the White Cloud Immortal City at the Wanhua Mountain Range’s edge wouldn’t avoid the attacks either.

As numerous demon beasts fled the Wanhua Mountain Range, they couldn’t dare to assault White Cloud Immortal City, but they would pass from the city’s north and south, where many immortal cultivation forces were established.

These immortal cultivation forces were originally vassals to White Cloud Immortal City, now similarly to the Sky Cloud Sword Sect.

As demon beasts crossed borders, conflicts with these forces were inevitable.

Some intelligent demon beasts aimed merely to flee the Wanhua Mountain Range, not looking to engage with the forces, but once they appeared within the territorial scope, it turned into a matter of territorial intrusion, with the forces unable to allow unrestrained roaming by beasts and mutants.

Thus ensued a chaotic battle engulfing the surroundings of White Cloud Immortal City and the eastern region of the Yunxiao Mountain Range.

A stream of distress signals reached the Sky Cloud Sword Sect, which was forced to dispatch numerous Foundation Establishment elders for reinforcement, repelling the invading demon beasts and mutants.

In the Chenji Hall, Yun Ge, his face steely, stared at the map on the table.

This map was a magic artifact, able to project an image encompassing a thousand-mile radius around White Cloud Immortal City, presenting terrain and force distribution, and using mana to mark it.

Creating such a cartography magical artifact is not an easy task, because the terrain and power distribution on it must first be drawn out as a real map before the artifact can be refined by an Artifact Refiner.

Refining such a cartography magical artifact requires considerable manpower and resources, but this is not a difficult matter for White Cloud Immortal City.

"Damn it, these beasts are simply lawless! Do they really think our Sky Cloud Sword Sect is easy to provoke?"

Yun Ge roared in a mix of anger and frustration.

In just three days, he had received more than ten distress communications and also many casualty reports.

The Sky Cloud Sword Sect inherited the power of White Cloud Immortal City, possessing over a hundred vassal forces, half of which are within and around White Cloud Immortal City.

Moreover, the Sky Cloud Sword Sect also has many businesses outside the city, such as spirit fields, medicinal fields, orchards, and mines.

Now, distress communications are coming from all directions, and beast attacks are rampant everywhere, leaving Yun Ge exhausted.

"Reporting to the Sect Master, Elder Wen Yu has sent a distress communication, and Little Cloud Peak has been attacked by over a hundred Poison Fang Vipers, including twelve demon beast Poison Fang Vipers!" A disciple rushed into the hall and reported urgently.

Upon hearing this, Yun Ge’s face changed dramatically.

"Little Cloud Peak!"

His gaze fell on the map, at the position of Little Cloud Peak.

Little Cloud Peak is a thousand miles away from White Cloud Immortal City, located at the edge of the map.

If even Little Cloud Peak is under attack, then it’s likely that there are still many beasts hidden in the eastern Yunxiao Mountain Range.

The Sky Cloud Sword Sect hasn’t deployed any personnel in that area; the closest place to the Wanhua Mountain Range in that region is Little Cloud Peak.

"Trouble!"

Yun Ge’s heart sank to the bottom.

Yunxiao Mountain Range stretches for thousands of miles. Although not as vast as the Wanhua Mountain Range, it is filled with countless towering peaks. If a large number of beasts surge into the Yunxiao Mountain Range, all the industries of the Sky Cloud Sword Sect within the range will face the threat of beast attacks.

Moreover, this threat cannot be resolved in a short time. It could very likely turn into chaos lasting for over a decade, or even decades.

It should be known that the entire Yunxiao Mountain Range is the territory of the Sky Cloud Sword Sect and its largest resource production area. If the whole Yunxiao Mountain Range falls into chaos, the impact on the Sky Cloud Sword Sect will be enormous.

"Quickly invite the True Monarch. No, I’ll go myself!"

Yun Ge hurriedly ran out of Chenji Hall.

The current situation is beyond his control and requires the presence of a True Monarch.

Although he is the Sect Master of the Sky Cloud Sword Sect, the power he can control is very limited, probably only the power of the Sect Headquarter and White Cloud Immortal City.

Now, he has already dispatched most of the power within White Cloud Immortal City. The manpower he can employ is not much.

Does the Sky Cloud Sword Sect have other powers?

Of course it does.

Don’t forget that the Sky Cloud Sword Sect still has Hidden Sword Mountain, Cangyu Mountain, and the Yang family, but these powers are not something he, as the Sect Master, can mobilize, so he can only seek help from Yang Zhenshan.

Inside the Jade Sky Hall.

Yang Zhenshan was meditating in cultivation. Though he hadn’t secluded himself recently, he hadn’t neglected his cultivation, taking the opportunity to refine his Golden Core.

The cultivation of the Golden Core is a process of refining it, purifying the Golden Core Magical Power, nurturing the Dao Rhyme of the Golden Core, enhancing control over the Golden Core, and increasing its magical power limit.

This is a meticulous process, not requiring long periods of secluded cultivation, but needing to be maintained at all times.

"Greetings, True Monarch!"

"What’s the matter?"

Yun Ge briefly described the situation to Yang Zhenshan, who opened his eyes, showing a look of astonishment.

He didn’t expect the Unpredictable Ghost Sect’s actions in the Wanhua Mountain Range to have such a significant impact on the Sky Cloud Sword Sect.

This indeed was a case of one being caught in the crossfire!

"You want to mobilize the forces of Hidden Sword Mountain, Cangyu Mountain, and the Yang family?"

"Yes, the sect’s power is already deployed around White Cloud Immortal City and has no strength left to drive away the beast hordes roaming into the Yunxiao Mountain Range!" Yun Ge said.

Yang Zhenshan nodded slightly, "Understood!"

With that, he stood up, waved his sleeve, and three soul crows appeared before him.

Soon after, the soul crows disappeared from his sight, not because he took them back, but because they entered the Void.

White Cloud Immortal City is nearly ten thousand miles away from Hidden Sword Mountain and Cangyu Mountain, and Second-Order Communication Talismans cannot cover such a long distance, so he used his soul crows for communication.

The soul crow is a manifestation of his Divine Soul and can traverse the Void. Communicating through the soul crows is much faster compared to flying there directly.

He certainly couldn’t go personally. Compared to delivering a message, what lies before him, the more pressing matter is Little Cloud Peak.

Little Cloud Peak is different from other places; it is the Elder Peak of the Sky Cloud Sword Sect. If even Little Cloud Peak is breached by beasts, the reputation of the Sky Cloud Sword Sect would suffer greatly.

"You go invite True Monarch Jian Changhe to come out and stand guard, I’ll personally make a trip to Little Cloud Peak!"

The situation was urgent, and Yang Zhenshan only gave a brief instruction before disappearing from the hall.

"Understood!"

Yun Xiao responded, then hurriedly went to invite Jian Changhe.