Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1289: Chapter 691: Counterattack

The activation of the big array in the market had little effect on Li Yuanba. Even if it enhanced the formation within the shop, it did not alter the formation itself.

He did not forcibly break the formation but exploited its weaknesses.

At this moment, in the basement room, Huang Ming’s expression was extremely grim. It wasn’t just him; the other Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners also had similarly grim faces.

They no longer dared to separate and instead formed a dense defensive array.

Not knowing when Li Yuanba might launch a lethal strike, they even abandoned attempting to break the array.

No one wanted to be attacked suddenly by Li Yuanba during their attack on the array.

Just now, the time Li Yuanba appeared was less than a breath, yet in that short time, three Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners were killed. Combined with the initial Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner from the Central State Commerce who was killed, they had lost four Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners in an instant.

"Huang Ming, didn’t you say we were only dealing with a Sword Cultivator who had just advanced to Nascent Soul Middle Stage?" a Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner asked Huang Ming.

One strike killed three Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners, and he left leisurely without giving them a chance to counterattack.

Especially since this Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner sensed the aura of ’Void-breaking Sword Intent.’ Sword cultivators who could master the ’Void-breaking Sword Intent’ were core disciples of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

With the combat power Li Yuanba displayed, he absolutely couldn’t be just a Sword Cultivator who recently advanced to Nascent Soul Middle Stage. His combat power might rank at the forefront at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage level even within major forces.

All the Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners present were fellow cultivators Huang Ming had befriended. Their own combat power wasn’t particularly strong; there were Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners from super forces, as well as those from major sects and even smaller sects.

Huang Ming liked making friends and was himself a cultivator from a super force, so many cultivators of the same level were willing to associate with him.

Originally, he invited his friends to help this time, stating they were dealing with a Sword Cultivator freshly entering Nascent Soul Middle Stage. With fourteen Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners joining forces and the advantage of the terrain, it was almost a foolproof situation.

But now the situation was completely different. These Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners had become the hunted, leading the invited Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners to hold resentment.

If they had known earlier about Li Yuanba’s formidable combat power, they wouldn’t have come to help.

"Sorry, I didn’t expect his power to be this strong. We just need to hold on for a while. I’ve already sent out a message, and experts from the sect are on their way. I’ll compensate everyone afterward!" Huang Ming did not dare to speak harshly at such a time and could only say good words.

Of course, he wouldn’t tell these friends that he did indeed send a message to the White Emperor Sect, but the nearest Great Cultivator would take more than ten two hours to arrive.

He also wouldn’t tell these friends that Li Yuanba had the record of killing Xue Huan, who was a half-step Great Cultivator.

If these friends found out about these things, they would likely turn against him immediately. And if they turned against him now, it would mean they couldn’t work together, and they would surely be easily killed by Li Yuanba.

"What do we do now? Just wait?" another Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner asked.

"I can’t wait any longer. I’ll break this formation!" said a rather impatient Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner.

He launched an attack on the formation, his magical treasure heavily striking the room’s formation.

By attacking, he automatically detached himself from the defensive array formed by the remaining Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners.

Ten Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners forming a defensive array cannot act alone. They were not cultivators accustomed to cooperating for long periods, nor were they all from the same sect.

The defensive array they used was just the most basic defensive array, unable to both defend and attack, requiring ten Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners to work together with strong coordination.

As this impatient Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner acted, the defensive array pushed him out.

Just as the Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner was expelled by the defensive array, Li Yuanba appeared, and as he appeared, the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword also launched an attack.

For the first time, a strange thing happened; none of the Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners attacked him.

The reason was that the Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners intended to stall for time, so they opted for full defense, forming a defensive array with no intention of changing it.

When Li Yuanba appeared, they needed to discuss whether or not to attack him.

But Li Yuanba certainly wouldn’t give them so much time to react. The attack speed of the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword didn’t need mentioning; the impatient Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner’s magical treasure hadn’t yet struck the room’s formation when his Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword hit the impatient Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner.

The aura of ’Void-breaking Sword Intent’ sent chills to the hearts of all the Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners present. Such terrifying sword intent, which only core sword cultivators of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion were qualified to possess, had no place in ordinary cultivator battles.

This wasn’t a fight of the same level at all. The impatient Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner’s physical body and Nascent Soul were wiped out with one sword strike.

And his magical treasure lost its master’s control just as it was about to hit the room’s formation, falling to the floor.

The sound of ’clang’ caused the hearts of the remaining Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners to involuntarily tremble.

By the time they had discussed and were ready to attack Li Yuanba, he had once again disappeared from the room.