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Chapter 1290: Chapter 691: Counterattack (Part 2)

At this point, none of the remaining nine Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators dared to make a move, so they steadfastly maintained the defensive array, intending to buy time.

Li Yuanba sensed the situation on the underground level through the formation and smiled faintly, relishing the feeling of crushing the weak.

He had always battled stronger cultivators, and now he finally felt his own strength.

As for the remaining nine Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators, they weren’t even worth considering; he was merely toying with them before, ensuring they wouldn’t act rashly and obediently stayed in their underground chambers.

After waiting for a brief moment, he activated the ’Sanmei Divine Wind’ and used the ’Distant Horizon’ technique to step back into the underground room.

Huang Ming and the others had agreed to hold their ground. United like never before, the nine Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators stood body to body, layered with nine defensive treasures, and reinforced by a defensive formation, believing that Li Yuanba couldn’t penetrate their defenses.

When Li Yuanba appeared in the underground room, with the activation of the ’Sanmei Divine Wind’, the small room was completely filled with ’Sanmei Divine Sand’.

The endless ’Sanmei Divine Sand’ assaulted the defense set up by the nine Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators, whose divine senses couldn’t even extend outside, forcing them to huddle within the defensive formation.

The ’Sanmei Divine Sand’ continuously clashed with the defensive treasures, with thousands of clashes occurring in an instant, each grain transforming into a miniature golden flying sword carrying a trace of Golden Element Rule Power that struck the defensive treasures.

The outermost defensive treasure was a high-grade fourth stage defense treasure, which was already of an extremely high grade for ordinary Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators.

However, within the ’Sanmei Divine Wind’, it only lasted for four moments before its spirit imprint was obliterated, turning it into a mundane object that fell to the ground.

A cultivator within the defensive formation staggered but was relieved it wasn’t his life-defining treasure, so the breaking of the defensive treasure only gave him a headache.

The second layer of defense treasure was of much poorer quality, merely a fourth-grade lower stage defensive treasure, which failed to hold for even a moment before breaking.

"We need to break through. If we keep this up, we’re finished!" shouted a Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivator as he watched the outer defensive treasures being broken one by one.

Li Yuanba’s methods terrified him; the bizarre ’Sanmei Divine Wind’ made him feel surrounded and useless.

He realized even more the vast gap between him, emerging from a medium-sized sect, and the core cultivators of a superpower.

"How can we break through? We can’t even extend our divine senses. Do you have a way to deal with this flying sand?" asked another Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivator helplessly.

"That’s the ’Sanmei Divine Wind’ divine skill of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion. Huang Ming, you’ve doomed us. This sword cultivator is among the strongest within the core sword cultivators of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion!" said another cultivator who knew something about the ’Sanmei Divine Wind’, looking at Huang Ming.

Their situation was extremely awkward. Being in a room with a trapping formation outside meant that even with life-saving talismans to activate escape skills, they would be useless, merely changing locations within the same room.

The trap they designed had become their cage.

"Let’s all attack one spot and see if we can open a passage. Then everyone can escape on their own!" Huang Ming said, taking out three talismans.

He was prepared to risk everything. Though he wasn’t significant within the White Emperor Sect, coming from a superpower meant he still had some treasures.

The three talismans, though not crafted by a Great Cultivator, were created by a peak mid-stage Nascent Soul practitioner.

Once activated, they equated to three spell attacks from a peak mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, making them precious treasures for any ordinary cultivator.

The other mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators also realized that saving resources was no longer an option, thus they took out their collected talismans.

They chose talismans because they dared not let their artifacts enter the ’Sanmei Divine Wind’, fearing they’d end up like the defensive treasures. Even if they released attack artifacts, they wouldn’t last long within the ’Sanmei Divine Wind’.

Moreover, using attack spells would mean ending the defensive formation, and without coordination, they feared that most would be slain by Li Yuanba while preparing the spells.

Thus, talismans were the best choice, as the time gap between launching an attack and ending the defensive formation would be minimal.

Unfortunately, Li Yuanba was within the ’Sanmei Divine Wind’, making it impossible to lock onto his position. Otherwise, these cultivators would choose to bombard him with all their talismans.

Though unable to attack Li Yuanba, if they could break through the room’s trapping formation, they could escape the confined space and activate life-saving measures, providing hope for survival.

Just as they agreed to activate the talismans together, Li Yuanba struck first.

Spotting the Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators’ movements, he decided not to wait any longer.

With the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword fully unleashed, he held nothing back. Previously, the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword maintained a peak fourth-grade tier level.

With the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword fully revealing its spirit treasure aura, it meant he intended to leave no survivors.

A sword intent surged, chilling the Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators, as the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword became a streak of light towards them.

By then, under the continuous assault of the ’Sanmei Divine Wind’, only three defensive treasures remained.

The Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword pierced through them without the slightest hindrance.

The massive gap in quality between the Spirit Treasure-level Xingyi Sword and these merely mid-to-low fourth-grade defensive treasures was apparent.

The ’Void-breaking Sword Intent’ of the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword wasn’t even exhausted, breaking through three defensive treasures solely with its own power.

The Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword penetrated a mid-stage Nascent Soul practitioner’s body, aiming to maximize lethality, Li Yuanba chose to only destroy the physical bodies, ignoring the Nascent Souls.

It pierced through the first practitioner’s body in an instant, yet the damage was enough to deprive the body of its vitality.

Since the nine Nascent Soul cultivators were in close proximity, the sword emerged, almost seamlessly entering another’s body.

Within a heartbeat, the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword had slaughtered the bodies of nine Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators.

Their Nascent Souls fled from the now-lifeless bodies, clutching their Mustard Seed Rings.

None had the privilege of owning a soul crystal ring, and their meager belongings meant they clung to their Mustard Seed Rings even while fleeing, as they contained their entire worth.

Yet how could they possibly escape? The trapping formation enveloped the room, and even just the ’Sanmei Divine Wind’, was the bane of Nascent Souls.

The ’Sanmei Divine Wind’ not only had physical attack capabilities but also spiritual attack effects that could scatter divine senses, let alone affect Nascent Souls.

The defense of Nascent Souls was exceedingly weak, so typically they would not expose them.

At this point, the Nascent Souls regretted deeply. If not confined to this small space, they could attempt to use a Nascent Soul Dharma Form, but there simply wasn’t enough space.

Now left as mere Nascent Souls, surrounded by the ’Sanmei Divine Wind’, they faced inevitable annihilation.