Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 590 Thunder Finger Breaks the Formation, Destroys the Yin and Yang Clouds, One Sleeve Carries the Remnant Cultivator
The warmth of Kuang Liuting's fingertips had not yet dissipated, and a layer of fine powder lingered around him, which was scattered and swirled by the wind.

This scene, as unremarkable as the plain robe he wore, caused the once bustling battlefield to fall silent for a moment.

At this moment, not only did the Liangyi Sect and its affiliated cultivators fall silent, but even the most foolish and ignorant demon beasts sensed that something was amiss.

Zeng Zhang, the demon school student who was originally charging ahead and could lead a group of demon students to compete with Fei Tianqin, was stunned by the sudden change and immediately concealed his form, transforming into a beast-headed human.

It suddenly shook its head, shedding a few shimmering green scales, and quickly moved to the side of Pu Honggu, whose form had been exposed by Kuang Liuting.

Kang Dabao leaned on the Jade Palace Halberd, remaining silent for a long time. He had previously thought that he was quite capable of fighting in the Golden Core stage, having already fought and killed a group of renowned elders at just over a hundred years old.

Not to mention that Kang Dazhang was rarely absent when Fei Tianqin made his move, but this time he saw Kuang Liuting's actions.
You must know, my own Golden Core level is at least no lower than that of the Duke of Qin! Just how much resources and opportunities has the latter obtained, and what kind of supernatural powers and techniques has he cultivated to have such power?!
Qiu Yunsheng was no weakling. Among the cultivators of the Liangyi Sect, he was only slightly comparable to Pu Honggu, a genuine late-stage cultivator.

Under the thunder magic of Kuang Liuting
Master Kang snapped out of his daze and glanced into the depths of the clouds.

The residual power of the lightning that struck when Kuang Liuting appeared was still present. A thin gap was cleaved in the thick clouds, and sunlight streamed through the gap, falling on Kuang Liuting's plain white Taoist robe, making him appear somewhat unreal.

Zeng Zhangyao's voice was hoarse and trembling: "Sect Leader Pu Pu, is this Taoist priest the same brat surnamed Kuang?!"

It prided itself on being careful with its telepathic communication, but unexpectedly, it still managed to draw the attention of Kuang Liuting on the other side. The latter showed no anger, but the slight smile on his face gradually faded, and he then extended another finger.

A faint golden light suddenly condensed at Kuang Liuting's fingertips. The light was as fine as a golden needle, yet it was sharp and penetrating.

The air suddenly froze, and the flying monster feathers and splattered black blood all stopped in mid-air. Even the stench emanating from Zeng Zhangyao School's side seemed to be frozen solid.

The moment the light shot out, Zeng Zhang felt his green scales stand on end, and his limbs were as if locked by invisible iron clamps. Even blinking was a beat slower. This was not due to the difference in cultivation level, but the "momentum" in the finger technique, which prevented him from even having the thought of escaping.

However, this third-tier superior-grade double-faced serpent is, after all, the chief demon officer under Feng Wen Demon Commander, and thus possesses more skills than ordinary demon officers.

In desperation, it instinctively reached for the half-bones hanging from its waist.

This skeleton was a piece of bone that was struck by lightning when Feng Wenyao was undergoing his tribulation. It was made into a "bone talisman" by a human master skilled in talisman-making, who combined it with the secret techniques of Lishan. It may seem insignificant on ordinary days, but it can actually block a fatal calamity.

With a thought, Zeng Zhangyaoxiao's index finger naturally cracked open when it touched the bone talisman. The moment the dark blood touched the talisman, the withered bone suddenly emitted a bluish-black demonic light, transforming into half a phantom of a spirit turtle, which just barely blocked Zeng Zhangyaoxiao's way.

"Swoosh—" The golden light collided with the phantom of the spirit turtle, and the ear-piercing friction sound made the surrounding demonic beasts tremble and lie on the ground.

The phantom of the demon bone cracked at a speed visible to the naked eye, the dark blue-black demonic light dimmed rapidly, and finally shattered into dust with a "crack", the residual force still sweeping across Zeng Zhang's left shoulder.

If it weren't for the fact that it was covered in a layer of rare Tier 3 spirit armor, which was extremely rare in the demon school, and its strong physical body, it might have been blown to pieces by this one attack.

At this moment, Zeng Zhangyao abandoned all dignity, let out a scream, and fell several feet away using the recoil. His left shoulder was covered in blood, but he ultimately survived.

Kuang Liuting looked at the demon bones shattered into dust, the golden light at his fingertips slowly fading, his eyes calm and undisturbed, as if he had merely brushed away a speck of dust, and then he lightly praised, "Good beast."

"This child might be capable of reaching the Nascent Soul stage."

The same thought popped into Fei Tianqin's and Pu Honggu's minds at the same time.

Fei Tianqin's eyes gleamed with undisguised delight. This old bird had no interest in how Kuang Liuting, who had only recently achieved the Core Formation stage, had acquired such skills.

Although the Kuang family clan has been in decline for many years, even a broken ship has three thousand nails.

Having finally obtained a top-grade Golden Elixir, and even having the overseas master personally instruct him as promised, it's not surprising that Fei Tianqin, an old bird, would empty his old cellar and pour mountains and seas of resources into Kuang Liuting.

This is because the current Duke of Qin is no longer the mere Earl of the state who had his marriage decided by others.

Seeing the annoying two-faced viper flee in terror, it was in high spirits and with a flick of its wing, easily swept away a pill master, muttering to itself:
"My younger brother has now recouped half of his heavy bet."

However, this was quite different from the surprise of the former. Even though the sudden move of the Duke of Qin had made Pu Honggu tremble with fear, the situation was already unpredictable. The old man had to gamble on whether Kuang Liuting was just a showpiece before he was satisfied.

Pu Honggu let out a low whistle and pressed his right hand into the void.

The disciples of the Liangyi Sect were, after all, from a major sect. Even though they lost an elder and injured an ally, they were not intimidated by Kuang Liuting's methods.

As soon as Pu Honggu's whistle reached their ears, the sound of armor plates clashing rang out again from the tightly packed military formation.

The Dao soldiers quickly split into two groups, with those on the left holding black iron shields engraved with water patterns, and those on the right holding red copper spears with flame patterns. This was the Yin-Yang Spirit Locking Array, the sect's most powerful defensive formation.

The Yin formation primarily defends the water curtain barrier, while the Yang formation focuses on attacking the spiked fire chains. When Yin and Yang interact, they can also generate spirit-locking runes, which are specifically designed to counter cultivators' spiritual power.

Pu Honggu's intention was not to kill Kuang Liuting in the formation, but only to use the formation to delay his opponent and buy time for the beast horde to break out. Pu Honggu thought this idea was still optimistic, after all, even Fei Tianqin, who had been famous for a long time, could not withstand the full force of the Liangyi Sect's formation for long.

Almost simultaneously with the Dao soldiers forming their ranks, Fei Tianqin activated the Nine Heavens Mountain Suppressing Formation.

A glint of light flashed in his sharp eyes, and the array masters placed by the Fei family at various key points responded in unison. The last bit of spiritual energy in Pingrong County was suddenly drawn out and surged along the array patterns.

Suddenly, dozens of towering green rock pillars rose up in front of the formation, with golden blades hanging from their tops, severing the hundred or so armored rhinoceros beasts charging at the front in half.

"The Fei family's son!"

Fei Nanying's voice reverberated across the land. The archers, armed with spirit crossbows, lined up behind the rock pillars. The crossbow bolts were wrapped in the golden light of the spiritual veins, and each volley could pierce through the flesh of countless demonic beasts.

However, the number of beasts was too large, and the Nine Heavens Suppressing Mountain Formation was already showing signs of weakening.

Kang Dabao also led the Chongming Alliance cultivators to meet the Liangyi Sect's entourage. However, his Golden Core cultivation, which allowed him to act as the spearhead, made him somewhat conspicuous among the weak soldiers.

Even without unleashing its full power, the Jade Palace Shattering Halberd's horizontal and vertical slashes were enough to kill those slow-moving pseudo-core cultivators and true cultivators.

However, this cheap deal couldn't last long, and soon two more Golden Core cultivators mustered their courage to stop them.

Master Kang naturally wanted to make a good impression on Kuang Liuting. After all, all the hardships he endured on a daily basis were nothing compared to the hardships he could endure to catch the eye of his superior!
Upon reading this, he adopted a desperate stance, his halberd flashing with golden light, completely overwhelming the two cultivators. Had it not been for the desperate rescue by their respective blood relatives, Kang Dabao might have already achieved his goal within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

The only one who has awakened his spiritual power, Zeng Zhang, has temporarily disappeared, and the remaining demon schools are not without intelligence.

Seeing that the two cultivators were in grave danger, three more third-tier demons, after brutally wiping out a section of the crowd, rushed over to help their allies.

With Master Kang risking his life like this, the disciples of the Chongming Alliance clearly understood the stakes just like those in their own alliance. Therefore, even though they were already at their last gasp, they showed no fear whatsoever when fighting against the undeterred beast horde and the vassal army.

Yuan Jin gathered the ravaged Qingjue and Chizhang Guards together, and with the newly trained sons of various families, soldiers from various counties and villages, and Songfeng Righteous Army, plus the support of the Chongming disciples led by Wei Gu, they were still able to fight.

Even the still-weak Sky Chariots were not spared, as Yuan Jin held them down by his side, intending to release them at the right time to provide support.

The short, stocky man took some more pills and forcefully commanded his third-tier spirit puppet to stand at the front of the formation. At this time, it was rare for a Golden Core cultivator to appear in the opposing formation, and the powerful figures had been lured away by Sect Leader Kang. For a moment, the third-tier spirit puppet was able to display its might.

Yuan Jin changed the spirit seal in his hand, forcibly suppressing the blood that surged from his mouth, and the third-tier spirit puppet suddenly descended with a burst of mysterious light from its palm.

The screams and howls that rang in his ears were followed by the complete annihilation of an entire respectable family, young and old.

When the smoke and dust cleared, the air was filled with the smell of blood. Layers upon layers of minced flesh were piled up, probably as tall as Yuan Jin, and the blood that had seeped out had long since flowed into rivers.

The opposing cultivators were not as elite as the soldiers of the Liangyi Sect, but after fighting for so long in the Jiuchen Zhenyue Formation, such a scene was already commonplace.

Even though they couldn't match the orderly and disciplined formation of the Chongming Alliance army, they were numerous and highly skilled. Even though none of their household leaders were present and no one could stop the terrifying spirit puppets, they still had the courage to join the chaotic beast horde in holding the Chongming Alliance forces firmly in place.

However, the decisive battle did not lie with these equally courageous flanking forces.

The decisive moment on the battlefield ultimately came down to the confrontation between the Yin-Yang Two Elements Locking Spirit Array of the Two Elements Sect and the Nine Heavens Suppressing Mountain Array.

Seeing his flanking force restrained, Pu Honggu shouted sharply, "Yin and Yang interact, lock the spirit and devour the meridians!"

Half of the cultivators of the Liangyi Sect opened their mouths and spat out a mouthful of blood essence. The water pattern runes on the black iron shield suddenly became dazzlingly bright, and the water curtain barrier actually grew dense barbs. Each barb was wrapped in a light blue spiritual aura. Any Fei family cultivator who got close had their spiritual energy meridians entangled by the spirit-locking runes triggered by the barbs. At best, their spiritual energy was stagnant, and at worst, their meridians were stinging.

Another cultivator from the Liangyi Sect thrust his crimson copper spear into the ground, and flames shot up three zhang high from the spear tip. The fire chains intertwined into a net and wrapped around the green rock pillar of the Nine Heavens Mountain Suppressing Formation. The flames burned the surface of the rock pillar with a "sizzling" sound, and the spiritual light of the golden blade dimmed a bit.

At this moment, the spiritual veins of Pingrong County had no more spiritual energy to draw upon. Fei Tianqin's eyes remained sharp, but he simply flapped his wings and softly murmured, "My sons, do not tarnish the prestige of the Fei family in this despicable place!"

The Fei family members were invigorated, and even the minor members assigned to the Fei family were somewhat energized. After all, it wasn't just Sect Leader Kang who understood the principle.

With the entire army fighting with all their might, the spiritual light of the water pattern talisman immediately weakened.

The difficulty of the Yin-Yang Two Elements Spirit Locking Array lies in its "unending mutual generation".

Just as the water barrier was weakened by the spirit-breaking talisman, the fire chains of the Yang Formation split off in several directions to replenish the water essence.

Seeing this, Pu Honggu sneered and urged the three fake core cultivators in the formation: "Convert Yin into Yang, burn spirits to break the formation!" The Yin formation's water curtain suddenly contracted back, merging with the Yang formation's fire chains to form a black and white fireball. The fireball hovered in front of the formation, and the heat wave it emitted distorted the surrounding air. Clearly, it intended to use the formation as a furnace to blast open a gap in the Nine Heavens Mountain Suppressing Formation.

Fei Tianqin's heart tightened. He had experienced the effects of this fire technique before and knew that if the core of the formation was hit, the Nine Heavens Mountain Suppressing Formation, which was now breaking down everywhere, would not be able to hold out for long.

Just as the old bird was about to call Qingyan Pillar back to defend, he saw Kuang Liuting float to the front of the formation. His plain white Taoist robe fluttered in the heat wave, and the pale golden lightning at his fingertips was surprisingly steady: "Lord Fengcheng, do not worry."

Fei Tianqin immediately understood, but still made preparations. With a flap of his wings, five green rock pillars moved closer to the array eye stone, their golden blades at the top of the pillars crossing to form a shield;

Without even glancing at it, Kuang Liuting condensed lightning at his fingertips into a lightning sword about a foot long, with lightning patterns flowing across its surface. With a slight flick of his wrist, the lightning sword transformed into a golden rainbow, piercing straight towards the Yin-Yang Fire Technique of the Liangyi Sect.

Seeing this, Pu Honggu hurriedly urged the disciples in the formation: "The rise and fall of the sect depends on this!!"

At this moment, the Pill Masters of the Two Elements Sect, who had become the darlings of Elder Pu Honggu, suddenly became fierce and summoned their formation again. More than ten fire chains were sent to entangle the Thunder Sword, but they were shattered inch by inch by the lightning on the Thunder Sword.

Unexpectedly, Kuang Liuting's thunder magic was specifically designed to break the interaction of spiritual energy, and the Yin-Yang Fireball was based on the two energies of Yin and Yang, which perfectly matched its true meaning.

A deafening explosion rang out, and the black and white energies intertwined with lightning to form a huge cloud of light mist. The fragments of spiritual energy that shot back from the mist slammed into the blue rock pillar with loud bangs.

The Liangyi Sect's water barrier was shattered by more than half, and countless disciples were blown away by the shockwave, their fate unknown.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Fei Tianqin activated the last bit of spiritual power, causing the golden light of the Azure Rock Pillar to surge. The slashing blade fell like a waterfall, sweeping away a large number of the Liangyi Sect soldiers in front of the formation. At this moment, the Liangyi Sect's army formation was truly unable to continue.

"Withdraw! Follow me!" Pu Honggu finally tested Kuang Liuting's abilities and was terrified. He turned around and fled in the direction he had come from.

The latter's expression remained unchanged; he simply raised his hand again and pointed at each of the third-tier demonic beasts that had retreated with the Liangyi Sect.

"Bang," "Bang," "Bang"

Three streaks of blood bloomed amidst the fleeing soldiers, but Pu Honggu didn't even turn his head. Ren Kuang Liuting easily pocketed the inner cores of the three demons.

With one side's morale soaring and the other side suffering a crushing defeat, what need is there to say who will win or lose?
Not only were the disciples and their children in high spirits, but even seasoned practitioners like Fei Tianqin and Fei Donggu, who were used to seeing big scenes, felt delighted.

The old bird, already poised ahead, spotted the fleeing Pu Honggu. With a flap of its wings, it quickly caught up with him. Even in his prime, with assistance, the latter could hardly withstand Fei Tianqin; how could he possibly hold his own now?!

Just as the Fei family patriarch was feeling smug, fear suddenly flashed in its old eyes. It was so frightened that it froze, and even the sharp beak that was about to pierce Pu Honggu's body was suddenly pulled back.

Fei Tianqin did not simply stop moving; the next instant, without even thinking, he flapped his wings and flew away.

"You old bird, you're quite alert!!" A laughing and cursing voice suddenly came from the clouds, and a silver ring descended from it, as if Fei Tianqin was really being treated as an ordinary, hairy beast and about to be taken away.

“Master Yunfu and Senior Fei are my lords, and we must not humiliate them.”

After that rebuke, the silver ring and the black lightning vanished completely.

The person in the clouds seemed surprised; if there were others nearby, they would have seen the astonishment on their face.

However, he was quick in action. He changed his mind and immediately attacked Pu Honggu. He then took a coarse cloth bag, covered it up, and took away many valuable items that Master Kang considered extremely valuable.

After taking in the humans and beasts, Master Yunfu remained silent, only giving Kuang Liuting a careful look before letting out a soft sigh: "Your Excellency is indeed remarkable, but our dispute is not today. Yunfu takes his leave!"

Kuang Liuting frowned, remaining silent and offering no obstruction, only watching as Master Yunfu transformed into a rainbow and departed.

Headmaster Kang found it strange. Logically speaking, given the abilities displayed by the Duke of Qin, even if he was no match for True Man Yunfu, he shouldn't have been able to leave so easily. This was inconsistent with Kuang Liuting's personality.

Just as he was beginning to realize his mistake, Fei Tianqin, who seemed to have noticed something was amiss, rushed to Kuang Liuting's side and asked with concern, "My lord."

(End of this chapter)