Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 366 Slaying a General Within the Formation
At this moment, a thunderous roar resounded again, thunder rumbled within the golden auspicious clouds, and bolts of lightning condensed.

"Line up, line up, maintain formation." Pang Tong's deep voice, transmitted through spiritual energy, clearly reached everyone's ears.

"Everyone, get ready." Song Xian immediately gave the order, instructing the Hunyuan Sect members to prepare to deal with the restriction attack according to the original plan.

Soon, thick bolts of lightning fell from the golden auspicious clouds. Each bolt was several meters long, like giant pythons, covering the sky and the earth, turning the entire visible space into a silver ocean.

Song Xian clasped his hands together, silently chanting incantations. A large number of sparks emerged from his palms, like fireflies flying in all directions, forming a dense wall of sparks.

The next moment, the sparks suddenly burst into bloom, transforming into shield shapes. These fiery shields were arranged in an orderly fashion, forming a huge, flaming wall that blocked the way from above.

This is a second-tier superior-grade spell, Flame Wall, a fire-based defensive spell he has recently mastered.

Lightning bolts rained down, striking the flame shields and creating crackling sounds as the shields shattered one after another.

In Song Xianzhen's field of vision, the wall of fire was formed by thirty shields, each several feet in size, with a total defensive power of 1,680 points, and each individual shield had a defensive power of 56 points.

He can manipulate the shields to form shapes at will, either lining them up in a row to form a massive city wall, or stacking them one by one like building blocks.

Within the golden auspicious clouds, lightning continuously formed, falling like a torrential downpour without any sign of stopping. Each bolt of lightning was three or four feet thick, with an attack power of forty points.

Under the barrage of lightning, the wall of flames quickly shattered.

Song Xian immediately used the technique again, and the members of Hunyuan Sect were not idle either. They formed teams of ten and used magical artifacts or spells to continuously counter the falling lightning.

Although the spells of Qi Refining cultivators are not very powerful, the combined power of hundreds of people should not be underestimated.

Su Zhirou and Hu Xiaobao also unleashed their own spells. In this way, Song Xian was responsible for condensing defensive spells, while the others were responsible for attacking. The lightning lasted for nearly fifteen minutes before finally stopping.

Looking around, the number of corpses in the ranks had increased considerably. Many cultivators had been reduced to ashes by the fierce lightning attacks, leaving no trace of their remains.

Before the crowd could even mourn, Jiang Feng gave the order, and the group continued to surge forward.

The formation's restrictive attacks have time gaps; after each wave of restrictive attacks ends, a certain amount of time is required before the next round of restrictive attacks can be activated.

Jiang Feng, Song Xian, and the others had to slow down and keep pace with the main group because they needed to protect the cultivators in the group.

Otherwise, without the command and protection of Foundation Establishment cultivators, the team would inevitably suffer heavy casualties if attacked by the restrictions, and morale might collapse, with each team scattering and fleeing.

With just their strength as Foundation Establishment cultivators, it would be difficult for them to break through the defensive light barrier of this great formation.

While individual Qi Refining cultivators are certainly far inferior to Foundation Establishment cultivators, the combined strength of hundreds of Qi Refining cultivators is no weaker than that of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Under normal circumstances, ten late-stage Qi Refining cultivators working together can contend with one early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator; in a head-on confrontation, they are not to be underestimated.

A cultivator who has just established his foundation has only 600 spiritual power in his body, which is equivalent to the total spiritual power of six Qi Refining level 10 cultivators. This is without the benefit of cultivation techniques or high-level spells.

A Foundation Establishment Level 1 cultivator's combat strength is equivalent to that of six or seven Qi Refining Level 10 cultivators.

The advantage of Foundation Establishment cultivators lies in their mobility. Not to mention ten late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, even twenty or a hundred late-stage Qi Refining cultivators could not hold back a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

He can fight or leave whenever he wants, and the Qi Refining cultivators are completely helpless against him.

But when attacking cities and capturing strongholds, things are different. People are alive, but the positions are dead.

The cultivators can move, but the formation cannot.

The combined attack of a thousand Qi Refining cultivators is definitely more powerful than that of a few Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Not long after they had gone, the golden auspicious cloud emitted another loud rumble, and the sound of metal clashing against metal arose within it, as golden arrows condensed.

At this moment, the group was not far from the defensive light barrier of the great formation. Seeing that the barrier was about to fall, Jiang Feng had no choice but to order the team to stop advancing and prepare to meet the attack of the barrier.

A shower of golden arrows rained down from the sky, like a golden rain.

Song Xian continued to use his Flame Wall to defend, while the members of the Hunyuan Sect used their respective spells to counterattack.

Under the continuous barrage of golden arrows, shrill screams and wails rose and fell incessantly.

They held out for a full quarter of an hour, and just as the attack from the barrier was about to stop, a group of cultivators rushed out from inside the defensive light barrier.

The leader was a burly man, a cultivator at the eighth level of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Behind him were three Foundation Establishment cultivators and hundreds of Qi Refining cultivators.

Upon seeing the stationed cultivators charge out, Jiang Feng shouted and took the lead in meeting them.

Pang Tong, Song Xian, and others also followed suit and rose into the air.

The two met head-on, and Jiang Feng used his magic to condense a huge black rock that pressed down on the burly man.

Song Xian clasped his hands together, and balls of fire rose from his palms, transforming into huge fireballs that shot towards the burly man like meteors. This was the second-tier high-grade technique, Flame Meteor.

The saying goes, "To catch the thief, first catch the king." That burly man was clearly the leader of these people. As long as he was captured, the enemy army would be thrown into chaos.

That's what he thought, and that's what everyone else thought too.

Pang Tong, Zhang Qing, and others also unleashed their spells to attack the burly man.

Several enemy cultivators also used their spells to assist the burly man, and for a moment, various colors of light intertwined, resulting in a stalemate.

As the two sides were locked in a stalemate, hundreds of Qi Refining cultivators behind the burly man also gathered their spells and attacked the group.

The spells of the group were immediately overwhelmed by the attacks and shattered.

"Retreat." Faced with the attacks of numerous Qi Refining cultivators, the group could only temporarily evade the onslaught and retreat until they rejoined their main force.

The crowd surged forward and engaged the enemy forces. A barrage of spells and magical artifacts rained down upon them.

Several Foundation Establishment cultivators from the enemy army continuously condensed spells to attack their own troops, and the group retaliated by unleashing their own spells to attack the enemy troops.

The two teams were like two distinct rivers, with various spells and magical artifacts colliding in the middle.

Song Xian and the others did not dare to bypass their own group and directly attack the enemy's Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Because once you cross the boundary of the team, you will become the target of the enemy cultivators' concentrated attack.

Screams, wails, and roars echoed from both sides.

As time went on, the battle became increasingly chaotic, and the once clear-cut boundary became a jumbled mess.

Jiang Feng seized the opportunity, his figure flashing past the front of the group. A dark green orb of light condensed in his palm, expanding to ten zhang in size as it flew towards the burly man at the head of the opposing group. Seeing the dark green orb hurtling towards him, the burly man clasped his hands together, and two enormous golden palms appeared in mid-air.

Two giant golden hands came together, trapping the eerie green orb between them. As the golden hands exerted force, the orb was squeezed and twisted, then shattered with a "poof," spraying out a large amount of eerie green liquid. With a hissing sound, the golden hands visibly corroded and dissolved.

The burly man frowned slightly. Just then, a massive ball of fire shot out from the left, a fiery meteor spell cast by Song Xian.

Seeing that the two sides were locked in a chaotic battle and that Jiang Feng had engaged in combat with the enemy, he also rose into the air and came to help.

In terms of the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators, Song Xian's side had seven, while the opposing side only had four.

However, due to the resistance against the formation's restrictions, everyone's spiritual energy had been greatly depleted, and for Pang Tong and the others, their spiritual energy had been almost entirely consumed.

The burly man knew this, so he led all the guarding cultivators out, because this was their last chance to stop the enemy from breaking through the formation. If they didn't come out to stop the enemy, everyone would have already reached the defensive light barrier, and then they would no longer be able to launch the formation's restrictions to attack.

Because the array's restrictions attack a large area indiscriminately, attacking them will also damage the defensive light barrier. Therefore, it is necessary to block them outside the defensive light barrier to buy time to launch the next restriction attack.

In addition, the burly man was also counting on reinforcements from Biannan Valley and Quexing Valley.

A barrage of fireballs crashed down on the golden light barrier surrounding the burly man, turning the area into a sea of ​​fire.

The burly man stood there, his hands clasped together, golden light radiating from his body. Behind him, a phantom of Buddha appeared, and as he chanted incantations, the phantom of Buddha gradually materialized.

Just as the golden light barrier was about to shatter under the attack of the fireball, the Buddha opened his eyes, and instantly, two beams of golden light shot out from his eyes.

The golden light clashed with the fireballs, shattering several fireballs before finally stopping.

The man stretched out his palm, and the golden Buddha also stretched out its giant palm and struck down. Under the blow of the golden giant palm, the remaining fireballs shattered one by one.

Jiang Feng used his magic to form a dark cloud, which floated above the golden Buddha while it was attacking the fireball.

A light drizzle fell from the dark clouds onto the Buddha, slowly eroding his massive golden body. Where the raindrops fell, tiny pits gradually appeared.

The burly man glanced at the dark clouds overhead but ignored them. His spiritual energy surged into the clouds, and the golden Buddha emitted golden light, forming a circular golden shield that blocked the continuous drizzle from falling from the clouds.

Immediately afterwards, he struck out with his palm, and the golden Buddha's giant palm also struck towards Song Xian.

The layers of fiery shields blocked the way, but under the heavy blow of the golden Buddha's giant palm, they only trembled slightly.

The Buddha's golden giant palms struck out continuously, like a storm crashing against the wall of fire shields, making a loud banging sound.

On the other side, Jiang Feng conjured a huge, dark green water dragon that attacked the burly man.

The burly man had no choice but to abandon his attack on Song Xian and turn back to fight the eerie green water dragon.

Two beams of golden light shot out from the golden Buddha's eyes, but the eerie green water dragon opened its mouth and spat out a jet of eerie green water. When the two collided, the golden light in the Buddha's eyes was suppressed.

As the two sides were locked in a stalemate, Song Xian once again unleashed his Flaming Meteor technique, sending massive fireballs hurtling towards the Buddha.

The golden Buddha extended his palms and struck the ball of fire. In that instant, the jet of eerie green water completely overwhelmed the golden light in the Buddha's eyes, destroying it. The eerie green water jet then sprayed onto the circular golden shield that the Buddha had condensed, and in an instant, the golden shield visibly melted away.

The emerald green water dragon pressed forward and coiled itself around the golden Buddha.

While the two worked together to deal with the burly man, the others were also busy.

Not far to the left, Su Zhirou and Hu Xiaobao had already engaged in combat with an enemy Foundation Establishment cultivator. Although the two had a significant advantage, they were unable to break through the Foundation Establishment cultivator's defensive shield for the time being.

Further away, Pang Tong was engaged in battle with another enemy cultivator at the sixth level of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Zhang Qing and Feng Yue were also besieging an enemy Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Just then, another thunderous roar came from within the golden auspicious clouds, clearly indicating that the array's restrictive attack was ready.

A mournful bugle call also came from behind the defending army. Upon hearing this sound, a large number of enemy cultivators abandoned their opponents and retreated.

The burly man also tried to retreat back into the defensive light barrier, but his body was tightly bound by the eerie green water dragon, and a large amount of eerie green liquid poured out from his body.

In an instant, the circular shield surrounding the golden Buddha was eroded and shattered, and a dark green liquid flowed onto its body, causing the Buddha's body to melt visibly.

The burly man's spiritual energy surged wildly within him, and the Buddha's body shone with golden light. As the golden light swept over him, the eerie green liquid evaporated.

As the two were locked in a stalemate, a giant serpent emitting black flames condensed above Song Xian's head; it was the Xuanluo Yin Fire within his body.

The giant snake charged toward the burly man, and wherever it passed, black flames ignited in the air. In the blink of an eye, the area within a hundred feet was transformed into a black sea of ​​fire.

Song Xian knew that if he didn't seize the opportunity to defeat his opponent now, he would have no chance.

Therefore, taking advantage of the moment when Jiang Feng's emerald water dragon entangled his opponent, he decisively released his strongest Xuanluo Yin Fire.

In the blink of an eye, the giant snake rushed in front of the burly man and charged towards the golden Buddha statue that the man was protecting.

The black flames completely engulfed it, and the Buddha's body was engulfed in raging black flames, burning away the eerie green liquid as well.

A piercing scream echoed through the heavens and earth. The burly man was engulfed by black flames, yet he continued to shout. In just a few breaths, his flesh and blood were completely melted by the flames.

Jiang Feng turned his head and gave Song Xian a deep look. His eyes twitched involuntarily a few times, but he quickly regained his composure.

Song Xian withdrew the Xuanluo Yin Fire, ignored Jiang Feng, and with a burst of light, headed towards Su Zhirou.

"Don't let the enemy escape!" Jiang Feng shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, bolts of lightning, like dragons and pythons, shot down from within the golden auspicious clouds, sweeping across the sky and earth.

In an instant, numerous screams rang out.

Due to the previous melee with the enemy, the troops were scattered. Some were still chasing the enemy, while others were fighting with the enemy cultivators who had not had time to escape.

A barrage of lightning suddenly descended, catching many cultivators off guard and engulfing them in its power. This included many enemy cultivators as well.

However, most of the enemy troops had already escaped to the area outside the lightning restriction attack zone, and the few who did not have time to escape were all annihilated under the lightning restriction attack.

The fierce lightning attacks fell like a torrential rain, catching everyone off guard. Those with lower cultivation levels were simply unable to withstand them without the help of their teammates.

While casting defensive spells, Jiang Feng loudly directed the team. Fortunately, the group had already experienced several attacks from the array's restrictions, and after a brief moment of panic, they quickly recovered and rallied together with those around them.

The lightning attack lasted for fifteen minutes before stopping. The casualties from this wave of restrictive attacks were almost greater than all the previous casualties combined.

(End of this chapter)