The head master has a new female apprentice

Chapter 431 Brother-in-law, could this be the great calamity Yao Yao was talking about? (6k)

Before the words were finished, a pitch-black rift a hundred feet long suddenly opened in the void, and a blood-red blade of light carrying an aura of destruction shot out!

Wherever the blade of light passed, space crumbled inch by inch, revealing dark void cracks.

Its power was so great that it caused the spiritual energy of the entire Shen family to boil!

"careful!"

Shen Tianhong was the first to react, his pupils contracted sharply, and his figure instantly transformed into a golden streak of light.

He formed hand seals, and countless golden runes appeared around his body, blocking Zhou Qing and the other two at the critical moment.

"Golden Undying Body!"

With a loud shout, Shen Tianhong's body surface shone with a golden luster, making him look as if he were cast in gold.

He thrust out both palms, and a golden light screen instantly formed, upon which flowed profound defensive Dao patterns.

"boom--!"

The crimson blade light collided violently with the golden light barrier, unleashing a deafening roar.

The terrifying shockwave swept in all directions, leveling all the already collapsed buildings within a radius of a thousand feet!
"puff!"

Shen Tianhong's face turned deathly pale instantly, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

The ground beneath his feet cracked inch by inch, and his legs sank deep into the ground.

The golden light barrier was already covered with spiderweb-like cracks and was on the verge of collapsing.

"Hold it!"

Shen Tianhong roared, and the supreme power within his body spun wildly, continuously pouring spiritual energy into the light screen.

However, that crimson blade of light was too terrifying. After only three breaths of stalemate, the golden light barrier shattered!
"boom!"

Shen Tianhong was struck as if by lightning. He was sent flying backward, leaving a trail of blood in the air before crashing heavily into the ruins a hundred feet away.

Zhou Qing's eyes were bloodshot, and the tetanus ointment in his hand instantly burst into a dazzling purple-gold lightning arc.

He pulled Shen Hanyi behind him, and where the sword's edge pointed, lightning intertwined into a net, barely blocking the aftershocks.

Seeing this, Shen Juefeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression immediately became even more solemn.
He looked up at the sky and saw the void rift widening, from which a suffocating pressure was slowly descending...

Then, the void twisted, and fifteen figures walked through the air.

The three leaders exuded an overwhelming aura: Yan Wuming, the fifth ancestor of the Yan family, was in the very center. He wore a purple-gold robe, had a sinister face, and a blood-red vertical line between his eyebrows that was particularly striking.

He stood with his hands behind his back, surrounded by nine jet-black chains, each exuding a chilling aura of death.

On the left is Yan Wutian, the seventh ancestor of the Yan family. He is as tall and strong as an iron tower. His bare upper body is covered with hideous scars. He holds a blood-red giant axe, and there is still blood dripping from the blade.

On the right, Yan Wuxin, the ninth ancestor of the Yan family, was a handsome young man.

Dressed in pristine white, she toyed with a blood-red jade pendant in her hand, a faint smile playing on her lips.

Behind them, twelve experts at the Spirit Severing Realm stood in a line, their killing intent soaring to the sky!
Upon seeing this scene, everyone present turned pale.

"Liu Xuancang!" Shen Canghai's eyes widened in anger, his hair and beard standing on end. "You're trying to negotiate with a tiger!"

A look of madness appeared on Liu Xuancang's gaunt face: "I'm not long for this world, why should I care about these things?"

Yan Wuming's cold gaze swept over the crowd, and he suddenly shouted sharply, "Shen Canghai! Does your Shen family know their crime?!"

"What crime have you committed?" Shen Canghai frowned, a hint of seriousness flashing in his eyes.

"What crime have I committed!" Yan Wuming laughed in anger, his voice as cold as ice from the deepest hell. "Yan Sen, one of the four outstanding talents of my Yan family, with a mid-stage Spirit Slaying Realm cultivation and a level four array master, should have had a bright future!"

He suddenly raised his hand, and a blood-red light screen unfolded in the air, displaying Yan Sen's image before his death: "Because he admired Shen Hanyi of the Shen family, he sincerely asked to marry her, but he was tragically murdered and his body was never found!"

The light screen shifted again, revealing the figure of another young cultivator: "Yan Luo, one of the four outstanding talents of my Yan family, was ordered to invite Master Qingzhou, but your Shen family held a grudge against him and he was brutally murdered in the outer realm of the Fifth Tail!"

Yan Wuming's murderous aura surged, and his black robe fluttered even without wind: "You have successively killed the younger generation of my Yan family, causing a generational gap in the Yan family. This hatred is irreconcilable! Today, your Shen family shall be destroyed!"

Shen Canghai sneered upon hearing this: "If you want to condemn someone, you can always find a pretext."

His gaze swept over Yan Wuming and Liu Xuancang like lightning: "You've all cultivated for so many years, what's the use of saying these high-sounding words?"

His aura suddenly surged, and the pressure of a late-stage Supreme Realm expert swept across the entire area: "Isn't it just that you want to take advantage of my misfortune and steal my Shen family's inscription-level divine abilities?"

Yan Wuming's lips curled into a sinister smile: "What inscription-level divine ability? Brother Shen, I don't understand what you're talking about. Today, I'm just here to seek justice."

Shen Canghai turned to look at Liu Xuancang, his eyes filled with anger and disappointment: "Your actions have not only harmed the Shen family, but your Liu family will also be doomed!"

A resolute look appeared on Liu Xuancang's gaunt face: "Bound by the oath of Heaven, the Liu family will be protected by them for the next five thousand years."

"If Han'er and the others cannot grow up by then, then the Liu family's fate is sealed, and I will have no regrets."

Shen Canghai's face was ashen, his eyes flashing with cold light. He quietly transmitted his voice to Shen Juefeng: "Take advantage of the chaos and quickly leave with Han Yi and the others. I'll hold them off!"

"No, Father!" Shen Juefeng's gaze was resolute, his body surging with sword energy. "I am now also at the Supreme Realm, at least I can—"

"Listen to me!" Shen Canghai interrupted sharply, his voice carrying an undeniable authority. "They came prepared!"

Shen Juefeng clenched his fist, his knuckles turning white: "You yourself said they came prepared. How could they let the core members of the Shen family go today? Do you think they don't understand the principle of letting a tiger return to the mountain?"

Shen Canghai remained silent for a moment, a resolute glint in his eyes: "Even handing over a half-step inscription-level divine ability now would be futile. They intend to exterminate the Shen family! Since that's the case—"

He snorted coldly and transmitted his voice to each of them: "Leave Liu Xuancang and the fifth ancestor of the Yan family to me, leave the seventh and ninth ancestors, both of whom are at the early stage of the Supreme Realm, to you brothers, and leave the rest of the Spirit Severing Realm to the clansmen!"

"Alright!" Shen Juefeng and Shen Tianhong responded simultaneously, their spiritual energy surging around them.

After giving his instructions, Shen Canghai flashed, transforming into a dazzling stream of light that pierced through the gap in the five-colored barrier and soared into the sky: "You two old bastards, do you dare to fight me!"

Liu Xuancang and Yan Wuming exchanged a glance, then immediately transformed into two streaks of black light and gave chase.

In the blink of an eye, a deafening roar came from the clouds higher up.

The terrifying fluctuations of spiritual energy caused the entire sky to tremble, and the clouds were torn to shreds by the violent energy.

"Shen family members, heed my command!" Shen Tianhong stood in mid-air, nine golden chains encircling his body, his voice shaking the heavens, "Today is the day of life and death for my Shen family, follow me and kill!"

He and Shen Juefeng exchanged a glance, and the two of them transformed into streaks of light, heading straight for the seventh and ninth ancestors of the Yan family.

Shen Juefeng's body was surrounded by sword energy, and his Azure Nether Sword Body erupted in full force, with thousands of sword energies swirling around him like dragons.

"Kill!" Although the third branch of the family, Shen Lieyang, was seriously injured, his fighting spirit was soaring. He led the seven elders of the Shen family who were at the Spirit Severing Realm to meet the twelve Spirit Severing Realm experts of the Yan family.

Just as Shen Hanyi was about to join the battle, her father's voice suddenly rang in her ears: "You and Zhou Qing must immediately repair the sect's protective formation! This formation is strong enough to withstand attacks from Supreme Realm experts; it is our only way out, and the only way for the entire clan to survive!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Hanyi clenched her fists, a look of struggle flashing in her eyes.

In the distance, Shen Juefeng was engaged in a fierce battle with two supreme experts, while his clansmen were also fighting a bloody battle.

Finally, she nodded emphatically: "Okay!"

"Sister!" Shen Yunzhou rushed over, his face full of worry. "Something's wrong!"

Shen Hanyi quickly instructed: "Your brother-in-law and I are going to repair the great formation. You must immediately take the direct descendants of the clan and hide in the forbidden area. Do not go out!"

A hint of seriousness flashed in her eyes: "Given the Yan family's modus operandi, they must have already laid a trap outside. If we rashly go out, we will only play into their hands."

Hearing Shen Hanyi call him "brother-in-law" warmed Zhou Qing's heart, but he was immediately startled by Shen Yunzhou's words.

"Who cares about him!" Shen Yunzhou stamped his feet anxiously. "Sister, things seem to be going wrong! We came back to witness Father settle scores and avenge Mother. But now..."

He looked in horror at the earth-shattering battle in the distance: "The Liu family patriarch has arrived, and the Yan family has sent people too. Could this be..."

His voice trembled as he looked at Zhou Qing in horror: "Could what Lu Yaoyao was talking about be happening now?"

Upon hearing this, both Zhou Qing and Shen Hanyi's expressions changed simultaneously.

Zhou Qing looked up and saw three late-stage Supreme Realm experts fighting fiercely in the sky, causing the heavens and earth to tremble.

Not far away, four early-stage Supreme beings were also engaged in fierce combat.

Further away, more than twenty Spirit Severing Realm cultivators were locked in a chaotic battle.

The spiritual energy above the entire Shen family compound was in chaos, and space itself was distorted.

A strong sense of unease welled up inside Zhou Qing, and he grabbed Shen Hanyi's hand: "Let's go! We need to get out of here right now!"

He was filled with regret at that moment; if he had known this would happen, he shouldn't have let her come back and risk her life.

Shen Hanyi frowned slightly, her silver hair swaying gently in the aftershocks of spiritual energy: "With Grandfather here, nothing should happen."

"It's better to be safe than sorry!" Zhou Qing said urgently, her voice trembling. "I won't let you take any risks. I promised to protect you and the baby!"

"I understand," Shen Hanyi said softly, but her gaze unconsciously drifted toward her father, who was engaged in fierce fighting in the distance.

There, sword energy crisscrossed and spiritual power surged, as Shen Juefeng was locked in a fierce battle with the ninth ancestor of the Yan family.

"But Father is still there, and the Shen family's thousand-year-old legacy remains."

"Who cares!" Zhou Qing practically roared, his eyes bloodshot. "What does this have to do with us? Think about Yao Yao in the future!"

His Adam's apple bobbed violently, and his voice suddenly choked with emotion: "She went through so much trouble to come here, hoping to change all of this."

Shen Hanyi remained silent.

Although my father harbored resentment towards my uncles, when foreign enemies attacked, they were able to put aside their grudges without hesitation and unite against them.

Even his eldest aunt and third aunt, whose physical bodies had been destroyed, were not allowed to have their obsessions affect the Shen family by their father, so he planned to take them out and kill them completely.

This shows that his heart still belongs to the Shen family.

It's highly unlikely that he'll leave now.

But she couldn't just abandon her father like that.

“How about this,” Shen Hanyi suddenly looked up, her eyes flashing with determination, “let’s work together to repair the great formation first, and then leave together, okay?”

“But—” Zhou Qing was about to object when Shen Hanyi raised her hand to stop him.

"Father just transmitted a message saying that this formation is their retreat, but also the lifeline for everyone in the Shen family."

Her voice was clear and firm: "Now that such an important mission has been entrusted to me, if I abandon it, even if I escape, I will never have peace of mind for the rest of my life!"

She gazed at the chaotic battlefield in the distance and continued, "Besides, Yao Yao said that you would always be hunted down by the Demon Emperor in the future. But what does this situation have to do with the Demon Emperor?"

Zhou Qing was taken aback upon hearing this, and his brows furrowed.

Looking at Shen Hanyi's resolute profile, then at her father-in-law fighting valiantly in the distance, she finally nodded heavily: "Alright, we'll repair the great formation together. But promise me, once it's finished, you'll leave immediately!"

Shen Hanyi smiled, a hint of tenderness flashing in her eyes: "I promise you."

Before she finished speaking, she had already transformed into a streak of light and rushed towards the gap in the formation that had been blasted open.

With a gentle wave of her hand, seventeen thousand spirit seals appeared around her like stars.

Each one shimmered with a mysterious light, beginning to resonate with the damaged array patterns. Zhou Qing sighed helplessly, then turned to Shen Yunzhou and said sternly, "Listen to your sister first, take the direct descendants to the forbidden area and hide them properly. I'll handle things here."

"But my right eyelid keeps twitching, I have a feeling something bad is going to happen," Shen Yunzhou said anxiously, rubbing his hands together.

"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up!" Zhou Qing shouted, startling Shen Yunzhou.

Seeing that Zhou Qing had already chased after his older sister, he had no choice but to grit his teeth, leap down, grab his two cousins ​​Shen Heng and Shen Li who were slumped on the ground, and hoist them onto his shoulders like sacks.

"Why are they all so fierce?" Shen Yunzhou muttered to himself as he carried the two men and ran wildly toward the forbidden area behind them.

"boom--!"

Above the sky, three dazzling points of light collided wildly, each clash causing the heavens and earth to tremble.

That was the battlefield of Shen Canghai, Liu Xuancang, and Yan Wuming, a terrifying battle between late-stage Supreme Realm cultivators that far exceeded the comprehension of ordinary cultivators.

—They're too fast!

Ordinary cultivators looking up could only see three blurry figures flashing among the clouds, each collision accompanied by the roar of the Great Dao and the collapse of the void.

Occasionally, when overflowing spiritual energy falls, it is like a meteorite hitting the ground, creating a crater hundreds of feet deep.

"boom!"

It was another earth-shattering collision. The entire sky suddenly darkened, then burst forth with dazzling light, as if a great sun had exploded above the clouds.

The terrifying shockwave swept across thousands of miles, even flattening the peaks of distant mountains.

—This is the true battle of the supreme beings!
Not far away, the battle between Shen Tianhong and Yan Wutian, the seventh ancestor of the Yan family, was equally fierce.

Yan Wutian was as tall and strong as an iron tower, his bare upper body covered with hideous scars, and every slash of his blood-red giant axe carried the power to tear the heavens and earth apart.

Wherever the axe blade passed, it forcibly cleaved the space with pitch-black cracks that could not heal for a long time.

"Shen Tianhong!" Yan Wutian sneered, "Today I will use your head to pay tribute to the sons of the Yan family!"

"Then we'll see if you have the ability!" Shen Tianhong sneered, then suddenly clasped his hands together: "Divine Punishment!"

In an instant, a golden beam of light erupted from his body, rapidly spreading to form a dazzling domain with a diameter of a thousand feet.

Within the domain, countless golden runes intertwined like chains, each rune containing terrifying power to suppress all things.

These runes are not static, but flow continuously according to some mysterious trajectory, imprisoning the entire space within them.

Yan Wutian's pupils shrank sharply, and he immediately unleashed his "Blood Prison Berserk Domain".

Within a radius of a thousand feet, the air instantly became as thick as blood, and the violent fighting spirit eroded every inch of space.

The two supreme domains clashed fiercely, and dazzling sparks erupted at their boundary.

"boom!"

The giant axe collided with the golden runes, unleashing a deafening roar.

Shen Tianhong swayed slightly, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, but his fighting spirit intensified: "Again!"

On the other side of the sky, the battle between Shen Juefeng and Yan Wuxin, the ninth ancestor of the Yan family, appeared unpredictable.

Yan Wuxin was dressed in white, his face as handsome as a demon. He gently turned the blood-red jade pendant in his hand, and with each wave of his sleeve, thousands of blood-red threads silently cut through the void.

After his domain, the "Thousand Threads of Death Domain," was unleashed, the entire space seemed to transform into a giant spider web.

Each thread was sharp enough to cut through the body of a spirit-slaying being.

"Shen Juefeng, can your sword cut my silk?" Yan Wuxin chuckled, his voice as cold as a venomous snake.

Shen Juefeng remained silent, and the Azure Nether Sword Qi suddenly erupted, instantly unfolding the "Azure Nether Sword Domain".

Thousands of sword energies, like swimming dragons, slashed at the approaching crimson threads, each collision emitting dazzling sparks.

"Zheng!"

A nearly transparent streak of blood suddenly appeared from the blind spot. Shen Juefeng dodged to the side, but was still cut on the cheek, and blood dripped down his chin.

"Tsk, what a pity." Yan Wuxin shook his head regretfully. "The next strike will be to take your head."

Shen Juefeng sneered, and with a flick of his sword, the Azure Nether Sword Qi surged suddenly: "Try it."

In the area slightly below, Shen Lieyang led seven members of the Shen family at the Spirit Severing Realm to fight against twelve members of the Yan family at the Spirit Severing Realm.

Various artistic conceptions mingled and collided: flames, soul devouring, celestial secrets, the great sun... the entire battlefield was in chaos.

Amidst the surging spiritual energy, screams could be heard intermittently.

……

Above the Shen family, the huge gap in the five-colored barrier resembled a hideous wound, stretching across the sky.

A violent surge of spiritual energy erupted from it, tearing the surrounding space to shreds.

The spatial cracks spread like a spider web, emitting a teeth-grinding "crackling" sound.

At the heart of this chaos, Shen Hanyi and Zhou Qing stood suspended in mid-air, their robes fluttering in the raging storm of spiritual energy.

"Congeal!"

Shen Hanyi gave a clear shout and quickly formed hand seals.

In an instant, seventeen thousand spirit seals swirled around her like a dazzling galaxy.

Each of these spirit seals shimmered with a jade-like luster, weaving together in the air to form an intricate array.

Her delicate brows furrowed, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead as she carefully guided the spiritual seals to the damaged areas of the five-colored restriction.

However, a desperate scene happened.

The moment those spirit seals touched the edge of the restriction, they were as if swallowed by an invisible giant mouth, instantly pulverized by the violent turbulent flow of spiritual energy.

Shen Hanyi groaned, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, clearly suffering a backlash.

"No!" she said through gritted teeth, her voice trembling slightly. "The core array plate and control of the Five-Colored Restriction are all in my grandfather's hands. We have no idea about its complete structure!"

Zhou Qing's expression was equally solemn, with a resolute glint in his eyes.

He took a deep breath and drew an arcane pattern with his hands in front of his chest, his fingertips glowing with a faint purple-gold light.

In an instant, 30,000 spirit seals burst forth from his body, each one shimmering with mysterious runes, weaving together in the air to form a vast and intricate three-dimensional array.

The array slowly rotated, emanating a chilling fluctuation.

Then he gritted his teeth and focused all his attention on the array diagram.

Its divine sense extended like tentacles, cautiously probing into the gaps in the five-colored restriction.

"Get in!"

With a low shout, the purple-gold array diagram suddenly contracted, transforming into a stream of light that pierced into the interior of the restriction.

Zhou Qing's divine sense also penetrated deeper, and he finally glimpsed the situation inside the restriction.

—It was a fragmented spiritual energy space, with countless broken and twisted array patterns.

A violent surge of spiritual energy raged within, forming numerous small vortexes that distorted and deformed the surrounding space.

The broken array patterns flickered with an unstable light, sometimes bursting out with blinding brilliance, and sometimes dimming to the point of almost disappearing.

The entire space was emitting a series of cracking sounds as if it were about to collapse completely at any moment.

Seeing this, Shen Hanyi's face lit up with joy, her eyes sparkling with anticipation.

But soon, Zhou Qing's words made her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

"No." Zhou Qing's face turned pale. "Although some of it can penetrate, the damage inside is far too severe."

His voice trailed off, until it was almost a muttering to himself, "The extent of the array pattern breakage far exceeds our expectations; the core nodes are almost entirely destroyed. This is no longer a problem that can be solved with simple repairs."

The light in Shen Hanyi's eyes gradually dimmed, and her lips trembled slightly: "Is there really... absolutely no way?"

Zhou Qing did not answer immediately. His divine sense was still struggling to travel through the barrier, trying to find even the slightest possibility of repair.

However, every inch forward requires enduring immense pressure.

The broken array patterns were like sharp blades, constantly cutting into his consciousness, making his face grow paler and paler.

Suddenly, a glint flashed in Zhou Qing's eyes as he discovered a relatively complete array node.

He immediately activated his spiritual seal, intending to make repairs.

Just as the spirit seal was about to fall, a violent surge of spiritual energy swept in, destroying all his efforts.

"puff!"

Zhou Qing suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his body swaying.

Shen Hanyi quickly supported him, her eyes filled with worry.

"It still doesn't work." Zhou Qing wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said with a wry smile, "The damage is too severe. Without a complete array diagram to guide us, we simply cannot repair it."

He forced himself to sit up, his gaze fixed on the menacing gap in the barrier: "Last time, only the outer area was repaired. Your uncle and the others gave me part of the array diagram, but this is the core."

As he said this, a hint of barely concealed anxiety flashed in Zhou Qing's eyes.

He wished he could immediately repair this damned restriction and then take Shen Hanyi away from this place of trouble.

but
Shen Hanyi looked up at the sky above, where three blurry figures were colliding wildly, each clash causing the heavens and earth to tremble.

The terrifying fluctuations of spiritual energy distorted and deformed the entire sky, as if it would collapse completely at any moment.

That was the battlefield between my grandfather Shen Canghai and two late-stage Supreme Realm cultivators—a peak duel that ordinary people simply couldn't intervene in.

"Grandfather has no time to care about us right now." Her voice trembled slightly, tinged with despair. "If this continues, once the Five-Colored Restriction completely collapses, the Shen family will be finished!"

Zhou Qing's eyes flickered, and a possibility came to mind.

Perhaps he could try the "Daily Reflection" feature first; he might be pleasantly surprised.

Just as he was concentrating and preparing to examine the gap—

"Are you the Master Qingzhou?"

A gentle voice suddenly rang in his ears, and Zhou Qing's hair stood on end. Almost instinctively, he stepped in front of Shen Hanyi to block her.

The tetanus sword instantly appeared in his hand, its blade crackling with purple-gold lightning arcs.

"Who?!"

He demanded sharply, his gaze sweeping across the surroundings like lightning.

(End of this chapter)