Mortal: I became invincible after becoming sworn brothers with Han Li.

With a sharp shout from Qian Chongying, the dozen or so Qi Refining disciples of the Qian family behind him instantly rushed towards the Yang family members.

As some of them rushed out, they raised their hands and released spells such as fireballs and ice spikes. Several others took out several low-level talismans and threw them out, which also turned into fireballs and boulders to attack the Yang family members.

Yang Taizhong had been on guard against the Qian family, and when he heard Qian Chongying's word "kill," his expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly shouted.

"Be careful!"

Before he could finish speaking, Yang Taizhong erected a spiritual energy shield and quickly shouted to the Yang family disciples.

"Quickly, activate your spiritual energy shield with me!"

The two sisters, Yang Jinglong and Yang Qingqi, along with the twenty-odd Yang family disciples standing behind them, immediately ran to Yang Taizhong's side and simultaneously raised their hands to cast a spiritual energy shield.

Once all the protective shields of the Yang family members were in place, these spiritual energy shields actually merged together, forming a huge spiritual energy shield that was a full inch thick, protecting everyone inside.

The next moment, the various spells and talismans unleashed by the disciples of the Thousand Families struck the protective barrier without hesitation, unleashing a tremendous explosion.

To the disciples' astonishment, such a fierce attack was completely blocked by the spiritual energy shield jointly erected by the Yang family!

However, they quickly realized what was happening and began to unleash their magical artifacts at each other once more. In an instant, more than a dozen colorful magical artifacts shot out in a deluge.

In their view, although the opponent's spiritual energy shield could block magical attacks, it was ultimately just a spiritual energy shield. Could it really block so many magical artifact attacks?

Seeing more than a dozen magical weapons shooting towards him, Yang Taizhong shouted again.

"Increase our spiritual power! We must withstand these magical attacks! Otherwise, we will all die here today!"

Everyone knew the situation was critical, so they quickly increased their spiritual power to the maximum. With the support of a large amount of spiritual power, the white light on the surface of the spiritual power shield was even stronger, and the entire shield became much more solid.

"Pfft pfft..."

With a dozen muffled thuds, the magical artifacts of the Qian family disciples only penetrated a few inches before being blocked by the huge protective barrier, unable to advance any further.

After sensing the resistance coming from the magical artifact, the disciples of the Thousand Families all showed expressions of disbelief, but they still did not stop. After controlling the magical artifact to fly back, they attacked the protective barrier again.

For a moment, the scene became somewhat eerie. The Yang family members stood together and jointly erected a huge protective shield, while the Qian family disciples controlled their magical artifacts to continuously attack the shield, chopping, slashing, or drilling into it. At the same time, they also continuously launched various magical attacks to deplete the spiritual power of the Yang family members.

Even the black-robed Blood Poison was surprised when he saw the protective barrier set up by the Yang family, and asked with some curiosity.

"This protective shield is quite interesting. Brother Qian, do you know its secrets?"

Qian Chongying narrowed his eyes slightly. His Qian family and the Yang family had dealt with each other for so many years, so he naturally knew what methods the other party had. So he explained to Xue Du in a cold voice.

"Brother Blood Poison, this is a secret technique passed down in the Yang family. It can condense the ordinary spiritual energy shields cast by family disciples into a whole, increasing their defensive power several times over. Moreover, the more people there are, the stronger the shield becomes."

After explaining the origin of the protective shield, Qian Chongying couldn't help but let out a cold snort and spoke again.

"Hmph! If it weren't for their secret technique, the Yang family would have been completely wiped out by our Qian family over a hundred years ago!"

Upon hearing this, the black-robed Blood Poison couldn't help but look at the Yang family with newfound respect. It was truly unexpected that such a minor, insignificant family would possess such a secret, inherited technique.

"It can increase the shield's defensive power several times? I wonder if it can withstand the attack of a Foundation Establishment cultivator?" the black-robed Blood Poison said with a sneer.

Qian Chongying glanced at the number of people on the other side, frowned, and said in a somewhat gloomy tone.

"With so many of them working together to unleash a secret technique, the protective power of this spiritual barrier is definitely extraordinary..."

Although these words were not explicitly stated, their meaning was quite clear, which sounded rather harsh and unbearable to Black Robe Blood Poison.

He is a cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, how could he not even break through the protective barrier set up by dozens of Qi Refining stage cultivators?

Perhaps wanting to test the power of the shield, or perhaps provoked by Qian Chongying's words, the Black-Robed Blood Poison finally decided to take action himself and shatter the shield jointly erected by the Yang family.

"Brother Blood Poison, I don't think you need to take action at all. The Yang family must have consumed a lot of energy to use such a secret technique. As long as my Qian family disciples keep attacking, it probably won't be long before the opponent runs out of spiritual energy."

Although Qian Chongying was unsure whether the blood poison could break through the shield, based on his understanding of the Yang family's secret techniques, the shield's protective power would definitely be able to withstand his full-force attack if more than twenty people worked together.

Yang Jingshen has not yet appeared. If the Blood Poison has expended a lot of spiritual power to break the shield, once Yang Jingshen appears, with his peak early Foundation Establishment stage strength, even if the two of them join forces, it will probably take a lot of effort.

Although the intelligence he received said that Yang Jingshen was still seriously injured and had not yet recovered, who knew if this was a smokescreen released by the Yang family to deliberately mislead the Qian family?

What he was really worried about was that Yang Jingshen would take advantage of this time to break through to the mid-stage realm. It was precisely because of this worry that he did not hesitate to abandon two female disciples of the Qian family and invite Xue Du, who was in the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, to come.

His reason for having this idea was twofold: first, he learned that Yang Jingshen was seriously injured; and second, through his and his group's investigation, they discovered that the Yang family seemed to have inexplicably become wealthy, as if they had received some unexpected fortune.

Combining his own investigation and the intelligence he had gathered, along with the unexpected arrival of the Blood Poison, he finally made up his mind to confront the Yang family.

Initially, he only wanted to use his mid-stage Blood Poison strength to seize some of the Yang family's resources and test their attitude. Once he noticed that their expressions were somewhat abnormal, he would immediately change his mind and turn to completely annihilating them.

Now, based on his previous observations, he noticed that although the Yang family members were somewhat flustered by his arrival, they did not show any fear. This indicated that they had something to rely on, which made him increasingly certain that Yang Jingshen was breaking through to the mid-stage realm.

Upon hearing Qian Chongying's words, Xue Du's expression darkened slightly, and he gave a cold snort.

"A mere Qi Refining cultivator's protective shield can't possibly block my attack. Brother Qian, just watch here as I crush him with a single blow."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Du leaped up and flipped his hand, revealing a magic weapon several inches in size, entirely black, and shaped like a three-edged cone.

With a gentle toss, he launched the black ridged cone into the air. Then, he formed hand seals and chanted an incantation, causing the cone to spin above his head. A cold glint flashed in his blood-poisoned eyes as he pointed at the protective shield of the Yang family members. The spinning cone vanished instantly, reappearing in front of the shield.

At such an extremely fast speed, even Qian Chongying only saw a fleeting glimpse of black light, let alone the rest of the Yang family.

"Bang!"

With a deafening explosion, the black cone slammed directly into the protective shield of the Yang family members. Immediately afterward, Yang Taizhong, Yang Jinglong, and the others turned pale and coughed up blood, staggering back several steps uncontrollably.

The disciples behind him, as well as the sisters Yang Qingqi and Yang Qinghan, were directly blasted away, only spitting out the blood clots after landing.