270: Calling Ancestors

At the beginning, the Xiao Clan's Pi Ming Realm cultivators, relying on their clan-protecting grand formation, did indeed gain some advantage.

But soon, it was nullified by the Black-Robed Figure on Ming Ya's side.

Although the Black-Robed Figure only displayed the strength of a newly advanced Piming Realm Ninth Level cultivator,

he alone held back Xiao Han, Ling Guang, and Jiu Shi, three Pi Ming Realm elders.

Due to the clan-protecting grand formation, Xiao Dou's strength was elevated to a level comparable to the Piming Realm Ninth Level.

With the two patriarchs, they still managed to gain the upper hand against the Black-Robed Figure.

As for another Xiao Clan Pi Ming Realm Eighth Level elder, Xiao Jun, he was engaged in battle with the Ming Clan's only Pi Ming Realm elder, Ming Shuo.

Originally, their strengths were similar, but with the grand formation's boost, Xiao Jun steadily suppressed Ming Shuo, forcing him to retreat repeatedly.

As for the battles in other parts of the battlefield, they were largely similar.

Generally, the Ming Clan members were suppressed by the Xiao Clan members.

The Ming Clan's strength was originally a bit weaker than the Xiao Clan's.

Over this period, almost all gains went to Ming Ya alone; they had not received much improvement.

Now, with the Xiao Clan activating their grand formation for amplification, the Ming Clan was even more at a disadvantage.

If not for three Pi Ming Realm Eighth Level cultivators of the Xiao Clan being tied down by the Black-Robed Figure,

then what awaited these Ming Clan members would have been a one-sided slaughter.

However, at this moment, all the amplifications on the Xiao Clan members vanished without a trace.

A Xiao Clan member, after striking, noticed a decrease in power, "The amplification is gone?"

Looking at the distant battle, Patriarch Xiao Dou was being beaten back repeatedly, and he immediately understood everything.

Thus, he continued to charge up a martial skill and unleashed it towards his opponent.

The Xiao Clan's strength was inherently stronger than the Ming Clan's, so even without the amplification, it didn't matter.

The previous fighting had already injured many Ming Clan members, affecting their combat power.

Continuing the fight, they would still suppress them.

Aside from the battlefield involving the Black-Robed Figure, after Xiao Han lost his amplification, the situation immediately reversed.

The three Pi Ming Realm Eighth Level cultivators could only struggle to survive under the Black-Robed Figure's hands, having enough to protect themselves but not enough to counterattack.

Moreover, they had to constantly maintain their focus, otherwise, a single misstep could lead to them being wiped out by the Black-Robed Figure.

At that point, the entire battlefield's situation would be reversed.

Just then, reinforcements from the Ling and Jiu Clans arrived one after another.

Such a battle was no longer something that those below the Zhou Tian Realm could participate in.

Even those in the Zhou Tian Realm were merely cannon fodder here; even the aftershocks of a casual battle on the battlefield could turn them to dust.

Therefore, all the people who came from the two clans were exclusively Pi Ming Realm cultivators.

The addition of these individuals further disadvantaged the already struggling Ming Clan Pi Ming Realm cultivators.

At this point, many Pi Ming Realm cultivators had already fallen on the field, and most of them were from the Ming Clan.

For a time, the scales of victory tipped towards the strong cultivators of the three clans.

At this moment, a silver ripple emanated from the sky, quickly spreading in all directions across the field.

Among the three clans, all Pi Ming Realm cultivators below the mid-stage who came into contact with the ripple trembled all over, then fell straight down, completely lifeless.

As for those in the mid-stage Pi Ming Realm and above, they also suffered varying degrees of damage.

The lower their cultivation and the closer they were to where Ming Ya unleashed the ripple, the more severe their injuries.

In just this one blow, the three clans lost a full one-fifth of their Pi Ming Realm cultivators.

If not for Ming Ya's desire to preserve their corpses as much as possible, he would have been fully capable of killing more with a single strike.

And the fact that Ming Ya could now spare the time to attack below also meant that Xiao Dou might not last much longer.

Ming Ya's voice also came from the sky, "Everyone, use the Seventh Mark!"

The Seventh Mark...

Upon hearing this, all the Ming Clan Pi Ming Realm cultivators were stunned for a moment.

Nothing else, this Seventh Mark was already a means of mutual destruction.

Seventh Mark — Netherworld's Infinite!

The effect of this seal was to infuse one's life force and lifespan into it through this technique.

The more life force and lifespan infused, the stronger one's power, but also the faster one would die.

More critically, once activated, it required at least half of one's life force and lifespan to be consumed before it could be deactivated.

After using this move, there were no after-effects, no weak period, and no backlash; it just took half your life.

Therefore, even in some life-or-death situations, Ming Clan members rarely used this move.

After all, using it once meant living half as long, and most of the time, there was nothing worth such a sacrifice.

Even those heavenly treasures, divine weapons, and peerless cultivation techniques were not worth such a sacrifice.

After all, this was literally half a life!

But the next moment, the Ming Clan Pi Ming Realm cultivators gritted their teeth and still activated the Seventh Mark, Netherworld's Infinite.

Nothing else, just like the three clans, the Ming Clan now had no retreat.

Succeed or die trying; the same applied to their Ming Clan.

If they succeeded, once their patriarch broke through to the Ancestor Realm, their bloodlines could also undergo a transformation.

At that time, perhaps not only could they make up for the price they paid, but they might also advance further and gain greater benefits.

Thus, all the Ming Clan Pi Ming Realm cultivators used Netherworld's Infinite.

Their strength instantly surged by more than several times.

Those who could originally fight only one opponent now suddenly became capable of fighting many.

Having lost another fifth, and with the opposing side collectively bursting forth in power,

for a time, the balance on the field surprisingly returned to what it was before the two clans arrived as reinforcements.

The battlefield between Ming Shuo and Xiao Jun was the most obvious one on the field.

Xiao Jun was now being beaten back repeatedly by Ming Shuo, and each of Ming Shuo's moves would cause a new bone-deep wound on Xiao Jun's body.

He and Ming Shuo both possessed peak-level bloodlines within their respective clans.

Xiao Jun had a Seven-Star Bloodline, and Ming Shuo had a Nine-Seal Bloodline, but neither of their bloodlines was as strong as Xiao Dou's and Ming Ya's.

Cultivating to the Pi Ming Realm Eighth Level, unless one had an exceptionally powerful bloodline,

an ordinary Seven-Star Bloodline could no longer provide much assistance to them.

A fierce glint also flashed in Xiao Jun's eyes; the Xiao Clan's development of bloodlines was indeed not as strong as the Ming Clan's.

Their Xiao Clan's bloodline also lacked such a method to unleash powerful combat strength in a short period.

But their Xiao Clan did have another method of preferring to be shattered jade rather than intact tile.

That was — Seven-Star Chain Explosion!

This was a method far, far more powerful than the Six-Star Chain Explosion.

Xiao Jun was already determined to die at this moment; the place where he was fighting was extremely close to the origin point of the silver ripple.

Therefore, the injuries he sustained were no less severe than those of the mid-stage Pi Ming Realm cultivators.

So, seeing Ming Shuo attacking him again, this time Xiao Jun chose not to defend, but rather intended to endure the blow directly.

And when Ming Shuo realized that this strike landed incredibly smoothly, he immediately sensed something was wrong and frantically retreated backward.

A Seven-Star Bloodline Pi Ming Realm Eighth Level cultivator like Xiao Jun, his self-detonation could severely injure even a Piming Realm Ninth Level cultivator, let alone him?

At this moment, Xiao Jun continuously pressed closer to Ming Shuo, who also continuously retreated backward.

And the direction he retreated was precisely where Xiao Jun wanted him to go.

When Xiao Jun arrived at a certain battle location, Ling Guang, Jiu Shi, and Xiao Dou seemed to have a tacit understanding, withdrawing from the battlefield in advance.

And together they struck Ming Shuo back, to a place very close to the Black-Robed Figure.

Then, Xiao Jun also arrived at a place very close to them.

At this time, Xiao Jun's entire body was covered in cracks glowing with purple light; clearly, his body could no longer hold on.

Then, with a boom, he exploded.

When the smoke cleared, the Black-Robed Figure was long gone, leaving only a struggling half-human figure.

The three saw this scene and suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis.

A force struck the three of them simultaneously, severely injuring them and causing them to fall.

And at this moment, a purple light fell from the sky, crashing to the ground and causing an even greater commotion.

The Xiao Clan's floating grand formation shattered all at once.

A weak, hoarse voice sounded.

"Summon Ancestor!"

On a colossal stone statue in the center of the Xiao Clan, a crack suddenly appeared...