40: Chapter 40 The Great Melee (Part 2)

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

Outside Taihe Market, countless evil Cultivators who suddenly launched an attack caught the market's Cultivators somewhat off guard.

Fortunately, the market opened its Formation in time, thereby blocking the first wave of attacks.

"What happened?" The Yun Family Old Ancestor was also awakened by this commotion, and then walked out of his seclusion residence to ask the nearby Yun Family Cultivator.

"Old Ancestor, a large number of evil Cultivators suddenly attacked. Among them, the Foundation Establishment Cultivators alone number no less than several dozen, and the Qi Refining Cultivators are countless. Fortunately, the Formation was activated in time, otherwise the casualties in our market would have been even greater," a young male Cultivator hurriedly said.

"Have Xuantian Sect and the Song Family been notified?" Master Chiyun continued to press.

"They have already been notified. Master Bingyou of Xuantian Sect and the Purple Mansion Senior of the Song Family are on their way and can arrive in about the time it takes to burn an incense stick."

"Alright, I understand. Go attend to your duties," Master Chiyun instructed, then looked outside the Formation with a somewhat solemn expression. If they were only some Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining evil Cultivators, there would be nothing to fear; what he feared most was the appearance of Purple Mansion evil Cultivators.

However, to be able to mobilize so many evil Cultivators to invade the entire Taihe Prefecture, it was impossible for there to be no Purple Palace Cultivators behind this.

Just as he was thinking, two figures appeared from outside the Formation, turning out to be Master Xieyan and Xiao Yun.

As soon as the two appeared, they frantically attacked the Formation. Under the blessing of Purple Mansion magical power, every attack they made caused the entire Formation to shake, and all the Cultivators inside the market couldn't help but feel despair upon seeing this scene.

Among them, some Cultivators took advantage of the chaos to ambush and kill surrounding Cultivators, while other Cultivators went straight to some shops to sweep away wealth, treasures, and the like, plunging the entire market into sudden chaos.

Master Chiyun's Divine Sense swept across the entire market, taking everything inside into his eyes, and he said, "This old man is not dead yet! Whoever dares to openly provoke the market's rules again will be executed without exception." As soon as his voice fell, those Cultivators taking advantage of the chaos to make trouble felt a trace of fear in their hearts.

Then, under Master Chiyun's instructions, a group of Cultivators was responsible for clearing out the rioting Cultivators and maintaining the stability of the market.

After giving all the instructions, Master Chiyun finally looked up at the two Purple Mansion evil Cultivators, then slowly rose into the air, his gaze fixed solely on the opposite side from beginning to end.

"If you all do not withdraw quickly, I will definitely make sure none of you return!" Master Chiyun rebuked. Immediately following, he formed a few spell seals with both hands, releasing some scorching fire clouds across the Formation to attack the two of them.

"So much nonsense, let me come and test you." Xiao Yun retreated several steps, and a soul-suppressing banner abruptly appeared in his left hand. "Let you try my myriad soul banner."

He grasped the shaft with both hands and waved it in front of him, countless ghosts rushing toward the fire clouds.

Under the counter-charge of the two forces, neither could determine a winner for a moment. Seeing this, Master Chiyun revealed a trace of disdain at the corner of his mouth; evil Cultivators were just evil Cultivators, no matter how vicious their methods were, weren't they still unable to even break this old man's fire clouds?

However, he did not rashly leave the Formation to continue attacking him; who knew if this evil Cultivator was deliberately luring him out.

When Xiao Yun saw that his ghosts could not take down the opponent, he thought to himself that he had miscalculated, and his expression suddenly turned solemn.

The two continued to attack each other across the Formation. However, because Xiao Yun's spell arts were restrained by Master Chiyun's spell arts, coupled with the weakening of the Formation, he was always at a disadvantage in the spell fight.

Seeing this, Master Xieyan on the other side immediately increased the offensive, breaking the Formation at the fastest speed.

The entire Formation was already crumbling. The Foundation Establishment Cultivators near the Formation Plate immediately increased the input of magical power. Many of those Cultivators turned pale due to insufficient magical power, and then other Foundation Establishment Cultivators took over for them.

"Still not coming out? It seems this Master Chiyun is truly cautious; we can't drag this out any longer," Xiao Yun thought internally, and then he looked at Master Xieyan, transmitting via Divine Sense, "Third Senior Brother, use the Realm-Breaking Talisman! I think Master Bingyou of Xuantian Sect should be on the way. If we drag this out any further, complications will arise."

Master Xieyan did not respond, but simply took out a black Talisman from his Storage Pouch, and then channeled his internal magical power into it to begin activation.

"Realm-Breaking Talisman!" Master Chiyun exclaimed, instantly striking toward Master Xieyan's direction, wanting to stop him from using the Realm-Breaking Talisman.

How could Xiao Yun let him disturb Master Xieyan? He gently waved the myriad soul banner in his hand, and countless ghosts drifted toward Master Xieyan, protecting him.

Boom!

Master Chiyun's fire clouds were swallowed clean by that group of ghosts in just the blink of an eye.

"How is this possible?" The ghosts that had been suppressed by him just moments ago actually swallowed his fire clouds so easily. How could he not feel terrified? However, he also felt somewhat fortunate; fortunately, he hadn't been arrogant enough to go outside the Formation just now, otherwise he would have long since been executed by the black-robed young man in front of him.

After a few breaths, Master Xieyan's Realm-Breaking Talisman had successfully activated. "Go!" Following a low shout, the Realm-Breaking Talisman in his hand blossomed with black light, arriving near the Formation in an instant.

Boom! Bang!

A huge mushroom cloud appeared above the Formation, and immediately afterward, the Formation began to fracture.

Starting from one corner, it extended all the way across the entire Formation.

Puff!

Those Foundation Establishment Cultivators near the Formation Plate all suffered the backlash of the Formation, coughing up blood simultaneously, their aura dropping to less than ten percent. The still-conscious Foundation Establishment Cultivators quickly took out Medicinal Pills to heal their injuries, and then sat cross-legged to refine them.

Watching this scene, Master Chiyun felt a sense of powerlessness grow in his heart. As the Formation shattered, all the evil Cultivators instantly slaughtered their way into the market, and the entire market immediately descended into chaos once more.

"Old fellow, prepare to die!" Xiao Yun shouted sternly. Along with his stern cry, countless ghosts surged out once more from the myriad soul banner in his hand, among which most were Mortal ghost entities, alongside quite a few Qi Refining ghost entities, over a hundred Foundation Establishment ghost entities, and even two Purple Mansion ghost entities appearing.

Facing such a lineup, Master Chiyun's soul nearly left his body, and he immediately wanted to flee. He hadn't expected that the evil Cultivator before him had concealed so much strength while fighting him earlier; this was his true strength now, and he could see no hope of winning whatsoever.

"Want to run? Too late." Xiao Yun drove all those ghosts to surround Master Chiyun. Surrounded by countless ghosts, Master Chiyun immediately released a large amount of fire clouds to resist, while fighting his way out of the encirclement.

Taking advantage of Master Chiyun being too busy to divide his attention to deal with them, the two Purple Mansion ghosts immediately launched a surprise attack. By the time Master Chiyun discovered them, it was already too late. He waved his hand to take out several Talismans, but only managed to block one of the Purple Mansion ghosts; the other Purple Mansion ghost seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, instantly piercing through Master Chiyun's body.

"Damn it, this old man is unreconciled!" Master Chiyun spat a mouthful of fresh blood, crying out miserably. Having finally cultivated to the Purple Mansion stage as a Cultivator, he ended up dying on the road today.

Enduring the intense pain, he took out an escape Talisman and wanted to slip away. Shouting out loud just now was actually to make Xiao Yun lower his guard; after all, how could a Purple Palace Cultivator be killed so easily? However, this move also caused quite a bit of damage to him, and at least his Divine Soul suffered heavy trauma.