160: The Attack of the Giant Rock Tribe!

The third day after the Heavenly Emperor Grand Ceremony.

On the Tongtian River, the morning mist had not yet dissipated.

One of the Lin Family's resource points on the Tongtian River, the "Azure Thunder Spirit Mine," was operating as usual, with miners entering the mine tunnels one after another.

This spirit mine produces "Azure Thunder Stones," which are important Materials for refining thunder-element Magic Treasures. Their value is considerable, especially High Grade Azure Thunder Stones, whose prices remain consistently high.

Just a fist-sized Saint Realm Azure Thunder Stone is worth 30,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones.

And this Azure Thunder Stone mine alone can produce up to 1,000 Saint Realm Azure Thunder Stones annually. Furthermore, it can even produce Great Saint Realm Azure Thunder Stones at its highest level. The value of this Azure Thunder Stone mine is thus imaginable.

Therefore, to guard the Azure Thunder Stone mine, the Lin Family specifically dispatched an ordinary Elder at the Peak of the Great Saint Realm to oversee it.

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"Today we're mining the eastern section of the third level. Everyone, stay focused," the overseer Lin Hai shouted loudly, cracking his whip in the air.

Suddenly, the ground began to vibrate slightly, and then the vibration intensified.

"What's going on?" The miners looked at each other, immediately feeling a little panicked.

Lin Hai's face changed drastically. As a collateral descendant of the Lin Family, he possessed a cultivation at the Peak of the King Realm, and his perception far exceeded that of ordinary people.

He suddenly looked up towards the mountains outside the mine – that wasn't an earthquake, but a large group of people approaching!

"Enemy attack! Activate the defensive Formation! Everyone retreat—"

This roar echoed over the mine, but before he could finish speaking, his voice suddenly cut off.

A yellowish-brown light, like lightning, descended from the sky with unparalleled power, striking directly at Lin Hai.

In an instant, a loud bang was heard. Under the impact of this powerful force, Lin Hai's body was instantly torn into countless pieces, turning into a cloud of blood mist.

This scene happened so quickly that everyone present had no time to react.

Immediately after, more yellowish-brown lights emerged from behind the mountains, raining down densely on the mine.

These lights were not ordinary attacks, but powerful spiritual energy wrapped around huge stones.

Each giant stone was as huge as a small mountain, flying rapidly through the air with terrifying power capable of splitting mountains and cracking stones.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

With a series of loud bangs, these giant stones successively struck the mine's defensive Formation.

Although the defensive Formation was activated immediately, facing such a fierce attack, it only lasted for a moment before being shattered.

And those miners who couldn't retreat were buried in the rolling dust, emitting shrill screams.

"Who dares to sneak attack my Lin Family's mine vein!"

Immediately, dozens of figures swept into the air, led by the Lin Family's Elder at the Peak of the Great Saint Realm.

From the dust, a team covered in rocky armor slowly appeared.

It was the Juyan Tribe's army, numbering several hundred.

The leader was nearly three meters tall, and with every step he took, space shattered layer by layer.

And his strength had reached the fifth heaven of the Saint King Realm!

"Kill!!! Don't let a single Lin Family descendant escape!"

The Juyan Tribe's strongman ordered with a sinister smile, "This mine vein belongs to my Juyan Tribe from today onwards!"

"Lin Family brat, die for me!"

"Boom!"

"Quick! Help this old man maintain the grand Formation! Deacon Xuankin, quickly notify the tenth Clan Elder guarding Tianyun Holy Island and tell him that the Juyan Tribe is attacking and request rapid reinforcement!"

"Understood! Elder!"

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The same scene was not only happening at the Azure Thunder Stone mine, but also unfolding at various other Lin Family properties and resource points within the Tongtian River...

The Lin Family's "Purple Lightning Fishery" was surrounded by the Juyan Tribe and subjected to widespread slaughter; the rare spiritual fish that were raised were all plundered; even the Lin Family's shops located on various islands were simultaneously attacked...

Clearly, the Juyan Tribe did not intend to give the Lin Family a chance to react and attacked simultaneously.

In just one hour, the Lin Family's properties that had been painstakingly built in the Tongtian River suffered devastating blows and heavy losses.

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Meanwhile, Tianyun Holy Island.

This massive island suspended above the Tongtian River is the Lin Family's ruling center in this area. The island is dotted with pavilions and towers, and the nine-story high tower "Thunder Cloud Pavilion" in the center is an iconic building.

The tenth Clan Elder Lin Daoguang was handling affairs at the top of the pavilion when he suddenly frowned and reached out to catch a flying transmission jade slip.

After sweeping his Divine Sense over it, his face immediately turned ashen.

"Clan Elder, what happened?" Deacon Lin Xiuyuan, who was beside him, noticed something was wrong and quickly asked.

Lin Daoguang abruptly stood up, his sleeves sweeping the documents on the desk to the floor, his face filled with fury: "Damn Juyan Tribe! They simultaneously attacked all our properties!"

But he quickly calmed down. He knew that with the Lin Family's current strength in the Tongtian River, they were definitely not a match for the Juyan Tribe. They could only request reinforcements from the Lin Family...

He quickly walked to the window: "Immediately activate the Holy Island's defensive grand Formation, order all our people outside to retreat to the Holy Island! At the same time, notify the Lin Family and request rein—"

Before he could finish speaking, the entire high tower suddenly shook violently.

"Rumble!"

In the distance, dense black dots were rapidly approaching.

After seeing what those black dots were, Lin Xiuyuan gasped – they were tens of thousands of Juyan Tribe warriors, tearing through the air on rocky warships!

"It's too late..."

Lin Daoguang's face was as dark as water, "The damned Juyan Tribe has come out in full force; they want to kill us all!"

He turned around and shouted sternly: "Transmit my order, the entire island is on alert! Activate the Jiuxiao Thunder Light Formation! All non-combat personnel retreat to the underground shelters!"

"Put all the Spirit Stones on the island into the Formation! We must hold out until the Lin Family reinforcements arrive!"

As the order was given, the alarm bell on Tianyun Holy Island rang loudly.

Streaks of thunder light rose from the edge of the island, weaving into a huge light shield in the air.

This was the island-protecting grand Formation set up by the Lin Family on Tianyun Holy Island, with a rank as high as Peak Quasi-Emperor level, capable of resisting strongmen at the seventh heaven of the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

The Lin Family guards quickly assembled, but everyone's face showed unease – the Juyan Tribe was coming fiercely, and the main force of the Lin Family was not here.

The Juyan Tribe's army arrived in an instant, directly surrounding the entire Tianyun Holy Island.

A flagship three times larger than the other warships slowly sailed to the front. Standing on the deck was a tall man wearing heavy armor, who was the Juyan Tribe Clan Leader Yan Poshan.

"People on the island, listen up!"

Yan Poshan's voice was like thunder, spreading throughout the island, "Today, my Juyan Tribe is only targeting the Lin Family people. If you don't want to die, scram quickly!"

Hearing this, the people of various tribes on the island, who were originally extremely panicked, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The island immediately fell into chaos.

Besides the Lin Family descendants, Tianyun Holy Island also had a large number of rogue cultivators and merchants who rented residences here.

Hearing Yan Poshan's threat, how could these people dare to stay?

"Quick, run!"

"The Juyan Tribe is crazy! This is the rhythm of going to war with the Lin Family!"

"Damn it! Don't worry about any resources on the island, now our lives are important, run quickly!"

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They fled quickly in all directions, fearing that if they were a second late, they would be drawn into this dispute.