87: Surprise attack!

They were all looking forward to the Sect Master successfully breaking into the Mahayana Realm and leading the Heaven Sword Sect to unify the Northern Wasteland!

Little did they know that their five strongholds were about to suffer a devastating blow from two other Sects!

In a valley three thousand li away from the Heaven Sword Sect, there was a stronghold called the Cangyuan Stronghold.

This stronghold had only been established in recent years.

Because the Heaven Sword Sect had discovered a High Grade Spiritual Vein underground here!

Therefore, the Sect had specially established a stronghold here.

This was also the most important of the five strongholds outside the Heaven Sword Sect.

The Elder guarding the stronghold rotated constantly, and right now, it just happened to be Rong Yuanliang's turn to guard this stronghold.

After the previous guarding Elder handed over duties to Rong Yuanliang, he left the stronghold and returned to the Heaven Sword Sect.

It was nearing noon, and Rong Yuanliang was patrolling the stronghold.

The Cultivators in the stronghold were divided into two groups; the majority were underground mining Spirit Stones, while a small portion were on the surface keeping watch.

The guarding Cultivators were divided into small squads, scattered throughout the thousand-li radius of the stronghold.

"Greetings, Elder Rong!"

A group of patrolling Cultivators saw Rong Yuanliang and said respectfully.

Hearing the sound, Rong Yuanliang also spoke to those Disciples with a full smile:

"Everyone has worked hard! But you must strengthen your vigilance; there have been incidents before where other Sects came to forcibly seize resources!"

"Yes, Elder Rong!"

That squad of patrolling Cultivators responded in unison.

Rong Yuanliang nodded in satisfaction, and just as he was about to step forward, he suddenly felt two Void Refining auras rapidly attacking him!

"What?! Two Void Refining experts? Who would dare to attack my Heaven Sword Sect's stronghold?!"

While Rong Yuanliang was shocked, the two Void Refining Cultivator auras were already getting closer and closer.

"Not good, hurry away!"

Rong Yuanliang shouted loudly.

However, under the suppression of the Void Refining auras, how could those Disciples still move?

Seeing dozens of people in front of him about to be killed before his eyes!

His heart was filled with hesitation.

Should he run, or should he stay!

The opponent had come with two Void Refining Cultivators, clearly having made ample preparations; if he didn't leave, he would very likely be buried here!

If he left now, then not a single one of these Disciples would be able to escape!

There was no time to think; in the blink of an eye, Rong Yuanliang had already made his choice!

He roared, flashed in front of those Disciples, and directly collected them into his treasure.

Then he immediately mobilized all his Origin Qi and fiercely exchanged a palm strike with the two who had arrived!

However, because it was sudden and Rong Yuanliang had also collected some Disciples, he didn't have enough time to mobilize his Origin Qi!

"Boom!"

A loud noise rang out, and the entire stronghold shook.

A figure flew backward in an extremely wretched state!

It was none other than Rong Yuanliang, but fortunately, although he was in a wretched state, he hadn't sustained too heavy an injury!

"What? Void Refining Middle Stage?!"

"Chenyin Pavilion, Fengluo Valley!"

Two voices sounded simultaneously.

What made Rong Yuanliang feel incredibly shocked was that the two other Sects had actually joined forces, and they had even attacked our Sect's stronghold together!

The message revealed here was that they were going to join forces to deal with my Heaven Sword Sect!!

Thinking of this, Rong Yuanliang was instantly thrown into a panic.

But seeing so many Disciples around him and underground, he couldn't bear to abandon them just like that.

"Save some more!"

Rong Yuanliang turned and flew towards the nearby Disciples.

He didn't know how many he could save.

Fighting two against one, he was already at a disadvantage. If he were Void Refining Late Stage at this moment, he would definitely make them pay!

Unfortunately, he was only at the Void Refining Middle Stage now.

He had no choice but to do his best!

The surprise of the other two people came from Rong Yuanliang's Void Refining Middle Stage cultivation!

This person's cultivation was only at the Void Refining Early Stage not long ago; who would have thought that this time he appeared, he would already be at the Middle Stage.

With such terrifying cultivation speed, his talent was likely even above that of the Heaven Sword Sect Master!

The two looked at each other and formed the intention to keep him here forever.

So they rushed towards Rong Yuanliang's direction.

The three chased and fought all the way.

Gradually, Rong Yuanliang had sustained heavy injuries.

And the other two were completely unharmed, apart from consuming some Origin Qi.

"Sigh."

Rong Yuanliang sighed deeply in his heart; he had to leave after all.

If he didn't leave now, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to leave at all.

With this thought, Rong Yuanliang violently erupted with his cultivation, repelled the two, and dragged his heavily injured body away from this place.

The other two saw this situation and had no intention of pursuing him.

Both of them were at the Void Refining Early Stage.

If Rong Yuanliang hadn't broken through, surely Rong Yuanliang wouldn't have been able to escape so easily today.

But facing Rong Yuanliang after his Breakthrough, it was difficult to heavily injure him, and it was impossible to easily keep him behind.

If it weren't for Rong Yuanliang constantly lingering to rescue his Sect's Disciples, it wouldn't have been so easy for the two to heavily injure him.

After the two realized this, they let Rong Yuanliang leave.

Anyway, they couldn't keep him.

At this moment, the Disciples who had been startled by the huge commotion were constantly flying out from under the mine.

As soon as they flew out, they were directly captured by the two Void Refining experts; the difference in cultivation was too great! They had no qualifications to resist.

Just like that, all the remaining five thousand plus Cultivators in the stronghold were captured alive!

Rong Yuanliang fought with his life, but only managed to save over a thousand Cultivators.

Fortunately, the other two forces still needed to use them to threaten the Heaven Sword Sect, so there were no large-scale deaths for the time being.

Those who died were generally killed by the aftermath of the battle between the three just now..

At the same time the Cangyuan Stronghold was attacked, the other several strongholds were also attacked.

Except for the Chenyin Pavilion Master and the Fengluo Valley Master who guarded their own forces, all other Void Refining Cultivators were sent out to execute the attack plan!

Because it was a deliberate calculation against the unprepared, no stronghold was able to hold out.

Except for the Void Refining Cultivators, almost no other Disciples were able to escape, and all were captured alive!

There were even three Soul Transformation Great Perfection Cultivators of the Heaven Sword Sect who were captured!

The number of rescued Disciples from the Cangyuan Stronghold was already the highest, and that was only because the opponent had misjudged Rong Yuanliang's cultivation.

The entire Heaven Sword Sect had suffered an unprecedented blow in nearly a hundred years!

The cost was so great that everyone in the Heaven Sword Sect was gnashing their teeth in hatred!

This news quickly spread back to the Sect, and after the news reached the Sect, the entire Sect was in an uproar.

It fell into an atmosphere of extreme anger and panic.

On one hand, they were angry at the despicable behavior of Chenyin Pavilion and Fengluo Valley.

On the other hand, they inevitably worried about whether Chenyin Pavilion and Fengluo Valley would forcibly attack the Heaven Sword Sect.

One had to know that the relationship between Chenyin Pavilion and Fengluo Valley had always been quite good, and there were occasional friendly exchanges between the two forces.

So in the current situation, it was hard not to worry about the future of the Heaven Sword Sect.