Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 231 One slip can lead to eternal regret [Please subscribe]

The great formation has been broken!

After the two bases of the protective array were destroyed one after another, the Black Dragon Branch Altar's protective array suffered irreparable damage.

The protective array, which should have been able to recover in a maximum of an hour, is now impossible to restore completely.

The destruction of these two array bases greatly boosted the morale of the Jing Kingdom, while also shocking and enraging the Hualong Sect cultivators, giving rise to a desperate and reckless determination.

Soon, several protectors of the Dragon Transformation Sect unleashed the desperate secret technique "Dragon Transformation Ascension Technique," transforming into dragons and frantically charging into various battlefields to slaughter the Foundation Establishment cultivators on the Jing Kingdom's side.

Although the previous battles between the two sides were intense, they still adhered to some tacit rules. Before completely defeating the opponent's Purple Mansion stage cultivators, Purple Mansion stage cultivators would not actively hunt down the opponent's Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.

But now that the two array bases have been breached, it's only a matter of time before the mountain gate is destroyed. In their despair, those cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect no longer care about anything else.

In the end, it turned out to be a case of mistaken success.

Upon seeing this, the Purple Mansion stage cultivators from the Jing Kingdom, who were originally preparing to take advantage of the situation to expand their gains, hurriedly returned to rescue their own juniors.

At this point, even if the people from the three major sects, including Daoist Mingjing, invoked the orders of Golden Core cultivators, they would not be able to truly restrain the Purple Mansion cultivators.

After all, the law does not punish the masses.

Could those Golden Core cultivators possibly kill all of these dozens of Purple Mansion cultivators?

Once people are scattered, it becomes very difficult to regroup them.

Some even withdrew from the battle voluntarily due to excessive exertion or serious injuries.

Cultivators may be excellent warriors, but they are not soldiers.

They find it difficult to continue fighting for the orders of their superiors, even when severely wounded.

Perhaps they could fight to the death to defend their own families, but in this situation, that is absolutely impossible.

Once a number of cultivators retreat in this way appear, other cultivators will naturally follow suit.

Thus, what should have been a vigorous offensive to expand the gains turned into a rout.

When they realized that their own cultivators were dwindling in number, some cultivators still inside the Black Dragon Branch Altar even thought they had been defeated, and they panicked and hurriedly turned to flee.

As a result, many unfortunate people lost their lives in this confused and bewildering way!

Fortunately, the four members of the Zhou family did not encounter such bad luck.

After breaking through one of the array bases, Zhou Mingde and the other nine Purple Mansion stage cultivators who had made great contributions were busy besieging and killing the four Dragon Transformation Sect protectors inside, and had no intention of expanding their gains elsewhere.

After they had surrounded and killed three of the four Dragon Transformation Sect protectors, they were all extremely exhausted and prepared to rest on the spot to recover their magical power.

Before they could recover their magic and launch another attack, the sudden change in the situation forced them to retreat from the battlefield.

It was at this moment that Zhou Chun and the other two followed Zhou Mingde and evacuated the Black Dragon Branch Altar.

Because the retreat was somewhat chaotic, the first thing the cultivators from the three major sects, including Daoist Mingjing, did upon arriving at the temporary camp outside was to gather all the cultivators together to investigate and inquire about the reasons for the retreat.

In such investigations, of course, few people dare to say that they retreated voluntarily; they all insist that they only retreated after seeing others retreat.

Those like the Zhou family, who retreated with other cultivators, even brought along other cultivators to testify for each other.

In the end, it was only by having those who stayed behind at the camp identify who had returned to the camp first.

This has implicated Zhou Chongshan and Zhou Jiarui!

Fortunately, Daoist Mingjing had a good impression of the Zhou family, and Zhou Chongshan's wounds and age were also factors to consider.

After understanding the situation and learning that Zhou Mingde's team had breached a formation base, they did not pursue the matter further and even bestowed a healing elixir upon Zhou Chongshan.

Just then, seeing the changes in the war situation below, the Golden Core cultivators from the Jing Kingdom who were fighting in the sky, relying on their superior numbers, immediately sent one of them down to investigate and inquire about the situation.

Daoist Mingjing dared not conceal anything and quickly reported the results of his preliminary investigation.

Upon learning of the situation, the Golden Core cultivator was filled with mixed emotions of joy and anger.

The destruction of the two array bases means that the Black Dragon Branch Altar's protective array has a flaw that is difficult to repair in a short time, which will be of decisive help in conquering this place.

However, the battle, which should have been an opportunity to expand the gains, was ruined by the reckless actions of some family cultivators, which was infuriating.

However, the mistake had already been made. At this time, the cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect in the Black Dragon Branch Altar had already redeployed their defenses, while their own side was demoralized by this inexplicable defeat.

Even though the Golden Core cultivator was furious, he knew that this was not the time to hold anyone accountable, so he could only order his men to guard the camp and rest first.

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"Fellow Daoist Wang, please accept my condolences. Things have come to this; you must take care of yourself!"

Inside the temporary camp, Zhou Chun looked at Wang Zhixiong, who was pale and listless, and felt extremely relieved.

Fortunately, he wasn't greedy and insisted on going with Wang Zhixiong and the others to attack the cave of the Purple Mansion stage cultivator. Otherwise, his current situation would probably not be much better than theirs.

It turns out that although Wang Zhixiong and his group spent a lot of effort to successfully break into the cave of the Purple Mansion stage cultivator, they gained a lot of benefits from it.

However, because it took too long, the best time to retreat was missed.

By the time they finished looting the cave and came out, Zhou Chun and the others had almost already withdrawn from the Black Dragon branch.

As a result, cultivators like Wang Zhixiong who were unable to retreat in time were in dire straits.

Under the onslaught of the returning Dragon Transformation Sect cultivators, most of them lost their lives. Only a very few, like Wang Zhixiong, who had multiple trump cards to save their lives, managed to catch up with the retreating army and escape.

At that time, there were a total of eight Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Wang and Sun families. In the end, only Wang Zhixiong managed to escape, and even the Sun family patriarch, Sun Zhongping, failed to escape.

This blow is exceptionally significant for both the Wang and Sun families.

When Wang Guangping, a cultivator from the Wang family's Purple Mansion, learned of this news, he was so angry that he vomited a mouthful of blood. His internal injuries, which he had suffered on the battlefield, worsened as a result, and he had to go to a quiet room to meditate and recuperate.

Wang Zhixiong, standing in front of Zhou Chun, was completely numb, his spirits and energy utterly depleted.

Faced with his predicament, a flash of grief crossed Wang Zhixiong's eyes. He couldn't help but beat his chest and stamp his feet, crying out, "Greed blinds people! I, Wang, have failed the trust of my family, and I have failed the fallen elders and my fellow Daoists from the Sun family!"

His heart was filled with remorse at that moment, regretting that he should not have been greedy and made such a big mistake.

This regret may haunt him for the rest of his life, preventing him from ever overcoming it.

But that's life; there are countless examples of how a single misstep can lead to eternal regret.

All Zhou Chun could do at this point was offer some words of comfort and remind himself to take this as a warning.

After Zhou Chun and his group rested in the camp for most of the day, the great battle between Golden Core cultivators in the sky finally ended with the defeat of the Dragon Transformation Sect.

However, the Golden Core stage cultivators had too many ways to protect themselves. Without an absolute advantage, the Jing Kingdom was unable to capture even one of their opponents, only managing to injure two of them, thus achieving a minor victory.

The defeated Hualong Sect cultivators quickly set up three more formations at the breach for defense.

This prompted the cultivators from the Jing Kingdom to halt their pursuit and return to their camp to rest.

At this moment, Zhou Chun sensed another kind of power of Golden Core cultivators.

When a dozen or twenty Golden Core cultivators absorbed spiritual energy to restore their mana, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the entire temporary camp was absorbed by them as if swallowed whole.

Even so, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in this temporary camp was far from enough for these people. They could only use extremely precious spiritual crystals to help restore their magical power, or take replenishing pills that were much more effective than the Rejuvenation Pill.

In comparison, the Golden Core cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect are much happier.

The spiritual vein inside the Black Dragon Branch Altar is a high-level spiritual vein, with a spiritual energy concentration close to that of a top-level spiritual vein. It is more than enough to restore the mana of ten Golden Core cultivators, let alone thirty or fifty Golden Core cultivators.

With such a geographical advantage, they are not afraid of delaying the inevitable.

The longer it drags on, the better it is for them.

The cultivators from the three major sects of Jingguo, who were on the offensive, were naturally aware of this.

Therefore, after the twenty Golden Core cultivators had meditated and rested for seven or eight hours, a new order to attack was issued.

"By the orders of our esteemed predecessors, all those not seriously wounded must participate in this round of attack. Victory is the only option in this battle; defeat is not permitted. Anyone who dares to retreat in the face of battle will be executed without mercy!"

Inside the camp, Daoist Mingjing conveyed the decree to all the Golden Core cultivators in a stern tone, his words filled with a chilling aura.

Clearly, although the law does not punish everyone, the cultivators who had previously retreated were not actually punished.

However, given their previous poor performance, this attack order effectively blocked everyone's retreat!

Faced with such a harsh order, regardless of their inner thoughts, everyone had no choice but to obey.

Soon, the twenty Golden Core cultivators from Jingguo once again soared into the sky.

Seeing this, the Golden Core cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect in the Black Dragon Branch Altar on the other side had no choice but to continue their battle.

They have no choice but to go into battle now.

After the two array bases were damaged, even with Dillon, a master of array formations, it was impossible to repair the array bases in just one or two days and restore the array to its previous power.

Unable to unleash its previous power, this protective formation was simply no match for the fierce attacks of twenty Golden Core cultivators and thousands of Purple Mansion and Foundation Establishment cultivators.

In comparison, when it comes to actual combat, it's a matter of generals against generals and soldiers against soldiers, and their troops can have some advantage in terms of terrain.

After both sides' fourth-tier beings went to fight in the sky, the Purple Mansion cultivators from the Jing Kingdom led the Foundation Establishment cultivators to launch an attack on the breach.

The Moon Wheel Cult cultivators who came to provide support set up another "Crescent Moon Shooting Star Formation," and first conjured a silver arrow that was tens of feet long, which shot towards a newly arranged formation near the gap.

Boom!

With a deafening roar, the formation immediately began to shake violently, almost shattering.

On the other side, the Qinglian Temple cultivators were not to be outdone, and set up two of the Qinglian Temple's secret battle formations, the "Qinglian Sword Formation".

Two giant cyan swords materialized in mid-air and slashed at a formation set up by cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect.

At the same time, cultivators from various immortal cultivation families, such as the Zhou family, rushed forward and unleashed all sorts of spells and magical artifacts upon the three formations.

Everyone knew that in order to break into the Black Dragon branch and prevent their retreat from being cut off, these three formations had to be destroyed first.

Meanwhile, the cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect inside were trying their best to stall for time.

Apart from the cultivators controlling the formation, the rest of them were doing their best to intercept spells and magical artifacts aimed at the formation, thus relieving the pressure on it.

However, the difference in numbers could not be bridged by three formations.

After nearly two hours of continuous attacks, the formation attacked by the "Crescent Moon Shooting Star Formation" was the first to break, and many of the Dragon Transformation Sect cultivators inside were killed on the spot.

Then the "Crescent Moon Shooting Stars Formation" continued to attack another formation, and soon broke through it.

In this way, within a short quarter of an hour, all three formations were broken, and the cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect had no more formations to use.

"Charge! Slaughter all those traitors from the Dragon Transformation Cult inside!"

A cultivator from the Moon Wheel Sect, residing in the Purple Mansion Realm, shouted out and voluntarily dispersed the "Crescent Moon Shooting Star Formation," which had rendered great service, leading his men towards the gap.

The five members of the Zhou family followed closely behind Daoist Mingjing and once again stormed into the Black Dragon Branch Altar.

Because this time, the higher-ups have given a death order: we must capture the Black Dragon branch altar.

Therefore, Zhou Chun and the other three stayed close behind the Supreme Elder and did not dare to act alone again.

It wasn't just the Zhou family who were like this; cultivators from other cultivation families either followed behind their elders or banded together.

After the incident where the Purple Mansion cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect disregarded the rules and slaughtered Foundation Establishment cultivators, everyone became much more cautious.

Soon after storming into the Black Dragon branch altar, Zhou Chun and his group clashed with the Dragon Transformation Sect cultivators, who were also grouped together.

Various magical lights flashed and burst in the sky and on the ground, and magical artifacts flew in the air. The entire Black Dragon Branch Altar Mountain Gate was instantly transformed into a large battlefield.

In this chaotic battle, even cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage could be instantly killed by concentrated fire, and many others, focused on fighting the enemy in front of them, were ambushed by other enemies.

Zhou Chun also transformed the Golden Armored Rock Turtle into a mobile fortress, specifically to defend the four of them on its back from enemy sneak attacks.

They followed closely behind the main force led by Daoist Mingjing, seeking neither merit nor fault.

After fighting for more than an hour, the group arrived at the cave of a Golden Core cultivator at the Black Dragon branch.

The group of Hualong Sect cultivators who were defeated and fled escaped into the protective formation of the cave.

"Fellow Daoist Mingjing, what should we do now?"

A cultivator from a family of immortal cultivators looked at Daoist Mingjing with anticipation in his eyes and asked about his plans.

Sigh, because of some family matters, I'm feeling anxious and restless, and my condition is very bad. After hanging up the phone today, I was in a state of anxiety and couldn't concentrate on writing. I only finished this chapter now. I don't know if I can write another chapter tonight. If I can, I'll update; if not, oh well!

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