Chapter 545: A Landslide Defeat

Chapter 545 -514: A Landslide Defeat

The appearance of the Celestial Spirit Palace was the final nail in the coffin for the Primordial Sect, a behemoth on the verge of sinking.

There was no Mountain Protection Array.

What awaited them was brutal, close-quarters combat.

ROAR—

As the Grand Array shattered, countless Cultivators corrupted by the Chaos God Pill let out beast-like roars. They swooped down like hawks, scrambled up the city walls like monkeys, and fired volleys of powerful crossbow arrows…

Tens of thousands of figures, like a monstrous tidal wave, surged forward with the might of a raging sea to completely overwhelm West City.

“Get down!”

Standing on the city wall, Chen Che just waved his bare hand.

A fierce wind suddenly erupted.

The raging wind that filled the sky rapidly condensed into countless Wind Swords. Each sword was about three feet long and formed purely of wind. They were crystal clear and so vibrantly green they seemed to drip with color, as if forged from jade.

They left brilliant cyan trails as they shot out, blanketing the area.

The jade-like Wind Swords pierced straight through the Cultivators’ leather armor, then continued to bore through body after body with a series of squelching sounds.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

Then, with their momentum undiminished, the Wind Swords slammed heavily into the ground, their blades still humming… Some were even stained red with blood from the sheer amount of slaughter.

Almost simultaneously.

Lined up along the wall, Xiao Chan, Meng Qianxun, Zhao Shifeng, and even Ping Miaohan—the Golden Core Cultivators stationed in West City—all struck out at once. In the span of just two breaths, the wave of enemies about to surge onto the wall was cut down.

For nine hundred zhang out from the city wall!

A full nine hundred zhang! The ground was completely stained red with blood—

But even so, the sight made the Golden Core Cultivators curse inwardly. ‘This is insane!’

There were too many enemy Cultivators, and they were too densely packed. With nothing but their fragile bodies, shoddy armor, and sheer numbers, they had actually managed to contain the Golden Core Cultivators’ attacks within a nine-hundred-zhang radius!

If it were only Qi Refining Cultivators, this war between the four great sects would already be over.

Unfortunately, that was not the case.

Because in a battle of this magnitude, no matter how many Qi Refining Cultivators there were, they were just cannon fodder.

No matter how vast their numbers, their greatest effect was merely to drain a tiny bit of the Golden Core Cultivators’ True Essence. But if they were replaced with Foundation Establishment Cultivators, the outcome would be entirely different—because enough Foundation Establishment Cultivators could indeed pose a threat to a Golden Core.

Not to mention, mixed among these Foundation Establishment Cultivators were a considerable number of those at the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer and Great Perfection—cultivators hoping to achieve a breakthrough through the life-and-death struggle of battle!

“Where did so many Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivators come from?”

Upon first clashing with these Cultivators, Chen Che couldn’t help but feel his heart tighten. He even suspected that every single Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivator under the Four Great Sects had been gathered before his section of the wall.

Only three breaths had passed since the Grand Array was broken and he and the other Golden Core Cultivators had made their move.

Yet nearly a thousand Foundation Establishment Cultivators had already burst forth from the sea of corpses and blood, instantly closing the nine-hundred-zhang distance to the wall. And these Foundation Establishment Cultivators were clever. They no longer fought individually like the Qi Refining Cultivators, but instead acted as a single, cohesive force.

Like a pack of wild beasts, they fearlessly charged the Golden Core Cultivators on the wall.

Chen Che flicked his finger.

A beam of Sword Qi whistled out. Immediately, a sense of wrongness welled up in his heart. This beam of Sword Qi, which should have been able to pierce a Golden Core, had actually dissipated after blasting through only five figures.

‘Unbelievable! Simply unbelievable!’

As his gaze swept over them, Chen Che’s pupils contracted.

He was shocked to discover—

Each of these Foundation Establishment Cultivators was wearing at least three or four pieces of Armor, and not a single piece was below Tier Two Middle Grade. Some of the Armor hadn’t even been through Sacrificial Refinement; they were just thrown on.

Combined with the pre-activated Talismans, these Foundation Establishment Major Cultivators were equipped like small fortresses.

‘Just how many Noble Families and Sects did they have to plunder to achieve this!’

Even Chen Che felt this way, to say nothing of the others.

Meng Changtu had never imagined that Foundation Establishment Cultivators could be so hard to kill. When his blade swung down, there was none of the smooth slicing he expected. It felt like hacking at solid bone with a rusted knife…

What’s more, after he had cut down dozens of figures, his blade gave a CRACK and a notch appeared on its edge. Only then did he realize that the few Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivators he’d just killed had each been wearing Tier Three Armor!

Even their Weapons were Tier Three…

However, thanks to the Golden Core Cultivators on the wall—amidst the great clamor of metal on metal and the spray of flesh and blood—the enemy Cultivators were once again forcefully stopped outside the city by Chen Che and the others.

But those seven breaths made Lei Boyu and the other Foundation Establishment Cultivators on the wall feel as if they were reliving their ordeal on Ghost Mother Peak. No, this situation was even more terrifying than Ghost Mother Peak—

In those seven breaths, the nine-hundred-zhang vacuum outside the wall was filled once again. Qi Refining Cultivators swarmed in like a tide; as far as the eye could see, there was nothing but a dense, surging sea of heads. The repelled Foundation Establishment Cultivators rode this ‘tide’ and surged forward again.

This was when the true terror of the wave-style assault became apparent.

The cannon fodder and Qi Refining Cultivators at the front provided cover for the Cultivators behind them to ascend the wall. The Foundation Establishment Cultivators who followed would then tie down Chen Che and the other Golden Core Cultivators on the wall, creating an opening for the Golden Cores from Mist Rain Tower to strike.

Each wave was stronger than the last. The ceaseless assault left no room to breathe, not even for Golden Core Cultivators.

BOOM—

In an instant.

Dozens of massive, rainbow-hued bridges of light streaked across the sky, arriving above West City.

Mist Rain Tower’s timing was nothing short of vicious.

Although the cannon fodder and Foundation Establishment Cultivators before them couldn’t compare to Golden Cores, this human-wave attack was a spectacle on a scale that none of them, including Chen Che, had ever witnessed! Especially those Foundation Establishment Major Cultivators, armed to the teeth and with an endless supply of Talismans and Magical Artifacts—each one was no less formidable than a newly-formed Golden Core Cultivator…

The city wall was vast; a mere dozen or so Golden Core Cultivators couldn’t possibly hold it.

Therefore, the gaps between the Golden Core Cultivators were mostly filled by Cultivators from Jinyun Valley and Primordial City. It was hard to say whether it was the breached East Gate or the towering flames of war within the city that gave these enemy Cultivators the courage to face death and charge at Golden Cores!

As a result, the assault on West City never ceased…

However, just as everyone repelled another wave of Foundation Establishment Cultivators, before they even had a chance to regulate their breathing, the rainbow bridges of light from the enemy Golden Cores outside the city arrived all at once. Every one of those rainbow lights was the manifestation of a Golden Core’s Magical Artifact.

A shocking seven of them were aimed straight at Chen Che!

Clearly, the Mist Rain Tower Cultivators had recognized Chen Che and intended to eliminate the Valley Master first, using his position as a breakthrough point to invade West City.

“Rise!”

With a wave of his hand, his Sword Pill shot out as a Flying Sword. As Chen Che traced a symbol with his finger, the sword’s tip and hilt connected, instantly forming a massive, shimmering Sword Shield. With a deafening ROAR, several of the rainbow bridges slammed heavily against it.

The rainbow lights shattered, revealing five Magical Artifacts: an oddly shaped Bronze Double-Eared Small Tripod, a giant ship anchor covered in rust, a bracelet as clear as crystal, and a Bone Whip forged from some unknown serpentine Demon Beast…

Every one of them was Tier Three High Grade, some even approaching Tier Four.

DONG!

A tremendous sound rang out. Chen Che’s body trembled, and he was forced back several steps. The seven attacking Golden Core Cultivators, having failed to succeed in one strike, showed no intention of lingering. With a wave of their hands, they retrieved their Magical Artifacts.

“AH—”

However, just because Chen Che had blocked his attackers didn’t mean everyone else had.

Amidst the bloodcurdling screams, Chen Che caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye: two rainbow bridges shot across the sky, and one of the Golden Core Cultivators near Ping Miaohan was completely engulfed, along with the section of wall beneath him.

BOOM!

With no wall and no Golden Core Cultivator to block them, the enemy Cultivators poured directly into West City.

West City had been breached!

Chen Che’s brows furrowed, and he was just about to provide support.

But over on the Jinyun Valley side, Zhao Yunchen, whose Cultivation Realm was just barely at the Golden Core level, was blasted off the top of the wall by a beam of rainbow light.

And the wave-style assault swept in once more…

Under the cover of the dozens of rainbow bridges, countless Qi Refining Cultivators had managed to get onto the wall. Leading them were a shocking four Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivators and two True Master Fake Pills!

These tenacious enemy Cultivators were like a ferocious python, relentlessly coiling around West City. Every attack was like the python tightening its coils, squeezing the life out of every Cultivator within West City!

They had just blocked the enemies in front of them.

When the Golden Core Cultivators five hundred li away once again sent their Magical Artifacts flying toward them as streaks of rainbow light.

BOOM—

Lu Yuntian was blasted directly off the top of the wall. His injuries were even more severe than Zhao Yunchen’s; he passed out on the spot.

“Che’er, we can’t hold on!”

Meng Qianxun retreated step by step.

Those Golden Core Cultivators outside the city were truly insidious. They would strike and then retreat, giving them no chance to counterattack. What’s more, they would swarm anyone who showed a sign of weakness. In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea since the wall was breached, four Golden Core Cultivators in West City had already fallen.

Among them was even Xiao Chan!

Chen Che took a deep breath and was about to speak when a sudden, massive explosion erupted behind them.

Everyone snapped their heads around to look.

They saw that South City, where the Primordial Sect was stationed, had completely collapsed. The Star-Picking Sect’s Great Protector, Jiang Shaotian, hadn’t used hit-and-run tactics like Mist Rain Tower. Instead, he had led his great army in a direct charge and was now pouring into the city in a massive tide.

At that moment, a single thought surfaced in the mind of every Cultivator in the city who witnessed the scene: ‘The Primordial Sect is finished!’