Cultivation Begins From The Desert-Chapter 102 - 101: Breaking the Array

The Blood River surged, demonic might rampant.

Under the attack of the Tier Three High-grade Array "Blood River Killing Array" formed by five Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators and dozens of Qi Cultivation Demon Cultivators, Zhouyang and the other two cultivators who came to support Xiao Bufan were immediately forced to retreat repeatedly, fleeing in all directions, no longer daring to engage in frontal combat.

By now, the "Seven-Colored Cloud Smoke" in the sky had long dissipated. It had been two or three quarter-hours since Zhouyang and the others came to provide support, yet no one else had come over during this time.

And in this short span of two or three quarter-hours, Zhouyang had already lost a Tier Three Lower Grade Defensive Spiritual Artifact, and his own magical power had directly dropped to less than sixty percent due to fully resisting the enemy’s attacks earlier.

The battle had reached this point, and he no longer held much hope for victory in his heart.

He now only hoped that Xiao Bufan could issue the command to retreat, so he could easily use the "Blood Escape Technique" to flee the battlefield.

Unfortunately, he did not know that since their arrival for support, Xiao Bufan had already extinguished any thoughts of retreating.

For Xiao Bufan, as long as he held the Blood Demon Cliff at bay and persisted until the sect’s reinforcements arrived, he could decide the outcome in one fell swoop.

Therefore, even though he saw Zhouyang and the others in danger, he had no intention to order a retreat, just continuously encouraging the three verbally, offering various promises to make them persist.

However, by now, Zhouyang and the other two had long seen through Xiao Bufan’s thoughts, treating his words of encouragement as mere wind by the ear, with no one truly caring.

If they died, even if Xiao Bufan fulfilled his promises afterward and transferred compensation to their friends and family, it would have nothing to do with them. Anyone who had cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Stage was no fool.

"Fellow Daoists, continuing like this is definitely not the way. The opponents have formed an array, capable of both attack and defense. Even if we can endure like this, the first to be unable to hold on would undoubtedly be us. We must break their array before exhausting our magical power!"

Zhouyang, having the lowest magical cultivation, knew he wouldn’t last if they continued. So when his magical power was consumed to less than half, he finally couldn’t hold back and transmitted his thoughts to Yue Mountain and Yan Yunfei to discuss a strategy.

Upon hearing this, Yan Yunfei immediately replied, "We know this too, but since the opponents’ array is formed, none of us are array masters, and our cultivation power doesn’t reach the level to break it by force. How can we break the array?"

Zhouyang anticipated this question from the two, so he promptly said, "I have a secret technique that can interfere with someone’s divine sense, but it requires someone to protect me while I perform it. If you two can protect me for a quarter-hour, I can use the secret technique to disrupt the array’s controller on the opposing side. By then, the array will definitely show a flaw, and you two only need to seize that moment to break the array!"

The secret technique he mentioned was naturally the "Godslaying Needle" spiritual sense attack secret technique.

However, to keep it confidential and not let others know the real situation of the "Godslaying Needle," he spoke vaguely, without disclosing specifics.

Yue Mountain and Yan Yunfei, both experienced cultivators of many years, naturally heard the loopholes in his words, but wisely chose not to ask further.

In the cultivation realm, inquiring about the details of others’ secret techniques is a major taboo, an act avoided even between friends of many years, let alone with acquaintances of less than an hour.

So after pondering for a moment, the two exchanged a look and nodded heavily in agreement, "Since Fellow Daoist Zhou has such confidence, we two will gamble our lives to assist you, it all depends on your means now!"

"I will not disappoint you two!"

Zhouyang’s face lit up with joy, and he solemnly made a promise with a serious tone.

After the trio made plans, Yue Mountain and Yan Yunfei immediately landed their flying swords beside Zhouyang, then used their various methods to lay down layers of protection, guarding Zhouyang in the middle.

As for Zhouyang himself, he simply enlarged the "Soul Suppressing Bell" into a giant bell of three zhang, enclosing himself within it, then closed his eyes and fully mobilized his divine sense to perform the "Godslaying Needle" secret technique.

Originally, if the "Godslaying Needle" secret technique could reach the foundational level, it, like his cultivation technique’s accompanying divine technique "Qianyang Celestial Sword," could gather a needle of divine sense within the body, ready to be swiftly used at any time.

But as luck would have it, Zhouyang hadn’t cultivated this secret technique to the foundational level previously!

Without reaching the foundational level in the secret technique, he couldn’t even directly use it to attack someone right now; even with careful preparation for spellcasting, there was a fifty percent chance of failure.

Of course, this situation was something he wouldn’t share with Yue Mountain and Yan Yunfei.

He had no other options now and could only choose to take this gamble. If he won, the battle could continue; if he lost, he could only use the blood escape to save his life!

The Yellow Sand Sect required its cultivators to aid whenever they saw the "Seven-Colored Cloud Smoke," but there were no rigid rules mandating that rescuers must fight to the death.

In the previous battle, seeing Yue Mountain and Yan Yunfei using a Tier Two Middle Grade Magical Artifact "Memory Pearl" to record the battle proceedings, he too offered 500 Spirit Stones to purchase an extra one from Yan Yunfei’s stock. Now, the "Memory Pearl" recording his presence in the battle was still in his storage bag.

With this in hand, even if he fled and the Yellow Sand Sect held him accountable later, at most it would be his personal accountability, without involving the entire Zhou Family.

While Zhouyang secluded himself within the Bronze Giant Bell to prepare the "Godslaying Needle" secret technique, the demonic cultivators forming the "Blood River Killing Array" on the opposite side saw the three suddenly abandon guerilla tactics for a defensive stance. They guessed they were preparing some grand move, so their assault intensified even more.

However, as the battle continued, the magical power of the Qi Cultivation Stage Demon Cultivators forming the "Blood River Killing Array" was nearly exhausted, and the power of the array was greatly reduced.

Under the full defense of Yue Mountain and Yan Yunfei, they actually managed to hold on for a quarter of an hour, not allowing even the slightest attack to fall on the Bronze Giant Bell protecting Zhouyang.

As soon as a quarter of an hour passed, without needing a reminder from the two who could barely hold on, the Bronze Giant Bell covering Zhouyang instantly rose on its own and flew into the sky.

Then, Zhouyang, who had been meditating inside for a quarter of an hour, suddenly opened his eyes. An almost invisible Divine Sense Needle flew out from between his brows, piercing through the blood-red protective shield of the "Blood River Killing Array" in the blink of an eye, and directly into the sea of consciousness of the Foundation Establishment Fifth-Layer Demon Cultivator presiding over the grand array.

Ah!

A scream echoed as the Demon Cultivator presiding over the array suddenly dropped the array banner in his hand, clutching his head as he rolled on the ground, wailing in agony.

This "Blood River Killing Array" was arranged with him as the main component. Now, with him dropping the array banner, although the array didn’t completely collapse, its power drastically decreased, revealing countless flaws.

Yue Mountain and Yan Yunfei, who had been waiting for a long time, wouldn’t miss this opportunity. They immediately gathered their remaining strength, each unleashing their ultimate Spirit Talismans and Magical Artifacts upon the array.

Rumble!

After a loud booming sound, the "Blood River Killing Array" was officially broken.

Once the array was broken, aside from the four Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators who quickly used Magical Artifacts to protect themselves and escape, several dozen Qi Cultivation Stage Demon Cultivators whose magical power was nearly exhausted, as well as the Foundation Establishment Fifth-Layer Demon Cultivator rolling on the ground, were all without exception killed on the spot by the backlash force.

"Good, well done!"

In the sky, Xiao Bufan, upon witnessing this scene, immediately cheered with excitement.

However, on the other side, Blood Demon Cliff’s face turned black, the ugly bloodstains on his face squirming like blood-red leeches, already furious beyond measure.

"Useless, a bunch of useless, can’t even deal with three juniors. What’s the point of me keeping this bunch of trash!"

He roared angrily, and with a flash of cold light in his eyes, blood-red demon flames suddenly ignited on the four Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators who had narrowly escaped with their lives.

Ahhhh!

The screams were continuous, as the four Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators engulfed in blood-colored demon flames, while screaming and clutching their heads in anguish, repeatedly begged for mercy: "Forgive us, Ancestor, forgive us, Ancestor! We were wrong, we won’t dare again, please retract the Divine Technique!"

"Hmph, even in front of the Ancestor, you dare to play such tricks. Do you really think I don’t dare to kill you?"

With a flash of cruelty on his face, Blood Demon Cliff looked at the four Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators he had cursed with the "Soul-Burning Blood Curse," his gaze indescribably cold.

He grew up in the Blood Slaughter Demon Sect, what schemes had he not seen? How could he not see through their little thoughts of preserving strength?

A few mere Foundation Establishment Cultivators dared to play such small tricks in front of him, a Purple Mansion Cultivator, how naive!

After using the Demon Sect’s secret technique to punish the four, he retracted the secret technique and coldly commanded, "The Ancestor will give you one more chance. Go and kill those three immediately. If you can’t kill them, you four don’t need to come back!"

"Thank you, Ancestor, for your mercy, thank you, Ancestor!"

The Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators, seeing the blood-red demon flames that were tormenting them retracted, were immediately overjoyed, hurriedly knelt down and repeatedly kowtowed in gratitude.

Originally, when they were punished by the "Soul-Burning Blood Curse," it was the best opportunity for Zhouyang’s group to act. Unfortunately, whether it was Zhouyang who had just consumed a large amount of Divine Sense to condense the Divine Sense Needle for an attack, or Yue Mountain and Yan Yunfei who had exhausted themselves defending for a quarter of an hour and unleashed all their trump cards in the attack, they were now at the end of their strength, unable to fight again.

Most importantly, even though the four Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators were screaming miserably, who knew if they were doing it deliberately to lure the three closer?

The deviousness and treachery of Demonic Cultivators were known by every cultivator. In such a life-and-death battle, who would dare to believe the enemy would disarm themselves and wait to be slaughtered before the battle?

Therefore, when the blood-red demon flames on the four Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators dissipated and they burst forth with a blood-red glow, clearly using some secret technique to unleash their potential, and counterattacked, Zhouyang and the other two’s faces changed drastically, simultaneously choosing different directions and fleeing.

As the three fled, Yan Yunfei and Yue Mountain didn’t forget to shout loudly:

"Elder Xiao, we juniors have completed the task you entrusted us with, and can no longer assist you. Please forgive us!"

"Junior Martial Uncle Xiao, forgive me. I am low on magical power and can no longer assist in slaying demons, I must withdraw for now!"

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