Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor-Chapter 1289 - 1286: Mountain Protection Array

"Activate the Mountain Protection Array!"

Amidst a dead silence, Hu Qing, with eyes bloodshot, shouted hysterically.

Currently, Senior Brother Five Thunders True Monarch is in seclusion in a secret room, recuperating from injuries, and is temporarily unable to come out.

Meanwhile, Senior Brother Lu Feng left for a journey a few days ago and has yet to return.

In Heavenly Thunder Sect, there are a total of nine Divinity Transformation True Monarchs, but now four have been lost.

Judging by the current situation, Mu Ying, who remains in the Jian Dynasty, is probably facing grim prospects.

Junior Brother Qinghe has also suffered serious injuries, and of the Nascent Soul experts, over half are dead or wounded.

Now, only Hu Qing remains, struggling to hold the fort alone.

This Mountain Protection Array is considered the last hope.

If even the Mountain Protection Array cannot stop Li Chen’s attack,

then the consequences for Heavenly Thunder Sect would be unimaginable.

With the command from Law Enforcement Elder Hu Qing, the disciples of Heavenly Thunder Sect snapped out of their shock and frantically got to work.

The Mountain Protection Array is a grand formation that a Great Sect might only deploy when facing a life-and-death crisis.

The Heavenly Thunder Sect’s Mountain Protection Array, including this instance, has been activated only three times since its establishment.

Generally, this Mountain Protection Array prioritizes defense and supplements with offense.

However, some Great Sects have arrays that balance both attack and defense.

Additionally, they provide extensive defense coverage and endure for long periods.

With Hu Qing’s command, the Mountain Protection Array was immediately activated, with rolling dark clouds bearing down on the city.

Tens of thousands of thunders roared across the sky, enveloping the entire Heavenly Thunder Mountain.

This is the Mountain Protection Array of Heavenly Thunder Sect!

Anyone who trespasses will be turned to dust under the tens of thousands of thunders!

Even a strong Divinity Transformation True Monarch, with a slight misstep, could not escape death.

However, Li Chen had no fear of this. In fact, deep within his bright, intense eyes, a fierce battle spirit smoldered.

Such an intense concentration of furious lightning was the perfect means for tempering large armies of puppets.

With this thought, Li Chen hesitated no longer and directly summoned the Infinite Jade Bi, teleporting out a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers.

He held the Seven-star Dragon Abyss in his right hand, and raised the Imperial Jade Seal high in his left, like an emperor looking down on his invincible army.

"Great Qin Cavalry, charge with me!"

Li Chen had brought out a total of a hundred thousand puppets from Emperor Qin’s Mausoleum.

Leaving ten thousand on Earth, and after years of successive battles which damaged part of them, only eighty thousand remained.

Yet these eighty thousand, through years of meticulous tempering by Li Chen, had fundamentally transformed.

Seeing Li Chen summon an army of tens of thousands of Demon Puppets, everyone stared in shock, their jaws agape.

It’s essential to know that crafting a puppet is incredibly taxing.

Even the most basic puppet requires three to five months to fully form.

And during this time, it demands a continuous influx of energy.

Therefore, for ordinary cultivators, it’s nothing short of a luxury.

For a cultivator of Nascent Soul rank and above, it’s merely a useless appendage.

After all, human energy is limited. The more time spent crafting puppets, the less there is for cultivation and increasing personal cultivation.

Moreover, the vast majority of mid-to-low-level puppets cannot perform cultivation techniques, relying only on their robust physical bodies, impervious to fear and pain, for simple and brutal death charges.

For ordinary cultivators, this might hold some deterrent power.

But a Nascent Soul cultivator can completely dismiss them.

Thus, few bother crafting puppets; the time and materials might as well go into making a magical treasure!

Even Great Sects typically have only some auxiliary-type puppets.

"Who on earth is this Li Chen? It’s enough for him to be a freak, but just who is he, hiding an army of close to a hundred thousand puppets?"

Heavenly Thunder Sect disciples were all dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning, voicing their disbelief.

Seeing the unrest among his people, Hu Qing immediately shouted: "Everyone, don’t panic, these are all low-level puppets and cannot break through our Mountain Protection Array!"

Upon hearing the Law Enforcement Elder’s words, the tension across Heavenly Thunder Sect gradually eased, and everyone stood ready.

Li Chen’s pupils sharply contracted, employing Death’s Eye to probe the Mountain Protection Array of Heavenly Thunder Sect, searching for weaknesses from every angle.

Soon, he noticed numerous star-like glimmers.

These were the weaknesses!

The more the glimmers gathered, the more severe the weaknesses.

With this thought, a sinister smile spread across Li Chen’s lips.

Pointing his Jian Feng, he commanded the eighty thousand Puppet Heavenly Soldiers to change formations, with every thousand forming a unit, launching attacks in turns.

And their target was a single point!

As long as he could tear open a breach, the power of the Mountain Protection Array would be greatly reduced. He might even destroy it in one go.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Under Li Chen’s command, the Puppet Heavenly Soldiers took turns attacking.

After each unit’s attack, they would quickly retreat to the back of the formation, queuing up once more.

The battle teams at the back would fill the frontline gaps promptly, launching swift attacks to leave no room for respite.

Thus, the cycles continued, flowing endlessly!

Initially, the Mountain Protection Array could withstand it.

But as the number of attacks increased, the concentrated impact created more and more weaknesses.

Before long, the entire Mountain Protection Array began to shudder slightly.

Seeing this, the shadow of Death God loomed over Heavenly Thunder Mountain, weighing on every disciple’s heart.

From elders to ordinary disciples, all wore heavy expressions, as if mourning.

They looked at Li Chen as if he were a Death God, their eyes filled with dread.

"Senior Brother Hu, if this continues, the Mountain Protection Array won’t hold for long, when will Senior Brother Sect Leader come out of seclusion?"

The Qinghe Monarch urgently transmitted his voice to Hu Qing.

Hu Qing was attempting to use a secret technique to contact Senior Brother Sect Leader Five Thunders True Monarch.

But received no response!

He did manage to contact Senior Brother Lu Feng, but at present, Lu Feng is three hundred thousand miles away at Dragon Head Mountain. Even if he rushed back tirelessly, it would still take a day and a night.

"Don’t worry, Junior Brother Qinghe. Senior Brother Sect Leader is about to come out, and Senior Brother Lu Feng is already on his way. Today, Li Chen is as good as dead!"

Hu Qing’s words were not merely addressed to Qinghe.

They were broadcast like a radio, reaching every Heavenly Thunder Sect disciple’s ears.

With morale extremely low, he aimed to boost it through this method.

Sure enough, no sooner had he spoken than the entire sect’s mood was uplifted. The earlier slump was swept away, and morale soared.

With the morale now usable, Hu Qing finally felt a bit relieved.

If they could hold on for just one more day and night, even if Senior Brother Sect Leader Five Thunders True Monarch didn’t come out, Senior Brother Lu Feng would arrive.

By then, this Li Chen would truly be doomed!