Family Rise by Daily Intelligence

Chapter 253: Chapter 161: The Oriole Behind, Another Retainer Added, Tallying the Spoils

In the Five Beasts Seven Stars Array, four Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Hee Family and Cao Family stood back to back, gazing at the five Foundation Establishment Demon Beasts materializing in the air, their eyes flickering with seriousness.

Hee Clan Leader gritted his teeth and said:

”Ping Xingtian, that scoundrel, dared to collude with the Southern Barbarians; he’s incredibly audacious. Does he not fear the World Suppression Bureau exterminating his entire Ping Family? Once I....”

Before he could finish his sentence, Cao Clan Leader interrupted:

”Brother Hee, why are you wasting words at this time? If we wish to break the array, bring out your Tier Three Array-Breaking Pearl quickly. You and I should join forces and break the array while the beasts haven’t yet fused. Otherwise, none of us four will survive today!!”

Cao Clan Leader was decisive. Before his voice even fell, he flipped his right hand, revealing a three-colored Forbidden-Breaking Pearl floating ahead. Infused with mana, the pearl shone brightly and quickly shot toward the Celestial Qian Array Hub.

The Life Gate of the Five Beasts Seven Stars Array is at the Celestial Qian Position.

Cao Clan Leader and Ping Clan Leader naturally wouldn’t foolishly rely on supposed internal allies from the Ping Family. They’ve long prepared a backup plan for such emergencies.

Thus.

The four remained relatively calm.

Hee Clan Leader wasted no words, swiftly using another three-colored Forbidden-Breaking Pearl, following closely. Just as the two pearls were about to explode.

Suddenly.

An Ancient Treasure Flower Basket appeared mid-air.

The basket emitted a five-colored brilliance, erasing the Spiritual Brands left by Ping Clan Leader and Cao Clan Leader on the Forbidden-Breaking Pearls. Then, with a flash of dawn light, it started shrinking and was absorbed into the basket:

”This....”

Cao Clan Leader and Hee Clan Leader were horrified.

This Ancient Treasure Flower Basket could even collect Tier Three Spiritual Artifacts, making their prepared methods seem laughable.

The four exchanged glances.

They realized it was time to fight for their lives.

Cao Clan Leader flipped his right hand, chanted a spell, and the Firebird Talisman in his hand burned out instantly. With a shriek, a Tier Two Firebird engulfed in flames emerged, battling the five beasts.

The other three also launched their methods.

Yet.

The five beasts in the Five Beasts Seven Stars Array, once defeated, quickly reformed, seemingly endless. With their talismans exhausted due to the basket’s ability to absorb magical artifacts, they could only use magic, which severely consumed their mana.

They were nearly exhausted.

Cao Clan Leader gritted his teeth and said:

”Brother Hee, reveal your trump card, or we’re truly going to perish here!”

Once they perished.

The Cao and Hee Families would immediately decline like the Ping Family.

Risking annihilation.

No reminder from Cao Clan Leader was needed.

Hee Clan Leader understood this clearly too, nodding slightly at the clansman beside him. The two immediately formed seals, their auras stacking together, and both lost their left and right legs completely, accompanied by chanting.

Following this.

A dragon’s roar sounded.

With a change in technique.

A Void Dragon Seal began condensing from above them:

”Roar!”

The Void Dragon Seal surged forward to strike the attacking five beasts.

The five beasts were instantly obliterated.

Simultaneously.

It speedily shot toward the Celestial Qian Birth Gate.

.....

Less than fifty miles from the Cloud Soaring Tribe at Yin Yang Mountain.

Fu Changsheng looked towards the south, seeing towering mushroom clouds rising from the Cloud Soaring Tribe’s direction. Witnessing this spectacle, his pupils contracted involuntarily:

”Foundation Establishment battles are truly terrifying when lives are at stake!”

According to intelligence.

He believed the tribe lured the Cao Family and others into the array, killing their six men effortlessly. But now, considering these old Ninth-Grade Noble Families, the Cao, Hee, and Ping Families indeed have significant trump cards. Even under Tier Three Array siege, they’ve caused such a massive commotion.

This made him wary.

The Qi Cultivation Clans he previously dealt with were indeed incomparable to these Foundation Establishment Clans, especially the great noble families. The Fu Family’s foundations were still too shallow.

Rumble!

Another explosion sounded from the sky.

The battle seemed to be nearing its end.

Fu Changsheng promptly concealed his presence.

...

Less than half a cup of tea’s time later.

A rainbow light descended from the sky, spirit light dissipating; it was Ping Xingyu who escaped by crushing a Flying Talisman. As the talisman’s power was spent, he landed on the mountain and worriedly looked towards the Cloud Soaring Tribe:

”Clan Leader, please, nothing must happen to you.”

Speaking.

Ping Xingyu waved his sleeve, causing his Lifebound Spiritual Artifact, the Wooden Xun, to float mid-air. An incantation entered the xun, expanding it to support three seated persons.

With a toe on the ground.

He was about to leap onto the Wooden Xun.

Suddenly.

Two yellow lights shot from the ground less than ten steps ahead.

One person carried a seven-year-old girl in his arms, another looked deathly pale, clearly severely injured.

Ping Xingyu’s gaze settled on the man.

Suddenly recalling:

”Shi Shutong?!”

If he remembered correctly.

Shi Shutong was a loose cultivator but achieved Foundation Establishment through alchemy skills. However, fifty years ago, Shi Shutong suddenly vanished, leading people to speculate he left South Huai.

Unexpectedly.

He encountered him today.

Ping Xingyu suddenly thought of something, glancing back toward the Cloud Soaring Tribe, then at Shi Shutong, whose skin was unusually pale, realizing instantly.

Clearly.

Shi Shutong’s fifty-year disappearance was due to being imprisoned by the Cloud Soaring Tribe for alchemy.