Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 461: Chapter 459: Finally Broken

The discussion about the Immortal Sect’s centennial tournament was, ultimately, just a tangent.

Soon,

everyone’s attention returned to Heaven’s End Valley before them.

”What does everyone think? How should we proceed from here?”

The general situation had been explained, and everyone who needed to understand now did.

Composing himself, Gu Xuanqing’s gaze swept over the crowd.

’To unleash an attack containing the Power of Space, even at the Soul Emergence Level?’

’The Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant... I’m very interested in such a curious creature!’

Jian Wuheng crossed his arms, his eyes shining faintly.

To be able to touch upon a sliver of the power of a Profound Pill Realm Zhenren while still at the Soul Emergence Realm.

For any Cultivator aspiring to a higher Realm, this was undoubtedly an immense temptation!

And as the person within the Ancient Sword Sect most likely to become the Sect’s next Divine Travel Realm expert, how could Jian Wuheng possibly be indifferent to such power?

As for the danger,

he glanced at Shen Changchuan.

Since Shen Changchuan had been able to dodge it,

he was confident that he could do the same!

”The attack with the Power of Space is potent, but it has significant flaws. With enough caution, a Cultivator at the Soul Emergence Eighth and Ninth Layer can perceive it in advance and evade.”

”If an attack can’t land, its power is meaningless.”

”Besides, the fact that the Li Family has been hiding in Heaven’s End Valley all this time proves they aren’t overwhelmingly strong. If they could truly kill a Divine Travel Realm expert with that Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant King, they wouldn’t have remained unknown in the Nanyue Territory for the last several hundred years!”

Seeing that after Jian Wuheng spoke,

the crowd had fallen silent again. Many seemed hesitant, unwilling to speak.

Gu Xuanqing couldn’t help but offer his analysis.

Although the appearance of the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant King was a major, unexpected setback for the operation,

even an expert at the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer could be ambushed and killed, to say nothing of the others.

But a careful analysis suggested

that the danger wasn’t entirely unavoidable.

After all,

the Li Family was an ancient power with a legacy stretching back nearly a thousand years.

To have survived for so long, the family was bound to have a trump card to protect itself.

Without such a trump card to protect their family,

in a place like the Nanyue Kingdom, where the Demon Dao runs rampant, they would have long since been treated as a resource pool and drained dry by some Divine Travel Realm power.

That was why, even before the operation began, they had anticipated that the Li Family might possess the means to contend with a Divine Travel Realm Level power!

Now,

it was just that some of their trump cards had been revealed a bit earlier than expected!

After briefly analyzing the situation,

Gu Xuanqing

then roughly laid out the plan of action.

Many people studied the plan, once again sinking into contemplation.

The eyes of some flickered,

clearly tempted by the prospect.

According to the plan, they would primarily provide support from the periphery, where the danger was indeed minimal.

However,

they didn’t agree immediately.

No matter how small the risk,

at the very least,

the Li Family in Heaven’s End Valley possessed a method that could threaten their very lives!

Most of the Soul Emergence Realm Cultivators present were not at the Ninth Layer, nor did they possess Shen Changchuan’s powerful Divine Soul Perception and Perfection Tier Two Body Skill.

If they were to suffer such an attack,

they had no confidence they could evade it!

But soon,

this hesitation vanished into thin air.

Because,

Shen Changchuan finally spoke up.

He made a promise.

He said that if they obtained the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ants and their cultivation method, and if the process wasn’t too difficult and the materials were available, ℴ

he could cultivate the ants for them.

Furthermore, after the Li Family was exterminated, everyone would be allowed to copy the legacies they recovered, including the cultivation and control methods for the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ants.

After Shen Changchuan made his guarantee,

the last of the crowd’s hesitation completely vanished.

They had hesitated before

only because the potential rewards didn’t seem to justify risking their lives to attack Heaven’s End Valley.

But with Shen Changchuan’s guarantee,

and the prospect of obtaining Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ants,

the benefits

were more than enough!

...

Time flew by.

「Five days passed in the blink of an eye.」

On this day,

BOOM!!!

A deafening roar echoed as the ground shook violently.

Above Heaven’s End Valley, the enveloping Array Light Curtain let out a mournful cry before completely shattering and dispersing.

’It’s finally broken!’

In mid-air,

the figures of Jian Wuheng, Patriarch Ouyang, Shen Changchuan, Gu Xuanqing, and the others hovered, their gazes fixed on the scene below.

Seeing the Array Light Curtain over Heaven’s End Valley collapse,

Gu Xuanqing couldn’t help but sigh in relief.

With the Mountain Protection Array broken,

destroying Heaven’s End Valley was now just a matter of time.

He looked down at the surrounding Disciples from the Sect, all at the Qi Introduction Realm. Seeing the exhaustion on their faces, his expression revealed a moment of hesitation.

But in the end, he issued a new command:

”All Disciples, retreat with caution!”

The larger the area a Mountain Protection Array covers, the more nodes it has.

To break such an Array,

one must either crush it with absolute power or destroy its nodes one by one.

And for this operation,

they had used the latter method to break the Heaven’s End Valley’s Mountain Protection Array.

Over the past five days,

the crowd of Qi Introduction Realm Cultivators had dismantled the nodes one by one under the watchful protection of the Soul Emergence Realm experts in the sky, finally succeeding in bringing down the Mountain Protection Array.

However,

despite having the protection of the Soul Emergence Realm experts,

the enemy held a tactical advantage. They hid behind the Grand Array, launching sneak attacks so suddenly that the guarding Soul Emergence Realm Cultivators couldn’t always react in time. Complete protection was impossible.

In fact,

the Li Family, stubbornly resisting from behind their Mountain Protection Array, had even managed to concentrate their power for a sudden ambush and kill one of the guarding Soul Emergence Realm Cultivators!

As a result,

over the past five days,

the Qi Introduction Realm Cultivators on the front lines, tasked with dismantling the Array, had suffered considerable losses.

Furthermore, after five straight days of high-intensity work,

many of them were exhausted.

So, Gu Xuanqing simply had them withdraw.

”Now that we’re at the Li Family’s core stronghold, the Disciples at the Qi Introduction Realm will be of little use.”

”How about we strike together and cut straight to the heart of the matter?”

Gu Xuanqing looked at the others around him.

”Agreed.”

”No problem.”

No one present had any objections.

Forcing the Qi Introduction Realm Disciples to scout ahead might reveal some traps, but it would be far too ruthless.

They weren’t Demon Cultivators who treated human life as disposable,

and they wouldn’t send their people to certain death.

The gap between the Soul Emergence Realm and the Qi Introduction Realm was too vast.

If there were traps ahead, those Qi Introduction Realm Disciples from the Ancient Sword Sect would serve as little more than a living warning,

their deaths the only indication of danger.

It was better to take action themselves

and avoid any further complications from a long, drawn-out fight.