The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 785: Chapter 785: King vs. King

The cohesiveness of the Splendid Dojo members truly couldn’t compare with that of the clan powers by a large margin.

This also led to wavering morale when they previously attacked the Guardian Array of Flowing Light City: due to the constant casualties in their ranks, some Martial Artists even doubted Jing Yan’s leadership abilities and suspected he didn’t care for their lives.

But now, Jing Yan alone had charged into the city and destroyed all the formations inside and out, which surged the confidence of the Alliance’s Martial Artists to an unprecedented level. Like wild wolves catching the scent of blood, they charged towards the Ancient Family Mansion.

Hundreds of figures rapidly approached from four directions, killing ruthlessly anyone who resisted.

In no time, the vast Ancient Family Mansion was surrounded by the members of the Glory Alliance.

Nine Hall Masters from the Holy Hall also joined up with Jing Yan.

”Alliance Leader!”

”Alliance Leader Jing Yan, I am thoroughly convinced this time!”

”Haha... Just a short while ago, I thought we were going to lose. But it turns out, Alliance Leader Jing Yan had already calculated everything!”

Seeing Jing Yan, everyone spoke up, their expressions full of reverence.

Without Jing Yan, they would have never been able to break the formation of Flowing Light City so quickly. This war would have been a drawn-out struggle, lasting at least five to seven years at the shortest.

Yet Jing Yan had practically single-handedly destroyed all the formations inside and outside the city.

”If not for everyone’s assistance, I wouldn’t have been able to break so many formations in such a short time,” Jing Yan said with a smile.

”Alliance Leader, don’t be modest! Now that we have surrounded the family mansion, should we launch a strong attack?” a Dao Emperor Realm Peak Martial Artist asked.

”Yes! The battle that follows may be very fierce. Inside the Ancient Family Mansion, there might be a substantial number of Dao Emperor Realm Martial Artists, so everyone should be prepared,” Jing Yan nodded and said.

The Dao Emperor Realm Practitioners of the Gai family, in terms of overall strength, were somewhat inferior to the Glory Alliance. After all, the Dao Emperor Realm Martial Artists of the Splendid Dojo had received two sets of top-level Elixir Pills gifted by Jing Yan, and the members of the Glory Alliance had also exchanged various precious resources for numerous precious ninth-level Elixirs at the Splendid Dojo.

These Elixir Pills had enhanced everyone’s Martial Arts Cultivation somewhat.

Thus, the Dao Emperor Realm Practitioners of the Alliance were overall stronger than those of the Gai family.

”Alliance Leader Jing Yan, give the order to attack!” everyone urged, with eyes wide in anticipation.

”Attack! There are not many formations inside and outside the Ancient Family Mansion, only one Advanced Defense Array!” Jing Yan had already covered the entire Ancient Family Mansion with his Divine Soul, scouting the operating formations.

Indeed, only one Advanced Defense Array had been set up inside and outside the Ancient Family Mansion.

This was also understandable.

After all, the entire Flowing Light City was considered private property of the Gai family. Protecting the entire Flowing Light City was the most normal choice for the Gai family.

The setting up of a Defensive Array in the Ancient Family Mansion was just to prevent accidents, a formation that was maintained over a long period, to avoid sudden attacks by Martial Artists who entered Flowing Light City.

The Gai family wasn’t afraid of a common Martial Artist attacking the mansion as they could quickly get control over the situation. However, if the attacker was considerably strong, they could also cause damage to the mansion.

The purpose of placing the Advanced Defense Array was to prevent such situations from happening.

In the Gai family’s view, even if a large-scale attack occurred, they would only need to defend the entire Flowing Light City.

As for why the Array Base was not placed inside the Ancient Family Mansion, it was an inevitable choice. With too many formations, if the Array Bases were too close together and crammed in a smaller space, the formations would inevitably affect each other when operating, reducing their power; managing several Advanced Arrays is much more complex than just managing a few.

Moreover, these large-scale Advanced Arrays covering the whole city had immensely large Array Bases; the Ancient Family Mansion simply had no place to fit so many Array Bases. Hiding the bases throughout the city also added a layer of protection. If the enemy had High-level Array Masters among them, it would not be easy to find the Array Bases that were hidden away.

But the Gai family could never have imagined there was an Array Master like Jing Yan on the Continent, who also had a tremendously powerful Divine Soul. Merely having great strength in Array Dao would not have allowed such swift identification of all Array Bases.

Upon hearing Jing Yan’s words, the Alliance’s Martial Artists began to unleash their Primordial Energy.

”Boom!”

A solitary Advanced Defense Array simply couldn’t withstand the attacks of so many Martial Artists.

The energy shield of the formation flickered for a moment before completely vanishing. The Ancient Family Mansion was now fully exposed to the view of the members of the Glory Alliance.

”Jing Yan!”

A fierce shout came from within the mansion.

THERE_SEND, dressed in a dark gold robe, Gu Wanquan floated up slowly, confronting the alliance led by Jing Yan from a distance.

Behind Gu Wanquan, a dense crowd of Martial Artists gathered, numbering in the tens of thousands.

Of course, among these Martial Artists, the number of those in the Dao Emperor and Dao King Realms was relatively small. Among the tens of thousands, the vast majority were Postnatal Realm, with only a small portion being Innate Realm. The number of practitioners above Innate Realm was even fewer.

”Gu Wanquan!” Jing Yan’s gaze sharpened as he looked at Gu Wanquan in the dark gold robe.

Interestingly, this was only the second time Jing Yan had met Gu Wanquan. The first time, in the Despair Abyss, Jing Yan had been pursued by Gu Wanquan, which was less than twenty years ago. Now, Jing Yan himself was leading a group of powerfully Cultivated Martial Artists to surround the Ancient Family Mansion.

At that time in the Despair Abyss, Gu Wanquan could have never imagined that the Gai family would see such a day.

”Jing Yan, what on earth do you want?” Gu Wanquan took a deep breath.

It was evident that Gu Wanquan was shaking with rage, yet it was also clear he was suppressing the anger in his heart.

From the moment the city’s formations were destroyed, a change had already begun in the depths of Gu Wanquan’s mind. He was uncertain about how the outcome of this battle would unfold.

And the biggest variable in this was Jing Yan.

He had reassessed Jing Yan’s strength several times, each time increasing his estimate of Jing Yan’s Cultivation. Yet each time, it wouldn’t take long before Jing Yan’s actions would force Gu Wanquan to re-evaluate his understanding of him.

Gu Wanquan currently was also unsure of how strong Jing Yan’s Martial Arts Strength truly was. One thing was for sure: neither he nor any of the Martial Artists behind him were a match for Jing Yan’s Martial Arts Cultivation.

”What do I want?”

”Gu Wanquan, have you gone senile? Can’t you see what I want with the current situation?” Jing Yan scoffed.

”Jing Yan, don’t push it too far!” Gu Wanquan gritted his teeth and shouted.

”Me, push it too far?” Jing Yan laughed, ”Gu Wanquan, back when you led Gu Xianlun and Gu Mo, two Ancient Family Dao Emperor Realm Martial Artists, into the Despair Abyss to hunt me down, did you not think you were pushing it too far then?”