Published: August 25, 2025
Chapter 266: Fierce Battle
Han Li's side had nine foundation establishment cultivators and more than sixty qi refining stage disciples. Although they were somewhat weaker compared to the enemy, with the Four Fiends Formation as their backing, they still had a fighting chance.
Under Xuan Le's command, Han Li and the other cultivators soared upward, hiding at the edge of the Four Fiends Formation, silently watching the enemy’s movements.
It was only now that Han Li got a clearer look at the invaders from the demonic path!
Most of them wore red and yellow robes, apparently from two different sects.
At the front stood an average-looking young woman in red and an elderly man in yellow robes, around sixty or seventy years old. Their cultivation bases were nothing extraordinary — early foundation establishment for the woman and late foundation establishment for the man. They wore smiles as they exchanged words.
"Be cautious. These people are from the Demonic Flame Sect and the Heavenly Fiend Sect," Lv Tianmeng, who had some experience fighting the six demon sects, warned the cultivators on either side cautiously, clearly wary of these two sects.
Hearing this, Han Li and the others immediately raised their alertness and became even more cautious.
At that moment, the young woman in red ceased her conversation, turning to say something coldly.
Han Li and the others were too far to hear clearly. But the red-robed disciples behind her all immediately sprang forward, slowly advancing toward the Four Fiends Formation at the bottom of the canyon.
At the same time, the elderly man in yellow silently waved his hand, and the yellow-robed cultivators on his side transformed into over a dozen golden streaks flying straight at the formation, even arriving ahead of the red-robed group. This sudden move made Han Li and the others inside the formation hold their breath, some impatiently activating their magical artifacts.
Of course, these yellow-robed cultivators were not foolish enough to charge directly into the formation. Instead, they stopped about ten yards away and revealed their forms. Then, various magical artifacts flew out from them, surging fiercely toward the grand formation.
The collision of the artifacts’ strange lights with the four-color (blue, red, green, yellow) restrictive spells of the Four Fiends Formation exploded like thunder, causing the cultivators from the Seven Sects below to change their expressions slightly.
“Half of you focus on the Heavenly Fiend Sect’s people. We cannot let them break our grand formation. The other half guard against the Demonic Flame Sect’s cultivators!” Xuan Le of the Moon Veil Sect murmured thoughtfully before decisively giving the order.
Then she leapt from the formation, releasing a pure white small sword that transformed into a gleaming white streak, blocking a flying knife and a bead-shaped magical artifact outside the formation.
Hearing this, the cultivators following Xuan Le also unleashed their magical artifacts, rushing out to intercept most of the enemy’s assault. Han Li was naturally among them. He released his expertly wielded Golden Toad Mother and Child Blades, a golden net formed from several golden lights, which directly trapped a blue-green long spear-shaped artifact.
Because the artifact owner Han Li chose was at the early foundation establishment level like himself, the battle, though filled with swirling golden and blue radiance and seeming intense, was actually easy for Han Li to control. He could occasionally sneak a glance at other battle groups.
The situation seemed manageable!
Most of Han Li’s side were only qi refining stage cultivators, whose magical artifacts were no match for the enemy’s. It took about five or six of them together to barely hold off one foundation establishment cultivator’s attack. But thanks to the protection of the grand formation, these cultivators could retreat inside it in times of danger, so no casualties had occurred yet. As for the few other foundation establishment cultivators, like Han Li, each was locked in fierce battles, skillfully holding their ground against yellow-robed opponents.