Published: March 3, 2025
Chapter 344: Life and Death at This Moment (Two-in-One Grand Chapter)
As the array was on the verge of breaking, many qi refinement stage cultivators could no longer hold back and quickly moved closer to the formation.
They wanted to be the first to rush in and loot, adding to their storage bags’ “collections.”
However, most of the allied qi refinement stage cultivators were still relatively rational or cautious, choosing not to act recklessly for the time being.
But if someone took the lead and others began tasting the sweetness of looting, it was hard to say whether they could still restrain themselves.
The Li Xuan Sword and the Soul-Reaping Spike continued to attack the array, attempting to completely destroy it, while Liu Yu opened his spiritual consciousness to take in everything around Phoenix Mountain.
Seeing the chaos in the team, he furrowed his brows and was about to issue a command to restore order.
But suddenly, he felt the array teetering on the brink of collapse and sensed a hidden change, a violent and destructive aura began to spread.
With his sharp spiritual perception, Liu Yu detected the anomaly faster than other cultivators.
“Not good, they’re trying to detonate the array!”
“Quick, retreat!”
His pupils contracted as he realized something and immediately used a spell to shout, sending his voice across the battlefield.
At the same time, he controlled the Thick Earth Sky-Piercing Umbrella to shield himself, pulling Jiang Qiushui back to retreat!
Yan Kai, Cui Liang, Xiao Chong, Wei Guangzheng, and the others changed color; upon receiving the alert, they also sensed something was wrong and tried to withdraw.
But it was already too late.
They only had time to put their magical artifacts in front of them when the array detonated.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!!!”
A thunderous explosion resounded, as if triggering a chain reaction, one after another.
Accompanying it was a violent fluctuation of spiritual energy!
One by one, the array nodes exploded, the rich spiritual power instantly turned chaotic and violent, forming a strong shockwave.
With astonishing power, it radiated in all directions.
“Ugh!”
Qi refinement cultivators too close to the array were blown backward by the explosion, most of their magical artifacts destroyed.
After the initial wave of the strongest and most destructive force, the aftermath gradually weakened and no longer posed a threat to the cultivators.
The rich and violent spiritual energy formed a five-colored tide, sweeping over the entire range of Phoenix Mountain, then quickly dissipating, returning to normal levels.
“Cough, cough…”
“Damn Bai Family, truly insidious and crafty!”
Yan Kai spat out two mouthfuls of blood, struggling to poke his head out from behind his magical artifact, feeling extremely frustrated.
He was now covered in dirt and his clothes were mostly torn.
Fortunately, due to Liu Yu’s alert, he had timely raised his defensive magical artifact, so he didn’t suffer severe injuries, just looking somewhat disheveled.
The physical bodies of foundation establishment cultivators were already beyond comparison to ordinary people.
Cui Liang, Xiao Chong, Wei Guangzheng, and the others were in a similar situation; they only sustained minor injuries, but a look of fear flashed in their eyes.
If it hadn’t been for Liu Yu’s timely warning, they would have undoubtedly suffered serious injuries, and death due to carelessness wasn’t out of the question.
The qi refinement cultivators fared far worse, with seventy to eighty cultivators who were very close to the array losing their lives in a muddled manner, even with magical artifacts to defend them.
Under the powerful force of the array’s explosion in that instant, they were instantly blasted to pieces, their remains scattered across the ground.
As for the injured cultivators, the numbers were countless.
“Want to escape?”
Liu Yu’s expression darkened, and after sweeping his spiritual consciousness, he understood the casualties on his side, his heart filled with a surge of killing intent.