Chapter 728: Opportunity

Spiritual power surged across the battlefield, where figures intertwined and blurred in a fierce and desperate struggle. Cultivators from both factions unleashed numerous secret techniques, engaging in a relentless exchange of blows.

Bloodfiend, who had been hovering in mid-air observing the battle, finally lost his composure. The Blood Clan's proud secret techniques had failed to achieve their anticipated effect, making him realize that Dragon Realm was a tough nut to crack.

"How utterly stubborn!"

The moment he spoke, he transformed into a streak of crimson light and shot towards a specific part of the battlefield.

That was where the Grand Monks of Vajra Temple had gathered. With wrathful expressions, they bravely fought the enemy while continuously chanting loud Buddhist scriptures, dispelling the Blood Clan's secret techniques that affected the minds of Dragon Realm cultivators.

Bloodfiend clearly saw that the bald monks' secret techniques were the most potent counter to the Blood Clan's secret arts. Therefore, when he made his move, his first target was Vajra Temple.

The crimson light streaked in, colliding into the Vajra Temple's formation and instantly causing boundless slaughter.

Even though the Grand Monks of Vajra Temple each possessed astonishing physiques, they were like paper in front of Bloodfiend. Wherever Bloodfiend passed, he swept through them like a destructive force; no one could withstand a single blow from him.

Suppressed by the Dragon Realm's domain, Bloodfiend could only unleash power equivalent to the Cloud River Realm peak. Yet, he was truly a great cultivator of the Divine Sea Realm.

He was also the only Divine Sea Realm cultivator present in this Blood Clan invasion of Dragon Realm.

With the profound foundation of a Divine Sea Realm cultivator, even if he could only exert Cloud River Realm power, he was still beyond what ordinary Cloud River cultivators could resist.

What's more, the numerous blood-path secret techniques he employed were especially potent against those with vigorous blood and vitality, such as the Grand Monks of Vajra Temple.

Facing an opponent like Bloodfiend, Vajra Temple's disciples could at most exert seven-tenths of their full strength. This was the fundamental reason Bloodfiend swept through them so easily.

A furious roar echoed: "Monster, how dare you!" Then, overwhelming sword light swept in. Streaks of sword light crisscrossed, like the strokes of a character, slicing through the void and enveloping Bloodfiend from above.

More sword light streaked in.

It was Yuan Changcun from Haoran Academy, leading people to provide support.

He had been closely monitoring Bloodfiend's movements. After all, according to current intelligence, Bloodfiend was the strongest among the Blood Clan, and Dragon Realm could not afford to take him lightly.

The pre-battle task assigned was that once Bloodfiend joined the battle, Haoran Academy would be responsible for containing him and finding an opportunity to kill him.

A Cloud River Realm cultivator killing a Divine Sea Realm cultivator — a feat like this would have been utterly impossible a thousand years ago. The gap of two major realms meant that numerical superiority held no meaning.

But today, a thousand years later, there was room for maneuver.

The suppression from the world domain meant that even a great Divine Sea Realm cultivator like Bloodfiend, upon entering Dragon Realm, had to abide by its rules.

Around Yuan Changcun, a group of over a dozen Haoran Academy powerhouses, each at the peak of the Cloud River Realm, arrived on their swords, dispersing to the four directions. Each with sword intent soaring to the heavens, sharing the same origin and cultivating the same secret technique, their sword intents connected, instantly forming a formidable sword formation.

Within that sword formation, sword light was like a shimmering sea. An ordinary person falling into it would be cut into countless pieces even without the Haoran Academy sword cultivators actively striking. Yet, Bloodfiend remained unfazed. He merely lowered his gaze, and a low voice emerged: "You ants, constantly jumping around, are truly... annoying!"

"Kill!" Yuan Changcun didn't waste any words with him. With a single command, the sword formation erupted. Streaks of sword light darted back and forth, intertwining and crisscrossing, transforming a vast area into a death zone.

However, the power of the flying swords, formidable enough to challenge any Cloud River Realm cultivator, could not inflict much damage on Bloodfiend.

His cultivation realm was indeed suppressed by the world's limitations, allowing him to only unleash Cloud River Realm peak power, but his physical body remained that of a Divine Sea Realm cultivator.

The Blood Clan had slender physiques, but this did not mean their physical bodies were weak.

In fact, in previous encounters, Dragon Realm cultivators had already discovered this issue: the Blood Clan's physical strength was generally a notch above that of Dragon Realm cultivators, with some Blood Clan members even physically stronger than the Grand Monks of Vajra Temple.

Simply relying on his formidable physical body, Bloodfiend was almost invincible. The endlessly sharp sword light could at most leave only tiny wounds on his body.

And with his powerful physique, these wounds healed in the blink of an eye.

Nothing was more despairing than this, but Yuan Changcun's expression remained as calm as still water. As a sword cultivator like him, his mental fortitude was naturally extremely strong, and he had long anticipated this scene.

So after witnessing Bloodfiend's power, he knew that killing the opponent was unrealistic. But he could exert his full strength to trap him, to prevent him from causing more casualties to Dragon Realm.

Somewhere on the battlefield, Lu Ye moved through the chaos, constantly approaching the drawing altar.

At the same time Bloodfiend made his move, the Blood Clan members remaining near the drawing altar also started to move, joining the battle.

This led to the defense around the drawing altar becoming unprecedentedly weak!

For Lu Ye, this was undoubtedly an opportunity.

He had been trying to figure out how to approach the drawing altar but had found no clue. Yet, unexpectedly, the opportunity suddenly appeared.

He knew this opportunity was hard-won. It was a turning point born from Dragon Realm cultivators' desperate struggle, the result of the unified efforts of the three dominant sects, and also due to the Blood Clan's carelessness.

Perhaps the Blood Clan believed that in a place like Dragon Realm, no one could possibly break through the formation they had set up.

Furthermore, the Blood Clan was at a disadvantage on the battlefield. If they continued to remain near the formation and not participate in the battle, the situation for the Blood Clan would only worsen.

Little did they know, in this chaotic battlefield, a pair of eyes not belonging to Dragon Realm had long ago set sights on their altar.

His path forward was unexpectedly smooth because wherever Lu Ye went, Dragon Realm cultivators would fearlessly rush out from his front and sides to hold back the nearby Blood Clan members.

He had a feeling and turned his head to look in one direction. Just then, he saw Huang Liang, covered in blood from fighting, give him a slight nod.

He understood that Huang Liang was secretly assisting him!

Having always considered Lu Ye a savior and having witnessed his mastery in array formations, Huang Liang deeply knew that if anyone in this world could break the Blood Clan's defensive formation, it could only be Lu Ye. Thus, he had been secretly monitoring Lu Ye's movements.

When Lu Ye began to move, the excitement in Huang Liang's heart was indescribable. He immediately ordered the cultivators of Imperial Heaven Sect to secretly assist Lu Ye and ensure he reached the altar no matter what.

Lu Ye and Huang Liang had not discussed this matter beforehand, but at this moment, they cooperated flawlessly.

Under the relay escort of numerous Imperial Heaven Sect cultivators, Lu Ye hardly expended any effort, easily breaking through the Blood Clan's layers of defense and reaching the outer perimeter of the drawing altar.

Even without Blood Clan members guarding it, the blood-colored light barrier, a defensive formation, continued to operate, firmly enveloping the drawing altar.

With this blood-colored light barrier, which even the spiritual ships' attacks couldn't breach, Dragon Realm cultivators could not hope to pose any threat to the altar.

Standing before the blood-colored light barrier, surrounded by numerous Imperial Heaven Sect cultivators, Lu Ye activated the Insight Spirit Pattern to empower his eyes.

With a single glance, he instantly discerned the nodes and weaknesses of the defensive formation before him.

He then raised his hand and conjured numerous formation flags. His hands moved through various incantations, spiritual power surging, driving each flag precisely into the nodes and weaknesses of the blood-colored light barrier.

In the distant sky, Huang Liang, observing this scene, couldn't help but feel excited. He had already ordered the spiritual ships to prepare their attacks, ready to strike the drawing altar at any moment.

His feeling was right.

Ye Liu from Overlord Blade Manor was indeed the destined savior. At such a critical juncture, he stepped forward, with his own strength, bringing hope of victory to the Dragon Realm cultivation world!

In front of the blood-colored light barrier, Lu Ye moved around, with a large number of Imperial Heaven Sect cultivators following him closely. Wherever he went, formation flags were driven into the blood-colored light barrier.

A defensive formation of such immense scale was naturally not easy to break.

Of course, if it was just a simple infiltration, it would not have been so troublesome.

The nearby Blood Clan clearly noticed Lu Ye's intention and attacked in succession, but were all blocked by the Imperial Heaven Sect cultivators.

In about a dozen breaths of time, Lu Ye had driven over a hundred formation flags into the blood-colored light barrier.

Affected by those formation flags, the spiritual energy flowing on the blood-colored light barrier became extremely sluggish. Although it hadn't completely stopped flowing, its defensive power was greatly diminished.

That was enough!

Lu Ye could feel a chill down his spine, the sensation of being enveloped by immense danger.

The source of the danger was the spiritual ships brought by the three dominant sects this time!

The attacks from the spiritual ships were fully charged and locked onto the altar's direction.

"Go!" Lu Ye let out a low cry and led the Imperial Heaven Sect cultivators beside him to flee to the side.

Almost the instant they departed, from the spiritual ships, already prepared, formations hummed, and massive beams of light, like roaring thunder, violently struck.

At this moment, the hearts of all cultivators observing this scene stopped. Even those fiercely fighting the enemy devoted part of their attention to the movements around the drawing altar.

Not to mention Huang Liang, whose entire focus had been on this spot.

Having lived so many years, he had never been as anxious and nervous as he was today...

Under the gaze of countless eyes, the first beam of light struck the blood-colored light barrier.

The originally impenetrable blood-colored light barrier, after taking this hit, suddenly developed dense, spiderweb-like cracks.

Before this, this blood-colored light barrier had withstood three rounds of simultaneous attacks from the spiritual ships unscathed.

The second beam of light followed immediately.

With a crashing sound...

The sound of shattering echoed deep within everyone's hearts as the blood-colored light barrier enveloping the altar shattered and disintegrated like a broken mirror!

At that instant, Huang Liang was almost unable to suppress his urge to cheer loudly!

It succeeded!

It truly succeeded!

The defensive formation was broken; there was no longer any barrier outside the drawing altar. This evil creation of the otherworldly invaders was finally about to face destruction!