Chapter 1443: United Against the Enemy

Wang Hua's body glowed with a dazzling blue light, and countless giant wind blades shot out from him in all directions.

A series of explosions erupted, and thousands of green giant pythons were shredded by the dense, giant wind blades. They disintegrated into a shower of black hair that dissipated with the wind.

By this time, Wang Qingling and Wang Hua were already over a dozen miles away.

As Wang Hua fled, he simultaneously cast spells to attack the middle-aged man. He naturally couldn't harm the middle-aged man, but his attacks significantly slowed him down.

About a quarter of an hour later, Wang Qingling and Wang Hua flew over a long, narrow valley, with the middle-aged man pursuing them.

The environment suddenly shifted. Fierce winds raged and dark clouds billowed. The middle-aged man abruptly found himself in a hazy, gray space. High above, an immense mass of dark clouds crackled with lightning and booming thunder, as bolts of electricity snaked wildly, creating an astonishing display of power.

"A formation!" the middle-aged man scoffed. "Hmph, mere child's play."

With a look of disdain, the middle-aged man formed a hand seal. Ten thousand streams of blue light erupted from his body, and soon, enormous green pythons emerged from him, flying out in all directions. Over twenty green giant pythons emerged from his body, and his aura visibly weakened. Each one of them was a third-tier demonic beast. This was clearly some kind of secret art, requiring a vast expenditure of spiritual power.

Booming thunder echoed from high above, and hundreds of silver lightning bolts, each as thick as an adult's arm, shot forth, striking down at the middle-aged man.

Outside the formation, Ye Haitang, Wang Qiuming, Wang Qingjing, Wang Qingling, and Wang Hua each held a formation plate. As they channeled incantations into their plates, silver electrical arcs shimmered across their surfaces. Wang Qingjing's face was pale; she had been injured by their opponent. Their opponent was trapped by the fourth-tier formation and couldn't break free quickly. If they stopped controlling the formation, he would escape immediately. They knew they could only survive by killing him; it was a matter of life or death.

A quarter of an hour later, the ground suddenly began to tremble as if an earthquake had struck. The spiritual light on their formation plates flickered ceaselessly, and several small cracks appeared on their surfaces.

"No good," Ye Haitang exclaimed. "He's about to break the formation!" Ye Haitang's expression changed dramatically. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator trapped by a formation shouldn't be able to break it so easily.

"Let's use the puppet formation to trap and kill him," Wang Qingjing declared. "I refuse to believe he can easily destroy a fourth-tier puppet beast." Wang Qingjing summoned her fourth-tier puppet beast, her eyes filled with murderous intent. Wang Qingling and the other three also summoned two third-tier puppet beasts each, their faces solemn.

Following a deafening roar, the formation plates in their hands suddenly shattered. A powerful wave of air surged forth, kicking up countless rocks and sand, while thick smoke billowed everywhere. Dazzling spiritual light erupted from the eight fourth-tier puppet beasts, converging to form a massive golden light barrier that enveloped an area of several miles.

The middle-aged man stood on the open ground, his hair disheveled and looking somewhat battered. In his hand, he held a two-foot-long azure blade. A lifelike azure snake was carved into the hilt of the blade, emitting an astonishing spiritual energy fluctuation.

The moment he appeared, nine puppet beasts charged towards him. His body glowed with intense blue light. Countless blue, flame-like strands of hair emerged around him, dancing in the wind. After a blur, they transformed into small azure snakes. With a flash of azure light, these small snakes rapidly expanded in size, becoming thousands of enormous azure pythons that lunged at the nine puppet beasts. The azure pythons bit into the puppet beasts, producing muffled clanging sounds. The middle-aged man brandished his azure blade, unleashing streams of azure light blades that struck the puppet beasts. The beasts were knocked back, falling to the ground, only to rush forward again. Each time they were hit by an azure light blade, a shallow cut appeared on their bodies.

"Tenth Sister," Wang Qingjing called out, "release the third-tier flood dragons! Attack him together; the third-tier puppet beasts can't hold him back." Wang Qingjing released an enormous azure flood dragon, and Wang Qiuming and Wang Qingling promptly released their own flood dragons. Three deafening roars echoed as the three flood dragons joined the fray. Constant booming sounds filled the air, the ground shook violently, and colorful flashes of spiritual light from various spells illuminated the scene.

The middle-aged man's expression grew grim. He had initially expected to deal with them easily, but now he faced both third-tier puppet beasts and third-tier flood dragons. The azure blade in his hand erupted with ten thousand streams of blue light, and a vast expanse of azure flames surged forth. He slashed at the void, and with a flash of blue light, a three-hundred-foot-long azure flame blade shot out, striking five third-tier puppet beasts.

A massive boom! After a massive boom, the five third-tier puppet beasts exploded, reducing them to scrap metal.

Just then, a chilling wind swept past, startling the middle-aged man. The blue light around his body intensified, and dozens of green giant pythons emerged from him. A black ghostly claw, over ten *zhang* in size, descended from the sky, clawing towards the middle-aged man's skull. He swung the azure blade in his hand upwards, and it shattered the black ghostly claw.

Zhao Meier suddenly appeared behind the middle-aged man, and dozens of green giant pythons spat out blue light, striking at her. A series of explosions erupted, faintly mixed with a mournful ghostly wail. Two inky black ghostly claws shot out from the blue light, seizing lightning-fast at the middle-aged man's heart. Clanging sounds of metal striking metal rang out as a large patch of azure scales emerged on the middle-aged man's body, protecting him entirely.

With a flash of golden light, a humanoid puppet beast abruptly appeared before the middle-aged man, its right fist slamming towards his heart. A fierce glint flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes. He swung the azure blade in his hand at the puppet beast, while simultaneously spitting out a stream of blue light that struck the humanoid puppet beast.

With a "bang," the middle-aged man was sent flying backward, and a long, clearly visible crack appeared on the humanoid puppet beast's chest. The moment the middle-aged man landed, a white light shot towards him. Just as he was about to dodge, countless thick yellow earth ropes surged from underground, entangling his legs. His body rapidly froze, transforming him into an ice sculpture. Colorful flashes of spiritual energy from various spells then converged, shattering the ice sculpture into countless pieces.

A tiny azure mini-snake flew out from the debris, heading into the distance. Before the mini-snake could get far, a sheet of black mist descended from the sky, enveloped it, and drew it into a palm-sized black jade bottle.

After eliminating the otherworldly being, Wang Qingjing and the other four let out a collective sigh of relief. Five third-tier puppet beasts had been destroyed, the fourth-tier puppet beast was severely damaged, the Nascent Soul-stage spectral entity was injured, the Black Sparrow was killed, and all three third-tier flood dragons sustained injuries of varying degrees. Only then had they managed to defeat the otherworldly being. Had it been any other Core Formation cultivators, they surely wouldn't have been a match for the otherworldly being, as they wouldn't have had third-tier flood dragons at their disposal.

Ye Haitang waved a hand, retrieving the black jade bottle. From a pile of shredded flesh, Wang Qingling found an azure storage ring. Her divine sense entered it, and her eyes lit up as she gasped in a cold breath.