Chapter 2880: Obtained

Bian Yan formed a hand seal, and two yellow beams of light shot from the mink phantom's eyes, striking the character. The character quickly solidified, then cracked, and shattered into pieces.

Golden flames swept over, bringing with them immense heat waves that caused the void to twist and distort.

Bian Yan lightly pointed a finger, and an earthy-yellow shield moved forward to meet the flames.

As time passed, Bian Yan's face gradually turned pale, and she found it increasingly difficult to cope.

About ten minutes later, another character appeared above her head, rapidly expanding and plummeting down.

Simultaneously, numerous golden Buddhist scriptures appeared in the void, blurring and transforming into foot-long golden flying daggers that assailed Bian Yan from all directions.

Bian Yan changed her hand seal. Two yellow beams of light shot from the mink phantom's eyes, striking the character. At the same time, the mink phantom emitted a purple sound wave, scattering the incoming golden flying daggers.

She flicked her sleeve, and a golden light shot out. It was a shimmering jade seal, its surface covered with countless golden electric arcs.

This was the Qianlei Demon-Suppressing Seal, refined primarily from Qianlei Crystals.

She lightly pointed a finger, and the golden jade seal immediately intensified with lightning, rapidly growing in size before smashing towards the golden light screen.

With a muffled thud, the golden light screen merely swayed slightly.

Wang Changsheng had previously used eighteen Sea-Stabilizing Orbs to break out of the array. Bian Yan's attack could not even shake the Brahma Demon-Subduing Array.

The profound Buddhist chants resounded loudly, causing Bian Yan to become dizzy. The zither's melody also grew more intense, and her gaze gradually became vacant, her expression dazed.

The golden sea of flames suddenly condensed, transforming into a golden greatsword over a hundred zhang long. It cleaved down onto the mink phantom, carrying astonishing heat waves.

Bian Yan's Dharma Idol was not condensed from Purple Amber Divine Clay; thus, it simply could not withstand the attack.

The mink phantom let out a tragic roar, twisting and distorting as golden flames spread, engulfing it.

Not long after, the mink phantom dissipated and vanished.

With her Dharma Idol shattered, Bian Yan spat out a large mouthful of blood.

The golden greatsword struck the purple light screen with a muffled thud. A wave of golden flame spread, causing the purple light screen to emit wisps of smoke and its spiritual light to dim.

Another character reappeared, rapidly expanding, and plummeted down again.

Bian Yan's expression was dazed, her gaze vacant, and she couldn't stand steadily. As the character crashed down, the purple light screen twisted, distorted, and shattered shortly after.

Bian Yan was smashed into a pulp by the character, causing the ground to shake violently.

A mini Nascent Soul had just flown out from the ground, its expression panicked.

The mini Nascent Soul rapidly expanded, seemingly about to self-destruct. However, as the profound Buddhist chants roared, accompanied by a rapid zither melody, its gaze became vacant before slowly returning to normal.

A silver talisman descended from the sky and affixed itself to the mini Nascent Soul.

Wang Changsheng withdrew the array and flew into a giant crater emitting black smoke. There, he found a golden storage ring and several treasures.

The Purple Scale Robe was the Purple Mink Clan's treasured artifact, refined using secret techniques that made it unusable by outsiders. Other treasures, however, could be used.

Some immortal cultivation families or clans refine their treasured artifacts using secret techniques. However, such artifacts have a certain failure rate and require the addition of special materials. Otherwise, they would wish to refine all their treasures with secret techniques, ensuring outsiders could not use any of their belongings.

Wang Changsheng placed Bian Yan's Nascent Soul into a golden jade box and put it away, considering it a significant achievement.

He lightly flicked his wrist, and a beam of green light shot out; it was Wang Xiao.

"This subordinate greets my master!"

Wang Xiao bowed respectfully.

He looked at the chaotic ground; it went without saying that the powerful enemy had been slain by Wang Changsheng.

"Go inform Mengbin and the others that we have taken the Qianlei Mountain Range," Wang Changsheng instructed. "Tell them to send people to garrison it; this mineral vein now belongs to our Wang family. Also, have them inform Fairy Lin and others that we have annihilated the Purple Mink Clan guarding the Qianlei Mountain Range."

Wang Xiao acknowledged and departed.

At Purple Mink Hall in the Purple Mink Mountain Range, Bian Xiao, Che Yang, and a tall, thin old man in a yellow robe were discussing something with grim expressions.

The teleportation array to Qianlei Mountain Range had been destroyed, indicating that the human race had already captured it.

"Are the Azure Lotus Immortals truly that powerful?" the yellow-robed old man asked, "Able to break a seventh-tier array formation?"

"The array formation in Qianlei Mountain Range isn't purely defensive," Che Yang replied with a frown. "According to our intelligence, True Monarch Taihao's Natal Magic Treasure comprises twelve heavy orbs, likely mid-grade Transcendent Spirit Treasures. As for Heavenly Zither Immortal, we only know she's an audio cultivator with considerable divine abilities." The Azure Lotus Immortals had risen too quickly and rarely sparred or fought with cultivators of the same rank, leaving their collected intelligence limited.

"True Monarch Taihao wouldn't have a treasure like the Spirit-Shattering Mirror, would he?" Bian Xiao said with some concern. "Even if he possesses twelve heavy treasures, our Purple Mink Clan's petrification divine ability can still destroy his artifacts." The Spirit-Shattering Mirror was one of the Divine Weapons Sect's most treasured artifacts, capable of weakening the power of a seventh-tier array formation, making it easier to break through. The Divine Weapons Sect, carrying this important treasure, had gained widespread renown after five Body Integration cultivators collaborated to break through the Azure Leopard Clan's protective array formation.

"It's unclear," Che Yang suggested. "To be cautious, let's withdraw the personnel from other strongholds and just defend those two key ones." He hadn't expected the Azure Lotus Immortals to be so powerful as to break the seventh-tier array formation at Qianlei Mountain Range.

Just then, a corpulent old man in a purple robe flew in, his expression panicked.

"This is bad, Clan Leader!" he exclaimed. "Elder Bian and the others have all had their physical bodies destroyed by the Azure Lotus Immortals!"

Hearing this, Bian Xiao's expression turned grim. He commanded, "Abandon the other nine strongholds and focus all efforts on defending the spirit stone mine and the Five-Colored Jade ore vein."

"Clan Leader," the yellow-robed elder analyzed, "Elder Bian and the others' fates are uncertain. Perhaps they merely escaped."

"We must consider the worst-case scenario," Bian Xiao instructed. "If territories are lost, we can reclaim them later. The human race will surely wrangle over these territories for a while, using resources to prolong the conflict, but the lives of our clan members are the most important." He emphasized that lost territories and resources could be reclaimed, but if high-ranking clan members were all dead, the Purple Mink Clan would face extermination.

"Yes, Clan Leader," the purple-robed elder replied, acknowledging his orders before departing.

Lihuo Mountain Range lay in ruins, with many peaks destroyed. Wang Mengbin was directing his clansmen to set up array formations and strengthen defenses.

They had been unable to capture this stronghold, as the enemies were hiding within the array formations, leaving them helpless.

Wang Xiao suddenly arrived with news that Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan had taken the Qianlei Mountain Range and that they were to send people to guard it. Not long after, all enemies at this stronghold retreated, yielding it to them.

The Purple Mink Clan had also set up some offensive array formations, attempting to inflict as much damage as possible on the Wang family cultivators. However, Wang Mengbin was cautious, sending puppet beasts to scout ahead, sacrificing some of them. As a result, only three Nascent Soul cultivators were injured.

"Strengthen your defenses; don't be careless," Wang Mengbin instructed. "The Purple Mink Clan could counterattack at any moment."

"Yes, Senior Wang," the cultivators responded, readily agreeing.