Chapter 3557: Broken Spirit Blade Shows Its Power

The Tianxiao Mountain Range stretches for hundreds of millions of miles in the southwest of the Wanlong Mountain Range, serving as the ancestral land of the Xiao Clan.

The Xiao Clan is the strongest subordinate clan of the Long Clan, renowned throughout the Celestial Dome Realm for their exceptional tracking skills.

In the central part of the mountain range stands a majestic emerald-green peak. At its foot is a silver stone tablet over ten zhang high, inscribed with the three golden characters "Tianxiao Peak."

Tianxiao Peak is a vital location for the Xiao Clan, and only a select few clan elders are granted free access.

At the summit lies a vast estate, featuring green bricks, glazed tiles, climbing vines, emerald bamboos, arched bridges, and gardens.

Inside a blue stone pavilion, a pot-bellied old man in a golden robe and a beautiful young woman in a silver dress were conversing.

"That Mahayana female cultivator possesses the Spirit Earth Physique; her defense is formidable. Even when Daoist Xun and I teamed up, we couldn't kill her. Daoist Xun was even killed by her. If I hadn't mastered the Thunder Escape technique, I wouldn't have escaped at all." The young woman in the silver dress, Meng Yan, a Mahayana early-stage cultivator, finished speaking with a look of lingering fear on her face.

The old man in the golden robe, Xun Yan, a Mahayana mid-stage cultivator, said with a face full of regret, "The defense of the Spirit Earth Physique is indeed powerful, and that Mahayana sword cultivator who has just entered the spiritual domain should not be underestimated. We had never heard of these two before. If we had known, we wouldn't have attacked."

"Our clansmen apprehended some Xuan Yang Realm cultivators and soul-searched them to confirm their identities," Meng Yan said seriously, her eyes full of apprehension. "The female cultivator is named Chen Yueying, from Zhenhai Palace on Xuanling Continent. The sword cultivator is from the Wang family of Qinglian Island on Xuanling Continent. They fought alongside Ye Xuanfeng, and they wouldn't be fighting with him if they had no capability."

Xun Yan's expression was grave. "I have already given orders to strengthen our defenses. I hope they don't come knocking. Even the Mahayana cultivators of the Tang and Ming clans, working together, couldn't stop them from escaping. Their divine abilities are extraordinary; at the very least, we are not confident we could escape from the hands of a great clan's Mahayana cultivator."

He took out a golden luminous formation disc, performed an incantation, and his expression turned cold. "They are outside, disguised among our clansmen. Our guardian spirit beasts have detected them. The guards haven't let them in yet; they are feigning interrogation."

"Hmph, they actually dared to attack us directly," Meng Yan scoffed, her face filled with murderous intent. "Tell the guards to bring them to Jinxuan Peak. We'll activate the Jinxuan Grand Formation to eliminate them. I refuse to believe they can cause a stir once trapped by the formation."

She was unaware that Wang Qingshan possessed the Spirit-Breaking Blade, a treasure capable of breaking formations. The Mahayana cultivators of the Ant Clan also hadn't spread this news widely; strictly speaking, their attention was focused on the Qiankun Bottle, the Creation Dew, and the Xuan-Heaven treasures.

Xun Yan nodded, performed a series of hand seals, and sent an incantation. "Let's go, we'll meet them ourselves." Xun Yan and Meng Yan then left the estate, preparing to activate the grand formation against Wang Qingshan and Chen Yueying.

Dozens of cultivators floated in the sky. They were all Xiao Clan cultivators, waiting to enter the Tianxiao Mountain Range.

"What exactly happened?" a beautiful young woman in a purple dress complained, standing on a purple-glowing flying boat. "I haven't even been gone for a century, and now it's so difficult to enter and exit the Tianxiao Mountain Range?"

"Exactly, we're all from the same clan, there's no need to be so strict!"

"Yeah! It's not like we haven't seen each other before, why are they putting us through this?" The Xiao Clan cultivators complained, all showing signs of displeasure.

A robust man in a white shirt stood in the void, his expression cold.

"Please calm down. These are orders from above, and I am merely following them. I will use a treasure to scan you. If there are no issues, you will naturally be allowed to enter." The man in the white shirt took out a small white luminous mirror. He infused it with spiritual power, and the mirror surface emitted a vast white radiance that enveloped the young woman in the purple dress and the others. There was no anomaly detected.

"All right, you may enter! Oh, and Daoist Xun, Elder Qian wants you to go to Jinxuan Peak; he has some questions for you." The man in the white shirt granted them passage. The young woman in the purple dress nodded, performed an incantation, and her purple flying boat flew into the Tianxiao Mountain Range.

Not long after, the purple flying boat slowed down. Ahead of them was a majestic golden peak.

Just then, thousands of thick golden light pillars shot up from all directions, heading straight for the young woman in the purple dress. Her beautiful face changed drastically. She performed an incantation, and the purple flying boat's spiritual light greatly intensified as it flew towards the sky, which was her only escape route. Simultaneously, the void rippled, and a massive golden vortex appeared, blocking her path.

The young woman in the purple dress hastily conjured a purple-glowing shield, holding it in front of her. The purple shield was pulled into the golden vortex by a powerful suction force and was shredded into pieces like tofu. The dense golden light pillars pierced through the young woman's protective spiritual light. After a scream, a miniature Nascent Soul flew out from her corpse, and a Seven-Star Spirit Control Talisman instantly affixed itself to the miniature Nascent Soul.

At the same time, spiritual light glowed at the tail of the purple flying boat, revealing a tall young man in a green shirt and a beautiful young woman in a yellow dress. Although their bodies shone with powerful spiritual light, they were still pierced through by the dense golden light pillars, their bodies riddled with holes. With a flash of spiritual light, their corpses transformed into two glowing talismans.

"Talisman soldiers!" Meng Yan's eyebrows furrowed; they had been tricked.

Outside the Tianxiao Mountain Range, the void vibrated and distorted, and hundreds of thousands of green flying swords emerged. These more than 100,000 green flying swords flew directly towards the Tianxiao Mountain Range.

Alarms blared loudly. The Xiao Clan immediately activated their clan-protecting grand formation. A giant golden light screen appeared out of thin air, covering most of Tianxiao Mountain.

Hundreds of thousands of green flying swords struck the golden light screen one after another, emitting dull thuds. The golden light screen trembled slightly.

Meng Yan and Xun Yan's expressions darkened. However, they were not worried; if the enemy attacked head-on, it wouldn't be easy to breach the clan-protecting grand formation.

"Use the large communication array to contact Daoist Hao of the Long Clan and ask them to come quickly for support," Xun Yan ordered.

A blue light and a silver light shot forth, striking the golden light screen. Two dull thuds were heard, and the golden light screen dented and dimmed. With a flash of spiritual light, a blue-glowing guillotine and a silver-glowing blade appeared. The blue guillotine was engraved with a Qilin pattern.

The blue guillotine glowed with a dazzling blue light and transformed into a giant ink Qilin. The ink Qilin let out a roar that echoed through the heavens and earth. Innumerable blue seawater emerged, forming a vast ocean that crashed against the golden light screen.

Above the golden light screen, a dazzling yellow light appeared, revealing three miniature earthy-yellow mountain peaks. After glowing with brilliant yellow light, the three miniature peaks rapidly expanded, transforming into three giant yellow peaks, ten thousand zhang high, which then crashed onto the golden light screen.

After a deafening crash, the golden light screen shattered into pieces.

"How is that possible!" Meng Yan and Xun Yan cried out in shock, their faces filled with disbelief.

The scene before them surpassed their understanding. The Xiao Clan's clan-protecting grand formation had withstood many powerful enemies and had been breached before, but never with such ease. They had no time to think further as a surging river of green light rushed towards them. Upon closer inspection, this green river was composed of hundreds of thousands of green flying swords, creating a magnificent and formidable display.