Chapter 4152: Attack on the Hulan Mountains

A seven-colored Chaos Beast killed all three Grand Unity Golden Immortals, including Yang Junyou. Yet, Fairy Liuyun alone managed to injure that very same beast? Her power is truly astonishing!

"I recall Fairy Ye ascended to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage less than a million years ago. Has she already mastered the Dao?" Lin Tianba asked curiously.

"If I hadn't mastered the Dao, how could I have injured a mutated seven-colored Chaos Beast?" Fairy Liuyun said, her tone flat, as if discussing something utterly trivial.

Her explanation wasn't very convincing. Even with mastery of the Dao, injuring a mutated Grand Unity Golden Immortal-stage Chaos Beast is incredibly difficult, unless one has comprehended a Supreme Dao.

"Fairy Ye, have you perhaps comprehended a Supreme Dao?" Lei Tianyao asked, puzzled.

"If I had comprehended a Supreme Dao, would I have let it escape?" Fairy Liuyun scoffed, brimming with confidence in her own power.

Wang Changsheng wasn't surprised. Fairy Liuyun was already a legend in the lower realms. However, given her relatively short time at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage, achieving such rapid mastery of the Dao implied she must have used special aids for comprehension. As for how she managed to injure a mutated Grand Unity Golden Immortal-stage Chaos Beast, that remained a mystery; many items could achieve such a feat.

"It's good that Fairy Ye is safe," Nangong Yueshan said. "Cousin Yueshuo will arrive soon. Let's organize the Immortal Armored Army first! We still need to confront the Hulan Tribe!"

The Yang family's forces were completely annihilated. The combined Immortal Armored Armies of the Cao family, Ye family, and Five Immortal Sects totaled over three thousand troops. Each of the three factions had originally deployed over three thousand Immortal Armored soldiers. However, in their efforts to intercept the Chaos Beast tribe, the Immortal Armored Army had already suffered heavy casualties.

The Immortal Armored Armies of the Cao and Ye families sustained relatively lighter losses, but the Five Immortal Sects' Immortal Armored Army was reduced to just over seven hundred members. Cao Mingjing performed a hand seal, and a golden flying boat slowly descended, its occupants disembarking one by one.

The Nine-Headed Ice Lion landed on the ground, and Fairy Liuyun and the others dismounted in succession.

The five Grand Unity Golden Immortals gathered for a meeting. After their discussion, they identified five Golden Immortal cultivators who had achieved the pinnacle of True Spirit cultivation: Murong Yilong, Qin Zhaoming, Wang Changsheng, Ye Xuanji, and Ning Ting. Ning Ting, Lin Tianba's eldest disciple, possessed cultivation at the perfected Golden Immortal stage.

Among these five peak True Spirits, Wang Changsheng and Ye Xuanji had the lowest cultivation, both being at the mid-Golden Immortal stage. Each of them had deployed fifty True Spirits, but now only sixty-five remained, indicating that the majority had perished.

"Why are there so few of you? Where are the others?!" A loud male voice boomed from the sky.

No sooner had the words faded than a red light appeared on the distant horizon. In a flash, it materialized directly above the plains, revealing a massive red spherical object. The upper portion of this sphere emitted a dazzling red light, transforming into a hemisphere. Upon this hemisphere, a red pavilion adorned with carved railings and jade steps was visible, with Nangong Yueshuo and nearly ten thousand cultivators standing atop it.

"Fellow Daoist Nangong, this must be an immortal warship, correct?" Fairy Liuyun asked, her gaze fixed on the red sphere. Immortal warships come in various forms, depending on their crafters.

"It's merely a Yellow-grade immortal warship; it's nothing remarkable," Nangong Yueshuo said. With a hand seal, the red sphere descended to the ground, and he disembarked, followed by the others.

"Fellow Daoist Nangong," Cao Mingjing asked, "Daoist Yang and his forces were completely annihilated while intercepting the Chaos Beasts. With such limited numbers, wouldn't we be too weak to assault the Hulan Mountain Range?"

"I've considered that point," Nangong Yueshuo said. "I've contacted Fellow Daoist Shangguan and Fellow Daoist Fu of the Fire Moon Tribe. Each is dispatching three thousand Immortal Armored soldiers and fifty True Spirits. They are already en route and will arrive soon."

Hearing this, Cao Mingjing and the other five felt a measure of relief.

"According to our intelligence," Nangong Yueshuo said, "the Hulan Mountain Range harbors at least three Grand Unity Golden Immortal-stage Chaos Beasts. If we engage the Hulan Tribe, other tribes might send reinforcements. Therefore, we must act swiftly and decisively, eliminating as many Chaos Beasts as possible and retreating after plundering cultivation resources."

The Nangong Immortal Clan did not wish to escalate the conflict. Given their current strength, a full-scale war with the Chahar Tribe would not be advantageous. Their decision to deploy the True Spirit Legion and send Nangong Yueshuo was intended to achieve a swift victory and deliver a clear lesson to the Chahar Tribe.

Mingjing nodded, and the six began discussing their battle strategy. Three days later, the Shangguan family and the Fire Moon Tribe arrived.

Leading the Shangguan family was Shangguan Yunchun, a mid-Grand Unity Golden Immortal. The Fire Moon Tribe was led by Fu Yan, also a mid-Grand Unity Golden Immortal. Along the way, Wang Mengbin and Wang Kui encountered cultivators from the Shangguan family. Upon learning they were headed to the front lines, the Shangguan family brought Wang Mengbin and Wang Kui with them. As a result, over twenty thousand Immortal Armored soldiers were assembled, most of whom were True Immortals, with fewer than fifty Golden Immortal cultivators.

The force included over three hundred True Spirits, mostly ordinary, with six peak True Spirits. Eight Grand Unity Golden Immortals led the twenty thousand Immortal Armored soldiers. Nangong Yueshuo had no intention of dividing his forces. He consolidated them into a single formidable unit and advanced towards the Hulan Mountain Range.

No sooner had they entered the Hulan Mountain Range than tens of thousands of colorless Chaos Beasts, appearing in various forms, charged towards them. "Clear them out," Nangong Yueshuo commanded, "but do not use the Immortal Exterminating Arrows yet."

The twenty thousand Immortal Armored soldiers advanced to meet them. Donning Chaos Armor and wielding various immortal artifacts, they engaged the Chaos Beasts. The colorless Chaos Beasts were no match for them, yet their sheer numbers managed to delay the advance for some time. Nangong Yueshuo was not in a hurry to push forward; their primary objective was to eliminate the Chaos Beasts' viable forces.

Once the colorless Chaos Beasts were annihilated, they continued their advance. They had advanced merely a million li when, accompanied by a series of thunderous beast roars, a massive horde of single-colored Chaos Beasts surged forth, covering the mountains and plains as they lunged towards the Immortal Armored Army. Tens of thousands of Immortal Armored soldiers dispersed, forming multiple small teams to attack the colored Chaos Beasts.

Wang Yunlong, wielding a white ice spear, thrust it at a single-colored Chaos Beast, effortlessly piercing its body and creating a gaping, bloody wound. The Wang family's Immortal Armored Army was divided into five teams, each comprising over ten members. They cooperatively attacked the Chaos Beasts, which the single-colored Chaos Beasts could not withstand. The immortal artifacts they wielded were refined with second-tier immortal ores, proving highly effective even against three-colored Chaos Beasts.

While the single-colored Chaos Beasts couldn't stop them, they significantly depleted the Immortal Armored Army's immortal energy and stamina. Fortunately, the soldiers could consume immortal pills and wine to quickly restore their reserves.

After eliminating the single-colored Chaos Beasts, they continued their advance into the central Hulan Mountain Range. There, they encountered a massive number of Chaos Beasts, hundreds of thousands strong, mostly True Immortals. Among them were as many as six Grand Unity Golden Immortal-stage Chaos Beasts, including two eight-colored ones.

"You dare to penetrate into the Hulan Mountain Range? Do you truly believe twenty thousand Immortal Armored soldiers and a few hundred True Spirits can sweep through it?" an eight-colored Chaos Beast, shaped like a falcon, spoke. This falcon-shaped beast, named Xun, was a priest of the Hulan Tribe, at the early Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage.