At the forefront of the army, Hou Tianhu was leading his soldiers in a mad dash, when he suddenly sensed something, his gaze shifting to the sky in the left front.

He saw a cyan flash streaking across the sky, coming at high speed!

"Enemy attack!" 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Hou Tianhu narrowed his eyes slightly, taking a deep breath and shouting.

In an instant, the soldiers of the Profound Goose Army, who were previously sprinting, changed formation. In just a few breaths, the over six thousand strong Profound Goose Army transformed into six square formations, each comprised of a thousand men.

In each square, the cultivators, led by a Thousand Households at the middle to late stage of Fetal Breathing, circulated their spiritual power to form peculiar arrays.

Amidst the cyan sword aura, Shen Wen’an felt a tinge of surprise upon seeing this scene.

This situation reminded him of the origin of arrays that Master Pei Zhao once mentioned to him in the Hidden Cloud Courtyard of Qiyun Valley.

Pei Zhao said that arrays originated in the barbaric wilderness of ancient times, when the predecessors of the Human Race developed this ability to resist the powerful evil demons and demon beasts by harnessing the terrain and forces of heaven and earth.

This was first used in mutual cooperation, hence it was also known as battle arrays.

In the past, during the era of the Immortal Dynasty in Danzhou, special battle arrays were created specifically for armies of cultivators.

By using battle arrays, some low-tier cultivators, well-coordinated, could trap or even slaughter higher-tier cultivators.

Obviously, the cultivator army below from Fushan Country was employing a battle array method.

Let’s see how powerful this battle array is.

A thought appeared in Shen Wen’an’s mind, and he flicked his fingers, sending a sword aura straight into one of the six large square formations below.

Within the square formation, upon seeing the incoming sword aura, the thousand cultivator soldiers immediately exhibited their spiritual power.

This spiritual power strangely intertwined, forming a massive spiritual power shield above the thousand men!

Boom!

The sword aura fiercely struck the spiritual power shield, producing a terrifying explosion!

Although the spiritual power shield wavered and flickered, it successfully blocked the attack!

"Interesting..."

"A single late-stage Fetal Breathing combined with over ten early-stage Fetal Breathing, and several hundred Qi Cultivation Realm cultivators could withstand one strike from a Fetal Breathing Perfection Realm cultivator."

Shen Wen’an stood in the void above the Profound Goose Army, observing the numerous cultivators below with great interest.

The strike just now was roughly equivalent to the attack of an ordinary Fetal Breathing Perfection Realm cultivator.

Though the thousand-man formation blocked the attack, the cultivators within were evidently lightly injured.

Especially those in the Qi Cultivation Realm, many of whom had blood trickling from the corners of their mouths.

Shen Wen’an estimated that this battle array could perhaps only withstand three or four such attacks.

However, that was already quite impressive.

One must know that without the existence of a battle array, this group of a thousand would meet their doom when faced with a Fetal Breathing Perfection Realm individual.

Later, he would think of a way to see if he could acquire this battle array.

Instantly, the idea popped into Shen Wen’an’s mind.

Over the years, he had developed a habit of trying to obtain anything potentially beneficial to the Shen Family by any means.

Up ahead of the Profound Goose Army, Hou Tianhu realized that Shen Wen’an had attacked without a word, and thus inferred that he must be from the Shen Family.

Using a sword, someone from the Shen Family...

Hou Tianhu suspiciously asked Shen Wen’an, "Are you the fellow from the Shen Family who broke through to the Golden Core Realm two years ago?"

Shen Wen’an stayed silent, tacitly acknowledging his identity.

Hou Tianhu was even more puzzled.

"How is that possible!"

"You failed in breaking through to the Golden Core, it would be impossible to retain such a smooth and rich aura..."

Hearing his mumbling, Shen Wen’an chuckled lightly, "Want to find out?"

"Maybe in your next life."

As soon as he finished speaking, a milky white sword aura flashed and disappeared.

Hou Tianhu still intended to defend himself.

But just as his spiritual power shield rose on his body, it instantly vanished again.

His astonished expression froze on his face as his life force dissipated instantly.

"General Hou?"

Beside Hou Tianhu, two deputy generals at the late stage of Fetal Breathing looked at him with bafflement, seemingly not comprehending what had happened.

But in the next moment, Hou Tianhu’s body collapsed with a thunderous noise.

"Dead... Dead!?"

The faces of the two deputy generals were filled with astonishment!

As the General of the Profound Goose Army, Hou Tianhu was a Fetal Breathing Perfection Realm cultivator!

Yet with just one encounter, he was instantly killed!

The key was that they only vaguely saw a white light flashing by, without perceiving any other motions!

After slaying Hou Tianhu with a single strike from the Sword Bone Magical Sword, Shen Wen’an pondered, and nine cyan Supreme Profound Sword Qi suddenly emerged behind him!

After the nine Sword Qi appeared around him, countless long sword shadows formed from Sword Qi continuously flew from each Sword Qi!

A dense rain of long swords assaulted the Profound Goose Army below indiscriminately!

The two late-stage Fetal Breathing deputy generals still hadn’t figured out how Hou Tianhu died when they were forced into constant retreat by the overwhelming Sword Qi longswords.

In an instant, the forests and earth below were torn and ravaged by the sharp Sword Qi!

Those Profound Goose Army soldiers, mentally resisted with their battle array spiritual power shield during such terrifying Sword Qi attacks, their shield rippled intensely, rapidly depleting their spiritual power.

In just a few breaths, the square formation from the Profound Goose Army that had previously been struck by Shen Wen’an crumbled first.

Boom!

A cyan Sword Qi longsword smashed the spiritual power shield, and the remaining long swords swept through the thousand cultivators like a sword dragon!