Chapter 346: Chapter 136: Moon Worship Sect Reinforcements Arrive, but Become the Key to Breaking the Formation, On the Brink of Life and Death

With the Grand Array broken, reinforcements from other areas of Cyan Yang Ancient City surged into North City like a torrent, no longer obstructed. They joined the remaining resistance forces and launched a frenzied counterattack against the White-robed Cultists, who had lost the array’s protection.

The Sect Leader of the Iron Armor Sect, along with a group of Hall Masters, was locked in a desperate struggle, pinning down three White-robed Cultists of the Spirit Awakening Realm.

The corpses of several disciples lay at their feet, and the situation was perilous.

Suddenly, a figure flitted into the fray like a phantom...

"It’s Chu Fan!"

The members of the Iron Armor Sect were overjoyed and immediately retreated in perfect sync.

The three white-robed men saw only a blur. A chilling flash of a blade seemed to strike from three directions at once, yet it was also like a single slash tracing a mysterious trajectory.

"Seven-Star Bead Slash, Ghost Wheel Slash!"

SHUK! SHUK! SHUK!

Three heads soared into the air, almost simultaneously.

Their faces were frozen in astonishment, full of disbelief.

Even at the moment of death, they never saw the path of his blade.

The faces of the Iron Armor Sect members showed both shock and joy as their gazes fell upon the figure—

Chu Fan panted, his face still pale, but his back was ramrod straight.

He gave a slight nod to the Sect Leader of the Iron Armor Sect by way of greeting.

Then, a hiss cut through the dust and smoke.

The massive Cyan Snake slithered forward, a small white snake resting on its head.

Having continuously powered the Five Elements Cauldron, the White Snake was now listless, lacking its usual vitality.

Chu Fan leaped up, landing steadily on the Cyan Snake’s head.

"Go! To the center!"

The Cyan Snake slithered like the wind, its speed astonishing.

Standing atop the snake’s head, Chu Fan took down the Sunset Bow.

The bowstring twanged again and again, and not a single arrow missed its mark.

But now, he could feel the strain of drawing the Sunset Bow...

The White-robed Cultists were pierced by the deadly arrows, falling dead before they could even think of resisting.

Man and snake charged toward the center of North City as if completely unopposed.

Meanwhile, around the three Spirit Pattern Pillars, the battle still raged, but the tables had turned.

With the Grand Array broken, sunlight bathed the Resentful Spirit.

The Resentful Spirit let out a piercing shriek. The black energy roiling around it churned, and its power seemed to diminish somewhat.

The pressure on Ding Jian and his two companions lessened drastically, and they could finally catch their breath.

Chu Fan’s gaze swept across the battlefield and instantly locked onto one particular fight—

Lu Tao was entangled in a fierce struggle with a black-robed man, with Cao Feng, Chen Xuan, and others assisting him.

Based on Chu Fan’s perception, the black-robed man’s aura was even more formidable than that of the Third Heaven of Divine Power Realm expert he had slain earlier!

’This man has probably reached the Fourth Heaven of the Divine Power Realm, or even higher!’

Chu Fan’s figure blurred as he pushed his Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step to its limit.

He appeared between Lu Tao and the black-robed man as if he had teleported, intercepting him.

"’Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step’?"

The black-robed man stared at Chu Fan, his eyes narrowing.

Gazing at Chu Fan’s back, Lu Tao let out a long sigh of relief and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "If you hadn’t shown up, I really would’ve been paying a visit to Yama."

Chu Fan gazed calmly at the black-robed man, his tone detached. "Constable Lu, go rest on the side for a while."

He paused, then said, word by word, "I will kill him."

The black-robed man was stunned for a moment, then his eyes blazed with incredulous fury, his expression terrifying.

He had cultivated for many years and roamed the martial world; never before had he been so disdained by a mere junior in the early stage of the Spirit Awakening Realm!

"Arrogant whelp, you’re courting death!"

Lu Tao was decisive. Upon hearing Chu Fan’s words, he immediately withdrew to support Cao Feng.

While fending off his opponent’s attacks, he still found the presence of mind to remark to Cao Feng, "Master Cao, when he killed Liu Da and those other thugs, he had just entered the Blood Nourishing Realm, right? All told, that was barely more than four months ago... How in the world did you train him into this kind of monster?"

Cao Feng forced back the black-robed man in front of him with a slash, a flicker of pride just appearing on his face.

Nearby, Chen Xuan scoffed. "Taught him? My ass! That’s all Chu Fan’s own incredible talent and life-or-death training. What does it have to do with this old coot?"

Cao Feng flew into a rage. "You’re full of shit, Old Chen! I..."

The black-robed man fighting them was about to burst from fury.

’These guys are bickering in the middle of a life-or-death battle?!’

He roared, and his attacks suddenly intensified.

But in his agitated state, he revealed an opening.

Cao Feng seized the opportunity, slashing viciously at his Protective Gang Qi.

Although it didn’t break his defense, the tremendous force jolted him, making his blood churn. He nearly spat out a mouthful of it.

Before he could recover—

THWIP!

A Black Kite Arrow shot through the air, piercing straight through his body!

Cao Feng and Chen Xuan exchanged a smile, their teamwork flawless.

They had used this tactic of unsettling an opponent’s mind countless times in their youth.

They hadn’t expected it to still be so effective after teaming up again after all these years.

...

"You’re the one who broke the Grand Array?"

The black-robed man’s voice was hoarse and cold, like a viper hissing.

From beneath the shadows of his hood, his eyes radiated a palpable killing intent.

The Moon Worship Sect’s grand plan, years in the making in Cyan Yang Ancient City, had been thrown into utter chaos.

What was even more frustrating was that their reinforcements from Dragon Ridge Mountain hadn’t turned the tide; instead, they had actually accelerated the Grand Array’s collapse!

He couldn’t understand it.

’This kid’s aura is clearly only at the early Spirit Awakening Realm. Where does he get the nerve to stand before me, an expert at the Fourth Heaven of the Divine Power Realm?’

’And where did he get the power to destroy those resilient nodes of the Grand Array?’

’And why do the people of Cyan Yang Ancient City around us think this kid can possibly take me on?’

The expectation in their eyes, rather than despair, made the black-robed man inexplicably agitated, and even more humiliated.

While the black-robed man was sizing him up, Chu Fan’s gaze had already swept across the battlefield like a bolt of lightning.

With the Grand Array broken, the pressure on Ding Jian and his two companions maintaining the Three Talents Sealing Demon Array had greatly decreased, so they were safe for the time being.

But inside the array, Old Limp’s situation was grim.

He was facing a master swordsman alone, while also dealing with the roaring Resentful Spirit, which was constantly absorbing the residual blood energy to recover.

His saber flashes, though still fierce, were showing signs of fatigue. Several new, bloody wounds adorned his body—

Clearly, he was overwhelmed, his strength failing him in a two-on-one fight.