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Chapter 1118 Lie Que's Formation Breaking Ineffective
Clan wars have become an increasingly important form of confrontation, with the victors annihilating all and the losers exterminating their entire clan.

The main supporters of the royal family and the ancient aristocratic families were all aristocratic families. The difference lay in their different stances. They often had intricate relationships with each other, and even some slight blood ties.

They know each other inside and out, and apart from a small number of secret forces, all the data on the surface is transparent.

Xiang Qiankun estimated that the combined strength of the Zhou family's eastern and western branches was almost exhausted, and their bargaining chips were running out.

Therefore, a very important moment has arrived for the elephant family as well, a game that will determine the outcome.

Although battles at the Heavenly Sect level are the key to determining victory or defeat, battles between members of both families should not be underestimated.

Once the clan is wiped out and the bloodline is severed, even the Heavenly Sect's heart and mind will be disturbed.

Therefore, his tactic was to preemptively breach the Zhou clan's ancestral hall, kill their family members, thereby affecting the main force of the Zhou clan, and then disrupt the ninth-generation ancestor of the Zhou clan, thus creating an opportunity for victory for himself and his side.

"There are corpses ahead, they're our men!"

"Inform the governor immediately that the young master's body has been found!"

The voices of countless subordinates converged in Xiang Qiankun's ears, and his heart skipped a beat, knowing that Zhou Daqian was already not far away.

"Ancestral Hall Space!"

Xiang Qiankun is the Earthly Branch, and with a flash of his eyes, he could see the general shape of the Zhou Clan Ancestral Hall.

As expected, the ancestral hall was bustling with people, filled with the elderly and infirm members of the Zhou family.

Given this situation, it's likely that Xizong's family members are also among them.

Xiang Qiankun became excited, thinking that this was a sure thing, and immediately gave the order, "Arrange the formation, Lie Que, break the formation."

"Lie Que breaks the formation? Is that the method of Duke Chongyang?"

A question was raised, and Zhou You immediately appeared in front of the group.

When Xiang Qiankun saw Zhou You, his heart skipped a beat; the other party had indeed become a sect leader.

Behind him, four members of the Human Clan carried a long, narrow, rhomboid crystal slowly forward, each step as if lifting a mountain, indicating its considerable weight.

The rhomboid-shaped warning crystal shimmered with a light that trembled like iron filings attracted by a magnetic field, as if it were about to break through the air and enter the space of the Zhou family's ancestral hall.

A noblewoman, hidden in the ancestral hall, cried out in despair, "It's over, it's over, we can't defend this place anymore!"

The crystal, named 'Lieque Pozhen', is specifically designed to destroy ancestral hall spaces, and is used to confiscate property and exterminate clans.

The ultimate weapon for wiping out an entire family.

Well, actually this is a siege weapon, generally used to suppress a rebellious force that controls a city.

In the past, there had been rebellions, with rebels entrenched in cities and resisting stubbornly, often proving extremely difficult to defeat, leaving the large army dispatched by the capital city with no way to attack.

Thus, the "Lieque Pozhen" was created, a powerful artifact specifically designed to break through the defenses of earth-based cities. This artifact is designed to break through space, much like a diamond drill is used to carve jade.

Later, as rebellions decreased and sieges became ineffective, this item evolved into a powerful tool for destroying the ancestral halls of rival families during internal power struggles.

The Zhou family members all came from prestigious families and were well-informed. The noblewoman was no exception and immediately recognized the origin of the crystal.

"Shut up! The men are still fighting desperately outside. How can we women lose our composure?"

The old lady of the Zhou family's eastern branch shouted sternly, "Clench your teeth, and don't make a sound even if you die later."

The women, boys, and children standing nearby all had different expressions, but gradually calmed down under her reprimand. Outside the space, Zhou You stared at the rhomboid crystal, feeling a slight stinging sensation in his pupils.

Even the Nine Cauldrons True Eye felt threatened, which shows how extraordinary this thing is!
As expected, the essence of this "Lieque Breaking Formation" technique still comes from a top-tier secret treasure called "Talisman Book".

The core of this object is the character "破" (break), which is supplemented by more than a hundred secondary characters, forming this powerful tool specifically designed to break through space.

Zhou You is not the same as before. In a brief visit, he has already formed a rough idea of ​​how to solve the problem, but at present, the materials and manpower are not readily available, so he cannot create a practical solution.

"Zhou Daqian, although we are on opposing sides, I must admit that among the young talents of aristocratic families, you are among the top ten in the world."

At a young age, he was already a local lord and a newly promoted local sect leader, and he performed outstandingly in several major battles.

Such a person is undoubtedly a role model admired by all families, the quintessential 'other people's child'.

Now that they are on opposing sides, Xiang Qiankun may admire him, but he also knows that he must be eliminated to feel at ease.

"Do it!"

At Xiang Qiankun's command, the four disciples behind him simultaneously placed their palms on the crystal. In an instant, the crystal's radiance increased a million times, shooting out directly from the narrow, diamond-shaped section.

The beam of light was so fast that it was dazzling. A flash of white light appeared in the field of vision, and a circular dent was blasted into the space of the ancestral hall. The surrounding space walls were rippled horribly by the aftershocks.

The space felt like the sky was falling and the earth was cracking. Everyone was shaken so badly that their internal organs were tossed around, and they had to bite their lips tightly, afraid of vomiting their hearts and livers.

"Mother!"

Zhou You's sons, the youngest of whom was terrified, clung to Zhu Qinghua.

"Don't be afraid, Father is out there. He will surely defeat the enemy and return in triumph."

Zhou You naturally couldn't hear his wife and children's conversation; all his energy was focused on the formidable enemy opposite him.

Xiang Qiankun is a highly experienced Earth Sect, having already completed the task of building the city, and possesses a seasoned and steady control over space.

He also brought the powerful weapon "Lieque Pozhen", which made it impossible for Zhou You to take care of both sides. If he wanted to deal with Xiang Qiankun himself, he could not stop "Lieque Pozhen" from destroying the ancestral hall space, and vice versa.

This battle was extremely dangerous, the biggest crisis he had faced since advancing to the Earth Sect level.

As a governor of a prefecture and one of the top fifty sects in the world, Xiang Qiankun was no ordinary person. He immediately seized the key to this battle.

Zhou You looked up into the distance. The Zhou Clan's Eastern Branch was engulfed in flames of war. It wasn't that they didn't want to return to help, but rather that they themselves were under immense pressure and couldn't spare the power to make a decisive move.

Although a few members of the Dongzong clan rushed to the ancestral hall to offer assistance, it was a drop in the ocean and did nothing to help except for those who died in battle.

Now only Zhou You is left to fight alone.

"..."

Xiang Qiankun mentally went through the calculations several times, reviewing the entire plan, and found no oversights. The next step was to kill Zhou Daqian and break into the ancestral hall space...

Suddenly, one of the four members of the Human Sect exclaimed in surprise, "It's not working!"

What does 'not working' mean?
Xiang Qiankun felt slightly dissatisfied, but when his gaze shifted to the ancestral hall space that had just been bombarded, he suddenly froze.

If things were to proceed normally, the dent created by the blast would develop into a hole, penetrating the entire outer wall of the ancestral hall and potentially injuring a large number of family members hiding inside.

However, what he saw before him was that the circular dent was actually healing, and it had already healed most of the way, leaving only a shallow mark to prove what had just happened.

So the tried-and-true "Lie Que Breaks the Formation" technique didn't work. How could that be?
How could the ancestral hall of the Zhou clan's western branch be so resilient?
(End of this chapter)