System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

The combined forces of our side formed an impregnable barrier, perfectly deflecting the force of the attack. Our side remained unharmed, and not a single person coughed up blood.

However, within the Jiang clan's battle formation, three elderly men experienced a surge of blood and qi, spitting out blood.

Seeing this, all the Cangyun Ridge disciples wore smug expressions, laughing and cursing as if victory was assured.

"Hmph, you won't be laughing for long!" Jiang Tianxiao's eyes were like torches as he coldly stared at the Cangyunling disciples inside the small tower below, his gaze seemingly able to see through everything.

Before the words were finished, a girl's deep shout suddenly rang out from the mist on the other side of the small tower. The voice was like the high-pitched cry of a bird, seemingly possessing the power to pierce through clouds and split rocks, as if it could penetrate the endless mist formed by the great formation.

"what!"

Before Bai Li's deep shout had faded, a giant cyan sword, imbued with insights into the Way of Gale, slashed at the top of the small tower with lightning speed amidst the endless, thick fog.

"boom!"

Clang, snap—

The small tower was suddenly struck with such a heavy blow; the power of that sword far exceeded the combined strength of the eighteen members of the Jiang clan.

Even though the combined array tower tried its best to deflect the force and neutralize the impact, before the impact could even reach the nine Cangyun Ridge disciples, they felt a terrifying shock force surging and spreading through their meridians and dantian.

Puff puff--

The nine Cangyun Ridge disciples, along with the tall, thin old man who was sitting cross-legged and comprehending the formation, all suddenly opened their eyes and spat out mouthfuls of blood.

Clearly, what the Jiang clan members couldn't achieve with their full-force sword strike, Bai Li accomplished with a single strike.

She not only caused the Cangyunling disciples who were maintaining the small tower of the combined formation to vomit blood, but also directly interrupted the disciple who was comprehending the formation.

"what!"

"Such a powerful attack was actually unleashed by the Jiang family!"

"One sword strike, just one sword strike, and our combined array almost collapsed?"

After everyone coughed up blood, they all looked towards the spot where the sword had been withdrawn. Under the watchful eyes of all the Cangyun Ridge disciples, a petite figure in white slowly appeared, like a fairy descending to earth.

Bai Li remained in human form, gripping a divine longsword that exuded the aura of swordsmanship. She stood suspended in mid-air, coldly surveying the Cangyun Ridge disciples below, her indifferent gaze devoid of any pity, as if she were looking at a group of ants.

"A great demon! It's that Myriad Manifestations Realm great demon!!"

"The power of this great demon's attack is so terrifying, why didn't Senior Brother Ziyun and the others mention it during the pre-battle discussions? If we combine our formation and withstand such a powerful attack a few more times, I'm afraid this small tower will be broken!"

Upon this analysis, the Cangyunling disciples, who had previously looked relaxed, were now all deathly pale, like wilted eggplants.

With their formation still intact and surrounded by powerful enemies, they had nowhere to retreat even if they wanted to.

Bai Li coldly surveyed the crowd below, giving them no time to catch their breath. Her sword trembled slightly, and with a flick of her wrist, she unleashed another slash, her target still the top of the small tower.

"Quickly, crush the jade talisman and call for help!"

“Everyone, even if Senior Brother Ziyu, Hei Song and the others come to rescue us, it will take time. And given the strength of this Myriad Manifestations Realm Great Demon, we will probably be dead before our senior brothers arrive.”

Among cultivators, if the difference in strength is too great, the battle often ends very quickly.

Not to mention that Ziyu, Hei Song, and the others are currently braving the obstruction of the great formation to rush to the rescue. Even without the great formation blocking their view, Bai Li's speed would allow her to cleave through the combined tower formation in a short time.

At this critical juncture, the elder at the head of the group shouted to his fellow disciples, "Fellow disciples, we are now in dire straits. We can only use our trump cards to buy time. Otherwise, we will all perish here today!"

Bai Li's enormous divine sword possessed terrifying power and had already struck down. Although everyone was in great pain, they had no time to think.

"Damn it, I spent two hundred years saving up to get this life-saving talisman, and now I'm going to waste it on this tiny Qushan!"

"This is a protective magic treasure bestowed upon me by my master before I descended the mountain. With this treasure protecting me, I'm confident I can even venture into dangerous places. But this time, alas! Damn it!!"

"If I survive this, once the Jiang Clan's great formation is broken, I will personally slaughter the Jiang Clan's bloodline. Otherwise, I swear I will not be a human being if I do not vent this anger!"

"These poisonous insects will be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm in another sixty years. I hate it! This is the accumulation of my entire life, and I never thought I would have to use them as cannon fodder!"

……

As Bai Li mercilessly struck down with her sword, amidst the endless indignation of the Cangyun Ridge disciples, everyone pulled out their protective trump cards.

Among these treasures, some are Taoist talismans emitting mysterious fluctuations, while others are strange beads, talisman plates, insect nests, and so on. They are diverse and varied.

These protective trump cards either flew directly out of the tower array and rushed towards Bai Li's divine sword; or they transformed into a beam of light, blocking the top of the tower array and forming an impenetrable defense.

Countless venomous insects, their wings fluttering, though small in size, each exuded the aura of a late-stage Innate Realm cultivator. Under the female cultivator's grief and rage, these insects transformed into streams of black water, continuously impacting and intercepting Bai Li's divine sword.

Seeing that he had forced Bai Li to resort to such methods, Bai Li snorted coldly and unleashed a powerful sword strike.

Clearly, the fact that a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Realm can live for four hundred years suggests that the trump cards they have accumulated over those centuries should not be underestimated.

With so many methods employed to block Bai Li's sword strike, its power was significantly weakened by the layers of the formation by the time it struck the top. Even the disciples maintaining the formation below didn't cough up blood this time.

Seeing this, Bai Li sneered and looked down at the many disciples of Cangyun Ridge, saying, "Interesting. You've used so many methods, yet you've only barely managed to block one of my swords. So how will you block this one?"

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