Chapter 1112: 1025: Promotion

Chapter 1112: Chapter 1025: Promotion

“Perhaps there will be, but unfortunately, you will no longer see it!”

The Integration Cultivator from Qingzhu Sect said indifferently.

The other few did not make a move to stop them as they watched their departing figures, not because they couldn’t catch up, but because there was no need.

The four of them did not expect that the surrounding area had already been trapped by a deadly formation. If they had not run, they might have lived a little longer, but now that they fled, they were immediately caught in the formation.

To ensure the success of this surprise attack, the three families of the Qingzhu Sect did not hesitate to use some of their most powerful Spiritual Objects, such as now, they ran into the He Family’s Nine Heavens Purple Thunder Array.

This is a Seventh Rank elite, its attacking power comparable to that of an Eighth Rank Great Array!

Boom Boom Boom—

The moment the formation activated, thousands of lightning bolts struck down instantly, submerging the four men.

If they hadn’t been battle-hardened, they wouldn’t have had time to react at all.

But even if they barely survived the first wave of attacks, the continuous downpour of lightning was enough to make the four feel despair, seeing no hope of escape, their spirits nearly exhausted.

“Don’t give up! I have already asked our family for help, they should be arriving soon!” In the crucial moment, it was still that elder who brought them a glimmer of hope.

“Yes! Just hold on a little longer! We can survive!”

“Li family! Qingzhu Sect! He Family! Huoyang Sect! If I survive this catastrophe, I will not rest until I avenge this!”

Their wills were no longer subdued, but they hadn’t considered that this was merely He Family’s trump card, and the other two powers hadn’t made their move yet!

Dong Dong Dong—

Suddenly, amidst heaven and earth, a series of intense drum sounds began to echo, causing their hearts to surge wildly and their eyes to gradually turn red as if they had lost their reasoning, crazily contending with the thunderbolts.

Bang Bang Bang!

The drum sound became more intense, their heartbeats speeding to the limit, their entire bodies turning an abnormal red like cooked shrimp, although the four cultivators from Zhang Family seemed oblivious to it.

Agitated Heart Witch Drum!

Not far away, Li Zhirui, watching the Integration holder from Huoyang Sect wielding that ancient, even somewhat shabby drum, couldn’t help but feel apprehensive.

This kind of magical treasure capable of controlling emotions and making foes unknowingly fall into its trap held immense power, especially on the battlefield, undoubtably a lethal weapon!

‘What could Qingzhu Sect’s secret technique be?’ Li Zhirui’s gaze flitted across those two Integrations.

Feeling his gaze, they slightly smiled, formed a spell, and then bamboos suddenly grew out of the bodies of the four cultivators from Zhang Family who were already on the brink of exploding.

As the bamboos grew rapidly, their bodies quickly shriveled and eventually turned to ash.

A chill ran through Li Zhirui’s heart. This secret technique from Qingzhu Sect… when had it been deployed?

With his insight, it wasn’t hard to recognize that it was a parasitic secret technique, but Li Zhirui scoured his memory and couldn’t find any trace of when Qingzhu Sect had acted, and those four hadn’t reacted at all!

To complete the parasitic process unknowingly was indeed terrifying.

‘Comparing the techniques just revealed, Qingzhu Sect is undoubtedly the most formidable, followed by Huoyang Sect’s Agitated Heart Witch Drum, and finally, He Family’s formation,’ Li Zhirui silently compared in his mind.

Of course, no matter which one, their strength and foundation were far superior to the Li family!

“Thank you, Fellow Daoists, for your formidable assistance!”

Li Zhirui instantly pulled together his thoughts and smiled: “The battle is over, why not come to the mountain to rest for a moment? It would give me great pleasure to extend the hospitality of the host and give thanks to you, Fellow Daoists.”

“The strength of the Li family is indeed astonishing to us, it won’t be long before you surpass us, Fellow Daoist!” the elder from He Family remarked emotionally.

While Li Zhirui was astounded by their strength, were they not also amazed by the strength of the Li family?

A new Integration who hadn’t yet formed his Dharma managing, single-handedly, to withstand the killing moves of two late-stage Integrations and still retain strong fighting capability thereafter.

The Guardian Mountain Array of the Li family, if they weren’t mistaken, was clearly a Seventh Rank composite formation!

And the Lianxu Cultivators of the Li family shouldn’t be underestimated either; their potential was immense, hardly inferior to the promising juniors nurtured by their own families.

They could assert that as long as the Li family continues to develop, in less than a thousand years, it will become a powerful Integration Family!

And for now, their three families didn’t have significant conflicts of interest with the Li family; the Zhang family was in between them. Being able to leave some goodwill now might prove useful in the future.

“Indeed!”

The Cultivator from Huoyang Sect echoed, saying: “However, currently our Sect is engaged in a major battle with Zhang Family, it wouldn’t be proper for us to continue staying outside. We’ll visit another time; I hope, Fellow Daoist Li, you won’t mind us imposing!”

“You flatter me with your words, Fellow Daoist. When the time comes, you will definitely be welcomed warmly!” Li Zhirui expressed with a hint of panic in his tone.

“Hahaha, then we’ll see each other again in the future!”

The several people bid each other farewell and went their separate ways.

The Storage Magical Treasures on those Zhang Family cultivators were all taken by them; how they divided them had nothing to do with the Li family.

After all, what the Li family got was the best thing—time!

In the time to come, Zhang Family won’t be able to focus on the Li family as they must send a large number of cultivators west to defend against the three major powers of the Qingzhu Sect.

Whether Zhang Family wins or loses, there will be significant casualties.

Unless Zhang Family decides to immediately settle their score with the Li family, just give Li Chengshuo, Yue, and Howling Moon another twenty to thirty years, and they might advance to Integration one after another.