Chapter 667: Assault on the Tian Family
Chapter 667: Chapter 667: Assault on the Tian Family
"Master, something terrible has happened!" one of the frantic disciples shouted.
The loud cry echoed through the surrounding buildings.
Inside one of the great halls, Tian Xiao, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them upon hearing the alarmed cry. He slowly stood up.
"They\'re here?" Tian Xiao\'s face showed a hint of an expectant smile.
Outside, the panicked disciple burst into the Tian Vein Hall, only to be met with a cold stare from Tian Jizi.
The disciple shuddered.
"Shouting and making a fuss, what kind of behavior is that?" Tian Jizi scolded.
"Master, outside, something has happened!"
"Hmph!" Tian Jizi snorted coldly.
At that moment, another person appeared out of thin air in the hall—it was the head of the Feng Shui Peak, Tian Lao!
"Master, something really isn\'t right. You should come and see," Tian Lao said.
"Oh?" Tian Jizi raised an eyebrow and stood up.
Both Tian Jizi and Tian Lao\'s figures flickered and vanished from where they stood.
In the next moment, they were standing atop Ming Peak, looking into the distance. Behind Tian Jizi, five more people had appeared unnoticed!
Looking at the distant scene, Tian Jizi\'s brow furrowed deeply.
As far as the eye could see, there were endless ghostly figures.
Seeing ghosts in Ten Thousand Zhang Hell was not unusual, but the area around the Tian family was different. The area around the Tian family was heavily infused with yang energy, causing ghosts to automatically avoid it, making it the only blessed land under Ten Thousand Zhang Hell.
However, now there were endless ghosts approaching, seemingly unaffected by the yang energy or as if they were following some command, converging on the Tian family from all directions.
"What is going on?" Tian Jizi\'s eyes turned cold.
"Perhaps, Zhong Shan\'s attack has begun!" Tian Xiao said from the side.
"Zhong Shan? Hmph!" Tian Jizi snorted coldly.
At that moment, a purple light flashed in the distance, heading straight for Ming Peak and directly towards Tian Jizi.
Tian Jizi\'s pupils contracted as he reached out to catch the purple light.
It was a purple letter, a battle challenge!
On the cover were three characters: \'Challenge Invitation.\'
Opening it, inside was a line of text:
"Commoner Zhong Shan, after three months, gathers the world\'s strong to jointly attack the Tian family!"
"Hahahaha, gather the world\'s strong after three months?" Tian Jizi laughed mockingly after reading Zhong Shan\'s challenge.
At that moment, a figure suddenly appeared out of thin air atop a distant mountain peak near the Tian family estate.
It was Zhong Shan! Zhong Shan suddenly appeared on that peak, and everyone turned to look at him.
"Master of the Tian family, I told you I would return!" Zhong Shan laughed loudly.
"You\'ve come? So what?" Tian Jizi looked at Zhong Shan with a cold smile.
"I told you, I would turn the Tian family upside down!" Zhong Shan said.
"Just with these ghosts?" Tian Jizi said disdainfully.
"This is just the appetizer. Master of the Tian family, prepare for the upcoming visual feast! Hahahaha!" Zhong Shan laughed wildly, his figure rapidly retreating.
In the blink of an eye, Zhong Shan had vanished. Watching Zhong Shan\'s arrogant departure, Tian Jizi\'s eyes turned cold.
"The first wave, endless ghostly creatures? Zhong Shan can summon such spirits?" Tian Xiao frowned.
"Tian family disciples, hear my command!" Tian Jizi\'s voice rang out loudly.
"Roar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" responded the Tian family disciples.
"Lower-ranked disciples, charge into the ghosts and hone your combat skills. Defend the Tian family! For every ghost you kill, you will earn family contribution points!" Tian Jizi commanded.
"Yes~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!" came the enthusiastic response from all around.
The battle was on the verge of erupting. Countless Tian family disciples surged forward, while an endless flood of ghostly creatures swarmed towards them. Though the ghosts were weak, their overwhelming numbers made them seem like a flood engulfing the Tian family.
"Slash~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
Most of the Tian family disciples could slay dozens of ghosts with a single sword stroke. But as soon as a ghost was vanquished, more surged forward to fill the gap, continuing their advance on the Tian family.
The number of ghosts kept increasing, as if the entire Ten Thousand Zhang Hell had diverted its ghostly inhabitants from the Yellow Springs Road towards the Tian family.
The massacre was one-sided, but it seemed never-ending. Initially, the Tian family master watched the countless ghosts fall without much concern. However, after two hours, it became apparent that something was wrong. Where were all these ghosts coming from? If the Tian family was surrounded by such ghosts, their numbers must be close to a billion!
A low-ranking Tian family disciple, making a mistake, was suddenly scratched by a ghost and injured. The injury made him even more vulnerable, as the fearless ghosts swarmed over him, causing fear to spread among the previously confident disciples.
"Father, the lower-ranked disciples aren\'t enough!" Tian Xiao shook his head.
"Oh?"
"There are too many ghosts. Look at the vast encirclement. Although our disciples are constantly killing them, the circle is still shrinking. Sooner or later, they will break into the Tian family," Tian Xiao said, shaking his head.
After a moment of silence, Tian Jizi issued another order.
"Tian family disciples, hear my command. Higher-ranked disciples, join the battle and annihilate the incoming ghosts!" Tian Jizi ordered.
"Yes~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!" came the response.
A large number of Tian family\'s elite fighters rushed into the battle.
However, this battle was just the appetizer for Zhong Shan.
"Roar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
A dragon\'s roar echoed.
Suddenly, a bizarre red dragon flew from the distance. No, it was a hollow red dragon, seemingly both real and unreal, like an unfinished drawing in an old painting.
"A Feng Shui dragon?" Tian Lao\'s eyes widened.
"It\'s Shenxiu!" Tian Xiao said timely.
Sure enough, as soon as Tian Xiao spoke, everyone saw Shenxiu standing arrogantly atop the Feng Shui dragon\'s head.
"Hmph!" Tian Jizi snorted coldly.
With a wave of his hand, a green long sword appeared in Tian Jizi\'s hand—his exclusive sword, the Tian Vein Sword.
As soon as the Tian Vein Sword appeared, a streak of sword energy shot straight towards Shenxiu atop the Feng Shui Dragon. The green sword energy was met with a blood-red sword energy from the distance, equally powerful and rising to meet it head-on.
"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
The two sword energies collided in an instant, causing the space around them to tremble violently. The powerful impact immediately obliterated countless ghostly creatures below and severely injured many low-ranking Tian family disciples.
"Ye Qingcheng!" Tian Jizi shouted in anger, his eyes widening.
Behind Shenxiu, the figure of Ye Qingcheng slowly emerged.
"Master Shenxiu, you can go destroy the Tian family\'s fortunes and karma now. Leave this place to us!" Ye Qingcheng said with a smile.
"Hmm," Shenxiu nodded.
The Feng Shui Dragon swished its tail and moved towards the rear of the Tian family estate.
"Where do you think you\'re going~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~?" The female Tian Lao struck the ground with her staff, shattering a large stone, and then disappeared in pursuit of Shenxiu.
"Ye Qingcheng, do you still wish to battle me?" Tian Jizi shouted coldly.
"Tian Jizi, there\'s nothing to discuss. We\'ve all come here, what do you think we intend to do?" Ye Qingcheng laughed loudly.
Suddenly, three more figures appeared high in the sky.
It was Xing Taidou, the old eunuch, and a red-clad expert from the Immortal World who had previously attacked the Tian family together.
"Hmph, just the likes of you?" Tian Jizi sneered.
At this moment, Tian Xiao instinctively felt something was amiss and wanted to warn Tian Jizi, but it was too late.
"Roar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!"
"Roar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!"
...
Five more tremendous dragon roars echoed, and suddenly, from the four directions of the Tian family estate, five enormous green dragons, each five thousand feet long, flew in. These were the five Earth Immortals, each displaying their most powerful forms upon arrival.
"Attack!" Ye Qingcheng shouted.
All the strong cultivators charged towards the Tian family.
Tian Jizi was momentarily stunned by the sudden appearance of the five green dragons. Dragons? Where did they come from?
"Father!" Tian Xiao shouted in alarm.
Tian Xiao\'s face showed a worried expression, his earlier composure completely gone. He never expected the appearance of these five-thousand-foot-long green dragons. What were they? Immortals? Only dragons that had reached the Immortal Realm could reach five thousand feet in length.
Where did these green dragons come from?
"Such audacity~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!" Tian Jizi roared in anger, waving the Tian Vein Sword to create a huge spatial rift, slashing towards Xing Taidou.
"Clang~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
Ye Qingcheng, wielding the Killing Immortal Sword, suddenly intercepted Tian Jizi.
"Your opponent is me!" Ye Qingcheng said with a mocking expression.
"Hmph!" Tian Jizi snorted coldly.
Seeing the sudden appearance of ten powerful opponents, Tian Jizi felt a deep sense of regret. Ten formidable enemies? Regardless of the outcome, the Tian family was in for a serious downfall this time. He truly shouldn\'t have let Zhong Shan go!
Tian Xiao felt the same. At this moment, he looked in the direction where Zhong Shan had left, his eyes filled with shock. How did Zhong Shan manage to gather such forces in just three months?
"Defend the Tian family!" Tian Jizi roared, charging into the fray.
Along with Tian Xiao, five Heaven Extreme Realm experts from the Tian family quickly rushed towards the other strong cultivators.
War is brutal, and once it starts, there is no room for retreat.
Outside, countless members of the Immortal World surrounded the inner area, while numerous subordinates of Xing Taidou also flew forward to attack. Endless ghostly creatures fearlessly charged at the Tian family.
"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
In the distance, a gigantic green dragon swung its massive tail hard onto Yun Peak, causing the five peaks of the Tian family to shake. Yun Peak shook the most violently, sending countless rocks tumbling down.