Beside the Jingming Lake.
The fishing rod was stuck in the ground, and Ye Fan was sunbathing on a lounge chair nearby.
The sunlight was warm, and Ye Fan squinted his eyes in contentment.
【Detected that a powerful enemy is approaching. The host can obtain an opportunity to strengthen the sect's protective array by signing in on the lounge chair.】
Ye Fan rolled over, ignoring it.
【……】
【Useless host, what good are you!】
【Strengthening protective array!】
【Perfect-grade hundredfold damage reflection preparing!】
In front of the sect gate.
The elders of the Ten Great Sects finally finished their preparations.
The terrifying true qi fluctuations were even more intense than before, and the disciples of the Ziyun Sect who hadn't had time to escape were all scared silly!
It was too terrifying!
They didn't even need to attack; just the dissipating true qi fluctuations made them unable to move!
Their bodies trembled non-stop, and their breathing became increasingly difficult...
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!"
Dozens of terrifying techniques shot towards the sect's protective array!
The next moment, all these elders were stunned.
The terrifying explosion they had imagined did not appear, not even a fart of a sound!
Their ultimate moves just stopped in front of the opponent's protective array!
Before they could recover, the protective array flashed with golden light!
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!"
Those ultimate moves flew back towards their masters even faster than they had come!
And the energy fluctuations they brought were a hundred times more terrifying than before!
"Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble—!"
A terrifying explosion sounded, and the earth shook along with it!
It took a full quarter of an hour for the smoke and dust to disperse.
A large pit with a diameter of a hundred zhang and a depth of tens of zhang appeared on the ground...
Beside the Jingming Lake.
As soon as Zi Yun landed, she received the news.
The crisis was resolved, and the enemies were gone.
"Master?" Ye Fan turned his head and looked at her. "Is something wrong?"
"Nothing... I just came to see if you were having fun..."
After speaking, True Person Zi Yun left.
At the same time, she felt a wave of self-reproach and shame!
She was truly inexcusable!
Her precious disciple must have known about the enemies' arrival long ago and had already prepared a countermeasure.
Now that the enemies were all annihilated, it was the best proof!
And she had even come here specifically, which was clearly a sign of distrust towards her precious disciple!
She would never do such a foolish thing again!
After True Person Zi Yun left, Ye Fan glanced at the wooden bucket on the ground.
It was very clean, with nothing in it...
He suspected he might be cursed.
Ever since he left the Ziyun Sect, he hadn't caught a single fish.
Instead, he had caught many other random things...
Outside the imperial city.
The sect leaders of the Ten Great Sects fled from the entrance of the ruins in a sorry state.
They had easily dealt with the imperial family's people earlier and successfully opened the entrance.
However, as soon as they entered, they were driven out by the small monsters near the entrance!
If they hadn't run fast and those small monsters couldn't leave the ruins, they might have already died!
The Ten Great Sects looked at each other and sighed helplessly.
Now they could be absolutely sure that there was a super treasure in this great tomb.
But the problem was that this treasure was not destined for them...
Upon returning to their sects, they were dealt another blow.
The elders who had attacked the Ziyun Sect were wiped out!
After a period of deliberation, they decided to take action themselves!
The situation with the Ziyun Sect had reached a point of no return, and reconciliation was clearly impossible!
An hour later.
The sect leaders of the Ten Great Sects unleashed their full power, fiercely attacking the Ziyun Sect's protective array.
This time, everyone in the Ziyun Sect appeared very calm!
True Person Zi Yun took out tables and chairs and invited the elders to sit down.
Then, she took out several large watermelons from her ring.
The other disciples stood aside, entering "watch the show" mode.
It turned out that after True Person Zi Yun's analysis, everyone in the Ziyun Sect now regarded Ye Fan as an unfathomable peerless old monster!
They had full confidence in Ye Fan!
Watching the show and eating melon here was the greatest respect for Ye Fan!
"Rumble—!"
A violent explosion came from the protective array.
The protective array seemed to have reached its limit, and cracks began to appear.
A flicker of excitement flashed in the eyes of the sect leaders of the Ten Great Sects!
At first, they were indeed shocked.
How could such a trash sect like Ziyun Sect have such a ridiculously powerful protective array!
Compared to theirs, their sect's protective array was utter garbage!
Now, the tortoise shell was finally about to break!
The Ten Great Sect leaders were already angry, and seeing the performance of the Ziyun Sect's people made their anger surge!
They were risking their lives to attack, and it was bearable that the other side wasn't nervous or scared.
But what the hell was the meaning of sitting on small stools and eating watermelons?!
Were they watching a monkey show?!
This was absolutely unbearable!
Seeing the array crack, True Person Zi Yun instinctively tensed up.
The Ziyun Sect was safe only because of this array.
If it were broken, wouldn't they be in trouble?
But after a moment's thought, she regained her composure.
With her precious disciple around, what was there to worry about?
Perhaps her precious disciple had gotten bored and was preparing to change the way of playing.
Thinking this, True Person Zi Yun picked up another piece of watermelon and ate it.
"Splash—!"
The protective array finally shattered!
The Ten Great Sect leaders, with ferocious expressions, charged into the Ziyun Sect!
Beside the Jingming Lake.
【Due to material limitations, the sect's protective array has been strengthened to its limit.】
【Further strengthening will cause it to be scrapped directly.】
【Host, don't you dare sleep! Do you know your sect is about to be destroyed!】
【I'm not expecting you to sign in for rewards anymore. Can you at least pretend to be nervous?!】
Ye Fan still ignored it, continuing to enjoy the warm sunlight.
【……】
【I…】
【Pah! Useless piece of garbage!】
【Power aura preparing!】
【Speed aura preparing!】
【Defense aura preparing!】
【Super divine artifact being dispatched.】
...
Within the sect.
True Person Zi Yun and the elders shivered violently!
They felt a surge of unprecedented energy pouring into their bodies.
So much power!
It was a very peculiar feeling.
Their own cultivation had not changed at all.
But they could clearly feel that their strength had reached an unimaginable height!
The Ten Great Sect leaders, who had seemed terrifying in their eyes before, now seemed… ordinary!
But was the amount of energy that suddenly appeared too much?
They felt like their bodies couldn't contain it!
Their hands suddenly felt heavy.
Zi Yun and the others looked down to see an object in their hands.
This was...
A brick?!
Wait...
Although this brick looked ordinary, it exuded an energy similar to the one within them.
It was not true qi, but it was countless times more powerful than true qi!
Even if it was just a brick, it was a super magic artifact brick!
As the Ten Great Sect leaders were about to unleash their fury, they suddenly noticed a golden light emanating from True Person Zi Yun and the other elders.
The Ten Great Sect leaders froze.
What was going on?
Did they have a backup plan?
Forget it!
No matter how powerful the cultivation techniques and ultimate moves were, they relied on cultivation base.
This was an unchanging truth passed down through countless years in the cultivation world, an unbreakable principle.
The cultivation levels of these Ziyun Sect members had not changed; they couldn't possibly come up with any tricks!
True Person Zi Yun and the elders were also not feeling well.
The mysterious energy had been injected in such large quantities that it was about to overflow!
If they didn't find a way to vent it, they might self-detonate on the spot!
Thus, their gazes fell upon the Ten Great Sect leaders who had charged in.
There was nothing more to say.
Let's go get 'em!!!
Their figures flickered, and they charged forward with their bricks!
It wasn't that they didn't want to use their techniques to attack, but after the mysterious power appeared, they couldn't mobilize their true qi.
At this moment, they were relying entirely on physical strength!
In less than a blink of an eye, Zi Yun and the others reached the Ten Great Sect leaders!
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!"
Dozens of bricks, carrying sharp whistling sounds, smashed heavily onto the Ten Great Sect leaders!
It wasn't that the Ten Great Sect leaders didn't want to dodge, but the speed was too fast, and they couldn't react in time...
And so.
To the dumbfounded expressions of the Ziyun Sect disciples.
A battle that was originally supposed to be a peak showdown between experts.
It turned into a brawl between hooligans...
And it was a one-sided affair at that...
The Ten Great Sect leaders curled up on the ground, desperately covering their heads...
They had no way to express their suffering.
The damage from the bricks was not fatal; they could at least resist a little.
But the problem was that those bricks were too damn bizarre!
With one brick, their cultivation base would be unusable!
Even more terrifyingly, as they were hit more and more times, they found that their cultivation was actually regressing!
From Void Integration to Nascent Soul, then from Nascent Soul to Core Formation...