Chapter 438

Chapter 438: Waiting to Act

He Ling Mountain was the name of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

At that moment, he had already made up his mind to face death.

Being just a Nascent Soul cultivator, he had offended such a powerful enemy; escape was impossible. No one dared to activate a super teleportation array for him, and he himself didn’t understand how to use one.

Now, he could only stay here, waiting for the elder named Xue Yue to arrive.

Fortunately, he did not reveal the name of his sect. Even if he died, he would not bring calamity upon his sect.

Of course, even if his sect encountered trouble, he could not worry about that now.

If the other party wanted to kill him, he would not just submit without resistance.

He only hoped that after his death, the Cultivation Alliance would not implicate the Qingyun Sect.

However, even if it did, he could no longer care.

Next, He Ling Mountain set up a formation in place; it was an array disk given to him by his Sect Master to hand over to the sect elder.

This formation was a peak Tribulation stage array disk; once set up, it could withstand the attacks of a peak Tribulation stage cultivator for a quarter of an hour as long as there were enough superior grade spirit stones to replenish its energy.

If it were a mid-Tribulation stage cultivator, it could last even longer.

He Ling Mountain arranged the formation mainly because he could not constantly use talismans to protect himself.

The defense talismans had limited protection time; roughly, a single talisman could provide protection for only one hour.

If the enemy did not come for several days, he would need to use dozens or even hundreds of defense talismans.

As for why he needed protective measures, it was naturally because he feared a powerful sneak attack.

He was just a minor Nascent Soul stage cultivator; although he possessed talismans capable of easily killing Great Ascension stage powerhouses, if an Integration stage powerhouse launched a surprise attack, he would not even have time to use his talismans before he would be dead.

Therefore, setting up a formation and hiding within it was undoubtedly the best way to defend against sneak attacks.

……

"What? My son was killed by a Nascent Soul cultivator?"

At the frontline of the logistics department, a mid-stage Great Ascension woman received the message, and her expression immediately turned infuriated.

In the next moment, she quickly flew towards the direction of the interstellar teleportation array.

She had just received a message from a mid-stage Great Ascension colleague in the logistics department, informing her that her son had been killed on Fuyang Star.

Such news sent her into a frenzy.

As she flew, the woman sent a message to her partner.

"Your son has been killed, and you still have the heart to fight the beasts? I demand that you rush to Fuyang Star immediately to avenge our son…"

At the frontline, a middle-aged man’s expression changed drastically after reading the contents of the communication artifact.

Without a moment’s hesitation, he quickly flew toward the teleportation array behind him.

A few hours later, the interstellar teleportation array on Fuyang Star shone brightly.

Soon, a beautiful woman in her thirties, her face darkened with fury, stepped out from the teleportation array.

Once she exited the array, her gaze immediately fell upon a woman standing beside the teleportation array.

“Qingyun Luo, where is the murderer who killed my son?” The woman inquired as she looked at the woman near the teleportation array.

“He is right where your son usually worked. He has set up a formation and is currently hiding inside,” Qingyun Luo replied lightly.

However, a trace of barely noticeable schadenfreude appeared in her eyes.

Xue Yue, relying on the favor of his Great Ascension stage parents and the backing of the Great Ascension stage Ancestor, often looked down on her as his superior.

Now, he provoked someone he should not have, leading to his direct demise; naturally, she felt very pleased.

Still, in front of Xue Yue’s mother, she did not show her delight.

Upon hearing Qingyun Luo’s words, the woman quickly flew toward the place where her son used to work.

Soon, she indeed saw a formation at the original spot.

Without hesitation, she summoned her most powerful attack method and fiercely struck at the formation.

However, even though the Beautiful Woman’s attack looked exceptionally fierce, it merely created a ripple after hitting the defensive formation.

“What? This is an Imperial-level Defensive Formation?”

As a mid-stage Great Ascension cultivator, the Beautiful Woman recognized that a formation which could only raise ripples under her full-force attack had to be an Imperial Formation.

“So what if it’s an Imperial Formation? Watch me break you.”

Saying this, the Beautiful Woman took out an imperial-level mid-grade talisman.

This talisman corresponded to an attack from a mid-stage Great Emperor level powerhouse.

As the Beautiful Woman activated the talisman, in the next moment, a meteoric attack sped towards the defensive formation.

As the Beautiful Woman made her move, many cultivators on Fuyang Star withdrew from a distance.

Thus, when the imperial-level talisman collided with the imperial-level formation, resulting in a mushroom cloud-like explosive effect, no one was injured.

After the explosion, the defensive formation remained intact.

“How is this possible?” The Beautiful Woman found it hard to believe.

“I don’t believe your superior grade spirit stones are infinite.”

In the next moment, the Beautiful Woman took out another imperial-level talisman.

While the Beautiful Woman attacked the formation, He Ling Mountain’s heart raced within the formation.

To be safe, he also activated a defense talisman.

At this moment, he had no intention of using attack talismans to eliminate the woman before him.

He had heard that the one called Xue Yue not only had Great Ascension stage parents but also an ancestor who was a Great Emperor level powerhouse.

If he acted impulsively and used a talisman to kill the woman, it could alarm Xue Yue’s father and ancestor and prevent them from coming.

Boom!

Boom!

Outside the formation, intense sounds of attacks echoed, causing a significant depletion of the formation’s superior grade spirit stones.

Thus, He Ling Mountain had to pay attention to the spirit stone consumption and replenish them in a timely manner.

Outside, Xue Yue’s mother attacked the formation for half an hour. She had initially used several imperial-level talismans, and later the woman personally attacked the formation to deplete its energy.

After half an hour, she ceased her attacks.

It was not that she did not want to continue; it was because her partner had arrived.

“The one who killed our son is hiding in this formation. Hurry and bring out your imperial-level talismans; I want to break this formation and avenge our son.”

Moments later.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The intense booming sounds erupted again.

This continued for half an hour.

After half an hour, the mid-stage Great Ascension couple was nearly exhausted.

“This formation is too powerful, and the enemy has plenty of superior grade spirit stones; we can’t possibly break this formation’s defenses.”

“Then let’s call the ancestor. The ancestor is a Great Emperor level powerhouse and can easily break this formation.”

“I have already contacted the ancestor; they will arrive soon.”

After the couple stopped attacking, several hours later, an interstellar teleportation array on Fuyang Star lit up.

When the teleportation light disappeared, several figures emerged from the array.

Upon seeing a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties step out of the teleportation array, the Beautiful Woman immediately cried out,

“Ancestor, you finally came! Xue Yue has been killed; you must avenge him!”