In mid-air, the Grand Master and Ougi were still fighting, but due to the absence of the Blood Battle, the pressure on the Grand Master was greatly reduced. However, under Ougi’s well-organized offensive, he was unable to break free for a while.
In the central square of the Biluo Cave, the Qingliu Huanzhuan Great Array, under the control of the Second Cave Master, resisted the fierce attacks from the Dawn Scattered Alliance, while all the disciples were on guard, preventing the enemy from using the teleportation array to launch a surprise attack again.
For a while, both sides were at a stalemate.
The disciples of the Biluo Cave breathed a sigh of relief, as this stable situation was advantageous to them.
Many people firmly believed that as long as the Great Elder came out, everything in front of them would not be a problem.
Yuan Ming stood around Jiluo, his eyes scanning around, pretending to be on guard like everyone else, but actually looking for an opportunity to escape.
He did not believe that the Dawn Scattered Alliance would allow the situation to remain deadlocked. The temporary calm might be brewing a stronger storm.
“At this moment, you, you, and you, all go to the side of the Second Cave Master, be careful and be on guard!” Just then, the voice of Wuluo rang out, pointing out one-third of the people from the surrounding guards, and Yuan Ming was among them.
Yuan Ming followed the others towards the center of the square, where the Second Elder was located, while observing the surroundings. People were also sent to adjust the distribution of personnel in the other seven formations.
Although the situation was unfavorable, the Second Cave Master’s actions were still well-organized and there was no panic.
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In the center of the Qingliu Huanzhuan Great Array, the Second Cave Master was surrounded by nearly 150 cultivators, including about ten Foundation Establishment cultivators, making it difficult for anyone to approach him.
The Second Cave Master occasionally whispered to the Foundation Establishment elders, and each elder knew that it was time to fight to the death.
While maintaining the formation, he anxiously awaited the Great Elder to come out, knowing that the situation in the Biluo Cave was now extremely dangerous.
Both the Grand Master and himself were just delaying the enemy’s progress, and he had heard a little about the style of the Dawn Scattered Alliance’s actions. This time, they had gathered so many people to attack the Biluo Cave, there must be some other plan.
Even to deal with the Great Elder, they should have other preparations. Just then, the Second Cave Master’s eyes suddenly flashed, and he immediately warned the people around him, “Someone has invaded the formation, find them quickly.”
His extended divine sense faintly sensed the enemy’s presence.
However, the people guarding the formation panicked, but when they searched around, they did not see the intruder.
Yuan Ming stood in a corner of the crowd farthest from the Second Cave Master, his eyes scanning around, but he also did not see anyone invading.
Suddenly, his pupils shrank, and he suddenly saw the shadow under the Second Cave Master, which was noticeably darker than the others around him.
Before he could speak, the shadow of the Second Cave Master suddenly twisted, and a blood-red figure suddenly burst out, attacking the Second Cave Master’s chest with lightning speed.
The cultivators around, including Yuan Ming, did not expect the enemy to have the means to approach the Second Cave Master directly, and they were unable to react in time.
“Blood Battle!” someone exclaimed.
The Second Cave Master’s reaction was extremely fast. His body was immediately covered in a layer of light, and at the same time, he spat out a small inch-high green light, which contained a small ruler.
The small ruler suddenly expanded to a size of ten feet, and the green light slammed into the blood battle.
At this moment, a deep and bone-visible scar appeared on the back of the blood battle, but in the face of the huge ruler that came crashing down, he did not avoid it at all, and there was even a hint of madness in his eyes. A condensed blood cloud appeared in the palm of his left hand, with a faintly glowing flame inside.
“Boom!”
Then, there was a deafening explosion!
A red sun burst into light in the center of the formation, and the intense heat caused the people in the formation to be thrown into disarray and scattered.
The Second Cave Master was directly impacted, and the protective light on his body was instantly broken, and his chest and abdomen were burned by the flames. Not only were his clothes torn, but there was also a shocking wound on his body.
The square was in chaos.
Yuan Ming was relatively far from the center of the explosion and only received a slight impact, causing him to be knocked to the ground. However, the elders and disciples near the Second Cave Master were all blown apart, with many casualties.
He clearly saw every moment of the attack, and even saw the blood battle, who launched the sudden attack, being knocked out by the Second Cave Master’s small ruler, covered in blood, with a broken left arm, obviously seriously injured.
But he took advantage of the situation to turn into a blood shadow and flew towards the outside of the formation.
The formation was broken, and the entire Qingliu Huanzhuan Great Array collapsed, turning into scattered green light.
The female formation master looked at the scene, a smile appearing on her lips.
All of this was part of her plan, including the suicidal attacks of the second-level spirit beasts at the beginning, which were all preparations to distract attention and carry out a surprise attack on the enemy’s underground using the blood battle.
“My task is done,” the female formation master said.
“Go!” A leader of the Dawn Scattered Alliance gave the order.The clownish young man who had been guarding her side was the first to respond, charging toward the unprotected Biluo Cave disciples without the protection of the formation.
“Brother, be careful,” the female array master shouted loudly, but unfortunately, the cultivator named Xiao Yao had already charged far away.
The rest of the Dawnbreak cultivators followed closely, their battle cries shaking the heavens.
The second cave master, severely injured, had a gloomy expression like dark water. After swallowing several medicinal pills, he shouted to everyone, “The formation is broken! Things have come to this point. Do you want to die with dignity, or live a life without honor as a slave in the mines? Decide for yourselves.”
His shout was so forceful that even Yuan Ming, upon hearing it, was somewhat moved.
Some of the elder disciples even shed hot tears.
Seeing that there was no way out, the cultivators of Biluo Cave slapped their spirit beast bags at their waists, summoning their respective spirit beasts, took out their most treasured talismans and magical instruments, and prepared for the final battle.
On the square, the last and most tragic melee finally began.
The grand cave master in the distant sky, upon seeing the situation here, was immediately filled with shame and rage. He then realized that when he had repelled the blood battle with a single sword strike earlier, the enemy had not truly retreated but had taken the opportunity to escape and launch a surprise attack on the second cave master as a feigned retreat.
The grand cave master, anxious and angry in his heart, was about to come to the aid when several streaks of black lightning struck beside him, the Kui Water Divine Thunder technique of Ogi.
The grand cave master had no choice but to concentrate and fight, being firmly held back by Ogi.
After taking the medicinal pills, the second cave master took a deep breath, forced himself to stand up, and raised a red circular ring, preparing to face the enemy.
However, just as he activated the ring and repelled two nearby men in black, he suddenly showed a pained expression, vomiting a large mouthful of black blood and collapsing to the ground once more. His skin turned a purplish-blue color, and his limbs convulsed uncontrollably, as if he had been poisoned.
The red circular ring also clanged to the ground, its spiritual light quickly fading away.
Seeing the second cave master exhausted and the grand cave master unable to clone himself, with their fellow disciples continuously falling, the morale of the Biluo Cave cultivators instantly dissipated. Whether they were ordinary disciples or Foundation Establishment elders, they all lost the will to fight and scattered in all directions.
Before long, the second cave master, who had collapsed on the ground, was also controlled by the people of Dawnbreak with a magical instrument.
When the second cave master was attacked, Yuan Ming was the first to break away from the crowd, fighting and retreating, and made his way to the edge of the square leading to the back mountain.
Members of Dawnbreak had already invaded Biluo Cave in large numbers, blocking all the roads on the front mountain, with only the roads leading to the interior of Biluo Cave still unoccupied.
Yuan Ming didn’t think much, his figure flickered, and he flew toward that direction.
“Stop!”
Several members of the Dawnbreak loose alliance came rushing from the side, one of whom was the tall and thin man who had previously clashed with him at the entrance of Biluo Cave.
Yuan Ming immediately used the Wind Agility technique to speed up, quickly leaving the pursuers a distance behind.
Seeing that he could not catch up, the tall and thin man took out the red crossbow that he had used to attack the protective formation earlier.
A piercing screech sounded, and a red arrow shot straight toward Yuan Ming’s back.
Yuan Ming hurriedly activated the jade belt at his waist, his figure instantly becoming blurry, and he flew several zhang to the side.
The red crossbow arrow hit where he had been, exploding with a loud bang, blasting a large hole in the ground and sending dust flying.
Without looking back, Yuan Ming continued to activate the jade belt, his figure speeding forward with several afterimages.
By the time the tall and thin man and others arrived, Yuan Ming was already gone.
Several paths appeared ahead, with no clear indication of where Yuan Ming had gone.
The pursuers stopped in frustration and turned to chase other Biluo Cave disciples. Yuan Ming increased his speed to the maximum, quickly shaking off the pursuit of the Dawnbreak loose alliance. He ran to a hidden spot at the foot of the Fire Refinement Peak and controlled two soul crows to scout the outside situation.
The disciples of Biluo Cave had completely collapsed. For those who chose to surrender, whether they were Foundation Establishment elders or Qi Refining disciples, the Dawnbreak loose alliance did not trouble them, only confiscating their storage magical instruments and placing a circular magical instrument around their necks, gathering them in one place for supervision.
But for the few cultivators who resisted to the end, there was no good outcome. Outnumbered several times, they were almost all either dead or severely injured.
The Dawnbreak loose alliance had clearly made thorough preparations for this attack on Biluo Cave, and soon people were stationed at various checkpoints throughout the cave, leaving no stone unturned.
“At such a time, what exactly is Xiying doing? Really worrying!”
Yuan Ming hid in a secluded corner, concealing his breath, not even daring to let out a heavy breath. He monitored every move on the battlefield through the soul crows while anxiously searching for Xiying’s whereabouts.
In the current chaos, if he used the soul crows to find a loophole set by Dawnbreak and then tried to escape using the remaining Earth Travel talismans, he should have a ninety percent chance of success. But he was unsure if Xiying had finished its important task, and now he couldn’t make contact.