Chapter 560 - 240: Dense Clouds Without Rain, Able to Seal Eight Directions (Part 3)

"Silence, Brother Leshui, you haven’t seen the person named Tan today. I have urgent matters at home, so let’s part ways for now."

As he spoke, Mr. Tan hurriedly tossed a piece of silver on the table, clasped his hands in a polite farewell, and rushed downstairs to leave as if he were avoiding a plague.

The boat of friendship capsizes at the slightest sign.

Lin Leshui’s mouth gaped open, "Hey..."

He wanted to call out to his friend but only managed half a word before realizing the person didn’t even look back, and his silhouette was out of sight. Finally, it dawned on him.

This was a rebuke for his loose tongue.

Clearly, he saw someone who was killed directly for speaking too much, yet he recklessly spoke about how he hoped the Shenxiao Sword Sect would descend the mountain, expressing how tough life was now. Wasn’t this courting death?

"This damned mouth of mine..."

Lin Leshui gave himself a heavy slap on the face, suddenly losing all interest, dared not speak further, settled the bill, hurriedly walked along the street, and rushed home, not daring to venture out again.

Thus, the quality of friendships lies above; Meng Mu moved three times.

Making friends stronger than oneself can lead to wealth and avoid disasters.

But befriending those who are chaotic and disorderly will inevitably lead one astray...

Someday, disaster might strike, and one wouldn’t even know how they died.

...

"Kill!"

"Shenxiao Body Protection, Five Thunders Celestial Spirit."

A gigantic man in golden armor, with flashing lightning, wielding a purple broadsword, swept across the plain like a whirlwind.

Behind him, hundreds to thousands of burly men emanating with lightning formed a Fish Scale Array, wielding weapons as if the majestic might of heaven descended, crazily advancing forward.

The cries of battle shook the heavens.

Above the city walls, thousands of soldiers and officials observed, some stroking their beards nodding, some trembling with fear.

Many more, including the citizens of Wind Valley, couldn’t even see the battle unfolding.

The citizens of this city have not faced assassination threats or been enveloped in a black terror.

However, the citizens of this city have their own troubles.

That’s because the major paths outside the city, including mountain roads, have been surrounded and blocked by a massive army.

Ten miles away is a death zone.

When have they ever endured such humiliation?

Even at the peak of the Great Li Dynasty, Wind Valley City kept its gates wide open for trade routes.

Especially with the Five Thunders Gang enforcing control over civilians, small-time crooks had no place to stay.

Though life was tough for the people, occasionally many would die of hunger.

Yet, as long as they submitted to the Shenxiao Sect and the Five Thunders Gang, willing to be slaves and serve diligently, there was still a way to survive.

But now, there wasn’t a single escape route.

When the Jade Rakshasa led soldiers to lock down the city, not only civilians but even dignitaries, wealthy merchants, and even disciples of the Five Thunders Gang and Shenxiao Sword Sect’s own disciples had to obediently stay in the city; leaving was out of the question.

Such humiliation, unbearable for anyone, compelled the Five Thunders Gang Leader Chengg Tianya to finally gather nearly a thousand martial artists from the entire city to meet the opponent outside the city.

Among them, three were at the Unity Realm, with Chengg himself being a Late-Stage Unity Grandmaster, practicing Shenxiao Five-Thunder Swordsmanship, possessing unmatched power.

He believed that with such a group of experts gathering to attack outside the city, even encountering an army of ten thousand could easily carve a bloody path.

According to Chengg Tianya’s speculation, the Jade Rakshasa leading the Primordial Iron Cavalry here under the command of King Ping’s Army certainly harbored ill intentions toward the Shenxiao Sword Sect.

Someone must climb the mountain to report, urging senior uncles and senior brothers to descend the mountain to deal with them properly.

But even this idea couldn’t be carried out.

After his three carrier pigeons and two falcons nurtured at home were shot down, he realized that seeking opportunistic shortcuts ultimately wasn’t a solution; direct confrontation with weapons was inevitable.

Hence, the scene outside the city unfolded, and the situation of both sides facing off in grand formations emerged.

"Shenxiao Body Protection?"

Han Xiaoru’s head bore two phoenix feathers that fluttered like blood, her delicate and beautiful face subtly smiling.

Her eyes slightly narrowed, gazing at the Five Thunders Celestial Gang Array advancing with thunderous rumbles, she suddenly raised her Three-Pointed Double-Bladed Saber high.

A golden light shot straight toward the sun-like star.

"Activate the array."

Amidst a high-pitched and crisp shout, killing intent swept across the plain like the wind.

The starlight flowed like water.

Behind, silver and black lights flickered simultaneously, and three thousand soldiers cultivating the Primordial Technique looked to the sky and shouted in unison, naturally forming the Seven Stars Dipper Grand Array.

Starlight rained from all directions, blood qi and gang qi gathered into a faint shadow, enveloping Han Xiaoru.

Rendering her form like a transparent blood jade, the Three-Pointed Double-Bladed Saber thrusted forward, starlight and blood light slicing swiftly ahead like a bolt.

Boom...

Humans borrowed the momentum of the saber, merging with their horse.

Yin and Yang reversed, two aspects clearly defined...

The entire Seven Stars Dipper Grand Array, as if endowed with a speed boost, abruptly shifted forward dozens of yards.

Han Xiaoru transformed her saber into a sword, her Sword Aura spanning dozens of yards, slicing the Five Thunders Gang Leader Chengg Tianya, together with his horse and golden armor, into shreds of flesh.

Crash...

Amidst a deafening roar.

The blood light on Han Xiaoru grew even more intense, burning with starlight and blood flame, morphing into an Asura shadow, further harnessing the power of stars and array, spurring her warhorse as she swept past the opposing Five Thunders Array like a hurricane.

Woosh, woosh, woosh...

Only the furious howling of wind could be heard.

As the Primordial Seven-Star Array charged past.

The two opposing cavalry forces clashed, leaving only one army amidst miserable screams and angry roars.

Before Han Xiaoru could reach the end and turn her horse back to charge again.

The remaining two to three hundred disciples of the Five Thunders Gang were already wailing, scattering like a flock of sheep shattered by a strike.

"So fragile?"

Han Xiaoru was slightly taken aback.