Chapter 546: Water Sealing Array

Chapter 546 -515: Water Sealing Array

At this moment, no one believed that the Primordial Sect would still exist after today.

With the South City completely breached, the East City utterly out of control, the West City on the verge of collapse, and the North City serving as the main escape route since the war began… under these circumstances, no one could boast of being able to turn the tide.

Not even Chen Che!

‘The Primordial Sect is finished.’

Chen Che glanced back, his own heart pounding uncontrollably.

In the South City, Jiang Shaotian led the charge, joining forces with three or four other Golden Core Cultivators to force Duobao into a constant retreat. The Chiefs, such as Huang Shiwo, Qiu Tianshui, and Chen Jiyuan, were each facing attacks from several times their number of Golden Core Cultivators.

There were even many Foundation Establishment Cultivators launching sneak attacks from the sidelines.

Forced into a hasty retreat, Duobao and the others couldn’t look after the sect’s disciples. Those disciples tried to fall back in a panic but were instantly overwhelmed by the Cultivators from the Star-Picking Sect. In just a few breaths, the battle had moved from the South City’s walls to its center.

“The Primordial Sect is beyond saving! You all need to leave, now!”

Yu Yunko, who had charged into the South City, sent a voice transmission at the same time. “The Star-Picking Sect’s second mission is to annihilate Jinyun Valley. I hope the Primordial Sect’s leadership can hold out a little longer…”

Chen Che didn’t need her reminder; he was well aware of the situation.

However, it wouldn’t be so easy to leave now.

Mist Rain Tower’s wave-like attacks were like a continuous, gloomy rain—difficult to block and difficult to escape. Just as Chen Che and the others were distracted by the fall of the South City, the Golden Core Cultivators outside the walls seized the opportunity to strike again.

In an instant, several rainbow bridges surged forward, their momentum even more ferocious than before. Sensing the danger, Chen Che traced a finger through the air. The Sword Pill gathered once more, forming a massive wall that stretched between heaven and earth.

As expected of the greatest asset Chen Che relied on for survival, and a Sword Cultivator’s greatest support. No matter how high the Cultivation Realm, Weapon grade, or Magical Treasure level of his enemies, it never faltered in the slightest.

BOOOOM—

With a tremendous roar, the Sword Pill once again blocked the attack from outside the city.

But another large section of the West City’s wall collapsed. Swarms of enemy Cultivators poured through the breach like hyenas smelling blood, sinking their teeth into the defending Jinyun Valley Cultivators.

“Che’er, we can’t stay here any longer! If Duobao’s side falls, we’ll be surrounded!” Meng Changtu sent via voice transmission as he steered the Mudskipper Shrimp, using its massive body to block the collapsed section of the wall.

The Mudskipper Shrimp’s armor crackled and popped under the hailstorm of Magic.

“Have the Foundation Establishment Cultivators retreat first. The heavily injured have priority.”

After replying, Chen Che saw the enemy Cultivators swarming the Jinyun Valley Spiritual Boat. He took the Horn directly from the old man’s hands, puffed out his cheeks, and blew with all his might.

Ever since they entered the city, the Spiritual Boat had remained parked in the West City district.

Many of the enemy Cultivators who had stormed the city recognized the Jinyun Valley Spiritual Boat. Seeing defenders carrying their injured comrades aboard, they immediately abandoned the ground and swarmed toward the Spiritual Boat like a plague of flies.

BLAAAARE—

Immediately, the high-pitched blast from the Horn transformed into a visible sound wave, sending massive ripples surging in all directions. Wherever the sound wave passed, the Cultivators riding Demon Birds toward the Spiritual Boat instantly plummeted from the sky with a series of THUDS.

Even for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, a fall from thousands of feet up was no different from an egg smashing on the ground.

The Demon Beasts that had been charging the Spiritual Boat instantly beat their wings in terror, trying to dodge the sweeping sound wave.

‘A pity,’ Chen Che thought to himself.

His Divine Sense was strong enough, but a Sound Law Instrument like this required sufficient skill. Otherwise, that last blast wouldn’t have just crudely injured the Demon Beasts; it would have precisely controlled them and turned them against their masters.

Tossing the Horn back to the old man, Chen Che clapped his hands together, recalling the Flying Swords that had been scattered earlier. “Get everyone back to the Spiritual Boat and find a way to break out. Then we’ll return to Jinyun Valley to pick up our people.”

“What about you?” Meng Qianxun asked. He took a deep breath and blew the Horn. The Demon Beasts that had dodged the first sound wave were immediately caught by the new blast, and they roared as they pounced on their own masters.

However, his Divine Sense wasn’t strong enough. He could only control a few dozen of them, which was only enough to cause some chaos.

“Xuan Peng isn’t here. If you get surrounded, you won’t be able to escape.”

“I can leave whenever I want.” Chen Che felt a pang of regret. The key issue was that he hadn’t expected the Primordial Sect to collapse so quickly. As he was thinking, he noticed movement ahead. “This is bad… The Golden Core Cultivators from Mist Rain Tower are on the move…”

The Golden Core Cultivators from Mist Rain Tower had been using kiting tactics the entire time, maintaining an absolutely safe distance. Now, seeing the city walls breached, they finally began to advance. More than thirty figures pushed toward Primordial City like a steel wall.

They were as cautious as ever, making no rash moves.

But every step forward was as resolute as a lion’s. As they advanced, the enemy Cultivators maintained their wave-like assault—an exceedingly effective tactic, to say the least.

Without a single direct confrontation between the Golden Core Cultivators of either side, the enemy had already managed to incapacitate over half of the defending Golden Cores, while also forcing Chen Che and the others from the city walls into the city proper.

But the enemy’s offensive remained like an endless, rolling tide…

“This is Mist Rain Tower’s signature attack style.” A voice suddenly rang out. Chen Che turned to see it was Ping Miaohan, who had also been forced to retreat. She hadn’t exerted much effort during the city’s defense.

She had fallen back even farther than Chen Che, nearly reaching the West City Center.

Seeing Chen Che look her way, Ping Miaohan smiled amicably as she flung out her long Water Sleeves to counter the incoming rays of rainbow light. “Valley Master Chen, have you considered my previous proposal?”

“Apologies.”

Chen Che refused flatly.

“What a shame.” Ping Miaohan sighed, then immediately proposed something else. “Valley Master, shall we break out of the city together later?”

“No, thanks,” Chen Che rejected her again. “You go your way, I’ll go mine…”

‘I’ve already become the Star-Picking Sect’s second target,’ he thought. ‘Plus, after killing Ruan Yan and his group, I’ve surely earned the Celestial Spirit Palace’s hatred. If I team up with this woman now, I’ll immediately become a thorn in Mist Rain Tower’s side.’

‘As long as I haven’t lost my mind, there’s no way I’m agreeing to her proposal.’

“…Fine.”

Ping Miaohan sighed to herself. ‘After today, the Primordial Sect will be well and truly gone. With Chen Che’s strength and reputation, if he used Jinyun Valley as a core and called for the reconstruction of the Primordial Sect, countless people would surely answer his call. A pity… he isn’t willing…’

While the two were speaking, not only were the enemy Cultivators in the West City advancing, but the defenders in the other two districts were also steadily losing ground. The Primordial Sect’s forces, facing three times their number in Golden Core Cultivators, simply couldn’t hold on.

Countless Cultivators who had lost the will to fight fled directly through the poorly defended North City. Tang Linli and his group, who had been dispatched to supervise the battle, had long since been scattered by the flood of fleeing Cultivators. They had no choice but to regroup and resist the enemy.

The battle raging throughout Primordial City was exceptionally brutal.

While fending off Mist Rain Tower’s attacks, Chen Che scanned his surroundings, searching for an opportunity to break out. The low-cultivation and injured Cultivators had already been sent to the Spiritual Boat, and the rest were now fighting with their backs to it.

Meng Qianxun and Zhao Shifeng watched Chen Che’s steady, step-by-step retreat. Caution was paramount during a withdrawal. If any accident were to happen, Jinyun Valley’s core members would be completely wiped out here.

‘The Primordial Ancestor has probably long since fallen.’

Chen Che glanced at Primordial Mountain. There was still no movement from the seventh level. ‘Even if he isn’t dead, showing up now would be useless… A single Golden Core Great Perfection Cultivator can no longer turn the tide.’

In fact, many people had stopped looking toward Primordial Mountain altogether.

“Get on the boat! In thirty breaths, we break out through the north!” With a thought, Chen Che’s voice instantly resounded in everyone’s minds.

“Tang Lintao, get your clansmen on the boat!”

Tang Linli cut down an attacking Cultivator. Without bothering to wipe the blood that had splashed into his eyes, he turned and roared at his cousin.

“There are too many! We can’t take them all…”

“Abandon all the useless ones! Only take the clansmen with good aptitude!”

…

“Cover the others’ retreat.”

Hu Yao waved his hand, summoning a tombstone that blocked the pursuing Cultivators coming up from below.

…

“Hurry up and get on!”

Li Changqing stood at the bow, throwing out one after another the Talismans he had drawn over the past few years in Jinyun Valley.

…

In truth, it wasn’t just Chen Che; everyone else was already planning to flee. After all, with even the last bastion of the West City breached, no one could turn the tide anymore.

“Let’s go!”

Without even a second glance at Primordial Mountain, Chen Che sent the voice transmission directly to the Spiritual Boat.

And at that very moment, the Golden Core Cultivators from Mist Rain Tower stepped into the city district. The instant they set foot in this territory, the group of Golden Cores, led by those from Mist Rain Tower, suddenly broke into wide grins.

“Water Sealing Array!”

“Activate!”

BOOM—

The unified cry of several dozen Golden Core Cultivators descended like a voice from the heavens. At almost the same time, a vast, bloody light erupted from the ground, clamping down from above like a blood-red dome and sealing the entire Primordial City!

“Not good!”

Chen Che’s expression changed drastically.

He had originally planned to break out the moment the Mist Rain Tower Cultivators entered the city. He never imagined that the instant they entered, they would activate a Grand Array and seal the entire Primordial City!