Chapter 240: Chapter 201: Four Symbols Grand Array

Looking up at the Foundation Establishment Escape Light moving together with the spiritual light of a flying magical artifact, Lu Qian began to calculate in his mind.

The Sect Leader of Ziluo Mountain, Zhuo Wuying, a Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment Feathered Scholar.

Also, judging from the number of flying magical artifacts, it was estimated that there were seventy to eighty Qi Cultivation disciples.

He was rather mature and prudent; even though the marketplace encountered such a great calamity, he did not leave the disciples behind to act first, but rather endured the slow speed of the Qi Cultivation disciples and moved forward in an array.

In this way, our chances of ambushing him were lost.

Perhaps we chose the wrong target this time. Would the two Foundation Establishment cultivators on the Quyang Wang Family’s side advance alone, relying on their courage?

However, it’s too late to change direction now. These choices have their own advantages and disadvantages; there’s nothing to regret, change the plan, and adopt a different approach.

When Lu Qian arrived, he dispatched Chen Wei holding the Thousand-Mile Mirror, heading from Ziluo Mountain to Xiangshou Mountain Marketplace.

This is the advantage of cultivators’ flight. The sky is vast and the earth wide, allowing flight in all directions. Even if the main force of Ziluo Mountain and Chen Wei set off from the same place with the same destination, as long as Chen Wei didn’t foolishly join them in flight, he could reach the destination smoothly.

Even if it took a bit longer due to detours, it was no big deal.

Lu Qian led the elites to hide in the mountain forest, patiently waiting for news from Chen Wei.

The distance from Ziluo Mountain to Xiangshou Mountain Marketplace is quite far, about six hundred miles. For a Qi Cultivator to fly this distance, it would take about three hours.

Perhaps the sects controlling other nearby marketplaces had already dispatched their elites to suppress, allowing Zhuo Wuying to calmly face the situation and travel with his disciples.

These three hours can’t be wasted. Lu Qian, along with everyone else, took Spirit Pills to restore their energy and started meditating. By the time three hours passed, everyone had recovered.

After a while, the Thousand-Mile Mirror emitted a faint glow, and Chen Wei’s image appeared in the mirror.

"Sect Leader, I have reached near Xiangshou Mountain Marketplace. By the time I arrived, the suppression here was coming to an end, and the chaos in the marketplace will soon settle. However, it has already turned into ruins," Chen Wei spoke in a low voice. "I didn’t dare to get close, but I could see two Foundation Establishment escape lights dominating the sky, along with many Ziluo Mountain disciples."

Two Foundation Establishments, one must be Zhuo Wuying and the other an elder from the Wang Family? Regardless, the main force of Ziluo Mountain has reached Niu Shou Mountain Marketplace, it’s time to act!

"Very good! Keep monitoring from a distance, and report any movements immediately!" Lu Qian advised, storing the Thousand-Mile Mirror. He looked up to see everyone excitedly looking at him, all ready for the strike.

The Ziluo Mountain disciples numbered around one hundred and fifty; excluding those patrolling in the mortal lands and those originally stationed in the marketplace, there would be at most one hundred and twenty or thirty left.

So——

"Everyone, Ziluo Mountain’s seventy to eighty cultivators have reached Xiangshou Mountain Marketplace, leaving at most fifty cultivators at their mountain gate. And those left behind surely aren’t strong, mainly Early-Stage Qi Cultivators!"

He handed the Thousand-Mile Mirror to Zheng Duan: "Later, don’t enter the array. Once Sect Leader Chen sends any news, report to me immediately, and keep a close watch on the Wang Family’s direction. Alert us if there are reinforcements."

Zheng Duan understood the importance of his task and solemnly accepted the Thousand-Mile Mirror.

Lu Qian’s arm swung down heavily.

"Now, strike with me!"

In the forest, two escape lights shot straight out, followed by sixty Qi Cultivation Elites!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The lookout cultivators above Ziluo Mountain were instantly rattled, and the bell of alarm rang urgently.

The elder stationed at Ziluo Mountain quickly took out the Thousand-Mile Mirror, notifying Zhuo Wuying six hundred miles away of the mountain gate’s attack. In just the time for this message, Lu Qian had already plunged into the grand array. As the Mountain Protection Grand Array was triggered by the attack, it severed communications.

With a rumbling sound, the grand array drew on the spirit vein and spiritual qi, and four beams of light shot upwards, forming dead angles. The Cyan Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise of the Four Symbols emerged, roaring at the sky!

It was the Four Symbols Exorcism Formation.

At this moment, Zheng Duan’s shout came from outside the array: "Daoist friend, they’re returning, two escape lights!"

Lu Qian could only sigh inwardly at the vigilance of Ziluo Mountain’s disciples. Originally, his sudden attack was meant to trigger the grand array and cut off communications before the disciples could inform Zhuo Wuying, but it was still too late.

Zhuo Wuying had received the notification and was now hastening back with another Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Wang Family. With their flight speed, they could arrive in half an hour.

At the same time, they would likely inform the Wang Family’s mountain gate to dispatch reinforcements.

Avoid the enemy’s main force, lure them deep, concentrate power to defeat them one by one; this is the essence of mobile warfare.

Strike back and forth, attack where the enemy must defend, exhaust their main force with rapid maneuvers until their Foundation Establishment and Qi Cultivation forces are disconnected, then ambush their Foundation Establishment.

Lu Qian had used this very tactic to destroy the Chaosheng Sect in the past.

One effective move to achieve victory everywhere, a straightforward and unavoidable strategy tested a hundred times over and still reliable.

But this time, he couldn’t ambush Zhuo Wuying because a large Wang Family reinforcement was coming from their mountain gate.

He needed to leave a portion of elites to continue besieging Ziluo Mountain, cutting off communications to ambush Zhuo Wuying. However, by the time Zhuo Wuying entered the encircling net, the Wang Family reinforcements would almost have arrived.

If they couldn’t secure a swift victory, it would instead lead to their own side being divided and defeated, like being enveloped in dumplings.

So now, all they could do was concentrate their forces, and focus solely on breaking the grand array and taking down Ziluo Mountain!

They had half an hour to succeed or retreat.

Only half an hour!

The grand array trembled again, and the Four Symbols roared, pouncing towards them.

This was a Foundation Establishment Level Four Symbols Evil Extermination Array, a formation capable of controlling the Four Symbols to launch an attack, unleashing incredible offensive power in an instant.

As the Four Symbols approached, the cultivators of the Shuangye Alliance following Lu Qian felt an overwhelming pressure coming forth, their breathing involuntarily paused.

Yet in the next moment, there was another roar from the array, as a five-colored light flashed, the Five Elements Grand Array rose!

Lu Qian gave one instruction to Tan Hong: "You take command, focus on defense, and launch attacks when the opportunity arises!"

Then, his Divine Sense surged like a tide, sweeping over the Four Symbols in the air.

Today, I will test the secret technique ’Mirror Lake’ from the Wave Array Secret Manual, breaking array with array!

Although Lu Qian had achieved the "Illusion and Reality" realm, and previously used "Mirror Lake" against enemies multiple times, this was his first time using it to break an array.

The Divine Sense acts as a mirror, reflecting every detail of the enemy’s array transformations, and like a lake, any move in the enemy’s array is like a stone thrown into the lake, stirring waves. By observing these waves, the enemy’s array movements become crystal clear.

At this moment, the Four Symbols approached!

The White Tiger lunged, Geng Metal Qi gathered on its claws and teeth, sharp and terrifying.

The Cyan Dragon raised its head, spitting out a flash of thunder from its mouth, exploding with a crack, it was the Wood Armor Divine Thunder.

The Vermilion Bird whirled, a tide of flames ten feet high surged up, boiling hot, rushing toward the group.

The Black Tortoise hummed lowly, rolling cold waves surged up, ice cones rained down like a storm.