NABC Chapter 1024: Bloody Clash
Chapter 1024: Bloody Clash
Han Yu reacted instantly the moment Patriarch Hong Tianyue appeared.
He had already expected this situation long ago.
Against ordinary Dao Treading realm cultivators they could still dominate through numbers, preparation and ambushes. Against Peak Heads and High Elders they could force advantages through the Jiangshi and chaos spread throughout the sect.
But the Patriarch was different entirely.
An Immortal Ascension realm expert stood at a completely different level.
Even the pressure radiating from Hong Tianyue alone caused weaker Nascent Soul cultivators to tremble involuntarily. His every movement shook the heavens while the Bleeding Moon above resonated with his cultivation.
The man truly resembled a ruler chosen by the Blood Sect itself.
Han Yu immediately understood one thing.
If they failed to suppress the Patriarch now, the entire offensive would collapse.
"Ash Vein Clan!" Han Yu shouted across the battlefield through the communication arrays. "Start the Geomancy Array!"
The order spread instantly.
Deep beneath the sect, hidden locations suddenly activated.
The members of the Ash Vein Clan who had concealed themselves for years after the destruction of their clan in the past, immediately formed hand seals. They had been waiting for this for years and now they finally got to take part in the war.
Yellow runes spread beneath their feet while ancient geomantic symbols lit up underground.
The Ash Vein Clan had once been famous throughout the continent for their mastery over spirit veins and underground formations. Though they had long faded into obscurity after offending the Blood Sect generations ago, they had never truly disappeared.
Instead...
They had survived in hiding.
And over the centuries they had refined their abilities to terrifying levels.
Among their greatest creations was a special formation array based upon geomancy and spirit vein synchronization. It could directly draw power from underground veins and amplify cultivators connected to the formation itself.
"Activating the array!" several clan elders roared simultaneously.
At once, yellow beams of light erupted throughout the sect.
Entire sections of the battlefield glowed brightly as hidden formation nodes buried deep underground awakened fully. The earth itself trembled while massive quantities of energy surged upward from beneath the Blood Sect.
Patriarch Hong Tianyue’s expression finally changed.
"They made an array beneath our sect?" he said in disbelief.
Even the Peak Heads looked stunned.
None of them had discovered it.
Not the Patriarch.
Not the Ancestors.
Not even the formation experts of the Heart Peak.
For years Han Yu had secretly used rats and Jiangshi to create hidden underground pathways beneath the sect. Small pieces had been constructed slowly over time while disguised as ordinary underground maintenance.
The Blood Sect possessed countless underground spirit veins due to its enormous scale. Many of them had transformed into Blood Qi veins after centuries beneath the Bleeding Moon.
But the Geomancy Array did not care.
The formation forcibly converted all gathered energy into usable spirit Qi.
And now that terrifying reserve erupted outward fully.
A few moments later the array stabilized.
Every allied expert immediately felt the change.
Immense power flooded into their bodies continuously.
"It feels endless..." one Dao Shell realm cultivator muttered in shock while clenching his fists. "My Qi isn’t depleting!"
The greatest transformation happened among the Dao Treading realm experts themselves. Though they did not truly break through into Immortal Ascension realm, the amplification pushed them frighteningly close.
Half step Immortal Ascension.
The difference might sound small.
But on the battlefield it was enormous.
Their attacks immediately grew several times stronger.
Ten Dao Treading realm experts surged directly toward Patriarch Hong Tianyue without hesitation.
BOOOOM!
The heavens erupted.
The clash between their techniques instantly shattered nearby clouds while terrifying shockwaves spread outward across the battlefield.
Hong Tianyue’s expression darkened further.
The Patriarch raised one hand and blood colored moonlight gathered around him violently.
"Moon Conquering Art!"
A gigantic crimson moon manifested behind him before descending violently toward the incoming experts.
The allied Dao Treading cultivators countered immediately.
Ice skills.
Wind skills.
Earth skills.
Sword intent.
Poison clouds.
Countless terrifying powers erupted together.
The collision alone devastated several nearby peaks.
Han Yu did not remain idle either.
He quickly gave further orders.
"The remaining Dao Treading experts contain the Supreme Elder and High Elders! Do not allow them to regroup!"
The battlefield separated instantly afterward.
Smaller terrifying clashes erupted across the sect. The Supreme Elder fought against multiple Dao Treading cultivators simultaneously while furious blood arts illuminated the skies.
Peak Heads battled Frost Bat Clan experts.
Explosions shook the mountains continuously.
Meanwhile Han Yu himself continued moving through the battlefield like a ghost of death.He knew time mattered more than anything now. The longer this war continued, the greater the chance the Ancestors would arrive.
And if the three hidden Ancestors joined Hong Tianyue together... Their offensive might collapse entirely.
Han Yu understood their only advantage currently.
The Ancestors were weakened.
The ritual to contact the immortal realm had consumed tremendous vitality from them already. Their lifespans had nearly reached their limits before the ritual itself.
Even if they emerged now...
Their active time would remain limited.
Still, Han Yu did not dare underestimate them. Those monsters had survived for thousands upon thousands of years as such every second mattered.
The battle raged onward violently as Patriarch Hong Tianyue displayed terrifying combat strength worthy of his position. Even while facing ten half step Immortal Ascension experts simultaneously he remained standing.
His Moon Conquering Arts devastated entire regions of the battlefield.
Crimson moonlight swept through the skies repeatedly while mountains collapsed beneath the aftershocks. One Dao Treading expert coughed blood after receiving a direct palm strike from Hong Tianyue.
Another barely blocked a crescent moon blade that sliced apart an entire mountain ridge behind him.
Yet the Geomancy Array continued feeding them endless power.
Gradually the Patriarch began losing ground.
The allied forces also paid heavily.
More and more experts died across the battlefield. The weaker mixed blood Frost Bat Clan members suffered especially severe casualties. Many ancient enemies of the Blood Sect also fell one after another.
But none of them retreated.
Everyone understood what this war meant.
There would never be another opportunity like this again.
Either the Blood Sect fell today... Or all of them would eventually be exterminated.
Han Yu himself also suffered wounds continuously. At one point a Dao Treading realm elder nearly split him apart completely with a blood spear art. Han Yu barely avoided death but still received a horrifying slash across his back.
Blood poured freely.
The wound nearly exposed bone.
Yet Han Yu merely swallowed several healing pills while continuing forward relentlessly.
Pain no longer mattered.
Not after everything.
Not after all these years.
Another hour passed.
The battlefield became increasingly brutal.
Corpses covered entire sections of the sect.
Broken Jiangshi parts littered the mountains while blood rivers flowed down shattered paths.
Then finally...
An opening appeared.
One of the allied Dao Treading experts using a massive axe technique shattered through Hong Tianyue’s defenses briefly while another Frost Bat Clan elder unleashed an ice spear simultaneously.
SHING!
The Patriarch’s right arm separated completely as blood exploded through the air. Hong Tianyue staggered backward for the first time since the battle began. The surrounding Blood Sect members felt despair instantly.
Their invincible Patriarch... Had been wounded.
"ARGHHHH!"
Hong Tianyue roared furiously.
His terrifying aura exploded outward while crimson blood mist spread violently around him.
"DAMN YOU ALL!"
The Patriarch’s eyes turned bloodshot completely.
Then he raised his head toward the Heart Peak.
"ANCESTORS!"
His voice shook the entire sect.
"WE NEED YOU!"