Chapter 55: Chapter 55: The Secret Beneath Wild Wolf Ridge, Fire Divine Jackal

Lanzhou, Wild Wolf Ridge!

At dusk this day, a green python suddenly appeared in the sky outside Wild Wolf Ridge, carrying ten Foundation Establishment Cultivators on its back.

This green python was the Spirit Pet of the Clan Leader of the Zhou Family, Zhou Daoyi—the Sky Azure Cloud Python.

The nine Foundation Establishment Cultivators behind Zhou Daoyi were the forces sent by the five major Cultivation families for this surprise attack.

“Fellow Daoists, ahead lies Wild Wolf Ridge. After the Qiyun Alliance occupied this place, they set up a Spirit Cleansing Formation and also arranged a defensive array that’s not weak. We don’t know what secrets are hidden inside!”

On the back of the python, Mu Xuanfeng, the Clan Leader of the Mu Family from Biyun Mountain, pointed at the continuous mountain ranges a dozen miles ahead with a solemn expression and explained in a deep voice.

Upon hearing his words, an aged Foundation Establishment Cultivator immediately raised his eyebrows, speaking with anger, “Who cares what secrets they’re hiding? Those bastards from the Qiyun Alliance are really audacious, daring to provoke our five major Cultivation families. We must make them pay a heavy price today!”

The moment these words were spoken, they immediately evoked cheers from the Cultivators around.

“Taoist Friend He is right, today we must show these stray dogs, no different from Loose Cultivators, that even when dogs band together, they’re still dogs. If a dog dares to bare its teeth at a person, it’s seeking death!”

“Exactly, today we must leave these bastard dogs with nowhere to bury their carcasses!”

“Explode their dog brains, let them know the price of challenging the five major Cultivation families!”

Each Foundation Establishment Cultivator was filled with fury, their faces showing a murderous intent.

Some were Elders and Clan Leaders from the other four major Cultivation families, while some were Family Cultivators who had gone to Green Lotus Temple for training, specifically invited back to join the fight.

No matter their current status, they all held a deep dislike for those Loose Cultivators of the Qiyun Alliance.

Since when had a bunch of Loose Cultivators dared to provoke their Cultivation families, which had hundreds to thousands of years of heritage?

If they could not use the blood of those Qiyun Alliance Loose Cultivators to warn the world this time, what prestige would the five major Cultivation families have in the Lanzhou region in the future?

How could they make other Loose Cultivators work diligently for them?

Zhou Daoyi listened to the words of the Cultivators behind him without interjecting, but his face also boiled with murderous intent.

The Zhou Family had barely started on the road to revival, only for the Qiyun Alliance to suddenly emerge as an obstacle.

His rage was certainly no less than that of the people behind him.

“According to intelligence, the Qiyun Alliance has stationed around four or five Foundation Establishment Cultivators and thirty to forty Qi Refinement Realm Cultivators around Wild Wolf Ridge.”

“This place is only a little over five hundred miles from the Qiyun Alliance headquarters. For safety, we must break the array and eliminate the enemy within two hours, so that we can leave safely before Purple Mansion Cultivators from the Qiyun Alliance arrive.”

“So, fellow Daoists, if we do not act, let it be; but if we act, we must go all out and break the mountain’s defensive array at full speed!”

As Wild Wolf Ridge drew closer, Zhou Daoyi, leading the team, spoke with gravity about the plan for the surprise assault.

Then he commanded the Sky Azure Cloud Python to begin its dive.

Quickly, under the last gleam of the setting sun’s afterglow, the Sky Azure Cloud Python burst out from the clouds, summoning a fierce wind, and condensed numerous wind blades that launched an attack on the guardian array below.

At the same time, dazzling Magic Artifacts and powerful Spells flew out from the hands of the ten Foundation Establishment Cultivators, all aimed at the guardian array that had yet to react below.

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!!

A thunderous roar, like the earth and mountains shaking, rose from the ground, lit up by the radiant lights of various Spells.

Just the first wave of the assault already caused the guardian array on the ground to start faltering, beginning to collapse in parts.

“Who dares to be the enemy of the Qiyun Alliance!”

A furious shout rose from within the array, and only then did several Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Qiyun Alliance react, hurrying to control their Magic Artifacts to face the enemy.

But when they saw the seventy to eighty zhang long Sky Azure Cloud Python in the sky, as well as the ten floating in midair, their faces instantly turned pale, and anger immediately turned into cold sweats.

“It’s the people from the five major Cultivation families!”

A Qiyun Alliance Foundation Establishment Cultivator swallowed hard and uttered in a whisper filled with fear.

But, no sooner had he finished speaking, than another Cultivator shouted, “So what if they’re from the five major Cultivation families? Don’t forget, Senior Zhang is cultivating inside. They should be the ones worried now!”

Yes, we have Senior Zhang!

The hearts of several Qiyun Alliance Foundation Establishment Cultivators steadied, their eyes immediately cleared of any fear. Instead, they showed a look of schadenfreude, as if ready to enjoy the show.

And at that moment, the second wave of attacks from Zhou Daoyi and the others outside had already descended.

The originally critically damaged array instantly shattered under the force of this second wave of attacks, and the figures of the Qiyun Alliance Cultivators inside were suddenly all exposed to everyone’s sight.

Just as the Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the five major Cultivation families, brimming with murderous intent, prepared to slaughter those Qiyun Alliance Cultivators…

A ferocious aura suddenly surged from a certain location below, stunning everyone.

“Not good, it’s a Purple Mansion Phase Cultivator!”

Zhou Daoyi’s face changed color, and he quickly reached for a Spirit Beast Pouch at his waist.

The other Foundation Establishment cultivators also had their expressions wildly change, showing eyes filled with fear as they hurriedly scattered, each summoning their Magic Artifacts to protect themselves.

But even so, they felt not an ounce of security in their hearts.

The gap in strength between cultivators of each major realm was immense, more so the further one progressed.

Even a nascent Purple Mansion Cultivator, was more than capable of completely overpowering the ten of them at the Foundation Establishment Stage, not to mention the additional assistance from four or five other Qiyun Alliance cultivators at the same stage below.

Fortunately, at this moment, Zhou Daoyi’s actions finally gave these cultivators from the five major cultivation families a much-needed sense of reassurance.

One could see Zhou Daoyi loosening the opening of the Spirit Beast Pouch in his hand, from which a red figure flashed out and landed in front of him.

It was strikingly a red-haired Demon Beast, resembling both a wolf and a dog.

It seemed like a jackal among beasts, with fur as red as flames, appearing as if it could burst into flame at any moment.

This was precisely the supreme Spirit Pet carefully raised by the Supreme Elder of the Zhou Family, Zhou Mingde, a third-rank Fire Divine Jackal.

With the nickname “Fire God,” the Fire Divine Jackal was an undoubtedly high-level Demon Beast, exceptionally powerful in its Fire Element Spells and adept at close combat.

Before this sudden attack, Zhou Mingde had feared the possibility of unforeseen events, which is why he had specifically instructed Zhou Daoyi to bring along his star Spirit Pet.

Who would have thought it would actually come into play!

The instant the Fire Divine Jackal appeared, the owner of the violent aura below was startled, and his momentum immediately retracted slightly.

Soon enough, everyone in the sky could clearly see the true face of that Purple Mansion Cultivator.

They saw that it was a robustly built, stern-faced middle-aged man in blue clothes.

“It’s Zhang Zixuan, the vice Alliance Hierarch of the Qiyun Alliance, a cultivator in the early stages of the Purple Mansion Phase, adept at the Sword Control Technique!”

Clan Leader Mu Xuanfeng of the Mu Family stated the identity of the blue-clothed middle-aged man with a heavy and low voice.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Daoyi couldn’t help but say sternly, “For a mere Wild Wolf Ridge to be overseen by the vice Alliance Hierarch of the Qiyun Alliance, there must be some incredible secret inside!”

After speaking, he then loudly shouted, “Fellow Daoists, I shall take care of Zhang Zixuan. Please, fellow Daoists, act quickly to slay the enemy below and uncover the secrets of Wild Wolf Ridge!”

Before his voice even fell, the Fire Divine Jackal before him burst into blazing flames with a “chi” sound, transforming into a red light and fiercely pouncing toward the blue-clothed man, Zhang Zixuan.

“Audacious beast!”

Zhang Zixuan’s face darkened, eyes flashing with anger.

He immediately let out a loud yell, and a green sword light shot out from the Storage Pouch at his waist, slashing fiercely at the approaching Fire Divine Jackal.

Man and beast immediately erupted into a ferocious battle.

Zhou Daoyi knew that the Fire Divine Jackal, without its master present, would find it difficult to match Zhang Zixuan.

So he also flew onto the back of the Sky Azure Cloud Python and began channeling a Secret Technique, infusing his mana into the body of the python.

In an instant, the aura of the Sky Azure Cloud Python surged dramatically, quickly evolving from a second-rank mid-level Demon Beast to a second-rank high-level one.

Hiss—

The suddenly enhanced mana caused the Sky Azure Cloud Python to let out an exhilarated hiss.

With a single breath, it unleashed a surge of azure wind toward Zhang Zixuan.

Immediately, wind fed the fire, increasing the power of the Fire Divine Jackal’s Fire Element Spell out of nowhere.

Following that, the Sky Azure Cloud Python opened its mouth again, a clump of azure spiritual power shot out, rapidly gathering nearby wind spiritual energy and transforming into an Azure Wind Dragon more than thirty feet long, ferociously lunging at Zhang Zixuan.

In this way, restrained by the combined efforts of the Fire Divine Jackal and Zhou Daoyi, Zhang Zixuan, the Purple Mansion Cultivator, found himself unable to attend to the other Qiyun Alliance cultivators for the time being.

Without the deterrence of Zhang Zixuan, the remaining nine cultivators from the five major cultivation families immediately regained their confidence, their faces filled with killing intent as they advanced on those Qiyun Alliance cultivators.

Screams soon rose and fell within Wild Wolf Ridge as one Qiyun Alliance Qi Refinement Realm cultivator after another was cut down like chaff by the Foundation Establishment cultivators, even those at the Foundation Establishment Stage struggling to protect themselves.

When a cultivator from one of the five major cultivation families entered the cave Zhang Zixuan had emerged from, the sight before him made him tremble with excitement.

Inside the cave, a millstone-sized blue and white spring was gurgling, emanating spiritual energy.

The dense spiritual energy nearly made the Foundation Establishment cultivator lose control and start absorbing it with his cultivation technique.

“Spirit Eye Spring, it’s actually a Spirit Eye Spring!”

He exclaimed the name of the spring, his eyes blazing with passion.