Chapter 285: The Charm of That Figure

The location of the Moon Palace Sect, just like its name, resembles a bright moon.

A gigantic rock shaped like a crescent moon floats in the void. The crescent-shaped rock spans tens of thousands of feet wide, and upon it stand pavilions that resemble celestial palaces in the sky.

It is surrounded by four cascading waterfalls. The waterfalls plunge downward, their roar like thunder, surging and roaring, turbulent and frothing, with mist rising and droplets splashing everywhere.

The Moon Palace Sect lies in the center, like a paradise on earth, magnificent and awe-inspiring.

Yet now, the four waterfalls emit a thin glow, forming a canopy of light that shields the entire sect located on the crescent-shaped rock.

Underneath this faintly shimmering protective barrier, a group of figures hovers in the air.

“Hmph, the Moon Palace Sect indeed has some tricks. This Milky Way Yin Array is actually quite formidable,” remarked a black-robed elder in the void. His face resembled an ogre’s, his emaciated features covered with twisted red veins. The grotesque veins made it hard to distinguish his face at first glance.

This elder was the notorious demon, Li Yuanqi. Though he did not know why his master had released him, it suited his desires.

The current sect leader of the Nine Heavens Sect was his senior brother, and both had studied under the same master. Decades ago, he had slaughtered ten cities to complete his apocalyptic demonic cultivation technique, leaving corpses littering the mountains and rivers in blood.

Eventually, he was defeated by his senior brother and imprisoned eternally in the sect’s underground dungeon.

When he saw his brother for the first time, he laughed. His once self-righteous senior brother had now also fallen into the demonic path.

“Old woman Yue Xuan, stop struggling pointlessly. Come out and surrender. I will let your disciples serve me generation after generation as my Yin energy source,” Li Yuanqi laughed arrogantly in the void. His laughter pierced through layers of space, echoing throughout the Moon Palace Sect.

At the central formation of the Moon Palace Sect, four elderly women sat cross-legged, their true energy fluctuating as chains of rules merged into the center of the formation.

“You Nine Heavens Sect, once a righteous sect, how could you stoop to such an act of annihilation?” Yue Xuan, the current sect leader of the Moon Palace Sect, did not move her lips, yet her voice rang out.

“Hahahaha! The weak perish and the strong survive. What’s the use of talking? I just want to see how long your Milky Way Yin Array can last,” Li Yuanqi laughed maniacally. With a single palm strike, countless vengeful souls transformed into ferocious heads, opening their pitch-black mouths to devour the protective barrier surrounding the Moon Palace Sect.

Each tremble of the barrier drained the four elders maintaining the formation, their faces growing paler with every pulse.

The Moon Palace Sect’s highest combat strength consisted of only four experts at the peak of the Grand Heaven Realm. They could only activate the Milky Way Yin Array to protect their sect.

The Milky Way Yin Array was left behind by the founding ancestor of the Moon Palace Sect, gathering true energy from all directions to activate the protective barrier.

And these towering waterfalls around were the center of the formation, powered by the pure Yin energy of the four elders.

Though they were only at the peak of the Grand Heaven Realm, once the formation was activated, they could resist Li Yuanqi’s violent attacks. However, if they exhausted their strength before Mu Han returned with reinforcements, the Moon Palace Sect would be no more.

“Old woman Yue Xuan, I know you are waiting for your disciple to bring help. Unfortunately, I have already sent people to intercept her. She must have perished on the way by now.”

“Within a radius of ten thousand miles, there are only nine sects. Do you really think any of them would dare to send help against me?” Li Yuanqi’s voice was dark and terrifying. As he spoke, a sea of blood mist erupted from his mouth.

Within this blood mist were sinister and terrifying energies, the result of countless lives he had taken to cultivate to this level.

Some disciples of the Nine Heavens Sect behind Li Yuanqi laughed maniacally, while others frowned, clearly uncomfortable with the scene.

Remembering the sect’s former teachings and seeing this scene now, they felt it was a bitter irony.

Yet now, they dared not voice their anger. Many disciples who resisted Li Yuanqi’s orders were directly consumed by his demonic techniques, leaving not even a trace behind.

Though they hated him, they were powerless.

“Senior Li, after we break through the sect gates, can we have those tender female disciples as rewards for the disciples?” A sinister disciple from the Nine Heavens Sect, eyeing the delicate female disciples below, asked with excitement dripping from his mouth.

“Of course,” Li Yuanqi laughed wildly, his laughter chilling. His blood-red eyes gleamed with a sinister light. In his eyes, the Moon Palace Sect was already within his grasp.

It wouldn’t take long now.

The sinister disciple greedily eyed the female disciples below, imagining how he would torment them.

Inside the Moon Palace Sect, panic reigned. These female disciples had never witnessed such terror before. Some were paralyzed with fear, others wailing uncontrollably.

Isolation and lack of experience had ultimately left them unprepared.

The founding ancestor of the Moon Palace Sect had a pitiful background. She had been bullied mercilessly in the mortal world. On the day she attempted to drown herself in a river, a beam of light descended from the vast void, entering her body.

Thus, the world lost a tormented girl but gained a peerless female emperor.

Since then, she founded the sect to pave a path for women and established a rule: the Moon Palace Sect would remain isolated from the world, not involving itself in worldly affairs.

“Senior sisters, do not panic. Senior sister has already gone to seek help. We will surely overcome this crisis,” a female disciple stood up and said.

Though her eyes also showed fear, she had to calm her junior sisters at this moment.

Her words had some effect, and the frightened juniors quieted down.

“Old woman Yue Xuan, my patience is limited. I give you ten breaths. Otherwise, I will leave no one alive in your Moon Palace Sect,” Li Yuanqi said coldly.

His patience had been worn thin by the Milky Way Yin Array, and he could no longer endure.

At this moment, the four elders of the Moon Palace Sect exchanged glances. Then, simultaneously, they spat out a mouthful of essence blood. The four drops merged and were absorbed into the center of the formation.

Instantly, the formation’s light intensified, and the protective barrier became even more dazzling.

The four elders swayed unsteadily, barely holding on.

“Hmph, ungrateful,” Li Yuanqi roared in anger. His black robe expanded into the sky, and a sea of blood descended from the heavens. Twelve chains of rules coiled around his body.

“Rules of blood, rules of demons, rules of slaughter… Blood Sea surging.”

At this moment, the void above was filled with a surging sea of blood, blotting out the sky and obscuring the sun. Within the blood sea, countless vengeful souls danced grotesquely.

“Suppress…”

Boom…

The earth shook violently. The four towering waterfalls collapsed, and the protective barrier around the Moon Palace Sect shattered abruptly.

“Not good…” The four elders of the Moon Palace Sect’s faces changed drastically. They hadn’t expected Li Yuanqi to be this powerful.

“Hmph, ungrateful. I was merely toying with you, but you actually thought I couldn’t break your wretched formation?” Li Yuanqi laughed arrogantly.

“All of you, attack! Everything of the Moon Palace Sect now belongs to you,” Li Yuanqi stood in the void, roaring to the heavens.

“Hahahaha! Tender little beauties, here we come,” the disciples of the Nine Heavens Sect, who had long been imprisoned in the dungeon, laughed maniacally. They transformed into streams of light and rushed toward the Moon Palace Sect like wolves toward a flock of sheep.

At this moment, the female disciples of the Moon Palace Sect were stunned. The sky echoed with their cries of helplessness, evoking pity.

But to these disciples, the more desperate the cries, the more excited they became.

Some disciples of the Nine Heavens Sect stood still, their expressions pained, turning their heads away, unable to bear the sight.

A sinister disciple leading the charge targeted a delicate female disciple, laughing maniacally as he descended from the sky, reaching out his evil hand.

The targeted female disciple, seeing his hideous face, was utterly terrified and cried out, “Senior sister, save me…”

The four elders of the Moon Palace Sect, witnessing this scene, closed their eyes in compassion. They had done their utmost, yet ultimately failed to protect their sect.

Just then, a voice rang out like a mighty bell across the heavens and earth.

“Blades of sword intent flying everywhere.”

Upon hearing this voice, the four elders immediately turned their gaze to the distance.

The female disciples of the Moon Palace Sect, who had been stunned, also looked toward the distance. At the sight of the distant scene, they were all stunned.

In the distance, the void twisted, and countless blades of sword intent shot forth from the edge of the heavens.

In the center of this sea of sword intent, a man walked forward with his hands clasped behind his back. Countless blades of sword intent swirled around him.

Behind the man floated a towering Dharma body with three heads and six arms. The three faces of the Dharma body were ferocious, kind, and wrathful.

At this moment, the female disciples of the Moon Palace Sect, upon witnessing this scene, could not tear their eyes away.

The man’s long hair flowed gracefully in the wind, his demeanor calm and composed, his presence exuding a domineering aura… This sight utterly captivated those inexperienced girls.

In the eyes of the female disciples of the Moon Palace Sect, that figure was the most handsome and captivating they had ever seen.

“You all deserve to be eradicated by heaven and earth… You should be killed…”