Cultivation System: Stronger with Age

Many Earth Immortals had already noticed the eastern direction. They turned to look, their eyes filling with a cold glint. If it hadn't been for the sudden sneak attack from the east, those dozen or so Earth Immortals wouldn't have died immediately. Perhaps some of them could have survived the self-detonation of the Sixth-Grade Spirit Crane! Most importantly, a majority of the sects in the so-called Seventy-Six Immortal Sects Alliance were similar to the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect, employing ruthless methods. They had always held grudges against the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, the Beimang Immortal Sect, the Western Nether Immortal Sect, and the West Star Immortal Sect, having secretly fought each other for hundreds, even thousands, of years. Now that these enemies met again, their eyes were naturally red with fury!

The Five Elements Wanderer continued coldly, "Since you have killed the dozen or so Earth Immortals from our Seventy-Six Immortal Sects Alliance, Chi Liuxia, Guo Haishan, you lot will pay with your lives!"

To the east of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's Sect Protection Array, a dozen or so Earth Immortals were already floating in. They were from the Beimang Immortal Sect, the Western Nether Immortal Sect, the West Star Immortal Sect, and the Wine Immortal Sect, all of which had close ties with the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect. These Earth Immortals, including Chi Liuxia and Guo Haishan, had naturally come to help after hearing from Sect Leader Li of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect that the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect was gathering many Earth Immortal Techniques to attack the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect. However, events had unfolded too rapidly, and these Immortal Sects were extremely far from the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect. Therefore, even though these four Immortal Sects were comparable in strength to the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, possessing dozens of Earth Immortals and tens of thousands of disciples, they simply couldn't mobilize everyone in time. In their urgency, they had only managed to summon the dozen or so fellow Earth Immortals who were traveling nearby!

At this moment, hundreds of Earth Immortals, surging with killing intent and led by the Five Elements Wanderer, Duan Qianchou, and others, activated their movement techniques. They closed in on those dozen or so Earth Immortals at an extremely terrifying speed! These were hundreds of true Earth Immortals, the weakest among them being genuine First-Grade Earth Immortals. Even though Chi Liuxia and the others were extremely strong, faced with these hundreds of Earth Immortals, they had no choice but to retreat rapidly!

As they retreated swiftly, the Wine Immortal Chi Liuxia laughed heartily and said, "Five Elements brat, I've long found you an eyesore! I just never imagined that the Five Elements Immortal Sect, hailed as the First Immortal Sect of the Central Divine Dynasty Western Region, would actually stoop to mingling with the shameless and despicable Fire Spirit Immortal Sect! This truly surprises me! If the ancestors and numerous seniors of your Five Elements Immortal Sect knew you'd actually do such a thing, they'd probably be rolling in their graves!"

Guo Haishan and the other Earth Immortals also burst into laughter upon hearing this. However, facing the hundreds of Earth Immortals swarming towards them like a sky-blotting wave, they didn't dare to linger for even a moment amidst their derision. Each of them activated their Initial Tier Immortal Artifacts and retreated into the distance at full speed.

The Five Elements Wanderer of the Five Elements Immortal Sect, hearing the Wine Immortal Chi Liuxia's words and seeing those dozen or so Earth Immortals rapidly retreating, steadied his form and stopped in mid-air, then raised his hand. The hundreds of Earth Immortals who had been pursuing those dozen or so Earth Immortals with the Five Elements Wanderer immediately channeled their Immortal Yuan and halted in mid-air. Evidently, the Five Elements Immortal Sect, which had faintly become recognized as the First Immortal Sect of the Central Divine Dynasty Western Region, still held extremely strong influence over the Earth Immortals of these seventy-odd Evil Immortal Sects.

Duan Qianchou, the Grand Elder of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect, stared with a grim face at the gradually distant figures of the Wine Immortal Chi Liuxia and the others, hissing hatefully, "If those dozen or so fellow Daoists hadn't been ambushed by Chi Liuxia and his group, how could they have died so directly? Furthermore, this Chi Liuxia has insulted you, fellow Daoist, so grievously! How can we let these dozen or so gutless rats escape!"

The surrounding Earth Immortals also had grim expressions. They were clearly infuriated by the sneak attack from Chi Liuxia and his group, wishing they could pursue them immediately.

The Grand Elder of the Five Elements Immortal Sect, the Five Elements Wanderer, gazed at Chi Liuxia and his group, already distant on the horizon. His face was grim as he shook his head and said, "Fellow Daoists, our purpose in coming here this time is to eradicate the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, which runs rampant in the Central Divine Dynasty Western Region. How can we allow these dozen or so rats to disrupt our rhythm? If we pursue them now and waste some time, reinforcements from the Beimang Immortal Sect, the Western Nether Immortal Sect, and other such Immortal Sects might arrive. Although the strength of these few Immortal Sects is far from enough to contend with our righteous army of several hundred Earth Immortals, once a large battle breaks out, perhaps even more fellow Daoists will be injured or even perish! The most pressing matter now is to quickly destroy the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's Sect Protection Array and immediately annihilate the shameless scoundrels of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect! When we've obtained the Initial Tier Immortal Artifacts from these shameless scoundrels of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, then dealing with those four gutless Immortal Sects will absolutely be like adding wings to a tiger. It will also reduce the majority of our casualties!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the several hundred Earth Immortals immediately shifted. Although their seventy-odd Immortal Sects had gathered a force of over three hundred Earth Immortals, when it came to the strength of individual Immortal Sects, apart from the Five Elements Immortal Sect, the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect, the Profound Pure Immortal Sect, and the Guangqing Immortal Sect, the others were far inferior compared to the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect or the Beimang Immortal Sect. The reason they dared to come along was naturally because this operation was spearheaded by the Five Elements Immortal Sect and the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect. These two had promised their seventy-odd allied Immortal Sects that each sect would receive at least two Initial Tier Immortal Artifacts. If not for this, how would they dare to move against the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect?

Upon hearing this, a fierce glint appeared on the face of Duan Qianchou, the Grand Elder of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect. "Senior Brother Five Elements is indeed meticulous. Good, let's continue to deal with the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's Sect Protection Array!" After speaking, he turned to Sect Leader Duan and Vice Sect Leader Duan He of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect beside him and said, "You two, take thirty Earth Immortals and keep an eye on Chi Liuxia and his group!"

「Moments later,」

These hundreds of Earth Immortals mounted their clouds one after another and once again flew above the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's Sect Protection Array. However, as they looked at this powerful array, which they had attacked for dozens of breaths yet still showed little sign of weakening, a hint of anxiety appeared on the faces of the many Earth Immortals.

Sect Leader Li of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, activating his Initial Tier Immortal Artifact, pointed it towards Duan Qianchou of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect and the others, declaring, "My Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's Sect Protection Array was laid down by our Sect Founder. Furthermore, it has been reinforced by several generations of my Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's Sect Leaders and countless Earth Immortals over tens of thousands of years. Forget about you three hundred or so people; even if another three hundred Earth Immortals were to come, it would still be futile!"

Upon hearing this, those several hundred Earth Immortals, including Duan Qianchou of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect, all revealed fierce expressions. They offered no reply, merely channeling power into the Magical Artifacts and Immortal Artifacts in their hands, continuously attacking the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's Sect Protection Array. Unfortunately, even as the numerous Earth Immortals activated their Immortal Yuan and attacked with all their might, the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's Sect Protection Array only trembled slightly, showing absolutely no signs of being weakened!

「Dozens of breaths later,」

Among the many Earth Immortals, the Five Elements Wanderer, Grand Elder of the Five Elements Immortal Sect—the only one who had been standing idly by—suddenly had a fierce glint flash in his eyes. He stared intently at Lin Xuankong within the Sect Protection Array, then suddenly raised his hand. In that instant, a stream of Spiritual Light shot out, transforming into a giant Spirit Talisman, a thousand feet long and a hundred feet wide! Light flashed upon the Spirit Talisman, and it was covered with hundreds of millions of Runes. These Runes continuously writhed within the Spiritual Light, as if they possessed life and consciousness! The many Earth Immortals of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect standing beside Lin Xuankong, including their strongest, Grand Elder Sui He, all had their expressions change upon seeing this Spirit Talisman, as if they had encountered something extremely terrifying!