NOVEL NEXT Chapter 726: Attack!
"Minor resources?"
Elder Wu Hen was so furious that he was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back.
All the treasures accumulated by the Supreme Sect over so many years are gone, and you call them minor resources?
Yin Qianlei, seeing him still in a rage, smiled again and said, "Perhaps the resources were indeed consumed in larger quantities, but the results are gratifying, worth a hundred, no, a thousand times those resources!"
"Stop messing around! Tell us what exactly you did!"
Another elder also said anxiously.
"Have you ever heard of the 'Beidou Seven Stars Formation'?" Yin Qianlei, with a proud look, said, "Yes, the array from Dragon and Tiger Mountain three years ago, considered one of the top ten formations in a century, was successfully arranged by me last night!!"
As the words fell.
Elder Wu Hen and the others were slightly stunned.
Indeed.
The Beidou Seven Stars Formation was very famous.
If it could be arranged successfully, it truly was an extraordinary feat.
"But!"
Elder Wu Hen raged again, "To arrange the Beidou Seven Stars Formation, do you need to exhaust the entire Supreme Sect's wealth?"
"Exactly, who are you trying to fool!"
"The Beidou Seven Stars Formation, even if it requires using all the Spirit Stones in the storage, what about the other items? Magic Artifacts, Elixirs, Spirit Talismans, Divine Weapons, etc. Surely, these wouldn't be needed at all!"
"..."
People were calling out one after another, in dismay.
Yin Qianlei then blinked blankly and said, "I don't know what you're talking about. How could I have used so many resources? I only used a few hundred Spirit Stones, plus some special attribute Spiritual Treasures."
"Oh?!!"
Everyone turned their gaze towards him.
At this moment, someone briefly explained the current situation to him in his ear, and Yin Qianlei suddenly became shocked, exclaiming, "What?!!!"
Only then did he realize that the entire Supreme Sect had been burglarized!!
"Right, what about those four people you were supposed to watch over from Sun and Moon Villa?" Elder Wu Hen asked.
"They are inside the array formation room; I just saw them a while ago," Yin Qianlei said.
"A while ago? Weren't you supposed to keep an eye on them at all times?" Elder Wu Hen said.
"Er, this…"
Yin Qianlei's face turned somewhat embarrassed.
He had been occupied with array formation all night and hadn't paid attention to them.
"You..."
Seeing his reaction, Elder Wu Hen could not suppress his anger and called to everyone, "Quick! Encircle them all!!"
The crowd quickly moved towards the direction of the array formation room.
Yin Qianlei reluctantly said, "It shouldn't be them, right? Sun and Moon Villa has a long-standing collaboration with us, and with their level of cultivation, they don't have the capability…"
Now only the last step remained to complete the layout of the Beidou Seven Stars Formation.
And this step could only be entrusted to Qin Feng.
Therefore, he hoped that nothing would happen to Qin Feng and his group.
Very soon.
A group of people completely surrounded the formation room.
Inside the room.
Young Master Bai He was busily working, sweating profusely as he listened to the shouting outside, and said to Qin Feng, "Mr. Qin! There's only ten minutes left out of half an hour, but they're already here. What do we do?"
"Hold on," said Qin Feng with a shrug.
Bang!
The door to the room was kicked open, and a group of people surrounded Qin Feng and his companions.
Elder Wu Hen stepped forward, glaring at them and said, "How dare you audacious rogues steal from our Supreme Sect!"
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Dozens of longswords pointed at them.
Qin Feng put on an innocent and bewildered face, saying, "Elder, what's going on?"
"How's what? Hmph! It was you who stole something from our Supreme Sect, wasn't it?"
Elder Wu Hen said coldly.
Qin Feng still had a look of bewilderment, responding, "Stop joking, Elder. Look at our cultivation, and consider how tired we've been all night, busying ourselves to death with the repair of the Array Formation. Would you truly believe that I stole something?"
"..."
Elder Wu Hen was at a loss for words.
Reason told him that these few individuals with low cultivation couldn't possibly have caused such a big commotion in the Supreme Sect, yet here were only these few foreigners.
Yin Qianlei saw the situation and hurried to speak up for Qin Feng, saying, "Elder, it's absolutely impossible for it to be Master Qin and his group. They've been busy here the entire night; they have neither the time nor the motive! Besides, if it were really them, they would've run away instead of staying here, waiting to be caught!"
He then pointed to Young Master Bai He, who was seated cross-legged in front of the Array Tower, still strenuously repairing the Array Formation, and looking as though he might drop dead from exhaustion at any moment: "Elder, look at Young Master Bai He, who's been working so hard all night, so exhausted yet still continuously working on the Array Formation. We cannot wrongly accuse him of such spirit!"
"..."
Elder Wu Hen, upon seeing this, noted Young Master Bai He looking as if he were utterly spent, yet still tirelessly channeling True Qi into the Array Tower.
Finally!
Young Master Bai He finished concentrating his energy, slowly exhaled, and collapsed to the ground, utterly drained, saying, "Finally, finally done..."
Upon hearing this, Qin Feng glanced at the time, his lips curving into a faint, barely noticeable smirk.
Following that.
Suddenly, another round of alarm sounds rang out from outside!
"An attack?!"
Elder Wu Hen and the others were momentarily stunned.
The rhythm and length of this alarm were the signals of an enemy invasion.
They all rushed outside.
The person in charge of keeping watch reported: "Not good! People are invading from all three sides at the base of the mountain. Preliminary scouting indicates they're mainly from Broken Mountain Sect, Moon Cutting Sect, and Xingluo Peak."
"So it's them, nothing to worry about," Elder Wu Hen waved his hand dismissively. "A rabble of people, even if they unite they surely can't break through."
That person then said further: "Er, Elder, they've already made it onto the hillside."
"Oh?"
Elder Wu Hen and the others were momentarily puzzled, hastily stepped outside, looking down the hill.
Indeed.
A dense crowd of heads was rapidly ascending!
"What's going on? What about the Array Formation? Wasn't it all set up?" Elder Wu Hen shouted.
"..."
Everyone looked at each other, clueless.
One person beside him said, "Elder, isn't Young Master Bai He right in the middle of repairing the Array Formation? Could there have been an issue with it?"
"Damn, to have problems at a time like this!" Elder Wu Hen exclaimed, "Some of you go and rush that Bai He, tell him to hurry up and get it sorted; the rest go down the hill to stop them!"
"Yes!"
A great crowd, gripping their swords and knives tightly, charged down the hill.
Elder Wu Hen looked down at the people from the Broken Mountain Sect and others with disdain, saying, "A mere assembly of rabble, they can't even make it up here."
Little did he know.
No sooner had he finished speaking, then those who had rushed down suddenly started screaming in agony!
They hadn't rushed more than a hundred meters when fierce flames suddenly ignited beneath their feet. Wherever they ran, fire blazed; some with higher cultivation immediately realized something was wrong and leapt high into the air.
Then, with a "crack" sound!
A sudden bolt of lightning struck one of them squarely, leaving them scorched and charred.
Suddenly.
The hillside was lit up like a sea of fire, with bouts of thunder and lightning intertwined.
The crowd wailed as if they were in purgatory!
"What's going on?"
Elder Wu Hen was utterly astonished.