693: 215_1 693: 215_1 What exactly the Red Refinery Demonic Sect was thinking, perhaps not many people knew.
But whether it was the Sun and Moon Demon Sect, the Mirage Towers of the East Sea, or even the Void Breaking Sect and the Star Moon Mansion, they all believed that with Cao Zhen of the Hundred Peaks Sect and the many masters of the Ten Different Phenomena of Golden Elixir Great Perfection absent, they could definitely breach the now-exposed Hundred Peaks Sect with their numerical advantage.
Moreover, even if they suffered losses, they were willing to bear them.
After all, it was almost two Golden Core Stage cultivators of theirs to one of the opponent’s.
As for those below the Golden Core— the Core Formation Stage and Immortal Bridge Period— they completely disregarded them.
With such a significant advantage, if it came down to a desperate fight, they even believed that they could win even with Cao Zhen and the others at the Hundred Peaks Sect, at most unable to retain the opponent’s masters.
However, once the battle started, unexpected events kept occurring.
The performance of the Hundred Peaks Sect’s Liè Yàn was not surprising to them, but Yan Yourong outstripped their expectations by far too much.
Even the existence of three Ten Different Phenomena Golden Elixir Great Perfection cultivators couldn’t suppress Yan Yourong.
And afterwards, there even arrived the disciples of the Grand Preceptor, led by Yu Tuoyu, whose strength was not inferior to Yan Yourong’s.
Although these factors were influential, their impact was limited.
What they had never anticipated was the ferocity of the Hundred Peaks Sect members, who did not care for their own lives and directly used the power of the Wind Fire Tribulation, inviting this calamity upon themselves to attack their enemies; they even initiated self-detonations.
The Hundred Peaks Sect witnessed the emergence of nine Wind Fire Tribulations, seven individuals had all beckoned the ordeal upon themselves, and moreover, each person self-detonated after realizing they could not withstand the Wind Fire Tribulation!
The Wind Fire Tribulation, once survived, enables one to become an Earth Immortal— one can imagine how terrifying that tribulation would be!
Let alone them, even those Ten Different Phenomena Golden Elixir Great Perfection beings would probably not be able to block the Wind Fire Tribulation, let alone the regular Golden Core Stage cultivators!
And these Wind Fire Tribulation cultivators were even detonating their Golden Cores.
Within moments, under the bombardment of the heavenly fires of the Wind Fire Tribulation and the shockwaves of the self-detonations, Golden Core Stage cultivators from the Sun and Moon Demon Sect and the three Immortal Sects of the Great Lai Dynasty were continually dying.
And yet, this was far from over.
Within the Hundred Peaks Sect, one by one, the elders whose lifespans were not long, flew out of the mountain gates, charging at the Immortal Sects who were invading and who sought to destroy their own sect, a host of Golden Core Stage adversaries.
Behind them, their own Golden Cores burned furiously before detonating in a blast!
Self-detonation!
The strongest attack that a Golden Core Stage cultivator can theoretically unleash is the self-detonation of their Golden Core!
But, the Golden Core is the foundation of the Golden Core Stage— who would detonate their own Golden Core without good reason?
Many Golden Core Stage cultivators, even on the brink of death, would not necessarily have the courage to detonate their Golden Cores!
However, today, one after another, the elderly of the Hundred Peaks Sect, with imminent lifespans, charged forth unhesitatingly, detonating their Golden Cores without a second thought!
Since its establishment, the Hundred Peaks Sect has not known how many Minor Eras of Inversion of Heaven and Earth it has endured, not known how many dangers it has faced, but it has survived every threat, all because of the sacrificial spirit of the disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect!
“Die!”
“As an old man on the verge of death, even if I don’t die today, I’m afraid I wouldn’t live more than ten years.
Today, killing even one of you earns me my path!”
“If the Sun and Moon Demon Sect have been driven out of the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty, then don’t even think about coming back!”
“I, being only at the Core Formation Stage, if I can severely injure a Golden Core Stage by detonating myself, it’s a gain!”
Not only the Golden Core Stage cultivators, but also those of the Hundred Peaks Sect who were close to the end of their lifespans, the Core Formation Stage, also chose to self-detonate in this moment.
Among them was Deng Qixing.
Certainly, the Core Formation Stage could hardly contend with the Golden Core Stage; even if a Core Formation Stage self-detonated, they might not seriously hurt a Golden Core Stage, as the gap between the two was too vast.
But if one Core Formation Stage’s self-detonation is not enough, what about two, and if two are not enough, what about three?
In an instant, at the gate of the Hundred Peaks Sect, earth-shaking explosions continued to resound as the ground, the air, the void—everything shattered.
Blood mist soared into the sky, a mix of blood from the self-detonating members of the Hundred Peaks Sect and their adversaries.
Yu Tuoyu watched as the members of the Hundred Peaks, disregarding life and death, charged out one after another, detonating themselves only to inflict heavier casualties on the enemy, to kill even more adversaries.
Even though she was not a disciple of the Hundred Peaks Sect, even though as a disciple of the Grand Preceptor she spent years outside fighting and slaying those from the Demonic Sect, witnessing death, seeing entire villages massacred by demonic forces, and witnessing too many human tragedies and vigorous battles—her eyes could not help but moisten at this moment.
And as the people of the Hundred Peaks Sect watched one elder after another, one mentor after another die, their eyes nearly split with rage, almost going insane!
“Master!”
“No!”
“I can’t take it, I can’t, you all die!”
The disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect could no longer heed their mentors’ words, what about preserving their useful bodies, waiting until they had higher cultivation to glorify the Hundred Peaks Sect, what about preserving the spark of life, what about living and cultivating properly.
All they knew was that their masters, their elders, their senior brothers died before their eyes, all for them, for the Hundred Peaks Sect!
“Kill!
Kill them all!”
“I too am a disciple of the Hundred Peaks Sect!”
One after another, the disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect charged into battle.