At this moment, the atmosphere in the council hall seemed somewhat oppressive.

The loss of the Shaking Sect's treasure, the Sun-Shooting Bow, weighed on everyone like a heavy stone, leaving them restless. The so-called treasure of the Shaking Sect was a magic treasure that protected the entire sect. Without it, the safety of all sect members was no longer assured.

Seeing that the six female disciples sent to White Cloud City to gather intelligence had not returned, the entire sect naturally felt anxious and restless.

The woman sitting in the main seat of the hall was the Sect Leader of the Chiba Sect—Lady Chiba, who was also the founder of the Chiba Sect. Of course, it was with the Sun-Shooting Bow that Lady Chiba had established such a large faction, and now it was also with the Sun-Shooting Bow that the Chiba Sect stood unyielding.

Therefore, the loss of the Sun-Shooting Bow made Lady Chiba feel as if she had lost her backbone and left her incredibly unsettled.

"Ladies, I'm sure you all know that the six direct disciples I sent to White Cloud City to investigate have not returned after a day and a night, and have not communicated with me," Lady Chiba sighed, "Alas, I fear the worst."

Upon hearing this, all the women below let out sighs. One Branch Leader stood up and said, "Lady, could it be that those six disciples are in a situation where it is inconvenient for them to contact you? How about we wait a few more days..."

"Impossible. Before they left, I had already instructed them not to break communication no matter what happened," Lady Chiba said, shaking her head.

"Lady, instead of waiting like this, we might as well send more people to investigate. I am willing to go personally," another female Branch Leader stood up and offered.

"Yunmeng, don't forget, White Cloud City is within the territory of rogue cultivator forces which are powerful and filled with many experts. It will not be easy to deal with. We must be cautious," Lady Chiba advised.

In fact, this Yunmeng was Lady Chiba's own sister, and naturally, Lady Chiba did not want to see her sister risk her life, hence she attempted to dissuade her.

"Lady, Yunmeng is not afraid," the woman known as Yunmeng said, "I am willing to commit all the forces of my branch to thoroughly investigate this matter in White Cloud City..."

"Alright then," Lady Chiba conceded, "you may go. I will send people to provide you with support."

...

That night was dark and windy.

Above White Cloud City hovered the Mirage City of Immortals.

Though the heavens were devoid of moon and stars, shrouded in darkness, the streets below were brightly lit and bustling with people.

The streets in the sky looked ethereal and dream-like.

Among the crowd, one could continually see women with their faces covered. Though their faces were hidden, their figures revealed they were all young women.

Inside a tavern, four women were dining together, with Yunmeng at the head of the table.

Suddenly, a woman rushed into the private room and whispered to Yunmeng. After listening, Yunmeng clenched her teeth angrily. Then, leading the women, she walked out of the tavern, took out a Communication Talisman, and with a low call, all those masked women on the streets gathered towards Yunmeng.

By their number, there were as many as a hundred.

This group of women, under Yunmeng's lead, flew down towards White Cloud City below.

...

Before heading to sleep, Wang Xiaoqiang arranged for a hundred Imperial Guards outside his sleeping quarters. He told them, "Assassins will come tonight; you must be extra vigilant!"

Actually, Wang Xiaoqiang too had sensed that the Chiba Sect would send people again in the next few days, so he had taken precautions ahead of time, although he had not predicted that the Chiba Sect would attack that very night.

The Imperial Guards were indeed diligent in their duties, their eyes wide open and Divine Sense alert, watching carefully so as not to be taken by surprise as they had been the last time.

But what one fears tends to arrive.

A group of masked women flew in from the horizon and landed in front of the City Lord's sleeping quarters.

Seeing that the assassins had come again, and in even greater numbers, totaling a hundred, the Imperial Guards secretly admired the City Lord's prophetic abilities and were cautious in response.

Just now, at the Heavenly Street Tavern, Yunmeng had sent someone to gather intelligence; learning that the Sun-Shooting Bow had fallen into the hands of the new City Lord of White Cloud City, Wang Xiaoqiang, and that the sect's six female disciples had been ambushed by Wang Xiaoqiang and violated by him, she grit her teeth in fury. She then led all the disciples of her branch to attack, determined to kill Wang Xiaoqiang and take back the Sun-Shooting Bow.

What they hadn't expected was that Wang Xiaoqiang's quarters were guarded by over a hundred Imperial Guards, whose Cultivation Bases were not weak.

A hundred against a hundred, the forces appeared evenly matched.

However, being on enemy territory and if caught in a drawn-out battle would be greatly disadvantageous for them. Seeing this, Yunmeng made a quick decision and shouted, "Formation Creation!"

The over a hundred silhouettes moved at the sound, forming groups of four, or teams of six, or squads of ten, creating battle formations.

They ripped off their face coverings, let down their hair, opened their tight outfits, and loosened their clothes, revealing their fair and delicate skin. Each one of them sported a coquettish smile, employing their full arsenal of seductive wiles.

In an instant, a hundred disciples formed a Four-Leaf Formation, a Six-Leaf Formation, and an Eight-Leaf Formation, and a Ten-Leaf Formation. They unleashed their bewitching techniques, aiming to enchant the Imperial Guards.

Although the Cultivation Bases of the Imperial Guards were not low, they were still men. Under the array of formations that utilized seduction as their attack power, the guards were swiftly beguiled. They looked upon the vivaciously enticing women before them, finding them irresistibly beautiful and beyond description; their blood boiling with desire, they revealed their lustful inclinations and rushed towards the women.

As the Imperial Guards were spellbound, the Chiba Sect formations sprang into action, launching an assault on the guards.

The Four-Leaf Formation spun incessantly, like the four petals of a flower, the Six-Leaf Formation like six petals, the rotating ten leaves like ten petals, causing dizzying confusion. Eventually, the ceaselessly spinning leaves transformed into sharp gears, like a meat grinder, and charged towards the Imperial Guards.

With wet, squelching sounds...

Blood splattered, and limbs flew.

The Imperial Guards, completely unprepared, were thrown into disarray by the various formations.

Screams echoed continuously.

"Roar!" The Patterned Beast on his back roared a warning.

Startled awake from his sleep, Wang Xiaoqiang realized something was very wrong when he heard men's screams outside. He immediately climbed out of bed and, with a thought, the Patterned Beast flew off his back and charged out.

Following quickly, Wang Xiaoqiang saw that the Imperial Guards had suffered heavy casualties, with more than forty already lying in pools of blood. However, the remaining ones, having been awakened by the mighty roar of the Patterned Beast, had already launched an assault against the female members of the Chiba Sect.

The power of the Chiba Sect's various formations lay in their bewitching techniques, meant to charm and then to kill. Now that the bewitching techniques could not take effect, the formations started to collapse on their own.

The battle between the Imperial Guards and the Chiba Sect, men against women, turned into a complete melee.

At that moment, the Patterned Beast pounced toward the women of the Chiba Sect. Its body shook violently as it opened its mouth to roar, sending two weaker disciples flying, while the lion's roar caused five female disciples to tremble and fall to the ground, bleeding from their mouths and noses.

Fairy Yunmeng hadn't expected Wang Xiaoqiang to possess such a powerful Pet Beast. With her subordinate disciples suffering heavy casualties under the beast, she leapt into the air and pounced at the Patterned Beast.

With the cultivation base of the Ninth Transformation of the Immortal, and bordering on the realm of True Immortal, Fairy Yunmeng was incredibly strong. With a wave of her hand, two Golden Hairpins she wore flashed with golden light as they flew toward the Patterned Beast, aiming straight for its eyes.

The pupils of the Patterned Beast contracted as it saw the two Golden Hairpins grow larger, shimmering in golden light, and heading straight for its eyes. The powerful aura pressed down on it so intensely that it could hardly move its body.

Incapable of performing the Lion's Roar in time, the Patterned Beast opened its mouth in the nick of the crisis and spewed out flames, like a flamethrower, sending thirty meters of glow torching toward the two Golden Hairpins.

The strength behind the Golden Hairpins was tremendous, not something that could be dispersed by fire. However, the flames breathed out by the Patterned Beast could refine and transform the hairpins.

Soon, the two deadly Golden Hairpins melted in the fire, vanishing quickly.

Seeing this, Fairy Yunmeng turned deathly pale.

She then grabbed at the air and pulled out an Immortal Sword, its body clear and translucent, with a tiny red sword enveloped within.

With a surge of Spiritual Power, the Immortal Sword emitted a green glow on the outside while displaying a bizarre and stunning red light on the inside.

Fairy Yunmeng leaped toward the Patterned Beast with the intent to engage it in close combat.

The Patterned Beast roared loudly, dispelling Fairy Yunmeng's form. However, with the overpowering strength of her Ninth Transformation, this roar could not seriously harm her, and after a moment Fairy Yunmeng leapt again, sending her Immortal Sword flying from her hand toward the Patterned Beast.

The Patterned Beast, knowing Fairy Yunmeng's formidable power, dared not take her lightly. It saw the flying sword coming and, mustering all its strength, let out a mighty roar.

This roar changed the colors of the sky.

This roar shook heaven and earth.

This roar dispelled Fairy Yunmeng's Immortal Sword.

But as the clear sword body shattered, the tiny red sword inside was not destroyed. It hesitated for only a moment, then continued to pierce toward the Patterned Beast, aiming directly at the space between its eyes.

The Patterned Beast showed a look of terror and felt despair.

Wang Xiaoqiang, who had been watching the battle, immediately took action when he saw this. He drew the Sun-Shooting Bow and aimed it at the tiny red sword, shooting it down with an arrow.

Bang!

The Spiritual Energy Arrow struck the red little sword, shattering it completely.

At the same time, Fairy Yunmeng's body shook, and she spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

It turned out that the strange Immortal Sword was her Life-Bound Magic Treasure, refined with her very own Essence Blood and Soul and Spirit. The gleaming green sword represented the body, much like a human's physical form, while the tiny red sword within symbolized the heart sword, akin to a person's soul.

Both the body sword and the heart sword were now destroyed, and so Fairy Yunmeng naturally suffered the backlash.

Seeing her Life-Bound Magic Treasure ruined, Fairy Yunmeng knew she was outmatched and immediately shouted, "Everyone, retreat together!"

Immediately, the female disciples of the Chiba Sect followed Fairy Yunmeng as they all took flight and fled.

"You think you can come and go as you please, as if White Cloud City were a tavern?" Wang Xiaoqiang's face displayed a ruthless smile as he took aim at Fairy Yunmeng with the Sun-Shooting Bow. Gathering Qi for the arrow, he let it loose with a shot.

Bang!

An arrow struck Fairy Yunmeng in the back.

Already suffering from the backlash, Fairy Yunmeng was hit hard once more. Her body shook as she fell from the sky.

The female disciples of the Chiba Sect, all direct disciples of Fairy Yunmeng and as dear to her as her own daughters, refused to flee upon seeing her seriously injured and falling. Therefore, they all flew down to rescue her.

"Kill them all!" Wang Xiaoqiang waved his hand, and the Imperial Guards surged forward, attacking.

Wang Xiaoqiang leaped onto the Patterned Beast, which flew over to Fairy Yunmeng's location.

With a thought, the Sun-Shooting Bow disappeared, and the Penglai Immortal Sword appeared in his hand. Swinging the sword, he slashed two of the female disciples helping Fairy Yunmeng in half, cutting their lives short.

Wang Xiaoqiang gestured and with a powerful suction pulled Fairy Yunmeng into his arms, then carrying her, flew into the inner chambers. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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