Chapter 673: Like Turtles in a Jar


    Everyone’s expressions changed when Wei Wuying finished his acidic words; their sect head had just gone and admitted that they were surrounded. Everyone in the Walkabout Sect turned pale with fright.


    The Dark North Sect’s members all scanned Honored Master Tian Ming’s face, trying to glean some clues. Honored Master Tian Ming’s lips moved silently, but said nothing in the end. Instead, he turned to look at Xiang Wentian. Xiang Wentian was the strongest person in the Myriad Domain. Naturally, his instinct was just as powerful. Looking at Dan Chi’s hasty retreat, Xiang Wentian had in fact more than half believed his ims already. He was just about to speak when several figures suddenly appeared from a path to the west. They were moving at an incredible speed, and each one cut an incredibly sorry figure. They sprinted furiously towards the crowd. The crowd noticed them as they drew closer, only to discover that they were actually the Sacred Sword Pce!


    The person at the head of the group was none other than Wang Jianyu. His hair was dishevelled, and his face and head were covered in blood. His chest, his thighs and several other parts of his body also looked like they’d been grievously injured. All in all, he looked an absolute mess. Several cultivators followed close behind him. They too were revealed to be the strongest elders of the Sacred Sword Pce, as well their number one genius, Wang Han. Of the hundred people delegation the Sacred Sword Pce had boasted of, there remained only eight. Furthermore, each of those remaining eight seemed injured in some way too. It was obvious they had just gone through a difficult battle. Their arrival stunned everyone present.


    “Wang Jianyu, hadn’t you returned to Sacred Sword Pce already?” Xiang Wentian frowned.


    Wang Jianyu could only suffer in silence. If he had returned to Sacred Sword Pce back then, he might not have encountered this disaster at all. The problem was that they hadn’t left. Instead, they’din in hiding and waited, wanting to ambush the Regal Pill Pce’s people once they left. However, they themselves had been ambushed by an unknown force not long after they’d settled into a hiding ce.


    This time, not even Wang Jianyu’s presence was enough to safeguard his sect. The Sacred Sword Pce’s people were ughtered like someone reaping wheat. In the end, only sage realm experts managed to survive that first onught. Under Wang Jianyu’s protection, the sect’s strongest powers joined hands together and barely managed to cut a bloody path out towards safety. That was how they’d escaped back to the ceremony grounds. The rest of the Sacred Sword Pce disciples had already been annihted.


    “Return to Sacred Sword Pce?” Wang Jianyuughed like a maniac. “Can we still return?” His tone was crazed and filled with a thick sense of malice. His maddened eyes swept across the scene and narrowed, “Where is the Regal Pill Pce? Have they already run away with their tails between their legs?”


    “Wang Jianyu, we’re asking you a question. Why do you want to know about the Regal Pill Pce? Look at your sorry self! Don’t tell me you still want to fight the Regal Pill Pce in your state?” The Walkabout Sect’s Wei Wuying said with a fed up tone.


    Wang Jianyu grew livid, “You idiots! Do you still not understand what’s going on? We’re trapped! We’re surrounded, and the few of us have barely managed to fight our way back inside! The rest are all dead!”


    “What?!”


    “That can’t be. You’ve brought a lot of your people with you this time, haven’t you?”


    “Doubt all you want! So what if you have a lot of men? Our enemies are stronger than even my Sacred Sword Pce, and we were almostpletely annihted! Your turn wille soon!” Wang Jianyuughed crazily and pointed at the crowd, “Didn’t you want to y the good guys? Didn’t you want to stand for the Regal Pill Pce? But where are they now? The Regal Pill Pce must’ve made an excuse and left, haven’t they? Do you believe now that Regal Pill Pce have colluded with our enemies?”


    One could see just how much Wang Jianyu hated Regal Pill Pce. Even now, he still wanted to drag Regal Pill Pce’s name into the mud.


    Honored Master Tian Ming frowned, “If you have something to say then say it, but save us all this nonsense, Wang Jianyu. Ole brother Dan Chi had just advised us to leave now. It’s just that none of us believed his words.”


    He suddenly felt a bit of regret as he finished his words. Before this, he’d thought that Dan Chi had misced his trust and had been foolish to listen to the mysterious stranger’s rmist warning. However, it would seem that Dan Chi had ultimately made the right bet.


    “Sect Master, Pce Head Dan Chi said that we still have fifteen minutes. We should still have a bit of time to do something.”


    Honored Master Tian Ming’s wrinkled face distorted into a grimace, “It’s toote, it’s already toote. Our enemies are already here.”


    Xiang Wentian abruptly boomed out to his sect, “Do not panic. Great Cathedral,y down our defensive formations and prepare to engage the enemy!”


    The Great Cathedral were indeed a well trained fourth rank sect. Their movements were urgent but orderly as they obeyed their sect head’s orders.


    “Walkabout Sect, heed this order! Activate the Infinite Poison Walkabout Formation and coordinate with the Great Cathedral’s defensive setup!”


    Honored Master Tian Ming also ordered, “Everyone, form up and assume the Dark North Sky and Sea Formation!”


    However, Wang Jianyuughed crazily with bloodshot eyes. “It’s useless; it’s all useless. We’re all dead this time. Hahaha, we’re all dead!”


    The terrible, sudden disaster had dealt a huge blow to Wang Jianyu’s psyche. He was currently lost in a state of extreme madness.


    “Wang Jianyu, you can either help us or screw off to another corner.” Xiang Wentian was fed up. He was partially regretting not listening to Dan Chi and retreating with the Regal Pill Pce. While they might not necessarily have been able to break through the enemy’s encirclement even if they had retreated back then, it was still a better choice than being forced to erect a defensive palisade here to engage the enemy. Their retreat had been cut off the moment they chose to stay and defend. They would either sessfully defend themselves, or fight their enemies to the death. Most importantly, most of their elites had followed them to this ceremony. If the enemies had sent a detachment to attack their sects as well, then their sects’ inheritances would most certainly be destroyed. This possibility made Xiang Wentian feel incredibly anxious.


    However, it wasn’t something he could spare a thought on in the current circumstances.


    Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh!


    A vast sea of people suddenly appeared out of nowhere, shooting through the air and surrounding the Myriad Domain sects. Four figures, instantly recognizable as their leaders, stood to the forefront. Each of those four figures looked extraordinary and incredibly imposing.


    Like four great mountains, the four figures descended to the ground. An invisible pressure pushed down on everyone’s shoulders, even Xiang Wentian. Those whose cultivations weren’t up to par dropped to their knees, vomiting violently. The pressure squeezed every inch of their bodies; it was almost like they were throwing up their hearts. Xiang Wentian’s expression changed as he cautioned the crowd in a low voice. “Be careful. All four of them are emperor realm experts.”


    Emperor realm experts! Everyone who heard this turned as white as paper in an instant. They felt as if the apocalypse had befallen them. Four emperor realm experts at once? Are they trying to raze the entirety of the Myriad Domain?


    Woosh, Woosh, Woosh! Many more of the hovering figures dropped down in formation,pletely surrounding the cultivators of the Myriad Domain. A quick nce was all they needed to reveal a troubling fact. Their enemies were at least several thousand strong, while the Myriad Domain cultivators only numbered a thousand or so. Every fourth rank sect had brought a hundred or so in their delegation, andbined with the fifth rank sect, they barely scratched two thousand in number. However, when faced with four to five thousand enemies, they were obviously starting with a disadvantage. To make matters worse, the enemies were obviously stronger as well.


    “Keep calm, everyone. We must walk right up to gates of death in order to find the sliver of hope we need to survive.” Xiang Wentian might be old, but he still had great aspirations and ambitions. It was obvious that he wasn’t nning to beg for mercy in this kind of situation. It didn’t even seem like he would have the chance to, given the atmosphere. After all, their opponents had arrived with such an aggressive air. There was no way they would’ve killed so many Sacred Sword Pce disciples if apromise could be reached. They had undoubtedlye to eliminate the Myriad Domain.


    “Family Head, who are these people?” Someone from behind sent him a silent message.


    Xiang Wentian was actually observing and pondering that question himself. Suddenly the answer shed across his mind, followed by a sense of despair. He had figured out who their enemies were. “Everyone, cast out any wishful thoughts of peace orpromise. Our enemies do not hail from the Ninesuns Sky Sect,” Xiang Wentian’s tone was heavy. “Theye from the Great Scarlet Mid Region!”


    The Great Scarlet Mid Region? A p of thunder seemed to strike above every Myriad Domain citizen’s head, as they were mentally rocked back a few paces. This news was just too shocking. They’re actually from the Great Scarlet Mid Region? The Great Scarlet Mid Region had always been a curse; a butcher’s knife that hung over everyone in the Myriad Domain for the past six hundred years. One could say that everyone in Myriad Domain had been living in the shadows of infinite anxiety for the past six hundred years, fearful of none other than the residents of the Great Scarlet Mid Region.


    The Great Scarlet Mid Region was the Myriad’s Domain’s eternal nightmare! They naturally hoped that this nightmare would never return to Myriad Domain. However, their biggest fear had now manifested before them.


    There was at least be a chance topromise with the Ninesuns Sky Sect, even if the Myriad Domain didn’t measure up to them. However, the Great Scarlet Mid Region and the Myriad Domain shared a blood feud that was as deep as the sea. Not a single shred of possibility existed for apromise. Everyone’s heart sank in that moment. However, the revtion had also caused their fear and shock to gradually fade away. Instead, the determination to fight to their deaths slowly welled up inside everyone. To put it bluntly, their opponents hade with nothing but the intention to ughter them. They could either stand and ept their deaths, or grasp that slim hope to survive by lining their path with the bones of their enemies. There was no other choice. .


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    The four leaders of the Great Scarlet Mid Region all wore confident smiles on their faces. In fact, barely hidden beneath that smirk was the ridicule that a person might have when toying with their prey.


    “Brother Xing, your Qitian Sect is most versed in prolonged offensive tactics and siege battles. Why don’t you and your sect take charge in this battle to break through the formation?” A man d in golden robes smiled merrily at another tall and thin man dressed in ck robes.


    “Brother Fu, I think it be better if your Golden Glyph Sect takes the lead. Whoever leads the siege will undoubtedly suffer some injuries, and your sect is unmatched when ites to talismans. At worst, you might use up a bit more resources than expected.” The ck dressed man obviously hadn’t fallen for the golden d man’s words.


    These two men were the heads of the Great Scarlet Mid Region’s fourth rank sects: the Qitian Sect and the Golden Glyph Sect. They were both second level emperor realm cultivators. It was obvious that no one here was willing to take the lead in this battle. Although they all knew that they held the advantage, the ones who led the charge would obviously bear the brunt of the cost.


    They were here under orders, and were motivated more by the piging and plundering toe. No one wanted to suffer too much of a loss from this battle. As the emperor realm cultivators conversed, the blue robed man with blue eyebrows suddenly frowned, “Brother Xing, Brother Fu, haven’t you noticed something? There are only four out of the six great fourth rank sects of Myriad Domain here. Where did thatst sect go?”


    This blue robed man had a long beard and a dark, cold countenance. He stared at the Myriad Domain cultivators like a venomous snake, as if unwilling to let a single morsel of prey slip through his hands.