A lot of people, including Blood Robes, s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath.
The fourth-echelon equipment the first line wore were all grade one masterpieces that were famous for their defensive properties and nothing else. They were pure defensive armor which offered a defense of more than 2,500 at the fourth echelon, while the whole set was near 3,000 points.
With people at the forefront blocking the damage from the upcoming arrows, it was no wonder why Mu Clan's formation had never suffered any damage. Aside from dealing some damage with Life and Death Realm bow techniques, Class One Hall and Towering Palace had no way to break their line of defense.
The arrows were of little to no threat to the archers behind the human wall!
Blood Robes quickly made an assessment in his heart. The situation was different from the first time when he fought against Happy's sect. Mu Clan was no longer a clan that relied on Happy's fame to stand tall in the Chinese world of martial artists. Mu Clan had already built up its own foundation through the series of events such as the fifty billion plan and competition for the top one hundred.
Mu Clan had developed to a point where they could fight against Class One Hall in all aspects. In fact, they were even showing signs that they could win over them.
But they were in Yangzhou right now, where Towering Palace's headquarters were!
If they worked together and remained fully determined in their goal to destroy Mu Clan, Blood Robes believed that as long as nothing unexpected happened, with the people from two top-class sects and the mysterious elites who had once ambushed Mu Clan's branch, it would be difficult for Mu Clan to escape their disaster.
But through the tiny holes, they could only see a small part of Mu Clan's branch.
Blood Robes had still not seen Mu Clan's true aces.
As the holes in the wall connected, the outer wall finally collapsed to the point where a gap that was sixty-five feet long opened up.
Boom!
A loud bang rose, and the broken tiles as well as crumbled bits of the wall fell to the ground. The situation inside Mu Clan was now completely revealed to Class One Hall!
Upon seeing it, everyone fell into an abnormal silence!
The people from Mu Clan were also silent, just like wild beasts. Only the sounds of bowstrings being drawn to their limit could be heard. Everyone stared at the black mass of people under the light outside the branch without daring to even breathe.
"Heh…"
A smirk finally appeared on Blood Robes' lips. He tilted his gaze forty-five degrees upward to cast a glance at the group of people on the roof of the branch, and without even turning his head around, he gave an order to his brothers behind him. "Release Five Venoms."
The Class One Hall members shuddered, but they did not dare to be negligent. "Understood!"
For a period of time, the ghastly cold wind was tainted by a foul stench, and it was accompanied by snake hisses that soon spread through every corner outside Mu Clan's branch.
When everyone in Mu Clan narrowed their eyes, a dense wave of venomous snakes, insects, centipedes, scorpions, and some strange looking flying insects either flew or crawled out with buzzing sounds. They were a black stream that swiftly spread out and charged toward Mu Clan's branch.
Chapter 742 - Orderly
A bunch of venomous creatures with a foul stench gathered together in the air to form a visible black cloud. They moved toward Mu Clan like a locust swarm.
The Mu Clan members who had kept calm could not help but suck in sharp breaths when they saw this. Their arrows had become completely useless.
There were too many of the venomous creatures!
It was impossible for arrows to deal any significant damage to the swarm.
"Let me!" Wind Chimes' gaze focused and she prepared to head to the frontline with her zither when Silver Wolf grabbed her.
"Don't need. There's no need for you to make a fuss for something as simple as this."
There was a faint hint of shock and a myriad of emotions in Silver Wolf's eyes. "Happy has long since predicted that Class One Hall would take action against Mu Clan. Just as he expected, they used venomous creatures."
He stopped talking for a moment and shouted an order, "Realgar!"
A row of people at the front of the formation threw out yellow powder at the entrance, and it swiftly covered the empty area ahead of them.
Disorder appeared among the venomous creatures.
The snakes refused to move forward no matter how their Venom Masters ordered them to. Some of the venomous creatures behind them were also affected. Once they entered the realgar region, they swayed about and could not move forward much even after a long time had passed.
"What's going on?!"
Blood Robes saw the venomous swarm about to surge into Mu Clan, but they did not enter even after a long while. His expression immediately changed, and he grabbed a Venom Master to demand answers from him.
"Realgar powder only chases away venomous snakes for a while. Why are the other venomous creatures not moving forward?!"
The Venom Master looked at him with panic and bitterness on his face. "Boss Blood, I don't know this either! There might be other things mixed inside that realgar!"
"What?"
"There are certain items effective against insects in the market, so it's not surprising that Mu Clan might have them…" the Venom Master answered.
"Bastard!" Blood Robes released the man's collar.
He had thought that he could use the venomous swarm to spread chaos through Mu Clan's formation at lightning speed, and the people of the world would bear witness to Class One Hall's strength once more! To his shock, however, Mu Clan reacted quickly and completely destroyed his plan.
Before he could execute his next one, there was movement from Mu Clan's side.
Fire descended on the venomous swarm, and the creatures instantly descended into chaos!
The sudden volley of fire arrows panicked the venomous creatures, and shrill, urgent screeches of pain could be heard nonstop. The large swarm of black venomous creatures moved and rammed into each other blindly.
They did not dare go to the places with realgar, so it was only natural that they went back toward Class One Hall and Towering Palace, shocking the Venom Masters so much that they quickly put away their venomous pets in a flurry of motion.
When Clear Music saw the strange technique of Class One Hall being easily dissolved by Mu Clan, she turned her head around and said to the gentle looking middle-aged man beside her, "That wall over there is about to collapse. At that time, launch a full frontal assault and bring it down in one go!"
The middle-aged man quirked his eyebrow before he smoothed it out once more.
"When I came here, I told you that I will definitely help you, and I will not go back on my word. After all, we have Illusion Life and Death Pills, so we will naturally do our best. When necessary, please just order us as you please, Palace Master Music."
"I wouldn't dare order you. You're the vice sect master of the greatest sect in America, and we're business partners. But if you destroy Mu Clan, it will be a great help for you when you develop your occupational players in the future."
Clear Music seemed to be able to see Mu Clan falling into decline after the battle, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.
*****
Wind Chimes and the others on the roof watched the venomous creatures either die or be put away. The great danger was resolved in the blink of an eye, and they released a long breath of relief. After all, no one wanted to fight against those things at a close-distance.
"By the way, Big Brother Silver Wolf, how did that realgar manage to block all those venomous creatures?" many people on the roof asked with puzzlement in their hearts.
They had some understanding toward venomous creatures. Realgar could cure poison and chase away snakes, but only a certain number of them. Its power should not be this strong.
Silver Wolf answered without hiding anything. "Happy once h
ad me prepare a batch of realgar powder with other insect parts in it. He also asked me to mix in other medicinal herbs that can cause venomous creatures to be dazed or go berserk.
"I had someone test it before, and it's effective. This time, Happy told me to be careful of Class One Hall using insects, which is why I prepared a batch of that powder. I didn't expect us to really need to use it."
Silence fell, and the people looked at each other wide-eyed.
They did not expect that Happy would notice and create such a method to counter the venomous insects.
Naturally, they did not know that Happy used the experience from his previous life and his in-depth knowledge of Class One Hall's methods as well as their strategies that allowed them to win with amazing techniques to predict what they would do next.
At that moment, Little North, who had not said a single word, brought out a small bamboo tube from his Universe Bag in a very smug manner and smiled mysteriously. "Boss Happy actually told me that if a high-grade venomous creature that isn't afraid of our realgar appears, I was to release this…"
"What's that?"
"A Golden Thread Snake King. It's as strong as an Inaction Realm martial artist, and it can catch people off guard. Happy almost died in its hands once."
Little North held the bamboo tube carefully, and a cold glare shone in his eyes. "When we were ambushed last time, I didn't expect them to be so powerful, so I didn't have the chance to bring out the bamboo tube when I drew close to them, which was why they were able to get the jump on me. This time, if those men in black dare show up, I'll definitely let them know just how powerful is the Golden Thread Snake King!"
Silence fell again, and the group s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath.
They had never heard of a Golden Thread Snake King before, but if it was something that nearly killed Happy, it was definitely not an ordinary thing.
Everyone's expressions changed! They turned their heads around, and two portions of the outer wall below them collapsed one after the other.
The powerful men then were all shot dead!
Nearly two-thirds of the wall was destroyed, and the inside of Mu Clan's branch could be seen clearly. The Mu Clan members could sense the restlessness of the black mass of people across from them, and they made final preparations.
They could no longer avoid the battle!
*****
"Attack!"
When Blood Robes saw the wall collapse, he did not continue pushing forward while advancing carefully. Instead, after he observed the inside for a while and waited for the messenger from Towering Palace to come back, he ordered a full frontal assault!
Bang!
A tragic but beautiful firework exploded in the sky.
The black mass of Class One Hall members and Towering Palace members all around Mu Clan turned into fierce tigers who were released from their shackles. They swung the weapons in their hands, activated their qi realms and body fortifications, and rushed toward Mu Clan like a tidal wave.
"Kill them!"
They no longer chose to push forward steadily by using arrows to open the path for them.
Instead, they chose close-quarters combat and the most direct and brutal warfare that would result in bloodshed!
Clear Music watched coldly as the large group of people rushed toward Mu Clan's outer defense line. She also saw the twenty or so black figures swiftly join the crowd.
Her heart burned.
The ground shook!
Mu Clan's age of glory was about to come to an end!
Yangzhou's ground trembled!
They waited, and continued waiting…
Clang!
They waited until a series of agitated, terrifying zither notes suddenly rose among the cries for murder from their enemies. The air trembled violently, and countless large sound blades charged over the Mu Clan elites' heads. They rushed at the group which had charged into the courtyard.
Class One Hall and Towering Palace's offense froze for a moment.
Bang!
Mu Clan's elites seemed to have received the order to fight. Their qi surged, and their eyes turned bloodshot. They crashed into the enemies that came charging at them like a tidal wave.
Chapter 743 - Weapons Clash in War
Weapons clashed against one other!
The thing that was the most prominent among both sides was their momentum!
When it came to large-scale warfare, Blood Robes had quite a lot of strategies, methods, and techniques that could target specific aspects, and they were very effective in the game.
But when it came to a fight between multiple people, this sort of situation could only be described as war!
In that, Silver Wolf had greater authority.
Silver Wolf and Blood Robes had completely different points of view, had grown up in different environments, and had completely different values. One of them paid attention to detail, and the other paid attention to the entire situation!
As long as Blood Robes could find a breakthrough and resolve or destroy the enemy's advantage from an unseen angle while he built his own advantage, he would be able to use his incomparable advantage in numbers to destroy Mu Clan's resistance, and everything would naturally fall into place.
But from the very beginning, Silver Wolf knew that it was impossible for Mu Clan to fight with the walls protecting them. Hence, right from the start, he viewed both sides in the fairest condition and thought about the best ways to kill his enemies and make them retreat.
The two tools Happy had given him had destroyed many of the plans Blood Robes intended to use to build his own advantage, but the person who was truly commanding the battle was no one else but Silver Wolf.
He was the one who stabilized the entire situation, and now, he had to lead his brothers from the branch out of the desperate situation!
Hence, even when Blood Robes sent his troops forward time and again, he never let Wind Chimes attack, and that included the time when the outer wall collapsed and the poisonous creatures attacked them. He did not dare to readily use Wind Chimes.
He knew that she was a trump card that would pose the greatest threat to Towering Palace and Class One Hall during a critical moment.
When the enemies rushed into Mu Clan from all directions, Wind Chimes finally received Silver Wolf's orders. She executed the Six-fingered String Technique, and her hands instantly moved at their fastest speed.
Touch, pluck, pull, release!
The entire process was done in an instant!
She might have seemed to be playing her zither as usual, but there were plenty of changes and minor transformations. Her hands were like two white butterflies that flew on the zither strings. She continuously made all sorts of gestures, and they were so profound that others could only sigh in amazement when they saw her work.
The air began shivering madly.
Invisible sound blades instantly flew out under the languid demonic sounds.
In the blink of an eye, dozens of large sound blades flew out like scythes.
The people who surged in from beyond the wall were the first to be struck.
There had been a large horde of people outside Mu Clan, and they could not move forward because of the wall surrounding the branch. Their numbers had started dropping at that time.
The demonic sounds entered their ears at that moment.
The circulation of true qi stagnated in hundreds of Class One Hall and Towering Palace elites, and their body fortifications froze.
Their body fortifications shattered, and the momentum of their charge weakened.
Bang! BANG, BANG, BANG!
The body fortifications could not stop the demonic sounds from entering people's ears.
More than one hundred Towering Palace and Class One Hall elites had to face the impact from the sound blades head-on due to the powerful inertia! They coughed up blood on the spot, and their momentum froze completely. They staggered back while looking incredibly pathetic.
"KILL THEM!"
Towering Palace and Class One Hall's momentum had been weakened to the point that it died. The elites right at the front row looked as if they had sunk into a swamp and could not pull themselves out of it. They could only watch as the Mu Clan elites shouted in a deafening manner and pounced on them like fierce tigers who descended the mountain.
It was a tragedy in the making.
Hundreds of elites who rushed into Mu Clan's branch faced a wave of attacks from the sound blades, and before they could gain their footing or prepare to fight, they were struck by a volley of arrows from more than a hundred Mu Clan elites.
Fourth-echelon masterpieces and entire sets of fourth-echelon equipment showed up!
The elites who rushed to the forefront were the top ten players from different branches. Their equipment was so dazzling that countless leaders from middle or small-sized sects felt so ashamed that they could not look them in the eye.
When such powerful strength gathered together, their impact was something that even the aces from Towering Palace and Class One Hall would find hard to withstand. Yet before them were normal elites, and they were already injured. Their momentum did not even exist.
The eyes of the Towering Palace and Class One Hall members who were at the front row turned dark. They were either kicked away or cut down by a single slash, and their faces were covered in footprints.
The Mu Clan members charged forward with the force of a cannonball through a bamboo forest!
The elites in the first few rows did not have the ability to fight against them at all. With just a few slashes, their bodies flew away.
Bang, bang!
The offense of hundreds of Class One Hall and Towering Palace members was completely destroyed. The arrow formation that Mu Clan formed destroyed the first and fiercest charge from their enemies.
The people at the back might have wanted to fight back a little, but the corpses that flew at them from the front were like hidden weapons. They were squashed together, so they could not dodge them, but they could not use their weapons to sweep them away either.
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