In just a short while.
Zhong Jiajia then sent a message saying that everything was going smoothly.
Lin Xiuyuan felt reassured and stepped forward, arriving in front of the formation.
The formation immediately and slowly opened a portal for it.
Because Yunxiao's forces initially emerged from the secret realm, their numbers were severely insufficient.
Daoist Youqing then led his army out, intending to crush the Yunxiao Sect in one fell swoop and either suppress or drive it out.
At the main camp, only a few array masters and less than a hundred independent cultivators remained to maintain the array and look after the Purple Mountain Herb Garden.
Without any hesitation, Cheng Mao, with the imposing aura of a cultivator at the peak of the Purple Mansion realm, easily suppressed the people among them, allowing Zhong Jiajia and the others to successfully take control of the array base.
Lin Xiuyuan smiled at Cheng Mao, "Well done, very good!"
Cheng Mao cupped his hands and said, "These are just some minor matters; of course, we can't afford to mess them up."
"The overall situation is settled. Now we just wait and see, and finish up the final steps!"
Lin Xiuyuan turned around again and looked back in the direction of the secret realm.
Cheng Mao felt the same way, but his expression suddenly became more complicated.
At this moment, the rogue cultivators in the Purple Mountain Herb Garden watched the two talking. Cheng Mao adopted the posture of being under his command, leaving them all feeling bewildered.
Even though some time has passed, I still can't fully understand why this happened!
"Could it be that Cheng Mao is a spy planted by the Yunxiao Sect from the very beginning?"
"How could the whole operation have collapsed and the camp have been breached? Daoist Youqing led a large army into battle."
"How many people does the Cloud Soaring Sect have? A total of only a little over a thousand, right? How could they possibly win against overwhelming odds and turn the tide of battle?"
"It's truly incomprehensible! How could they possibly be defeated? Senior Cheng must have harbored ulterior motives; he must have been a spy planted by the Cloud Soaring Sect long ago!!"
The group of unaffiliated cultivators, who were now under control, whispered among themselves, completely disbelieving Cheng Mao's earlier outburst and the words he had spoken.
After all, how many people did Daoist Youqing lead? A full six or seven thousand people, a large army of rogue cultivators, among whom were many powerful figures, including twenty or thirty Purple Mansion cultivators, and even several Purple Mansion Perfection cultivators.
Perhaps, in terms of top-tier strength, they are not far apart.
But the superior forces completely overwhelmed them, not to mention their numbers, which were nearly ten times that of the enemy.
How could they possibly be outnumbered and turn the tide of battle?
Each of them harbored deep doubts about this.
However, what happened shortly afterward completely shattered these doubts, leaving them bewildered and intensely shocked!
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"Quickly activate the formation!"
Daoist Youqing arrived at lightning speed with two rogue cultivators from the Purple Mansion realm, and called out from afar.
They all looked extremely disheveled.
He was travel-worn, disheveled, and his robes were stained with blood and torn, revealing faint traces of wounds.
As for the third Purple Mansion cultivator, he has already perished on the way!
Seeing the Purple Mountain Herb Garden approaching, a hint of relaxation appeared on Daoist Youqing's weary face. He then glanced behind him, where several violent auras were clearly visible, rapidly approaching, causing him to grit his teeth and say:
"Once I regroup, I'll make you pay!"
With his cultivation level, it wouldn't have been a problem for him to escape.
Three cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage followed closely behind.
But these people seem to have gone mad.
He spared no expense in expending his life essence to unleash his full power, a fighting style that was essentially killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of his own.
It must have taken them almost half an hour to travel several dozen miles.
They suffered countless fierce attacks along the way, which directly caused a cultivator at the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm to be unable to hold on and be killed on the road.
Although they escaped successfully, they were seriously injured and exhausted!
This made Daoist Youqing feel extremely aggrieved, especially since the camp was breached and the situation was almost collapsing. The humiliation was immense, filling him with endless hatred and murderous intent.
"I'm furious! Once I regroup, I will not let you take advantage of me this time. I will crush you step by step with overwhelming force!!"
As Daoist Youqing watched the formation slowly open a portal, his mind completely relaxed. However, a surge of anger seemed to flicker in his eyes as he began to plan how to reorganize his army and attack the Cloud Soaring Sect!
However, the moment Daoist Youqing led two rogue cultivators from the Purple Mansion realm into the formation, the relaxed expression on his face immediately tightened, revealing a strong look of disbelief as he stared at the two figures before him.
Just as he was about to turn and leave, the array portal closed completely.
Under the control of Zhong Jiajia and other Xuanmai disciples, the power of the great formation slowly began to operate. Array patterns intertwined, forming a surging power that gathered in mid-air, ready to suppress them at any moment, immediately bringing the three of them an extremely strong sense of threat.
Daoist Youqing withdrew his steps, his face instantly turning extremely ugly, almost pale. The other two rogue cultivators of the Purple Mansion were in similar condition.
In addition, there were a group of rogue cultivators whose magical power was restrained and imprisoned within the formation.
They stared in disbelief at the three, including Youqing Daoist, who appeared to have been chased and fled back.
"So it's true?"
"So, this large army was really defeated?"
"Only Senior Youqing and the other two escaped back??"
"What on earth happened?!"
"Could it be that the Cloud Soaring Sect is seeking help from those forces on the Great Yue mainland?"
"Otherwise, how could it be? Such a large army, while the Cloud Soaring Sect only has so few people..."
For a moment, not only the three Purple Mansion experts, including Daoist Youqing, were shaken, but also the group of rogue cultivators found it difficult to suppress their own mental tremors.
It's utterly incomprehensible... how did this scene even happen??
Daoist Youqing slowly raised his head and looked ahead, his gaze fixed on Lin Xiuyuan. Then he looked at Cheng Mao behind him and angrily asked in a deep voice:
How could you do this? How dare you do this??
"With our long-standing friendship and my guarantee, you have come to the Loose Cultivator Alliance, second only to the three of us, and I have secured a lot of resources for you from the upper realms!"
"Although my camp has been breached, my main force is still here, and the army is under your and Fellow Daoist He's control. It could easily suppress the remaining forces under Yunxiao. Why are you doing this?!"
Daoist Youqing spoke almost word by word, his voice trembling uncontrollably as if he were gritting his teeth.
Because what he was seeing represented the gates of death slowly opening towards him.
The two powerful experts beside him were stunned and stood there dumbfounded.
I don't understand why Lin Xiuyuan, the top seed, would be here, and why Cheng Mao has rebelled so much...
As Daoist Youqing said, even though the camp was destroyed, the main force of the scattered cultivators in this base camp was still there, and was still led by Cheng Mao and a few others.
The main force of the Cloud Soaring Sect was almost entirely at the camp, so Cheng Mao and his group should have had an absolute advantage. Why did they surrender so quickly?
This is truly baffling!
It made him even more shaken...
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