While everyone in the Lingxu Market was racing against time to prepare for the impending crisis, the Bloodblade Alliance had quietly completed its final preparations. The pitch-black night, with dark clouds obscuring the moonlight and draping the earth in a thick veil of darkness, presented the perfect opportunity to launch a surprise attack.
The Bloodblade Sect Master stood on a high ground outside the Spirit Ruins Market, surrounded by the leaders of various allied forces. He gazed at the flickering defensive arrays within the market, a cruel smile playing on his lips: "Tonight, the Spirit Ruins Market is ours. Issue my order: Commence the operation!"
At his command, small elite units of the alliance stealthily moved towards the east, south, and west of the Spirit Ruins Market like ghosts. These elites were all highly skilled, adept at concealment and surprise attacks. They carefully avoided the patrol teams of the Spirit Ruins Market, gradually approaching the defensive array.
To the east, the assassins of the Poison Scorpion Gang launched the first attack. Wielding poisoned daggers, they moved with lightning speed towards the defensive array. One assassin channeled spiritual energy into his dagger and stabbed fiercely at the array. However, the defensive array flashed, and a powerful rebound of spiritual energy sent the assassin staggering back several steps.
"Hmph, this little bit of defense? Watch me break through it!" The assassin leader sneered. He formed hand seals and chanted incantations. A cloud of dark green poisonous mist flew from his hands and spread towards the magic circle. Upon contact with the magic circle, the poisonous mist emitted a "sizzling" sound, and the light of the magic circle immediately dimmed slightly.
Meanwhile, to the south, the Shadow Gate experts cast shadow spells, concealing themselves in the darkness. They approached the magic array silently, attempting to find its weak point and launch a fatal attack. To the west, the Black Flame Cult disciples threw out black flame poison pills. The poison pills exploded in front of the magic array, black flames and poisonous smoke intertwining and impacting the defensive array.
Inside the Lingxu Market, the disciples responsible for defense quickly noticed the anomaly. "Not good, the enemy is attacking!" An alarm rang out throughout the entire market.
Lin Yang reacted instantly: "The Linghe Chamber of Commerce is organizing the evacuation of the people, and the Lingjian Sect and Wanbao Pavilion are immediately deployed for defense!"
The sword cultivators of the Spirit Sword Sect charged towards the defensive formation like a whirlwind, instantly unleashing their sword array. With a roar, their sword energy surged forth, shooting towards the oncoming enemies. The "Starry Sky Sword Array" shone brightly, like a dazzling galaxy, enveloping the assassins of the Poison Scorpion Gang. The assassins dodged and weaved within the array, but struggled to break through the sword energy's blockade; many were cut and bled profusely.
The disciples of Wanbaoge manipulated various magical artifacts to launch a counterattack against the enemy. The "Qiankun Gathering Spirit Tower" released beams of five-colored spiritual energy, shooting towards the experts of the Shadow Gate. Although the experts of the Shadow Gate were hidden in the darkness, the darkness was dispelled wherever the spiritual energy beams reached, and their figures were nowhere to hide. Some experts of the Shadow Gate were hit by the spiritual energy beams and let out painful screams.
Faced with the Black Flame Cult's attack of Black Flame Poison Pills, the Wanbaoge's "Demon-Suppressing Protective Array Talisman" proved effective. The talisman shone brightly, forming a shield that blocked the black flames and poisonous smoke.
However, the Bloodblade Alliance's attack was merely a feint, intended to distract the Spirit Ruins Market's defenses. While everyone in the Spirit Ruins Market was focused on dealing with attacks from three directions, a strike team composed of experts from the Bloodblade Sect and the Black Flame Cult, under the cover of the Shadow Sect's shadow magic, quietly infiltrated the core of the Spirit Ruins Market—the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, where the "Chaos Spiritual Pivot" was stored.
The members of the assault team were all top experts in the alliance; their auras were concealed, and their actions were extremely secretive. The Bloodblade Sect experts wielded bloodblades and exuded a strong bloody aura; the Black Flame Sect experts were surrounded by black flames, their eyes revealing greed and ruthlessness.
As they approached Wanbaoge, a Bloodblade Sect expert whispered, "Be careful, Wanbaoge is definitely surrounded by heavy defenses."
Sure enough, as they approached the Wanbao Pavilion, an invisible spiritual energy alarm was triggered. Instantly, the area around the Wanbao Pavilion shone brightly, and defensive arrays appeared one after another.
"Damn it, we've been discovered! Don't worry about anything else, force our way through!" The Bloodblade Sect Master personally led the team, wielding his Bloodblade Staff, and a crimson beam of spiritual energy blasted towards the defensive array. The Black Flame Sect experts also unleashed powerful spells, black flames crashing against the defensive array like surging waves.
Inside the Wanbao Pavilion, the Pavilion Master was prepared. He immediately activated the pavilion's top-tier defensive magic treasure—the "Myriad Spirits Guardian Shield." The shield emitted a soft white light, firmly protecting the Wanbao Pavilion and withstanding the assault team's attack.
"You're dreaming if you think you can steal the 'Chaos Spiritual Pivot'!" The Pavilion Master shouted from the top of the pavilion.
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