The Golden Scale Guards were one of the famous cultivator legions in Heavenly River City. They were formed by Body Cultivators and had unimaginable battle capabilities.
This was an iron guard specially established by the Human Race for the second Daoist Devil War. It was one of the Human Race's trump cards.
The threshold to enter the Golden Scale Guards was Realm Eight.
In other words, these dozen or so Golden Scale Guards were a dozen or so cultivators of the eighth realm. Moreover, they were cultivators of the eighth realm who were extremely proficient in field battles and had great teamwork.
This was an incomparably terrifying battle force that would not be easily mobilized.
This was because the amount of resources required to establish such a cultivator army was too shocking and could not be lost.
One had to know that cultivators were arrogant and unruly, and they were used to being unrestrained.
This was especially so for cultivators who could cultivate to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.
If you wanted them to fight against the Demons, they would not say anything.
However, if you wanted to set up various rules and regulations to restrict them, it would simply be a fool's dream.
However, an organized army of cultivators would indeed be able to display greater battle prowess.
It was just like in the mortal world. An army that was well-coordinated, well-trained, and disciplined only needed ten people to kill a hundred stragglers and disorganized soldiers.
It was the same for cultivators.
The Human Race was clearly weaker than the Demons, so they needed to make up for it in other aspects. Establishing a cultivator legion was undoubtedly an extremely suitable direction.
After considering this, Heavenly River City made a decision.
Since it was not realistic to want Realm Eight cultivators to change their nature, they might as well cultivate Realm Eight cultivators who would listen to orders!
Thus, after the cultivators in charge of Heavenly River City discussed this, they began to issue cultivator recruitment orders for all Realm Four and Realm Five cultivators, recruiting them with generous conditions.
Compared to Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivators, those Nascent Soul Realm and Spatial Refinement Realm cultivators naturally had more room for improvement.
However, the biggest problem was that Realm Eight cultivators could not be created just by relying on resources and nurturing. It was more dependent on the cultivator's own talent and temperament.
Therefore, even when they were recruiting cultivators, the Heavenly River City had already carried out a strict selection process. Those who were selected were all young cultivators with extremely strong talents and excellent temperaments. After that, they were not stingy with the provision of resources and were equipped with powerful cultivators to teach them.
But in the end, the probability of there being a realm eight cultivator among them was still less than five percent.
In this world, apart from Heavenly River City, there were no other sects or forces that had the ability to form a cultivator army with a minimum requirement of Realm Eight cultivators.
As the saying goes, good steel should be used on the blade. Since it was so difficult to build the Golden Scale Guards, they had always insisted on the principle of training soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a moment.
Normally, the Golden Scale Guards were the absolute treasures of the Heavenly River City. If they were not forced to do so, they would not be easily dispatched.
This time, the reason why there were more than ten Golden Scale Guards leaving Tianhe City and hiding in the Black Cloud Mountain was because of the Water Moon Observatory Master.
Seeing that the situation at the border was critical and the traitor in the Spirit Chuan Sect had not been found, the determination of the Water Moon Temple Master became more and more firm. She had to seize this opportunity to succeed in one fell swoop.
After all, if there was an accident this time, who knew how long it would take to find so many clues again.
Besides, given the current situation, she was indeed not in the mood to play the game of hiding and fighting with the Spirit Huan Sect.
Therefore, the Water Moon Temple Master directly asked for help from the Heavenly River City.
It was indeed difficult to mobilize the Golden Scale Guards, but the cultivator in charge of the Heavenly River City was the Heavenly River Sword Immortal Chu Mushen. Under him was the Temple Master of the Heavenly Mystery Temple, Qi Butian.
For the Temple Master of the Heavenly Mystery Temple, mobilizing a few Golden Scale Guards was not a big deal.
Therefore, the Water Moon Temple Master was able to borrow the Golden Scale Guards very smoothly and quietly.
Whether it was in terms of strategy or in terms of specific actions, the Water Moon Temple Master had done it very carefully.
If everything went according to normal circumstances, the Yun Xuan Daoist and the cultivators of the Spirit Huan Sect, who came with the intention of attacking the mountain and destroying the Inter-domain Teleportation Formation, would immediately be executed and eliminated by the Human Tribe in the name of peace.
…
The sound of spells bombarding resounded through heaven and earth. Ripples appeared on the light screen of the Protective Mountain Array of the Black Cloud Mountain.
The Golden Scale Guards raised their heads and looked at the cultivators of the Spirit Huan Sect who were attacking outside the Black Cloud Mountain. Their expressions were calm and full of fighting spirit.
The tall and thin Daoist who was the leader ordered softly, "Attack!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Outside the Black Cloud Mountain, the cultivators of the Spirit Huan Sect led by the Yun Xuan Daoist and the huge troop of demonic beasts all released their accumulated attacks.
For a moment, the sky changed color. Countless rays of light flashed and condensed into waves of heart-palpitating fluctuations. Then, they bombarded the Protective Mountain Array of the Black Cloud Mountain.
"This array can't hold on for much longer!" The Yun Xuan Daoist saw that the Protective Mountain Array was in a precarious state under their continuous attacks. He could not help but feel more and more confident.
Suddenly, a dozen dazzling golden lights came into his sight.
Before the Yun Xuan Daoist could react to what was going on, a dozen terrifying auras descended in an instant.
"The Golden Scale Guards of Tianhe City!" By the time he realized what the golden lights were, the attacks had already arrived.
The dozen or so Golden Scale Guards formed a battle formation and condensed their own energy into a ball. It transformed into a beam of light and blasted towards him with a destructive force.
"Oh no!" In the face of this terrifying attack, the Yun Xuan Daoist immediately used an escape technique. With a whoosh, he narrowly dodged the beam of light.
However, the cultivators of the Spirit Huan Sect around him were not so lucky.
Boom!
The thick beam of light swept across, and immediately, the body of a First Tribulation cultivator of the Spirit Huan Sect was directly smashed into pieces. He exploded into a cloud of blood mist.
"Phew, what a powerful attack!" The Yun Xuan Daoist, who had narrowly dodged the attack, looked at the miserable state of his companions. He took a deep breath with lingering fear, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.
If he had reacted slightly slower and taken the attack head-on, he would have lost a layer of skin even if he did not die.
In mid-air, the dozen Golden Scale Guards who had just appeared stood in the air and formed a battle formation. A terrifying aura spread out.
At this moment, none of them spoke. They all silently looked at the tall and thin Daoist in front of them.
The Diancai Daoist.
He was the commander of this operation.
"Yun Xuan, you're actually a spy in the Spirit Huan Sect …" The Diancai Daoist looked at the Yun Xuan Daoist from afar and said coldly.
At this moment, Black Cloud Mountain had yet to receive the news of the fall of Longcheng Pass. The Diancai Daoist's intelligence was still stuck at the point of several high-level cultivators of the Spirit Huan Sect secretly colluding with the Demons.
He did not know that the Spirit Huan Sect had long changed from a Dao Sect to a Devil Sect.
The Yun Xuan Daoist was an Elder of the Spirit Huan Sect and a Fourth Tribulation cultivator. He was considered a famous figure in the Spirit Huan Sect, so the Diancai Daoist naturally recognized him.
"Diancai, why are you and the Golden Scale Guards here?" The Yun Xuan Daoist also looked at the Diancai Daoist. His originally complacent expression had long disappeared, and it had become gloomy.
"To deal with you, of course." The Diancai Daoist said coldly, "Shuiyue told me that there's a spy in the Spirit Huan Sect. I didn't expect you, Yun Xuan, to be one of them."
"Shuiyue?" After the initial shock, the Yun Xuan Daoist quickly regained his composure. He sneered, "She's amazing. She's only taken over the Zhishou Building for such a short time, and she's already found out so many things?"
At this moment, he could not help but feel some lingering fear in his heart.
It had only been half a year since the Water Moon Temple Master became the Zhishou Building's Lord and personally came to the Central Spirit Region. She actually knew that they were preparing to attack Black Cloud Mountain.
If she was given more time, he really did not know how many things she would have exposed.
Fortunately, they had already officially launched the War of Spirit Seizing. It did not matter whether these things were exposed or not.
The Yun Xuan Daoist glanced at Diancai and the dozen Golden Scale Guards he led. He suddenly chuckled and said, "Is this where your confidence lies in dealing with me?"
"Unfortunately," he said with a hideous smile, "this is far from enough!"
Diancai Daoist's heart suddenly jumped when he saw the Yun Xuan Daoist's reaction.
In fact, the Yun Xuan Daoist was only at the Fourth Tribulation realm. He was at the Fifth Tribulation realm. As for the dozen or so Golden Scale Guards he brought, the weakest among them was at the Second Tribulation realm. When they formed a battle formation, they also had the combat strength of a Fourth Tribulation realm.
In addition, there were also the Heavenly Secrets Observatory cultivators stationed in Black Cloud Mountain. Logically speaking, they should have a ninety percent chance of winning this battle.
However, the Yun Xuan Daoist's strange behavior gave the Diancai Daoist a bad premonition.
"It seems you still have some powerful killing moves that you haven't used yet." The Diancai Daoist chuckled. At the same time, he was probing.
"You'll know in a while." The Yun Xuan Daoist was still at ease. He even had the mood to ridicule.
A trace of undisguised killing intent flashed through the Diancai Daoist's eyes. He finally lost the patience to talk nonsense with the Yun Xuan Daoist.
"Activate!" he shouted.
Immediately, hundreds of cultivators who had been preparing for a long time appeared. They held array flags and waved them vigorously.
Invisible mysterious patterns suddenly appeared and began to ripple in the surrounding space.
Under the influence of these mysterious patterns, the ripples in the entire space seemed to freeze and no longer flow.
"It's a spatial seal. You've made all the preparations," the Yun Xuan Daoist muttered. He recognized that this was a spatial seal formation.
As for the purpose, it was clearly to catch a turtle in a jar and cut off their path of retreat.
"You won't be able to escape!" the Diancai Daoist roared angrily. He led the Golden Scale Guards and charged forward with monstrous killing intent.
"But … who told you that I was going to escape …" The Yun Xuan Daoist's eyes revealed a trace of excitement. He sensed that the Golden Scale Guards were getting closer and closer to him. Suddenly, a smile bloomed on his face. "Very good, very good. You came at the right time!"
The next moment, he patted the spirit beast pouch embroidered with golden patterns on his waist.
With a buzz, a ray of golden light shot into the sky, instantly filling up the entire sky.
What followed was a terrifying aura that covered the sky and earth, causing the space that had just solidified to begin to tremble.
It was a giant golden bird that spread its wings and soared into the sky. Released by the Yun Xuan Daoist, it appeared in front of everyone's eyes like a golden deity. It looked down on all the Golden Scale Guards in front of it. The golden feathers on its body shone brighter than their Daoist armor.
It looked around with disdain and its aura was terrifying.
"Ninth Grade … Ninth Grade Monster Beast!" The moment the giant golden bird appeared, the Diancai Daoist stopped in his tracks. His eyes were filled with shock. "How is this possible?!"
A beast cultivator's pet beast couldn't possibly surpass the beast cultivator's cultivation base.
This was an iron rule among beast cultivators.
However, the Yun Xuan Daoist before him had broken this iron rule by owning a Ninth Grade Monster Beast with a cultivation base of Eighth Grade.
This fact shocked the Diancai Daoist even more than the Ninth Grade Monster Beast itself.
If the reason behind this could be replicated, it would bring about an unprecedented revolution for beast cultivators, increasing their combat strength by a large margin.
The Diancai Daoist's heart burned with passion — the strength of beast cultivators was the strength of humans!
Then, he calmed down. Fear rose in his heart and a chill ran down his spine.
Now wasn't the time to think about this. The problem now was that this was a Ninth Grade Monster Beast, and there wasn't a single Ninth Realm cultivator among them. How were they supposed to fight it?!
Without hesitation, the giant golden bird let out a long screech at the sky and swooped down on the Diancai Daoist and the Golden Scale Guards.
The divine flames on its body burned fiercely and the golden light became even more dazzling.
The giant golden bird's divine wings spread across the sky and flapped forward. In an instant, a raging inferno came crashing down on the Diancai Daoist like a red wave. Its divine might was shocking.
"All of you must die." The Yun Xuan Daoist looked on coldly from the side, extremely calm.
Indeed, it was impossible for a Eighth Realm cultivator to have a Ninth Grade Monster Beast.
Beast cultivators had developed for so many years, but no one could break this iron rule. It was even more impossible for Mental Demons to do so.
The reason why the Yun Xuan Daoist could summon a Ninth Grade Monster Beast was that this giant golden bird wasn't actually his beast pet, but …
One of the three souls of his main body!
The Yun Xuan Daoist's main body was a Ninth Grade Mental Demon.
However, to him, the human cultivation system was indeed too obscure.
In addition, the original Yun Xuan Daoist's aptitude wasn't very outstanding. Therefore, after he seized the Yun Xuan Daoist and cultivated to the Fourth Tribulation realm, his cultivation had stagnated.
His human sub-soul was only at the eighth level, but his other two sub-souls were at the same level as his main body. They were both at the ninth level.
This time, he was ordered to conquer Black Cloud Mountain. In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he specially brought along his Monster Beast sub-soul.
In the end, he really had to use it.
…
After forming a battle formation, the Golden Scale Guards courageously advanced with invincible might met their most tyrannical opponent.
The aura between heaven and earth suddenly became turbulent.
The frozen and sealed void began to tremble.
From time to time, there would be Golden Scale Guards that would be sent flying. Their bodies would fly backwards, and there would be scarlet blood flowing out from their shining golden Dao armor.
This was indeed an ambush.
However, it was no longer an ambush by the Golden Scale Guards against the Spirit Huan Sect's traitor.
Instead, it was an ambush by a Ninth Grade Mental Demon against the Golden Scale Guards.
The Golden Scale Guards were known to be invincible in field battles.
However, how could they be invincible when facing a terrifying Monster Beast that was a realm higher than them?
The Diancai Daoist looked at the Heavenly Secret Temple cultivators who kept falling to the ground and the Golden Scale Guards who were getting more and more injured. His voice was colder than the cold winter wind.
He said, "Golden Scale Guards, advance without retreat. Only death awaits."
Therefore, the Golden Scale Guards continued to fearlessly charge forward.
After an unknown amount of time.
The clamor suddenly stopped.
After a moment, a loud bang sounded again.
A shocking explosion radiated.
Spiritual light scattered all over the sky.
Black Cloud Mountain, Heavenly Secret Temple's Inter-domain Transportation Formation was destroyed!
.....
The dark clouds in the sky were abnormally thick, dyeing the sky as dark as night.
Dozens of conveyance lights appeared outside Black Cloud Mountain.
After a moment, the conveyance lights landed on Black Cloud Mountain.
It could be seen that the once prosperous Black Cloud Mountain was now full of potholes. It was a complete mess, and there were traces of being burnt black everywhere.
The Water Moon Temple Master's figure appeared in the conveyance lights.
She stepped on the ground and looked around.
The ground was covered with dried blood that had turned dark purple or even black.
Hundreds and thousands of Heavenly Secret Temple cultivators, dozens of Golden Scale Guards, and the Diancai Daoist's corpses were lying in pools of blood.
Apart from that, there were many Monster Beasts and Spirit Huan Sect cultivators' corpses lying everywhere. They were all missing limbs.
The Daoist armor of the Golden Scale Guards was already tattered. The Daoist patterns engraved on it were destroyed.
Blood stained the golden scales red.
One could only imagine what kind of dangerous and bloody battle had taken place here.
However, in the end, the Spirit Huan Sect won and achieved their goal.
The Water Moon Temple Master looked at the scene in front of her. Her hands were clenched so tightly that her knuckles were slightly white.
A chilly wind blew, bringing with it a bone-chilling coldness.
However, at this moment, what everyone felt was a bone-chilling coldness.
Stuffing oats and condensing night purple.
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