Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 1303: Tianji Sect Master Xuan Tianji

Chapter 1303: Chapter 1303: Tianji Sect Master Xuan Tianji

Below the fortress, ten thousand elite disciples of Golden Crow Manor had already formed their battle formation, silently waiting for the great battle to come.

The ten thousand elite disciples of Golden Crow Manor, each armed with a Spiritual Artifact and their fighting spirit soaring, had no expression of fear or panic on their faces, only a resolute acceptance of life and death.

The additional ten thousand elite disciples guarding the fortress above also harbored the same resolute determination to face death.

The nearly two hundred thousand martial artists of the Martial Artists Alliance each had their own schemes, fighting solely for their own interests. As soon as they find the situation unfavorable, they will certainly flee.

In contrast, the disciples of Golden Crow Manor had long made a vow to share the fate of the manor; even if they knew they were outmatched and might fall here, not a single one showed any sign of cowardice or retreat.

Moreover, once the battle starts, the twenty thousand elite disciples of Golden Crow Manor will not fight individually but will engage using the Offensive and Defensive Great Formation personally instructed and trained by Feng Donglai, Elder Feng, to combat the Martial Artists Alliance.

In terms of individual fighting strength, a disciple of Golden Crow Manor could match two or even more opponents, and when formed into a formation, ten thousand disciples could withstand adversaries three to four times their number.

Initially, when the Martial Artists Alliance had only slightly more than a hundred thousand martial artists, the higher-ups of Golden Crow Manor, after some calculations, believed that if they could inflict heavy casualties on the Alliance during the early stages of the battle, causing them to lose confidence, the tide of the battle might turn.

But when the numbers of the Martial Artists Alliance increased to two hundred thousand, Golden Crow Manor felt the pressure double. At this point, they were no longer seeking to reverse the outcome but only to withstand the Martial Artists Alliance for a while, to prevent them from prematurely seizing the Essence Stone Mine entrance, waiting for changes and devising a breakthrough strategy.

In fact, two days before the numbers of the Martial Artists Alliance were about to reach two hundred thousand, Shi Cheng urgently sent disciples to Manor Master Huang Canghai asking for reinforcements; calculating the time, the reinforcements should arrive today. Unexpectedly, before the reinforcements could arrive, the Martial Artists Alliance initiated a large-scale attack, causing deep concern for Shi Cheng and others.

Before the fierce battle with Rou Fu and her four sisters, Shi Cheng secretly dispatched several disciples from Golden Crow Manor to check on the location of the reinforcements and to urge them to hurry.

Shi Cheng hoped that before the reinforcements arrived, they could hold this defensive line at the fortress, and the entrance to the Essence Stone vein would still be under the control of Golden Crow Manor.

The two hundred thousand martial artists of the Martial Artists Alliance initially maintained a consistent pace pushing steadily forward, but as they got closer to the fortress, everyone wanted to rush underground to the Essence Stone vein to gather more cultivation resources, and each exhibited their movement techniques to advance swiftly.

A portion of the relatively powerful martial artists were the first to crash into the ten thousand elite disciples of Golden Crow Manor laid out in a defensive formation, like two huge waves colliding, stirring up a great surge.

Bloody light splattered accompanied by waves of wails. In this wave of collisions, countless on both sides were either injured or fallen.

Following that, the second wave, the third wave, the fourth wave... more and more martial artists from the Martial Artists Alliance crashed into the Defensive Array set up by the disciples of Golden Crow Manor, causing even greater casualties on both sides.

As blood and energy filled the air, Essence Energy unbounded, cries and roars never ceased, over two hundred thousand martial artists fighting for the underground Essence Stone vein, centered around the makeshift fortress constructed by the disciples of Golden Crow Manor, battled over life and death within a dozen miles.

Shortly after the battle began, the scent of blood floating in the air and over two hundred thousand streams of stirring Essence Energy alerted the Spirit Beasts lurking nearby in mountains, forests, rivers, ravines, and swamps.

The olfactory senses and perception of Spirit Beasts are much sharper than those of human Martial Artists. Sensing the smell of blood and fluctuations in Essence Energy, the Spirit Beasts quickly emerged from their respective nests and territories, moving closer to the battlefield.

Upon seeing the corpses of human Martial Artists scattered all over the ground, a greedy and covetous glint appeared in the eyes of those Spirit Beasts, looking for opportunities to drag away the bodies of Martial Artists and then consuming them.

The battlefield, already chaotic, became even more tumultuous with the interference of thousands of Spirit Beasts.

At the summit of a mountain a kilometer away from the battlefield, an elderly man in yellow clothing appeared at some unknown time.

This elderly man in yellow was over a hundred years old, with broken brows, small eyes, a nose sharp like a hawk’s beak, and prominent cheekbones, reflecting a stingy and sharp demeanor. He stood proudly with his hands behind his back, looking down on the distant battlefield with a scornful gaze, his expression full of mockery.

"Two hundred thousand Martial Artists, taking so much time, and yet they still can’t settle a mere twenty thousand disciples of Golden Crow Manor; truly a mob that can’t achieve great things! After this battle, however, the elite disciples of Golden Crow Manor will mostly be depleted. My Tianji Sect just needs to strike like thunder, and Golden Crow Manor will inevitably face destruction! Hehe, then the treasures accumulated over thousands of years in Golden Crow Manor and the Essence Stone Vein underground will belong to my Tianji Sect!"

In his pride, the elderly man in yellow couldn’t help but laugh aloud.

"But those four women, possessing considerable strength and unclear origins, are also eyeing the Essence Stone Vein, which really is troublesome... Could they possibly be disciples from an Innate Sect?"

The sharp, sword-like gaze of the elderly man in yellow fell on the Rou Fu sisters, who were fiercely battling Shi Cheng and his companions, his eyebrows furrowing as he muttered to himself.

The elderly man in yellow was Xuan Tianji, the Sect Master of Tianji Sect, a Universe Level perfection powerhouse. He was in the same realm as Huang Canghai, the Manor Master of Golden Crow Manor, and a top-tier powerhouse in the True Martial Realm.

The moment the Essence Stone Vein on the edges of Eternal Death Zone was discovered, it drew covetous looks from various powers. As the ambitious Sect Master of a first-grade sect, Xuan Tianji naturally did not want to miss the opportunity to claim it for his own.

Being the first-grade sect closest to the Essence Stone Vein, Golden Crow Manor had various advantages. Despite Tianji Sect’s overall strength not being weaker than Golden Crow Manor, the sect was thousands of miles away, and its elite disciples couldn’t all arrive in time, thus it was difficult to fully compete with Golden Crow Manor.

Disciples of Tianji Sect were scattered across the True Martial Realm and well-informed. At the discovery of the Essence Stone Vein, Sect Master Xuan Tianji had already learned of it and personally rushed to the edge of Eternal Death Zone.

Highly scheming, Xuan Tianji knew that relying solely on Tianji Sect’s power would not surpass Golden Crow Manor; hence, he employed the strategy of using others to eliminate his enemies, quickly spreading the news of the Essence Stone Vein to attract numerous Martial Artists to the edge of Eternal Death Zone, thereby restraining and exhausting Golden Crow Manor’s power.

At this moment, with the battle between Martial Artists Alliance and Golden Crow Manor already underway, the long-hidden Xuan Tianji finally made his appearance, waiting only for both parties to fight to mutual destruction, thereby reaping a fisherman’s benefit.

Once Golden Crow Manor was eliminated, with no other powerful sect capable of competing with Tianji Sect within tens of thousands of miles, Tianji Sect would monopolize the Essence Stone Vein and gain Golden Crow Manor’s cultivation resources accumulated over thousands of years.