One month later, Wu Tao's Azure Continent floating ship hovered in the air, followed by a thousand Flying Demonic Wolf Legion soldiers, and the hundreds of subordinates brought by his disciple Ye Yu.
This force, sufficient to draw the attention of any faction, slowly advanced towards Lun Ming City in Ming Ze Prefecture.
Along the way, Wu Tao ruthlessly slaughtered families still loyal to the Wu family.
With Wu Tao's current power, there were almost no families in the Chu Domain that could stand against him.
Wu Tao even openly declared, "Those who obey will prosper, those who defy will perish."
Four of the twelve prefectures of Chu Prefecture, namely the Yun, Ying, Lian, and Ying families, all second-tier families, along with eighteen third-tier families such as Si, Shao, Gao, Li, Ji, Bo, Yin, Su, Bai, Huai, Pu, Tai, Cong, E, Suo, Xian, Ji, and Lai, announced their recognition of Wu Tao.
In an instant, the Ascending Immortal Sect displayed a grand and flourishing momentum.
On this day.
Wu Tao, aboard the Azure Continent floating ship, arrived outside Lun Ming City with an overwhelming force.
The accompanying Flying Demonic Wolf Legion formed a dense black mass, radiating a fierce aura.
On the other side.
Although the Wu family was left with only four cultivators at the early Nascent Soul stage, no one knew what hidden cards they might possess, given their immense foundation and millions of years of heritage!
When Wu Tao and his entourage arrived at Lun Ming City, many powerful figures were already present in various locations, observing the upcoming significant battle.
Wu Tao's divine sense swept out, sensing the auras of numerous powerful individuals, and his brow furrowed. After all, too many powerhouses had gathered today, with no shortage of cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage.
Wu Tao's objective this time was naturally to destroy the Wu family.
And the Wu family's objective was, naturally, to preserve the legacy passed down through generations.
Of course, regardless of the goals of either side, the battle today was inevitable, and it was bound to be a fight to the death.
Wu Tao stood on the Azure Continent floating ship, hands behind his back, and coldly watched Lun Ming City, whose grand formation was operating at full capacity.
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The next second, Wu Tao's face turned grim as he commanded, "Flying Demonic Wolf Legion, heed my order: Conquer this city!"
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"We obey the Sect Master's command!"
The thousand elite soldiers of the Flying Demonic Wolf Legion responded immediately.
Wu Yuan, Wu Ming, Wu Jian, and Wu Jian, the four remaining early Nascent Soul cultivators of the Wu family, exchanged glances upon seeing this, and a feeling of profound regret washed over them.
If they had known this day would come, why had they provoked Wu Tao, this great troublemaker, in the first place?
Wu Yuan stepped forward and shouted to the fifteen hundred elite Wu Ling Dao Soldiers behind him, "The great battle is about to begin. Wu Ling Dao Soldiers, heed my order! Aid the grand formation and stop them with all your might!" he declared.
"Yes!!!"
The Wu banners waved, and war drums sounded from all four directions, their beats shaking the heavens.
"Mirage Sea City Formation, rise!" a loud shout echoed.
The fifteen hundred elite Wu Ling Dao Soldiers and the Misty Beast beneath them merged their energies.
Instantly, the sky-obscuring mirage energy began to move along a specific trajectory, gradually producing all sorts of wondrous changes.
The Mirage Sea City Formation was the Wu family's ancestral formation and one of the key reasons why they had not been annihilated by external enemies over the years.
Wu Yuan, Wu Ming, Wu Jian, and Wu Jian firmly believed that even though the Wu family's power had fallen to its lowest point, with the protection of their ancestral formation, they could at least preserve their ancestral land.
The fully activated Mirage Sea City Formation conjured over a dozen mirage beasts with Nascent Soul stage cultivation.
Upon witnessing this, Wu Tao waved his hand majestically. The thousand elite Flying Demonic Wolf Legion soldiers stepped forward in unison, letting out unified shouts that pierced the sky and echoed through the cosmos.
The spiritual energy, blood essence, and killing intent emanating from the thousand elite Flying Demonic Wolf Legion soldiers surged skyward like wolf smoke, condensing into a dense and unyielding battle aura that hovered above.
Wu Tao took a deep breath and then, like a great whale drawing water, absorbed all the spiritual energy, blood essence, and killing intent, channeling it into the Chu Xi Sword.
After absorbing a vast amount of spiritual energy, blood essence, and killing intent, the Chu Xi Sword transformed into a blood-red immortal sword.
A dazzling, vibrant blood-red light shimmered on the sword's blade, accompanied by constant "buzzing" sounds and sword hums.
A boundless, earth-shattering sword qi erupted from the Chu Xi Sword, soaring into the heavens, resembling a divine weapon that cleaves the world, possessing immeasurable might!
Wu Tao was already a cultivator at the late Nascent Soul stage. Now, after merging with the aura of the thousand Flying Demonic Wolf soldiers, he possessed the terrifying power of a Purple Mansion stage cultivator, capable of changing the world with a mere gesture.
As Wu Tao raised the Chu Xi Sword with one hand, the sword qi radiating from its blade grew even more radiant, becoming extremely condensed and appearing almost tangible, like the power of laws!
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Upon witnessing this, Wu Yuan, Wu Ming, Wu Jian, and Wu Jian, for reasons unknown, suddenly felt uneasy and a sense of unprecedented tension.
Vaguely, the four of them felt their rapidly beating hearts.
Fortunately, Wu Tao's charging time was not too long. As the Chu Xi Sword slowly descended.
The hearts of Wu Yuan, Wu Ming, Wu Jian, and Wu Jian pounded violently, almost exploding from their chests.
Finally, as the million-zhang sword qi from the Chu Xi Sword struck the Mirage Sea City Formation.
The majestic million-zhang sword qi, the Great Dao of the Sword manifested, directly pierced the heavens and earth!
Where the sword qi passed, the dozen or so Nascent Soul stage demonic beasts formed by mirages were instantly dispersed, revealing a massive, gaping hole.
This single sword strike, a stark and ironclad fact, left Wu Yuan, Wu Ming, Wu Jian, and Wu Jian utterly disheartened.
The Wu family was finished, completely finished.
Without the protection of the city's grand formation, the Wu family was like fish on a chopping block, a chicken destined for slaughter to make an example of others.
On the Mirage Sea City Formation, one crack vanished, and another appeared, until the entire formation was completely destroyed.
Wu Yuan, Wu Ming, Wu Jian, and Wu Jian had no doubt that if they had faced this sword strike, they would have been blown to fragments by that terrifying sword qi in less than an instant, dissipating into the world.
This despair-inducing reality struck the remaining members of the Wu family, Wu Yuan, Wu Ming, Wu Jian, and Wu Jian, with utter horror!
It was unimaginable that a mere Core Formation stage junior from the past had now become so powerful.
He had brought the Wu family, with its millions of years of heritage, to such a desperate state, rendering them utterly defenseless.
How could this not be shocking and terrifying!!!
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On the other side.
The numerous powerhouses who were merely spectating, gazing at the scene before them, were suddenly overcome with an indescribable sense of powerlessness.
Feeling the man's power, which seemed to stand between heaven and earth, many powerful individuals doubted themselves and felt a sense of insignificance.
"Soldiers, the Mirage Sea City Formation has been broken! Kill, kill, kill! Anyone with the surname Wu within this city, show no mercy!"
After Wu Tao uttered these cold words, he approached Wu Yuan, Wu Ming, Wu Jian, and Wu Jian.
Seeing this, the morale of the thousand elite Flying Demonic Wolf Legion soldiers surged.
"Kill, kill, kill!!!"
The sky-piercing roars drowned out all other sounds, even the thunderous war drums.
The fifteen hundred elite Wu Ling Dao Soldiers, although their morale had plummeted due to the destruction of their formation.
However, because the cultivators in the Wu Ling Dao Soldier army were all members of the Wu family, they launched a counterattack for the sake of their family, knowing full well it was a suicidal charge.
The two elite cultivator armies collided, like a meat grinder.
On Wu Tao's side, he first took Wu Yuan's life with a palm strike, and then sent Wu Ming to his demise with a sword.
Wu Jian and Wu Jian were no match for Wu Tao. Within the time it took for a single stick of incense to burn, they too lost their lives.
At this point, the Wu Ling Dao Soldiers, despite their fierce tenacity, stubbornly blocked the advance of the Flying Demonic Wolf Legion soldiers.
However, they could not change the inevitable fate of the Wu family's destruction.
Especially after Wu Tao intervened, this fifteen hundred elite Wu Ling Dao Soldier army was quickly slaughtered.
After dealing with the Wu family's toughest "bone," Wu Tao's order for a massacre was perfectly executed.
Even the remaining members of the Wu family, who resisted, were brutally suppressed.
The Flying Demonic Wolf Legion soldiers employed a tactic of elite offensive dispersal.
One Core Formation cultivator led ten Foundation Establishment cultivators, forming teams of a hundred, who then dispersed to carry out the slaughter.
A Flying Demonic Wolf captain at the Core Formation stage looked at the resisting individuals charging at them with disdain and said, "A rabble..."
He then commanded the wolf riders to his left and right, "Break through them... Kill them!"
Ten cavalrymen riding Flying Demonic Wolves swiftly advanced. With a "swoosh,".
The galloping Flying Demonic Wolves, like an iron wall, crashed into a Wu surname Foundation Establishment cultivator at the forefront, who was of the same realm.
"Bang!"
The powerful impact sent the person flying backward, his body collapsing to the ground, clearly dead.
"Kill!"
Another Flying Demonic Wolf rider swiftly passed by a stunned Wu surname Foundation Establishment cultivator, his raised saber drawing a cold glint through the air.
"Puff."
This Wu surname Foundation Establishment cultivator only saw a blur before his eyes. A large head flew into the air.
Blood sprayed half a meter high from his headless chest.
"Kill!"
Following behind, the soldiers of the Flying Demonic Wolf Legion charged into the midst of the Wu surname cultivators, immediately scattering them in disarray.
Long spears and sabers flashed with cold light. With wolf-like stomps and saber strikes, Wu family corpses fell one after another at the foot of Lun Ming City.
The Wu surname cultivators, who had just mustered the courage to launch a desperate charge, were scattered by the swift Flying Demonic Wolf cavalry.
The thousand soldiers of the Flying Demonic Wolf Legion took only one hour to kill all the Wu surname cultivators within Lun Ming City.
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