When the girls arrived at the passage's entrance between the tall cliffs, they silently revolved their energy and accumulated it.
The 140 cultivators waiting to ambush on the cliffs also charged their energy, ready to pounce.
Yasenia's pupils slowly thinned, and her spiritual sense spread silently, spotting a few of the hidden cultivators.
When our girls were in the middle of the formation, Elder Fu pointed and relayed to everyone's head. "Attack!"
The formation master activated it, creating a transparent dome that only allowed attacks to enter. "[Beast Trapping Jail Formation]!"
Yasenia's and the other girls' auras ballooned, quickly reacting before the first wave of attacks swallowed their figures in a gigantic explosion.
BOOM!
The earth shook, and dust rose up while rocks from the hills loosened and fell because of the tremors.
The wolf kin flew over with the other twenty Epoch Core fighters he had gathered and looked down at the explosion site. The 120 Ethereal Soul cultivators waited above, ready to block any attempt at escaping.
Elder Fu spoke indifferently. "If you are alive, know that you have fallen into our trap. Surrender all your treasures, and I might consider releasing you."
The dust cleared, and a silver dome surrounded by wooden vines and other auras appeared.
Although some parts were slightly destroyed, the overall form was intact. On Yasenia's hand, there was a disc with complicated patterns that had yet to activate. "Not bad, you almost broke through our combined defense."
Elder Fu ordered. "Attack again."
The Twenty Epoch Cores didn't hold back and slammed their fists toward the protective silver dome.
BOOOM!
The dome bent like a bubble and exploded, creating a path for the 120 Ethereal Soul realm cultivators to attack.
However, a smaller white dome with beautiful golden runes surrounded our girls.
All attacks fizzled away, and the dome rippled like water. However, it didn't show any signs of damage.
Elder Fu frowned. "That should be your life-saving treasure; once it expires, we'll be able to kill all of you. Surrender, no matter what you do, your fate is sealed."
Yasenia had a calm and seductive smile on her face. "I'm curious: why did you decide to attack me? Didn't you see that there are strong people on my side outside the secret realm? If I die, those people will attack your clan regardless of their safety."
Elder Fu sneered. "Since they were all women, the Patriarch Alone can subdue them. After all, he has a Progenitor aura and beast human women can't help but bow down to him."
Evelyn burst into laughter. "Are these people blind?"
An Epoch Core cultivator frowned. "Human, how dare you laugh!? You better pray you don't fall in my hands, or I'll make you a good pet slave."
Yasenia's smile disappeared, her aura becoming cold and ruthless. "Good. As you've said before, you've sealed your Fate. Evelyn, use those at will later. First, let's attack normally."
Evelyn licked her lips, two pink orbs the size of an apple appearing in her hands.
The dragoness looked around and spoke. "How about surviving our attack before you act so high and mighty?"
"[Lunar Fire Storm]."
"[Luminous Lightning Calamity]."
"[Regal Blizzard Howl]."
A giant white fire tornado rose from the ground as white and blue lightning sneaked inside like countless soaring dragons. Moreover, Sierra's howl attacked the soul directly, emitting visible ripples in the air.
The formation surrounding them bent as the continuous fire and lightning storm struck it. However, the ripples phased through the physical formation easily.
The people who thought they were safe began screaming while holding their heads in pain as their souls trembled at Sierra's howl.
"Aargh!"
"Noo!"
"It hurts!"
Those hit by Sierra's howl with weak souls began bleeding from their seven orifices, and the weaker ones even fell unconscious.
A single howl incapacitated seven people, none of the Epoch Core rank.
Naturally, the second the girls attacked, the enemy cultivators didn't stay still and counterattacked.
Elder Fu's face became solemn. "Be careful. They know Soul attacks! What are you doing, Desaria!? Quickly reinforce the formation!"
Desaria had her ears still ringing from the howl, but she nodded hastily. "Give me a bit of time until I add the soul defense formation."
With agile leaps, she approached the formation and began painting.
While attacks rained from above, the dome around Yasenia and the others looked impenetrable, blocking all attacks. It created a fantastical image of a giant dome being attacked from the inside while a smaller dome inside stopped damage from the outside.
Yasenia didn't feel the urge to defend, so she decided to attack.
Her golden eyes locked on the woman approaching, and her smile widened, showing her fangs. With quick steps, she appeared before her, on the limit of her own defensive dome, and gathered energy in her throat.
Desaria looked up, seeing Yasenia take a deep breath. She barely reacted in time, using an amulet to create a barrier in front of herself.
ROAAAR!
The air literally exploded as Yasenia's deep and rumbling dragon roar carried not only her auras but an intangible golden energy that rippled in space.
It was the skill Yasenia was still learning a while ago, [Sun Dragon Roar].
It was a soul attack similar to Sierra's but on another level.
A golden ripple spread from Yasenia at the speed of her roar's sound, and since the formation failed to block Sierra's attack, Yasenia's one was completely free to cause havoc on the enemy lines.
When the roar of the Empyrean Dragon arrived, all beast cultivators felt like a steel wall struck them while the weight of a mountain slammed them from above.
Soul attacks were the bane of Body Cultivators once they arrived at a certain level. And since all the cultivators were relatively close because of the reassurance of the formation, the damage was massive.
The majestic roar of the Progenitor Queen instantly killed twenty cultivators, their souls burning with Yasenia's Sun Dragon Roar energy, and injured all cultivators in the Ethereal Soul Realm.
Only the Epoch Core cultivators could block it because they were somewhat prepared because of Sierra's attack.
Meanwhile, the main target, Desaria, felt the world flash white as the blood vessels around her body exploded, and her body was thrown flying backward, slamming against the cliff's wall behind her. "COUGH!"
Even if she was an Epoch Core cultivator, because she was not focused on cultivating and mainly on formations, her body was not as sturdy, not to mention her soul.
Elder Fu shouted. "Desaria!"
Seeing the woman struggling to get up, Elder Fu frowned deeply and roared. "Attack with all your might! Healer, go and prioritize Desaria!"
Yasenia felt her throat hurting a bit. It was a powerful attack, but using too many times in a row can give her temporary muteness. The principle behind the roar was the use of Bloodline aura and Soul Pressure compressed and released in a massive shockwave of energies via her Soul Core, the Celestial Pearl. Therefore, she could create a soul attack with attributed energy. Using Celestial Energy in this attack was still out of reach but had tremendous potential.
While all of this happened, Evelyn, Cecile, and Sierra did not stop for a single second when attacking, while Kali had already summoned her army.
Yasenia, Andrea, Ebirah, and Kali used defensive skills, creating magma, wooden, silver, and pinkish crystal-like shields. Although the formation was strong, it was not invincible, so blocking a few of the attacks was something not that hard to do.
They were all buying time for Angel.
Yasenia asked, her voice having a touch of hoarseness because of her roar. "Baby, how much longer until you decipher it?"
The girls almost lost their footing as their legs wobbled. 'My Heavens, that raspiness sounds so sexy!'
Angel blushed and answered. "It's very amateurish, so about forty seconds."
Yasenia did not bother hiding their conversation, and the formation woman heard them.
Although she had recovered and was trying to fix the formation, she couldn't help but shout with an indignant expression. "Keep bragging, little girl! As if you think you can decipher the intricacies of my formation, you are too young and boastful. Surrender quickly and give that dragoness to us. Her beauty might allow her to survive as my toy even after her rude attack!"
Sierra howled again with her [Regal Blizzard Howl].
Soul damage was tricky to heal, but they learned their lesson, and those vulnerable to soul attacks had already retreated far enough not to be affected.
The woman also had a few talismans around her to guard against soul attacks.
Angel looked at her and smiled, but her sweet smile carried deep, hidden darkness. "So old yet so stupid. I wonder how you managed to live until today. It doesn't matter, though. I'm going to kill you, so your lucky streak is over. [Formation Destruction]."
CRASH!
The dome around them shattered like a glass bulb hitting the ground, leaving the woman with a gaping mouth and a stupefied expression.
Angel didn't even care about the surrounding cultivators and used her boosting skills, charging at that woman, sword and shield in hand.
The girls didn't lose the chance and fired a barrage of attacks without holding back, including Cecile and the others, and letting the formation shoulder the rest of the attacks.
Yasenia did not join as she used her speed to run after Angel quickly.
The woman quickly snapped out of her stunned state when a massive flood of killing intent locked on her, and an indifferent-looking Angel approached quickly.
She jumped back and tried to climb the cliff, but she felt a tight grip catch her ankle.
She fearfully looked back and saw Angel grabbing her ankle. "You are not going anywhere."
An irresistible force pulled her downwards and threw her like a meteor, cratering into the solid mountain below.
Angel saw five Epoch Core approaching, and when she was about to retaliate, a massive Sun energy attack blocked those five people.
Yasenia appeared in between and looked at her with a smile. "Go and vent, baby. I'll hold them back."
Angel's heart almost exploded with sweetness, and remembering what the woman said, her sweetness warped into maliciousness.
She shot down with just her shield and aimed at the woman exiting the crater.
When Desaria exited the crater, she wanted to flee, but a beautiful crystal-like shield appeared in before her eyes. She lifted her arms, and the shield struck her like a comet.
BANG!
A grunt escaped her mouth as her forearms fractured and her body shot backward.
She flipped and placed her foot on the ground, yet, like a ghost, Angel was there with another shield bash.
BANG!
Her ribs cracked when the solid shield sunk into her side, and she spat blood.
Angel was far from being done, though.
Desaria saw stars in her vision as strike after strike landed on her. One on her head, one on her back, another on her thigh, another on her shoulder.
She was cursing at Elder Fu for not coming to help her, but when she looked over, her face finally changed to one of despair.
Ebirah, Andrea, Evelyn, Sierra, and Cecile attacked in synchrony.
Andrea blocked the front with Ebirah, tanking the barrage of attacks, while Evelyn and Sierra focused on protecting Cecile.
Then, as the main attacker, Cecile's bow flashed with silver light, sending waves of powerful arrows toward them.
She wondered what the 100 Ethereal Soul Realm cultivators were doing, but her mouth dropped when an army of plant creatures was overrunning them.
The coordinated dryads and other plant creatures cooperated like a single unit, led by the three-tailed fox woman who reaped lives easily as she sword danced around with elegant and graceful steps.
The constant thorns, vines, and roots exploding from everywhere created wooden shields, barriers, and many more, blocking most of the range attacks while hindering any aerial ambushes with heavy-range attacks and skills.
Then, their main objective was fighting like an asura, swinging her oversized broadsword and extremely long dragon tail against five Epoch Core cultivators while stars bloomed around them and shot in every direction.
The multiple attacks that combined Sun, Moon, and Star energies made her realize what kind of monster they had challenged.
Her seductive figure, combined with brutal might and matchless elegance, created an Empyrean sight of alluring strength that could captivate the hearts of even her enemies.
Angel's voice reached her ears. "Where are you looking at? [Eight brilliant Swords]."
Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
Sharp pain stung her brain as she saw her limbs flying in every direction and a fountain of blood spurting from her.
At that moment, she knew.
'Today, I die.'
When the girls arrived at the passage's entrance between the tall cliffs, they silently revolved their energy and accumulated it.
The 140 cultivators waiting to ambush on the cliffs also charged their energy, ready to pounce.
Yasenia's pupils slowly thinned, and her spiritual sense spread silently, spotting a few of the hidden cultivators.
When our girls were in the middle of the formation, Elder Fu pointed and relayed to everyone's head. "Attack!"
The formation master activated it, creating a transparent dome that only allowed attacks to enter. "[Beast Trapping Jail Formation]!"
Yasenia's and the other girls' auras ballooned, quickly reacting before the first wave of attacks swallowed their figures in a gigantic explosion.
BOOM!
The earth shook, and dust rose up while rocks from the hills loosened and fell because of the tremors.
The wolf kin flew over with the other twenty Epoch Core fighters he had gathered and looked down at the explosion site. The 120 Ethereal Soul cultivators waited above, ready to block any attempt at escaping.
Elder Fu spoke indifferently. "If you are alive, know that you have fallen into our trap. Surrender all your treasures, and I might consider releasing you."
The dust cleared, and a silver dome surrounded by wooden vines and other auras appeared.
Although some parts were slightly destroyed, the overall form was intact. On Yasenia's hand, there was a disc with complicated patterns that had yet to activate. "Not bad, you almost broke through our combined defense."
Elder Fu ordered. "Attack again."
The Twenty Epoch Cores didn't hold back and slammed their fists toward the protective silver dome.
BOOOM!
The dome bent like a bubble and exploded, creating a path for the 120 Ethereal Soul realm cultivators to attack.
However, a smaller white dome with beautiful golden runes surrounded our girls.
All attacks fizzled away, and the dome rippled like water. However, it didn't show any signs of damage.
Elder Fu frowned. "That should be your life-saving treasure; once it expires, we'll be able to kill all of you. Surrender, no matter what you do, your fate is sealed."
Yasenia had a calm and seductive smile on her face. "I'm curious: why did you decide to attack me? Didn't you see that there are strong people on my side outside the secret realm? If I die, those people will attack your clan regardless of their safety."
Elder Fu sneered. "Since they were all women, the Patriarch Alone can subdue them. After all, he has a Progenitor aura and beast human women can't help but bow down to him."
Evelyn burst into laughter. "Are these people blind?"
An Epoch Core cultivator frowned. "Human, how dare you laugh!? You better pray you don't fall in my hands, or I'll make you a good pet slave."
Yasenia's smile disappeared, her aura becoming cold and ruthless. "Good. As you've said before, you've sealed your Fate. Evelyn, use those at will later. First, let's attack normally."
Evelyn licked her lips, two pink orbs the size of an apple appearing in her hands.
The dragoness looked around and spoke. "How about surviving our attack before you act so high and mighty?"
"[Lunar Fire Storm]."
"[Luminous Lightning Calamity]."
"[Regal Blizzard Howl]."
A giant white fire tornado rose from the ground as white and blue lightning sneaked inside like countless soaring dragons. Moreover, Sierra's howl attacked the soul directly, emitting visible ripples in the air.
The formation surrounding them bent as the continuous fire and lightning storm struck it. However, the ripples phased through the physical formation easily.
The people who thought they were safe began screaming while holding their heads in pain as their souls trembled at Sierra's howl.
"Aargh!"
"Noo!"
"It hurts!"
Those hit by Sierra's howl with weak souls began bleeding from their seven orifices, and the weaker ones even fell unconscious.
A single howl incapacitated seven people, none of the Epoch Core rank.
Naturally, the second the girls attacked, the enemy cultivators didn't stay still and counterattacked.
Elder Fu's face became solemn. "Be careful. They know Soul attacks! What are you doing, Desaria!? Quickly reinforce the formation!"
Desaria had her ears still ringing from the howl, but she nodded hastily. "Give me a bit of time until I add the soul defense formation."
With agile leaps, she approached the formation and began painting.
While attacks rained from above, the dome around Yasenia and the others looked impenetrable, blocking all attacks. It created a fantastical image of a giant dome being attacked from the inside while a smaller dome inside stopped damage from the outside.
Yasenia didn't feel the urge to defend, so she decided to attack.
Her golden eyes locked on the woman approaching, and her smile widened, showing her fangs. With quick steps, she appeared before her, on the limit of her own defensive dome, and gathered energy in her throat.
Desaria looked up, seeing Yasenia take a deep breath. She barely reacted in time, using an amulet to create a barrier in front of herself.
ROAAAR!
The air literally exploded as Yasenia's deep and rumbling dragon roar carried not only her auras but an intangible golden energy that rippled in space.
It was the skill Yasenia was still learning a while ago, [Sun Dragon Roar].
It was a soul attack similar to Sierra's but on another level.
A golden ripple spread from Yasenia at the speed of her roar's sound, and since the formation failed to block Sierra's attack, Yasenia's one was completely free to cause havoc on the enemy lines.
When the roar of the Empyrean Dragon arrived, all beast cultivators felt like a steel wall struck them while the weight of a mountain slammed them from above.
Soul attacks were the bane of Body Cultivators once they arrived at a certain level. And since all the cultivators were relatively close because of the reassurance of the formation, the damage was massive.
The majestic roar of the Progenitor Queen instantly killed twenty cultivators, their souls burning with Yasenia's Sun Dragon Roar energy, and injured all cultivators in the Ethereal Soul Realm.
Only the Epoch Core cultivators could block it because they were somewhat prepared because of Sierra's attack.
Meanwhile, the main target, Desaria, felt the world flash white as the blood vessels around her body exploded, and her body was thrown flying backward, slamming against the cliff's wall behind her. "COUGH!"
Even if she was an Epoch Core cultivator, because she was not focused on cultivating and mainly on formations, her body was not as sturdy, not to mention her soul.
Elder Fu shouted. "Desaria!"
Seeing the woman struggling to get up, Elder Fu frowned deeply and roared. "Attack with all your might! Healer, go and prioritize Desaria!"
Yasenia felt her throat hurting a bit. It was a powerful attack, but using too many times in a row can give her temporary muteness. The principle behind the roar was the use of Bloodline aura and Soul Pressure compressed and released in a massive shockwave of energies via her Soul Core, the Celestial Pearl. Therefore, she could create a soul attack with attributed energy. Using Celestial Energy in this attack was still out of reach but had tremendous potential.
While all of this happened, Evelyn, Cecile, and Sierra did not stop for a single second when attacking, while Kali had already summoned her army.
Yasenia, Andrea, Ebirah, and Kali used defensive skills, creating magma, wooden, silver, and pinkish crystal-like shields. Although the formation was strong, it was not invincible, so blocking a few of the attacks was something not that hard to do.
They were all buying time for Angel.
Yasenia asked, her voice having a touch of hoarseness because of her roar. "Baby, how much longer until you decipher it?"
The girls almost lost their footing as their legs wobbled. 'My Heavens, that raspiness sounds so sexy!'
Angel blushed and answered. "It's very amateurish, so about forty seconds."
Yasenia did not bother hiding their conversation, and the formation woman heard them.
Although she had recovered and was trying to fix the formation, she couldn't help but shout with an indignant expression. "Keep bragging, little girl! As if you think you can decipher the intricacies of my formation, you are too young and boastful. Surrender quickly and give that dragoness to us. Her beauty might allow her to survive as my toy even after her rude attack!"
Sierra howled again with her [Regal Blizzard Howl].
Soul damage was tricky to heal, but they learned their lesson, and those vulnerable to soul attacks had already retreated far enough not to be affected.
The woman also had a few talismans around her to guard against soul attacks.
Angel looked at her and smiled, but her sweet smile carried deep, hidden darkness. "So old yet so stupid. I wonder how you managed to live until today. It doesn't matter, though. I'm going to kill you, so your lucky streak is over. [Formation Destruction]."
CRASH!
The dome around them shattered like a glass bulb hitting the ground, leaving the woman with a gaping mouth and a stupefied expression.
Angel didn't even care about the surrounding cultivators and used her boosting skills, charging at that woman, sword and shield in hand.
The girls didn't lose the chance and fired a barrage of attacks without holding back, including Cecile and the others, and letting the formation shoulder the rest of the attacks.
Yasenia did not join as she used her speed to run after Angel quickly.
The woman quickly snapped out of her stunned state when a massive flood of killing intent locked on her, and an indifferent-looking Angel approached quickly.
She jumped back and tried to climb the cliff, but she felt a tight grip catch her ankle.
She fearfully looked back and saw Angel grabbing her ankle. "You are not going anywhere."
An irresistible force pulled her downwards and threw her like a meteor, cratering into the solid mountain below.
Angel saw five Epoch Core approaching, and when she was about to retaliate, a massive Sun energy attack blocked those five people.
Yasenia appeared in between and looked at her with a smile. "Go and vent, baby. I'll hold them back."
Angel's heart almost exploded with sweetness, and remembering what the woman said, her sweetness warped into maliciousness.
She shot down with just her shield and aimed at the woman exiting the crater.
When Desaria exited the crater, she wanted to flee, but a beautiful crystal-like shield appeared in before her eyes. She lifted her arms, and the shield struck her like a comet.
BANG!
A grunt escaped her mouth as her forearms fractured and her body shot backward.
She flipped and placed her foot on the ground, yet, like a ghost, Angel was there with another shield bash.
BANG!
Her ribs cracked when the solid shield sunk into her side, and she spat blood.
Angel was far from being done, though.
Desaria saw stars in her vision as strike after strike landed on her. One on her head, one on her back, another on her thigh, another on her shoulder.
She was cursing at Elder Fu for not coming to help her, but when she looked over, her face finally changed to one of despair.
Ebirah, Andrea, Evelyn, Sierra, and Cecile attacked in synchrony.
Andrea blocked the front with Ebirah, tanking the barrage of attacks, while Evelyn and Sierra focused on protecting Cecile.
Then, as the main attacker, Cecile's bow flashed with silver light, sending waves of powerful arrows toward them.
She wondered what the 100 Ethereal Soul Realm cultivators were doing, but her mouth dropped when an army of plant creatures was overrunning them.
The coordinated dryads and other plant creatures cooperated like a single unit, led by the three-tailed fox woman who reaped lives easily as she sword danced around with elegant and graceful steps.
The constant thorns, vines, and roots exploding from everywhere created wooden shields, barriers, and many more, blocking most of the range attacks while hindering any aerial ambushes with heavy-range attacks and skills.
Then, their main objective was fighting like an asura, swinging her oversized broadsword and extremely long dragon tail against five Epoch Core cultivators while stars bloomed around them and shot in every direction.
The multiple attacks that combined Sun, Moon, and Star energies made her realize what kind of monster they had challenged.
Her seductive figure, combined with brutal might and matchless elegance, created an Empyrean sight of alluring strength that could captivate the hearts of even her enemies.
Angel's voice reached her ears. "Where are you looking at? [Eight brilliant Swords]."
Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
Sharp pain stung her brain as she saw her limbs flying in every direction and a fountain of blood spurting from her.
At that moment, she knew.
'Today, I die.'
