Chapter 285: The Charm of That Figure

The sect of Moon Palace Sect, like its name, was like a bright moon.

A massive crescent-shaped rock floated in the void, tens of thousands of zhang wide. On the crescent-shaped rock, pavilions stood like celestial palaces.

Four waterfalls surrounded it in the middle, cascading down with a thunderous roar, surging and roaring, churning and splashing, misty and spraying pearls.

Moon Palace Sect nestled within, like a paradise on earth, magnificent beyond compare.

But at this moment, the four waterfalls emitted a faint glow, connecting into a canopy of sky, protecting Moon Palace Sect on the crescent-shaped rock within.

Under that slightly glossy shield, a group of figures hovered there.

"Hmph, Moon Palace Sect does have some tricks, and this Milky Way Yin-Returning Formation has some skill." At that moment, in the void, an old man in black, with a face like a yaksha, his withered visage covered with red veins, twisted and grotesque, made it hard to recognize as a human face without close inspection.

That old man was the peerless demon Li Yuanqi. Though he did not know why the sect master had released him, it suited his wishes.

Now the sect master of Nine Firmaments Sect was his senior fellow apprentice, and they had studied under the same master. Decades ago, to cultivate the World-Destroying Demon Art, he had slaughtered ten cities, leaving corpses strewn across the fields and blood staining the mountains and rivers.

In the end, he was defeated by his senior fellow apprentice, captured, and eternally suppressed in the sect's dungeon.

The moment he saw his senior fellow apprentice, he laughed. The senior fellow apprentice, who once considered himself righteous, had now also fallen into the demonic path.

"Old hag Yuexuan, stop struggling in vain. Come out and surrender, and I will let your disciples be slaves for generations, offering their yin for my cultivation." Li Yuanqi stood in the void, laughing wildly, his arrogant laughter piercing through layers of void, reaching every corner of Moon Palace Sect.

At the main position of Moon Palace Sect's formation, four old hags sat cross-legged, their true essence fluctuating, chains of rules merging into the center of the formation.

"For you, Nine Firmaments Sect, to be a righteous major sect, yet you stoop to such sect-destroying acts." At this moment, the current sect master of Moon Palace Sect, Old Hag Yuexuan, spoke without moving her lips, yet her voice carried through.

"Haha, the strong prey on the weak. Words are useless. Let me see how long this Milky Way Yin-Returning Formation of yours can hold." Li Yuanqi laughed wildly, his palm overturning the sky. Countless vengeful spirits transformed into ferocious skulls, opening their pitch-black mouths to devour the light curtain protecting Moon Palace Sect.

Each time the light curtain trembled, the four old hags maintaining the formation grew paler by a shade.

Moon Palace Sect's highest combat power was only four Great Heaven Stage high-level cultivators, and now they could only operate the Milky Way Yin-Returning Formation to guard the mountain gate.

The Milky Way Yin-Returning Formation was left by Moon Palace Sect's founding ancestor, gathering the true essence of the four directions to open this defensive shield.

And the four towering waterfalls around were the center of the formation, driven by the yin true essence of four women.

Though they were only at Great Heaven Stage high-level, after activating the formation, they could withstand Li Yuanqi's violent attacks. But if Mu Han had not found reinforcements by the time they exhausted their strength, Moon Palace Sect would cease to exist.

"Old hag Yuexuan, I know you're waiting for your disciple to bring back help, but unfortunately, I've sent people after her. She's probably dead on the road by now."

"Within ten thousand li, there are only nine sects. Do you think any of them would dare to send people to oppose me?" Li Yuanqi's voice was dark and terrifying, and as he spoke, a mist of blood sprayed out.

Within this blood mist, sinister energy churned, ferocious and terrifying—this was the realm Li Yuanqi had cultivated by slaughtering countless people.

Some of the Nine Firmaments Sect disciples standing behind Li Yuanqi laughed wildly, while others frowned, clearly uncomfortable with it.

Thinking of the Nine Firmaments Sect's rules and looking at the scene before them, they felt it was a great irony.

But now they dared not speak out in anger. Many disciples who had resisted Li Yuanqi's orders had been directly devoured by the demonic art, leaving not even a trace.

Though they hated it in their hearts, they were powerless.

"Elder Li, after we break through the mountain gate, can you reward the disciples with those tender female disciples?" At that moment, a lecherous disciple of Nine Firmaments Sect, looking at the delicate female disciples below, swallowed excitedly and asked.

"Of course." Li Yuanqi laughed wildly, his laughter chilling to the bone. His scarlet eyes flickered with bloodlight. In his eyes, Moon Palace Sect was already within his grasp.

It wouldn't hold much longer.

The lecherous disciple also gazed greedily at the female disciples below. Truly a flock of lambs. How should he torment them later?

At this moment, Moon Palace Sect was in panic. Those female disciples had never seen such a terrifying sight. Some were so frightened they collapsed on the ground, while others wailed loudly.

Secluded from the world, without experience, they would never grow.

Moon Palace Sect's founding ancestor had a pitiful background. In the mortal world, she suffered endless bullying. On the day she threw herself into a river, a beam of light descended from the vast void into her body.

Thus, the world lost a bullied girl and gained a peerless female emperor.

From then on, she founded the sect to carve a path for women, and also established a rule: Moon Palace Sect would be secluded from the world and not meddle in worldly affairs.

"Junior sisters, don't panic. Senior sister has gone to find help. We will surely get through this." A female disciple stepped forward and said.

Though her eyes were also filled with fear, at this moment, she had to reassure her junior sisters.

And it did have some effect; the timid junior sisters quieted down.

"Old hag Yuexuan, my patience is limited. I'll give you ten breaths, or I'll leave not a single chicken or dog alive in Moon Palace Sect." Li Yuanqi said darkly.

His patience had been mostly worn away by this Milky Way Yin-Returning Formation, and he could no longer bear it.

At this moment, the four old hags of Moon Palace Sect exchanged glances, then simultaneously spat out a mouthful of essence blood. The four drops of essence blood merged and then integrated into the center of the formation.

Instantly, the formation's light blazed, and the light curtain became even more dazzling.

But the four old hags also swayed unsteadily, barely holding on.

"Hmph, ungrateful." At this moment, Li Yuanqi was enraged. His black robe swelled infinitely, and in the sky, a sea of blood descended.

Twelve chains of rules coiled around his body.

"Blood rule, demon rule, slaughter rule... Blood sea surging to the sky."

At this moment, above the void, the sea of blood churned, blotting out the sky. Within the blood sea, countless vengeful spirits danced ferociously.

"Suppress..."

Boom...

Instantly, the earth shook and mountains swayed. The four towering waterfalls collapsed, and the light curtain protecting Moon Palace Sect shattered abruptly.

"Not good..." The four old hags of Moon Palace Sect's expressions changed drastically. They had not expected Li Yuanqi to be so powerful.

"Hmph, ungrateful. I intended to play with you a bit, but you actually thought I couldn't break this shoddy formation?" Li Yuanqi laughed wildly.

"All of you, go! Everything in Moon Palace Sect is yours now." Li Yuanqi stood in the void, roaring to the sky.

"Haha, tender little ladies, here we come!" At this moment, the Nine Firmaments Sect disciples who had been suppressed in the dungeon laughed wildly, then turned into streaks of light, charging into the flock of Moon Palace Sect.

At this moment, the female disciples of Moon Palace Sect were dumbfounded. Earth-shattering cries and wails filled the heavens and earth. The helpless cries were pitiful.

But to this group of disciples, the more so, the more excited they became.

Some Nine Firmaments Sect disciples stood there motionless, their expressions unwilling, slightly turning their heads away, unable to bear watching.

The lecherous disciple at the forefront spotted a delicate female disciple, laughed wildly, descended from the sky, and reached out his evil hand.

The targeted female disciple, seeing the ferocious face, was completely frightened into tears. "Senior sister, save me..."

The four old hags of Moon Palace Sect, watching this scene, closed their eyes in pain. They had done their best but ultimately failed to protect Moon Palace Sect.

Just then, a voice like a great bell resounded through heaven and earth.

"Sword intent sweeping across."

Hearing this voice, the four old hags immediately looked into the distance.

The female disciples of Moon Palace Sect, who had been terrified, also gazed into the distance. The moment they saw the scene in the distance, they were all stunned.

In the distance, the void twisted. Countless overwhelming sword intents shot forth from one end of the sky.

At the center of those countless sword intents, a man with his hands behind his back walked out of the void. Countless sword intents shuttled past him.

Behind the man floated a towering three-headed, six-armed dharma body. The three faces were ferocious, benevolent, and angry.

At this moment, the female disciples of Moon Palace Sect, after seeing this, could no longer bear to look away.

The long hair flowing in the wind, the composed demeanor, the calm and carefree figure, the domineering aura... intoxicated these maidens who had never seen the world.

In the eyes of the female disciples of Moon Palace Sect, that figure was the most handsome and enchanting they had ever seen.

"You all are unforgivable by heaven and earth. Deserving death."