Outer city.

In a room enveloped by an array, a gaunt middle-aged man stared at the floating bronze mirror in the air, with a face full of fluctuating expressions.

"What did the elders say?" asked an elderly man anxiously beside him.

After a moment of silence, the middle-aged man slowly said, "The plan needs to be advanced."

"That's also good. Now that Lv Wei is missing, we don't know if he was discovered by Qiu Xuan Mountain and captured." The elderly man had a somewhat gloomy expression.

"Besides Qiu Xuan Mountain, who else could capture Lv Wei? They even self-direct and act, searching for Lv Wei's whereabouts, what a joke." The middle-aged man couldn't help but sneer.

"Will we be exposed?" The elderly man was somewhat worried at this moment.

Compared to Qiu Xuan Mountain, they were insignificant; if truly exposed, only a dead-end awaited them.

"We shouldn't be. Lv Wei's Sea of Consciousness has a restriction laid by the Sect Leader himself. If someone tries to invade his Sea of Consciousness or if he dares to reveal even a bit of this plan, his Sea of Consciousness would explode on the spot." The middle-aged man said with confidence.

"I see."

The elderly man instantly breathed a sigh of relief, "Lv Wei has already figured out Qiu Xuan Mountain's situation over the years and has torn open a breach in the southern array."

"Moreover, the beast tide we've prematurely triggered reveals all their methods; Lv Wei has little use now, though it's a pity his Thousand Illusion Mask fell into Qiu Xuan Mountain's hands."

"Nothing to pity, once Qiu Xuan Mountain is destroyed, won't the Thousand Illusion Mask be ours?" The middle-aged man said indifferently.

"That's true, this time they've gathered at least one-fifth of Foundation Establishment cultivators of Yue Country, along with one Fake Pill and two Golden Core cultivators. Exterminating them would indeed severely damage Yue Country."

"And without any hindrance, the beast tide will also spread to Yue Country's heartlands, making it even worse."

"By then, the plan for nation extermination by the sect will go much smoother, and our years of scheming would not have been in vain." The elderly man's tone revealed a hint of icy killing intent.

"Once Yue Country is annexed, having two medium-sized countries as support would allow our sect to make a qualitative leap, possibly becoming a top sect in Nanchuan over time!" The middle-aged man's eyes revealed a trace of fervor.

"That day will certainly come!" The elder's tone revealed a hint of determination.

...

Several days later, Qiu Xuan Mountain.

In the courtyard.

Xu Ping's face slightly tensed, suddenly taking a step forward as the spiritual light on him burst and vanished instantly, seemingly traversing space-time, and appeared at the edge of the array in no time.

"Is this a breakthrough?"

Feeling the speed far exceeding the previous, Xu Ping's eyes sparkled with excitement, impatiently opening the panel.

[Elemental Magnetic Escape Skill Perfection: ∞]

"Hahaha... The Elemental Magnetic Escape Skill has indeed reached perfection!!" Xu Ping could no longer restrain himself, bursting into laughter.

During this period, he had devoted all his energy to practicing the Elemental Magnetic Escape Skill and finally welcomed the moment of breakthrough.

The lingering gloom in his heart dissipated greatly.

Although after eliminating Jiang Tian, Qiu Xuan Immortal City remained unperturbed, as if he had no accomplices or forces behind, Xu Ping felt vaguely uneasy, sensing that something major would happen.

Now, armed with the perfect Elemental Magnetic Escape Skill, his survival ability greatly enhanced.

By then, if something unpredictable happens at Qiu Xuan Mountain, unless a Third-rank Demon King or Golden Core cultivator targets him, he has confidence to escape.

"Need more familiarization." Xu Ping suppressed his inner excitement and activated the perfect-level Elemental Magnetic Escape Skill once more.

...

...

Another few days passed.

The beast tide had been raging for a year now; although Qiu Xuan Immortal City suffered significant casualties, the beast tide was far less fierce than before, evidently having consumed greatly.

"Looking at the current beast tide's offensive, I'm afraid it'll end in another half year." Xu Zhixuan chatted with Xu Ping while wielding a magical artifact to attack the demon beasts outside.

"It seems so, this beast tide counts as moderate among all the beast tides in Qiu Xuan Immortal City." Xu Ping released a Palm Thunder, blasting a large group of demon beasts into ashes, then nodded.

"Indeed the beast tide is ending, but the one who assassinated Jiang Tian hasn't been found, leaving people uneasy. With such cultivation level, killing me shouldn't be much effort." Xu Zhixuan's face showed a trace of worry.

"True, but once the beast tide ends, Qiu Xuan Mountain will have a free hand to handle him. With the Third-rank array, he can't escape." Xu Ping comforted.

"Indeed, Qiu Xuan Mountain's Mountain Protection Array was set up by an Array Master from Luoyun Sect, and it's never been breached in over a hundred years."

Just as Xu Zhixuan's words fell, abnormal fluctuations suddenly arose around.

An eerie black talisman transformed into a twisted beam of light, emitting a strange power of structure destruction, striking the Mountain Protection Array.

Boom!

A thunderous explosion sounded, as a breach several zhang long opened at the southern gate, merging with nearby array openings, triggering chain reactions, causing an entire side of the Mountain Protection Array to collapse.

Everything happened too quickly, and by the time everyone came back to their senses, they could only stare dumbfounded at the fallen southern gate, breached array, and countless demon beasts flooding into the Immortal City.

"The south gate has fallen?!?"

A Loose Cultivator shielded himself, just lifting a piece of debris, staring at the majestic city walls completely collapsed, his expression dazed.

Instantly, he saw a mass of fiery red charging!

It was a group of Fire Wolf demon beasts with flaming horns!

Seeing him, the eyes of those Fire Wolves turned red, raising claws laced with flames and lunging at him,

Bang!

The cultivator's defense shield was instantly shattered into pieces by the Fire Wolves' claws, leaving deep gashes on his body.

"Ah!"

The cultivator screamed, his internal organs torn and charred... instantly losing consciousness.

A group of Fire Wolves surrounded, devouring the cultivator's corpse in large bites.

To demon beasts, the flesh of cultivators was rich in spiritual qi, truly nourishing!

Countless Qi cultivators, like this Loose Cultivator, were submerged in the beast tide in an instant.

Occasionally, amidst the dark tide, flashes of magical light burst, desperately resisting but swallowed by the beast tide, extinguished in mere breaths...

"Help!!"

"Run!!"

"I don't want to die!!"

...

Countless Loose Cultivators screamed tragically, their psychological defenses completely collapsing, rushing mindlessly into the inner city.

Without the array shielding, this group of Qi Cultivators was utterly overwhelmed by the demon beasts numerically multiplying by tenfold, even dozens of times.

...

"You seek death!!!" Tan Shuyi roared furiously, eyes blazing with wrath, and thrust a palm towards an ordinary-looking elderly cultivator at Qi level nine.

The black talisman's commotion was too great, and the Foundation Establishment cultivators present sensed it was this Qi cultivator, who somehow breached the Third-rank array.

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