Chapter 163: The First Clash

"Do not worry about him. Gather all Disciples and return to the Sect. We only need to defend the Sect gates; the Old Ancestor of the Blood Spirit Sect will certainly appear." Bing Cheng put away her two Heaven-grade Pill Furnaces.

"Notify all Cultivators in the Sect to enter a state of combat readiness."

After saying this, Bing Cheng teleported outside the Sun, Moon, and Stars Array, standing in mid-air as she waited.

The three women, including He Ruoxi, also followed.

"Sister Mu Ye, you should return inside the Array. It might be dangerous later," Bing Cheng said.

Upon hearing this, Mu Ye felt a bit dejected and thought to herself, "I don't even have the qualifications to fight alongside Xiao Cheng anymore…"

Bing Cheng noticed Mu Ye's thoughts and said softly, "I do not want to see anyone I care about get hurt."

"Mm…" Mu Ye nodded gently, then rode her sword back inside the Sun, Moon, and Stars Array.

Before long, all the Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Nine-Finger Sect arrived beside Bing Cheng.

"Junior Martial Niece, leave this Sect war to us old bones. You are still young; there is no need for you to participate in all this killing."

Liu Pingbu was mainly afraid that something might happen to Bing Cheng.

That Bing Cheng could possess such high attainments in Alchemy meant she must not be good at combat; this was not Liu Pingbu's prejudice, but rather the prejudice of almost everyone in the Cultivation World.

Being so young and deeply devoted to Alchemy, Artifact Refining, and even Formations, it was impossible to imagine she would also be skilled in combat.

Otherwise, how would other Cultivators even compete?

But he did not know that Bing Cheng was just such a monster.

"Please do not worry, Senior Martial Uncle. This Junior will certainly protect herself," Bing Cheng said calmly, looking ahead.

According to her senses, the Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Blood Spirit Sect were already very close to the Sect.

It would not be long before they arrived.

Liu Pingbu wanted to say something more, but heard Sect Master Gu Mingyang say, "Grandmaster, you may not know this, but when Martial Aunt first entered the Golden Core Realm, she was already able to kill Golden Core Peak Cultivators. Although the Nascent Soul Realm is different from the Golden Core Realm, Martial Aunt should still be able to calmly face most Nascent Soul Cultivators."

"Oh?" Liu Pingbu was also a bit surprised. He had not expected Bing Cheng to possess such strength in combat. One could truly only use the word 'monster' to describe her.

Sect Master Gu Mingyang found Liu Pingbu's reaction amusing. If he told him Bing Cheng's true identity, he wondered what kind of reaction that would be?

He planned to wait until after this battle between the two Sects to tell Tang Changfeng and Liu Pingbu about this matter.

At that time… he wondered how Tang Changfeng would feel… Suddenly, Sect Master Gu Mingyang thought of the incident with Lin Waner back then; it had taken Tang Changfeng a long time to recover from the sorrow, and Bing Cheng was even closer to Tang Changfeng…

"Sigh…" Sect Master Gu Mingyang sighed as he thought of this.

The Nascent Soul Cultivators were currently quite relaxed; after all, the Nine-Finger Sect was no longer the declining Sect that allowed the Blood Spirit Sect to bully it as it pleased.

Bing Cheng fixed her gaze on the area in front of the Sect, wondering if she should set up a few killing Formations there.

That way, she should be able to slaughter all the members of the Blood Spirit Sect who came.

In the end, Bing Cheng decided against it. The Sect Master and the big shots had just broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm and needed this opportunity for combat to hone themselves.

Formations were ultimately external objects, and these effective Ancient Arrays could only be used by Bing Cheng.

She had previously tried teaching Bing Ranxue how to use Ancient Arrays, but as it turned out, she couldn't understand a word of what she was saying at all.

She could only slowly comprehend the Ancient Arrays that Bing Cheng set up.

But it was not so easy to comprehend them.

An incense stick later.

Nine figures teleported and appeared a hundred zhang outside the Nine-Finger Sect's mountain gate.

"Liu Pingbu? How is it possible that you, old geezer, are still alive!" The Grand Elder of the Blood Spirit Sect immediately spotted Liu Pingbu's presence.

"Hehe… Xue Yangyun, if a monster like you can still be alive, why shouldn't I be alive?" Liu Pingbu said contemptuously.

"Peak Nascent Soul Stage, is it?" Xue Yangyun realized that Liu Pingbu's cultivation had actually broken through to the Peak Nascent Soul Stage, and his expression turned somewhat ugly.

They were originally Cultivators from the same era and had even clashed when they were weak in the beginning. Seeing Liu Pingbu break through to the Peak Nascent Soul Stage first made him feel very uncomfortable.

It was that kind of discomfort one feels when seeing others doing better than oneself.

"Liu Pingbu, don't think that just because you've broken through to the Peak Nascent Soul Stage, you can be an enemy of our Blood Spirit Sect. Hehehe… The fate of your Nine-Finger Sect can only be destruction." Xue Yangyun let out a cold laugh.

"Then let our skills speak for themselves!" After saying this, Liu Pingbu summoned a Heaven-grade longsword Magic Treasure and teleported directly in front of Xue Yangyun.

The longsword erupted with powerful might, causing some Early Stage Nascent Soul Cultivators to feel a chill of fear.

"Sword-Breaking Style!" Liu Pingbu displayed his full strength, and the longsword slammed down towards Xue Yangyun's face.

No sooner said than done, a shield condensed from fresh blood suddenly appeared in front of Xue Yangyun.

However, there was a gap in strength between the two, and Liu Pingbu had the initiative.

The blood shield was directly cleaved open by the longsword, leaving a deep wound on Xue Yangyun's body, from which blood sprayed out like a fountain.

"You! You really are just as shameless as you were when you were young!" Xue Yangyun hurriedly used teleportation to distance himself from Liu Pingbu. Although there was only a small Realm difference between them, he knew he was no match for Liu Pingbu.

Someone else would deal with Liu Pingbu.

"Don't run!" Liu Pingbu had landed a hit; how could he let Xue Yangyun retreat so easily? He understood the principle of striking while the iron is hot.

"Hehe… Fellow Daoist Liu, aren't you bullying people a bit too much?" Another figure appeared in the field, blocking Liu Pingbu.

"Ancestor Xue Mingtu, I didn't expect you to be alive either. That's perfect; today we shall settle our two Sects' thousand-year-old grievances!" Liu Pingbu's aura surged again; it was clear that he had not used his full strength when he attacked just now.

At the same time, he took out two Heaven-grade bone Magic Treasures. Facing Ancestor Xue Mingtu, a predecessor from an era even earlier than his own, Liu Pingbu dared not underestimate him and had to use his full strength.

Liu Pingbu's attack was equivalent to the signal for war.

Instantly, all the Nascent Soul Cultivators of the two Sects collided. Xue Yangyun disregarded his own injuries and charged back into the battlefield.

Although the Nine-Finger Sect had a slight advantage in the number of Nascent Soul Cultivators, the opponent had one Late Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator and two Middle Stage Nascent Soul Cultivators, so their overall combat power directly surpassed them.

Furthermore, Tang Changfeng's killing power was limited, and he could only provide support from the sidelines, which caused the Nine-Finger Sect's Nascent Soul Cultivators to fall into a disadvantageous position.

"Ranxue, Ruoxi, go help!" Bing Cheng also took out a Heaven-grade bone sword.

Why not use the Zhu Xian Sword?

Because she saw two figures appearing above the clouds, watching the battlefield.

One of them was someone she was very familiar with, Lin Waner, while the other female Cultivator's cultivation she could not see through, and even her face was unclear, which showed the terror of her strength.

At this moment, she absolutely could not expose the existence of the Zhu Xian Sword.

Bing Ranxue could only use white mist for now, but that was enough. She had just engaged with an Early Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator.

That white mist froze more than half of the Nascent Soul Cultivator's body.

"Damn it, what kind of technique is this!" The Nascent Soul Cultivator was terrified. Feeling his movements severely restricted, he hurriedly tried to shatter the ice layer attached to his body, only to find that a new layer formed immediately after he shattered it.