From the mist ring, a sharp voice came from a YuanYing, as it said: “Nevermind, Gentlemen, Daoyou, since the four sects have supplemented their Yuan pill gifts, there will not be any damage for even a hundred years once we integrate with it.” With that the YuanYing turned, moving its hands rapidly to form seals, and rapidly broke into the mist ring. It suddenly disappeared, fully integrating into the ring.
The other YuanYings, clenching their teeth, rushed into the red mist ring within the blink of an eye. Although the ring’s size did not change, there appeared a trace of spirit movement.
Huo Fen Country’s Ancestors, in order to prevent the outbreak of volcanic eruptions, had prepared a nation-wide array that not only needed the contribution of the four major sects, but also needed YuanYing cultivators to voluntarily deposit themselves in it for a temporary period in order to ensure that the formation was fully deployed without any gaps. Thus the entire country would be locked up completely.
The colour of the blood-red mist grew more and more concentrated as it slowly floated upwards. After reaching a great height, it suddenly spread at a great speed with a crashing sound, and quickly spread to the four corners of Huo Fen Country.
Wherever the red ring spread, red mist rose from the craters, large and small. All of them contributed to the original red mist, continuously increasing the speed of expansion.
Within the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, the ring of mist had spread across all of Huo Fen Country, and a cover of red mist fell from the sky like an upside-down bowl. The nationwide array to lock the country had been successfully activated.
Once this nationwide locking array was activated, aside from mortals who could still pass freely, neither cultivators nor spirit beasts below the level of Spirit forming stage, could get through it.
The nineteen YuanYing Monks of the four major sects, immediately after the nationwide array activated, moved forward and grabbed the YuanYing bodies. They were returned to their families, and if someone didn’t have a family, it was deposited in the LuoHe Sect’s unified storage.
Several cultivators of LuoHe Sect, standing outside the array, bent into a bow, and shouted loudly: “Gentlemen, Daoyou, please rest assured, my LuoHe Sect will ensure your safety. This nationwide array sealing the country will be maintained for three months. In three months we must have gained a solid foothold in Xuan Wu Country. At that time, we will request help from a superior ranked Xiuzhen country to get rid of the beasts. On that day, we will personally come to meet you and return.”
As the voice dropped, the Yuan Ying members of the other three sects, bent over and cupped their fists in salute in a sincere manner, not even the slightest bit of falsehood could be seen.
Isolated due to the activation of the nationwide array, all fire beasts were roaring, and hitting the enclosing red mist. Each hit caused the red mist to shake a bit but, no matter how many times they hit it, none was able to break through.
After having temporarily blocked the fire beasts from pursuing, the cultivator army sped up. The sword lights like bursts of raining stars broke through the Xuan Wu Country’s border wave after wave.
On the other side of Xuan Wu Country’s border, there was a mortal army. These mortals gawked at the sky. Seeing the densely packed sword lights flying without making a single sound, they threw down their weapons, went down on their knees and bowed. The large mortal army knelt down and prostrated.
In this army, there was a middle-aged man wearing a blue robe. As he stared at the sky, he became pale and murmured: “These……These are the cultivators of Huo Fen Country…….”
Sucking in a huge breath, his face became pale and he quickly retreated. But at this time several “jie jie” sounds of laughter erupted from the sky, and several XieMo Sect cultivators flew out with their sword lights. Three sword lights flashing several times, penetrated the middle-aged cultivator’s body at different angles.
The middle-aged cultivator’s body was soon cut into several pieces as blood splattered everywhere.
The mortal army immediately dispersed, and even the generals of the army fled out of fear of getting involved.
Over ten thousand sword lights had broken through into Xuan Wu Country in an instant. Stopping before a mountain covered in fog, an old man bearing a cold demeanour, flashed to the front. Moving his right hands fiercely, he struck with his palms towards the mountain.