It was surprising the department of herb planting had come up with this. The powders and concoctions could be blocked by simply placing the layer of spiritual energy around the body of the cultivators. So they had consulted with the fifth elder before as the inheritance contained few methods for planting some of the nasty plants that were usually deemed as sinister. The elder of herb planting hill, the fourth elder Arun saw an opportunity to weaponize these herbs and consulted with the fifth elder.
The fifth elder being curious in nature helped concoct some poisonous powders for them. Although these concoctions would be mostly useless in direct battles, they were good for sneak attacks and attacking injured enemies. Their individual battle prowess was somewhat weak but when mixed with the concoctions, they could bring down an unsuspecting opponent in a blink of an eye. Even the surrounding elders and deacons were surprised by the turn of events.
The usually peaceful and calm members of the herb planting hill were now attacking in a frenzy like a sleeping beast that had just woken up. But this only made them surprised and they didn’t stop attacking. As for the beast taming peak, there were few members and even fewer beasts that were combat-aligned. They usually raised herbivores used for meat and materials for the clan. But the combat beasts they had were few but strong.
The sixth elder Prithvi alone had two beasts in the middle stage of second grade and two at the peak initial stage of second grade. And since the demon beasts were stronger than the cultivators at the same cultivation stage, he was one of the strongest elders in the clan. And also the poorest because he had to spend a lot of resources on raising the beasts. Just maintaining their daily expenditure was enough to make his heart bleed.
It was due to the clan helping with the resources otherwise he would have gone broke a long time ago. And the decision of the clan proved to be fruitful today. These four beasts ran at full speed and started tearing the opponents with a ferocity only matched with the wild beasts. They were obedient to the clan because of the contract with the sixth elder and they would be dead if they harmed the clan members but now that Prithvi had released their restraints, there was nothing holding them back.
The decades of suppressing their ferocious nature had not weakened their true nature a bit. The beasts opened their fangs and jumped right in the middle of cultivators mauling them and tearing them apart. These four beasts alone had killed ten foundation building realm enemies in a blink of an eye. The death of qi sensing enemies had become too much to count. They were like grasses on the roadside, being reaped because they were on the way.
After Prithvi released their restraint, the killing intent gradually increased, and mixed with their ferocious nature, the already injured cultivators were unable to move. Firstly, the attack was sudden and it took them by surprise, and it took them this long to their senses because there was no precedence of formation attacking the surrounding people after being completely destroyed.
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There was no such thing in the Emerald kingdom. Secondly, the elders and deacons were incensed by the sudden attacks and they went into a frenzy when they found the enemies near them and even injured at that. They were like sharks that smelled blood. Since they had already realized they were going to die anyway they had decided to go with a bang.
At the same time, the Battle hall members were blending in the dark and slowly creeping toward the enemies in stealth like assassins. Since they had been in the forest for so long, Radha had taught them the sword skills, body movement skills, and stealth skills. Although the quality of the stealth skill was subpar, since it was nighttime and the clan was in chaos, they had easily blended into the shadows.
Even with all those foundation building cultivators in the clan, the Battle hall members were still a trump card. Since they didn’t have a command to interfere in the battle, they chose to enter stealth and be ready. Radha had not shown herself and the clan members didn’t know that all the Battle hall members from the outpost had returned.
The clan members near Keshab had scattered in different directions yelling and raising their weapons. They were marching towards the enemy line. Punya had also flown towards the two leaders of the Ming and Visigoth clans. Although the cultivators above had covered their faces with the hood, it was easily recognizable due to their attack skills. Punya didn’t want to make a small talk with them previously so he hadn’t pointed it out.
But since the formation had been broken and they had been injured a little bit there was no need to keep up the pretense. As for Keshab, he was still looking in the direction of the talismans. He knew the person who threw the talisman was a golden core formation cultivator and if he was sneak attacked next, then he would be in for deep trouble. Although the cultivators about face, some are just ruthless and could sneak attack even the weaker cultivators. As for Kumari she also flew along with Punya towards the floating cultivators.
She had been quietly watching the spectacle from the ground. After reaching the position of the previous veil Punya looked at the cultivators and said “There is no need to keep these pretenses anymore. With the war looming all over the kingdom you have chosen the most foolish way to ruin yourselves.” Hearing this one of the cultivators took off his cloak and replied “It doesn’t matter if we ruin ourselves or not.
You have to look at yourselves first. There is no way your clan is going to survive today.” After hearing the raspy voice Punya realized the one speaking was the clan leader of the Ming clan Liu Ming. He was the second strongest member of the Ming clan and had reached the 8th stage of foundation building realm behind the supreme elder Yan Ming who had reached the peak of the 9th stage in foundation building realm.
The Ming clan was the oldest clan in the Lunaris city. When the ancestors of the Rijal clan arrived in the city four hundred years ago, the Ming clan was already the top clan of the city. They mostly kept to themselves and acted mysterious. Their main specialty was talisman. Although not top-notch, their inheritance in talisman was more comprehensive than the whole city combined. This was why they were spamming talismans previously. Their main cultivation technique was related to the soul.