However, the dozen or so Golden Core Perfected Cultivators were drenched in sweat. The leader of the group was Commander Zhang and he was wearing a set of armor engulfed by flames. He stepped forward and answered, “I will stop those intruders and prevent them from disturbing your party.”

As soon as he gave an order, hundreds of cultivators wearing iron armors flew up into the sky and pressed onward.

Thinking the matter had been handled, both Hu Xiao and Fairy Violet Moon turned around and continued chatting with each other.

Those hundreds of cultivators were elite guards from the Hu Family. Each of them had reached a level higher than Connate Spirit. Worse, they could join forces to cast Battle Formations that were powerful enough to counter a Golden Core Cultivator.

However, only ten seconds later, the fire went up again. This time, it burned with more intensity and urgency.

“They’ve been defeated already?”

Hu Xiao furrowed his brow in displeasure.

Commander Zhang’s face darkened. He snorted, then ordered a cultivator wearing a golden armor to step forward. As the golden armor shined brighter, he flew into the air, and darted to the distance, turning into a flash of light.

“Rest assured, my goddess. The Perfected Cultivator in golden armor is the pride of our family, Jin Minzhen. He’s at the early-stage of the tier three Golden Core, and can handle most other Perfected Cultivators.”

Even as Hu Xiao boasted about his warrior, another conflagration rose in the sky.

Hu Xiao’s smile froze.

“Even Jin Minzhen was defeated?”

The development even caught Violet Moon Fairy’s attention. She turned around and looked to the flames in curiosity. Meanwhile, the smugness in Hu Xiao’s eyes was replaced by a cold light.

“Commander Zhang, if you can’t protect our guests, I can only ask the Ancestral Patriarch to replace you with someone else.”

“Please bear with me for a moment, I will not disappoint you.”

Sweat hung on Commander Zhang’s forehead. He dropped to his knees and kowtowed to Hu Xiao to placate him. He then ordered three more Perfected Cultivators to fly in the direction of the flame.

Those three Perfected Cultivators worked as a team and their combined might could defeat a mid-stage Golden Core Cultivator. However, the fire in the sky only dimmed a brief moment before it came back again.

By then, everyone was seized by disbelief.

Hu Xiao’s face darkened even more and was awash with embarrassment.

“Whoosh, whoosh!”

Five beams of flames flashed toward them with incredible speed. It wasn’t long before Hu Xiao could use his divine will to make out what was in the fire.

He registered a man on a horse-drawn Carriage. The exterior of the sedan was painted in black, and it was drawn by a fearsome looking dark horse. On the driver seat was an elder in a black robe. The scene was eerie, mysterious and dangerous.

“The elder has an unusual energy, unlike any other Golden Core Cultivators I have seen,” Violet Moon Fairy said with interest.

Hu Xiao turned around and said in a cold voice, “Humph! What is a carriage driver to the mighty Hu family? Even a royal family member would have to pay dearly for picking a fight with us.”

“Zhang Baiye, this is your last chance to redeem yourself. ”

“Yes, my lord, I will not disappoint you.”

Commander Zhang gritted his teeth as fire engulfed his body. He charged out and stopped right in front of the carriage.

His eyes glinted as the fire around him burned more intensely until the flames turned white. Nine dragons curled around the Battle Halberd in his hand, making him look like a Fire Demon.

“Who goes there? How dare you trespass the Hu family encirclement? You’re courting death!” Zhang Baiye shouted and brought the Nine Dragon Halberd to a swing.

Suddenly, the Essence Qi in the surroundings caught fire. Nine giant fire dragons shot out from the Battle Halberd, each more powerful than a Golden Core Cultivator. The joint attack of the nine dragons would be devastating.

As soon as he swung his halberd, his body flickered out of view for a fraction of second and reappeared before the carriage. It was as if he had folded space.

The man in fancy outfit who had accompanied the carriage exclaimed:

“That’s the Void Dimension Battle Art! I have heard that this Divine Power is able to bend space, allowing the user to break the barrier between dimensions. That man must be Perfected Cultivator Fire Drake, Zhang Baiye! He is a mid-stage Golden Core warrior, and is only half a step away from reaching the Grand Perfected Cultivator realm.”

Zhang Baiye’s power surged as the nine dragons danced in the sky. Even as people thought that Zhao Juexian was in for a long fight, Zhao Juexian stood up gently.

“Boom!”

The sun and the moon fell from the sky as the earth began to shatter.

A gush of colossal energy poured out from Zhao Juexian.

Suddenly, he transformed from a wizened chauffeur to a behemoth whose body filled up the space between the sky and the earth. Behind him was an apparition of the Sky-Swallowing Python. Everyone watched as Zhao Juexian closed his fingers and landed a gentle touch on the Halberd. That was enough to wind Zhang Baiye, bending his prized weapon.

Zhang Baiye stumbled back nine steps; each made a squeaking sound against the void dimension. His face paled as blood spilled out from his mouth. The nine fiery dragons were swallowed by the Sky-Swallowing Python.

Zhang Baiye was defeated.

A deadly silence fell over the battleground.

Everyone, be it the Hu family members or the onlookers, all were shocked.

Hu Xiao’s expression soured on his face. He had invited Violet Moon Fairy to his residence at the hefty cost of a Heavenly Medicine. He had hoped to win the heart of the goddess, but he ended up shooting himself in the foot. He had lost face, having suffered defeat time and again.

“Very well. It’s Lord Beihan himself. No wonder he is so brazen.”

Fire burned in Hu Xiao’s eyes along with a hideous and vile luster as the six Violet Gold Talisman Inscriptions started to glow.

“You have mistaken, Second Young Master. I am no longer Lord Beihan, instead, I serve the new Lord as a chauffeur and do his bidding,” Zhao Juexian said, coughing.

“Humph! Bulls**t! Who can turn a lord into a servant? Zhao Juexian, I don’t think you can get away with your insolence!”

Anger burned in Hu Xiao’s belly as he stepped forward, creating six copies of himself beside him.

“The Heavenly Fox’s Nine Illusions. I have heard that the Hu Family has the bloodline of the primordial Heavenly Fox. Once they master their bloodline art, they can form nine illusory forms that are as powerful as the real person, giving them a huge edge over any opponent of the same level.”

Many people’s faces changed color.

The man in the fancy outfit along with the flirtatious girl beside him were both stunned.

Hu Xiao’s illusory forms filled up the sky, each having seventy percent of Hu Xiao’s max power. They were going to team up to fight against Zhao Juexian.

They posed such a big threat that even Lord Beihan had to take it seriously.

The two of them flew up until they were above the clouds and started exchanging blows. A blaring din was heard in the sky, it sounded like rolling thunder. Some of the blows missed the target and fell down from the sky. Without Violet Moon Fairy and a few other perfected cultivators’ protection, Mount Violet Flower would have been leveled.

Many onlookers were forced to step back until they were a few hundred meters away from danger.

The black carriage was pulled up not far from the battlefield. However, the energy dissipated as soon as they were near the carriage, unable to harm even a hair on the black horse.

The strange scene had escaped most people, but not for Violet Moon Fairy. She looked to the carriage with great interest.

“Boom!”

Hu Xiao attacked with fury, charging up his energy to the max. Although Zhao Juexian had used the Sky-Swallowing Python, he was slowly losing ground.

Hu Xiao shouted, “Go to hell!”

The six illusion forms joined forces and hurled six Spirit Treasures at Zhao Juexian. Unable to defend himself, Zhao Juexian fell from the sky.

“Zhao Juexian, today is the day you die!”

Hu Xiao descended from the sky with a great dose of confidence and disdain. Even though he was forced to use his Spirit Treasure, he had won the battle nonetheless. Surrounded by six illusion forms, he charged up his energy again.

“Second Young Master, I am only doing my master’s bidding. If you press me too hard, my master will make you pay,” Zhao Juexian pulled back and said quietly.

“Your master? What’s wrong with you? Did your old age mess with your mind? You are a Lord, who could make you a servant? Surrender now, or you will never get a chance to.”

Hu Xiao snorted.

Clang!

Ten thousand cultivators had gathered at the foot of the mountain. As they started the Battle Formation, they transformed into an invincible group with belligerent spirit.

The Hu family’s Battle Formation was much more potent than that of the Seven Fiend Sects and the Lin family’s. An elusive shadow of a Heavenly Fox flickered in the sky from time to time. A dozen or so Golden Core Cultivators had also joined the Battle Formation, and their energy suddenly solidified the apparition of the fox. The fox opened its eyes, and gazed into the distance as deadly energy poured out from its body.

Zhao Juexian suddenly felt the pressure as soon as the Battle Formation was formed.

“Zhao Juexian, if you really have a master, it’s about time for him to save you.”

Even as Hu Xiao let out a cold smirk and looked around derisively, a cold voice came out of the carriage.

“I ordered him to come here. Do you have something to say to me?”

An ageless hand pushed the carriage door open and a young man in an azure outfit emerged. He had dark hair and even darker eyes, with sixteen to seventeen years of age. However, his gaze held more wisdom than a hundred year old men.

Zhao Juexian kneeled down and kowtowed.

“At your service, master. ”

Everyone was shocked by the turn events. Hu Xiao’s face paled as if he had seen a ghost.