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Chapter 95: Chapter 95: The Zhang Family’s Annihilation, Soul Harvesting Tree

”Array, activate!”

Chen Diling’s dharma seal shifted.

The surroundings inside the Seven Kill Array transformed.

A cyan light flashed before Fu Changsheng’s eyes, finding himself now in a bamboo grove.

All of this seemed slow.

Yet it merely happened in an instant.

Whizz, whizz, whizz.

Within the Seven Kill Array, the bamboo grove swayed, followed by the falling of bamboo leaves, which trembled slightly and astonishingly transformed into flying darts, speeding furiously at Fu Changsheng from all directions.

Fu Changsheng pointed at the Seven Treasures Umbrella.

The treasure light heightened.

A light shield descended to protect him within.

Ding, ding, ding!

The flying darts struck the light shield, making sounds like raindrops hitting banana leaves.

Inside the array, Fu Changsheng’s face showed no panic but rather his lips moved slightly.

Outside the array.

”Roar!”

From atop the flying ship, Autumn Cicada swooped down directly, sending a Soul Vortex Wave at Chen Diling furiously.

Chen Diling was startled.

In haste.

He quickly freed a hand to activate a Tier One Top-Grade Cyan Light Talisman.

With a bang, the Cyan Light Talisman turned into a paper fan, which waved in mid-air, bouncing the Soul Vortex Wave back. At the same time, the paper fan shattered.

”Roar!”

Autumn Cicada, seeing its master trapped.

Became fiercely aggressive.

Thousands of strands of hair shot at Chen Diling with a whoosh.

Simultaneously.

The Little Cyan Snake lurking underground attacked again.

Unprepared, Chen Diling’s right foot was instantly tainted by the Blood Fusion Technique. He immediately made a decision to sever his right ankle with a blade while unleashing the suspended Thunderfire to transform into a Fire Carving to entangle with Autumn Cicada.

In his moment of distraction.

Inside the Seven Kill Array.

Fu Changsheng’s divine sense swept through, his lips curling up as he immediately spotted a flaw. He promptly utilized the Giant Sword Technique, pointed at the Celestial Thunder Sword, which expanded with the wind, the sword body stretching over ten meters. High above, it fiercely cleaved down at the Celestial Qian Position within the Seven Kill Array.

The sword aura spanning tens of meters cleaved the bamboo grove into two with tremendous force.

Fu Changsheng’s body flickered.

Shimmered out of the grove.

He then sprayed a mouthful of essence blood into the Blood Moon Divine Staff.

Blood light soared.

”Chirp”

A Silver-winged Snow Eagle emerged from the divine staff.

Seeing the Tier Two Silver-winged Snow Eagle, fear flashed intensely in Chen Diling’s eyes as he pleaded:

”Fu Clan Leader, spare me, I can offer a strand of my life soul and recognize you as...”

Before he could finish.

The eagle’s talons swiped through the air.

With a tearing sound.

Directly shredding the protective light shield on him. The claw aura continued onwards, landing fiercely on Chen Diling’s brow. With a boom, Chen Diling, now mana-depleted, had no means to defend himself, or rather, no means stood significant in the face of the Tier Two Silver-winged Snow Eagle.

Bam!

Chen Diling was torn apart into countless pieces of flesh by the Silver-winged Snow Eagle, scattering blood and flesh.

With a successful strike.

Fu Changsheng immediately withdrew his mana from the Blood Moon Divine Staff. In just a brief moment, his mana had been entirely devoured, and a portion of his essence blood had also been lost.

Though the Blood Moon Divine Staff held considerable power.

The price to pay for it was substantial.

With Chen Diling’s death.

The Zhang Family’s greater influence was gone.

The Third Elder, originally attacking the Array Hall, suddenly seemed to age decades, like a candle flickering in the wind, feebly saying:

”Retreat, scatter and flee, if one can escape, so be it, hurry!”

”Dream on if you think you can run!”

Elsewhere.

Fu Changli had also slain Zhang Family’s nine Early Stage Qi cultivators, now joining Fu Changsheng and Fu Molan. The three-sided encirclement left Zhang Family’s ten Mid-Stage Qi Cultivators, powerless with no means to counterattack, quickly being slaughtered before the Array Hall.

”Phew~”

Fu Changsheng felt somewhat depleted.

Yet he persevered, saying:

”Molan, continue guarding the Array Hall, fourth sister, lead the Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes to patrol Niushou Mountain. Remember, don’t let your guard down, in case the Zhang Family has tricks.”

During the attack on the Niuteng Tribe back then.

Shangguan Hui was severely injured by a Foundation Establishment cultivator hidden in the Niuteng Tribe’s Treasure Vault.

From past lessons, caution is essential.

”Yes, Patriarch.”

The two accepted the order and left.

Fu Changsheng waved his sleeve, collecting storage bags from the ground into his possession, and headed to the Zhang Family’s Ancestral Hall with Autumn Cicada and Little Cyan. The Zhang Family Ancestral Hall had a secret chamber with a Life Soul Lamp. Checking whether all Life Soul Lamps were extinguished would reveal if the Zhang Family cultivators were completely eradicated.

To prevent any mishaps.

Fu Changsheng donned the Invisibility Cloak before heading to the Zhang Family Ancestral Hall.

Arriving at the hall’s entrance.

Inside, an Everlasting Lamp swayed in the wind, with an elderly man, drained due to age with his dantian exhausted, kneeling before densely packed ancestral tablets tearfully mumbling ”ashamed before the ancestors,” and ”please, ancestors, manifest.”

Fu Changsheng’s divine sense swept the hall thoroughly, finding no cultivators hiding inside. He then flicked his forefinger, sending an invisible flying needle piercing through the elder’s skull from the back.

”Thunk!”

The elder’s bloated body fell heavily to the ground.

Retrieving a key from him, Fu Changsheng unlocked the secret chamber in the rear of the hall containing the Life Soul Lamp, only to find a three-meter tall Soul Harvesting Tree in the center, with strands of red thread descending and connecting the Life Soul Lamp arrayed in steps on the altar.

The Life Soul Lamps on the altar were completely extinguished.

Only then did Fu Changsheng breathe a sigh of relief, taking out a Communication Jade Talisman:

”Fourth sister, Molan, all Life Soul Lamps of the Zhang Family cultivators are extinguished!”

From here.

The Zhang Family of Niushou Mountain was thoroughly erased and extinguished.

Fu Changsheng flicked his forefinger continuously, sending streams of spiritual power to obliterate the red threads entwining the Soul Harvesting Tree.

Their Fu Family’s Soul Harvesting Tree was previously plundered entirely by the Southern Barbarians, and this tree from the Zhang Family happens to fill the void.

Exiting the secret chamber.

Fu Changsheng quickly headed toward the Zhang Family’s Scripture Pavilion.

The Scripture Pavilion consisted of two floors.

The first floor housed Cultivation Notes, documenting the travels of various cultivators, along with educational books on demon beasts and spirit grass, etc.

The second floor was where cultivation techniques and magic were stored.

Since he already possessed the ”Cyan Emperor Longevity Technique,” he only skimmed through briefly, discovering the Zhang Family’s collection of twelve Yellow Tier Techniques, one Profound Tier Technique, thirty-six Low-Tier Techniques, and ten Middle-Tier Techniques, greatly enriching their Fu Family’s Library Pavilion. This collection provided more options for their Fu Family’s new cultivators at the upcoming Immortal Ascension Assembly.

Just as Fu Changsheng was about to leave the Scripture Pavilion.

His divine sense swept over.

Surprisingly, he found a hidden secret passage behind the northern bookshelf on the second floor.

Upon opening it.

Inside was a small secret chamber.

However.

The chamber housed only one yellowing ancient book.

A protective restriction light shield surrounded the ancient book.

Fu Changsheng’s curiosity surged.

After studying for a while.

He discovered that the restrictions were quite tricky, and a careless approach might destroy the ancient book within.

After half an hour.

Molan and the others reported having cleared the scene via communication.

Fu Changsheng finally found a method to lift the restrictions, quickly sending a series of techniques, causing the light shield to radiate brilliant purple light, then disbanding with a hum.

With a beckon.

The ancient book swiftly fell into his hand.