Chapter 53 Crisis

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"Everyone attack together, using your most powerful spells!" Li Zhirui steadied his spirit and bellowed loudly, casting the Needle Rain Spell without hesitation. Among the countless needles raining down, thirty-six pine needles, deadly enough to take lives, were hidden. Although the loose cultivators were on guard, some of their fragile Defensive Spiritual Light could not stop the pine needles imbued with formation-breaking power. In an instant, several cultivators died mysteriously, their bodies showing no wounds, no blood spilled, and even their facial expressions unchanged as if they were not dead but asleep. The eerie tactics of Li Zhirui briefly deterred the loose cultivators present from rushing forward recklessly. The attacks of the other Li family cultivators followed suit, hurling all sorts of spells at the loose cultivators. Many loose cultivators didn't even have time to react before they were struck dead by these spells, meeting grisly ends, with some even being reduced to a pulp. Now, even more loose cultivators dared not step forward, and quite a few silently retreated, ready to target other shops. "With so many of us attacking together, this formation can't possibly stop us, and as soon as we break the formation, all the Spirit Stones the Li family has earned, and the Spirit Pills and Magic Artifacts they've stored here will be ours!" "Follow my lead!" As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately caught Li Zhirui's attention. His gaze was sharp as lightning, quickly locating the source, an inconspicuous-looking cultivator.@@@@ Li Zhirui promptly directed a few pine needles to block his escape routes, and the other deadly needles fiercely plunged down. Hum! Unexpectedly, the man was prepared. The moment the pine needles dropped, a glow suddenly protected him, with a smirk on his face as he looked at Li Zhirui within the array. "You think you can kill me?" the cultivator under the shining Treasure Bead revealed his true cultivation level at that moment, showing himself to be a ninth-layer Qi Cultivation practitioner. "He's just using some kind of concealed Magic Artifact. As long as we defend properly, he can't do anything to us, but there are abundant resources within the array that can let us further our cultivation!" The cultivator yelled, "Attack!" "You're courting death!" Li Zhirui's expression turned ominously dark. However, until Li Shiren returned, he had to protect the Formation at all costs, along with the family members within it. And the array that had held up for so long began to dim in the onslaught of their attacks, the protective shield also started to fluctuate violently. Li Zhirui stared deathly at that person, but it was futile as the opponent was hidden in the crowd, and the treasure bead above his head somewhat restrained the pine needles, preventing Li Zhirui from dealing with him. One thing puzzled Li Zhirui greatly. These loose cultivators had already paid such a great price, losing so many people, yet they still refused to retreat. Occasionally, passing loose cultivators even joined their ranks. Li Zhirui could understand the latter, but for loose cultivators who typically feared death, this stubbornness was beyond his comprehension. "Zhirui, we have run out of mana," a clan member suddenly said, breaking into Li Zhirui's thoughts. Li Zhirui's brow slightly furrowed, thought for a moment, then took several Spirit-Replenishing Pills from his storage bag and said, "You all hurry to recover your mana. I will maintain the array." During this critical moment, everyone took the Spirit-Replenishing Pills without ceremony from Li Zhirui, and quickly began to refine the pills. Li Zhirui took five hundred spirit stones from the storage bag where the shop stored spirit stones and placed them into the core of the array to enhance the defense of the Giant Stone Array, but now the key problem was that the array flags were beginning to crack. If this continued, it wouldn't be long before the array was breached. By then, Li Zhirui and the others would surely have no way out! The loose cultivators seemed to see that their lamp was almost out of oil, and they attacked even more vigorously, with many even abandoning their defenses to launch frenzied attacks. Countless spells hit the defensive spirit light, causing waves of ripples, and the cracks on the array flags grew larger. The Giant Stone Array was teetering on the brink of collapse and wouldn't be able to hold on much longer. "Zhirui, when the array is broken, you escape through the back door. We will do our best to block these loose cultivators for you," a clan uncle of the 'Shi' generation suddenly said. Hearing this, Li Zhirui was completely stunned. He truly had not expected such a scenario to unfold before him. "It's our fault as your elders for always having you in front, and now it's time for us to do something for our junior," another clan uncle said with a smile. "If you can make it back to the family, tell your aunt for me... I'm sorry to her..." "My uncles!" Li Zhirui's voice was choked up. He wanted to say something to encourage everyone, to say they wouldn't end up in such a dire state, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn't bring himself to say it. Because everyone knew in their hearts that unless a miracle occurred, being able to leave alive was already very good luck, and they had given this one chance to Li Zhirui.

Chapter 53 Crisis

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