I Have a Compass for Opportunity

Liou Yuan stood on the Spirit Ascension Platform gazing at Liou Zhen, while the latter’s cold eyes also adeptly locked onto him amidst the countless disciples on the platform.

Liou Zhen’s eyes merely brushed against Liou Yuan’s lightly, and with a slight nod, he refrained from speaking.

On another side, Qiu Ming was also outside the Holy Spirit Platform, spotting the silhouette of his great-grandfather.

His large face immediately lit up with delight as he shouted to Liou Yuan: "My great-grandfather is here too, damn it, you’re saved."

As he spoke, Liou Yuan felt Qiu Ming’s massive figure, like a mountain of flesh, squeezing closer to him, and his arm, thicker than Liou Yuan’s thigh, rested right on Liou Yuan’s shoulder.

"This guy." Liou Yuan couldn’t help but laugh and cry.

He knew the intention behind Qiu Ming’s actions.

As expected, this scene was noticed by the Qiu Family’s old Foundation Establishment outside the Spirit Ascension Platform; his tiger-like eyebrows furrowed, silver hair seemingly about to be worried to pieces.

His worst fears were coming true; seeing the postures of Qiu Ming and Liou Yuan made it hard for him not to suspect if Liou Tao’s death involved his great-grandson.

Liou Yuan and Qiu Ming whispered secretly.

Liou Xie from the Liou Family started forming Seal Skills, embedding them into the cane in front of him.

Whoosh! The Holy Spirit Platform, which was bathed in sunlight moments before, was suddenly shrouded in thick, dark fog.

Dense fog rose and surrounded every direction around the Holy Spirit Platform, enveloping it completely.

Liou Yuan recognized the skill; it was the Liou Family’s inherited Secret Technique, Cloud Manipulation!

The same skill displayed in the hands of a Foundation Establishment was an entirely different spectacle, the fog covering the entire Holy Spirit Platform, blocking out the sky.

As the fog surged, huge barrier-like structures similar to arrays erected around the Holy Spirit Platform’s perimeter.

"They want to seal off the entire Holy Spirit Platform." Liou Yuan realized, understanding the Liou Family’s intention, inwardly noting their domineering attitude.

There were many disciples with backgrounds on this Holy Spirit Platform.

Such as Tuoba Xin, Yan Yingsi, Zhao Feiyue, among others.

The Liou Family sealed it without a shred of concern, clearly aiming to leave no escape for him.

At the same time, Liou Yuan felt chilly gazes coming from the direction of three Foundation Establishments from the Liou Family.

Liou Le Yao, the Protector of Five Extremes Mountain, fixed her venomous eyes on him through the thick fog.

With just one glance, Liou Yuan’s eyes burned painfully, feeling as though countless steel needles were piercing them.

Simultaneously.

"Strike!"

Liou Le Yao’s domineering voice exploded on the Holy Spirit Platform.

The black Daoist robe she wore seemed to come alive, instantly detaching from her body to transform into a massive black curtain, enveloping the area of the platform where Liou Yuan stood.

The scope of the black curtain was huge, encompassing nearly half the Holy Spirit Platform.

Its intent was not just to engulf Liou Yuan but to leave Qiu Ming beside him with nowhere to hide.

The last fat Daoist of the Liou Family, Liou Hongjun, also took action; possessing a rare Fire Acupoint, he released a blaze several tens of feet high, morphing into fire snakes rising into the air.

Facing simultaneous attacks from two Foundation Establishments.

Liou Yuan felt an overwhelming sense of suffocation; surrounded by the will of Foundation Establishments, the Spiritual Qi within him seemed stagnant like dead water, impossible to stir.

Qiu Ming was no better off, opening his mouth to curse: "Damn the Liou Family, they really dare to strike at Mr. Qiu."

Prior to this, he swore the Liou Family would hesitate because of his great-grandfather, yet instantly he was proven wrong.

"This is the absolute suppression of Foundation Establishment over the Qi Cultivation Realm."

Liou Yuan, having encountered the Purifying Dark Demon before, faced the body’s changes without panic.

He calmly watched above, as the two Liou Family members unleashed their spells against him.

Because at the same moment they acted.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw his elder brother’s position blooming with a snow-white sword light.

Boom! Liou Zhen, renowned for the Snow Shattering Sword in Five Extremes Mountain.

Among the many Foundation Establishments in the Inner Sect of Five Extremes Mountain, only three bore the title of swordmasters, and Liou Zhen was one of them.

The Snow Shattering Sword Qi streaked across the sky, causing the temperature on the Holy Spirit Platform to plummet, as if ushering in a harsh winter.

Countless frost adorned the platform’s surface, sending shivers through the many Outer Sect disciples caught in the chill.

Liou Yuan also felt the chill, though he remained unaffected.

The Green Tide and Sushui sword gleams within him even stirred restlessly.

The next instant, Liou Yuan saw the breathtaking sword light slash upon the black curtain Liou Le Yao controlled above the platform.

Poof! The curtain enveloping half the Holy Spirit Platform was pierced by the flash of snowy brilliance.

Simultaneously, Liou Zhen struck a second sword, its light descending from heaven and severing the Fire Snake Skill unleashed by Liou Hongjun.

"Liou Zhen, you court death!" Liou Le Yao’s icy voice exploded across the Holy Spirit Platform.

Her figure twisted at her standing position, dissolving into fog and disappearing, reappearing less than twenty meters beside Liou Zhen.

Black fog coiling around Liou Le Yao, her complexion inherently greenish, she appeared from afar like an Asura Fiend.

Liou Le Yao swung a claw towards Liou Zhen in mid-air.

The void shuddered, as five black streaks shot from her hand, attacking Liou Zhen.

The fog barriers sealing the Holy Spirit Platform quivered amid Liou Le Yao’s claw strike.

Her power was surely the strongest among the three Foundation Establishments of the Liou Family, and she outmatched Liou Zhen in cultivation level.

Her intent was to seize this opportunity to eliminate both Liou Zhen and Liou Yuan.

Liou Zhen, dismissing his usual calm demeanor, his eyes sparkled sharply like swords, stepping forward, wielding the Foundation Establishment Magical Artifact Cold Moon Sword to unleash a third strike.

Rumble! Rumble!

Sword Qi erupted from Liou Zhen’s Cold Moon Sword, covering the entire Holy Spirit Platform.

The vast high platform started trembling violently from this single sword strike by Liou Zhen.

The sword energy was like a rainbow. The five black ribbons launched by Liou Le Yao shattered with a roar, and the sword Qi, undiminished in its power, directly aimed at Liou Le Yao.

Liou Le Yao’s appearance transformed once more. Her once jet-black hair now stood on end, and her fingers grew sharp claws. Her face increasingly turned towards that of a fiend.

In such a state, Liou Le Yao exuded fierce and overwhelming fury, fearlessly facing Liou Zhen’s sword strike and controlling the black mist to charge head-on.

Clang!

The power unleashed in the Foundation Establishment duel was immense.

Fortunately, the Holy Spirit Platform was supported by an array.

The moment Liou Zhen and Liou Le Yao clashed, Zhao Zhuoran, who was supposed to stand aside and watch, had no choice but to activate the array of the Holy Spirit Platform.

A milky white barrier enveloped all directions, protecting over ten thousand outer sect disciples including Liou Yuan.

Even so, within the array, Liou Yuan could still feel the sword Qi and black mist that continuously exploded against the barrier.

Evidently, this was not the time to worry about whether the array would be breached.

Since the array has already been activated, it meant that one’s safety was temporarily not a concern.

Liou Yuan focused on watching the confrontation between his elder brother and Liou Le Yao.

The two fought fiercely from the Holy Spirit Platform all the way to the sky outside the Five Extremes Mountain outer sect.

The myriad sword lights flashing in the sky intertwined with the all-encompassing gray fog, even tearing apart the clouds above.

The reverberating aftermath of the battle obscured the view, and even Liou Yuan’s Evil Eyes could not penetrate it all.

"My elder brother’s Sword Dao Cultivation is far beyond mine," he reflected.

"Even among the Inner Sect Foundation Establishment practitioners, there are few whose Sword Dao Cultivation surpasses my brother."

Liou Yuan recalled the sword strike Liou Zhen had just executed, reminiscing in his eyes.

Being a fellow sword cultivator, Liou Yuan sensed the extraordinary nature of Liou Zhen’s few sword strikes far more accurately than others.

Within his swordsmanship, there was a unique ambiance. Each strike could evoke in Liou Yuan an illusion of flying snow and ice-cold heavens and earth.

Therefore, Liou Yuan was full of confidence in his brother’s battle against Liou Le Yao.

"What of the protectors of the Five Extremes Mountain? They’re still Foundation Establishment," he scoffed.

Yet the battlefield situation constantly shifted.

During the fierce battle between Liou Zhen and Liou Le Yao, a blood-red hue suddenly exploded around the edge of their fight.

Like Liou Yuan, Qiu Ming, who had been watching the battle intently, widened his eyes and cursed, "Liou Hongjun of the Liou Family."

Indeed, seeing that Zhao Zhuoran had activated the array, and with no opportunity to attack Liou Yuan, Liou Hongjun had no choice but to temporarily abandon the thought of killing Liou Yuan, instead shifting his target to Liou Zhen, who was entangled in a relentless fight with Liou Le Yao.

Simultaneously joining him in action was Liou Xie from the Liou Family.

He also withdrew the mist barrier blocking the Holy Spirit Platform.

He deployed the Cloud Manipulation Skill, enveloping a portion of the sky.

One on one, Liou Yuan was full of confidence in his elder brother.

If it was three Foundation Establishment cultivators attacking, it would be a different story, and even Liou Yuan couldn’t help but curse, "Damn Liou Family, three against one."

Despite his cursing, Liou Yuan tightened his fist, his face no longer showing calm, anxiously watching the sky, fearing that his brother might fall on the Holy Spirit Platform.

He continually murmured in his heart, "Where are the high-ranking members of the Five Extremes Mountain? Why haven’t they taken action yet!"

The commotion was so great that there should have been a response from the Inner Sect by now.

Sect Leader Xuanyi and Chen Zeyang, standing on the Holy Spirit Platform and being the vice-hall master of the Disciplinary Hall, showed no intention of intervening.

This made Liou Yuan suspect his own conjectures about Erosion Land.

"Could the Five Extremes Mountain really be willing to watch my brother fall? Are they adamant about eradicating my Ice Vein?" he pondered.

"But if they had such intentions all along, why bother nurturing my brother? Why allow me to grow?"

As thoughts spun rapidly in his mind.

In the sky, the battle of the three Liou family members against Liou Zhen had unfolded.

Liou Le Yao, transformed into an Asura Fiend, focused on the main attack. Liou Hongjun used Flame Dao Skill to hold back Liou Zhen, while Liou Xie remained close to Liou Le Yao, transforming the fog into countless foggy weapons with the Cloud Manipulation Skill, attacking Liou Zhen from all directions.

Under the power of the three, Liou Zhen fought while retreating, his eyes showing no fluctuation.

Suddenly.

Boom! His retreating steps halted, and his Cold Moon Sword flew into the air, his form merging into the sword body.

Transforming into a colossal sword blade the size of a mountain on the Holy Spirit Platform.

At that moment, the chill was even more piercing, accompanied by a howling gale.

The sword blade struck against three in the void.

Clang! The black aura enveloping Liou Le Yao shattered completely, leaving her disheveled and embarrassed.

Liou Xie was sent flying by the sword strike, falling from the sky.

Instead, Liou Hongjun, who cunningly restrained Liou Zhen, was the most severely injured, with numerous sword marks exploding on his body.

On the other hand, after swing that sword, Liou Zhen also retreated rapidly.

As if suffering a severe injury, blood kept spilling from his mouth, staining his moon-white robe significantly, making Liou Yuan’s heart skip a beat.

Even so, Liou Zhen’s expression showed no hint of fear; instead, the battle intent in his eyes grew even more fervent and intense.