Invincible Dad-Chapter 606: He’s Dead for Sure, I Said_1

A sudden voice made Qian Xiao drop the hundreds of stalks of Primordial Grass he was cradling. He said in surprise, "So there really was an ambush..."

Ruan Lan didn’t speak. Instead, she simply gestured, and the hundreds of stalks of Primordial Grass were pulled into the Storage Space of her Formation Chessboard. She narrowed her eyes, surveying her surroundings with a slight headache.

At a glance, there were seventeen members of the Moon Clan, but their Boundaries didn’t seem high enough to alarm her. Only the young man in the lead had a Boundary comparable to the early Golden Core Realm; the others were no cause for concern.

Facing their coldness, Ruan Lan first sighed in relief before retorting, "What Moon King? I am the Sect Hierarch of the Star Origin Sect! Pay your respects at once!"

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Tang Yu was intimidated by Ruan Lan’s aura. Half an hour earlier, a message had come from the Royal Clan speculating that the expert who had wiped out the ’Previous Waning Moon Clan’ was lurking on the Moon. This immediately prompted all the major tribes to gather their top experts, fearful that their people would be the next target.

But Tang Yu’s tribe was different. His Moon Clan specialized in overseeing this Spiritual Field on behalf of the Royal Clan—or rather, for the Moon King. It was common knowledge that although the Spiritual Energy on Earth was meager, it was still far better than on the Moon. A Spiritual Field capable of growing heavenly treasures on the Moon was a precious asset to the Moon Clan. This was the Moon King’s private property, and any mistake could cost one their head.

Therefore, the chieftain of this tribe, fearing an incident involving the Spiritual Field and the Primordial Grass planted there, had dispatched his eldest son, Tang Yu, to guard it in secret. He never expected that audacious thieves would actually come here to steal. The Human Race still dared to come here, even after the recent catastrophic battle in Chang’an City that had resulted in such heavy casualties.

However, this so-called Star Origin Sect...

I’ve never even heard of it!

The tribal chief’s son’s face filled with intense killing intent. "I don’t care what sect you’re from! Daring to touch the Moon King’s Primordial Grass is a capital offense! Kill them!"

He waved his hand fiercely. The sixteen Moon Clan members attacked at once.

Ruan Lan almost laughed out loud. Though she was an Array Master, with the Formation Chessboard in hand, her strength was certainly no less than that of a typical Golden Core cultivator. Moreover, her niece Yiyi and Qian Xiao were both bona fide Golden Core Realm experts. The three of them together weren’t the least bit worried about the people before them.

"I’ll leave them to you two," Ruan Lan said, taking a step back. "I’ll set up a Defensive Array for you."

Yiyi: "..."

Qian Xiao: "..."

You talk a big game and then retreat to the back?

Now wasn’t the time for sarcasm. A Starlight Array, primarily for defense, took form around both Qian Xiao and Yiyi. The Formation was small, almost negligible compared to the one that protected Chang’an, as the difference in their coverage was like that between heaven and earth. However, their defensive effects were similarly significant.

Qian Xiao, who was already tough-skinned, didn’t receive even a scratch under the Formation’s reinforcement. Instead, he sent a Moon Clan member flying with a single punch.

Xu Yiyi was even stronger. Wielding a tree branch the length of an adult’s arm, her Sword Intent raged like a fresh breeze, slicing through the Moon Clan members who tried to attack her as easily as chopping vegetables.

"Nice!" Ruan Lan, who had stayed at the back, couldn’t help but exclaim in excitement.

"Two Golden Core Realm experts!" Tang Yu’s eyes burned with rage. His tribe was barely considered a large one within the Moon Clan, and they had only three Golden Core Realm experts in total. One was his father, and another was himself. The last was the ancient ancestor, slumbering within the Dao Endowment. Seeing his tribesmen die in an instant, he knew he couldn’t face two opponents alone. He turned into a streak of light and rushed toward Ruan Lan’s back.

Tang Yu wanted to eliminate the Array Master first!

A two-meter-long blade swooped down. But instead of decapitating Ruan Lan as he’d imagined, it was stopped half a meter away by a Formation! This female Array Master also had a Defensive Array of circulating starlight around her.

Ruan Lan, who had been focused on the frontline, belatedly realized what was happening. She shouted furiously, "You bastard! How dare you sneak-attack me! Don’t you have any gentlemanly conduct?!" 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

What the...? Tang Yu was utterly confused. Setting aside the fact that the Human Race and Moon Clan are mortal enemies, the Cultivation World operates on the law of the jungle. So what if I kill you?

Just as Tang Yu was about to argue his case, Ruan Lan’s lips curled into a smirk. "Idiot, you fell for it."

While Tang Yu had been momentarily distracted, Ruan Lan had already used the Formation Chessboard to lay down a Starlight Array designed for slaughter.

"What?!" Tang Yu’s expression changed drastically. A sense of foreboding rose in his heart as he saw streaks of starlight cascading down, forming a pillar of light that crashed down with a deafening boom!

BOOM!

Even as an early-stage Golden Core Realm expert, the instant the pillar of starlight hit him, Tang Yu couldn’t help but scream in pain. This was acclaimed throughout the Immortal Domain as the greatest Killing Formation of all time. Although its actual combat power fell short of Xu Lai’s Zhoutian Star Fighting Formation, its lethality was definitely among the very best. A single pillar of starlight left Tang Yu with his hair in disarray and considerable injuries.

To Tang Yu’s despair, there wasn’t just one pillar of starlight, but countless more. As long as the starry sky existed, the Formation would circulate endlessly!

"You humans are too despicable!!!" Tang Yu couldn’t help but howl at the sky.

"Haven’t you heard that all’s fair in war?" Ruan Lan wrinkled her nose. "Go home and read a book."

With that said, Ruan Lan turned her attention to the other battlefield. Under the combined assault of Yiyi and Qian Xiao, the dozen or so Moon Clan members couldn’t hold their ground. In the blink of an eye, they were all breathless corpses.

The two youngsters’ faces remained calm. Blood and death... while they weren’t accustomed to it, they also didn’t feel overly sentimental.

"Auntie, should we go back now?" Qian Xiao asked.

"Don’t be silly," Ruan Lan said anxiously. "Don’t you know that wasting is shameful?"

"Huh?" Qian Xiao was bewildered.

"There’s still a huge patch of Primordial Grass here." Ruan Lan pointed to the Spiritual Field. Although Qian Xiao had picked over a hundred stalks, that was only a tenth of the total.

"How bold!" Tang Yu, who was being continuously bombarded by the killing Starlight Array, yelled in fury. "Those are the Moon King’s Spirit Plants, how dare you... Ah!"

His words were cut off by another shrill scream as Ruan Lan added another Zhoutian Star Fighting Formation to the assault. Now, Tang Yu couldn’t utter another word; he could only frantically dodge the falling pillars of starlight.

"Auntie, I’ll go finish him off," Qian Xiao said, eager to try.

"No need. He’s as good as dead. Not even an immortal could save him now, I guarantee it!" Ruan Lan stopped Qian Xiao and urged, "Let’s hurry and harvest all the Primordial Grass, then take it back to Chang’an City."

"Okay, okay!"

The three of them moved swiftly through the Spiritual Field. But Ruan Lan remained extremely cautious, not only adding a primary Defensive Starlight Array for the three of them but also setting up dozens of other defensive formations. From a distance, they were enshrouded in a dazzling and frankly exaggerated array of colorful glows.

Seeing this, Xu Yiyi and Qian Xiao wore complex expressions, wanting to say something but holding back.

Ruan Lan also felt she might have overdone it. She coughed and said, "Remember this for your future adventures: caution is the parent of safety."

Finally, Ruan Lan muttered to herself, "I need to learn some talisman arts from that stinky brother-in-law of mine. It’d be great if I could slap on a few dozen more talismans."

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