Seeing that his idea had been shot down, Huang Long remained quiet, keeping his head bowed. It was clear that the pressure of the situation had gotten to him as he became increasingly more sure of the fact that this Greenwood Sky Snake King—this disaster that had suddenly befallen their sect—was here because of him!
W-what the hell is happening?! Why is that thing so angry at me! I don't remember provoking that monster at all! I haven't even been in the sect for very long because I just came back for the damn competition; I was at the Capital City!
Seeing that his son had run out of ideas, Huang Dao clicked his tongue as he shook his head with disappointment.
He then looked back at the massive spiritual beast currently wreaking havoc on their spiritual energy barrier, draining their sect of its precious resources; the more time the spiritual energy barrier was left operating, the more spirit stones would be used to maintain it.
This is a massive problem.
Just as all of the Grand Elders felt like the only solution to the problem would be to wake up their Spirit Profound Realm ancestor, Huang Shi's grandfather, Huang Li, suddenly coughed, bringing all of their attention to him.
Seeing that it was Huang Li who wanted to speak, Huang Dao's mouth twitched in irritation. It was clear that he disliked this old man who always went against him in the clan gatherings and always tried to protect his waste of a third son.
Despite his internal dislike, he didn't say anything and just nodded his head, indicating that the elder could speak. However, before he could say anything, Huang Mo suddenly spoke first, his voice cold and biting.
"What can a dying old man like you even suggest? Don't tell me you think you will have the solution to this problem when even the rest of us don't?"
Huang Li looked at Huang Mo. The rage in his eyes could barely be concealed as the latter looked at him with cold mockery.
Calm down... calm down... this is for the good of the sect.
Once he was able to calm himself down, he opened his mouth and gave his solution to the problem.
"We can activate the Azure Dragon Heaven Array, instead of the sect-protecting array, to attack the Greenwood Sky Snake King instead of letting him do whatever he wants to us."
Once he gave this suggestion, all of the Grand Elders present suddenly paused, as clearly they hadn't thought of this idea beforehand.
That was because the Azure Dragon Heaven Array was something that was controlled and managed by the Information Hall, and truthfully, it hadn't been tested in an actual combat situation.
No one knew its effectiveness, not to mention that the cost of operating it was ten times the cost of operating the sect-protecting array; using it would drain a significant amount of resources from the sect.
As the silence became heavier and heavier, once again it was Huang Mo who was about to offer words of rebuttal, when suddenly they felt a rumbling noise in the sky.
All of a sudden, a massive number of aerial-type spiritual beasts appeared right beside the Greenwood Sky Snake King, flying through the air from the depths of the Greenwood Forest.
All of them roared and started to dive through the holes the poison had made in the Sect-Protecting Barrier, following the orders of their monarch.
"Shit! It's a beast tide!"
"We need to get down now!"
"Protect the disciples!"
As the numerous aerial-type spiritual beasts flew through the air and started to attack the disciples of the Azure Dragon Sect, the cultivators were forced to defend themselves from the assault while simultaneously dealing with the poison in the air.
BOOM!
One of the Elementary Profound Realm disciples of the sect, who had barely been able to stand because of the poison, suddenly found himself surrounded on all sides by numerous flying beasts.
"AHH! HELP!"
WHOOSH!
All of a sudden, a rare green alchemical flame erupted out of nowhere, instantly killing the spiritual beasts that had surrounded the disciple.
Before long, numerous green flames appeared all around the area, killing off any spiritual beasts that were below the Nascent Profound Realm almost instantly.
As the disciple who had been saved turned around to see who had rescued him, he saw a woman wearing azure robes with her hair tied in a simple ponytail.
She was beautiful and feisty, with curves in all the right places, and her eyes shone with a severe light. Surprisingly, the person who had saved this young man from certain death and was wielding these powerful green flames was Qiao Fenyi—the disciple of Grand Elder Huang Li!
Immediately, the young man who had barely escaped death bowed his head, thanking her with tears in his eyes.
"Don't worry. If you can walk, go to the back; a temporary shelter has been created by the Medicinal Hall and the Alchemy Hall there. You can rest and recuperate."
He nodded his head and did his best to walk away, limping down the road.
Qiao Fenyi, on the other hand, looked at the numerous spiritual beasts flying through the air and grit her teeth, her eyes shining with confusion.
What the hell is happening?!
BOOM!
A massive explosion suddenly erupted through the air as hundreds of the aerial-type spiritual beasts were killed all at once.
A massive bolt of black and azure lightning ripped through the sky as Huang Mo and his subordinates ran across the entire sect, killing the flying beasts left and right.
Huang Dao also did his best to help; he raised his hand, gathering a large amount of azure lightning before dropping it down, forming a massive storm cloud that rained lightning upon the beasts.
Meanwhile, Huang Li and Yan Meiling, along with all of their Grand Elder subordinates, took it upon themselves to strengthen the spiritual energy barrier, closing off the holes that the emerald poison had made to prevent any more aerial-type spiritual beasts from entering the sect.