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"Pu pu pu—”
The next moment, a continual barrage of white bone crossbow bolts shot out, turning into beams of soul-snatching streaks of deadly light that quickly annihilated several people.
"Roar!”
A Green Wolf roared beside them, devouring a few corpses.
"Let’s go.”
Seeing that the cleanup on this side was almost done, the burly man adjusted the straw hat on his head and quickly charged towards a Magical Artifact Shop.
He had been preparing for this robbery for nearly half a month.
He had naturally scoped out the place in the Marketplace to maximize his gains as much as possible.
"They’re finally here.”
His eyes narrowed slightly, and he took out a Transmission Talisman and crushed it.
"How dare you, Robber Cultivator, to create such chaos in our Red Leaf Valley Market!”
A roar of anger echoed in the night sky.
Before the man arrived, a fiery crimson wheel surged towards them.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—”
The golden wheel spun rapidly in the air, resembling a blazing sun, bursting with scorching heat, its might overwhelming.
"Swoosh—”
Upon seeing this, the burly man’s white bone crossbow bolt was swathed in strands of dark, dense blood, and a blood-veined white bone arrow suddenly shot out.
"Clang—”
The white bone arrow collided with the fiery crimson wheel mid-air, producing a deafening metallic clang.
Subsequently, two currents of Mana surged, stirring up waves of air currents in the night sky.
"Hm, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator!?”
Yu Yuanshan looked at the burly man, his pupils contracted, showing a grave expression.
But when he saw the smoky ruin of the Magical Artifact Shop, his eyes immediately blazed with fury.
This shop was, in fact, owned by his Yu Family.
There were Magic Artifacts inside worth nearly ten thousand Spirit Stones.
Now that the shop had been plundered to emptiness, it was akin to losing nearly ten thousand Spirit Stones.
This amount of Spirit Stones was a considerable sum for their Yu Family.
"Dare to plunder in our Red Leaf Valley Market, die!”
He bellowed angrily, as another Ice Blue Crescent Wheel appeared around him.
The crescent wheel spun, emitting a bone-chilling coldness that lowered the surrounding air temperature by several degrees, and suddenly slashed towards the burly man.
Meanwhile, he produced an Array Plate in his hand, manipulating it to utilize the power of the Marketplace’s Great Formation to suppress the intruder.
But the next moment.
"Boom! Boom! Booming—”
Countless flashes of lightning struck the Red Leaf Valley Market’s Green Water Cloud Formation.
The Formation flickered, with spiritual light converging and lightning snakes wildly dancing in the night, accompanied by dull thunderous explosions that sounded one after another.
At this moment, the calmness inside the Market was completely shattered, and turmoil erupted.
Many hidden Robber Cultivators, as if they had received a signal, directly rushed into various shops and businesses with their Magic Artifacts, slaughtering their way in.
"What is this!?”
Yu Yuanshan’s complexion changed drastically at the sight of this.
He was unafraid of his opponent in the Market because of the Green Water Cloud Great Formation.
With the boost from this Great Formation, and the power of the Formation aiding him, he was confident he could kill Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Cultivators.
Even against Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators, he would manage to delay until reinforcements arrived.
However, seeing this situation, he immediately realized that those who dared to plunder the Market so brazenly must have come prepared.
"Fellow Daoist, I don’t care who you are, if you’re willing to withdraw now, I am willing to let bygones be bygones and let the matter rest,”
Yu Yuanshan said to the burly man, suppressing the rage in his heart.
At present, because someone in the Red Leaf Valley Market was undergoing Foundation Establishment, the internal circulation of Spiritual Energy was insufficient, and the Great Formation couldn’t operate at full strength.
Now that the Formation was being bombarded and shaken like this, he realized that there was another Foundation Establishment Cultivator on the attacker’s side.
Even with two Foundation Establishment Cultivators, he could rely on the Formation to barely delay until support arrived.
But if the commotion continued, the entire Marketplace would descend into chaos.
If the Marketplace fell into chaos, all the effort and management of their four big Families over the years would be ruined.
"Leave now?”
The burly man laughed at Yu Yuanshan’s words, appearing to have heard some joke.
He looked at Yu Yuanshan with a hoarse voice and said, “How about this, as long as you do not interfere with me, I’ll try not to plunder your Yu Family’s shops.”
"Give me half an hour at most, and I will leave immediately. How about that?”
The burly man said.
He knew he had to leave after a quick plunder.
Otherwise, once the four big Families of Red Leaf Valley Market received the message and came to support, even he would struggle to fend them off.
"Fellow Daoist, are you joking? If you leave now, there’s still time,”
Yu Yuanshan said darkly.
In the Red Leaf Valley Market, besides their four big Families, there were also many other Foundation Establishment Families that had settled in.
If he allowed the robber to plunder, they would be held accountable for compensation later on.
Especially since he, Yu Yuanshan, was stationed in the Red Leaf Valley Market, his inability to prevent the incident would be inexcusable and he would struggle to explain himself.
"Since we can’t reach an agreement, let’s have a fight and see what you’ve got.”
The burly man formed hand seals, causing the black gourd to float above his head while the white bone crossbow turned into a reddish Spiritual Artifact longsword.
"What’s going on!?”
"My God, someone is attacking the Market!”
"This is bad, Robber Cultivators!”
"Robber Cultivators have breached the Market!”
As the Heavenly Cloud and Water Formation of the Market shook, countless people woke up from their sleep or meditation and looked outside.
Watching the roiling black smoke in the night sky that looked like dark clouds descending upon a city, with the Green Water Cloud Formation flashing irregularly and rumbling continuously, trembling non-stop, a wave of panic began to spread from within the Market.
Additionally, many Loose Cultivators seeing this situation couldn’t help but feel greed, wanting to take advantage of the chaos for profit.
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