AMSSO-Chapter 53: A Fearsome Sect

The others had no idea of this thing’s effect, and caught off guard, their faces and heads were covered in powder.

The powder didn’t actually affect their strength. After all, it wasn’t something that could obstruct spiritual power.

But the itching was unbearable!

If it’d just been pain, they could’ve endured it.

Even if their limbs were broken, they could still persist.

Once one stepped onto the path of cultivation, who hadn’t suffered injuries before?

But itching was something no one could endure!

It felt as though countless ants were gnawing at their bodies. How could they focus? The weapons in their hands nearly slipped from their grip.

Some, like Ke Chongbo, were caught off guard and found their strength draining away.

Their faces changed in shock, and they immediately forced themselves up, charging ferociously at the people inside.

But before they could reach them.

“Binding Spirit Formation!”

Meng Fanzé shouted, and suddenly earthen walls rose up from the ground, trapping them within.

The earthen walls looked thin and fragile, but before they could strike to destroy them, a talisman exploded in front of their eyes, releasing a thick mist.

Startled, they then sneered, what harm could mere mist do?

What use was mixing earth and water? Playing with mud?

In the next second, a surge of lightning coursed through the earthen walls, rushing into their bodies and making them convulse uncontrollably.

“Ahhh!”

The pain, the itch, and the numbness left them powerless, unable to move.

“My turn!”

Jiang Yunnuan raised her shield that was shrunk down so it was only slightly larger than her face, and charged forward, slamming it hard against their heads.

Thud!

Thud!

With groans, the attackers collapsed unconscious.

Even while lying on the ground, their bodies twitched a few more times.

But they had completely lost the ability to resist, and could not wake up.

Jiang Yunnuan’s strikes had been very solid!

The shield was a defensive magic tool, but a new function had been developed.

That shield could withstand a strike from a Spirit Severing cultivator. How could these people’s skulls possibly be harder than that?

Besides, after being battered with itchiness, pain, and numbness, they were already dazed and unable to cover their bodies with spiritual power, making it easy for Jiang Yunnuan to take advantage.

And so, they all ended up lying on the ground.

“Seal their spiritual power and tie them up.” Mu Shiyue, holding Little Sesame, instructed.

“Yes, Master!”

Everyone responded in unison.

These were Golden Core experts, after all. If not for their quick reactions, seamless cooperation, and wearing down these people’s strength, the ones lying on the ground now might’ve been them instead.

Xin Jinrui had already sheathed his sword and was using his iron spatula to smack their bodies a few times, temporarily sealing their spiritual power.

Qin Yiwei and the others pulled out several tough ropes to bind them securely.

“During the past few days, we’ve all been burying ourselves in cultivation and tinkering with new things. I’d been wondering when we’d ever use them. I never thought today would be the day!” Jiang Yunnuan said with a cheerful grin.

Chu Jingzhuo also nodded, “This water-and-lightning talisman worked well. I like it! Next time we should develop other kinds.”

“Our teamwork was excellent too,” Qin Yiwei said to Jiang Yunnuan.

Jiang Yunnuan nodded, “Yeah, super great!”

“My Binding Spirit Formation was a bit slow,” Meng Fanzé frowned, frustrated. “I’ll need to speed it up next time.”

They all looked at Mu Shiyue, seeking her approval.

“This time you guys performed well,” Mu Shiyue said, cuddling Little Sesame. “But you mustn’t be arrogant. The reason you subdued them so quickly was mostly because they underestimated you.”

Xin Jinrui nodded, “Right, I saw how disdainful they looked when they first saw us. They probably thought we weren’t worth bothering with.”

“Exactly. If they hadn’t underestimated us, it wouldn’t have been this easy.”

“And it was also because we caught them off guard,” Chu Jingzhuo added. “Few people cooperate as smoothly as we do.”

“That’s true. How many can work together like this?”

“Yeah, not to mention our Super Invincible Thunderbolt Bomb that was the combination of alchemy and artifact refining. The effect was amazing!” Jiang Yunnuan said excitedly.

Hearing that chuunibyou name, Qin Yiwei felt a bit embarrassed.

She truly hadn’t expected her third junior sister to be this childish.

She herself didn’t even dare say the name, while Jiang Yunnuan said it without batting an eye.

Still, it was precisely because the name was so unique that it scared their enemies, shaking their focus and giving them an opening.

“Fifth junior brother’s formation was excellent too, it trapped them in place.”

“It’s alright,” Meng Fanzé scratched his head, embarrassed. “This formation of mine isn’t really that useful, it was just for intimidation.”

“Well, they were intimidated!” Xin Jinrui clapped his shoulder, then looked at Chu Jingzhuo. “Fourth Junior Brother, your water-lightning talisman was also excellent!”

“It’s only thanks to eldest senior brother’s help that I was able to make it,” Chu Jingzhuo replied humbly, returning the praise.

“And third junior sister’s strikes were perfect, knocking them all out cold!” Meng Fanzé praised Jiang Yunnuan.

“It was just the shield doing the work,” Jiang Yunnuan said with a modest smile.

“You needed strength and the right angle too, otherwise it wouldn’t have worked,” Chu Jingzhuo said.

“You all did well,” Mu Shiyue smiled, very satisfied. “Most importantly, you worked together as one. Excellent! You must continue like this.”

“We will follow Master’s teachings!” they all replied in unison.

Beside them, Ke Chongbo who was still writhing with unbearable itchiness: “…”

He gaped at this group of master and disciples, utterly dumbfounded.

From the initial incapacitation by itchiness to their subsequent bizarre series of techniques, everything left him stupefied and awestruck!

Their cultivation levels were, in truth, ordinary.

Apart from the Master, who was at Golden Core Stage, the rest were at most at Foundation Establishment.

And yet, the Golden Core Master didn’t even take action, and this group of Foundation cultivators had brought down his Golden Core pursuers!

They hadn’t relied on brute force, but rather a mix of talismans, magic artifacts, powders, and formations.

That was what shocked him the most!

From their words, these were all crafted by themselves!

Just this tiny sect with a handful of disciples actually had an alchemist, an artifact refiner, a talisman master, and a formation master among them!

Such a lineup would be extraordinary even in Changtian Sect!

For a large sect with tens of thousands of disciples, having specialists in all these fields wasn’t surprising.

But there’s only a handful of people here and every one of them has their own specialty?!

What kind of terrifying sect was this?!

Or perhaps… were they a hidden branch of some large sect, quietly biding their time here?

“Ying!”

The babyish cry of the cub pulled Ke Chongbo out of his spiraling thoughts.

When he saw the cub clearly, he gasped. “An Iron-Eating Beast cub?!”

Wasn’t that just supposed to be a stuffed toy? It’s a real spirit beast cub?!!