Hearing the voice filled with anger, Ye Ling looked towards the sound and saw a young master-like man, surrounded by a group of people, striding forward with a face full of fury.
Seeing the young man approaching aggressively, Ye Ling asked Wang Die, "What, do you know him?"
Wang Die shrugged indifferently and said, "Didn't I smash the Zhuge family's ancestral shrine back then? I offended a large number of Zhuge family members then. That guy is Zhuge Bai, the great-grandson of Zhuge Feng. When I chopped off their family's ancestral shrine plaque, it happened to hit his head."
Ye Ling couldn't help but laugh, "The Wuhou Sect is a top sect in Hua Country, and you offend them like this. It's a wonder you're still alive."
Wang Die chuckled, "This little lady can't do much else, but she's quite adept at avoiding misfortune. The Wuhou Sect's strength lies in their Qimen formations, which I happen to be able to counter."
Although Wang Die was the granddaughter of the Zhuge family, given the outrageous things she had done to the Wuhou Sect, if it weren't for her own formidable strength and the backing of the Cloud Palace, the Wuhou Sect would have killed her hundreds of times over by now.
"Surround them!"
As Ye Ling and Wang Die were talking, Zhuge Bai rushed over and roared angrily, ordering the large group of Wuhou Sect disciples behind him to surround Wang Die and Ye Ling!
Zhuge Bai stared intently at Wang Die and said sternly, "Wang Die, you usually hide in the Cloud Palace branch, and we can't do anything to you. Now you dare to come to the Wuhou Sect, you truly have a lot of nerve!"
Wang Die smiled at Zhuge Bai and said, "Kid, don't be disrespectful. By seniority, you should call me aunt!"
Zhuge Bai scoffed, "Bah! To call a demoness like you, who betrays her teachers and ancestors, my aunt, I'd rather die!"
"Everyone, form a formation and capture her!"
Zhuge Bai showed no respect for Wang Die, his words filled with hostility. He immediately ordered the Wuhou Sect disciples to form a formation. A Qimen formation rose from the ground beneath Ye Ling and Wang Die, trapping them within.
Zhuge Bai said coldly, "This is the new Qimen formation my Wuhou Sect has developed. Its power can be stacked. The more people who use it, the stronger the Qimen's power becomes!"
"Even if your cultivation is supreme, you absolutely cannot escape from my Qimen formation!"
Wang Die glanced around the Qimen formation on the ground and teased Zhuge Bai, "You've fiddled with new techniques again. Your Wuhou Sect has always regarded Qimen techniques as their lifeblood. For thousands of years, you've been working in isolation, yet you can still innovate. You must have worked very hard."
Wang Die spoke casually, clearly not taking Zhuge Bai seriously at all.
Not to mention that she herself was an eighth-rank异士 (Yi Shi - a practitioner of special abilities), and dealing with Zhuge Bai, who was only a fourth-rank, wouldn't even require a third of her strength.
Furthermore, even if the entire Wuhou Sect came out now and tried to capture her, Ye Ling stood by her side.
He was a monster who roamed the three realms and suppressed all gods and demons. With Ye Ling present, Wang Die was confident that even ten thousand Wuhou Sects couldn't touch a single hair on her head!
Wang Die was emboldened by Ye Ling's presence, but Zhuge Bai simply saw Ye Ling as Wang Die's follower and didn't take him seriously at all.
He stared directly at Wang Die and shouted, "Wang Die! For years, I have been diligently practicing Qimen formations, waiting for this day. I will capture you and wash away the shame of my family!"
As Zhuge Bai's voice fell, spiritual energy erupted from him, and an Eight Trigram disc materialized in his hand.
"Zhen position, Heavenly Mechanism Thunder!"
A large number of lightning snakes surged from the Qimen formation and shot rapidly towards Wang Die!
Seeing the lightning snakes approaching, Wang Die merely smiled slightly and stomped her foot, "Disperse!"
*Snap!*
With a crisp sound, the lightning snakes surging from the formation dissipated completely!
The Qimen formation, condensed by the combined efforts of the Wuhou Sect disciples, was like paper, easily shattered by Wang Die!
The Qimen formation shattered, unleashing a powerful shockwave that sent the surrounding dozen or so Wuhou Sect disciples flying!
Zhuge Bai, located at the center of the formation, suffered a severe backlash. He spat out a mouthful of blood and knelt on one knee, his face extremely pale.
Zhuge Bai stared at Wang Die in horror and exclaimed, "How could you..."
Wang Die yawned and said with disappointment, "I thought you had been researching diligently for years and invented some amazing formation. To think it's just this. You've truly disappointed me."
"You!!!" Being spoken to like that by Wang Die, Zhuge Bai's blood surged, and he couldn't suppress it, spitting out another large mouthful of blood, nearly fainting!
Wang Die looked down at Zhuge Bai contemptuously, her voice growing colder, "Kid, if you want to catch up to your aunt, you'll need another hundred years of cultivation!"
With that, Wang Die stomped her foot, and a Qimen formation twice as large as the one Zhuge Bai had gathered with everyone's strength spread out, enveloping everyone outside the Wuhou Sect!
Seeing Wang Die unleash the super-large Qimen formation, Zhuge Bai was completely stunned, too shocked to speak!
With Wang Die's strength, she was probably on par with their Sect Master!
Thinking of this, Zhuge Bai looked at Wang Die tremblingly, endless fear surging in his heart.
"Reflect well, everyone." Wang Die snapped her fingers lightly, and more than a dozen water dragons surged from the formation, fiercely charging towards the Wuhou Sect disciples, knocking them all unconscious!
Defeated everyone in one move!
Then, the formation dissipated, and Wang Die's aura completely retracted.
Ye Ling glanced at the unconscious Wuhou Sect disciples on the ground and asked Wang Die, "Don't you hate this Wuhou Sect to the bone? Why do I see you going easy on these brats?"
With Wang Die's eighth-rank cultivation, Zhuge Bai, leading a group of second or third-rank Yi Shi, was practically begging for trouble. If Wang Die had been even slightly serious, these people like Zhuge Bai would likely have died here today.
Wang Die pouted and said, not entirely truthfully, "We have to deal with the Cloud Palace and the Shadow Hall at the Wuhou Sect in two days. This Zhuge Bai is Zhuge Feng's most beloved great-grandson. If I were to kill him here, the Wuhou Sect would fall into chaos, and we wouldn't be able to hold the birthday banquet."
"I don't care about the Wuhou Sect, but the matter of the dragon脉 (Long Mai - Dragon Vein) is of great importance and cannot be taken lightly!"
"Is that so?" Ye Ling looked at Wang Die with interest, not entirely believing her words.
Wang Die felt uncomfortable under Ye Ling's gaze, losing her usual composure. She quickly said, "Your Majesty, the disciples of the Wuhou Sect all view me as a plague. We should leave quickly. If the Yi Shi inside come out, it will be troublesome for us to leave then."
Seeing Wang Die's reaction, Ye Ling became even more curious about her grievances with the Wuhou Sect. He no longer thought about returning to Jiangcheng and said to Wang Die with a smile, "Alright, alright... Let's leave now. You lead the way."
"Someone's causing trouble outside! Everyone, come on!"
At this moment, shouts were heard again from within the Wuhou Sect. Wang Die snapped back to reality, immediately fled into the distance, and shouted, "Your Majesty, follow me!"
Ye Ling smiled as he watched Wang Die's retreating back, then glanced at the disciples rushing out of the Wuhou Sect, his eyes filled with growing amusement.
"It seems this birthday banquet will be quite a show."