“Hurry up and get moving!” One of Yuki’s sect elders yelled out. At first, it was fine for them to take their time. But now, a strong spirit pressure could be sensed in the distance, and what seemed like a swarm of bugs was making its way here. 

“Ami…. We will be okay right?” Ai asked as she hugged Ami’s arm.

“We have to be. We have to quickly grow stronger and take revenge on these bastards.” Ami’s eyes were full of tears. This was her home. It was the place that finally gave her fond memories. It was the place where she met her friends and her dao companion. But now….

“Mmm….” Ai nodded as she was ushered towards the inner section of the sect. 

“Ai, Ami!” A familiar voice came from behind them. The two girls turned to see Fatty and Maiko hurrying over to them. “Have you two sen Yuki and Nana?” 

“No….” Ai shook her head. “But I know when she returns to nothing, she will not be okay.”

All four of them could agree on that. If anything they knew about Yuki, it was that she was someone who held the things dear to her to heart. If the sect she lived in was destroyed, it would cause her to go crazy. 

“Everyone down!” A sect elder yelled out. 

Ai and the rest only got to turn around before seeing swords made of spiritual qi raining down on them. “Ai!” Ami pulled Ai and dived behind a large rock. Fatty was also quick and did the same. 

“Ah!” Cries of pain could be heard as other disciples were not so lucky. Ai and Ami watched as their fellow disciples were being mowed down somewhere by those who had just joined the sect. They had not even had time to grow up, and they were being hunted down. The cruelty of the cultivation world was now rearing its ugly head. This was something they all knew about, but now was their first time experiencing it. 

Up in the air, many cultivators from different sects were giving out orders. “Hunt them down and kill every last one of them!”

Haruhi, who was at the teleportation array helping get things set up, sensed the auras coming her way and bit her lip. “This is too much for me to handle alone.”

“Little Sect Master, We will hold them off. You get as many people through the array as you can. At most, we can buy you five minutes. Once five minutes is up, leave.” One of the great elders patted Haruhi’s shoulder at saying this and smiled. “You are the only hope of the Heavenly Cloud Sect. Keep these children safe and help them cultivate. Do not worry about anything else. Just start anew in a new place.”

Haruhi watched as the great elders all took off, flying towards the enemy. Tears began to well up in her eyes. She did not wish to leave. She still wished to stay here with her master and take over the sect. This was not how she wanted to do things. Haruhi did her best to hold back her tears as her expression turned serious. “Hurry up! Get in the array I will send you to a safe place!”

“Hahaha! Look at the run! Kill them! Kill them!” The disciples from the various sects seemed to be enjoying the slaughter of young disciples. If they saw a Heavenly Cloud Sect disciple, they would chase them down and kill them.

Ai, Ami, Maiko, and Fatty were all watching the blood bath in front of them in horror, yet anger began boiling up within them. “We can’t just sit here and do nothing…. Maiko, go and help Ai and Ami escape. I will stay back and help the other disciples.”

“What!? No! You can’t!” Maiko shook her head stubbornly. She did not wish to have the man she loved sacrifice himself again! She did not wish to live through that again.

“Fatty, you do not need to….” Ami suddenly stood up. Ai also did the same.  “You help escort them to the teleportation array. We will hold them off the best we can.”

“Hehe! Good words, Junior sister!” Rin and Takeichi landed behind the group. “Sorry, we are late. We just got out of the forbidden grounds.”

“You two… Rin!” Ai jumped on Rin and gave her a hug. Rin was like a teacher to her. She had taught her and Ami to grow stronger.

“No, we will stay as well.” Fatty had made up his mind. “Even with just the six of us, it will not matter. But if we are able to allow more of the younger disciples through, then it will be worth it.”

“We only just broke through to the universal core realm, but it should be enough to hold off a few.” Takeichi drew his sword and glared at the disciples in the sky. “But first, let’s make them come down to ground level, shall we?” 

Takeichi raised his sword into the air causing the clouds above to begin forming. His eyes began to glow with a cold silver light. “A thousand strikes!”

*Boom!*

Hundreds of lightning bolts began to descend from the sky, striking the disciples in the air. Those who were not paying attention were hit and sent flying toward the ground. Those who did block it all turned their attention to Takeichi with murderous gazes. The True battle had just begun.