From the very beginning, Yang Chen wanted to change the situation by launching a surprise attack on Tong City, but Xiao Chen successfully resolved it. Now, Yang Chen didn't know where to start. From the very beginning, Yang Chen wanted to change the situation by launching a surprise attack on Tong City, but Xiao Chen successfully resolved it. Now, Yang Chen didn't know where to start.
It was hard to say who would win in a head-on battle and Yang Chen didn't have absolute confidence. Besides, Tao Ming himself said that he wouldn't be a match for Jun Wuya if the battle dragged on.
At the same time, Yang Chen also glanced at the Heavenly Sect elder beside him and asked faintly. "How's the situation in Tong City?"
If Yang Chen had a choice, he would definitely be more willing to use Tong City to break through. Although Yang Chen knew that Xiao Chen definitely wouldn't leave Tong City at this time, on the other hand, Yang Chen really hoped that Xiao Chen would leave Tong City so that he could take advantage of the situation.
Even though he had guessed the answer in his heart, Yang Chen still didn't give up. In the face of his inquiry, the Heavenly Sect elder also replied truthfully.
"There's nothing strange. Xiao Chen should still be in Tong City."
Before leaving, Xiao Chen's preparations had obviously worked. At this moment, Tong City didn't have the slightest abnormality. Therefore, the Heavenly Sect elder also speculated that Xiao Chen should still be in Tong City.
This elder couldn't be blamed. After all, no one would have thought that Xiao Chen would actually leave Tong City so boldly at such a time. Not to mention this elder, even Yang Chen didn't think in this direction at all.
Think about it, knowing that the enemy was eyeing covetously from the side, would you deliberately throw a piece of fat meat into the enemy's mouth? That was obviously impossible.
However, Xiao Chen took advantage of Yang Chen's mentality and did the opposite. Yang Chen couldn't have guessed that Xiao Chen had already left Tong City and was rushing towards the Heavenly Sect.
Yang Chen didn't expect this at all, so after hearing the elder's answer, he could only shake his head in disappointment and said, "The situation still developed into a situation that I didn't want to see the most."
The last thing Yang Chen wanted was to fight a protracted war with the Sword Sect. However, the situation had already developed to this point, leaving Yang Chen with no other choice.
However, Yang Chen clearly did not know that such a battle of attrition would not last for too long. If Yang Chen did not react in time and allowed Xiao Chen to successfully attack the Spirit Vein Plains, then the consequences would be unimaginable. At that time, Yang Chen would be in an even more passive and helpless situation than now.
Yang Chen wanted to attack Tong City for the second time, but after thinking about it, he decided not to move for the time being. He just ordered the elder of Heavenly Gate, "Keep a close watch on Tong City."
For the time being, Yang Chen didn't have a better solution. All he could do was to keep an eye on Tong City and see if there was a chance to break this stalemate. Upon hearing Yang Chen's words, the elder nodded respectfully.
Yang Chen's attention was still focused on Tong City, and he did not notice anything strange.
While Yang Chen ordered people to keep a close watch on Tong City, on the other side, Xiao Chen was on his way to Heavenly Mansion.
In the blink of an eye, three days had passed. In these three days, Xiao Chen's group only rested once. The rest of the time, they were rushing.
Rushing at full speed consumed a lot of spiritual power, but there was no other way. Xiao Chen had to seize every second, so there was no time to waste.
Thanks to Xiao Chen and the others' desperate efforts, the journey that would have taken them half a month only took them three days to successfully enter the territory of the Heaven-joining Prefecture.
After successfully entering the Heavenly Mansion, it would take less than a day to reach the Spirit Vein Plains. However, before that, Xiao Chen still needed to understand the situation of the Spirit Vein Plains. As the saying goes, know thyself and know thy enemy, and you will never be defeated.
As for how to understand, it was actually very simple. He just needed to catch a person from the Heavenly Gate and ask.
While rushing in the direction of the Spirit Vein Plains, he searched for the figures of the experts from the Heavenly Gate.
Just as Xiao Chen thought, the Heavenly Gate's defense of the rear was indeed a lot lax. Of course, no one could be blamed for this. After all, the battle at the front was tense, and more experts were transferred to the front battlefield. As a result, the rear was naturally short of manpower.
A day later, Xiao Chen's group arrived at a small city outside the Spirit Vein Plains. This small city was next to the Spirit Vein Plains.
It was not difficult for Xiao Chen and his party to sneak into the small city without being noticed. After all, it was impossible for a city of this size to have any cultivators with high cultivation. As such, it was naturally impossible for them to discover Xiao Chen and his party.
They went straight to the City Lord's Mansion. In the end, without any effort, Cang Xing took action and captured the City Lord's Mansion.
This person was also a member of the Heavenly Gate. However, he was only a deacon in name. He did not have any status, and his cultivation was only at the Celestial Emperor Realm.
However, since this person was the City Lord and was very close to the Spirit Vein Plains, Xiao Chen still managed to get a lot of answers from him.
With his cultivation at the Celestial Emperor Realm, he was naturally powerless in front of Cang Xing. After seeing Xiao Chen, the City Lord was dumbfounded.
He had seen Xiao Chen's portrait before, so he recognized the young man standing in front of him at a glance. He was the Sect Leader of the Sword Sect, Xiao Chen.
However, why was Xiao Chen here? Shouldn't he be on the battlefield? How did he sneak into the Heavenly Gate's territory and enter the Spirit Vein Plains?
He could not figure out why Xiao Chen would appear here. His heart was filled with fear and doubt. However, it was clear that he would not be able to get the answers to his questions.
After asking him a series of questions, Xiao Chen got the answers he wanted. He then signaled to a cultivator of the Sword Gate beside him, and the cultivator immediately killed the city lord with a single slash of his sword.
Xiao Chen learned from the City Lord that almost all the experts in the Hetian Prefecture had rushed to the frontline because of the tense situation at the frontline. Although the Spirit Vein Plain was important, only one expert in the Great Perfection of the Dao Realm was left to guard it.
A Dao Realm expert in the Great Completion Realm was in charge of guarding the entire Spiritual Vein Plain. This was indeed too lax, but there was no other way. Moreover, it was already not easy to squeeze out a Dao Realm expert to guard the Spiritual Vein Plain.
The current Tong City was practically defenseless. It was also because Xiao Chen had managed to confuse Yang Chen for the time being that Yang Chen did not dare to make a move. Otherwise, the defense of Tong City would probably be even weaker than that of the Spirit Vein Plain.
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