Could it be that the Yulin Sect's habit of running away was so unbelievable that they had no choice but to use such a method to get the Yulin Sect to help out? Or could it be that the nine great sects of Phantom City were aware of the current situation on Grid Island and deliberately did this? Or could it be a combination of both? In any case, while Mara's army was still gathering and surrounding Grid Island, the Yulin Sect on Grid Island had strangely fallen into an isolated and hopeless situation!
On Singular Star Island, Tian Kang Laozu watched as groups of Mara shuttled back and forth under the leadership of either a Blood Demon or a Blood Asura. However, they did not deploy their formation to attack Singular Star Island. Tian Kang could not help but feel puzzled. At the same time, he could not help but feel a little worried.
A talisman flew through the air. Tian Kang Laozu held it in his hand and looked at it quietly. Lu Ping saw that his face was first shocked, then solemn, and then he did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Lu Ping looked at Tian Kang Laozu's expression curiously and said, "Grand-uncle, you …"
Tian Kang Laozu laughed and handed the jade scroll in his hand to Lu Ping. Lu Ping used his divine will to look at the jade scroll and roughly understood everything that had happened on Grid Island and the situation in Phantom City. Lu Ping also found it funny, but he was also secretly worried. He said, "Grand-uncle, aren't the nine great sects taking this too lightly? Although the Yulin Sect has yet to fight with Mara's army, they have already asked for help. Perhaps it is because the strength that Mara's army has displayed is not something that the Yulin Sect can handle!"
Tian Kang Laozu laughed coldly and said, "Do you really think that the nine great sects know nothing about the situation outside Phantom City? It's just a trap set up by the few great sects of the South Sea. The Yulin Sect thinks that by keeping a low profile, they can make everyone forget about their existence. But which sect would dare to ignore the presence of three late Dharma adepts? "
Lu Ping thought for a moment and said, "Then if Grid Island is in danger, doesn't that mean …"
Tian Kang Laozu waved his hand and said, "The twenty-five mid-sized sects are fighting each other, and so are the mid-sized sects and the large sects. The humans and demons are still fighting each other, and the humans and demons are still fighting each other to fight against Mara. The seven lines of defense in the Fallen Mystery Land were originally formed by the nine great sects and the Crystal Palace working together to suppress the twenty-five sects and the local forces in the Fallen Mystery Land. While it delayed the advance of Mara's army, it also served to deplete the strength of the twenty-five sects. The twenty-five mid-sized sects are naturally unwilling to be controlled so easily. Six of the seven lines of defense have collapsed, partly because of Mara's power, but there are other unspeakable reasons as well!"
Lu Ping was stunned, only to hear Old Ancestor Tian Kang continuing, "Get ready, I'm afraid the seventh line of defense won't last more than a few days. Our sect won't be the first to retreat back to Mystic Spirit City, but we won't really fight Mo Luo to the death either. The remaining matters will be left to the nine great sects."
Half a day later, a jade talisman flew through the air. The talisman from Phantom City stated that Grid Island had been heavily surrounded by Mara's army and requested all the sects stationed on the island chain to reinforce Grid Island. At the same time, Phantom City also sent more than ten Dharma adepts to attack Mara's line of defense on Grid Island.
Unexpectedly, Mara's army had set their sights on Grid Island. Not only were there a few Jade Shura and Blood Mara surrounding the island, but they had also sent out high-level Mara to the left and right, as well as from Phantom City. Their intention was to prevent any reinforcements from reaching the island, and it was clear that they wanted to take over Grid Island in one fell swoop.
After two hours, Lu Ping finally brought a few of his disciples to reinforce Grid Island. Unexpectedly, the moment Lu Ping left Strange Star Island, the Mara that had been swimming on the surface of the sea began to converge on Lu Ping and the others. Scattered attacks began to take place on the surface of the sea.
It was not only Zhenling that was experiencing this. The other sects that were stationed on the islands also encountered the same situation after sending out their cultivators to reinforce Grid Island.
Lu Ping brought a few of his Zhenling disciples and broke through Mara's blockade. After traveling for more than a hundred miles, they finally encountered Blood Mara's blockade on the surface of the sea and decided to retreat.
This was because it was not only Lu Ping. There were also other cultivators from other islands who, after engaging in battle with Blood Mara, saw that the Core Forging adepts behind them were being surrounded by Mara. In order to avoid any casualties among their own disciples, these Dharma adepts decided to retreat.
Only in the direction of Phantom City, because of the reinforcements from the nine main sects, was there a fierce battle with Mara's army. Unfortunately, with the sudden appearance of an Asura, the reinforcements from the nine main sects had no choice but to end their battle with the Jade Shura and Blood Mara in a panic and retreat.
The Yulin Sect cultivators on Grid Island fought hard for half a day, but in the end, they did not receive any reinforcements. The teleporter on the island was also not activated. It was not that Phantom City had sealed off the teleporter to Grid Island, but that after Mara's army had completed their encirclement of Grid Island, they had used the power of space to cut off the space around Grid Island. Even if Phantom City had activated the teleporter, it could not be used normally.
The battle between the seventh line of defense and Mara's army had only lasted for two days. As the key point of the entire island chain, as well as the bridgehead of Phantom City, it had already been easily breached by Mara's army. Of the fifty Yulin Sect cultivators guarding Grid Island, besides the mid Dharma adept Quan Yu Laozu, who had escaped with serious injuries, the remaining forty-nine cultivators, including two early Dharma adepts, had been completely annihilated.
With Grid Island as a foothold, Mara's army could directly threaten Phantom City through Grid Island, impeding Phantom City's reinforcements from the other islands on the chain.
On the third day, with Grid Island as the center, Mara's army began to clear out the rest of the islands on the chain. On the fourth day, Mara's army once again attacked from both sides, and seven islands fell. On the fifth day, the defense of the entire island chain had collapsed, and the twenty-five medium-sized sects and the overseas demon tribes had all retreated to Phantom City. On the fourth day, the island that Zhenling was guarding, Strange Star Island, was surrounded by Mara's army. After Zhenling put up a little resistance, Tian Kang Laozu and Lu Ping worked together to break through the power of space, and the Zhenling adepts used the teleporter to retreat to Phantom City.
The battle on the seventh line of defense lasted for five days. The twenty-five medium-sized sects, the various small powers in the Perished Secret Zone, and the demon tribes, excluding the three major tribes, suffered heavy losses. At least five or six Dharma adepts had fallen, and hundreds of Core Forging adepts had been killed. Mara's army had also suffered heavy losses. Two Jade Shuras had been killed, and the Blood Mara had lost four or five Blood Mara. There were also countless other Mara of different sizes.
At this point, Mara's army had arrived at Phantom City, and the attack on Phantom City had officially begun.
At this time, Lu Ping, Tian Kang, Laozu, and the rest of the Zhenling adepts were stationed at Occupying Spirit Mountain. The attack on Phantom City had been going on for nearly two months. The Mara's army had the advantage in terms of numbers, and they also had the Asuras to assist them. The number of Jade Shuras had reached a terrifying number of more than twenty, and there were even two Jade Demons who were equivalent to mid Dharma adepts. Together with the two Jade Shuras, they had managed to severely injure a great adept from the South Sea. If they had not received him in time, this great adept would have been the first great Dharma adept to fall in the Perished Secret Zone.
However, Phantom City had been under the control of both humans and demons for many years, and it was also the main hub of the protective matrix of the entire Phantom Island. Its defensive capabilities were even higher than the protective matrices of some of the major sects, and it was even comparable to that of a sect like the Crystal Palace. In the city, the nine major sects, the three major demon tribes, and the Crystal Palace had a total of fifteen great adepts, and there were dozens of mid Dharma adepts and early Dharma adepts. Moreover, at this time, the five Phantom Islands were right behind them, and there was no room for internal strife between the various sects and the strong and weak tribes. They had no choice but to settle down and fight with Mara. Thus, the battle of Phantom City had been in a stalemate from the very beginning.
In a secret area of Occupying Spirit Mountain, Lu Ping refined the last bit of the original essence that he had absorbed from Linglong's wine cauldron into his own inner Yuan. However, it did little to increase the growth of Lu Ping's level of practice. It was more of a method for him to recover his inner Yuan.
However, at this time, the Dharma Power in Lu Ping's core space had grown by another two feet, reaching a length of nine feet. This was not the effect of the original essence, but a large part of it was because of the Pure Yang Spirit that was hidden in the Dharma Power auspicious cloud.
Before Lu Ping had advanced to the Dharma Power stage, this Pure Yang Spirit that he had obtained from the Ying Tian Sect's Pure Yang practitioner, Fei Tian Laozu, did not have much effect on Lu Ping's practice. However, after Lu Ping had advanced to the Dharma Power stage, the original essence that was contained in this Pure Yang Spirit began to slowly be refined by Lu Ping's inner Yuan.
After the Dharma Power obtained the Pure Yang Pearl, the Pure Yang Qi in the Dharma Power's body increased greatly, causing the refining of the Pure Yang Spirit to speed up. After Lu Ping's cultivation had advanced to the Dharma Power stage, he had used up all of his previous accumulations, but he was still able to maintain an extremely fast rate of growth.
This was especially so after Lu Ping had entered the East Sea. The series of fierce battles that he had experienced had caused Lu Ping's rapidly increasing cultivation to be constantly tempered and consolidated in the battles. The solid foundation of his cultivation could also speed up the refining of the Pure Yang Spirit. The two of them boosted each other, causing Lu Ping's cultivation and strength to be in a state of constant improvement.
With a thought from Lu Ping, the Thin Water Flowing Sword swam out from Lu Ping's back and circled around Lu Ping's body happily. Even Lu Ping could feel the joy that this pair of flying swords exuded.
Although the spirituality of the Thin Water Flowing Sword had been damaged in the previous battle due to the collision with Mara's spiritual treasure, but after Lu Ping had used Genuine Essence to nourish it during this period of time and absorbed the essence of a spiritual treasure that was about to become a spiritual treasure, the damaged spirituality of this pair of flying swords had not only been repaired, but also seemed to have advanced a step.
The Thin Water Flowing Sword was originally a pair of top spirit-nourishing flying swords. It was only one last step away from becoming a spiritual treasure, or rather, only one last opportunity before it could summon the Thunder Retribution and become a spiritual treasure. This time, the Thin Water Flowing Sword's spirituality had greatly increased, and it seemed to have touched this opportunity all of a sudden. Lu Ping could feel that if he wanted to, he could immediately control the flying swords to summon the Thunder Retribution.
Naturally, Lu Ping would not do so easily. There was a specific way for a magic treasure to become a spiritual treasure. In this regard, it was not that cultivators could not play a role, but the role was very small. It was more dependent on the Thin Water Flowing Sword's own power. Lu Ping naturally would not be reckless, not to mention that the current situation of the Phantom Five Islands did not allow Lu Ping to summon the spiritual treasure Thunder Retribution easily.
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