The death of three great cultivators was a serious blow to the Xuan Sect.
The only pity was that Wang Xiqing did not stay in the Xuan Sect's encampment. Otherwise, Lu Ping would not mind killing a possible hidden danger for Zhenling.
After Lu Ping and Yin Tianchu collected the spiritual treasures and storage magic tools of the two great cultivators of the Xuan Sect, they did not participate in the looting of the Xuan Sect's encampment.
Qinghu and the others only took the storage magic tools of the Xuan Sect cultivators they had killed. They did not compete with the Tianxuan Sect cultivators for the secret vaults that the Xuan Sect had set up to store cultivation resources and the spirit veins that were used to support the formations in the base.
After killing the three great cultivators of the Xuan Sect, Lu Ping, Qing Li Laozu, and Wu Liu Laozu began to encircle the Asura, who had been exhausted from the continuous battles. In the end, the Asura was killed by Qing Li Laozu.
The remaining Mara's team had originally suffered heavy casualties in the battle with the Xuan Sect cultivators. Since they knew that the direction was Ziyang Palace, they only needed to take a shortcut to catch up.
They did not stay in the encampment for long. They went all the way west. At this time, Mara's army had been driven northwest by the four Pure Yang cultivators. Since they knew that the direction was Ziyang Palace, they only needed to take a shortcut to catch up.
Although Lu Ping had learned from Qing Li Laozu that this was the result of the 13 Pure Yang cultivators' discussion, Lu Ping still had some malicious speculation about whether this was Xiao Baiyu's secret plot against Ziyang Palace. After all, if Ziyang Palace was not prepared, it was likely that the two converged forces of Mara's army would break through the line of defense. The northwest defense of Central Earth controlled by Ziyang Palace would instantly fall into Mara's hands.
Whether it was the hatred between Ziyang Palace and Skyrend, or the humiliation Xiao Baiyu brought to Ziyang Palace in the past, it did not seem strange if Xiao Baiyu really had such a plan.
However, for Lu Ping, he was more willing to stand on the side of Ziyang Palace. Regardless of the righteous cause of fighting against Mara, at least judging from the friendship between Lu Ping, Xie Tianyang, and Su Jin, Lu Ping would not hesitate to stand on the side of Ziyang Palace.
It was a pity that Lu Ping didn't know the whole story until now, so he didn't have the time to ask Xie Tianyang and the others for confirmation. But thinking about it, Zi Yang Palace and the Crystal Palace were known as the "Twin Palaces" of the Six Holy Lands, they should have a well-thought-out plan.
As a matter of fact, Lu Ping's worries were groundless!
Before Lu Ping and the others arrived at Ziyang Palace's station, a huge battle scene unfolded in front of Lu Ping and the others!
Tens of thousands of Mara's army and human cultivators were engaged in a life-and-death battle within a radius of dozens of miles. Although this scale was not comparable to the Phantom Island battle that Lu Ping participated in in the East Sea back then, the sea was different from land. Battles on land were always more tragic.
With the help of the 11 Asuras, the five Skyfiends had temporarily resisted the attacks of the seven Pure Yang experts. However, everyone could tell that it was only a matter of time before the five Skyfiends were defeated.
Watching this grand and tragic scene from miles away, other than Lu Ping, who had once participated in the Illusionary Spirit Island's array, the other cultivators, even people like Qing Li Patriarch, who had seen many things, were shocked by the scene before them.
After a long time, Qing Li Laozu finally came back to his senses. He heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Ziyang Palace's counterattack has succeeded!"
Ziyang Palace and Tianxuan Sect seemed to have a tacit understanding to launch a counterattack against Mara's army at the same time. Then, they drove the Mara's army to gather again.
At this time, not only Lu Ping, but the others had also guessed something. Sang Yu asked, "They want to drive the two Mara armies south after gathering. I believe there are four or five Pure Yang cultivators gathered at Skyward Pavilion and launched a counterattack. If I'm not wrong, they will drive the Mara army north?"
Qing Li Laozu did not hide anything and said, "That's right!"
Lu Ping looked like he had expected it and continued, "They will drive the Mara army from the north and south to the Nine Mystical Tower. Then, they will work together to defeat the Mara army that is besieging the Nine Mystical Tower. However, aren't they afraid that Mara will be driven to desperation and really break through the Nine Mystical Tower?"
Qing Li Laozu smiled and shook his head. "Mara's army has been besieging the Nine Mystical Tower for ten years without being able to break through. How can it be broken now? Moreover, if the Nine Mystical Tower is really broken through by Mara's army, then it's best that they get rid of the title of Middle Earth's sacred land as soon as possible."
Forefather Qing Li paused and then said, "These holy lands and sects have hidden themselves far more deeply than you imagine. They will not fall so easily. However, they will not be able to escape after being so heavily injured in this battle."
"Why are you hiding it?"
Yin Tianchu suddenly appeared behind Lu Ping and asked.
This was clearly the final battle that the thirteen Pure Yang cultivators had planned for a long time. However, the Heavenly Xuan Sect, Purple Sun Palace, and Skyward Pavilion had launched a counterattack against Mara's army at the same time. They did not know that the various sects had already surrounded the Nine Mystical Tower.
Even Zhenling, who had Lin Yu Laozu, had only received news that the Heavenly Xuan Sect was about to launch a counterattack against Mara's army. Lin Yu Laozu had not revealed the true purpose of this battle to them.
Qing Li Laozu shrugged and said, "Besides the thirteen Pure Yang cultivators, the two sacred lands of Purple Sun Palace and Wuxing School, as well as the Yuwen family, the Heavenly Xuan Sect, the Spirit Beast Taming Sect, and Skyrend, are in the south. Naturally, the Crystal Palace, the Skyward Pavilion, and the Lingyun Valley are in addition to the four large sects of the South Sea, the Heavenly Moon Sect, and a few other large sects of the central plains. However, even among these sects, only the late Dharma adepts know about this. The disciples of these sects are merely following orders."
Sang Yu nodded at Lu Ping, proving that he himself did not know about this news. The Spirit Beast Taming Sect had Feng Lu Laozu participating in this battle, so they naturally knew about this plan. However, Sang Yu clearly did not have the right to know about this. He had only followed Feng Lu Laozu to the Heavenly Xuan Sect and then brought the other two empyrean walkers to meet up with Qing Li Laozu and the others.
"As for the other sects, it's enough to just guard their bases. After all, once this battle is won, Mara will definitely escape in all directions. At this time, the various sects' bases around the Nine Mystical Tower will be the last line of defense to resist and eliminate Mara who has fled. Therefore, there's no need to inform them."
Lu Ping recalled that before Lin Yu Laozu left Zhenling, he had instructed him to inform Zhenling to guard their bases. Initially, Lu Ping had thought that Lin Yu Laozu was worried that Zhenling would encounter other troubles without a Pure Yang cultivator after he left. Now, it seemed that Lin Yu Laozu had a deeper meaning.
Lu Ping smiled bitterly and said, "In this battle, even if Eighth Sister Zhu is eliminated, there might be other Pure Yang cultivators who will appear. In fact, victory is in our hands. At this time, these sects from the sacred lands have abandoned the weaker sects and launched the decisive battle alone. Naturally, they can take the opportunity to monopolize all the battle credits and divide the quota to enter the Seventh Patriarch's Taoist Platform as well as the cultivation resources in the Three Mystical Places. After the battle, they can even use the righteous reputation of a sacred land's large sects to protect the weaker sects as a reason. What a good plan!"
Wuliu Laozu smiled and did not deny it, but said, "At least with your battle credits, no one can take away the quota to enter the Seventh Patriarch's Taoist Platform. After this battle, you will be famous all over the world. Moreover, in the current situation, there is no sect among the medium-sized sects that can challenge the position of Zhenling. Your sect can still get a part of the cultivation resources in the Three Mystical Places."
Lu Ping turned around and looked at Qing Hu, Qing Lang, Lu Qin-er, and Tian Feng, whose injuries had become more and more serious during the battle. He looked at Lu Hai and said, "The five of you go back to the station immediately and tell Master Uncle Tianshan everything here. In this last battle, you can't hold on with your current strength and state. Go back to the station and tell the sect to get ready. At the same time, recuperate and restore your strength to prevent the attack of Mara's defeated army!"
They looked a little hesitant, obviously unwilling to leave like this, but Lu Ping's face darkened and he said, "Do you want to be a burden at that time? Go!"
Qingli Laozu nodded. This last battle was not a child's play. It was more of a battle between the high-level Mara and the high-level human cultivators to decide the outcome. Cultivators who were not strong enough or injured were indeed not suitable to participate in this kind of melee.
On the contrary, once the Mara army was defeated and fled, it was afraid that there would be more low-level Mara. At this time, the stations of the various sects needed more manpower to intercept and destroy these fleeing Mara as much as possible.
Qingli Laozu nodded at Fifth Willow Laozu. Fifth Willow Laozu turned around and sent a few seriously injured cultivators from his sect back to the station. They were preparing to deal with the possible attack from the defeated Mara army.
Up in the sky, the seven treasured fans surrounded a Heavenly Demon from all directions. Finally, Laozu found an opportunity. The seven treasures fanned out at the same time and half of the sky was enveloped by a rainbow-coloured light. The Heavenly Demon trapped within the light was seemingly blown away layer by layer.
Out of the five Heavenly Demons, one had fallen. Although the remaining four Heavenly Demons still had the support of eight or nine Asuras, they no longer had the courage to fight against the pure Yang humans. As the remaining four Heavenly Demons fled, the entire Mara army below, under the pursuit of the cultivators from the various sects, sped up their retreat towards the Nine Mysteries Tower.
Qingli Laozu turned to the others and said, "It is time for us to take action as well. If we don't, the others will snatch away all our battle points!"
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