There were only five hundred cultivators left in the Linggu Valley who had some fighting experience. The rest were women and children who hadn't reached the Great Divinity stage. There were more than four thousand people left in the Linggu Valley, but their combined fighting power was estimated to be less than two thousand silver-armored cultivators. If they fought head-on, they wouldn't be a match for three thousand silver-armored cultivators.
Fortunately, the Linggu Valley's terrain was special. It was easy to defend and difficult to attack. It wouldn't be easy for the enemy to kill their way in.
After the Village Head and Deputy Village Head received the news, they first gathered all the cultivators they had brought out and rushed back at full speed.
On the way back, Xiao Lingyu reminded the Village Head and Deputy Village Head that it was very likely that it was too late to return now. It was better to find another way to resolve this matter. After all, even if they traveled at full speed, it would take them at least forty days to return. If the silver-armored cultivators were really determined to break into the Linggu Valley, it wouldn't even take forty days.
The Village Head and Deputy Village Head naturally asked Xiao Lingyu if he had any good ideas. Xiao Lingyu thought of a story from Earth … Besiege Wei to rescue Zhao. Therefore, he suggested that the one thousand eight hundred armored cultivators feign an attack on Silvermoon Village and act as if they were going to die together, forcing the silver-armored cultivators to come back and save themselves.
However, this suggestion was rejected by the Deputy Village Head. He even berated Xiao Lingyu for gambling with the lives of his fellow villagers. If the silver-armored cultivators didn't come back, the one thousand eight hundred armored cultivators would completely lose the chance to save the Linggu Valley.
Furthermore, the Deputy Village Head felt that the one thousand eight hundred armored cultivators alone wouldn't be a threat to the safety of Silvermoon Village. He even asserted that there were at least two thousand silver-armored cultivators guarding the village.
The Deputy Village Head was very certain and his words weren't without reason. Naturally, Xiao Lingyu's suggestion wasn't taken seriously.
Xiao Lingyu was only doing his part and offering a strategy. He didn't expect the Village Head and Deputy Village Head to really listen to him, so he didn't say anything else.
In Xiao Lingyu's opinion, even if there were still two thousand silver-armored cultivators in Silvermoon Village, as long as there weren't any Heavenly Divinity experts among them, he would be able to break through Silvermoon Village's defensive line with his one thousand eight hundred armored cultivators.
After traveling day and night for half a month, the armored cultivators in Linggu Valley had already covered half of the distance. Everyone was a little tired. Xiao Lingyu suggested that they should take a proper rest....... or else, even if they made it back in time...... Otherwise, even if they were to return in time, they would still be in their's's's condition and would be defeated........
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. As the only medicine master in Linggu Valley, Yueru naturally had to follow the army. After all, there would be casualties in battle and they needed her timely and effective treatment.
"Actually, what I'm most worried about is that we're traveling at such a fast speed. Moreover, there are too few people patrolling the road ahead. It's very easy for us to fall into the enemy's ambush," Xiao Lingyu said to Yue Ru after he was pulled aside.
"The Village Head should be able to think of this. Don't worry about it. Don't offend the Deputy Village Head." Yueru kindly advised.
"It's not that I want to go against anyone. It's just that I've always been so passive. It doesn't feel good." Xiao Lingyu said worriedly.
"Don't worry, there won't be any problems." Yueru, who wasn't very calculative, seemed to always be this optimistic.
Xiao Lingyu, on the other hand, was not optimistic. His intuition told him that something big was going to happen in Linggu Valley this time.
After thinking carefully, Xiao Lingyu greeted Yueru and took the initiative to go to the front of the army to take charge of scouting and guarding.
Originally, there were only three armored cultivators who were sent to the front to scout. They were sent to the front and the two sides to scout. Furthermore, they were only forty to fifty miles away from the main army. The area they could scout was very small and the enemy could easily avoid or discover them.
Xiao Lingyu was very fast, so the area he could move around was very large. He wasn't an expert in scouting and guarding, so he could only move quickly and expand the area he could scout.
Two days passed. Xiao Lingyu didn't discover anything unusual. However, when he stopped to eat and rest, four rays of light suddenly flew towards him.
It was obvious that he had been exposed. Furthermore, the enemy had deliberately waited for him to be in a bad state to attack.
For many low-level cultivators in the Realm of the Gods, they were at their worst when they stopped to eat.
Xiao Lingyu's condition wasn't actually deteriorating. He had calculated that his condition would deteriorate in four hours, so he stopped to eat. A cautious person like him wouldn't wait until his condition started to deteriorate to replenish his energy.
The four rays of light were arrows shot from crossbows. In the blink of an eye, they were in front of Xiao Lingyu. However, Xiao Lingyu suddenly rose from the ground and the four rays of light exploded at his feet.
What surprised Xiao Lingyu was that there should have been four people on the other side, but after they shot the four arrows, they actually fled. He didn't know if it was because they were too confident in these four arrows, or if they originally had the attitude of retreating if they didn't attack.
Xiao Lingyu quickly moved around and searched carefully. However, he still couldn't find the cultivator who had shot the arrows at him.
Whether it was the shape or the material of the four arrows, they were exactly the same as the arrows used by the silver-armoured cultivators. Therefore, he was almost certain that these arrows were from Silvermoon Village. In other words, there were people from Silvermoon Village nearby. The ones who had shot the arrows were probably their scouts.
There were four people on guard in one direction. There must be a lot of people in their team. Xiao Lingyu immediately sent a message to the Village Chief and continued to investigate.
Not long after, the Village Chief replied to Xiao Lingyu and asked him to slowly retreat while continuing to investigate. This was because the Linggu Valley team was preparing to take a detour to avoid the possible ambush ahead.
This time, the Linggu Valley team finally trusted Xiao Lingyu. However, Xiao Lingyu didn't expect that less than a day after he slowly retreated and hadn't returned to the team, the Village Chief sent a message that the team had been attacked and asked Xiao Lingyu to hurry back to support them.
After receiving the message, Xiao Lingyu temporarily put down his guard and rushed back at full speed. After six hours, he finally found the Linggu Valley team that had taken a detour.
However, the situation of the Linggu Valley team was very bad. They had already been forced into a small rift valley by more than two thousand silver-armoured cultivators. They could only rely on the narrow entrance of the rift valley, which made it easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, they couldn't fight their way out.
What made Xiao Lingyu even more depressed was that as soon as he rushed to the entrance of the rift valley to help the cultivators on his side, more than two thousand silver-armoured cultivators followed him and charged over. Furthermore, it gave people the illusion that these two thousand silver-armoured cultivators were brought over by Xiao Lingyu.
As for why these two thousand silver-armoured cultivators would follow him closely, Xiao Lingyu felt that it was definitely a coincidence.
However, Xiao Lingyu didn't think too much about it. He just waved the silver moon broken sword and charged into the enemy's group, approaching the entrance of the rift valley step by step.
Although Xiao Lingyu was also in the Great Soul stage, his overall strength was very strong and his body's defense was very high. The opponent's weapons couldn't break through his skin at all. He advanced at an extremely fast speed as if there was no one around and quickly rushed to the entrance of the rift valley.
However, what he didn't expect was that as soon as he reached the entrance of the rift valley, not only did the Linggu Valley cultivators in charge of guarding the entrance not let him in, they even shot a dozen sharp iron arrows at him.
As he didn't expect this, he didn't have time to dodge. After all, the distance was too close. These dozen iron arrows all landed on Xiao Lingyu's body. Although they didn't penetrate his body and even made him feel a little pain, he was still angry.
He had done his best for Lin Valley Village and had even rushed in to help at a time like this. How could they shoot arrows at him? Even if they didn't shoot at him on purpose and had only accidentally shot him when they were killing those silver-armored cultivators, why would those dozens of iron arrows be aimed at him?
Although Xiao Lingyu was angry, he would never lose his mind in the middle of a fight. Therefore, he didn't rush into the rift valley to settle the score with the Linggu Valley cultivators. Instead, he directly turned around and rushed out of the battlefield.
There were almost five thousand silver-armoured cultivators blocking the entrance of the rift valley, but they still couldn't kill Xiao Lingyu because Xiao Lingyu was in their group. They couldn't launch a collective attack for fear of accidentally injuring people from the same village. Therefore, Xiao Lingyu easily killed his way out of the battlefield.
Perhaps because they saw Xiao Lingyu's power, those silver-armoured cultivators didn't send anyone to kill Xiao Lingyu. After Xiao Lingyu killed his way out, he didn't leave. Instead, he jumped onto a big tree and watched quietly from afar. At the same time, he was thinking.
Not long after, Xiao Lingyu had already thought of something. Those two thousand silver-armoured cultivators who arrived at the same time as him must have been lying in ambush on the path of the Linggu Valley army. They were waiting for the Linggu Valley cultivators to fall into their ambush. However, after receiving his warning, the Linggu Valley cultivators decided to take a detour, causing their ambush to be useless.
The two thousand silver-armoured cultivators who arrived later should be part of the three thousand silver-armoured cultivators who attacked the Linggu Valley.
As for the two thousand silver-armoured cultivators who blocked the Linggu Valley army in the rift valley earlier, they should be from Silvermoon Village, which was stationed at Silvermoon Mountain. This group of silver-armoured cultivators might have received news that the Linggu Valley people had surrounded and killed the villagers who were out hunting. It was even more likely that they had planned this beforehand.
The people from Silvermoon Village had used a series of plans. Now, it seemed that their goal was to eliminate the main force of the Linggu Valley army. Furthermore, the current situation was extremely advantageous to them. They weren't far from success.
Xiao Lingyu felt that there must be someone in Silvermoon Village who was very good at scheming. Their plan was almost flawless, and Lin Gu Village had been completely tricked by them. They had been led by the nose all along.
Just now, the people from the Linggu Valley had shot arrows at them probably because they had chosen to take a detour due to the warning he had given them. However, after taking a detour, they had fallen into an ambush.
However, what Xiao Lingyu didn't understand was that since they had taken a detour, the Linggu Valley army should have had many choices. Why had they chosen to fall into an ambush?
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