(I worked overtime today and came back late, so I had to repair it first.)
Two flowers bloomed, one on each side.
On the other side of the abyss on the southern shore of the Spirit Huan Sect.
Black fog piled up here, and the atmosphere was like a ghost town, gloomy and hazy.
The scene and people were completely covered by the thick black fog, so others could not see clearly.
At this moment.
An incomparably angry and sharp voice suddenly burst out from the layers of black fog.
The fog was immediately agitated and rolled in all directions, creating a great scene.
After a moment, the angry roar came to an abrupt end, and the black fog also stabilized.
"Soul Elder, what happened?" Immediately after, a rumbling voice sounded.
"One of my souls is dead."
"Died?" The rumbling voice sounded very surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Which soul was it?"
"Black Tortoise." The person called Soul Elder's voice gradually calmed down.
"Necessary sacrifices are inevitable. Besides, among the three souls of Soul Elder, the Black Tortoise's soul is not that important." The owner of the other voice laughed.
"Soul Elder, you!" The Soul Elder's voice that had just calmed down was raised again.
These were the words that the Soul Elder used to "comfort" Soul Elder after the Vermillion Bird Ruler, one of Soul Elder's three souls, died in Longcheng Pass.
Although it was said to be comfort, it was actually more of a mockery.
Do not worry about scarcity, but about uneven distribution.
Soul Elder had been very unhappy because one of his three souls died in Longcheng Pass. Now that he saw that the Soul Elder had also lost a soul, he immediately felt much better.
Feeling good was one thing, but he also knew how to prioritize things, so he hurriedly understood the situation. "How did Black Tortoise die, and who killed him?"
"If I remember correctly, didn't your Black Tortoise go to the Sword Sect's Water Changing Platform to destroy the Sword Sect's inter-domain teleportation array?"
"According to the information, wasn't the Sword Sect's Taibai Swordmaster guarding the array at the Water Changing Platform? How could he have the ability to kill you? "
The Soul Elder was silent for a moment, and then said in a hoarse voice, "I don't know either."
"But according to the information of my soul, it was indeed Taibai Swordmaster who killed me."
"His sword had an extremely strange and strange power, and the strength of Black Tortoise's soul was completely unable to resist it."
Revered Master Yu, who was in the black fog, frowned and fell into deep thought.
"The Peak Master of the Sword Sect really isn't simple …." After a long time, Exalt Yu let out a long sigh and spoke faintly.
"Peak Master Hao Ran is ranked last among the seven peak masters of the Sword Sect. He just broke through to the Tribulation Transcendence realm recently, and his cultivation is only at the Fourth Tribulation realm. But even so, he still has the ability to kill one of your souls?" He still found it hard to believe. "No matter how weak the Black Tortoise is, it's still the strength of a cultivator at the Supremacy realm."
Revered Master Yu had been in charge of the Spirit Huan Sect for so many years, so he naturally knew that the Sword Sect was the strongest among the Human Clan.
However, he never expected that a sword cultivator who had just broken through to the Fourth Tribulation realm would be able to kill a Supremacy realm cultivator.
Even a sword immortal at the Fourth Tribulation realm wouldn't be able to do so, right?
One had to know that the few peak lords in Sword Sect who could kill Fiend Supremacies were at least at the Sixth Tribulation realm.
This was the foundation.
Without this level of cultivation, it would be difficult for one to fight back, no matter how profound one's swordsmanship was.
How could Li Qiubai defeat Martial Emperors with a cultivation at the Eighth Realm?
Apart from his extraordinary swordsmanship, he still had a terrifying cultivation at the Eighth Tribulation realm as his foundation even though he had fallen from the Sword Immortal realm to the Tribulation Transcendence realm.
So, how could Peak Master Hao Ran defeat him?
The Soul Elder and Revered Master Yu couldn't figure it out.
"This sword cultivator of three lifetimes is indeed extraordinary," muttered the Soul Elder. "There must be something mysterious about him that we don't know about."
Peak Master Hao Ran's three lifetimes were not a big secret to the Dao Sect's upper echelons like them.
"Then, what should we do now?" Revered Master Yu's eyes flickered. "Not long ago, Soldier Demon sent news that the Sword Sect has made up their mind to mobilize most of the sect's forces to attack Middle Spirit in the west."
"These sword lunatics!" Cursed the Soul Elder bitterly. Then, he solemnly said, "Although the Sword Sect is strong, it's impossible for them to suppress an entire clan."
"Besides, Sword Immortal Qingyun is still guarding Jade Gate Pass." He scoffed and said, "Since that's the case, there's nothing to be afraid of."
"Apart from Sword Immortal Qingyun, the remaining peak masters are also extraordinary, but as long as they haven't become Sword Immortals, they're just meat for us to knead in front of our two remaining souls. What's there to be afraid of?"
The two rulers of the Mental Demon Clan were having a heated conversation with each other.
"That's true, but if we can destroy the Sword Sect's Inter-domain Teleportation Formation in time, we won't have to worry about this trouble," Revered Master Yu said regretfully.
"Accidents are inevitable." The Soul Elder was extremely indifferent. He continued, "We've given the Sword Sect enough attention. First, we sent Black Light to break the formation with Zhu Zhao's soul. After he failed, I even sent the Black Tortoise's soul. Even so, we can only say that it's God's will if we can't take down the formation."
"Looks like our battle with the Sword Sect is fated."
"Huan Ling has wanted to replace the Sword Sect as the strongest Dao Sect for ten thousand years, but she's never succeeded." The Soul Elder laughed cruelly, "Then this time, we'll directly remove the Sword Sect from the list and treat it as fulfilling Huan Ling's dream."
Revered Master Yu was also filled with anticipation, and his voice contained a trace of killing intent, "The other four regions have all announced their abandonment, and only the Sword Sect is clinging to their own course. They're lone heroes."
"This time, we'll let the Sword Sect know that lone heroes aren't so mighty."
"As for the Sword Sect's Inter-domain Teleportation Formation," The Soul Elder paused, "In any case, apart from the Sword Sect, the other human forces have already acted as we've guessed and are unwilling to support Middle Spirit. Then, there's no difference whether we release this Teleportation Formation or not. Let's put this matter aside for now."
Destroying all the Inter-domain Teleportation Formations was a drastic measure in their expectations. It was a sure-fire move. Even if there were some mistakes, the impact would not be too great.
Furthermore, apart from the Yi Shui Platform's Teleportation Formation, there were no other Teleportation Formations above Middle Spirit. It could be considered as completing their expected plan.
Of course, the most important thing was that their Ceaseless Region's Demons Army was currently advancing towards the east of Middle Spirit's western region.
And Yi Shui Platform was located in the northern region of Middle Spirit.
The distance between the two was a hundred and eight thousand miles.
It was clearly impossible to lead the Demons Army to flatten Yi Shui Platform.
"The human race is currently gathering towards Long Night Mountain Range. They're preparing to build a new city pass there to stop our army." Revered Master Yu continued.
Long Night Mountain Range. This was a natural moat that spanned between the eastern and western regions of Middle Spirit. It was a natural city wall that was shaped like a corridor.
The human race divided the eastern and western regions of Middle Spirit with this mountain range as the boundary.
East of Long Night Mountain Range was the eastern region of Middle Spirit.
"A new impregnable pass is not something that can be built in a short period of time. Furthermore, this time, there's no Xia Dao Ancestor to build a Divine Formation for the human race."
"How can a city pass without a Divine Formation stop us?" The Soul Elder was extremely confident in the Ceaseless Region's Demons Army's strength. "No matter how big it looks, no matter how sturdy it is, it's just a paper tiger that will fall with a blow."
"But once the impregnable pass is built, it will definitely delay our Spirit Seizing progress and increase our losses." Revered Master Yu said solemnly.
"Our army is too huge, it's inconvenient for us to move around. It's hard for us to launch a quick assault. Furthermore, there's the demonic beasts that Spirit Huan Sect has accumulated for ten thousand years. Their numbers will only increase and it'll be difficult to coordinate.
At this rate, we'll need at least three months to reach Long Night Mountain Range. "
"Three months' time is enough for the human race to build a sufficiently sturdy city pass between Long Night Mountain Range."
"Why don't we split up our forces and use a portion of our strength to rush straight to Long Night Mountain Range. Even if we can't directly exterminate the human cultivators gathered there, we can at least interfere with their construction."
"And then? It's true that our overall strength can crush the human race, but once we split our strength into two, the human race will have a hard time against us. "The Soul Elder objected.
Although the Ceaseless Region was incomparably powerful compared to the Middle Spirits, they still had some concerns.
First of all, the second Daoist-Devil War had yet to begin, and the Ceaseless Region had already initiated the Spirit Seizing War.
At this time, the other seven regions were in a period of "idleness". This meant that while the Mental Demon Clan was investing a large amount of manpower in the frontlines, the rear had to guard against the other Seven Saint Demons' sneak attacks.
Among the Demons, there was only cruelty and cold-bloodedness.
If they really did not set up any defenses against the Ceaseless Region, then it was almost inevitable that the other Seven Demons would make a move against the Ceaseless Region.
At that time, even the Soldier Demon Clan and the Giant Spirit Clan, who had reached an agreement with the Mental Demon Clan, would not give up this opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
To the other Seven Saint Demons, this was equivalent to giving a region to them for free.
If one did not take a gift from the heavens, they would be punished.
The so-called Ceaseless Region was at war with the human race. It would be too naive not to give the Demons a chance to drag them down.
In the Abyss, benefits had always come first.
Naive people, not to mention the Abyss, even in the Firmament Heaven, would not survive.
Therefore, considering this point, the Soul Elder and the Soul Elder had to leave 50% of their manpower in the Ceaseless Region.
And in the battle of Longcheng Pass, although the Demons had a glorious victory and killed the most powerful group of Middle Spirit cultivators in one night, they were not without losses.
— Under the desperate resistance of the Longcheng Pass cultivators, they lost nearly 10% of their manpower in Longcheng Pass.
In other words, up to now, the Mental Demons could only put 40% of their manpower in Middle Spirit.
40% was divided into two, that was 20%.
With 20% of their manpower to face all the human cultivators in Middle Spirit except the western region and the sword cultivators of the Sword Sect's western expedition, the human race was not completely without a chance of winning.
"It's hard to predict the outcome with 20% of our manpower, but with 40% of our manpower, we'll crush them."
"The method of crushing them as a whole is a little stupid and slow, but it's better in that it's steady and can minimize the occurrence of accidents to the greatest extent."
"There's a saying in the human race that I think is very reasonable …" the Soul Elder said slowly.
"Those who are good at medicine have no glorious reputation, those who are good at war have no illustrious achievements!"
"Perhaps an individual battle can be reversed through schemes and means, but at the level of war, schemes and means become secondary, the most important and most crucial thing should be strength."
"If you often walk by the river, how can your shoes not be wet?"
"If you play too many schemes, there will always be a time when you play too much, but strength is eternal."
"If we split our forces into two like you said, once we succeed, we will indeed destroy the last resistance of Middle Spirit in one fell swoop, thus reducing our losses in Spirit Seizing."
"But once we fail, it's not just a loss, it will even cause us to lose everything."
"Since we have an absolute advantage in strength, we should maintain this advantage all the way, and not destroy our own martial arts." The Soul Elder did not lose his rationality because of the death of the Soul Elder, and analyzed very calmly.
"Soul Elder, won't we lose too much by doing this!" The Soul Elder was already leaning towards the method of crushing them as a whole, but there was still some worry on his face.
It could be imagined that once the impregnable pass of the Eternal Night Mountain Range was built, it would definitely become a slaughterhouse.
"As long as we cross this threshold, there will definitely be no existence in the world that can contend against our Seamless Region."
"When that time comes, for every extra person that dies in the Eternal Night Mountain Range, ten fewer Demons of our Seamless Region will die in the future. Middle Spirit thinks that it can use the Eternal Night Mountain Range to stop us, the Flood Dragon, but it doesn't know that it's actually raising a dragon!" The Soul Elder laughed coldly and arrogantly.
These words finally convinced Supreme Revered Master Yu.
He nodded heavily, and said in a low voice, "Then we'll do as you say."
.....
Yi Shui, the sky gradually darkened.
The pursuit of the Spirit Huan Sect's Fiendish Cultivators and Demon Beasts had been going on for a long time.
The light spots in the sky had never stopped.
In a corner.
Hope Elephant, who had a cultivation of Complete Realm Seven, and three others from the same sect had been pursuing a First Tribulation Realm Fiendish Cultivator of the Spirit Huan Sect for a long time.
Both sides had already expended a lot of energy.
"Stabilizing Army Peak, Army Breaking Sword Formation." Suddenly, Hope Elephant found the opportunity after a Spirit Huan Sect Fiendish Cultivator's counterattack. The old technique had yet to disappear, and the new technique had yet to be born. He shouted.
The three old sword cultivators beside him immediately moved, and quickly occupied the four important areas.
Sword cultivators had always been lone rangers. They rarely practiced formations.
Compared to the others, the old sword cultivators were drained of Qi and blood, and their strength was not as strong as before. However, they were not completely without advantages.
That was, they could calm their hearts. Compared to the wild and unruly young sword cultivators, they were more gentle.
Therefore, they were able to practice a formation that was rarely seen among sword cultivators.
Hope Elephant occupied the eastern corner, and his sword light splashed out like water.
The other three corners in the west, north, and south were also sparkling with sword light.
Then, the four sword lights converged and merged into one, rising abruptly.
It could be seen that after this sword strike, the four old sword cultivators' faces turned as pale as a snowy mountain.
They were indeed old.
Even cultivators had to admit that they were old.
Converging into one sword, it swept across a distance of several miles. Its killing intent was pure, like a vast universe of flowing light. In an instant, it slashed down on the first tribulation Spirit Huan Sect Cultivator's head!
The Spirit Huan Sect Cultivator clasped his hands, trying to catch the sword light.
However, just as the sword light arrived, it actually separated again. One into two, two into four, piercing through his palms and into his chest and the space between his brows.
Pure and exquisite killing intent erupted instantly.
Under the Army Destroyer Sword Formation, the Spirit Huan Sect Cultivator's figure began to flicker.
This happened countless times. With a bang, the Spirit Huan Sect Cultivator cried out miserably. His physical body suddenly emitted ten thousand rays of light like the sun.
In reality, it was not ten thousand rays of light. Instead, ten thousand tiny holes appeared on his body.
Boom!
In an instant, a cloud of blood mist exploded.
The four old sword cultivators looked at each other. In the end, they could not help but laugh heartily.
"Awesome!" Hope Elephant shouted.
Even though they were nearing the end of their lives and had not used their swords for many years, they were still able to kill enemies of a higher realm.
Four peak level-seven sword cultivators had successfully killed a First Tribulation Fiendish Cultivator of the Spirit Huan Sect through a combined sword formation!
"Let's go back," Hope Elephant said as he put away the Spirit Huan Sect Cultivator's mustard seed.
.....
By the time Hope Elephant and the other three returned to Yi Shui, the pursuit had already ended.
The sword cultivators were gathered at the Water Changing Platform, seizing the time to recover the magic power they had just expended.
An old sword cultivator was running around, counting the casualties and the number of enemies killed.
Their young sect master was standing at the side with a solemn expression, waiting for the final report.
Finally, after the tally was done, Lu Qingshan stepped forward and coughed lightly. He announced loudly to the crowd, "In this battle at Yi Shui, the Sword Sect has killed one thousand two hundred enemies.
Among them, eleven are level-eight, two hundred are level-seven, and over a thousand are level-six. "
The Sword Sect has lost two First Tribulation old sword cultivators, Chang Tian and Yu Yue. Nine level-seven sword cultivators, Qi Yun, Qin Yu … and twenty-seven young disciples … "
Speaking up to here, Lu Qingshan's heart became quite heavy.
The older, the wiser.
This was not just a matter of cultivation base. Because the Sword Sect was the pursuer, they had the right to choose their opponents.
The old sword cultivators might be old, but whether it was in terms of killing enemies, survival techniques, or insight, they were far superior to the young disciples.
But no matter what …
"The Sword Sect's first battle after ascending to the Middle Spirit realm is a great victory!" Lu Qingshan declared loudly.
This little bit of battle result did not affect the overall situation of the Middle Spirit realm too much.
This was only an insignificant partial victory.
But at the same time, it was a good start.
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