"Realman Li's strategy is truly taking effect!"
"Those demon cultivators advanced all the way through, destroying numerous formations, yet they didn't even notice the tree seeds he planted!"
"Could it be that all the arrangements he had us set up beforehand… were merely a smokescreen?"
Yu Lijun's expression was filled with excitement as she wielded her spirit weapon fiercely against the demon cultivators before her.
Yet deep down, she couldn't help but feel a trace of doubt.
Given her understanding of formation arts, Li Ye's methods had surpassed the level of a third-rank formation master they could only be described as bordering on the divine!
She couldn't help but feel even more regret at not having successfully brought Li Ye back to the Purple Profound Sect and honored him as the sect's patriarch.
With someone like him so young and in his prime, possessing astonishing divine abilities and cultivation at the Golden Core level leading the way, Purple Profound Sect might have had a real chance at returning to its former glory… perhaps even uniting the Four Nations.
But if that proved impossible... at the very least, she had to send Xiao Shan to Pingyang Mountain during this war, to act as the liaison between the allied forces and Realman Li, and see if some breakthrough could be achieved on that front.
That thought merely flashed through her mind, and she immediately refocused on the battle in front of her.
At this moment, the coalition forces of the two nations were fully engaged with the demon horde, splintering into separate combat groups across the field.
The most fearsome aspect of the demon horde was their use of sinister and bizarre tactics, including puppets made from corrupted humans and demon beasts refined with demonic energy soulless constructs that feared neither pain nor death.
Using these puppets and beasts as expendable shock troops, with demon cultivators and demon clansmen weaving through the chaos to strike deadly blows this was indeed a challenge for the average cultivator in the coalition army.
But this was only a vanguard force.
Though similarly composed, this demon army had a Golden Core-level demon personally overseeing it, hoping to break through the two nations' defenses swiftly. As a result, they were not particularly numerous they had opted for speed over size.
Under normal circumstances, if needed, reinforcements from the rear could march forward regardless of cost, allowing the army to quickly replenish and return to attrition tactics using sheer numbers.
However, the sudden appearance of a massive number of towering trees linked into a grand formation formed a blockade that split the demon horde in half.
They had lost their chance to reinforce.
Perhaps the formation wouldn't hold for long… but if, before the demon army could break through the barrier of giant trees, they could slaughter most of this vanguard even severely wound or kill a Golden Core-level demon then this ambush would be a resounding success!
And the slaughter of the vanguard was already well underway.
Not only was this army composed of elite troops from both nations, who had prepared extensively in advance and were in no way inferior to the demon vanguard in strength…
But more importantly, Realman Li had personally laid down a concealing formation, hiding their entire force with flawless precision. When they struck, it had caught the enemy completely off guard.
In just the first clash, the demon vanguard's formation was shattered, countless demon cultivators were slain, and the coalition gained a massive upper hand.
If things continued this way, victory was only a matter of time!
What remained and what was most crucial was the Golden Core-level battlefield.
No matter how fierce the fighting below, the outcome of this war would still be decided by those at the Golden Core stage.
"Ah!"
With a flurry of techniques unleashed, she struck down the demon cultivator before her.
Like many on the battlefield, Yu Lijun instinctively glanced toward the distant sky where brilliant green light soared into the heavens, dyeing the sky a jade-like hue.
Silently, she prayed for a favorable outcome.
.......
Swish, swish, swish
The Verdant Spirit Light constantly shifted and changed 108 beams of divine light, half crackling with fierce thunder, the other half swirling with blazing green fire. Each beam carried a unique power, intertwining and weaving into an inescapable net that tightly ensnared Daoist Feiyu.
No matter how he tried to activate the Blood-Drinking Flying Dagger in his hand, unleashing wave after wave of blood-colored light, he was unable to break through this entrapment.
"Daoist Feiyu, what are you doing? Can't even handle a newly advanced Golden Core cultivator?"
"Hurry and break through his blockade we'll kill that black flood dragon together first!"
From afar, Bone Ancestor shouted at him, his tone laced with both doubt and urgency.
The magic art he practiced was based on the Bone Devil Path. Now, commanding numerous ghostly souls and combining them with the bone armor on his body, he had transformed into a legion of Bone Devils to surround and attack the third-rank black flood dragon.
But to his surprise, the dragon's hide was thick, its scales incredibly tough, and its strength overwhelming. On top of that, it wielded innate lightning techniques that surged around its body with fearsome power.
Ordinary Bone Devils couldn't even withstand a swipe from its tail before being sent flying and shattered into pieces.
All sorts of sinister techniques had little effect though they could injure it, they caused no real harm and only seemed to enrage the beast further.
Only the main soul forged from the spirit of Purple Profound Sect's former master had some ability to fight, capable of exchanging blows with the dragon. Together with Bone Ancestor's techniques, they barely managed to contend with it.
"Hahaha! Even you can't take me down, and you think that old Feiyu bastard can come save you?"
"Didn't you see he's struggling even more than you are?"
Before the scowling Daoist Feiyu could respond, the black flood dragon let out a mocking laugh.
"Wouldn't be surprised if he dies before you do…"
"Take this!"
Swish
A flash of cruelty passed over Bone Ancestor's face. Suddenly, the bone armor on his chest split open, and a small white shuttle, dense with cold, sinister energy, shot forth at lightning speed.
It was so fast, there was no time to react!
Catching the flood dragon off guard while it was still boasting, the shuttle pierced through its scales and burrowed deep into its flesh, exploding on impact and blowing a hole clean through the creature's massive body!
Boom!
Flesh tore apart and scales burst open, raining down from midair only to rapidly shrivel and calcify, turning brittle and crumbling into fragments.
Countless shards of bone infused with chilling demonic energy burrowed into the dragon's body, quickly spreading and causing even more severe internal injuries.
"Arooo!"
The black flood dragon let out a pained roar, eyes bloodshot, and glanced at the wound on its body now being eaten away by the Bone Devil Qi. Immediately, it rallied its demonic power, along with water and thunder energy, to resist the corruption.
"Hmph! How does the taste of my Bone-Piercing Yin Demon Drill suit you?"
Bone Ancestor sneered coldly, waving his bone banner thousands of wailing spirits surged forth again to swarm the dragon.
This time… the black flood dragon, wounded and distracted by the spreading demonic energy, was no longer the unstoppable force it had been earlier.
Now, it had fallen to the disadvantage.
"Tch… After all that, the flood dragon still didn't learn to be more cautious. No wonder Bihu Sanren found it so hard to leave him in charge of Thousand-Isle Water City's legacy."
Seeing this, Li Ye shook his head with a sigh.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh
Blood light erupted as Daoist Feiyu, trapped within the Verdant Spirit Light, suddenly had his right hand turn crimson and slashed out a fearsome blood blade.
But with a single thunderclap, the Jia Wood shield contracted and the Yi Wood emerged under the amplification of divine light, entwined with thunder and blood-colored energy, it rose skyward and effortlessly blocked the strike.
Li Ye's expression remained calm he simply smiled.
"Daoist Feiyu, that flood dragon might be foolish and reckless enough to fall for a little trick like that, but I'm not…"
"If you have no other tricks, then surrender quietly and accept your fate!"
Perhaps Bone Ancestor's cry for help against the flood dragon was merely a ruse.
But the truth was, Daoist Feiyu had already used all his techniques, and none could break through Li Ye's divine thunderfire light. Now on the verge of being shredded by it, Li Ye remained completely unfazed.
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