Chapter 173: Willing to Fight a Group Alone

"Found another one."

Jiang Ding muttered to himself, an azure flying sword slashed out, piercing into the side of a huge rock, deep into the mud for several feet.

Dozens of armor-piercing shells with spells attached followed closely behind.

Boom!

A Foundation Establishment late-stage square-faced cultivator crawled out of the crater with a small earthy-yellow mountain on top of his head, his spiritual light dim, his robe torn, and blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

"Junior! You are seeking your own death!"

He rushed toward Jiang Ding with a face full of resentment.

An earthy-yellow flying sword shot out, drawing a streak of light; in his anger, it was enough to slash and kill a Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivator; no Immortal Sect genius could withstand it, the realm suppression was too exaggerated.

Swish swish swish!

Dozens to hundreds of agile armor-piercing shells with spell lights flickering submerged him; the shield and mountain-shaped magic treasure shattered instantly under the saturated shelling, and his body shattered and died.

The earthy-yellow flying sword still had high-speed inertia, was split by a sword Qi from Jiang Ding, deviated slightly, and shot deep into the mud, disappearing without a trace.

"Die!"

In an instant, over ten Foundation Establishment-level spell fluctuations locked onto him simultaneously; flying sword magic treasures, small mountain magic treasures, jade pillar magic treasures... and other terrifying Foundation Establishment-level fluctuations hit here.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth fluctuated, and there were spells that formed instantly, earth prison spells, quicksand spells, earth spike spells, rolling stone spells, gravity spells... and other spells formed instantly, crushing over.

"Too exaggerated!"

Jiang Ding's scalp exploded.

These Profound Martial Heaven Palace cultivators had combat experience that was simply too rich; they could see his huge threat at a glance.

Swish! Swish swish!

Eastern Group Army Chief of Staff An Siyan did not let him down.

Over two thousand cruising armor-piercing shells fell simultaneously, blowing away the dozen magic treasures controlled by the Foundation Establishment cultivators, and crashing into the indicated spell fluctuation nodes, destroying their spell structures.

Earth-shattering explosions occurred in the surroundings, enough to annihilate sheets of Qi Condensation cultivators.

Jiang Ding drove the flying sword to circle around, blocking the scattered Law-Breaking Steel fragments and some of the spell aftermath that hadn't been destroyed, looking at the dozen or so positions sensed by his killing intent from a distance, his expression cold.

While they were using spells and magic treasures to attack, they had already been exposed!

Over two thousand Law-Breaking Steel shells controlled by the 11th and 12th Division cultivators fell with miserable whistling sounds, instantly submerging them; dust scattered, and flesh fragments and magic treasures with dim spiritual light flew everywhere.

"Still alive!"

Jiang Ding stepped, rushing toward this area quickly; no matter when, from beginning to end, the number of Law-Breaking Steel armor-piercing shells circling in the sky above his head had never been lower than one thousand!

Under the control of Chief of Staff An Siyan, they circled and flew at all times, waiting for the coordinates to be discovered.

'Actually, the Immortal Sect has also considered cultivating this kind of melee cultivator; Dao soldier units are one of the attempts.'

An Siyan's thoughts scattered: 'It's just that Dao soldiers are untrustworthy; we cannot, and do not want to, invest a large amount of resources to cultivate them; their use can only be said to be barely acceptable, and they are not very useful against disciples of Immortal Sects like the Profound Martial Heaven Palace.'

Stepping into the thousand-meter range of the previously sensed position.

Swish!

The flying sword flew out, dozens of Law-Breaking Steel armor-piercing shells followed, shooting into a deep soil layer, blowing a gray-clothed Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivator into fragments amidst the violent explosion.

Jiang Ding's steps were fast; every time he arrived at a place, he sensed with sword intent, confirmed the safety of a place, and then it was another place.

Foundation Establishment cultivators who fully concealed themselves to avoid the infantry spirit radar waves simply couldn't keep up with his speed!

The flying sword flew past, shells followed, and explosion sounds rang out.

This scene happened continuously; even for a Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivator, under the condition of having their position locked, being concentrated on by over a hundred armor-piercing shells would also lead to rapid death.

Occasionally, multiple Foundation Establishment cultivators would jump over the wall in a hurry and launch a joint attack, only to be blown up by the armor-piercing shells circling left and right in the sky, unable to cause any harm at all.

Soon, in just over ten minutes, the Foundation Establishment cultivators in one direction were basically cleared, over twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators died, and their own casualties were extremely few.

As for other directions, the Foundation Establishment cultivators should have fled.

"Mobility... seriously insufficient."

Jiang Ding muttered to himself, but did not relax his vigilance, sensing the thousand-meter radius around him again and again with sword intent, and the armor-piercing shells cruising in the sky didn't dare to stop at all.

Waiting for five or six minutes, it was still the same.

"Your Excellency, Core True Disciple of the Profound Martial Heaven Palace!"

The image of the big-eared youth appeared in Jiang Ding's heart, and with a flash of inspiration, he shouted: "I am Jiang Ding, a mortal ant of the Immortal Sect, willing to compete with you alone, to the death!"

"Please come out and meet!"

Another ten minutes,

Still no sign of anyone; the cruising armor-piercing shells in the sky had already been replaced for three rounds, and several campaign bases' worth of shells had been fired.

If it weren't for the existence of large space storage magic treasures in the military department, they would soon face the result of running out of ammunition.

"Profound Martial Heaven Palace should be renamed Little Mouse Heaven Palace."

Jiang Ding sighed, true Qi surged into the reconnaissance camouflage, and his figure disappeared completely.

When the wind blew, there was nothing left.

The group of armor-piercing shells cruising in the sky decreased one by one, and soon not a single one remained.

Three or four kilometers away, a big-eared youth had a cold expression, moving toward the distance; even in the highest concealment state, his speed was much faster than a Primordial warrior.

"Sword intent..."

"The sword intent of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, a young Daoist child."

After repelling the decapitation unit of the Profound Martial Heaven Palace core true disciple, the enemy situation in this area instantly improved a lot, and the gathering speed of surrounding units accelerated.

In just half an hour, six divisions gathered together, distributed within a thirty-kilometer range, able to accurately support each other at any time, and the safety degree was greatly improved.

Jiang Ding continued his journey according to the original plan, heading to the Army Group headquarters to join them.

Along the way, he encountered units coming over from time to time, in the same direction as him.

After this period of chaos and decapitation losses, the Eastern Group Army units successfully gathered within a hundred-kilometer range, no longer scattered everywhere, and the efficiency of supporting concentrated firepower was significantly improved.

"Eastern Group Army battle report."

"Under the leadership of the temporary General Xu Jianian, the military department successfully repelled the Profound Martial Heaven Palace core true disciple decapitation Foundation Establishment cultivator unit, killing thirty-two enemy Profound Martial Heaven Palace Foundation Establishment cultivators."

Jiang Ding's heart shook, and he clicked on the battle report.

In the picture,

Accurate armor-piercing shells were soaring in the sky, gathering at least ten divisions of troop strength, tens of thousands of shells densely packed, falling accurately toward the ground under the locking of the Tier 2 War Strategist.

Bulges appeared on the ground one after another, and the Foundation Establishment cultivators inside turned into fragments under the coverage of saturated firepower, without any power to resist.

Then, infantry holding heavy machine guns pressed up, covering and shooting at places where Foundation Establishment cultivator remnants might exist with barrage nets, clearing the last bit of dead angles.

Occasionally, there were Profound Martial Heaven Palace cultivators who feigned death, instantly killing dozens or hundreds of mortals, but they were also quickly blown to pieces by shells falling from the sky.

"This is the classic combat style of the Immortal Sect."

Jiang Ding sighed.

Once sufficient advantage was obtained in intelligence, it was immediately a wild bombardment, not giving any chance to play.

Besides this, the most worthy of attention was another core true disciple of the Profound Martial Heaven Palace, a dwarf-like child.

He successfully broke into the two-kilometer range of Xu Jianian, a gray-colored meta-magnetic fine spike was thrown out, instantly crossing a distance of several kilometers, slashing toward his head, the speed fast to an incredible degree.

If it weren't for the formation formed by over three thousand Dao soldiers protecting him, blocking layer by layer, Xu Jianian's head would have been pierced through by now, and he would have died long ago.

Even so,

Among the eighteen stone steles, ten were directly pierced through, and the remaining ones also looked dim in spiritual light, his face pale as paper, his magic power exhausted.

This was a cultivator who practiced a 'Dian'-grade technique and had reached the peak Foundation Establishment realm!

If faced alone, what Immortal Sect genius, what cross-level combat, were all jokes in front of him; he could kill with a casual move.

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