Chapter 183: Mutual Card-Showing (Please Subscribe)

Wild associations in their hearts caused the guards' emotions to surge, and this quickly spread to all their allies.

After all, the pressure from entangling with that group of death-sworn soldiers over the past two years had been immense, and their morale had long since begun to decline; they needed some encouragement at this moment.

I didn't arrange it like this at all, it was all his own initiative...

Seeing this, Meng Changqing did not clarify the misunderstanding, but he couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Then, gathering quickly, they launched a full-army assault and, at the critical node where the resentful evil spirits had gathered, they captured the specific location of the High Envoy's side.

Because the hundred-man detachment sent out by the High Envoy had moved near the ritual grounds at this time, attracting the resentful spirits that had been wandering around there in secret.

So now that things had finally come to a head, he glared with bloodshot eyes, roared this out in vent, then vibrated the mana of his mid-stage Golden Core, unleashed move after move, and led a group of desperate troops into the enemy formation.

"... Changqing, you shouldn't have done this."

And right now, these people were still being separated by those elite armored soldiers of the same rank, making it impossible to form a formation, leaving them with even less power to resist.

Not only was the hundred-man detachment wiped out in an instant, but they were also followed back to the High Envoy's side.

"Hmph!"

Relying on numerous secret techniques, Meng Changqing could remain undefeated for a time and drag this guy down, but with the opponent having murderous intent and starting to get serious, after receiving a hundred moves, he would undoubtedly die!

Once he was defeated and killed, then these subordinates of his, who had already died and were currently dying, would have died for nothing, completely without meaning—they would have died in vain!

This was the one thing Meng Changqing could not accept!

However, he did not show weakness, but instead began to reveal his own cards, attempting to turn the tables.

These Foundation Establishment cultivators of the outer city had not expected at the start that the Superintendent above them would play such a high-stakes game this time; by the time they knew the situation, they were already officially dragged in and could not run away. Over the past two years, those with ulterior motives had long been weeded out, and those remaining were all people who had miserably accepted their fate.

It manifested.

Although the sudden entry of Li Jian had pulled the matter of the ruins into the second half, causing this card to be underdeveloped and failing to create a decisive gap.

Tang Yiping had also lived through these past two years in great torment, terrified and anxious every day, but since he had already boarded the pirate ship, he shouldn't think about getting off.

The so-called desperate troops are bound to win; being so miserable at this moment, they had no more scruples, and their attacks were very resolute. Surprisingly, relying on their superior numbers and coordinating with the armored soldiers to carry out separations, they killed the elite experts on the opposite side until they threw away their helmets and armor.

With things developing to this point, the High Envoy, who originally did not want to confront him head-on and only wanted to use remote means to obstruct him, could only clash with him head-on!

Due to the total annihilation of the hundred-man detachment, the overall combat power on this side was now slightly lower than the opponent's, and having been caught off guard by Meng Changqing, the slaughter here was initially dominated by Meng Changqing.

"I said, you shouldn't have done this."

While dealing with Meng Changqing's fierce attacks, the High Envoy leisurely activated his hand cards.

"It's you?!"

Ever since Meng Changqing started under the guise of searching for spirits, he had other plans and began to forcibly open a small path into the ruins. Thus, while sending armored soldiers to raid earlier, he allowed people to enter the ruins first to make arrangements inside.

"And that old thing, the City Lord, has other sharp edges and gullies; he has been deceiving me all along, so he cannot be trusted or relied upon. Therefore, I can only gamble on it!"

Among his own side here, except for Meng Changqing who could win steadily, and Fu Yong and a few dozen others who could suppress the enemy by forming a formation, the others would not be his opponents at all.

Meng Changqing only sneered twice.

"... I didn't expect that you would actually dare to get involved; why is that?"

But, only at the beginning.

Meng Changqing let out a cold snort, feeling very depressed; he actually wanted to sigh.

A single moment of carelessness, and it would be total destruction!

"Heh, I have no choice either, because if I don't do this, I will be suppressed to death by that guy Gao Feng for the rest of my life. And given his temperament, once he confirms an absolute advantage, he will inevitably fabricate charges to send me into the Third-Tier Absolute Prison in the City Lord's Mansion, or send me to the front lines as cannon fodder for criminals."

If he had entered half a day earlier and provided support a few days earlier, he could have perfectly hidden the second card without letting Meng Changqing notice the slightest bit.

And this second card was another group of troops: the miscellaneous army of the outer city commanded by Tang Yiping, the Superintendent of the Nanmo Border City.

The collapse and deterioration of the situation exceeded Meng Changqing's imagination.

However, the High Envoy seemed to have insight into the overall situation and quickly resolved it all!

"It's useless. I basically know whatever means you might have, and I've long been prepared for them."

Although he urgently cut off the connection between them, it also caused his own exposure.

"Of course, that's not all."

The first card: prepared long ago!

"Hehe!"

"I've said it before, you shouldn't have done this. After all, since it's come to this, I can only kill you here."

Thus, Meng Changqing performed a spatial jump and killed his way directly in front of this mastermind.

Although their overall quality was uneven, the outer city Superintendent, who had already made up his mind like a turtle eating an iron weight, still managed to scrape together two thousand barely passable Foundation Establishment personnel. Plus, with himself, a mid-stage Golden Core, coming to command in person, it was enough to become a heavyweight weight to tip the scales!

"Just like this?"

Although he was only a mid-stage Golden Core who practiced first-rate but fought second-rate, he was a mid-stage Golden Core after all, and the gap in the great realm was there.

However, just entering half a day earlier was enough to do many things!

So at this moment, as the embedded nails that had long been driven into the surroundings of this plaza building emerged, a peculiar formation shrouded the place, bringing special enhancements to his own armored soldiers, making them fight more bravely as they fought, quickly making up for the disadvantage of insufficient numbers and hasty engagement.

The High Envoy chuckled, the formation shook, and the troops that had been hidden inside for two years suddenly killed their way out at this moment.

Meng Changqing was completely caught off guard by this, because according to the situation he knew, Tang Yiping had no reason to take such a risk and come to get involved in this kind of thing!

This was internal strife and fighting among the upper echelons of his own sect; normal local cultivators, even Great Cultivators of the Deity Transformation stage, would not dare to take sides casually.

There was one more troublesome point: the High Envoy in front of him had developed murderous intent!

Their status and position were similar, and their strength when at the same level was not much different, but now, one was early-stage Golden Core and the other was Foundation Establishment Perfection; there was a huge gap in between.

Only those desperate troops were not too much of a problem; the key was Tang Yiping.

Facing this situation, Meng Changqing could only grit his teeth in secret, still persisting and waiting.

Because only in this way could he possibly glimpse and wait for an opportunity to turn the tables.

There was still a chance; since his "open card" had been determined to be useless, he had to try to hope for a "hidden card" that even he himself didn't know about!

(End of chapter)