Chapter 202: Making a Move to Obstruct (Please Subscribe)

In the Nancang Ruins, under the orders of the High Envoy, large batches of silver-armored dead soldiers rushed in to reinforce.

In just half a day, they had surrounded Du En's side so tightly that not even a drop of water could pass through, bringing their numbers back up to five hundred.

Many other groups of men and horses dispersed, following the High Envoy's instructions, and began planning to seal the inner court, expel the resentful spirits, and carry out other actions to eliminate accidents.

Furthermore, many personnel stood guard at the entrance of the ruins, at all of Meng Changqing's strongholds, and at every location where internal and external connections might occur, setting ambushes to wait for the enemy, preventing Meng Changqing from playing tricks; once any external reinforcements arrived, they would be directly ambushed and annihilated.

Following the High Envoy's continuous actions, the pressure on Meng Changqing's side also multiplied.

Although the armored soldiers outside the light-prism cylinder were still in the stage of surrounding without attacking, preparing their formations, the situation had visibly deteriorated, making his side appear unable to hold up alone.

It was at this juncture.

"You go help him; I will do the cooking."

Du En interrupted his cultivation, opened his eyes, and spoke thus, wanting the guards to go and help; he could not just watch as the opponent's encirclement was properly set up and then exert force together to strike this light-prism cylinder.

Therefore, interference and sabotage were needed.

The guards could be of use in this regard; if thirty-some people combined their output on a single point, the opponent would be unable to leisurely set up in that direction, which could delay them for some time.

As for the cooking, Du En could simply follow the pattern and still manage it alone.

"Apologies, I didn't expect him to be so decisive and resolute."

While continuing to play tug-of-war with the High Envoy, Meng Changqing sent a voice transmission to Du En.

"You don't need to apologize; after all, Fu Yong has defected, and the location where reinforcements would cut in here has likely already been exposed. Even if you had people continue to support, it would only result in unnecessary losses."

Du En understood the content of Meng Changqing's previous transmission and appeared quite understanding. Hearing him just heave a sigh of relief, he then suddenly changed the subject: "However, the reason you made such a passive decision so early is mainly because your manpower is actually inferior, right?"

The corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily, and Meng Changqing replied gloomily: "It is indeed inferior to theirs. That is why I wanted to settle things quickly earlier, because once it drags on, the downward trend and disadvantage will surely accumulate more and more."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but feel that this lowered his own prestige and made him seem like not much of a talent, so he quickly added: "Of course, this is also because we need to control the scale of the struggle and tacitly control the cultivation realms of the participants. Otherwise, if we could raise the level to the Golden Core stage, the situation would improve quite a bit."

"Just improve?"

"……Just improve."

Meng Changqing felt somewhat helpless that Du En had captured the keyword so quickly.

But between the lines, this was actually vaguely revealing a piece of information.

I am very short of talent here; if you work with me, there is actually more room for development, and you don't need to worry about being crowded out.

If it were the High Envoy's side, that place is teeming with talent, crowded with talent!

It was just that he still could not avoid the situation where Meng Changqing was currently at a clear disadvantage, so he himself could only hint vaguely and beat around the bush.

Because saying it directly would make him seem lacking in confidence and very pretentious.

He also did not want to shamelessly deceive people.

Judging from these manifestations, Du En determined that this person had already begun to think of retreating, feeling that he could not hold out until he broke through, and was at the stage of preparing to admit defeat.

Who let the High Envoy have such ample preparations and so many reinforcements?

Thus, Du En surveyed the entire scene, and then, while cooking the spiritual meal, he raised his hand.

"What are you doing?"

"My attack should be able to penetrate the defense and reach the outside, right?"

From Meng Changqing's tacit approval of Du En's arrangement for the guards, this point could already be seen, but since the guards had not yet taken their positions to exert force, he needed to ask for confirmation.

At the same time, the High Envoy's side also noticed this situation and immediately issued orders to adjust the formation of the armored soldiers.

Just in case.

"No problem."

"Good."

Thus, Earth Cannon Art!

With his cultivation having broken through to the Foundation Establishment perfection, the Earth Cannon, which reached a scale of three and a half zhang, was no sooner condensed and formed than it made the armored soldiers who were adjusting their formation become hurried.

"Defend……"

They hurriedly erected various defenses, attempting to resist, but before they could fully succeed, the rumbling Earth Cannon had already blasted its way to the front, directly smashing a pile of magical artifacts and spells, plowing through the ground, destroying the various things just set up, and punching through their line, which was actually not thick after they dispersed, leaving behind a patch of blood-red mud.

"Not bad, this Earth Cannon Art can be considered worth looking at; its power is already basically equivalent to the Giant Cannon Art skillfully performed by a weak second-rate Golden Core stage cultivator. You really do surprise me again and again."

The High Envoy praised.

The Earth Cannon Art of a master and the Hundred Defense Art of a novice, although there was a difference in grade and the user was only at the level of familiarity, because of the difference in type, it was clearly worth him speaking like this.

Then, complying with the changes, he quickly adjusted his troops.

The previous line was too thin, so he would thicken it!

Changing from the original circular encirclement to an eight-cornered, eight-point gathering.

"How about that? Even for you, it would take at least ten shots stacked together in a short time to barely punch through."

"Then ten consecutive shots."

Du En answered with action.

The ten-shot Earth Cannon stack directly punched through it again.

Only this time, because the opponent was already prepared, not many people were killed.

After all, although these armored soldiers were only first-rate and could not compare to Du En, who had surpassed the strong first-rate and already shown the bearing of a genius, waiting only for his perfect Dao foundation to be realized, they were numerous and had secret joint techniques, so they could still take the hit head-on.

However, the High Envoy made further deployments, calling over two hundred people, preparing for a rotating entry.

"If you continue like this, you can indeed interrupt and slow down my deployment for a concentrated attack, but what about your cultivation breakthrough? Do not lose the big for the small; although it is not that small, at most it will take a month, and I will win."

"That's right, Du En, it seems there's no way out of this!"

The High Envoy did not mind; he only felt appreciation.

Meng Changqing appeared somewhat disheartened.

After all, their key move to turn the tables was Du En breaking through to the Golden Core stage.

But now that he had stepped out to participate in the delay, wasn't that completely overturning the foundation of this stupid strategy?

"No need to worry, this is just the norm, the norm when I cultivate."

While piling up cultivation accumulation, he also increased his spell proficiency, and with other hundred arts and divine abilities that could be grinded... his daily schedule was already in a completely filled state.

Both of them were startled upon hearing this, quickly understanding the implication.

Thus, Meng Changqing's mindset shifted rapidly; he took out a pile of recovery pills and handed them over to him, lending him a helping hand to further increase the intensity of this norm.

In short, it meant being able to practice the Earth Cannon Art three hundred times a day!

(End of this chapter)