Chapter 269: Your Life, I Shall Take

Inside the Tiandi Alliance.

"Hold on, even if you die, you must hold on for me!"

Huang Chui roared, slashing with his saber while scolding his Tiandi Alliance subordinates not to retreat.

The Tiandi Alliance was now besieged by demonic beasts in a courtyard.

Once the demonic beasts tore a hole.

What they would face next was a massacre, and the number of people who would die in the Tiandi Alliance would be ten or a hundred times what it was now!

"What exactly happened??"

Liu Tong looked nervous; he had never seen such a big scene. The demonic beasts were impacting like a frenzy, not caring about their lives, killing endlessly, simply endlessly.

If it weren't for Huang Chui leading them to hold a courtyard, more people would have died now.

While thinking.

His eyes drifted unconsciously to Liang He beside him.

The decision to retreat and defend was said to be made by Huang Chui, but it was more like it was made by Liang He. If it weren't for Liang He bringing up Li Rui and insisting on retreating and defending, Huang Chui wouldn't have planned to withdraw so quickly.

That was the huge family property of the Tiandi Alliance.

Once they retreated, it meant the property they had painstakingly managed would be destroyed.

"Is the stuff important, or is life important?"

That was what Liang He said at the time.

Liu Tong sighed lightly.

'I am indeed not as good as him.'

A true genius reveals more determination and talent in times of crisis, and Liang He was undoubtedly such a person.

He had overshadowed Liang He in the past; that was small cleverness, it was technique, while Liang He was wisdom, it was the Dao.

There is a fundamental difference between the two.

'Chose the wrong path.'

Liu Tong believed that Li Rui had passed these abilities to Liang He; who told him to be the true disciple, while he was just a trusted subordinate.

At this moment.

Huang Chui hammered a demonic beast that was close to him to death, then stepped back to Liang He's side.

"Xiao He, what should we do next?"

Facing such a large number of violent beast tides, individual martial prowess seemed useless, and Liang He had vaguely become the backbone of the Tiandi Alliance.

Liang He sighed lightly.

What to do?

The current situation was no longer something human power could resist, but don't forget one thing: this is Qinghe, there are the Eight Great Sects, there is the Anning Guard, and he observed that the strength of these demonic beasts was not too strong, still within the scope of being able to deal with.

His eyes became sharp and firm: "Continue to hold, the Alliance Leader will be here soon."

Hearing the words "Alliance Leader."

All the elders and disciples of the Tiandi Alliance were shocked.

Now the Tiandi Alliance had several alliance leaders, but if no surname was added before the alliance leader, it could only be one: the Great Alliance Leader Li Rui.

It was Li Rui who brought the Tiandi Alliance to an unprecedented height.

He was the pillar of the Tiandi Alliance!

For a time, morale was high, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

Only Liu Tong had a look of worry in his eyes, looking at Liang He.

'Will he come?'

From the appearance of the demonic beasts until now, a full half-hour had passed, but not even a shadow of the Anning Guard or the Eight Great Sects could be seen.

What does this prove?

The Anning Guard and the Eight Great Sects were unable to protect themselves!

'I'm afraid he won't be coming back.'

Just as he had just thought, although he had no wisdom, he was very smart and didn't expose Liang He.

Didn't the Hall Master once say a word, called, called "quenching thirst by looking at plums."

If people's hearts are scattered, they will only die faster.

Suddenly—

I don't know whose loud voice howled: "It's, the Alliance Leader!"

This sound attracted everyone's attention like a signal arrow.

Only to see.

An old man holding a saber, slashing and killing the demonic beasts rushing forward at will.

One slash per beast.

It was truly one slash per beast, and his sleeves were already stained with blood, all from the demonic beasts.

In a short while.

Li Rui arrived before the crowd of the Tiandi Alliance, seeing Liang He, Liu Tong, and Huang Chui all safe, and seeing the Tiandi Alliance's morale still there, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

Not bad.

Experiencing a catastrophe is actually not a bad thing for the Tiandi Alliance; it is conducive to uniting people's hearts.

Of course, now is not tempering, but a true life-and-death catastrophe.

"Master."

"Hall Master."

"Big Brother."

Liang He and the others surrounded Li Rui.

"Big Brother, I knew you would come."

Huang Chui was truly excited.

Because actually, he and Liu Tong thought the same: Li Rui couldn't possibly come tonight, but he still came.

Li Rui scanned the crowd: "Hold on until dawn; reinforcements have already arrived."

Reinforcements!

Hearing this, everyone ignited hope, including Huang Chui, Liang He, and Liu Tong, those smart people.

If Li Rui's appearance was enough to make people feel at ease, the appearance of reinforcements could truly solve the crisis.

His thoughts stirred.

The Eight Great Sects were late to appear, and Jiang Linxian had also disappeared; the situation was far more serious than imagined.

He naturally didn't know about the reinforcements.

But there was no doubt.

Reinforcements would definitely come; for no other reason than that this is the Great Yu, the Great Yu at its zenith.

Small matters might be hidden under the water and muddled through, but a major event like attacking a city would definitely alarm the Annan Town. Don't forget, that Governor Yuan was currently in Yunzhou.

So it was certain that by dawn at the latest, reinforcements would arrive.

By then, all the turmoil in the city would subside.

Li Rui looked at the demonic beasts close at hand.

'Good method.'

It could almost be certain that this demonic chaos was the work of the Qi clan of the Southern Frontier; only they would dare to do such a daring thing.

If a large army entered the border, it would definitely have been detected by scouts long ago.

But demonic beasts are different.

Scattered in the mountains and forests, difficult to detect, as long as they don't form a demonic tide, no one will care, and it is precisely because of this that they were able to deceive the secret sentries planted by the Yu Kingdom and stage the current city-attacking drama.

Such a method of deceiving the heavens and crossing the sea is clearly the method of that City Lord Lingluo of Barbarian Bone City.

'So... what exactly are they plotting?'

Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly.

The drama before his eyes is like a huge firecracker; after it explodes, besides a mess, it can't shake the Yu Kingdom at all.

Lady Lingluo wouldn't do useless work.

So she must be using this to cover up her true purpose.

'She should be in Qinghe right now.'

The people of the Eight Great Sects are not easy to deal with, but they haven't appeared until now, which means they have encountered trouble. To be able to suppress the elders of the Eight Great Sects at the same time, Lady Lingluo couldn't have done it without showing herself.

Otherwise, if there really was such a method to suppress the Eight Great Sects from a distance, then she wouldn't just be a City Lord of Barbarian Bone City.

Li Rui would choose to escape the city without hesitation, or even escape Yunzhou.

Although he had already guessed that Lady Lingluo was in the city, he didn't have the slightest intention of acting alone.

Save the world single-handedly?

This kind of protagonist behavior is not something an old man like him can do.

According to information, Lady Lingluo herself is only Fifth-Rank; how could she suppress the elders of the Eight Great Sects? She must have brought other experts. If he went now, he would be sending himself to death.

The most correct way is to wait.

Wait for the reinforcements to appear.

The crisis will naturally be solved; it's that simple, and that's what he's doing.

With Li Rui's participation, the Tiandi Alliance's pressure was greatly reduced. His talent for restraining demonic beasts was simply the nemesis of demonic beasts; no monster could walk past Li Rui in one move.

The demonic beasts that didn't care about their lives fell one by one before Li Rui, and gradually, they piled up into a small hill.

Blood, killing, tears, countless strange sights gathered.

Tonight's Qinghe is destined to be unforgettable.

The night was deep, time was hard to endure, and I don't know how many people didn't survive this night.

Huang Chui looked at the gradually improving situation before him, revealing a hint of joy.

Just about to speak.

Before the word "Big" brother could even be uttered, he saw a thin, dry old man walk out from the pile of demonic beasts.

Used to seeing demons all night, seeing a person for the first time made him somewhat uncomfortable.

Huang Chui's eyes froze.

There was no doubt that the old man should be the person behind the scenes tonight.

Yuan Gao stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Li Rui with a sneer: "That woman Lingluo was right; you would indeed come here."

Li Rui narrowed his eyes.

Slowly spitting out a sentence: "Mountain-Moving Ape, Yuan Gao?"

Hearing Li Rui reveal his name, Yuan Gao was somewhat surprised, let out a "Yo-ho": "You old kid has some knowledge, knowing my name. Since that's the case, as long as you surrender, I can spare your life."

Li Rui didn't speak.

He could recognize Yuan Gao because he had long memorized the portraits of everyone in the Ghost Ming Sect recorded by the imperial court.

Yuan Gao was no small fry.

Please... you... collect_(!)

Fifth-Rank Sea-Observing minor grandmaster, famous in the jianghu.

A Fifth-Rank minor grandmaster making a move on him, someone who appeared to be Sixth-Rank, was truly looking up to him.

Clearly.

Tonight's plot was aimed at him.

No, it should be said that he was one of the people being targeted, otherwise the one who came shouldn't be Yuan Gao, but Lady Lingluo herself.

Yuan Gao watched Li Rui slowly draw his long saber, a cruel look appearing at the corner of his mouth.

"Then let me twist off your hands and feet, making you unable to beg for life, unable to beg for death."

Thunder exploded!

Yuan Gao's entire arm swung out, and strings of thunder sounded.

'Divine Ape Through-Back Fist!'

Vaguely, a huge divine ape standing two zhang tall appeared behind Yuan Gao, patting its chest and roaring angrily.

Yuan Gao's jianghu nickname is Mountain-Moving Divine Ape, taken from his fierce and domineering Divine Ape Through-Back Fist and the Mountain-Moving Divine Ape Diagram; the two combined, the power doubled.

I don't know how many famous jianghu figures died under these arms.

Li Rui twisted his body, tapped his feet, and without looking back, leaped out of the courtyard wall like a harrier, jumping into the pile of demonic beasts.

"Want to escape?"

"Where to escape!"

Yuan Gao also leaped, chasing relentlessly.

The two chased and fled, their speed extremely fast, and in an instant, they arrived in an alley one mile away from the Tiandi Alliance.

Yuan Gao slowed his pace, sneering at Li Rui, who was forced into a dead end:

"Why, not running anymore?"

The panic on Li Rui's face disappeared, leaving only absolute calmness: "How did you know I wanted to escape?"

Instantly—

Saber intent raged in the alley, and invisible saber qi scraped the walls, making clanging sounds.

Yuan Gao's pupils shrank violently.

I don't know when, but a saber qi had already brushed past his neck and swept into the darkness behind him.

"You are Fifth-Rank?!"

He looked at Li Rui in disbelief, instantly understanding: "The one who killed Zhuang Renhe wasn't Jiang Linxian, it was you!"

Hidden so deep!

Yuan Gao didn't expect that this old kid, who appeared ordinary and had always been ignored, had actually hidden a major realm.

Is he a turtle?

Clearly already at the same realm as the Anning Guard Captain Cao Wei, yet willing to be a tiny captain in the Anning Guard, hiding and not revealing.

Too good at enduring.

And just from Li Rui's move just now, one could see he wasn't just entering the Fifth-Rank, but clearly had accumulated for a long time.

Just him alone, the outcome was hard to predict, let alone capturing him alive.

Just then, a figure appeared beside Yuan Gao.

Qi Rui looked at Li Rui vigilantly: "Alright, stop talking nonsense, finish it quickly, lest there be complications."

Fear flashed in his eyes.

Originally he only intended to hide in the dark, but now the strength Li Rui displayed surprised him, and he had to show himself.

They guessed wrong, and Lady Lingluo also guessed wrong.

Everyone underestimated this little old man who was overshadowed by Jiang Linxian's light.

But it didn't matter; this time, to capture Li Rui alive, they had sent out two minor grandmasters, him and Yuan Gao.

The result wouldn't change.

Yuan Gao was also glad he listened to that woman Lingluo, otherwise he might have become one of the thousands of corpses tonight.

"Up!"

The two joined forces, cooperating tacitly.

Left and right, they sealed Li Rui's retreat.

Even if this person wasn't captured alive, he must die!

Li Rui lowered his eyes, turning a deaf ear to the killing intent.

Still as a Ming King, motionless as a mountain!

Just as the sword and fist were about to fall on his crown, he finally moved.

Rip.

A short saber broke out from Li Rui's sleeve; Yuan Gao and Qi Rui were too close and had no chance to react.

The two went ruthless.

The moves didn't stop at all, trading injury for injury!

The next instant.

The two's pupils contracted together, just as the sword and fist were about to land on Li Rui's head.

An immortal palace appeared abruptly in the alley, with a divine dragon coiled above it, enveloping Li Rui within.

The fist and sword stopped half an inch from his head, unable to advance any further.

"What kind of qi form is this!"

Neither of them were short-sighted, but they were shocked by the strange qi form Li Rui displayed.

"He is a person of double forms, hidden deep enough!"

Yuan Gao's expression became uglier than ever before.

In the information, Li Rui was clearly dragon-form.

'What else has he hidden?'

Yuan Gao and Qi Rui's eyes were more solemn than ever.

Almost the moment the immortal form appeared, Li Rui's barrier saber had already landed on Yuan Gao's chest, the violent power tearing a large opening. If Yuan Gao's body hadn't been strong enough, this saber would have already cut off most of his body.

"Uh..."

Yuan Gao was seriously injured, retreating repeatedly.

Li Rui didn't forgive him, the saber intent instantly wrapped around Yuan Gao, and he didn't even care about Qi Rui, identifying Yuan Gao like a mad demon, raising his saber to slash.

Dragon Force fully open!

The domineering strength of the Dragon-Elephant True Qi Force was displayed to the fullest at this moment, the purest violence.

Between the slashes, there was a divine dragon circling, with unparalleled power.

Li Rui fought one against two, not only not falling behind, but even able to suppress the two.

One slash.

Two slashes.

Thirty-seven slashes.

Ten thousand jin of giant force landed on Yuan Gao's body, smashing the iron rod, breaking the hand bones, sinking the chest... Puchi, until blood sprayed, splashing his face.

Dead?

Hmm, dead.

Li Rui even resisted Qi Rui's sword, confirming Yuan Gao was truly dead, before turning his head.

"Had enough?"

"Then now it's my turn."

Things like counter-killing while bleeding must be prevented.

"You..."

Qi Rui was afraid, instinctively retreating. At this moment, Li Rui was a Yaksha of purgatory in his eyes, no, a Yama!

Both Fifth-Rank, Li Rui was fierce to a mess.

Strength, cultivation techniques, true qi, qi forms—all aspects were crushed by Li Rui. In other words, Li Rui was a true genius.

He wanted to escape, but it was too late.

Li Rui's saber momentum pressed down like a mountain, cutting off his last trace of possibility to escape.

A quarter of an hour later.

There was another corpse in the alley.

Li Rui took corpse-dissolving water from his bosom, wiped away all traces of Yuan Gao and Qi Rui's existence, and after confirming there were no omissions.

Only then did he turn and leave.

Just then—

Ten thousand rays of light suddenly bloomed in the east outside the city, and in the deep dark night, a sun hung high in the nine heavens!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 270 =====