Chapter 96: The War Begins

The Xu Clan, leaning against Yuncui Mountain.

The terrain in front of the mansion was open.

When the Three-Clan Alliance army arrived, the Xu Clan had already gathered their forces and were waiting in full battle array.

"Kill!"

When the two armies met, there were no extra words, only a murderous shout from both sides.

The two vanguard forces instantly collided head-on in the open square in front of the Xu Mansion like two floods.

In just an instant, multiple heads flew into the sky, and fresh blood fell like rain.

"Kill!"

Xu Xu Zhiyuan, dressed in a black robe with gold trim, holding a giant sword, leaped up from behind his own army, bringing with him gusts of wind. He flew across the low altitude like lightning, heading straight to kill the rear army of the Three-Clan Alliance.

While in the air, he casually slashed his giant sword toward the Three-Clan Alliance martial masters fighting below, and a black sword light several feet long shot out from the sword.

That black sword light was extremely fast.

A fifth-rank Great Wu Shi below was caught off guard, and his neck was actually cut open as if it were tofu, his head and body separated.

And after cutting off the martial master's neck, that sword light continued to slash toward another sixth-rank Great Wu Shi.

That Great Wu Shi hurriedly blocked with his blade horizontally.

"Clang!" A sound.

Sparks flew everywhere.

The blade was actually cut into two sections.

However, that sword light was also much dimmer.

Even so, as the sixth-rank Great Wu Shi retreated, the clothes on his chest along with his flesh and skin were slashed open.

Skin and flesh were torn, and blood was dripping.

"Kill! Kill!"

As Xu Xu Zhiyuan alone killed toward the elite army of the Three-Clan Alliance, the head and clan elders of the Xu Clan led the clan's elites to join the vanguard force, killing toward the Three-Clan Alliance's vanguard personnel.

Judging by the situation, they were actually prepared to have Xu Xu Zhiyuan alone hold back the entire elite army of the Three-Family Alliance, while the Xu Clan used their absolute advantage to first annihilate the enemy's vanguard.

"Where are you going!" Xu Xu Zhiyuan shouted coldly, flying low toward Ding Ding Bangcheng and the others.

"Shoot!"

The eighth-rank Great Martial Masters of the Three-Clan Alliance wearing armor shouted loudly.

The knights pulled their bows to the full.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Arrows filled the sky, shooting toward Xu Xu Zhiyuan.

Xu Xu Zhiyuan curled his lip into a sneer of disdain.

Rolling power surged out from his body, forming a tornado that whistled across the world.

The arrows filling the sky were twisted into fragments one after another and fell to the ground.

And Xu Xu Zhiyuan continued to kill toward Ding Ding Bangcheng and the others.

"Throw!"

The three eighth-rank Great Martial Masters shouted again.

Their hands had already grabbed the javelins on the side of the horse's back and threw them fiercely toward Xu Xu Zhiyuan.

Watching the sharp javelins flying through the air one after another.

Seeing this, Xu Xu Zhiyuan's expression finally changed slightly, and he temporarily gave up intercepting Ding Ding Bangcheng and the others, instead passing through the forest of javelins flying through the air like a ghost.

Occasionally, when he couldn't dodge a javelin, he would directly split it open in mid-air with the sharp sword in his hand.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Xu Zhiyuan had approached the cavalry battle formation, a distance of less than seven or eight feet.

"How could he be so fast!"

Seeing that Xu Xu Zhiyuan was about to charge in in the blink of an eye, and the carefully designed long-range attacks of bows and javelins hadn't actually worked, the three eighth-rank Great Martial Masters all changed their expressions.

However, this elite heavy cavalry was carefully trained by them, so they didn't lose their minds. As Xu Xu Zhiyuan approached, they continued to throw javelins or shoot arrows in turns while retreating in an orderly manner, trying to delay the closing of the distance.

"Roar!"

Just as both sides were about to charge into the cavalry group or block the opponent from charging in, powerful power surged out from Xu Xu Zhiyuan's body, actually condensing into a black winged tiger in the air, roaring angrily at the cavalry group.

The tiger roar shook the mountains and forests.

The terrifying sound wave of the black winged tiger, carrying a powerful and fierce aura, rushed toward the cavalry battle formation opposite.

"Screech! Screech!"

The warhorses were frightened, raising their hooves one after another, making neighing sounds.

"Go to hell!"

In just this short while, Xu Xu Zhiyuan charged into the front row of the cavalry group.

When the sword was raised, a sword light slashed across like a shocking lightning.

When a punch was thrown, a black winged tiger rushed out.

Although the cavalry had long been prepared, wearing heavy armor, it was not easy to be cut open by sword light and tiger wings, and the blades were also special giant blades that wouldn't be broken by a single slash of sword light.

But the terrifying power erupted by the Grandmaster still caused the cavalrymen to fly off their horses one after another.

Those who fell off their horses were either dead or injured!

Xu Xu Zhiyuan charged back and forth in the horse troop, just like a wolf in a flock of sheep, and no one could stop him. Even the three eighth-rank Great Martial Masters were defeated at a single touch and needed to catch their breath before they could charge up again.

In the blink of an eye, five or six of the cavalry had been killed or injured.

Fortunately, the cavalry was relatively mobile and fast; once they opened the distance, they would shoot arrows and throw javelins, otherwise, the casualties would probably be even greater.

"Charge up, he is already old and frail, his power simply cannot last long!" Seeing that long-range attacks didn't hurt Xu Xu Zhiyuan, but should have consumed a lot of his power, an eighth-rank Great Wu Shi decided decisively and roared fiercely.

"Kill! Kill!" One by one, the cavalrymen gripped giant blades as big as doors, borrowing the speed of the horses' galloping, and charged up.

But one by one, the cavalrymen who charged up were all thrown to the ground without exception, and some cavalrymen wearing armor were even cut in half at the waist.

There was also an eighth-rank Great Wu Shi who was pounced to the ground by the winged tiger punched out by Xu Xu Zhiyuan.

Soon, more than half of the forty-eight cavalry were killed or injured, while Xu Xu Zhiyuan looked like he had no signs of fatigue.

"Damn, didn't they say Xu Xu Zhiyuan was very old and frail? How is he still so powerful!" Hiding in the back, Ding Chu Shan's face turned a bit pale and ugly.

Although the Grandmaster's methods were far from being as strange and unpredictable as an immortal cultivator's, they were more fierce and direct.

Even if Ding Chu Shan was an immortal cultivator, in the case of low cultivation realm and no magic treasure to protect him, once he was targeted, it would be difficult to escape death!

"Chushan, we cannot drag this out any longer. You must take action; otherwise, if he continues to charge and kill like this, the morale of the army will dissipate. And once these people are all killed and no one helps to entangle him, you will have even less chance to take action!" A Ding Clan elder protecting Ding Chu Shan said.

"Good!" Ding Chu Shan also knew he couldn't drag it out, gritted his teeth, and took out a handful of seeds from a brocade bag.

Ding Chu Shan looked at the handful of seeds in his hand with heartache, then muttered words, pinched the magic formula, and threw the seeds in his hand far toward Xu Xu Zhiyuan.

The seeds scattered on the ground, actually exploding one after another, pulling out black vines and branches, crazily entangling toward Xu Xu Zhiyuan.

The incident happened suddenly, and those black vines and branches were dense, almost spreading and surging along the ground instantly, covering the area where Xu Xu Zhiyuan was.

"Immortal cultivator!"

Xu Xu Zhiyuan's expression finally changed greatly.

Power surged out, actually forming an armor that looked like substance, protecting his whole body.

Almost at the same time, incomparably thick sword light erupted from the giant sword in his hand, whistling and slashing toward the vines and branches that were spreading crazily and surrounding him.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The vines and branches broke one after another, turning into wisps of green smoke and disappearing.

But as soon as the vines and branches broke, new ones grew out immediately, impossible to cut all of them.

For a time, Xu Xu Zhiyuan seemed to be entangled and trapped.

PS: There will be another update later. ===== CHAPTER 97 =====

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