Chapter 689: The situation is critical, determination is made (seeking monthly votes)

Just as Li Mu was feeling somewhat puzzled, he, having already approached the front of the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor," suddenly felt that something was wrong ahead and hurriedly stopped his attack, halting his own momentum.

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Li truly has some discernment after all, to be able to detect my concealment technique in advance!"

Just at this moment, a somewhat sinister laugh rang out, and immediately following that, behind the massive body of the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor," a black arrow of light tore through the air, heading straight for Li Mu's position.

Seeing the black arrow of light suddenly attacking before him, Li Mu, after steadying his stance, immediately cast a spell with his hands, and a golden jade bottle the size of three inches appeared out of thin air before him with a flash of spiritual light.

After this golden jade bottle appeared, it suddenly spewed out a massive ball of flame, instantly forming a blue wall of fire before Li Mu.

At this moment, that black arrow of light had just arrived before Li Mu, crashing headlong into the blue fire wall, and immediately, bursts of sizzling sounds rang out.

Although this black arrow of light was quite formidable, after colliding with the blue fire wall unleashed by Li Mu, it failed to penetrate the wall, only leaving a black mark upon it.

"It really is you, Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor!"

After blocking this strike, Li Mu had already seen the opponent who had just been hiding behind the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" to ambush him; it was indeed the other Nascent Soul-level powerhouse of the demon race in the Floating Yunshan Range, the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor."

The territory of the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor," Red Yunshan, is relatively close to the Zheng Guo side in the east, and the demon beasts from that side rarely invade the territory of Wei Guo or interact with the cultivators of the "Xiaoyao Sect."

However, every time there is a demon beast turmoil, the major sects of the Floating Yunshan Range cultivation world have times of mutual support. The "Xiaoyao Sect" has also sent reinforcements to support the two major sects of Zheng Guo many times in the past, so naturally, they have some understanding of this illustrious "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor."

Half a month ago, several unfamiliar demon beast armies suddenly appeared from the north to support the south, causing the strength of the demon beast side to increase greatly, successively occupying "Camel Yunshan" and "Mount Tiexian Fortress."

Li Mu and the many Jin Dan Elders of the Xiaoyao Sect had already guessed that these demon beast armies were very likely sent by the nearby Demon Emperors.

It was just that the several Demon Kings sent by the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" were mostly unfamiliar faces who had only recently come from the Northern Frontier, which is why the people of the "Xiaoyao Sect" were unable to determine for a time whether "Red Yunshan" had intervened in the war here in Wei Guo.

Seeing the figure of the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" appear, Li Mu's expression also instantly became solemn.

Originally, in this demon beast turmoil, the "Xiaoyao Sect," facing the demon beast army led by the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" from the north, was already at a disadvantage and could only defend passively.

Now that this Demon Emperor force from "Red Yunshan" had joined in, cooperating with "Golden Feather Mountain" to plot against Wei Guo, facing the joint attack of two Demon Emperor forces, the "Xiaoyao Sect" this time is probably truly facing the greatest crisis the sect has encountered in nearly a thousand years.

However, before Li Mu could consider how to respond to the current situation, the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" on the side, who was casting a spell to accumulate power, finally fed all three black spheres before him under the cover of the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor."

"Fellow Daoist Li, I said, it is not so easy for you to leave today. Since you can take the magical power of Brother Brother Chiyun, why not try the power of this strike of mine!"

Before the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" finished speaking, he had already cast a spell to urge one of the black spheres to rush from the front toward Li Mu's position. The power erupting from above this black sphere faintly overshadowed the arrow light magical power just unleashed by the Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor.

Facing this fierce attack from the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor," which had been accumulated for a long time and was even more powerful, Li Mu still remained calm and maintained some composure.

He cast a spell again to urge the golden jade bottle magic treasure before him, causing it to spew out several more blue flames, forming two thicker blue fire walls before him.

The golden jade bottle in Li Mu's hand was a fourth-grade mid-quality magic treasure left behind by the previous Nascent Soul ancestor of the sect, the "Golden Flame Bottle."

This magic treasure is both offensive and defensive, and it is the most powerful fourth-grade magic treasure Li Mu possesses. It is precisely by relying on this very sharp magic treasure that Li Mu has had the ability to entangle with the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" for so long.

This time, after the black sphere hit the top of the blue fire wall, although it did not directly penetrate the fire wall, after the black sphere was blocked by the blue fire wall, it suddenly exploded directly.

This strike not only blew a large hole in the fire wall before Li Mu, but the aftermath of the explosion also caused Li Mu himself to be shaken back several steps before he could steady his stance.

At the same time, the first black sphere had just exploded, and the second black sphere had already followed behind, arriving in close succession and hitting the second blue fire wall.

This time, without any surprises, another explosion rang out quickly. Li Mu only felt a burst of tinnitus in his ears, and he himself could not hear the sounds outside all of a sudden.

Not only that, this explosion also blew a large hole in the second fire wall before Li Mu, opening a direct path to the opponent for the last black sphere.

At the same time, taking advantage of the fact that Li Mu had just focused most of his attention on dealing with the black spheres released by the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor," the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor," who had already secretly attacked, also released several transparent ice arrows with considerable power toward Li Mu's side.

Facing these two fierce attacks coming simultaneously, Li Mu, who had no way to avoid them, hurriedly cast a spell quickly, placing the "Golden Flame Bottle" above his own head, conjuring a fiery red light shield that directly enveloped his entire body.

After a loud "Boom—" sound, Li Mu's position was instantly surrounded by the smoke of battle.

The "Brother Molong Demon Emperor," who had returned to human form, and the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" on the side, after seeing this scene, immediately revealed a look of satisfaction on their faces.

Just as the two of them wanted to step forward to check the situation, a spiritual light suddenly shone in the smoke where Li Mu was, and soon a large ball of blue flames flew out through the smoke, directly smashing toward the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" who had just approached.

Seeing this, the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" was not surprised at all, hurriedly stopping his steps and casting a spell to form a protective shield before him, blocking the incoming flame attack.

However, just as the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" was dealing with this attack, a cyan escape light suddenly flashed out from the smoke, and Li Mu, holding a flying sword magic treasure, slashed with all his might toward the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" who had just approached.

This flying sword magic treasure was Li Mu's life-bound magic treasure, and its grade had already reached fourth-grade mid-quality. Facing Li Mu's fierce strike, the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" could only dodge to avoid it.

After forcing the opponent back, Li Mu did not choose to press the attack, but immediately bypassed the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor," turning into a cyan escape light, and flew directly toward the position of the market formation below.

"Brother Brother Molong, Li Mu is going to run, hurry and stop him!"

Seeing Li Mu suddenly choose to flee, and with what seemed to be traces of blood at the corner of his mouth, the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" hurriedly shouted to notify the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" on the side.

"Where are you going!"

Feeling the sound of pursuit from the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" and the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" coming from behind, Li Mu did not pay attention, directly accelerating his escape light to flee quickly.

However, now facing the siege of two Demon Emperors, plus the fact that some meridians in his body were injured due to being ambushed earlier, Li Mu was also showing a look of difficulty at this time, not daring to continue to stay and fight with these two Demon Emperors.

Seeing that Li Mu's state was somewhat wrong, and it seemed that he had been injured, the two Demon Emperors behind were also chasing with all their might, wanting to intercept Li Mu before he fled into the mountain-protecting formation of "Guiyun Market."

However, they had just chased behind him when Li Mu decisively turned around and threw out a yellow spiritual talisman. Hundreds of sharp golden needles instantly shot out from the talisman, directly shooting toward the two Nascent Soul Demon Emperors who were following closely behind.

This yellow spiritual talisman was a fourth-grade low-quality high-tier spiritual talisman that Li Mu had treasured for many years, and its power was already enough to threaten the safety of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

Facing such an attack at such close range, the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" and the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" did not dare to deal with it casually, hurriedly retreating to the side and each using their own defensive means, trying their best to resist the attack of these sharp golden needles.

Taking advantage of the fact that these two Demon Emperors were busy dealing with the attack of the spiritual talisman, Li Mu hurriedly accelerated the escape light under his feet, threw off his opponents, and directly fled the battlefield, returning to the mountain-protecting formation of "Guiyun Market."

"The magic treasure in Li Mu's hand is indeed quite powerful. Facing such a full-force strike from us, it actually still allowed him to escape so easily!"

The "Brother Molong Demon Emperor," who had just finished dealing with the golden needle attack before him, seeing Li Mu who had already escaped not far from the mountain-protecting formation, knowing that he could no longer catch up with the opponent, could not help but sigh slightly at the corner of his mouth.

Hearing what the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor" said, the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" on the side immediately sneered and shook his head, saying:

"Hmph! Brother Brother Molong, rest assured. Although this fellow Li Mu escaped, he did not retreat unscathed. This time he was not lightly injured, and it is estimated that he will not dare to come out and fight with us for a short time.

Next, as long as we attack the mountain-protecting formation with all our might, Guiyun Market will definitely be unable to hold on for too long. For us, it will only take a few more days.

Hehe! In this battle, our two families have already had victory in our grasp. No matter how much the Xiaoyao Sect wants to struggle, it will be of no avail.

Once Guiyun Market is taken, the north of Wei Guo will all fall into the hands of our demon race. By then, the strength of the Xiaoyao Sect will be greatly damaged, and sooner or later, the entire Wei Guo will belong under our feet."

"Hmm! Then let's do as Brother says, attack the mountain-protecting formation of Guiyun Market with all our might. I want to see how long they can hold on." The Brother Molong Demon Emperor looked at the mountain-protecting formation of "Guiyun Market" in front, and also revealed a somewhat excited smile.

Having just retreated to the mountain-protecting formation of "Guiyun Market," Li Mu immediately ordered to withdraw the troops, letting all the cultivators participating in the battle outside retreat to the mountain-protecting formation of the market.

Song Qingming and the others, who had not yet figured out what had happened, hurriedly cast spells to shake off their respective opponents and quickly retreated into the formation. Just after Song Qingming and the other Jin Dan cultivators had retreated, two figures suddenly appeared in the sky above the battlefield, looking with disdain at the market formation that had obstructed them.

Seeing them just wave their hands casually, they directly unleashed a fierce strike with astonishing power, instantly killing dozens of low-tier human cultivators who had not yet had time to retreat to the market formation.

"It's the Nascent Soul Demon Emperors, everyone retreat quickly!"

Those who were still outside the formation and were shocked by the strike before them, after seeing the figure of the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor," hurriedly accelerated their pace of fleeing for their lives, running desperately toward the direction of the formation.

However, no matter how fast they ran, facing those high-tier demon beasts of the Nascent Soul and Jin Dan levels, they were still a bit too slow. In just a moment, hundreds of corpses of human cultivators had fallen on the battlefield.

Fortunately, at this time, most of the cultivators had already retreated, and there were not many "Xiaoyao Sect" cultivators left outside. After paying the price of nearly a thousand cultivators killed in action, the remaining people all retreated into the formation.

"What is going on, how did another Nascent Soul Demon Emperor appear!"

Song Qingming and the other Jin Dan Elders standing on the city wall, seeing the two Nascent Soul Demon Emperors who were leading the demon beast army to attack the market formation outside, all revealed a look of shock on their faces. —— Half a day later, in the council hall of "Guiyun Market."

The dozen or so Jin Dan Elders of the Xiaoyao Sect who had just retreated from the battlefield had all gathered here, each with a look of sorrow on their faces, discussing what had just happened on the battlefield.

Today, there was a great battle with the demon beast army, because a "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" suddenly appeared in the opponent's army, catching the human cultivator side off guard.

The unprepared "Guiyun Market" cultivator army lost thousands of cultivators in this great battle, and even the Supreme Elder Li Mu was seriously injured due to a sudden ambush by the Demon Emperor, and went into seclusion to heal his wounds as soon as he returned.

Just facing the demon beast army under the "Brother Molong Demon Emperor," the "Guiyun Market" side was already very strenuous and difficult to deal with, and now that the opponent had an extra Nascent Soul Demon Emperor, it had already broken the original balance on the battlefield.

Now that even the sect's only Nascent Soul Supreme Elder Li Mu was injured, the people of the "Xiaoyao Sect" simply did not dare to go out to meet the enemy, and could only hide in the mountain-protecting formation, discussing somewhat desperately how to deal with the unfavorable situation ahead.

Just as everyone was discussing the war situation, a white light suddenly flashed, and Li Mu, whose face was still somewhat pale, appeared out of thin air at the door of the hall and walked in quickly.

"Pay respects to the Supreme Elder!"

After glancing at the people before him and finding that no one was missing, Li Mu sat in the upper seat with a smile on his face.

"Uncle Master Li, aren't you in seclusion? Why did you suddenly come here!" Seeing Li Mu's figure, Bai Yuxian hurriedly stepped forward with concern and asked a greeting.

Li Mu nodded calmly and said: "Everyone, rest assured, my injuries are of no major consequence. Now the situation outside is critical, and the sect still needs to make a decision on how to respond as soon as possible. I also want to come and listen to everyone's opinions."

Previously knowing that Li Mu had been ambushed and injured by the Demon Emperor in the previous battle, everyone was very worried. Now hearing that his injuries were of no major consequence, everyone felt relieved, and their expressions looked a little better.

For a sect like the "Xiaoyao Sect" that only has one Nascent Soul ancestor, Li Mu's importance is beyond doubt.

Once the sect loses its only Nascent Soul cultivator, the "Xiaoyao Sect" will immediately change from a Nascent Soul sect that dominates one side to an ordinary Jin Dan force, and its status will fall sharply.

As long as nothing major happens to Li Mu, this Nascent Soul ancestor, even if the "Xiaoyao Sect" is at a disadvantage in the war for a while, it will eventually have a chance to counterattack the demon beast army and regain the territory they lost.

"Uncle Master Li, isn't that Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor attacking Zheng Guo? Why did he suddenly run to our Guiyun Market? What is going on with Zheng Guo, why hasn't there been any news transmitted until now.

Now that the demon beast army of Red Yunshan has participated in the attack on our Wei Guo, it stands to reason that the people of Zheng Guo and the Tianji Sect should have sent troops to help immediately, but now they have only just set off, how can they have time to rescue us."

Hearing the words of Daoist Guangling standing in front, Li Mu sighed and shook his head, saying: "What you said are all things we have just confirmed. Before, we only suspected it. Zheng Guo should be the same as us, kept in the dark and unaware of this matter.

Now the situation is critical, saying these things cannot change our current situation, we still need to find a way to solve the crisis before us as soon as possible.

Now that two Nascent Soul Demon Emperors are attacking the market together outside, I am afraid it is difficult for me alone to contain them. But if we don't go out and let the demon beast army attack the city like this, the market formation can only hold on for at most two or three days.

I have already sent a ten-thousand-mile sound transmission talisman to notify Fellow Daoist Yang of the Tianji Sect, asking them to send high-tier cultivators to support us first. However, it is tens of thousands of miles away, and it will take at least five or six days for them to arrive here.

At this time, whether we should stay and continue to hold on, fight the demon beast army to the end, or prepare to evacuate this place and abandon Guiyun Market to preserve our strength, I am also a bit unable to make up my mind now. You are all the backbone of the sect, why not all say your own views!"

The situation outside has reached such a critical moment, Li Mu's statement is already very direct. For the current "Xiaoyao Sect," there are only two choices.

Either evacuate this place in advance and voluntarily give "Guiyun Market" to the demon beast army. Doing so can preserve most of the sect's living strength and safely retreat to Guyang Mountain.

But after losing "Guiyun Market," the demon beast army will definitely continue to move south. By then, the entire north of Wei Guo will definitely fall quickly. By then, the hundreds of millions of ordinary mortals who have no time to evacuate will face these extremely cruel demon beast armies, which will inevitably be a tragic scene of suffering.

Once half of Wei Guo falls into the hands of the demon beasts, the "Xiaoyao Sect" will lose half of its mortal territory. Its future development strength will inevitably be damaged, and it is very likely to decline from then on.

If you choose to stay and hold on for reinforcements, the market formation can only hold on for two or three days, and the "Xiaoyao Sect" will have to pay a bloody price to block the siege of the demon beast army.

If you do this, not to mention whether they can hold "Guiyun Market" in the end under such extremely disadvantageous circumstances.

As long as this battle continues, the "Xiaoyao Sect" will inevitably have to pay a great price. Even if it is these Jin Dan and Nascent Soul cultivators standing in the hall, they will not be able to avoid falling in the great battle.

Whether it is giving up half of the sect's territory and population, or choosing to sacrifice the lives of many cultivators in the sect to fight the demon beast army to the end, these two choices are very difficult for Li Mu to accept, which also makes him unable to make a decision in his heart for a long time.

"Uncle Master Li, I think we cannot evacuate so easily, and voluntarily give up Guiyun Market. The entire northern territory has no danger to defend, and it will inevitably fall into the hands of the demon beasts. For the sect, this will be a major loss that is difficult to bear.

Since the Tianji Sect has already come to support, we still have a chance to hold Guiyun Market. Even if it is a bloody battle with the demon beasts, we must all persist and cannot give the territory to the demon beast army."

Just after Li Mu finished speaking, the sect's Law Enforcement Elder Li Wu stood out and expressed his position to continue to hold on.

At the same time, the elderly Daoist Guangling also spoke and said: "What Junior Brother Li said is correct. If we give up Camel Yunshan and Mount Tiexian Fortress, we give them up. In the future, we will definitely have a chance to take them back.

But if we give up Guiyun Market today, once we lose this most powerful support point for counterattacking the demon beast army, even if reinforcements arrive in the future, the sect will probably be unable to recover the lost northern territory.

The territory of Wei Guo was accumulated bit by bit by the predecessors of the sect for thousands of years. We descendants cannot just save our lives for a moment and destroy the foundation of the sect for thousands of years."

Everyone present, seeing Li Wu and Daoist Guangling, who usually didn't get along well in the sect, actually reached a consensus this time, also expressed a trace of surprise one after another.

"Uncle Master Li, what the two senior brothers said is also what I think in my heart. I believe that if we hold on firmly, we will have a way to repel the attack of the demon beasts!" Chen Xuanxin, who usually didn't like to express his opinions, also rarely expressed his thoughts in his heart at this time.

"Yes! I also support the ideas of several senior brothers, hold on to Guiyun Market and wait for reinforcements."

"I agree too!"

"..."

With words ringing out one after another, the many elders present, including Song Qingming, all expressed their support for the idea of holding on.

Even Hu Qingyun, who supported the idea of retreating in the discussion at the beginning, saw that the situation was not right and immediately changed his attitude, shouting loudly the idea of holding on to Guiyun Market and fighting the demon beast army to the end.

Seeing that the many Jin Dan Elders present were not afraid of the fierce demon beast army outside and wanted to fight them to the end, Li Mu also made a decision immediately, stood up and said seriously: "Since everyone has the heart to want to defend the sect's territory and fight the demon beast army to the end, then I, this Supreme Elder, have nothing to worry about.

Yuxian, pass down the order, take out all the materials that can be used in the treasury and distribute them to the city-defending cultivators. Everyone, adjust your state, and two days later, go out of the city with me to fight the demon beasts to the death.

Send a letter to urge the Zhenyang Sect side, see where their people are. If they can arrive in time, our winning rate can also increase a bit.

Also, send a letter to Guyang Mountain, send flying boats to bring the guards that can be mobilized from Zixing Market, Taiyue Lake, and Jin Shan Market, and send them all to Guyang Mountain to meet. This time, we must concentrate all our strength and swear to hold Guiyun Market."

"Respectfully follow the order of Uncle Master Li!"

Hearing the determination to hold on in Li Mu's mouth, the many Jin Dan cultivators present also shouted loudly the trace of anger that had been suppressed by the demon beast army for days. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 690 =====