Chapter 689: Situation Critical, Determination Made (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Just when Li Mufeng was somewhat puzzled, having approached the "Mo Long Demon Emperor," he suddenly felt that something was wrong ahead and hurriedly stopped his attack, halting his figure.

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

At this moment, a somewhat insidious laugh rang out, and immediately following this, behind the "Mo Long Demon Emperor’s" huge body, a black arrow light broke through the air and struck, heading straight for Li Mufeng’s location.

Seeing the black arrow light suddenly striking, Li Mufeng stood firm, his hands immediately cast spells rapidly, and a golden jade bottle the size of three inches appeared out of thin air in front of him with a flash of spiritual light.

After this golden jade bottle appeared, it suddenly spat out a huge ball of flame, instantly forming a blue fire wall in front of Li Mufeng.

At this time, that streak of black arrow light had just happened to reach in front of Li Mufeng and collided with the blue fire wall, immediately causing a series of sizzling sounds.

Although this streak of black arrow light was quite formidable, after encountering the blue fire wall cast by Li Mufeng, it failed to penetrate the fire wall, merely leaving a black stain on it.

"It is indeed you, Red Cloud Demon Emperor!"

After blocking this strike, Li Mufeng had already seen the opponent who had been hiding behind the "Mo Long Demon Emperor" and ambushing him, precisely the other Nascent Soul-level powerhouse in the Fuyun Mountain Range demon race, the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor."

The territory of the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor," Red Cloud Mountain, was relatively close to the Zheng Guo side in the east. The demon beasts there rarely invaded the territory of Wei Guo or dealt with the cultivators of the "Carefree Sect."

However, every time there was a demon beast chaos, there were times when major sects in the Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world supported each other. The "Carefree Sect" had also sent reinforcements to support the two major sects of Zheng Guo many times in the past, so they naturally had some understanding of this famous "Red Cloud Demon Emperor."

Half a month ago, several strange demon beast armies suddenly came south to support in the north, causing the strength of the demon beast side to increase greatly, and they successively captured "Tuoyun Mountain" and "Iron Immortal Castle."

Li Mufeng and the many Core Formation Elders of the Carefree Sect had already guessed that these demon beast armies were very likely sent by nearby Demon Emperors.

It was just that most of the several Demon Kings sent by the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" had only recently come from the Northern Frontier and were relatively unfamiliar, which made the "Carefree Sect" crowd unable to determine for a time whether "Red Cloud Mountain" had intervened in the war on the Wei Guo side.

After seeing the figure of the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" appear, Li Mufeng’s expression also instantly became solemn.

Originally, in this demon beast chaos, the "Carefree Sect" was already at a disadvantage and could only defend passively against the demon beast army led by the "Mo Long Demon Emperor" in the north.

Now that this Demon Emperor force of "Red Cloud Mountain" had joined in and cooperated with "Golden Feather Mountain" to plot against Wei Guo, facing the joint attack of the two Demon Emperor forces, the "Carefree Sect" probably had truly encountered the greatest crisis in the sect’s nearly thousand-year history this time.

However, before Li Mufeng could consider how to deal with the current situation, the "Mo Long Demon Emperor," who was casting spells and accumulating power on the side, finally fed all three black spheres in front of him under the help of the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" to contain him.

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

The "Mo Long Demon Emperor" had not finished speaking when he had already cast a spell to urge one of the black spheres to rush toward Li Mufeng’s location from the front. The power erupting above this black sphere was vaguely even greater than the arrow light supernatural power just used by the Red Cloud Demon Emperor.

Facing this more powerful and violent attack from the "Mo Long Demon Emperor," which had been accumulated for a long time, Li Mufeng still remained calm and maintained a bit of composure.

He cast a spell again to urge the golden jade bottle magic treasure in front of him, making it spit out several more blue flames, forming two thicker blue fire walls in front of him.

The golden jade bottle in Li Mufeng’s hand was a fourth-grade middle-rank magic treasure left by the previous Nascent Soul ancestor of the sect, the "Golden Flame Bottle."

This magic treasure was both offensive and defensive, and it was the most powerful fourth-grade magic treasure on Li Mufeng’s person. It was precisely by relying on this very sharp magic treasure that Li Mufeng had the ability to entangle with the "Mo Long Demon Emperor" for so long.

This time, after the black sphere collided with the blue fire wall, although it did not directly penetrate the fire wall, the black sphere suddenly exploded directly after being blocked by the blue fire wall.

This strike not only blew a big hole in the fire wall in front of Li Mufeng, but the aftermath of the explosion also caused Li Mufeng to be shaken back several steps before he could stabilize his figure.

At the same time, the first black sphere had just exploded, and the second black sphere had already followed behind, following closely and colliding with the second blue fire wall.

This time, there was no accident, and another explosion sounded rapidly. Li Mufeng only felt a burst of tinnitus in his ears, and he could not hear the sound outside for a while.

Not only that, this explosion also blew a big hole in the second fire wall in front of Li Mufeng, opening a direct path for the last black sphere to reach the opponent.

At the same time, taking advantage of Li Mufeng having placed most of his attention on dealing with the black sphere released by the "Mo Long Demon Emperor," the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor," who had secretly attacked, also released several transparent ice arrows with extraordinary power toward Li Mufeng’s side.

Facing these two violent attacks striking at the same time, Li Mufeng, who had nowhere to hide, hurriedly cast spells rapidly, placed the "Golden Flame Bottle" above his head, and transformed a fire-red light shield to directly cover his entire body.

After a loud "Boom," the location where Li Mufeng was was instantly surrounded by the smoke of battle.

The "Mo Long Demon Emperor," who had turned back into human form, and the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" on the side saw this scene, and a look of satisfaction immediately appeared on their faces.

Just when the two of them wanted to step forward to check the situation, a spiritual light suddenly flashed in the smoke where Li Mufeng was, and soon a large group of blue flames flew out through the smoke, directly smashing toward the "Mo Long Demon Emperor" who had just approached.

Seeing this, the "Mo Long Demon Emperor" was not surprised at all, and hurriedly stopped his steps to cast a spell to form a shield in front of him, blocking the incoming flame attack.

However, just when the "Mo Long Demon Emperor" was dealing with this attack, a streak of cyan escape light suddenly flashed out of the smoke, and Li Mufeng, holding a flying sword magic treasure, slashed with all his might toward the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" who had just approached.

This flying sword magic treasure was Li Mufeng’s life-bound magic treasure, and its grade had also reached the fourth-grade middle-rank. Facing Li Mufeng’s powerful strike, the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" could only dodge.

After forcing the opponent back, Li Mufeng did not choose to pursue the victory, but turned into a streak of cyan escape light and flew directly toward the position of the square market array below.

"Brother Mo Long, Li Mufeng is going to run, hurry and stop him!"

Seeing Li Mufeng suddenly choose to escape, and the corners of his mouth seemed to have a trace of blood, the two Demon Emperors behind also chased with all their strength, wanting to intercept Li Mufeng when he escaped into the "Guiyun Square" sect-protecting array.

"Where are you going!"

Feeling the sound of the "Mo Long Demon Emperor" and the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" chasing through the air from behind, Li Mufeng did not pay attention and directly accelerated his escape light to escape quickly.

However, facing the siege of two Demon Emperors now, coupled with the fact that he had been injured in some meridians in his body because of the ambush before, Li Mufeng was also showing a look of difficulty at this moment and did not dare to continue to stay and fight with these two Demon Emperors.

Seeing that Li Mufeng’s state was a bit wrong, and it seemed that he had been injured, the two Demon Emperors behind also chased with all their strength, wanting to intercept Li Mufeng when he escaped into the "Guiyun Square" sect-protecting array.

However, just as they had just chased behind, Li Mufeng decisively turned around and threw a yellow talisman. Hundreds of sharp golden needles flew out from the talisman instantly, shooting directly at the two Nascent Soul Demon Emperors who were following closely behind.

This yellow talisman was a fourth-grade low-grade high-grade talisman that Li Mufeng had treasured for many years, and its power could already deter the safety of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

Facing such an attack at such a close distance, the "Mo Long Demon Emperor" and the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" also did not dare to deal with it casually, and hurriedly retreated to the side, each using their own defensive means to resist the attack of these sharp golden needles with all their strength.

Taking advantage of these two Demon Emperors being busy dealing with the attack of the talisman, Li Mufeng hurriedly accelerated the escape light under his feet, shook off the opponent, and escaped directly from the battlefield, returning to the "Guiyun Square" sect-protecting array.

"The magic treasure in Li Mufeng’s hand is indeed extraordinary in power. Facing such a full-strength strike from us, he was still able to escape so easily!"

The "Mo Long Demon Emperor," who had just finished dealing with the golden needle attack in front of him, saw Li Mufeng who had already escaped not far from the sect-protecting array, and knowing that he could no longer catch up with the other party, could not help but sigh slightly at the corner of his mouth.

Hearing what the "Mo Long Demon Emperor" said, the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" on the side immediately sneered and shook his head:

"Hmph! Brother Mo Long, rest assured. Although Li Mufeng escaped, he did not retreat unscathed. This time he was seriously injured, and it is estimated that he will not dare to come out to fight with us in a short time."

"Next, as long as we attack the sect-protecting array with all our strength, Guiyun Square will definitely be unable to support for too long. For us, it is just a matter of spending a few more days."

"Hehe! In this battle, our two families have already held the winning ticket. No matter how much the Carefree Sect wants to struggle, it will be of no avail."

"After taking down Guiyun Square, the north of Wei Guo will all fall into the hands of our demon race. By then, the Carefree Sect’s strength will be greatly damaged, and sooner or later the entire Wei Guo will belong under our feet."

"Hmm! Then let it be as brother said, attack the Guiyun Square sect-protecting array with all our strength. I want to see how long they can persist." The Mo Long Demon Emperor looked at the "Guiyun Square" sect-protecting array in front, and also revealed an excited smile.

Having just retreated to the "Guiyun Square" sect-protecting array, Li Mufeng immediately ordered to withdraw the troops, letting all the cultivators fighting outside retreat to the square market sect-protecting array.

Song Qingming and the others, who had not figured out what had happened, hurriedly cast spells to shake off their respective opponents and quickly retreated to the array. Just after Song Qingming and the other Core Formation Elders had just retreated, two figures suddenly appeared in the sky above the battlefield, looking at the square market array that blocked them ahead with disdain.

Seeing them just wave their hands casually, they directly threw out a violent strike with amazing power, killing dozens of human low-grade cultivators who had not had time to retreat to the square market array on the spot.

"It’s the Nascent Soul Demon Emperor who has come, everyone hurry and retreat!"

Those who were still outside the array and were shocked by the strike in front of them, after seeing the figure of the "Mo Long Demon Emperor," hurriedly accelerated their pace of fleeing for their lives, running toward the array with all their might.

However, no matter how fast they ran, facing those high-grade demon beasts at the Nascent Soul and Core Formation levels, they were still a bit too slow. In just a moment, hundreds of corpses of human cultivators fell on the battlefield.

Fortunately, at this time, most of the cultivators had already retreated, and there were not many "Carefree Sect" cultivators left outside. After paying the price of nearly a thousand cultivators killed, the rest of the people all retreated to the array.

"What is going on? How come another Nascent Soul Demon Emperor has appeared!"

Song Qingming and the other Core Formation Elders standing on the city wall, seeing the two Nascent Soul Demon Emperors who were leading the demon beast army to attack the square market array outside, all showed a look of shock on their faces. —— Half a day later, in the conference hall of "Guiyun Square."

The more than a dozen Core Formation Elders of the Carefree Sect who had just retreated from the battlefield had all gathered here, each with a look of sorrow on their faces, discussing what had happened on the battlefield just now.

Today, in a great battle with the demon beast army, because a "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" suddenly appeared in the other party’s army, it caught the human cultivator side off guard.

The "Guiyun Square" cultivator army, which had no defense, lost thousands of cultivators in this great battle, and even Supreme Elder Li Mufeng was seriously injured because of a sudden ambush by the Demon Emperor, and went into seclusion to heal as soon as he returned.

Just facing the demon beast army under the "Mo Long Demon Emperor," the "Guiyun Square" side was already very strenuous and difficult to deal with. Now that the other party had one more 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 Mufeng was injured, the "Carefree Sect" crowd simply did not dare to go out to meet the enemy again, and could only hide in the sect-protecting array, discussing how to deal with the unfavorable situation ahead in despair.

Just when everyone was talking about the war situation, a white light suddenly flashed, and Li Mufeng, whose face was still a bit pale, appeared at the door of the hall out of thin air and walked in quickly.

"Greetings, Supreme Elder!"

After sweeping a glance at the people in front of him and finding that no one was missing, Li Mufeng sat at the head with a smile.

"Senior Uncle Li, aren’t you in seclusion? Why did you suddenly come here!" Seeing Li Mufeng’s figure, Bai Yu hurriedly stepped forward with concern and greeted him.

Li Mufeng nodded calmly: "Everyone, rest assured, my injuries are not a big problem. Now the situation outside is critical, and the sect needs to make a decision as soon as possible, so I also want to come and listen to your opinions."

Before knowing that Li Mufeng had been injured by the Demon Emperor’s ambush in the previous battle, everyone was very worried. Now hearing that his injuries were not a big problem, everyone felt relieved and their faces looked a little better.

For a sect like the "Carefree Sect" that only had one Nascent Soul ancestor, Li Mufeng’s importance was self-evident.

Once the sect’s only Nascent Soul cultivator was lost, the "Carefree Sect" would immediately change from a Nascent Soul sect that dominated one side to an ordinary Core Formation force, and its status would be a sharp drop.

As long as Li Mufeng, this Nascent Soul ancestor, did not have any major problems, even if the "Carefree Sect" was unfavorable in the war for a while, it would eventually have the opportunity to counterattack the demon beast army and take back the territory they had lost.

"Senior Uncle Li, isn’t that Red Cloud Demon Emperor attacking Zheng Guo? Why did he suddenly run to our Guiyun Square side? What exactly is going on with Zheng Guo, why is there no news coming over until now?"

"Now the demon beast army of Red Cloud Mountain has participated in the attack on our Wei Guo. Logically speaking, the people of Zheng Guo and the Heavenly Extreme Sect should also send troops to support immediately, but now they have just set off, how can they have time to rescue us."

Hearing the words of True Person Guangling standing in front, Li Mufeng sighed and shook his head: "What you said is what we just determined. Before, it was just suspicion. Zheng Guo should be the same as us, kept in the dark and not clear about this matter."

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

"Now two Nascent Soul Demon Emperors are attacking the square market together outside. Relying on me alone, I fear it is difficult to contain them. But if we don’t go out, and let the demon beast army attack the city like this, the square market array can at most persist for two or three days."

"I have already sent a ten-thousand-mile sound-transmission talisman to notify Fellow Daoist Yang of the Heavenly Extreme Sect, asking them to send high-grade cultivators to support first. However, they are separated by tens of thousands of miles, and it will take at least five or six days for them to arrive here at the earliest."

"At this time, should we stay and continue to hold on, fight to the end with the demon beast army, or prepare to evacuate this place and give up Guiyun Square to preserve power? I am also a bit unable to make up my mind now. You are all the backbone of the sect, why don’t you all say your views!"

The situation outside had reached such a critical moment. Li Mufeng’s statement was already very direct. For the current "Carefree Sect," there were only two choices.

Either evacuate this place in advance and take the initiative to give up "Guiyun Square" to the demon beast army. Doing so can preserve most of the sect’s living power and safely retreat to Ancient Sun Mountain.

But after losing "Guiyun Square," the demon beast army will inevitably continue to move south. At that time, the entire north of Wei Guo will inevitably fall rapidly. At that time, the hundreds of millions of ordinary mortals who have no time to evacuate will face these cruel demon beast armies, which will inevitably be a tragic scene of life being charred.

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

If you choose to stay and hold on to wait for reinforcements, the square market array can only persist for two or three days, and the "Carefree 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 Square" in such an extremely disadvantageous situation.

As long as this battle continues, the "Carefree Sect" will inevitably pay a huge price. Even if they are these Core Formation and Nascent Soul cultivators standing in the main hall, they will not be able to avoid falling in the great war.

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 Mufeng to accept, which also makes him unable to make a decision in his heart for a long time.

"Senior Uncle Li, I think we cannot evacuate so easily. We must take the initiative to give up Guiyun Square. The entire northern territory has no danger to defend, and it will inevitably fall into the hands of the demon beasts. This will be a major loss that the sect cannot bear."

"Since the Heavenly Extreme Sect has already come to support, we still have a chance to hold Guiyun Square. Even if we fight a bloody battle with the demon beasts, we must persist and cannot give the territory to the demon beast army."

Just after Li Mufeng finished speaking, Li Wutong, the sect’s Law Enforcement Elder, stood out and expressed his position to continue to hold on.

At the same time, True Person Guangling, who was already old, also said: "What Junior Brother Li said is right. Tuoyun Mountain and Iron Immortal Castle can be given up, and we will definitely have the opportunity to take them back in the future."

"But if we give up Guiyun Square today, once we lose this most powerful support point to counterattack the demon beast army, even if reinforcements arrive in the future, I fear the sect will be unable to recover the lost territory in the north."

"The territory of Wei Guo was accumulated bit by bit by the sect’s predecessors for thousands of years. We, the descendants, cannot destroy the sect’s thousands of years of foundation just for the sake of surviving for a while."

The people present, seeing Li Wutong and True Person Guangling, who had never been on good terms in the sect, actually unified their opinions this time, also showed a look of surprise one after another.

"Senior Uncle 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 demon beast’s attack!" Chen Xuanxin, who did not like to express opinions, also rarely said what he thought in his heart at this time.

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

"I also agree!"

"..."

With one voice after another, many Core Formation Elders present, including Song Qingming, 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 the idea of holding on to Guiyun Square and fighting the demon beast army to the end.

Seeing the many Core Formation Elders present, not afraid of the ferocious demon beast army outside, and wanting to fight to the end with them, Li Mufeng also immediately made a decision in his heart, 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 the order down, take out all the materials that can be used in the treasury and distribute them to the city-guarding cultivators. Everyone adjust their state, and two days later, go out of the city with me to fight the demon beasts decisively."

"Send a letter to urge the True Yang Sect side again, see where their people have arrived. If they can arrive in time, our winning rate can also add a few points."

"Also, send a letter to Ancient Sun Mountain, send flying boats to send all the guards that can be mobilized from Purple Star Square, Taiyue Lake, and Jinshan Square to Ancient Sun Mountain to gather. This time we will concentrate all our power and swear to hold Guiyun Square."

"Follow the orders of Senior Uncle Li!"

Hearing Li Mufeng’s determination to hold on, the many Core Formation cultivators present also shouted out the anger that had been suppressed by the demon beast army for days.