Chapter 755: Each with Their Own Schemes, A Twist of Fate (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Seeing the small flying boat rushing over from afar, the "Demon Emperor Molong," hiding atop a mountain peak, uttered a single sentence, his face immediately filled with joy.

The speed of this incoming support flying boat was incredibly fast, far beyond what a Jin Dan cultivator could achieve. With just one glance, the "Demon Emperor Molong" immediately judged that there must be a Nascent Soul cultivator aboard.

Just as the two Demon Emperors were preparing to move and cut off the flying boat's retreat, a sudden, unexpected change occurred at the flying boat being besieged by the "Demon King Jinhu."

Originally, according to the "Demon Emperor Molong's" plan, they only needed to stall the flying boat to lure the "Xiaoyao Sect" reinforcements over, and then, in coordination with the main force led by the two Demon Emperors, launch a pincer attack to annihilate all the incoming human cultivators right there.

Seeing the "Xiaoyao Sect" reinforcements arrive, the "Demon King Jinhu" immediately issued orders, intending to lead all the demon tribes to withdraw from the flying boat and head out to surround the incoming human cultivators.

"Hmph! You lot want to leave now? I'm afraid it's already too late. Today shall be your death day."

Unexpectedly, a furious shout suddenly erupted from the large flying boat behind them. Immediately following, Song Qingming and Zhao Mengling led dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators as they charged out from within the flying boat, blocking the numerous demon beasts that were attempting to retreat.

Seeing Song Qingming and the numerous cultivators suddenly strike out from the flying boat, the "Demon King Jinhu" and the other demon cultivators were instantly shocked. They immediately realized that this time, when they came to lure the enemy, it seemed the other side had been prepared long ago; they had likewise fallen into an ambush set by the human cultivators.

For the past half year, the two sides had been in a standoff at "Bai Yun Valley." To alleviate the pressure from the front and force the human cultivators to withdraw their troops, the "Demon Emperor Molong" had frequently arranged for his subordinate Demon Kings to lead elite demon beasts of the second tier and above to ambush the "Xiaoyao Sect's" rear supply lines.

These demon beasts were small in scale and moved quickly. Each time, they would launch sneak attacks on the relatively vulnerable supply convoys and flying boats, destroy the cargo aboard, and then quickly flee the scene, making it impossible for the supporting cultivators to catch them.

In just half a year, five or six convoys transporting supplies to the front lines had already been attacked, and one large flying boat had even been forcibly destroyed by them because rescue did not arrive in time.

The "Xiaoyao Sect" had consequently suffered hundreds of cultivator casualties and lost a large amount of supplies destined for the front lines. The "Xiaoyao Sect" was also very troubled by this and had recently been trying to find a way to resolve this hidden threat in the rear.

In order to deal with these small groups of demon beasts coming to ambush the supply convoys, the "Xiaoyao Sect" had, after some deliberation, settled on this "waiting for the hare" method.

First, they let Song Qingming and a portion of high-tier cultivators quietly hide within the supply-transporting flying boats. When the demon tribe came to attack the flying boat, they would suddenly strike, catching the opponent off guard, and then coordinate with the incoming reinforcements to wipe them all out in one fell swoop.

To ensure the opponent did not discover anything unusual during the battle, the fact that Song Qingming and the others were hiding in the flying boat this time was known only to Jin Ziyuan, who was escorting the boat. At that time—

At that time, the other low-tier cultivators on the flying boat were also greatly shocked when they saw Song Qingming and the others suddenly charge out from the hold, not knowing where on earth they had popped out from.

In this great battle attacking the flying boat, both sides were scheming against each other from the start, but neither knew the other's plan.

At this moment, Song Qingming and the others, who had struck out from the flying boat, still thought that the only ones coming to intercept the flying boat were the army of demon beasts led by the "Demon King Jinhu," and they were still rejoicing in their hearts that they had finally caught the opponent this time.

Meanwhile, Bai Yuxian, standing on a flying boat in the distance, was also rapidly approaching the flying boat while controlling her own. Seeing from afar that Song Qingming and the others had already entangled their opponents, everyone on the flying boat was also extremely excited.

Just when they thought they had succeeded, seven or eight streaks of light suddenly lit up on a high mountain on the other side, rapidly closing in on their position.

The aura radiating from the two streaks of light in the lead was no weaker than that of Bai Yuxian standing at the very front of the flying boat; they were clearly two powerful Nascent Soul cultivators.

"Not good! The opponent also has an ambush. It's the Demon Emperor Molong who has come. Everyone, quickly prepare to meet the enemy."

Seeing the streaks of light attacking from not far away, Bai Yuxian was the first to realize something was wrong and hurriedly reminded everyone on the flying boat to prepare to deal with the high-tier demon cultivators attacking from nearby.

This time, in order to lure and kill Bai Yuxian, the demon side had brought out all their elites. Besides the "Demon Emperor Molong" and the "Demon Emperor Qinglu," there were also nine Demon Kings accompanying them.

Four of them were already entangled with Song Qingming and the others, while the remaining five Demon Kings were now all following behind the two Demon Emperors, preparing to help deal with the other helpers Bai Yuxian had brought, creating an opportunity for the two Demon Emperors to slay Bai Yuxian.

As for Bai Yuxian's side, besides herself, she had also brought five Jin Dan cultivators: Li Wu, Chu Fengping, Huang Siyuan, Zhou Ziyang, and a Jin Dan Elder, Ma Bochen, sent by the Zhenyang Sect of the Pei Kingdom to provide support.

The Jin Dan cultivators from both sides quickly clashed as soon as they met, and Bai Yuxian's side was also quickly surrounded by the two Demon Emperors, one in front and one behind.

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Bai, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave today."

Seeing that there was indeed only one Nascent Soul cultivator, Bai Yuxian, on the flying boat as he had expected, the "Demon Emperor Molong" was overjoyed and immediately mocked Bai Yuxian as soon as he came up.

In his eyes, Bai Yuxian's cultivation had only recently broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, and in a one-on-one fight, she was far from his match. Plus, with the "Demon Emperor Qinglu's" help, Bai Yuxian would definitely not be able to escape today.

However, Bai Yuxian, surrounded in the middle, although her expression was somewhat solemn, did not appear overly panicked. After being surrounded by the two Demon Emperors, she did not choose to flee immediately, but instead directly took out a cyan, semi-circular jade pendant and placed it in her hand.

"Since we have already met, I will certainly have to exchange a few moves with Your Excellency the Demon Emperor today. However, I do not wish to accompany you two in bullying the few with the many. If we are to fight, it naturally must be fair."

After Bai Yuxian finished speaking, she directly cast a spell to activate the jade pendant in her hand. Very quickly, the jade pendant in her hand automatically flew into mid-air and transformed into a ball of white spiritual light.

Seeing this scene, the "Demon King Molong," who was still not quite clear what the opponent was trying to do, saw Bai Yuxian's action as if she wanted to use some powerful divine ability. After exchanging a glance with the "Demon Emperor Qinglu," the two immediately took the initiative to attack the location where Bai Yuxian was, wanting to stop her from casting the spell.

However, although their movements were fast, they did not succeed in interrupting Bai Yuxian's spellcasting. As the cyan jade pendant transformed into a ball of white light, a figure quickly appeared within the spiritual light, stepping forward to actively block the "Demon Emperor Molong" who was attacking toward here.

"It's you, Li Mufeng!"

Seeing his old rival Li Mufeng suddenly appear from the white light, the "Demon Emperor Molong's" expression changed, and he was somewhat surprised, not understanding how Li Mufeng had suddenly popped out from the white light.

"You lot really have good schemes, actually ambushing us here. If it weren't for the Yin-Yang Heart-Joining Jade that Yuxian was carrying today, your treacherous plot would have truly almost succeeded."

Li Mufeng, who had blocked the "Demon Emperor Molong," swept a glance across the entire battlefield, and a cold sweat could not help but break out in his heart. He had not expected that the "Demon Emperor Molong" had actually waited for reinforcements and successfully ambushed Bai Yuxian and the others here.

Fortunately, for some time recently, Li Mufeng, worried about Bai Yuxian going out alone to provide support, had let Bai Yuxian carry a set of teleportation jade rings passed down by the sect's ancestor predecessors just in case.

The "Yin-Yang Heart-Joining Jade" was divided into two pieces, Yin and Yang. As long as the person holding one of the jade pendants cast a spell to activate the magic treasure, they could directly teleport the other person holding the other half of the jade ring to their side within a certain distance.

However, this magic treasure could not be used infinitely like a teleportation formation as long as there were enough spirit stones; it had a certain time limit, and a cultivator could use it at most once a day.

This set of teleportation jade rings could be used by cultivators above the Jin Dan stage, but the teleportation distance was slightly shorter, only effective within a thousand miles, while if used by a Nascent Soul cultivator, it could teleport a distance of about five thousand miles.

It was precisely because she had the "Yin-Yang Heart-Joining Jade" on her that Bai Yuxian did not choose to flee the first moment she saw the two Demon Emperors coming to surround her, and decisively sacrificed this magic treasure to teleport Li Mufeng, who was far outside "Bai Yun Valley," directly over.

Hearing the words from Li Mufeng's mouth, the "Demon Emperor Molong" could not help but sigh secretly in his heart.

He had meticulously planned this setup, thinking he had already blocked Bai Yuxian and that the plan was foolproof. He never expected the opponent to have such a rare teleportation magic treasure, causing the entire battle situation to suddenly take a huge turn.

The demon side, which had originally held the victory in their grasp, was now instantly offset of most of its advantages because of Li Mufeng's appearance, and the two sides began to become somewhat evenly matched.

As for the human cultivator side, they were also very regretful in their hearts. They had fished for so many demon experts like the "Demon King Jinhu" this time and could have wiped them all out to severely damage the demon army and open up the situation on the front-line battlefield.

They never expected that the opponent would not only come out in full force this time but also have the reinforcements brought by the "Demon Emperor Qinglu" to help. They had intended to hunt them, but instead, they had lured a fierce tiger, which also caused the original plan of the human cultivator side to fall through completely.

A small battle that should have been a minor sneak attack on logistics supplies ended up with high-tier cultivators from both sides striking out from behind and joining the battlefield, causing this battle to instantly turn into a head-on confrontation between the human cultivators and the main demon force.

The cultivators from both sides who were in the midst of the great battle were all full of surprise at this moment, none of them expecting that the battle they thought was a sure win would twist into the evenly matched great battle it was now.

However, the cultivators from both sides had already clashed, and there was no time to think about so much. In order to win this battle, everyone was using their strongest divine abilities to face the enemy with all their might.

High above, the duel between the four Nascent Soul cultivators was particularly fierce.

Li Mufeng and the "Demon Emperor Molong" were not much different in strength, and as old rivals, they were very familiar with each other's divine abilities. Fighting naturally meant they were evenly matched, and even if both used their full strength without reservation, it was still somewhat difficult to determine a winner in the short term.

As for Bai Yuxian, she had only recently formed her Nascent Soul, and both her cultivation and fighting divine abilities were slightly weaker than the "Demon Emperor Qinglu" of the third layer of Nascent Soul.

After the two sides clashed, Bai Yuxian appeared to be trading blows with the "Demon Emperor Qinglu," but Bai Yuxian's strength was clearly slightly inferior, and she soon fell into a disadvantage.

Fortunately, the gap in strength between the two sides was not too large. Although the "Demon Emperor Qinglu" could occupy some advantage in the battle, it was not so easy to quickly defeat the opponent. The battlefield of the Jin Dan cultivators below was divided into two parts: one side was Chen Xuanxin and the other four who had come to support with Bai Yuxian facing the five Demon Kings of the demon tribe.

The other side was Song Qingming, Zhao Mengling, and Jin Ziyuan, fighting against the four demon experts led by the "Demon King Jinhu."

Although the number of people on both sides was about equal, the demon tribe had sent out elite experts this time. The cultivation of the dozen or so Demon Kings was basically above the mid-stage of Jin Dan, and just the great Demon Kings of the late Jin Dan stage had come in three. The overall strength was slightly higher than the human side.

The number of Foundation Establishment cultivators below was only sixty-some on the human side, which was also much less than the hundreds of second-tier demon beasts of the demon tribe.

Fortunately, the human cultivator side still had a large flying boat that could help provide some assistance, and the seven or eight second-tier flying cloud crossbows on it could be equivalent to several Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Moreover, once the cultivators on the human side encountered danger, they could also use the flying boat formation to temporarily take refuge.

Although the overall strength was not as good as the opponent because the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators was too small, the human cultivator side occupied some geographical advantages and still barely maintained the balance on the battlefield.

This great battle was extremely fierce, and the cultivators from both sides fought from the afternoon until dusk.

In the end, it was only after a large number of reinforcements from the "Xiaoyao Sect's" rear arrived at the battlefield by flying boat that the "Demon Emperor Molong" took the initiative to lead the demon side to withdraw from the battlefield.

Although the final result was that the human cultivators repelled the opponent and protected the large flying boat transporting supplies, the demon side had withdrawn on its own under the leadership of the "Demon Emperor Molong," and its strength had not suffered too much damage.

On the contrary, the "Xiaoyao Sect" side not only lost more than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators, but several Jin Dan cultivators were also not lightly injured.

Even Bai Yuxian, this Nascent Soul ancestor, was unfortunately injured by the opponent's poison pill in the battle with the "Demon Emperor Qinglu." After returning to the station, Bai Yuxian immediately began to seclude herself to heal her wounds.

On the way back to the front line after the great battle, the faces of everyone in the "Xiaoyao Sect" also showed a few more looks of ugliness.

Now that the "Xiaoyao Sect's" ancestor Bai Yuxian was injured, and the demon side had gained a powerful reinforcement in the "Demon Emperor Qinglu," the power of the two sides had begun to gradually reverse, and the one with the advantage had instead become the demon beast side.

Under such circumstances, if there were no other reinforcements coming to help, the "Xiaoyao Sect" would not even mention wanting to capture the heavily defended "Bai Yun Valley," and it would be very difficult to defeat the opponent even in a head-on confrontation with the demon beast side outside.

But if they were to withdraw now, the spirit veins they had captured before were so close to "Bai Yun Valley" that they would definitely not be able to hold them, and they would only have to return them to the demon tribe.

Having worked hard for more than half a year, sacrificing the lives of thousands of cultivators and a large amount of supplies, if they were to just withdraw like this, no one would be willing to accept it.

Moreover, with so many cultivators and supplies all at the "Bai Yun Valley" front line, wanting to withdraw them all was not an easy matter. Once there was a large-scale unusual movement of cultivators, the demon side would immediately be able to detect it, and it was very likely that they would directly pursue them.

Once such a large-scale withdrawal was entangled by the demon army, it was very likely to trigger a rout, and by then, who knew how many cultivators would be lost before they could safely withdraw to the south.

Whether staying to continue fighting or choosing to withdraw directly, the risks involved were very high, and the "Xiaoyao Sect" was also caught in a dilemma for a time.

As for the demon side, after withdrawing to "Bai Yun Valley," although this meticulously arranged setup had failed to lure the enemy successfully, the "Demon Emperor Molong" and the others were not too disappointed because of this.

Although the previous battle did not damage the "Xiaoyao Sect's" foundation, they had already seen the true strength of the human cultivators. After returning, the "Demon Emperor Molong" immediately began to reorganize his troops and prepare for war, intending to counterattack the human cultivators and take back the territories they had lost before.

Just as the demon cultivators in "Bai Yun Valley" were preparing to rest and immediately counterattack the human cultivators outside, a piece of news that made them very happy was quickly transmitted to the ears of the "Demon Emperor Molong," who was discussing the counterattack plan.

"Bai Long, are you sure the Xiaoyao Sect has already started to withdraw their troops? You wouldn't be mistaken, would you?"

The "Demon Emperor Molong," who was discussing the counterattack with numerous demon cultivators in the great hall, suddenly heard the Demon King Bai Long, who was standing below, suddenly come to report the news that the human cultivators outside the valley had already started to withdraw their troops. He was somewhat disbelieving and opened his mouth to confirm it again.

Hearing this, the "Demon King Bai Long" immediately nodded respectfully and replied: "Reporting to the ancestor, just now I heard from my subordinates outside that the Xiaoyao Sect has flying boats full of supplies heading south, so I went with Fellow Daoist Jinhu to take a look and found that the flying boat was indeed full of supplies.

Now that a great battle is imminent, they are starting to transport supplies back. My subordinate analyzes that the human cultivators indeed have signs of withdrawing."

Just as the "Demon King Bai Long's" voice fell, the "Demon King Jinhu" on the side immediately stepped forward to echo: "Ancestor, Fellow Daoist Bai Long's words are not false. I have also seen this with my own eyes.

I think that after the great battle a few days ago, they must know they are not our match, which is why they want to run away early. Ancestor, do you think we should immediately counterattack, so as not to let them sneak away?"

"Fellow Daoist Qinglu, what do you think about this?"

After receiving the replies from the two Demon Kings, Bai Long and Jinhu, the "Demon Emperor Molong" did not express his stance directly but turned to ask the "Demon Emperor Qinglu," who was sitting on the side, wanting to hear the other's opinion.

The "Demon Emperor Qinglu," who was playing with a white short sword in his hand on the side, heard the "Demon Emperor Molong's" inquiry and immediately smiled and replied: "Hehe! That Bai Yuxian was hit by my poison pill last time. Even if they have detoxifying pills, it will be very difficult for the poison gas to fully recover after entering the body in a short time.

If Bai Yuxian cannot fight with all her strength, the Xiaoyao Sect will definitely not be our match next. I estimate they should have no other way now, which is why they decisively want to withdraw.

I think, brother, you don't have to be in a hurry to fight a decisive battle with them. Just wait patiently for a few more days. When they start to withdraw comprehensively, we will pursue them and will definitely achieve a great victory.

By then, brother Molong will not only be able to defeat the Xiaoyao Sect, but perhaps even take advantage of the situation to go south and seize the territory in the north of the Wei Kingdom."

"Brother's words are not bad. To deal with these cunning humans, we cannot be too anxious. We must wait for the right opportunity to strike. If we fight, we must severely damage them at once and cannot easily give them a chance to make a comeback.

Fellow Daoist, rest assured, if we can really take the north of the Wei Kingdom in one fell swoop this time, I will definitely not treat you badly, brother. By then, no matter how much territory we capture, we can directly split it equally."

"Haha, then I will thank you in advance, brother."

After the "Demon Emperor Qinglu" finished speaking, he looked meaningfully at the "Demon Emperor Molong" on the side, and soon saw a trace of greed in the other's eyes. The two laughed in the great hall again at the same time.

A few days later, atop an ordinary second-tier spirit vein dozens of miles away from "Bai Yun Valley."

Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian were sitting in a huge white tent temporarily set up on the mountain top, and Song Qingming and numerous other Jin Dan cultivators were standing below, discussing with the two the matter of withdrawing to the south.

After a great battle with the demon tribe a few days ago, although the "Xiaoyao Sect" side did not suffer much loss and still had the strength to fight the opponent.

But now that the demon side had gained a powerful reinforcement in the "Demon Emperor Qinglu," the "Xiaoyao Sect" side had already lost its original advantage on the battlefield.

If they continued to fight, and reinforcements from other places could not arrive in time, they were very likely to be counterattacked and gradually eroded by the demon side.

For this reason, after some careful consideration, Li Mufeng decided to temporarily give up the spirit veins they had captured around them and decisively withdraw to that side, so as not to be entangled by the demon army and unable to escape.

Although he knew that if they withdrew comprehensively, the demon tribe would very likely pursue them halfway, and they would inevitably suffer some losses on the way, but at the moment, the "Xiaoyao Sect" side had no better way and could only take one step at a time.

Just as everyone was discussing this matter, Yun Nishang, who was ordered to guard the rear, suddenly brought a letter and rushed to the front line, bringing a piece of excellent news to the "Xiaoyao Sect," which was discussing the withdrawal.

Zheng Zitong, the Nascent Soul Supreme Elder of the "Star Sect" of the Wu Kingdom, had led thousands of reinforcements and had already arrived within the territory of the Wei Kingdom, and would be able to reach the front-line battlefield in at most two days.

The "Star Sect" had always been in the Zheng Kingdom in the east, helping the two major sects of the Zheng Kingdom deal with the "Demon Emperor Chiyun" in the north, and recovering the territory lost by the Zheng Kingdom in the last few hundred years.

After receiving the request for help from the "Xiaoyao Sect," they, who had already forced back the "Demon Emperor Chiyun," directly crossed the "Mount Yunwu" from the west of the Zheng Kingdom and rushed to the Wei Kingdom.

Hearing that the reinforcements from the "Star Sect" would be able to arrive immediately, everyone from the "Xiaoyao Sect" present swept away the gloom on their faces and one after another showed a few looks of excitement.

"Haha! The reinforcements from the Star Sect have come. This time we don't have to be afraid of them. As long as the demon army dares to come out, we will definitely let them know our power."

"Uncle Li, does that mean we don't have to withdraw anymore? Should we send a letter to notify Junior Sister Xu and the others to transport those supplies back?"

"No! We still need to continue with the withdrawal. Pass down the order for the flying boats to speed up the transport of supplies to the south. Do not let the demon side see any clues." (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 756 =====