Chapter 755: Each Has Calculations, Miscalculation (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Seeing the small flying boat rushing to support in the distance, the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor," who was hiding on the top of a mountain, said this, and a look of joy immediately appeared on his face.

The escape speed of this flying boat rushing to support was extremely fast, far from what Core Formation cultivators could reach. The "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" judged immediately at a glance that there must be a Nascent Soul cultivator on the flying boat.

Just when the two demon emperors were preparing to take action to intercept the retreat of the flying boat, the flying boat side besieged by the "Golden Tiger Demon King" suddenly had a different change.

According to the plan of the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor," they only needed to hold back the flying boat to lure the "Xiaoyao Sect" reinforcements over, and then cooperate with the main force led by the two demon emperors to attack from both sides and wipe out all the human cultivators who came to support here.

Seeing the arrival of the "Xiaoyao Sect" reinforcements, the "Golden Tiger Demon King" immediately issued an order to take all the demon race to withdraw from the flying boat and go to besiege the human cultivators who came to support.

"Hmph! I'm afraid it's already too late for you to leave now. Today is your day of death."

Unexpectedly, at this time, a loud shout came from the large flying boat behind, and immediately following, Song Qingming and Zhao Mengling led dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators to rush out from inside the flying boat, blocking the many monster beasts that wanted to withdraw.

Seeing Song Qingming and many other cultivators suddenly kill out from the flying boat, the "Golden Tiger Demon King" and other demon race cultivators were shocked, and immediately reacted that they had come to lure the enemy this time, as if the other party was well-prepared, and they had also fallen into the ambush of human cultivators.

In the past half year, the two sides stood in a stalemate in "White Cloud Valley." In order to alleviate the pressure from the front, the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" frequently arranged for demon kings under his command to lead elite monster beasts above the second tier to ambush the rear supply lines of the "Xiaoyao Sect."

These monster beasts were small in scale and acted quickly. Each time they launched a sneak attack on relatively weak supply convoys and flying boats, then destroyed the goods on them and escaped the scene quickly, making it impossible for the cultivators who came to support to catch them at all.

In just half a year, five or six convoys transporting supplies to the front line had been attacked, and even a large flying boat was forcibly destroyed because the rescue was not timely.

The "Xiaoyao Sect" also suffered hundreds of cultivator casualties because of this and lost a large amount of supplies sent to the front line, which also made the "Xiaoyao Sect" very headache. Recently, they had been thinking of ways to solve the problem of hidden dangers in the rear.

In order to deal with these small groups of monster beasts that came to sneak attack the supply convoys, the "Xiaoyao Sect" side, after some discussion, set this method of waiting for the rabbit.

First, let some high-tier cultivators like Song Qingming hide quietly in the flying boat transporting supplies. When the demon race comes to attack the flying boat, they will suddenly kill out to catch the other party off guard, and then cooperate with the cultivators who come to support to wipe them all out.

In order not to let the other party discover the abnormality in the battle, the matter of Song Qingming and others hiding in the flying boat this time was only known to Jin Ziyuan, who was escorting the flying boat. At that time...

At that time, other low-tier cultivators on the flying boat were also taken aback when they saw Song Qingming and the others suddenly rush out from the warehouse, not knowing where they jumped out from.

In this battle of attacking the flying boat, both sides were calculating each other from the beginning, but they didn't know the other party's plan at all.

At this time, Song Qingming and others who killed out from above the flying boat still thought that only the monster beast army led by the "Golden Tiger Demon King" came to intercept the flying boat, and they were still happy that they finally caught the other party this time.

And at this time, Bai Yuxian, who was standing on a flying boat in the distance, was also controlling the flying boat and approaching the flying boat side quickly. Seeing from afar that Song Qingming and others had already entangled the opponent, the crowd on the flying boat was also very excited.

Just when they thought they had succeeded, on the other side of the high mountain, seven or eight escape lights suddenly lit up, forcing quickly toward the position where they were.

Among them, the two escape lights rushing to the front had an aura that was not weaker than Bai Yuxian, who was standing at the very front of the flying boat, clearly two powerful Nascent Soul cultivators.

"Not good! The other party also has an ambush. It's the Ink Dragon Demon Emperor who came. Everyone, get ready to meet the enemy."

Seeing the escape lights attacking from not far away, Bai Yuxian was the first to discover that something was wrong and hurriedly reminded everyone on the flying boat to prepare to deal with the demon race high-tier cultivators attacking from not far away.

This time, in order to lure and kill Bai Yuxian, the demon race side had already come out in full force. In addition to the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" and "Qinglu Demon Emperor," there were nine demon kings accompanying them.

Among them, four demon kings were already entangled with Song Qingming and others, and the remaining five demon kings were now all following behind the two demon emperors, preparing to help deal with the other helpers brought by Bai Yuxian and create opportunities for the two demon emperors to kill Bai Yuxian.

And on Bai Yuxian's side, in addition to herself, she also brought five Core Formation cultivators to support, namely Li Wutong, Chu Fengping, Huang Siyuan, Zhou Ziyang, and a Core Formation elder Ma Bochen sent by the Zhenyang Sect of Pei Guo.

The Core Formation cultivators of both sides met and soon began to fight each other. Bai Yuxian's side was also soon 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 only one Nascent Soul cultivator, Bai Yuxian, on the flying boat, exactly as he expected, the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" was overjoyed and mocked Bai Yuxian directly as soon as he came up.

In his eyes, Bai Yuxian's cultivation had only just broken through to the Nascent Soul stage not long ago, and she was far from his opponent in a one-on-one fight. Coupled with the help of the "Qinglu Demon Emperor," Bai Yuxian would definitely be unable to escape today.

However, Bai Yuxian, who was surrounded in the middle, although her expression was a bit solemn, didn't show too much panic. After being surrounded by the two demon emperors, she didn't choose to escape immediately, but directly took out a cyan semi-circular jade pendant and placed it in her hand.

"Since we have already met, I will definitely have to ask the Demon Emperor for advice on a few moves today. However, I don't want to accompany you in bullying the few with the many. If we want to fight, it should naturally be fair."

After Bai Yuxian finished speaking, she cast a spell to activate the jade pendant in her hand. Soon, the jade pendant in her hand flew into mid-air automatically and turned into a group of white spiritual light.

Seeing this scene, the "Ink Dragon Demon King," who was still a bit confused about what the other party wanted to do, looked at each other with the "Qinglu Demon Emperor," and the two took the initiative to attack the position where Bai Yuxian was,

However, although their movements were swift, 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 radiance, stepping forward to actively intercept the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" who was attacking from that direction.

"It’s you, Li Mufeng!"

Seeing his old rival Li Mufeng suddenly appear from the white light, the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor’s" expression changed, and he was momentarily surprised, unable to understand how Li Mufeng had suddenly emerged from the light.

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

Li Mufeng, who had intercepted the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor," swept his gaze across the entire battlefield, and a cold sweat could not help but break out in his heart. He had not expected that the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" would have already waited for reinforcements and successfully ambushed Bai Yuxian and the others here.

Fortunately, in recent times, because Li Mufeng was worried about Bai Yuxian going out to provide support alone, he had let her carry a set of teleportation jade rings passed down by the sect’s ancestral predecessors just in case.

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

However, this magic treasure does not function like a teleportation array, which can be used infinitely as long as there are enough spirit stones; it has a certain time limit, and a cultivator can only use it once a day at most.

This set of teleportation jade rings can be used by cultivators at the Core Formation stage and above, though the teleportation distance is slightly shorter, effective only within a thousand miles, whereas if used by Nascent Soul cultivators, it can teleport a distance of about five thousand miles.

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

Hearing Li Mufeng’s words, the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" could not help but sigh inwardly.

He had meticulously planned this trap, thinking he had already blocked Bai Yuxian and that the plan was foolproof; he never expected the opponent to possess such a rare teleportation magic treasure, causing the entire battle situation to suddenly undergo a massive change.

The demon side, which had originally held the victory in their grasp, had their advantage largely offset by the appearance of Li Mufeng, and the two sides began to become somewhat evenly matched.

As for the human cultivator side, they were also filled with deep regret; they had lured so many demon experts like the "Golden Tiger Demon King" into their trap, hoping to wipe them out in one fell swoop to severely damage the demon army and open up the situation on the main front.

They had not expected that the opponent would not only come out in full force but also have the reinforcements brought by the "Green Egret Demon Emperor." They had intended to hunt, but instead, they had lured in a fierce tiger, which caused the original plan of the human cultivator side to fall through completely.

A small battle that should have been a minor raid on logistical supplies ended up with high-level cultivators from both sides emerging from the rear to join the fray, immediately turning this fight into a head-on confrontation between the human cultivators and the main demon forces.

The cultivators from both sides currently engaged in the great battle were all filled with surprise, none of them having expected that the battle they thought was a sure win would, through a twist of fate, evolve into the evenly matched grand battle it was now.

However, since the cultivators on both sides had already engaged, there was no time to think about such things. In order to win this battle, everyone was using their strongest divine abilities to face the enemy with all their might.

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

Li Mufeng and the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" were similar in strength, and as old rivals, they were very familiar with each other's divine abilities, so the fight was naturally evenly matched. Even if both used their full strength without reservation, it would be difficult to determine a winner in the short term.

As for Bai Yuxian, she had only recently reached the Nascent Soul stage, and both her cultivation base and combat abilities were slightly weaker than those of the "Green Egret Demon Emperor," who was at the third level of the Nascent Soul stage.

After the two sides clashed, Bai Yuxian appeared to be trading blows with the "Green Egret Demon Emperor," but her strength was clearly slightly inferior, and she soon began to fall into a disadvantageous position.

Fortunately, the gap in strength between the two was not too large. Although the "Green Egret Demon Emperor" could gain some upper hand in the battle, it was not that easy to quickly defeat the opponent. The battlefield for the Core Formation cultivators below was divided into two parts: one side was the five people including Chen Xuanxin who had followed Bai Yuxian to provide support, facing the five Demon Kings of the demon race.

The other side was Song Qingming, Zhao Mengling, and Jin Ziyuan, battling the four demon experts led by the "Golden Tiger Demon King."

Although the numbers on both sides were roughly equal, the demon race had sent elite experts this time; more than a dozen Demon Kings were basically at the mid-stage of Core Formation or above, and there were three great Demon Kings at the late Core Formation stage alone, so their overall strength was slightly higher than that of the human side.

As for the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators below, the human side had only sixty-odd people, which was also much fewer than the over a hundred level-two demon beasts of the demon race.

Fortunately, the human cultivator side still had a large flying boat that could help provide some assistance, and the seven or eight level-two Flying Cloud Crossbows on it could be equivalent to several Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Moreover, when the cultivators on the human side encountered danger, they could also use the flying boat’s formation to temporarily take cover.

Although the overall strength was inferior to the opponent due to the small number of Foundation Establishment cultivators, the human cultivator side occupied some geographical advantages and managed to barely maintain a balance on the battlefield.

This great battle was extremely intense, 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 "Carefree Sect" arrived at the battlefield on flying boats that the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" took the initiative to lead the demon beast 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 voluntarily under the leadership of the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor," and their strength had not suffered much damage.

On the contrary, the "Carefree Sect" side not only lost more than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators, but several Core Formation cultivators were also not lightly injured.

Even Bai Yuxian, this Nascent Soul ancestor, was unfortunately wounded by the opponent’s poison elixir during the battle with the "Green Egret Demon Emperor," and after returning to the base, Bai Yuxian immediately began secluded meditation to heal her wounds.

On the way back to the front line after the great battle, the faces of the "Carefree Sect" members also showed a few more ugly expressions.

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

Under such circumstances, if no other reinforcements arrived to help, it would be difficult for the "Carefree Sect" to even defeat the demon beast side in a head-on confrontation outside, let alone capture the heavily defended "White Cloud Valley."

But if they retreated now, the spiritual veins they had previously captured were so close to "White Cloud Valley" that they would certainly not be able to hold them and would have to hand them back to the demon race.

After spending more than half a year working hard and sacrificing the lives of thousands of cultivators and a large amount of supplies, no one was willing to accept a direct retreat like this.

Moreover, with so many cultivators and supplies all on the front line of "White Cloud Valley," it was not an easy task to withdraw them all; once the cultivators had large-scale movements, the demon side would immediately notice, and it was very likely they would pursue them directly.

Once such a large-scale retreat was entangled by the demon army, it was highly likely to trigger a rout, and by then, it was unknown how many cultivators would be lost before they could safely retreat back to the south.

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

As for the demon side, after retreating to "White Cloud Valley," although this meticulously arranged trap failed to lure the enemy successfully, the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" and the others were not too disappointed by this.

Although the previous battle did not damage the foundation of the "Carefree Sect," they had already seen the true strength of the human cultivators. After returning, the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" immediately began to reorganize 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 "White Cloud Valley" were preparing to rest and immediately counterattack the human cultivators outside, a piece of news that made them very happy soon reached the ears of the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor," who was discussing the counterattack plan.

"Bai Long, are you sure the Carefree Sect has already started to withdraw their troops? Could you be mistaken?"

The "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor," who was discussing the counterattack with many demon cultivators in the great hall, suddenly heard the White Dragon Demon King standing below report the news that the human cultivators outside the valley had already started to withdraw their troops, and he spoke up to confirm it again, not daring to believe it.

Upon hearing this, the "White Dragon Demon King" immediately nodded respectfully and replied: "Reporting to the ancestor, I just heard from my subordinates outside that there were flying boats filled with supplies from the Carefree Sect heading south, so I went with Fellow Daoist Golden Tiger to check, and discovered that the flying boat was indeed full of supplies.

Now that a great battle is imminent, they have started to transport supplies back; my subordinate analyzes that the human cultivators indeed show signs of retreating."

Just as the "White Dragon Demon King" finished speaking, the "Golden Tiger Demon King" on the side immediately stepped forward to echo: "Ancestor, what Fellow Daoist White Dragon said is true; I saw this with my own eyes as well.

I think that after the great battle a few days ago, they must know they are no match for us, which is why they want to run away early. Ancestor, do you think we should counterattack immediately, so as not to let them sneak away?"

"Fellow Daoist Green Egret, what do you think about this?"

After receiving the replies from the two Demon Kings, White Dragon and Golden Tiger, the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" did not express his stance directly but turned around and asked the "Green Egret Demon Emperor," who was sitting on the side, wanting to hear the other's opinion.

The "Green Egret Demon Emperor," who was playing with a short white sword in his hand, heard the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor’s" inquiry and immediately smiled as he replied: "Hehe! That Bai Yuxian was hit by my poison elixir last time; even if they have detoxifying elixirs, it will be difficult for her to fully recover in a short time once the poison gas enters her body.

If Bai Yuxian cannot fight with her full strength, the Carefree Sect will certainly not be our match in the future. I estimate that they must be out of options now, which is why they have decisively decided to retreat.

In my opinion, you don't need to be in a hurry to fight a decisive battle with them. As long as you patiently wait a few more days, when they start to retreat in full, we will pursue them and will certainly achieve a complete victory.

By then, Brother Ink Dragon will not only be able to defeat the Carefree Sect, but perhaps even take advantage of the situation to march south and seize the northern territory of the Wei Kingdom."

"Brother, what you said is correct. To deal with these cunning humans, we cannot be too anxious. We must wait for the right opportunity to strike; if we are to fight, we must severely damage them in one go and not 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 certainly not treat you badly, brother. By then, no matter how much territory we capture, we can split it equally."

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

After the "Green Egret Demon Emperor" finished speaking, he gave the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" on the side a meaningful look, and soon saw a trace of greed in the other's eyes; the two laughed in the great hall simultaneously.

A few days later, on an ordinary level-two spiritual vein dozens of miles away from "White Cloud Valley."

Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian were sitting in a huge white tent temporarily erected on the top of the mountain, and Song Qingming and many other Core Formation cultivators were standing below, discussing the matter of retreating to the south with the two.

After the great battle with the demon race a few days ago, although the "Carefree Sect" 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 "Green Egret Demon Emperor," the "Carefree Sect" had lost its original advantage on the battlefield.

If they continued to fight, and if 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 careful consideration, Li Mufeng decided to temporarily abandon the spiritual veins they had captured in the surrounding area and decisively retreat back to that side, so as not to be entangled by the demon army and find it difficult to escape.

Although he knew that in a full retreat, the demon race would very likely pursue them halfway, and they would inevitably suffer some losses on the way, the "Carefree Sect" had no better options at the moment and could only take it one step at a time.

Just as everyone was discussing this matter, Yun Nishang, who had been ordered to guard the rear, suddenly arrived at the front line with a letter, bringing excellent news to the "Carefree Sect" who were discussing the retreat.

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

The "Star Sect" had originally been in the Zheng Kingdom in the east, helping the two major sects of the Zheng Kingdom deal with the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" in the north, recovering the territory lost by the Zheng Kingdom over the past few hundred years.

After receiving the request for help from the "Carefree Sect," they had already forced the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" to retreat and had come directly from the west of the Zheng Kingdom, passing through "Mount Yunwu" to reach the Wei Kingdom.

Hearing that the reinforcements from the "Star Sect" would arrive soon, the members of the "Carefree Sect" present immediately swept away the gloom on their faces and successively revealed a few expressions of excitement.

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

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

"No! We still need to proceed with the retreat. Pass down the order for the flying boats to speed up the transport of supplies to the south; make sure not to let the demon side see any clues."