Chapter 819

Leading the way was a middle-aged man stepping on a golden flying sword, who transformed into a streak of golden light and arrived at the front of the battlefield in an instant.

Under the middle-aged man's control, the golden flying sword directly transformed into several streaks of fierce golden sword rain, knocking away a leading third-rank low-grade puppet beast in front.

"A Core Formation cultivator! The enemy has reinforcements, retreat quickly."

Seeing this somewhat shocking scene, the dozens of "Nine Yuan Sect" cultivators who had just charged into the great array were immediately frightened and retreated a few steps.

Before long, these "Nine Yuan Sect" cultivators who had just charged into the great array were directly beaten back under the fierce attacks of that golden sword light.

"It's Elder Chen and the others who have come to support us! Everyone, quickly drive the enemy out and repair the great array!"

The hundreds of "Carefree Sect" cultivators who were struggling to defend the city had already felt somewhat desperate upon seeing the great array breached by the opponent.

Unexpectedly, reinforcements from the sect's rear arrived in time and gradually helped them stabilize the situation; soon, the "Carefree Sect" side used the spirit stones in their hands to restore most of the "Market Great Array."

The only gap damaged by the enemy's "Array-Breaking Bead" was even more stable than Mount Tai because it was guarded by Chen Xuanxin, a peak Core Formation cultivator; not a single enemy cultivator could break into the great array from here.

Just like that, the battle raged from day until night, and both sides once again ceased hostilities and retreated to their respective cultivator encampments.

The group who had been fighting the "Nine Yuan Sect" Core Formation cultivators in the high sky for two days had just returned to the city wall when they saw Chen Xuanxin walking over with a serious expression.

"Thank you for your hard work, fellow brothers and juniors!"

"Junior Brother Chen, I didn't expect it to be you who came. Fortunately, you arrived in time; otherwise, we really wouldn't have been able to withstand the enemy's counterattack today, and Nanyue Market would have changed hands again.

Now that the Nine Yuan Sect has more and more manpower, tomorrow will likely be another bloody battle, and I don't know if we can successfully hold this place next."

Previously, when the Carefree Sect attacked "Nanyue Market," fearing that news would leak out in advance, they did not choose to bring too many people, selecting only over a thousand of the more elite cultivators from the sect.

After successfully capturing "Nanyue Market," the "Carefree Sect" in the rear received the news and immediately mobilized troops and generals, starting to send forces to support the front line.

However, because "Nanyue Market" is located within the territory of the Yue Kingdom and is quite far away, the reinforcements led by Chen Xuanxin arrived a bit later than the "Nine Yuan Sect" side.

Hearing the trace of worry in Li Wu's tone, Chen Xuanxin immediately replied to him: "Fellow brothers, rest assured, the few people I brought are just the advance party.

Behind us, there are over a thousand people brought by Senior Brother Jin and Junior Brother Zhang; it is estimated that they should be able to arrive in at most half a day.

We have also brought several third-rank flying cloud crossbows this time to strengthen the market's defense; it will definitely not be that easy for the Nine Yuan Sect to take this place."

"Haha! Senior Brother Jin and Senior Brother Zhang are also coming? With the help of the third-rank flying cloud crossbows, we will definitely be able to hold this place.

Damn it, I've been feeling so stifled these past two days; tomorrow we'll let the Nine Yuan Sect people know how tough we are!"

Shen Tongzhou had been besieged by two Nine Yuan Sect Core Formation cultivators for the past two days; although he managed to hold on, he had already sustained quite a few injuries on his body, and even when speaking, a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

At this moment, hearing that the sect's reinforcements from the rear had arrived, Shen Tongzhou's heart was also suddenly excited, vowing to vent the frustration that had been pent up in his heart these past few days.

Song Qingming and the others standing nearby were the same as Shen Tongzhou; upon hearing what Chen Xuanxin said, they also slowly let out a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Now that the sect's reinforcements had arrived, their confidence in holding "Nanyue Market" had also increased significantly.

Although the "Carefree Sect" side's overall number of cultivators was still not as good as the opponent's, after adding Chen Xuanxin and the others who came to support, Song Qingming and the others still had the advantage in Core Formation combat power.

As long as they could hold the market's "Mountain-Protecting Great Array" and stand their ground, waiting for the sect's reinforcements and supplies from the rear to arrive slowly, the "Carefree Sect" would be able to completely take this market.

Just as the "Carefree Sect" crowd in the market was full of joy welcoming Chen Xuanxin and the other reinforcements, on a high mountain more than ten miles north of the market, the expressions of Yue Wuji and the other "Nine Yuan Sect" cultivators were not so good at this moment.

In the previous two days of fighting, they had already gained the upper hand and were on the verge of recapturing "Nanyue Market," but they didn't expect Chen Xuanxin to arrive with people at the critical moment, driving them out of Nanyue Market again.

Watching the victory that was about to be in their hands slip away just like that, everyone felt incomparably disappointed in their hearts.

In order to boost the morale of his side, which had already been somewhat frustrated, Yue Wuji, as the Sect Master of the "Nine Yuan Sect," could only force a smile and say to everyone: "Although we did not achieve full success in today's battle, our manpower is still several times that of the opponent, and the advantage is still on my side, so everyone should not be so dejected.

I have already received news that Junior Sister Ma has come out of seclusion and successfully advanced to the late Core Formation stage; tomorrow she will be able to lead the sect's reinforcements to arrive here."

"Oh! Junior Sister Ma actually successfully broke through her cultivation during this seclusion? This is truly an excellent thing.

In that case, even if the opponent has one more Chen Xuanxin, we are not without a chance of winning; as long as everyone works together, we will definitely be able to capture Nanyue Market in one fell swoop tomorrow!"

Hearing that they would soon have more reinforcements arriving, the "Nine Yuan Sect" crowd, whose momentum had been somewhat withered, suddenly had a few more expressions of joy on their faces.

Seeing this, Yue Wuji also struck while the iron was hot and said: "The Carefree Sect's foundation is currently stronger than ours, and a prolonged battle will be unfavorable to the sect.

I have already decided to use the Wind Spirit Sword Array tomorrow to capture the market in one fell swoop! Now that the foreign enemy has already reached our doorstep, we have no way out, and I hope everyone can work with the sect to overcome the difficulties together."

"We are willing to be loyal to the sect!"

Hearing the excited and high-spirited voices of the crowd at the scene, Yue Wuji's face suddenly had a few more smiles, and he also had a bit more confidence in tomorrow's great battle.

When everyone had retreated, Yue Wuji secretly sent a sound transmission into the ears of Linghu Jie, who was on the side, keeping him behind alone.

"Junior Brother Linghu, before this expedition, the Supreme Elder left me a fourth-rank spirit talisman, telling me to use it at a critical moment.

Tomorrow I plan to take action to deal with Chen Xuanxin and see if there is a chance to use this trump card to kill this person.

Junior Sister Ma can help contain Li Wu when she arrives tomorrow, and Song Qingming will be left to you to help deal with; what do you think?"

In the battles of the past two days, Song Qingming faced Yue Wuji, an old-school peak Core Formation cultivator who had once impacted the Nascent Soul realm; the two fought back and forth, evenly matched, and the strength he displayed had already far exceeded that of an ordinary late Core Formation cultivator.

Although Linghu Jie had the cultivation of the eighth level of Core Formation, both his magic treasures and divine abilities were far inferior to those of Sect Master Yue Wuji.

In the past two days of fighting against Li Wu, who had the same cultivation level, Linghu Jie was still somewhat unable to defeat his opponent, only barely managing to contain him.

At this moment, hearing Yue Wuji ask him to deal with Song Qingming, Linghu Jie, who had always been cautious, thought for a moment and immediately said with a somewhat difficult expression: "Sect Master Senior Brother, you have also experienced Song Qingming's divine ability level; this person's cultivation speed is so fast that it is no worse than Chen Xuanxin's, and he is likely a master who has a very high hope of impacting the Nascent Soul realm in the future.

It's not that I, Junior Brother, fear the opponent, but I am afraid that I alone might have difficulty completely containing him; if I happen to be unable to defeat the opponent and cause trouble for you, what should I do!"

"For this, Junior Brother, rest assured, I still have a third-rank puppet beast brought from the sect that I haven't used yet; tomorrow I will hand it over to you to drive.

Also, Junior Brother Lu will arrive with Junior Sister Ma tomorrow, and I will arrange for him to help you contain the opponent together.

With their help, it will be equivalent to you having two more helpers, and I think it should be enough to contain Song Qingming.

Now that the sect is in trouble, we are all people who have been protected by the sect for many years, and I hope Junior Brother can stand up for the sect tomorrow to block the Carefree Sect people."

"Sect Master Senior Brother, rest assured, Song Qingming will be left to me and Junior Brother Lu; I will definitely not let down your and the sect's heavy trust!"

After some persuasion, seeing that Linghu Jie finally agreed, Yue Wuji's face also had a few more smiles.

The next day, early morning! Before the winter morning sun had completely dispelled the fog on the battlefield, in the high sky north of "Nanyue Market," four large flying boats, each several dozen zhang long, quickly approached the direction of the market.

"Attack!"

As the horn sound signaling the battle rang out on the flying boats, countless "Nine Yuan Sect" cultivators, like ants, densely swarmed toward the market in the distance.

"Raise the array, meet the enemy!"

By the time the enemy was about to approach the front of the market, a purple light instantly enveloped the entire market, and then over a thousand people in uniform clothing rushed out from inside the purple light; the two sides were entangled in a fight in less than a moment.

After the numerous Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators below started fighting, more than a dozen escape lights of different colors flew out from both sides behind the battlefield.

A moment later, in the high sky above the battlefield, more than a dozen Core Formation cultivators holding magic treasures instantly appeared, standing on both sides.

"Li Wu, you and others invaded our sect's territory for no reason and slaughtered our Nine Yuan Sect cultivators; this is already a public betrayal of our alliance treaty to resist the enemy in the Floating Cloud Mountain Range, and in the future, the major sects will definitely pursue this matter.

I advise you to quickly withdraw from Nanyue Market and hand over the murderer who killed Junior Brother Liu to our sect.

Otherwise, when our sect takes back the market, we will definitely not let you off easily!" "Sect Master Yue, you wouldn't have forgotten all the dirty things your Nine Yuan Sect did back then, would you!

The remnants of the Ma family from back then are right here; if you are willing to hand over Ma Qiudie to our Carefree Sect for disposal, perhaps we can consider talking to you.

If you are not willing, then don't blame us for not giving you a chance!"

Upon hearing Li Wu mention the rebellion of the Ma family of "Iron Immortal Castle" back then, a somewhat ugly expression suddenly appeared on the face of Ma Qiudie, who was standing in mid-air.

Ma Qiudie was also a cultivator who formed her core around the same time as Song Qingming, and her cultivation had now broken through to the seventh level of Core Formation.

Although her cultivation speed was not as fast as Song Qingming's, it was still relatively fast compared to most of the cultivators present, and she had now officially become a disciple under the sect's Supreme Elder Wu Jiuyuan, becoming one of the core cultivators of the "Nine Yuan Sect."

Faced with the unreasonable demands made by Li Wu, Yue Wuji naturally could not agree and directly scolded angrily: "Hmph! You guys think beautifully; if you want us to hand over our own people, do you really think my Nine Yuan Sect is made of mud?"

"You yourself are not willing to hand over people, so why bother with such nonsense? The immortal cultivation world cannot solve problems just by relying on a mouth.

If you want to take back the market from our hands, then your Nine Yuan Sect should show your skills!"

As Li Wu took the initiative to reveal his own natal magic treasure, the two sides immediately fought into a ball without a word, and both the number of people and the scale of the battle were much higher than the previous two days.

Compared to the battles of the previous two days, the "Carefree Sect" side had received the support of Chen Xuanxin, a peak Core Formation expert, and the "Nine Yuan Sect" also had Ma Qiudie and another Core Formation cultivator surnamed Lu who had just formed his core with lower cultivation.

This time, Yue Wuji directly faced Chen Xuanxin, who had the highest cultivation among the "Carefree Sect" crowd, while Li Wu fought with Ma Qiudie, who had just broken through to the seventh level of Core Formation.

Song Qingming's opponent was also changed to Linghu Jie and a Core Formation cultivator surnamed Lu whose cultivation was only at the first level of Core Formation.

Right from the start, Linghu Jie took the initiative, directly throwing out a third-rank low-grade puppet beast in the shape of a black eagle, and then manipulated the puppet beast in front of him to form a small "Three Talents Array" together with the Core Formation fellow sect member surnamed Lu.

This kind of "Three Talents Array" that can gather the power of multiple people into one place does not have high requirements for the user; as long as the array level is a first-rank high-grade array master, it can be easily used.

However, the power of the array is far inferior to high-rank arrays; under the blessing of the two people behind him, the pressure on Linghu Jie in front could only barely be raised to the ninth level of Core Formation, adding about 20% of combat power for him.

Seeing Linghu Jie and the three of them rushing toward him, Song Qingming was also unhurried, directly summoning his natal magic treasure, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," which directly transformed into a golden shield and blocked in front of him.

Linghu Jie's third-rank high-grade flying sword magic treasure could not break through the defense in front of Song Qingming when it encountered the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" blessed by the Green Jade Refining Treasure Technique, and instead was forced back by the spiritual light shot from it.

Seeing that he was difficult to parry, Linghu Jie immediately turned from attack to defense, directly urging a copper bell magic treasure to block in front of him.

This magic treasure was also the most proud defensive magic treasure on Linghu Jie's body; under the blessing of the magic power of the two people behind him, the copper bell immediately grew several times larger, blocking all the five-colored golden light from the opposite side.

But just as he had blocked the attack of the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," a black-robed man on the other side held a large axe and killed his way over, directly chopping on the copper bell with one axe, shaking Linghu Jie and the others back several steps.

"Core Formation Corpse Puppet! I haven't seen him use it before, I thought this guy didn't bring this thing, it turns out he left a backup."

Seeing "Jin Feng" who suddenly killed his way over from the side, Linghu Jie also immediately recognized that this was a Core Formation "Corpse Puppet" that followed by Song Qingming's side.

Back then, when Song Qingming participated in the "Iron Immortal Castle" battle, he had used this thing, and Linghu Jie naturally knew that Song Qingming had a Core Formation "Corpse Puppet" on him.

However, the cultivation of "Jin Feng" back then was only at the first level of Core Formation, but now it had been raised to the fifth level of Core Formation by Song Qingming, which was somewhat beyond Linghu Jie's expectations.

I don't know what special means Song Qingming found to raise "Jin Feng's" cultivation to the fifth level of Core Formation so quickly.

This point was not only something Linghu Jie couldn't figure out, but even among the "Carefree Sect" crowd back then, many people were curious about how Song Qingming managed to do this.

Later, Xu Ziyan, who was very interested in this, took the initiative to ask Song Qingming about this matter, only to learn that it was after he received Li Xuanyi's help to find "Flame Spirit Water" that he was able to improve "Jin Feng's" cultivation speed.

Because this method was indeed somewhat harsh, and it required finding rare spiritual objects like "Flame Spirit Water" to refine the flesh of the corpse puppet, everyone gradually lost interest after inquiring about it.

At this moment, facing the joint urgent attack of Song Qingming and "Jin Feng," Linghu Jie and the others also felt great pressure and could only rely on the copper bell magic treasure in front of them to struggle and contain Song Qingming.

On the side of the others, the situation was not much different from before; except for Li Wu, who dealt with Ma Qiudie relatively easily, none of them took much advantage of the opponent.

While the high-rank cultivators above were fighting desperately, in front of the market great array below, the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining disciples of both sides were also fighting very fiercely.

The Carefree Sect side, relying on the "Mountain-Protecting Great Array," although falling into a disadvantage and having to defend passively because their numbers were much smaller than the opponent's, did not get defeated by the opponent for a while with the help of the "Mountain-Protecting Great Array."

Just as the cultivators of both sides on the battlefield began to enter a stalemate, dozens of "Nine Yuan Sect" cultivators hidden on the large flying boats suddenly formed an array and transformed into a huge flying sword several dozen zhang long, killing their way into the battlefield.

These dozens of "Nine Yuan Sect" cultivators all had Foundation Establishment cultivation, and the "Wind Spirit Sword Array" they formed was also a major trump card prepared by the "Nine Yuan Sect" side, and its power when operated was no worse than that of an ordinary late Core Formation cultivator.

After the Nine Yuan Sect's "Wind Spirit Sword Array" just killed its way into the battlefield, in just a moment, it killed more than a dozen "Carefree Sect" cultivators nearby, and the golden sword head went straight to the "Mountain-Protecting Great Array" in the rear.

The "Nanyue Market" Mountain-Protecting Great Array had already been damaged in yesterday's attack and had not been completely repaired; now, with only more than half of its power left, it was somewhat difficult to resist attacks like the "Wind Spirit Sword Array."

Just after taking one hit, the entire market's "Mountain-Protecting Great Array" suddenly shook incessantly and became a bit dim!

Seeing that the trump card used by the opponent was about to break the great array, two more escape lights suddenly flew out from the market, releasing magic treasures to block in front and intercepting the enemy's "Wind Spirit Sword Array."

These two escape lights were Jin Ziyuan and Zhang Tieyang, who had just arrived at the market to support not long ago.

Because the opponent did not know that Jin Ziyuan and the two had come to support, the two of them originally intended to hide in the market as a surprise force to ambush other Core Formation cultivators of the "Nine Yuan Sect."

They didn't expect the opponent to also hide a trump card like the "Wind Spirit Sword Array."

If Jin Ziyuan and the two hadn't appeared in time to block the opponent's attack just now, once the Nine Yuan Sect broke the market's "Mountain-Protecting Great Array," the "Carefree Sect," which was at a numerical disadvantage, would definitely have been unable to hold the market.

After one hit was blocked by Jin Ziyuan, the Nine Yuan Sect cultivators did not lose heart and continued to manipulate the "Wind Spirit Sword Array" to attack, soon becoming entangled with Jin Ziyuan and the two.

This "Wind Spirit Sword Array" composed of dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators was an extremely powerful trump card in the "Nine Yuan Sect," equivalent to a late Core Formation cultivator with the strength of Li Wu.

Jin Ziyuan and Zhang Tieyang's ability to fight was relatively average; facing the "Wind Spirit Sword Array," they not only failed to gain an advantage but instead fell into a disadvantage, which also made their faces look somewhat ugly for a while.

Song Qingming and the others, who were fluctuating above, saw Jin Ziyuan and the two gradually falling into a disadvantage below, and their hearts were also somewhat anxious.

Seeing this, Song Qingming, who still had spare energy, once again cast a spell to release hundreds of golden spirit insects, commanding these "Golden Illusion Butterflies" to go and help, which slightly helped Jin Ziyuan and the two stabilize their footing. —— Just as the great battle at "Nanyue Market" was in a stalemate, in the high sky north of the market, two people stepping on the void were also looking at each other face to face, each with murderous intent in their eyes.

"Li Mufeng, don't try to fob me off with talk of pursuing demonic cultivators; you and I know very well that your Carefree Sect is just aiming for Nanyue Market.

Our Floating Cloud Mountain Range Hundred Sect Alliance has only been established for twenty years, and you have betrayed your promise and started a war with my Nine Yuan Sect like this; aren't you afraid that our two sects will both suffer in the end and be taken advantage of by the demon race in the future?"

"Haha! Fellow Daoist Wu, you are joking; my sect came to the Yue Kingdom just to exterminate demonic cultivators; below, it is clearly your Nine Yuan Sect that is attacking our sect's cultivators, so how could we have taken the initiative to start a war.

My sect is not a person who likes to interfere in the affairs of other sects, and it is even more impossible to disregard the morality of human cultivators and collude with the demon race.

Besides, there are so many pairs of eyes watching around; how can you, fellow Daoist, speak nonsense? It would be better for you to take these words back, Brother Wu!"

Faced with Wu Jiuyuan's questioning, Li Mufeng blocked it back in a few words and then looked at the other party calmly.

Seeing the other party's cold sarcasm in his words, clearly refusing to admit the fact that the "Carefree Sect" took the initiative to tear up the alliance treaty and invade the Yue Kingdom, Wu Jiuyuan's face also trembled with anger.

However, as a Nascent Soul cultivator who had cultivated for many years, Wu Jiuyuan quickly suppressed the anger in his heart, carefully scanned the surroundings, and then asked Li Mufeng sternly: "Your Excellency blocking my way here, could it be that you have already arranged for Bai Yuxian to go to Nanyue Market?"

Li Mufeng heard this and shook his head gently:

"Fellow Daoist, rest assured, we dignified Nascent Soul cultivators, how can we directly interfere in the affairs between Core Formation cultivators below? In any case, I still know this little rule, so there is no need for Brother Wu to remind me specially."

Because the power of Nascent Soul cultivators is too great, a single strike can kill hundreds or thousands of low-rank cultivators below, so when the sects of the Floating Cloud Mountain Range immortal cultivation world fight, Nascent Soul cultivators generally do not easily enter the field.

This is also a rule that both sides will tacitly agree to in the internal struggles of human cultivators.

Otherwise, once Nascent Soul cultivators do not follow the rules and take action at will, the result is very likely to be both sides suffering, causing a tragic scene that neither side wants to see.

Faced with the inquiry from Wu Jiuyuan's mouth, Li Mufeng did not want to hide it from the other party and directly said the answer he wanted.

Hearing Li Mufeng's reply, Wu Jiuyuan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Since you, fellow Daoist, know the rules, then both sides will rely on their own abilities!" (End of chapter)