Chapter 819: Ambush, Each Relying on Their Own Ability

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

Under the control of the middle-aged man, the golden flying sword directly transformed into several powerful golden sword rains, knocking the leading third-tier low-quality puppet beast flying.

"Jin Dan cultivator! The other party has reinforcements, retreat quickly."

Seeing this shocking scene, the dozens of "Jiuyuan Sect" cultivators who had just rushed into the formation were scared and retreated a few steps.

Before long, these "Jiuyuan Sect" cultivators who had just rushed into the formation were directly beaten back under the fierce attack of that golden sword light.

"It's Senior Uncle Chen and the others who have come to support us, everyone quickly drive the enemy out and repair the formation!"

The hundreds of "Xiaoyao Sect" cultivators who were fighting hard to defend the city, seeing that the formation had been broken by the other party, had all felt a bit desperate.

They didn't expect that the reinforcements from the rear of the sect had arrived in time, and they gradually helped them stabilize the situation. Soon, the "Xiaoyao Sect" side used the spirit stones in their hands to restore most of the "market formation."

The only gap damaged by the enemy's "formation-breaking bead" was as stable as Mount Tai because of the protection of Chen Xuanxin, a peak Jin Dan cultivator, and no enemy cultivator could break into the formation from here.

Just like this, the battle was fought from day to night, and both sides once again ceased fighting and retreated to their respective cultivator stations.

The crowd who had fought fiercely with the "Jiuyuan Sect" Jin Dan 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 face.

"Thank you for your hard work, fellow Senior Brothers and Junior Brothers!"

"Junior Brother Chen, I didn't expect it to be you who came. Fortunately, you arrived in time, otherwise we would have really had a hard time resisting the other party's counterattack today, and Nanyue Market would have changed hands again.

Now that the Jiuyuan Sect has more and more people, I'm afraid tomorrow will be another bloody battle, and I don't know if we can successfully hold this place next."

When the Xiaoyao Sect was attacking "Nanyue Market" earlier, because they were afraid that the news would leak in advance, they didn't choose to bring too many people, only selecting more than a thousand relatively elite cultivators from the sect.

After successfully taking down "Nanyue Market," the "Xiaoyao Sect" in the rear, upon receiving the news, also immediately mobilized troops and sent them to the front line to support.

However, because "Nanyue Market" was located within the Yue State and was far away, the reinforcements brought by Chen Xuanxin arrived a bit later than the "Jiuyuan Sect" side.

Hearing the hint of worry in Li Mu's tone, Chen Xuanxin immediately replied to him: "Fellow Senior Brothers and Junior Brothers, rest assured, the people I brought are just the advance troops.

Behind there are Senior Brother Jin and Junior Brother Zhang bringing more than a thousand people. It is estimated that they should be able to arrive in at most half a day.

We also brought several third-tier flying cloud crossbows this time to strengthen the market defense. It will definitely not be so easy for the Jiuyuan Sect to take down this place."

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

Damn it, fighting for these two days has been really suffocating for me. Tomorrow we will also let the people of the Jiuyuan Sect know how powerful we are!"

Shen Tongzhou, who had been besieged by two Jiuyuan Sect Jin Dan cultivators for these two days, although he managed to hold on, had also suffered many injuries on his body, and even a trace of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth when he spoke.

At this moment, hearing that the sect's reinforcements in the rear had arrived, Shen Tongzhou was also excited in his heart, swearing to vent the stuffiness that had accumulated in his heart for these few days.

Song Qingming and the others standing around, like Shen Tongzhou, also slowly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing what Chen Xuanxin said.

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

Although the number of cultivators on the "Xiaoyao Sect" side was still not as good as the other party, after adding Chen Xuanxin and the others who came to support, Song Qingming and the others still had the advantage in Jin Dan combat power.

As long as they can hold the market "mountain-protecting formation" and stand firm, and wait for the sect's reinforcements and supplies in the rear to arrive slowly, the "Xiaoyao Sect" will be able to completely take down this market.

Just when the "Xiaoyao Sect" crowd in the market was full of joy welcoming Chen Xuanxin and the other supporting cultivators, on a high mountain more than ten miles north of the market, the faces of Yue Wuji and the other "Jiuyuan Sect" cultivators were not so good-looking at this moment.

In the battle of the previous two days, they had already occupied the advantage and were about to take back "Nanyue Market," but they didn't expect that Chen Xuanxin would arrive with people at the critical moment and drive them out of Nanyue Market again.

Everyone watched the victory that was about to be obtained slip away from them, and they all felt incomparably lost in their hearts.

In order to boost the morale of his side which had already suffered a setback, Yue Wuji, as the Sect Master of the "Jiuyuan Sect," could only force a smile and say to the crowd: "In today's battle, although we didn't achieve full success, our manpower is still several times that of the other party, and the advantage is still on my side. Everyone, don't be so depressed.

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

"Oh! Junior Sister Ma actually successfully broke through her cultivation this time during seclusion, this is truly a very good thing.

In this way, even if the other party has one more Chen Xuanxin, we are not without a chance of winning. As long as everyone works together, tomorrow we will definitely be able to capture Nanyue Market in one fell swoop!"

Hearing that they had reinforcements arriving soon, the "Jiuyuan Sect" crowd, whose momentum was a bit sluggish, immediately showed a hint of joy on their faces.

Seeing this, Yue Wuji also struck while the iron was hot: "The Xiaoyao Sect's foundation is stronger than ours now, and a long battle will be disadvantageous to the sect.

I have already decided to use the Wind Spirit Sword Formation tomorrow to capture the market in one fell swoop! Now that the foreign enemy has hit our doorstep, we have no retreat, and I hope everyone can tide over the difficulties with the sect."

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

Hearing the excited and high-spirited voices of the crowd, Yue Wuji also showed a hint of a smile on his face, and he had a bit more confidence in the great battle tomorrow.

When everyone had retreated, Yue Wuji secretly sent a sound transmission to Linghu Jie beside him, leaving him alone.

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

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

Junior Sister Ma can help contain Li Mu tomorrow, and Song Qingming will be left to you to help deal with. What do you think?"

In the battles of the first two days, Song Qingming faced Yue Wuji, a veteran peak Jin Dan cultivator who had impacted the Nascent Soul realm. The two fought back and forth, and the strength he showed had already far exceeded that of an ordinary late Jin Dan cultivator.

Although Linghu Jie had the cultivation of the eighth layer of the Jin Dan stage, his magic treasures and supernatural powers were far worse than Sect Master Yue Wuji.

In the fight with Li Mu, who had the same cultivation level, for these two days, Linghu Jie was still inferior to the other party and could only barely manage to contain his opponent.

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 then said with a difficult expression: "Sect Master Senior Brother, you have also experienced Song Qingming's supernatural power level. This person's cultivation speed is so fast that it is not inferior to Chen Xuanxin at all. In the future, I am afraid he is also a master with a great hope of impacting the Nascent Soul realm.

It's not that I, Junior Brother, fear the other party, but I am afraid that I alone will not be able to completely contain him. If I am not the other party's opponent and cause you trouble, what should I do!"

"This, Junior Brother, rest assured, I have a third-tier puppet beast brought from the sect that I haven't used yet. Tomorrow I will hand it over to you to drive.

There is also Lu Boyang who will arrive with Junior Sister Ma tomorrow, and I will arrange for him to help you contain the other party together.

In this way, with their help, Junior Brother will also have two more helpers. I think it's about 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. I hope Junior Brother can stand up for the sect tomorrow and block the people of the Xiaoyao Sect."

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

After some rhetoric, seeing that Linghu Jie finally agreed, Yue Wuji also showed a hint of a smile on his face.

The next day, early morning! The winter morning sun had not yet completely dispelled the fog on the battlefield. In the high sky north of "Nanyue Market," four large flying boats, dozens of feet long, quickly approached the direction of the market.

"Attack!"

Following the horn sound on the flying boat that signaled the battle, countless "Jiuyuan Sect" cultivators rushed toward the market in the distance like ants, densely packed.

"Raise the formation, meet the enemy!"

When the enemy was about to approach the city wall, a purple light instantly shrouded the entire market, and then more than a thousand people wearing unified uniforms rushed out from inside the purple light. The two sides fought together in less than a moment.

After the many 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 Jin Dan cultivators holding magic treasures stood on both sides.

"Li Mu, you stop using the excuse of suppressing demonic cultivators to fob me off. You and I know clearly that your Xiaoyao Sect is nothing but aiming for Nanyue Market.

Our Fuyun Mountain Range Hundred Sect Alliance has only been established for twenty years, and you are so treacherous and unfaithful to start a war with our Jiuyuan Sect. Aren't you afraid that our two sects will end up both hurt and eventually be taken advantage of by the demon race."

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Wu's words are joking. Our sect coming to Yue State is only to suppress demonic cultivators. Below, it is clearly your Jiuyuan Sect attacking our sect's cultivators. Where did we take the initiative to start a war?

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

Moreover, there are so many pairs of eyes watching around, how can you, Fellow Daoist, speak nonsense? I ask Brother Wu to take these words back."

Facing Wu Jiuyuan's questioning, Li Mu blocked him 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 "Xiaoyao Sect" took the initiative to tear up the alliance and invade the Yue State, Wu Jiuyuan's face was also trembling with anger.

However, as a Nascent Soul cultivator who had practiced for many years, Wu Jiuyuan still quickly suppressed the anger in his heart. After carefully scanning the surroundings, he asked Li Mu sternly: "You blocking my way here, could it be that you have already arranged for Bai Yuxian to go to Nanyue Market?"

Li Mu heard this and shook his head lightly:

"Fellow Daoist, rest assured, we are dignified Nascent Soul cultivators, how can we directly interfere in the affairs between Jin Dan cultivators below? Anyway, I still know this rule, no need for Brother Wu to remind me specially."

Because the power of a Nascent Soul cultivator's move is too powerful, a casual strike can kill hundreds or thousands of low-tier cultivators below, so when the sects of the Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world fight, Nascent Soul cultivators generally will 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 don't follow the rules and attack at will, the result is very likely to be both hurt, causing a tragic scene that neither side wants to see.

Facing Wu Jiuyuan's inquiry, Li Mu didn't want to hide it from the other party and directly said the answer he wanted.

Hearing Li Mu's reply, Wu Jiuyuan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Since Fellow Daoist knows the rules, then both sides will rely on their own abilities!" (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 820 =====

Right from the start, Long Feng's side took the initiative, directly throwing out a third-tier low-grade puppet beast shaped like a black eagle, and then controlled the puppet beast before him to form a small "Three Talents Formation" together with the Jin Dan fellow sect member surnamed Lu.

This kind of "Three Talents Formation," which can gather the power of multiple people into one place, does not have high requirements for the users; as long as the formation level reaches that of a first-grade top-quality formation master, it can be easily used.

However, the power of the formation is far inferior to high-tier formations. With the support of the two people behind him, the pressure on Long Feng in front could only barely be raised to the ninth layer of Jin Dan, adding about twenty percent of combat power to him.

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

The third-tier top-grade flying sword magic treasure in Long Feng's hand could not break through the defense in front of Song Qingming at all when it encountered the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" that had been reinforced by the Green Jade Treasure Refining Art; instead, it was forced back by the spiritual light shot from above.

Seeing that he was difficult to parry, Long Feng immediately turned from offense to defense, directly urging a bronze bell magic treasure to block in front of him.

This magic treasure was also the defensive magic treasure Long Feng was most proud of. With the spiritual power of the two people behind him supporting it, the bronze 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 man in black robes on the other side held a large axe and killed his way over, directly hacking an axe onto the bronze bell, shaking Long Feng and the others back several steps.

"A Jin Dan corpse puppet! I hadn't seen him use it before and thought this guy didn't bring this item. So he had kept a backup plan."

Seeing "Jin Feng" suddenly killing his way over from the side, Long Feng also immediately recognized it; this was a Jin Dan "corpse puppet" that followed by Song Qingming's side.

Back when Song Qingming participated in the great battle at "Mount Tiexian Castle," he had once used this item, and Long Feng naturally knew that Song Qingming had a Jin Dan "corpse puppet" on him.

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

I also don't know what special means Song Qingming found to raise "Jin Feng's" cultivation to the fifth layer of Jin Dan realm so quickly.

This point is not only something Long Feng cannot figure out; even among the "Xiaoyao Sect" members back then, there were many people curious about how Song Qingming achieved this.

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

Because this method was truly somewhat harsh, and it required finding rare spiritual items like "Flame Spirit Water" to refine the corpse puppet's physical body, everyone gradually lost interest after inquiring about it.

At this moment, facing the joint pressure from Song Qingming and "Jin Feng," Long Feng and the others also felt immense pressure and could only rely on the bronze bell magic treasure in front of them to struggle and contain Song Qingming.

As for the others, the situation was not much different from before; except for Li Wu's side, who appeared relatively relaxed in dealing with Ma Qiudie, none of them took much advantage of their opponents.

While the high-tier cultivators above were fighting desperately, below in front of the market's grand formation, the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stage disciples of both sides were also fighting very fiercely.

The Xiaoyao Sect side, relying on the "Mountain Protection Formation," although they fell into a disadvantage and could only defend passively because their numbers were much smaller than the opponent's, they were not defeated by the opponent for a time with the help of the "Mountain Protection Formation."

Just as the cultivators of both sides on the battlefield began to enter a stalemate, dozens of "Jiuyuan Sect" cultivators hidden on a large flying boat suddenly formed a formation and transformed into a huge flying sword dozens of zhang long, killing their way into the battlefield.

These dozens of "Jiuyuan Sect" cultivators all had Foundation Establishment cultivation, and the "Wind Spirit Sword Formation" they formed was also a major killing move prepared by the "Jiuyuan Sect" side; its power when operated was not inferior to an average late-stage Jin Dan cultivator.

After the Jiuyuan Sect's "Wind Spirit Sword Formation" just killed its way into the battlefield, in just a moment, it beheaded more than a dozen "Xiaoyao Sect" cultivators nearby, and the golden sword head plunged straight toward the "Mountain Protection Formation" in the rear.

The "Nanyue Market" Mountain Protection Formation had already been damaged in yesterday's attack and had not been fully repaired; now, with only more than half of its power remaining, it was somewhat difficult to resist an attack like the "Wind Spirit Sword Formation."

Just after taking one blow, the entire market's "Mountain Protection Formation" suddenly shook incessantly and became a bit dimmer!

Seeing that the killing move used by the opponent was about to break the formation, two rays of light suddenly flew out from the market, releasing magic treasures to block in front, intercepting the enemy's "Wind Spirit Sword Formation."

These two rays of light were Jin Ziyuan and Zhang Tieyang, who had just arrived at the market to provide support not long ago.

Because the opponent did not yet know that Jin Ziyuan and the other had come to provide support, they had originally intended to hide in the market as a surprise force to ambush other Jin Dan cultivators of the "Jiuyuan Sect."

They did not expect the opponent to also hide a killing move like the "Wind Spirit Sword Formation."

If it hadn't been for Jin Ziyuan and the other appearing in time to block the opponent's attack just now, once the market's "Mountain Protection Formation" was broken by the Jiuyuan Sect, then the "Xiaoyao Sect," which was at a numerical disadvantage, would certainly have been unable to hold the market.

After one blow was blocked by Jin Ziyuan, the Jiuyuan Sect cultivators were not discouraged and continued to control the "Wind Spirit Sword Formation" to attack, soon entangling with Jin Ziyuan and the other.

This "Wind Spirit Sword Formation," composed of dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators, was an extremely powerful trump card of the "Jiuyuan Sect," already equivalent to a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator with the strength of Li Wu.

Jin Ziyuan and Zhang Tieyang's ability to fight was relatively average; facing the "Wind Spirit Sword Formation," not only did they fail to gain an advantage, but they actually fell into a disadvantage, which made their faces show a somewhat ugly expression for a time.

Song Qingming and the others, who were fluctuating above, felt somewhat anxious in their hearts when they saw Jin Ziyuan and the other falling into a disadvantage below.

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

"Li Mufeng, stop trying to fob me off with talk of pursuing demon cultivators. You and I know clearly that your Xiaoyao Sect is simply aiming for Nanyue Market.

Our Floating Yunshan Range Hundred Sect Alliance was only established twenty years ago, and you have already broken your word and started a war with my Jiuyuan Sect. Are you not afraid that our two sects will end up both suffering, and in the future, be taken advantage of by the demon race?"

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Wu, you are joking. My sect coming to the Yue Kingdom is merely to exterminate demon cultivators. Below, it is clearly your Jiuyuan Sect attacking my sect's cultivators; how could we be the ones actively starting a war?

My sect is not one that likes to interfere in the affairs of other sects, and even less would we disregard the morality of human cultivators to collude with the demon race.

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

Facing Wu Jiuyuan's questioning, Li Mufeng blocked it back in a few words, then looked at the other party with a calm face.

Seeing the other party mocking and ridiculing in his words, clearly refusing to admit the fact that the "Xiaoyao Sect" actively tore up the alliance agreement and invaded the Yue Kingdom, Wu Jiuyuan's face was also trembling with anger.

However, as a Nascent Soul cultivator who had cultivated for many years, Wu Jiuyuan quickly suppressed the anger in his heart. After carefully scanning his surroundings, he asked Li Mufeng sternly: "Your Excellency blocking my path 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 lightly, saying:

"Fellow Daoist, rest assured. We are dignified Nascent Soul cultivators; how could we directly interfere in matters between Jin Dan cultivators below? In any case, I still know this rule; there is no need for Brother Wu to specifically remind me."

Because the power of a Nascent Soul cultivator's strike is too great, a single blow can injure hundreds or thousands of low-tier cultivators below, so when the sects of the Floating Yunshan Range cultivation world fight, Nascent Soul cultivators generally do not easily enter the fray.

This is also a rule that both sides implicitly agree upon in the internal struggles of human cultivators.

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

Facing the inquiry from Wu Jiuyuan's mouth, Li Mufeng did not intend to hide it from the other party and directly stated the answer he wanted.

Hearing Li Mufeng's reply, Wu Jiuyuan then breathed a slight sigh of relief and nodded, saying: "Since Fellow Daoist knows the rules, then both of us will rely on our own abilities!" (End of chapter)