"Here they come again!"
Lin Zhao gritted his teeth and drew Canyang.
Fu Sheng simply smiled faintly, arms crossed, and said, "Lord Feng Quan, you may begin!"
"Mhm."
Feng Quan's gaze blazed, revealing the arrogant and ferocious nature of the demon race. He suddenly drew the long sword from behind him and laughed, "I've long wanted to open the Snow Domain Heavenly Pond with my sword, and now I can finally have my wish!"
"Ju Que Umbrella!"
Lin Zhao frowned, "We'll hold on for as long as we can!"
"Yes, my lord!"
Wu Zhi leaped up, carrying the Ju Que Sword, and fully deployed the entire mountain protection sword array. Instantly, the umbrella canopy spanned the sky, like a golden giant umbrella covering the entire Snow Domain Heavenly Pond. In the air, Feng Quan repeatedly slashed his sword, dozens of sword lights hacking down at the Ju Que Umbrella formation, shaking the entire Snow Domain Heavenly Pond violently.
Fu Sheng took out a carving knife from his sleeve and wrote lines of golden characters in the wind. Immediately, his words became law, and streaks of golden characters transformed into a golden storm smashing onto the canopy of the Ju Que Umbrella. Although there was a white deer apparition behind him, a deer demon, he attacked with Confucian methods, which looked somewhat incongruous.
Lin Zhao turned to look. Wu Zhi's delicate face was slightly pale. Holding the Ju Que Sword to guard the Snow Domain Heavenly Pond, she was roughly equivalent to a sword cultivator at the peak of the twelfth realm. Resisting Feng Quan alone was not a problem, but with Fu Sheng's attack added, she was starting to struggle. Moreover, passively defending like this would inevitably lead to a great loss.
"Jiaolong Boat, deploy!"
Lin Zhao's gaze turned cold as he shouted into the air.
Instantly, an immortal boat soared up from the heavenly pond, piercing through the Ju Que Umbrella formation. It turned its side towards the two great demons, Fu Sheng and Feng Quan. The next moment, the spirit crystal cannons on the right side of the boat let out deafening roars. "Boom, boom, boom," balls of spiritual energy flames exploded around Fu Sheng and Feng Quan. Although they couldn't heavily wound these great demons, they could at least harass them, preventing them from focusing their attacks on the mountain protection sword array.
"Opportunity!"
The moment Lin Zhao's mind moved, Wu Zhi acted. She raised the Ju Que Sword, and the spiritual energy of the Ju Que Umbrella formation suddenly condensed, transforming into a golden sword qi that blasted towards Fu Sheng. Fu Sheng was forced to conjure a golden bamboo slip to block the sword array's assault. Meanwhile, Feng Quan dragged a sword light and lunged towards the Jiaolong Boat. This was his specialty; he had destroyed this Jiaolong Boat last time!
However, just as Feng Quan was about to strike, he saw a disheveled man sitting on the bow of the Jiaolong Boat, picking his nose. The disheveled man stood up, drew the sword from his back, and ascended into the sky, a smirk on his lips.
"Damn it!"
Feng Quan, as a sword cultivator at the peak of the twelfth realm, was not afraid of a Jiaolong Boat alone. But if this Jiaolong Boat was manned by Tang Guangjun, a sword cultivator of the twelfth realm, then Feng Quan would have no chance of victory and might even lose his life!
He twisted his body in the wind, no longer closing the distance. He merely unleashed several sword qi from afar. If he couldn't win, he couldn't. However, he still had to go through the motions.
"Hmph..."
Tang Guangjun let out a sneer. This guy, as expected, still only had those three tricks up his sleeve.
Just then, a cavalry captain, a martial artist of the eighth realm piloting the Jiaolong Boat, frowned and said, "With the great battle imminent, who let that preachy gatekeeper onto the boat!?"
A group of Snow Domain cavalrymen stared blankly, "We don't know either!"
"Hey, you there!"
The martial artist of the eighth realm glared angrily, "We're fighting demons, what are you doing here causing trouble? If you want to sleep, go sleep in the cabin, don't cause trouble for us here."
"Okay, okay..."
Tang Guangjun repeatedly nodded and apologized, then sheepishly went to the cabin to sleep.
But Feng Quan, in the wind, had already become wary. The combat power of a Jiaolong Boat was one thing, and he still had a slight advantage. But if a twelfth-realm military sword cultivator was lying in the Jiaolong Boat, even if he was asleep, he couldn't be too careful! After all, a sword cultivator's natal flying sword was too fierce; one careless mistake could lead to a surprise kill.
"Don't all of you be idle."
Fu Sheng waved his long sleeve in the air and said in a deep voice, "Attack the mountain together and flatten the Snow Domain Heavenly Pond as soon as possible!"
"Yes, Lord Fu Sheng!"
Following the roar, figures rose from the northern snow forest. There were twelfth-realm, eleventh-realm, and at least 20+ great demons of the upper five realms attacking the Snow Domain Heavenly Pond together. For a moment, Lin Zhao, Wu Zhi, Mu Zha, and others felt a chill. Was it really necessary? For the sake of a mere Snow Domain Heavenly Pond, for the mere 20,000+ human cavalry on it, the demon race was attacking with their full force? They really thought highly of the Snow Domain Heavenly Pond.
"..."
Lin Zhao looked at the scene in the distance, his brow furrowed. He couldn't help but glance back to the south. His aunt was held up at the Washing Sword River, and Miss Lin was blocked by two great demons above the Deer Forest. At this moment, no one else could come to reinforce the Snow Domain Heavenly Pond. There could be no more miracles. Therefore, he could only implement the second plan: retreat and abandon the Snow Domain Heavenly Pond.
As long as the green hills remain, there will be wood to burn. This second plan was a last resort. They would use one Jiaolong Boat to delay the demon army, while Wu Zhi, Mu Zha, Chu Yu, Chen Ben, and others would lead the people of the Snow Domain Heavenly Pond and the Mountain Peak Villa to leave as quickly as possible, perhaps settling in Luoyan Mountain. There, they could gain the combat power of the Mohist Kunpeng Immortal Boat every half a month, and the demon race wouldn't be too presumptuous.
...
At the border of the human realm, the ancestral court of the military school.
Lotus flowers were blooming in a water缸. Beside the water缸, two military sages overlooked it. One was a scholar in green with an empty silver sword sheath, and the other was a young sage holding a bright silver spear, clad in white robes and silver armor. One was the military saint who presided over the ancestral court, and the other was a proud son of heaven among the seventy-two generals of the Martial Temple.
The scholar in green waved his hand, and the water缸 reflected the current scene of the Snow Domain Heavenly Pond. Seeing Lin Zhao's desperate eyes, he frowned. His junior brother was being beaten again; it wouldn't do for him, the senior brother, to do nothing. Then, he waved his hand again in another part of the water缸, and a second image appeared, showing the great battle on the Washing Sword River. He then waved his hand again, and the scene of Lin Wanhua fighting Long Zheng and Lu Hai appeared side by side.
"Oh my?"
The young military sage slightly startled, "Amazing! I know this Water Moon Gazing Technique too, but it's not like you, to be able to bring out three at once. Tsk tsk..."
"Impressive, isn't it?"
The scholar in green grinned, "This is called multi-screen display. Learn from it."
The young military sage rolled his eyes. He had always been puzzled how such an unserious fellow could receive the heavenly and earthly decree of the Military Saint, and how he could become the only fourteenth-realm sword immortal in the world?
"The leaders of the Confucian and Mohist schools have sent messages."
The scholar in green said, "Eleven Sword Suppression Towers will be built as quickly as possible. The Mohist's construction methods are naturally beyond reproach. Once these eleven Sword Suppression Towers are completed, the sword dao's destiny of the human realm will no longer flow north. However, the four northern tribes will not stand idly by. Therefore, the Mohists will build the eleven Sword Suppression Towers, and we military scholars will be responsible for defending them. I will give you 11,000 military cultivators. You take them down to the mortal realm in advance and help my junior brother block this calamity first."
"Is it really that complicated?"
The young military sage frowned, "Making such a fuss in the human realm to consolidate the mountains and rivers and nourish a fourteenth-realm sword cultivator, isn't that too troublesome? With this time, you could go down to the mortal realm yourself and chop down Fu Sheng, Ning Yuansheng, Long Zheng, and the like one by one. Back then, I would just go and fight whoever I wanted to fight, without hesitation."
"Is it the same?"
The scholar in green raised an eyebrow, wanting to retort, but then thought about it and didn't. He just said helplessly, "It's not that I don't want to go. If I had a choice, I would love to stay in the mortal world and never leave, to personally teach my junior brother swordsmanship and military strategy. Moreover, my junior brother is a great cook. The Snow Domain Heavenly Pond often has snow. If my junior brother and I both lived in the Snow Domain Heavenly Pond, we would be living a life like 'when the sky is about to snow in the late evening, would you like a drink?' Wouldn't this life be more carefree than that of an immortal? It's just... my junior brother has his own Great Dao to guard, and I, Ding Muchen, also have my own Great Dao to guard. The situation in the Snow Domain Heavenly Pond is troublesome, but it's absolutely not as troublesome as the matter I have to deal with. It's possible that if something goes wrong, I might not come back."
The young military sage couldn't help but be stunned, "Is it really that dangerous?"
"What do you think?"
The scholar in green's eyes reddened slightly, "When the world needs you to die, you naturally have to go without looking back. Looking back means not being heroic."
"Alright!"
The young military sage frowned and said irritably, "I'll agree to make this trip for you, and you're getting sentimental here. The person in the world capable of killing you, Military Saint Ding Muchen, hasn't been born yet!"
"Hahaha~~~~"
The scholar in green laughed heartily, "Alright, then it's up to you. More than ten thousand military cultivators are already waiting on the martial arts stage. When should I send you off with my sword?"
"Anytime."
The young military sage, carrying a bright silver spear, soared into the sky and headed straight for the huge martial arts stage on the right side of the military ancestral court, smiling, "Is there anything you want me to tell your junior brother?"
"No need. If there's anything to say, I'll tell him myself later."
"Got it."
...
Snow Domain Heavenly Pond.
Fu Sheng's incredibly sharp carving knife dragged across the air again, instantly transforming into a streak of fiery light across the sky above the Snow Domain Heavenly Pond. Coupled with the attacks of several other twelfth-realm great demons, Wu Zhi could no longer bear the pressure of the heavenly dao.
"Pfft!"
She spat out a mouthful of blood, her face growing even paler.
At the same time, several formations at the foot of Ju Que Umbrella had already been breached. Countless mid-fifth-realm demons poured in, transforming into streaming gold-level and earth-level bosses, directly breaking through the defense line formed by players like Shen Xingchen, Leng Yan, and Yishi Cangliang. A large number of demon soldiers swept up the mountain, madly charging at the cavalry on the mountainside, and even many demon soldiers bypassed the cavalry and headed directly for Beishan.
"Enough..."
Lin Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "Issue an order to the three armies: abandon the Snow Domain Heavenly Pond and retreat to the Luoyan Mountain camp!"
"What?!"
Wu Zhi and Mu Zha looked at Lin Zhao in disbelief, never expecting that it had come to this.
...
At this moment, in the midst of the great battle, the world was devoid of light, but suddenly, a dazzling sword light came from the east. The sword light dissipated above the Snow Domain Heavenly Pond, and figures rained down onto the Snow Domain Heavenly Pond, all of them military cultivators clad in armor and armed, their bodies exuding an aura of killing intent as they glared north. The descending figures were incredibly dense, with at least tens of thousands of military cultivators descending from the sky in an instant. Each military cultivator hovered in the air, like gods!
"Buzz~~~"
In the air, the vast killing aura instantly erupted, transforming into the head of a huge bright silver spear that blasted into the northern earth of the Snow Domain Heavenly Pond. Instantly, the sharp killing intent forced Fu Sheng, Feng Quan, Bai Ye, and a group of other upper-fifth-realm great demons to retreat. Then, a figure in white robes and silver armor descended gracefully, standing in the wind, raising the bright silver spear and pointing north. Instantly, countless cavalry apparitions rolled out from behind him, smashing into the demon army, causing them to reel. Even Fu Sheng and Feng Quan could only avoid its edge.
This military aura, only a sage could possess!