mesbooks Chapter 255: Encirclement and Attack 1
Chapter 255: Encirclement and Attack 1
The righteous army continued its secret march, divided into ten small teams, and it was estimated to take two months to reach their destination. They had to avoid being discovered by the enemy along the way, in order to achieve a surprise attack. Otherwise, the Xuanyin Sect disciples would rush back to the sect via the teleportation array to defend, and all their efforts would be wasted.
However, the marching route of the righteous army was between its two allies, the Blood Flame Sect and the Xuanyin Sect, while the demonic sect focused on defending the border between the righteous and demonic sects. Therefore, the army marched quietly for more than two months without being discovered.
The three commanders of the Demonic Path who were at the peak of the late Jindan stage were all at the temporary command post on the border between righteousness and evil to prevent attacks from the righteous army. They never imagined that the opponent had spent half a year secretly to surround their lair.
The sect protection formation can be activated at any time, but most of the Xuanyin Sect disciples are in seclusion, either practicing or healing.
Suddenly, shouts of killing erupted outside the sect gate, startling the Xuanyin and Hehuan sect disciples, who were all jolted awake from their retreats. Some of the more seriously injured disciples, disturbed by the shock, misplaced their cultivation techniques, vomited blood, and exacerbated their injuries.
The Xuanyin Patriarch had disappeared, leaving only three Jindan masters in the sect, with the others deployed at the front lines. Seeing the densely packed righteous army outside the formation, surrounding the sect in three layers, shouting "Destroy the Xuanyin Sect" and "Leave no one alive in the Xuanyin Sect," they were immediately terrified and their legs trembled.
"Hurry up and ask for help! The sect is in danger!" The Jindan master of Xuanyin Sect organized manpower to strengthen the maintenance of the sect protection formation, while quickly asking for help from the Demonic Command Center.
"What! The righteous army with ten times the strength is attacking the Xuanyin Sect?" Du Qite was shocked and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground.
The commander of the Hehuan Sect also stood up suddenly, walked to the map, thought quietly for a while, drew a circle along the border line with his finger, and probably guessed the enemy's marching route. He punched the map hard, feeling annoyed as if he had been fooled.
"What a great move to sneak into Chencang and attack Huanglong directly! Who came up with this idea? Wu Chang is too cautious to do such a risky move." He was surprised that there was such a bold strategist in the enemy's camp.
"The enemy's plan to besiege the city has succeeded in this surprise attack. Our army had to return to the sect to defend it, and withdraw troops from all places. We also had to summon the troops of the Blood Flame Sect to support us. This is an open conspiracy, and we have no choice, because we can't watch the Xuanyin Sect's mountain gate being broken and the foundation of Taoism being destroyed!" He sighed softly, knowing it was a conspiracy, but he had to jump in.
"Order all the troops to support Xuanyin Sect at full speed!" The commander of Hehuan Sect issued the order helplessly.
"Do we still need to guard other military facilities?" Du Qite asked worriedly.
"No need. The righteous faction has mobilized the entire army to besiege the city with the purpose of surrounding the city and attacking the reinforcements. They will not attack other places. We are already short of manpower, and we must all return to defend in order to have the strength to fight." The commander of the Hehuan Sect said helplessly.
The demonic army began to march, teleportation arrays lighting up everywhere as they raced towards the Xuanyin Sect. The three commanders, in the late Jindan stage, were especially active, rushing back to the Xuanyin Sect. Without these three top masters presiding over the sect's protective formation, the righteous army might have breached the sect in no time, which would have been even more troublesome.
The righteous army allocated one-third of its forces to continue surrounding the Xuanyin Sect's mountain gate, continuously attacking and putting pressure on the enemy. This also made the three Jindan masters of the enemy nervous for a long time. They were very confused: the enemy seemed to have so many people, but why was their attack power so mediocre?
Two-thirds of the troops were deployed around the perimeter to ambush the enemy reinforcements. The Qianji Sect's special forces, led by Liu Xing, were positioned in ambush to the south. Liu Xing deployed a concealing formation to conceal their presence.
Du Qite and the other two were the first to appear in their field of vision, three peak-level masters at the late Jindan stage. Liu Xing and the others lay still, not daring to breathe or release their spiritual sense to investigate.
Fortunately, the upgraded concealment formation was quite powerful and the distance between the two methods was relatively far, so the Qianji Sect's special forces were luckily not discovered.
The route taken by Du Qite and the other two quickly spread to the rear of the demon army, telling them that this route was relatively safe, but they still had to remain vigilant.
The demonic reinforcements naturally trusted their commander's prowess. After his reconnaissance, he knew any enemy ambush would be untraceable. Since this route was safe, they had to pass through it quickly to avoid being discovered by the enemy and their allies deploying defenses along the same route.
An hour later, Du Qite and the other two arrived outside the sect.
"Old Demon Du, you're too slow to come back. I've been waiting for you for a long time. Come on, let's continue fighting for three hundred rounds." Seeing the other party, Lei He rushed up to challenge him without saying a word.
"Get lost! I don't have time to play with you right now!" Du Qite shouted angrily. He looked around and saw that the Xuanyin Sect was surrounded by thousands of people. The protective formation was in danger. Fortunately, he arrived in time before the formation was broken. He immediately wanted to enter the sect and take charge of the situation. So he did not engage with Lei He, but dodged and rushed into the formation. The other two commanders of the Demonic Path did not engage with Lu En and Yang Guang, and also quickly slipped into the formation.
With the support of three masters at the peak of the late Jindan stage, the Xuanyin Sect's main garrison finally felt relieved. No matter how great the danger was, they finally had someone above them to withstand it, and they were no longer worried.
Meanwhile, the first batch of reinforcements, following closely behind the commander, arrived at Liu Xing's ambush area. They advanced cautiously. Led by a master in the early Jindan stage, they numbered fifty to sixty Foundation Establishment cultivators and seven to eight hundred Qi Refining cultivators. Their speed was ten times slower than that of Du Qite and his companions.
After assessing the enemy's strength, Liu Xingjue felt that he could catch a big fish this time.
"Everyone, get ready for battle!" Liu Xing reminded the special forces to get ready for battle.
Ten miles, five miles, one mile, one hundred meters.
"Attack!" Liu Xing gave the order and took the lead in rushing towards the enemy's Jindan leader.
"Enemy attack!" As soon as Liu Xing moved, the enemy Jindan discovered the clues.
"Run, it's a murderer!" The demon army saw Liu Xing and the special forces rushing towards them. Although their numbers were less than theirs, each of them was powerful and murderous, and they were immediately scared.
The timid ones turned around and ran without saying a word, wishing their parents had given them an extra leg, and kept replaying the scenes of Liu Xing violently smashing the blood demon's head in their minds.
"Don't run around, form a formation! Form a formation!" Although the enemy was also frightened, they had a duty after all, so they tried their best to calm people's hearts and gather their troops.
Liu Xing held the ancient treasure flower basket in his left hand as a magic weapon to prevent the enemy from forming a pill, and wore boxing gloves in his right hand as he approached the enemy's pill at a very fast speed.
When the enemy's Jindan master saw Liu Xing charging towards him regardless of his life, he had an idea and stabbed Liu Xing with a flying sword magic weapon that was full of sinister aura.