Sword Emperor of the Astonishing Sky

Since the attack on Lin Bai and Li Guxian by the Pure Yang Sect warriors, two Supreme Dao Fruit Realm warriors have been specially left on the Yunzhou to follow Lin Bai and Li Guxian.

The captured Pure Yang Sect warriors were also detained in the Yunzhou, waiting to be dealt with later.

At present, Lin Bai and Li Guxian have no intention to deal with these "captives". Li Guxian asked about the situation of the fifth line of defense.

The vanguard army composed of Supreme Dao Fruit and Chaos Dao Fruit has arrived at the fifth line of defense and has a basic understanding of the situation there.

"The Pure Yang Sect has deployed a large number of people on the fifth line of defense, and it seems that they are going to fight us!"

Li Guxian asked: "Where are they?"

The group of Nine Nether Demon Palace warriors who brought back the news replied: "In Yong'an City."

Li Guxian nodded to indicate that he knew.

Because Lin Bai and Li Guxian were intercepted by Pure Yang Sect warriors in the rear, the vanguard army turned around and returned to rescue.

At the same time, he also brought back news from the front line.

Lin Bai had collected all the devouring power scattered in the surrounding space, put it back into the crystal ball, and returned it to Li Guxian.

Li Guxian also informed Lin Bai about the situation of the fifth line of defense, and reminded him:

"The Chunyang Sect seems to be planning to fight us in Yong'an City on the fifth line of defense!"

After thinking about it seriously, Lin Bai replied: "The fifth line of defense is not just Yong'an City. We can go around in other directions and go around."

Li Guxian shook his head to indicate that it was not possible, and explained: "If we go around in other directions, it will be easy to fall into the encirclement of the Chunyang Sect."

"Although we have warriors with the Supreme Dao Fruit and the Chaos Dao Fruit as the vanguard, if the Demon Palace army falls into the encirclement, it will still suffer heavy losses."

"And the Chunyang Sect has not surrendered until now, and it is obvious that they have some trump cards in their hands."

"Maybe they are planning something."

After hearing Li Guxian's reminder, Lin Bai suddenly realized.

The magic circle covering the territory of the Chunyang Sect's capital is like an inverted bowl.

Lin Bai can use the power of devouring to carve a gap in this "big bowl" and let the Nine Nether Demon Palace warriors enter through the gap.

But once the Nine Nether Demon Palace warriors enter, they will not be able to completely break this line of defense. The Chunyang Sect warriors will react quickly and block the gap.

Then the Nine Nether Demon Palace warriors will be completely trapped inside by the Chunyang Sect warriors, unable to enter or retreat.

Lin Bai whispered: "So when the Chunyang Sect wants to fight us head-on, we must fight them head-on?"

"Like now."

"The Chunyang Sect has deployed a large number of troops in the fifth line of defense, 'Yong'an City', so we have no other choice but to choose 'Yong'an City' to fight them to the death."

Li Guxian nodded and said:

"It's okay for the emperor to understand this way."

"After all, although we have won many victories, we are still on the territory of the Chunyang Sect. If we rashly advance in a roundabout way, it is easy to fall into the trap of the Chunyang Sect."

"So our best way is to attack the city steadily and advance step by step."

Lin Bai believes that Li Guxian's idea is also correct. Only by advancing steadily and step by step can we avoid falling into traps and avoid large-scale deaths.

"Miss Li Guxian is the highest commander on the front line, so you make the decision."

Lin Bai couldn't think of a better way for a while, and Li Guxian was the highest commander on the front line, and all the warriors in the Nine Nether Demon Palace were under Li Guxian's command.

For such a siege, it would naturally be Li Guxian who would arrange the plan, so Lin Bai didn't have to worry about it.

Li Guxian thought about it and said to Lin Bai:

"Brother Emperor, my idea is... since the Chunyang Sect has shown the intention of fighting a decisive battle with us at the fifth line of defense, we cannot retreat."

"There are two reasons for my idea."

"First, if we choose a roundabout tactic, we are likely to fall into the trap set by the Chunyang Sect and be trapped by them, resulting in heavy losses."

"Second, if we fight a head-on battle, with our current army and vanguard troops of the Nine Nether Demon Palace, we may not be a match for the Chunyang Sect."

"I even think that our strength in a head-on battle is beyond the Chunyang Sect."

"Once we win a huge victory on the front battlefield, the Chunyang Sect will be defeated in one battle, and will no longer have the courage and strength to fight a head-on battle with us!"

Li Guxian's analysis makes sense, and Lin Bai feels that there is no flaw, so he nodded in agreement.

As Li Guxian said, if we can fight a decisive battle with the Chunyang Sect at the fifth line of defense and win a huge victory, the Chunyang Sect will die in one battle.

This is how war works. If you win, you win; if you lose, you lose.

But this is not a small-scale battle, but a crucial battle.

"Just do as Goddess Li Guxian said."

Li Guxian nodded immediately and began to deploy troops again.

Because Lin Bai and Li Guxian were assassinated, the vanguard troops and the subsequent Demon Palace army were in chaos, leaving no room for them to approach the location of Lin Bai and Li Guxian.

In an instant, the Demon Palace army seemed to have lost its backbone and ran around in the territory of the Chunyang Sect's capital.

As Lin Bai and Li Guxian escaped from danger, Li Guxian finally had time to re-arrange their troops.

This time, the vanguard force was still formed by Chaos Dao Fruit and Supreme Dao Fruit warriors, heading to Yong'an City on the fifth line of defense.

Lin Bai and Li Guxian were waiting for the Demon Palace army to arrive, and under the protection of the Demon Palace army, they slowly headed towards the fifth line of defense.

About half a day later, the vast army of the Demon Palace swept across the hinterland of the capital of Chunyang Sect and came to the fifth line of defense.

...

Yong'an City belongs to the abdomen of the capital of Chunyang Sect.

This place is also an extremely important main city, and merchants and chambers of commerce from south to north need to transfer here.

This place is also the most important part of Chunyang Sect’s deployment of the fifth line of defense.

As the Jiuyou Demon Palace broke through the first line of defense, the first few lines of defense were broken layer by layer, making Chunyang Sect give up decisively.

Under the command of the ancestor of the great masters of Chunyang Sect and the leader of Chunyang Sect, Chunyang Sect and the small and medium-sized families and sect strongmen who are loyal to Chunyang Sect all gathered in Yong'an City, the fifth line of defense.

The Yong'an City is extremely spectacular at this moment!

The Supreme Dao Fruit Warrior stands in the city and coordinates the overall situation.

The warriors in the Chaos Dao Fruit and Hunyuan Dao Fruit realm stood proudly in the air, exuding terrifying power.

The Daluo Daoguo and Taiyi Daoguo realm warriors were commanding a group of people and waited for opportunities to move at any time.

As for the warriors who are far more than tens of millions of warriors below the realm of Taoism, they surrounded the entire Yong'an City within a radius of tens of millions of miles.

This posture really makes me feel like I want to fight to the death with the Jiuyou Demon Palace.

The warrior responsible for coordinating the overall situation and commanding the battlefield in Yong'an City is the great elder of the Chunyang Sect Elder Pavilion.

Without surprise, this great elder also belongs to the Shen family.

The Shen family is currently the number one big family within Chunyang Sect. There were originally eight big families running side by side, but with the betrayal of the Ma family and the challenge of other families.

At this critical moment, the Shen family used thunderous means to suppress or recover the other seven major families one after another.

The Shen family was originally extremely powerful within the Chunyang Sect. The important positions in the Chunyang Sect are almost all held by the Shen family.

For example, the great elders of the Elders Pavilion, the masters of the Law Enforcement Hall, the masters of the Meritorious Hall, the elders of the Gongfa Hall, etc., are all members of the Shen family in these relatively important positions.

Only other less important positions inside and outside the sect will be given to other warriors of the Eight Great Family.

"So... Elder Shen Yuanqing has failed?"

The Great Elder of Chunyang Sect is a majestic middle-aged man. He is wearing the moon-white robe of the Great Elder of Chunyang Sect, with long hair draped over his shoulders, and his face is neatly trimmed, and his whole body is not angry and powerful. , quite a sense of majesty as a high-ranking person.

Shen Yuanqing was the supreme Taoist fruit realm warrior who went to assassinate Lin Bai and Li Guxian.

Just now, news came from between the fifth and fourth lines of defense, which made the great elder of Chunyang Sect know that this supreme Taoist fruit realm warrior had failed.

"Yes."

"They have failed."

"Elder Shen Yuanqing is missing, and the other elders are all captured alive by the Jiuyou Demon Palace."

"Now the army of Jiuyou Demon Palace is coming towards Yong'an City in a mighty way."

The elder who was responsible for delivering the messages informed the elder of Chunyang Sect the information obtained in advance.

The eldest elder of Chunyang Sect, who was in his prime, took a deep breath and looked up at the sky with his hands on his back:

"Well."

"I didn't have any hope for this, but we were all lucky, what if we succeeded."

The elder who was responsible for delivering the message pondered for a while and said, "Elder Shen Yuanqing has not come back yet, will he..."

The eldest elder of Chunyang Sect shook his head and said, "Don't think too much, Elder Shen Yuanqing will definitely be fine."

"For any reason, they will not easily kill a warrior in the Supreme Dao Fruit realm."

"Besides, Elder Shen Yuanqing has a soul card in Chunyang Sect. If something really happens to him, Chunyang Sect will definitely send me a message."

"I have not received any relevant news yet, which means that Elder Shen Yuanqing's soul card still exists, so Elder Shen Yuanqing will definitely be safe."

"We should no longer consider Elder Shen Yuanqing's affairs now, but we should think about how to deal with the next situation!"

The elder who was responsible for conveying the message looked around inside and outside Yong'an City and saw a large number of warriors gathering here, he immediately said with confidence:

"Great Elder, please rest assured. We have mobilized all small and medium-sized families that are loyal to us in the territory of Chunyang Sect."

"Now, more than 10 million warriors are gathered in Yong'an City, the fifth line of defense, including more than 300 warriors at the Taiyi Dao Fruit Realm and more than 100 warriors at the Daluo Dao Fruit Realm."

"There are more than fifty warriors in Hunyuan Dao Fruit, more than twenty warriors in Chaos Dao Fruit, and about five or six warriors in the Supreme Dao Fruit realm."

"As long as the Jiuyou Demon Palace dares to come, we will definitely tell him that he will never come back!"

After he finished speaking, he paused suddenly and continued:

"What I am most worried about now is... When Jiuyou Demon Palace sees us posing such a big formation, will they be afraid and dare not come."

“Or…they changed their strategy and broke through in other directions.”

In response, the great elder of Chunyang Sect kept shaking his head, saying that it was absolutely impossible:

"Impossible."

"Li Guxian is not a fool."

"Li Guxian knows very well that if they break through from other aspects, even if they can break our magic circle and enter the fifth line of defense, they will inevitably be blocked by us."

"At that time, they will be surrounded by us in the fifth line of defense and become a completely 'lonely army'."

The great elder of Chunyang Sect took a deep breath and said softly:

"Li Guxian is from the royal family of Chu. The royal family of Chu has always paid attention to the cognition of military tactics when training warriors."

"Li Guxian cannot be unaware that this is a taboo in military strategy."

"So, even if Li Guxian sees that we are going to fight a decisive battle with Jiuyou Demon Palace at the fifth line of defense, she will definitely fight."

"And if we are in Yong'an City, she will come to Yong'an City. If we are in other cities, they will also come to other cities!"

"This is inevitable!"

The great elder of Chunyang Sect only said half of his words, and he didn't say the other half.

That is... if Jiuyou Demon Palace fights a decisive battle with Chunyang Sect on the front battlefield and achieves great results, then this will inevitably be a devastating blow to Chunyang Sect.

So no matter from what perspective, Li Guxian would accept Chunyang Sect's invitation for a "decisive battle".

Just as the elders were chatting and discussing, they suddenly saw a series of human figures appearing outside the Yong'an City magic circle.

Everyone looked up as if they had encountered a great enemy, and saw the warriors in the Supreme Dao Fruit realm standing in the air like gods descending from heaven. The aura of the strongest between heaven and earth, even across the magic circle, made the warriors inside and outside Yong'an City tremble.

This was only the vanguard of the Nine Nether Demon Palace, composed of Supreme Dao Fruit and Chaos Dao Fruit warriors, with a total of 20 to 30 warriors.

Then, following the vanguard, the Nine Nether Demon Palace's large army was crowded.

Looking up, I saw that on the distant horizon, in the air, and in the clouds, covering the sky and the sun like locusts passing through, all were human figures.

Warships were lined up in armor, and black gun barrels engraved with runes stretched out from the battlements of the warships.

Warriors riding various monsters flew across the sky with a roar, and the monsters opened their mouths and roared on the ground, as if they were going to eat someone.

Although the Chunyang Sect had already made preparations, they still felt a little daunted and scared when they saw the aggressive army of the Nine Nether Demon Palace.

Many warriors in the Chunyang Sect camp were frightened and pale, and some even turned around and ran away.

Originally, the Chunyang Sect had gathered tens of millions of warriors on the fifth line of defense. After seeing the Nine Nether Demon Palace warriors arrive, at least two or three million warriors ran away.

These warriors are not fools. Their cultivation level is not high, and they have no backing. Even if they risk their lives to fight for the Chunyang Sect, they will not get any benefits and can only become cannon fodder in vain.