Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Just when Li Mufeng was feeling a little puzzled, he had already approached the "Black Dragon Demon King" and suddenly felt something wrong in front of him. He hurriedly stopped attacking and stopped his body.

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Li is indeed quite knowledgeable. He was able to detect my hiding technique in advance!"

At this moment, a somewhat sinister laugh sounded, and then a black arrow broke through the air from behind the huge body of the "Black Dragon Demon King" and headed straight for Li Mufeng's location.

Seeing the black arrow suddenly attacking him, Li Mufeng stood firm and immediately cast a spell with both hands. A three-inch golden jade bottle appeared out of thin air in front of him.

After the golden jade bottle appeared, a huge ball of flame suddenly spewed out, instantly forming a blue fire wall in front of Li Mufeng.

At this moment, the black arrow light had just arrived in front of Li Mufeng and hit the blue fire wall, and immediately a series of crackling sounds were heard.

Although this black arrow was quite powerful, it failed to penetrate the blue fire wall used by Li Mufeng and only left a black mark on it.

"It is you, Scarlet Cloud Demon King!"

After blocking the attack, Li Mufeng also saw that the opponent who had just hidden behind the "Black Dragon Demon King" and attacked him was none other than another Nascent Soul-level warrior of the demon clan in the Floating Cloud Mountains, the "Red Cloud Demon King".

Chiyun Mountain, the territory of the "Chiyun Demon King", is closer to the eastern side of Zheng State. The monsters there rarely invade the Wei State territory and deal with the cultivators of the "Xiaoyao Sect".

However, every time the monsters caused chaos, the major sects in the Floating Cloud Mountain range would support each other. The "Xiaoyao Sect" had also sent reinforcements to support the two major sects of Zheng State many times in the past, and naturally knew about the famous "Red Cloud Monster King".

Half a month ago, several unfamiliar monster armies suddenly appeared in the north and moved south to support, causing the monster side to greatly increase in strength, and they successively captured "Tuoyun Mountain" and "Iron Immortal Fort".

Li Mufeng and many Jindan elders of Xiaoyao Sect have already guessed that these monster armies were most likely sent by the nearby Demon King.

It's just that most of the demon kings sent by the "Chiyun Demon Emperor" had only recently come from the northern border and were relatively unfamiliar. This made it difficult for the people of the "Xiaoyao Sect" to determine for a while whether "Chiyun Mountain" had intervened in the war on the Wei side.

After seeing the figure of "Red Cloud Demon King" appear, Li Mufeng's face instantly became solemn.

Originally, when the "Xiaoyao Sect" was in this monster riot, facing the monster army led by the "Molong Demon King" in the north, it was already at a disadvantage and could only passively defend.

Now, the Demon King force of "Chiyun Mountain" has joined in and cooperated with "Jinyu Mountain" to defend the country. Facing the joint attack of the two Demon King forces, the "Xiaoyao Sect" is afraid that it has really encountered the biggest crisis in the past thousand years.

However, before Li Mufeng could consider how to deal with the situation, the "Black Dragon Demon King" who was casting a spell and accumulating power, finally fed all three black balls in front of him with the help of the "Red Cloud Demon King".

"Friend Li, I told you that it won't be so easy for you to leave today. Since you can withstand Brother Chi Yun's magical power, why don't you try the power of my attack again!"

Before the "Black Dragon Demon King" finished his words, he had already cast a spell to urge one of the black spheres to rush towards Li Mufeng's position from the front. The power erupting from the black sphere was even greater than that of the arrow light that the Red Cloud Demon King had just used.

Facing this long-accumulated and even more powerful attack from the "Black Dragon Demon King", Li Mufeng remained calm and composed.

He cast a spell again to activate the golden jade bottle magic weapon in front of him, causing it to spew out several more blue flames, forming two relatively thick blue fire walls in front of him.

The golden jade bottle in Li Mufeng's hand is a fourth-level intermediate magic weapon left by the previous Nascent Soul ancestor of the sect, the "Golden Flame Bottle".

This magic weapon has both offensive and defensive capabilities, and is the most powerful fourth-level magic weapon on Li Mufeng. It is precisely with the help of this extremely sharp magic weapon that Li Mufeng has been able to fight with the "Black Dragon Demon King" for so long.

This time, after the black ball hit the blue fire wall, although it did not directly penetrate the fire wall, the black ball was blocked by the blue fire wall and suddenly exploded.

This attack not only blew a big hole in the wall of fire in front of Li Mufeng, but the aftermath of the explosion also caused Li Mufeng to take several steps back before he could stabilize his body.

At the same time, the first black sphere had just exploded, and the second black sphere had followed behind and hit the second blue fire wall.

This time, as expected, another explosion sounded quickly. Li Mufeng only felt a ringing in his ears, and he could no longer hear any sound from outside.

Not only that, the explosion also blew a big hole in the second wall of fire in front of Li Mufeng, opening a direct path for the last black ball to the opponent.

At the same time, while Li Mufeng had just focused most of his attention on dealing with the black sphere released by the "Black Dragon Demon King", the "Red Cloud Demon King" who had already attacked secretly also released several powerful transparent ice arrows towards Li Mufeng.

Faced with these two fierce attacks coming at the same time, Li Mufeng, who had no way to avoid them, quickly cast a spell and placed the "Golden Flame Bottle" above his head, which transformed into a fiery red light shield that directly enveloped his entire body.

After a loud "boom", the place where Li Mufeng was was instantly surrounded by the smoke of battle.

After seeing this scene, the "Black Dragon Demon King" who had transformed into human form again and the "Red Cloud Demon King" next to him immediately showed a look of satisfaction on their faces.

Just when the two of them wanted to go forward to check the situation, a flash of light suddenly appeared in the smoke where Li Mufeng was, and soon a large ball of blue flame flew out through the smoke and directly hit the "Black Dragon Demon King" who had just approached.

Seeing this, the "Black Dragon Demon King" was not surprised at all. He hurriedly stopped and cast a spell to form a shield in front of him to block the incoming flame attack.

However, just as the "Black Dragon Demon King" was responding to this attack, a green light suddenly flashed in the smoke. Li Mufeng, holding a flying sword magic weapon, slashed at the "Red Cloud Demon King" who had just approached with all his might.

This flying sword magic weapon is Li Mufeng's natal magic weapon, and its grade has reached the fourth-level intermediate grade. Facing Li Mufeng's powerful attack, the "Red Cloud Demon King" could only dodge it.

After forcing his opponent to retreat, Li Mufeng did not choose to pursue the victory, but immediately bypassed the "Red Cloud Demon King", turned into a green light, and flew directly to the location of the market formation below.

"Brother Molong, Li Mufeng is trying to run away, stop him quickly!"

Seeing that Li Mufeng suddenly chose to escape, and there seemed to be some blood at the corner of his mouth, the "Red Cloud Demon King" hurriedly shouted to notify the "Black Dragon Demon King" beside him.

"Where to go!"

Feeling the sounds of "Black Dragon Demon King" and "Red Cloud Demon King" chasing from behind, Li Mufeng ignored them and simply sped up his escape.

However, now facing the siege of the two Demon Kings, and the fact that some of the meridians in his body were injured by the previous sneak attack, Li Mufeng now looked a little embarrassed and did not dare to stay and fight the two Demon Kings any longer.

Seeing that Li Mufeng was in a bad condition and seemed to have been injured, the two demon kings behind him chased him with all their might, trying to stop him when he escaped into the "Guiyunfang" mountain protection formation.

However, just as they caught up with him, Li Mufeng decisively turned around and threw out a yellow talisman. Hundreds of sharp golden needles instantly shot out from the talisman and shot directly at the two Nascent Soul Demon Kings who were following closely behind him.

This yellow talisman is a fourth-level lower-grade high-level talisman that Li Mufeng has treasured for many years. Its power is enough to threaten the safety of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

Faced with such an attack at such a close distance, the "Black Dragon Demon King" and the "Red Cloud Demon King" did not dare to respond casually. They quickly retreated to the side and used their own defensive means to resist the attack of these sharp golden needles with all their strength.

While the two Demon Kings were busy dealing with the attacks of the talismans, Li Mufeng quickly quickened his speed, shook off his opponents, fled the battlefield, and returned to the "Guiyunfang" mountain protection formation.

"The magic weapon in Li Mufeng's hand is indeed very powerful. Facing our full-strength attack, he still managed to escape so easily!"

The "Black Dragon Demon King", who had just dealt with the golden needle attack in front of him, saw Li Mufeng who had escaped not far from the mountain protection formation. Knowing that he could no longer catch up with the opponent, he couldn't help but sigh slightly.

Hearing what the "Black Dragon Demon King" said, the "Red Cloud Demon King" on the side immediately sneered and shook his head:

"Hmph! Don't worry, Brother Molong. Although Li Mufeng escaped, he did not escape unscathed. He was seriously injured this time and I guess he won't dare to come out and fight with us in the short term.

Next, we just need to focus on attacking the mountain protection formation. Guiyunfang will not be able to hold out for too long. It will only take a few more days for us.

Haha! Our two families have already secured victory in this battle. No matter how hard Xiaoyao Sect tries to struggle, it will be useless.

Once we take over Guiyunfang, the entire northern part of Weiguo will fall into the hands of our demon clan. By then, Xiaoyao Sect’s strength will be greatly damaged, and sooner or later the entire Weiguo will be under our control.”

"Well! Then let's do as you said, and attack the Guiyunfang mountain protection formation with all our strength. I want to see how long they can hold on." The Molong Demon King looked at the "Guiyunfang" mountain protection formation in front of him and also showed a somewhat excited smile.

After withdrawing the "Guiyunfang" mountain protection formation, Li Mufeng immediately ordered the troops to withdraw and asked all the cultivators who were fighting outside to withdraw back to the mountain protection formation in the market town.

Song Qingming and the others, who hadn't figured out what was going on, cast spells to shake off their opponents and quickly retreated back to the formation. Just as Song Qingming and the other Jindan cultivators had just withdrawn, two figures suddenly appeared in the sky above the battlefield, looking disdainfully at the market formation that was blocking them.

They just waved their hands casually and launched an incredibly powerful attack, killing dozens of low-level human cultivators nearby who had not yet retreated to the market formation.

"The Nascent Soul Demon King has arrived, everyone retreat quickly!"

Those who were still outside the formation and were shocked by the attack before them, after seeing the figure of the "Black Dragon Demon King", hurriedly quickened their pace to escape and ran towards the formation for their lives.

However, no matter how fast they ran, they were still too slow when facing those high-level monsters at the Nascent Soul and Golden Core levels. In just a few moments, hundreds of corpses of human cultivators fell on the battlefield.

Fortunately, at this time, most of the cultivators had already retreated, and there were not many "Xiaoyao Sect" cultivators left outside. After paying the price of nearly a thousand cultivators being killed, the remaining people all retreated back into the formation.

"What's going on? Why did another Nascent Soul Demon King appear?"

Song Qingming and other Jindan elders who were standing on the city wall were all shocked when they saw the two Yuanying Demon Kings who were leading the army of monsters to attack the market formation outside.
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Half a day later, in the meeting hall of "Guiyunfang".

A dozen Jindan elders from the Xiaoyao Sect who had just withdrawn from the battlefield have gathered here. Each of them has a sad look on their face, and they are discussing what had just happened on the battlefield.

Today, there was a fierce battle with an army of monsters, because a "Red Cloud Demon King" suddenly appeared in the enemy army, catching the human cultivators off guard.

The unsuspecting army of monks from Guiyunfang lost thousands of monks in this great battle. Even the Grand Elder Li Mufeng was seriously injured in the sudden ambush by the Demon King. He went into seclusion to heal his wounds as soon as he returned.

Just facing the army of monsters under the command of "Molong Demon King", "Guiyunfang" was already struggling to cope. Now the other side had an additional Nascent Soul Demon King, which had broken the original balance on the battlefield.

Now even the sect's only Nascent Soul Grand Elder Li Mufeng was injured. The people of the "Xiaoyao Sect" didn't dare to go out to fight the enemy anymore. They could only hide in the mountain protection formation, discussing in despair how to deal with the unfavorable situation that would follow.

Just as everyone was talking about the battle situation, a white light suddenly flashed, and Li Mufeng, whose face was still a little pale, appeared out of thin air at the door of the hall and walked in quickly.

"Meet the Supreme Elder!"

After taking a glance at the people in front of him and finding that no one was absent, Li Mufeng sat down in the top seat with a smile on his face.

"Uncle Li, aren't you in seclusion? Why are you here suddenly?" Seeing Li Mufeng's figure, Bai Yuxian hurriedly stepped forward with concern and greeted him.

Li Mufeng nodded calmly and said, "Don't worry, my injuries are not serious. The situation outside is critical now, and the sect needs to make a decision as soon as possible. I also want to hear your opinions."

Knowing that Li Mufeng was injured in the previous battle by the Demon King, everyone was very worried. Now hearing that his injuries were not serious, everyone felt relieved and their faces looked a little better.

For a sect like the Xiaoyao Sect which has only one Nascent Soul ancestor, Li Mufeng's importance is unquestionable.

Once the sect loses its only Nascent Soul cultivator, the "Xiaoyao Sect" will immediately change from a dominant Nascent Soul sect to an ordinary Golden Core force, and its status will plummet.

As long as nothing serious happens to Li Mufeng, the Nascent Soul Patriarch, even if the Xiaoyao Sect is temporarily at a disadvantage in the war, they will eventually have the opportunity to counterattack the army of monsters and take back their lost territory.

"Uncle Li, isn't the Scarlet Cloud Demon King attacking Zheng State? Why did he suddenly come to our Guiyunfang? What's going on in Zheng State? Why hasn't any news come to us yet?

Now that the demon beast army of Chiyun Mountain has joined the attack on our Wei State, it stands to reason that the people of Zheng State and Tianji Sect should have sent troops to help us immediately, but they have just set out, how can they have time to rescue us? "

Hearing the words of Guangling Zhenren standing in front of him, Li Mufeng sighed and shook his head and said: "We have just confirmed what you said. We were just suspicious before. The Zheng State should be the same as us, being kept in the dark about this matter.

The situation is critical now. Saying these things will not change our current situation. We still need to find a way to resolve the crisis before us as soon as possible.

Now that the two Nascent Soul Demon Kings outside are joining forces to attack the market town, I am afraid it will be difficult to contain them by myself. But if we don’t go out and allow the army of demon beasts to attack the city like this, the market town formation can only hold out for two or three days at most.

I have already sent a Thousand Miles Sound Transmission to inform Fellow Daoist Yang of the Tianji Sect, asking them to send high-level cultivators to come over for support. However, we are tens of thousands of miles away, and it will take at least five or six days for them to get here.

At this time, should we stay here and continue to hold on, fighting the monster army to the end, or should we prepare to evacuate this place and abandon Guiyunfang to preserve our strength? I am a little undecided about this decision now. You are all the backbone of the sect, so why not tell us your opinions! "

The situation outside has reached such a critical moment. Li Mufeng's statement has been very direct. For the "Xiaoyao Sect" at the moment, there are only two choices.

Either they evacuate this place in advance and take the initiative to give "Guiyunfang" to the army of monsters. This will preserve most of the sect's manpower and safely withdraw to Guyang Mountain.

But after losing "Guiyunfang", the army of monsters will surely continue to move southward, and the entire northern part of Wei State will surely fall quickly. At that time, the hundreds of millions of ordinary mortals who will not have time to evacuate will surely face a tragic scene of devastation when facing these extremely ferocious army of monsters.

Once half of Weiguo fell into the hands of monsters, the Xiaoyao Sect, which had lost half of its mortal territories, would inevitably suffer losses in its future development and would most likely decline.

If they choose to stay and wait for help, the market formation can only last for two or three days at most, and the "Xiaoyao Sect" will have to pay a bloody price to stop the siege of the army of monsters.

If they do this, it will be hard to say whether they can finally defend "Guiyunfang" under such an extremely disadvantageous situation.

As long as this battle continues, the "Xiaoyao Sect" will inevitably pay a huge price. Even the Jindan and Yuanying cultivators standing in the hall will inevitably fall in the battle.

Whether to give up half of the sect's territory and population, or to sacrifice the lives of many sect monks and fight to the death with the army of monsters, these two choices are very difficult for Li Mufeng to accept, which makes him unable to make a decision.

"Uncle Li, I think we can't evacuate so easily. We must give up Guiyunfang. The entire northern territory is no longer safe and will inevitably fall into the hands of monsters. This will be a heavy loss that the sect cannot bear.

Since the Tianji Sect has come to support us, we still have a chance to defend Guiyunfang. Even if we have to fight a bloody battle with the monsters, we must persevere and not give up our territory to the monster army."

As soon as Li Mufeng finished speaking, the sect's law enforcement elder Li Wutong stood up and expressed his determination to continue to hold the position.

At the same time, the elderly Guangling Zhenren also said: "Junior Brother Li is right. Tuoyun Mountain and Tiexian Fort are given up. We will definitely have a chance to take them back in the future.

But if we abandon Guiyunfang today, once we lose this most powerful support point for counterattacking the monster army, even if reinforcements arrive in the future, the sect will probably be unable to recover the lost territory in the north.

The territory of Weiguo was accumulated bit by bit by our ancestors over thousands of years. We, the descendants, cannot destroy the thousands of years of foundation of our sect just to save our lives for a moment."

Everyone present was surprised to see that Li Wutong and Guangling Zhenren, who had never gotten along well with each other, had finally reached a consensus.

"Uncle Li, what the two senior brothers said is also what I think in my heart. I believe that if we hold on firmly, we will be able to repel the attack of the monsters!" Chen Xuanxin, who usually doesn't like to express his opinions, rarely speaks out his thoughts at this time.

"Yes! I also support the ideas of several brothers. We should hold on to Guiyunfang and wait for reinforcements."

"I agree!"

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As the voices rang out, many elders present, including Song Qingming, expressed their support for the idea of ​​holding on.

Even Hu Qingyun, who had supported the idea of ​​retreat at the beginning of the discussion, immediately changed his attitude when he saw that the situation was not right. He loudly called for the idea of ​​defending Guiyunfang and fighting the army of monsters to the end.

Seeing that many Jindan elders present were not afraid of the ferocious monster army outside and were determined to fight to the end, Li Mufeng immediately made a decision in his heart, stood up and said seriously:
“Since everyone is determined to defend the sect’s territory and fight to the bitter end with the army of monsters, then as the Grand Elder, I have nothing to worry about.

Yu Xian passed down the order, asking all the usable supplies in the treasury to be taken out and distributed to the monks guarding the city. Everyone should get ready and come with me to leave the city in two days to fight the monster.

Let's send a message to Zhenyang Sect to check where their people are. If they can arrive in time, our chances of winning will increase.

Also, send a message to Guyang Mountain and dispatch a flying boat to bring all the defenders from Zixingfang, Taiyue Lake, and Jinshanfang to Guyang Mountain for a reunion. This time, we must concentrate all our strength and vow to defend Guiyunfang."

"I will follow Master Li's orders!"

Hearing Li Mufeng's determination to hold on, the many Jindan cultivators present also shouted out a trace of anger that had been suppressed by the monster army for days. (End of this chapter)