542: Chapter 89 Engaging in Battle!_2 542: Chapter 89 Engaging in Battle!_2 He certainly wouldn’t blame Mi Yun.
It was just that he didn’t say any words of comfort, as he had no time now to care about Mi Yun’s emotions.
The following quarter of an hour was probably going to feel as long as years.
Xie Xuanyi took the initiative to leave Little Desolate Mountain and arrived outside the talisman formation.
He looked back.
The location of Deng Baiyi and Mi Yun was covered by the talisman formation he had laid down, their aura still undetected.
If he hid within the formation, perhaps there could be a short moment of peace.
But Meng Kejian was no ordinary person, and the talisman formation wouldn’t last long…
He chose to take the initiative to attack, in exchange for Deng Baiyi’s peace.
…
…
“Lord Meng, the direction indicated by the String Plate is here!”
The Iron Cavalry was shuttling through the mountains and fields.
By Meng Kejian’s side, a Colonel holding a Silver Compass, its needle wavering within the mist, pointed towards the direction of Little Desolate Mountain.
“Are you sure?”
Meng Kejian narrowed his eyes, feeling somewhat doubtful.
The Great General had given Xie Zhen a two-hour head start to escape.
How had Xie Zhen only managed to flee this far?
Located in “Anyang County” of Qixia Mountain, both inside and out, were five layers of Iron Cavalry patrols; this place was only inside the second layer…
Could it be that Xie Zhen had given up on fleeing?
Or perhaps, after drinking six bowls of Drunken Immortal Brew, Xie Zhen had collapsed drunk?
“This is the Hook and Clamp Master’s specialized ‘String Plate’, rarely incorrect.
Moreover, Xie Zhen also drank the ‘Duanchang Powder’; it has only been a two-hour period, the direction pointed out by the String Plate can’t be wrong.”
The Colonel on horseback spoke with certainty, but in the next moment, he also let out a light exclamation.
The needle on the String Plate started to shake again.
Humming!
The needle began to spin rapidly.
This meant that the target was changing direction at an extremely fast speed…
Wait.
This meant that the target was very close!
“Slash!”
In the midst of the forest, a sudden splitting sound burst forth, and a Flying Sword streaked out from the void, slashing down towards the Colonel holding the String Plate!
This sword was incredibly fast, catching everyone off guard!
Even Meng Kejian didn’t react in time—
In just an instant, the Colonel’s head was severed, and the Flying Sword continued its momentum, plunging into the Iron Cavalry, cutting through several of their bodies in one stroke!
For a moment, the sound of horse hooves thundered like drums, and their formation was thrown into disarray!
“Enemy attack!”
“Enemy attack!!”
Meng Kejian, who was always insidious, was now furiously enraged, a vein throbbing on his forehead.
He voluntarily dismounted from his horse, flew towards the Flying Sword, reached out midair and grabbed the Flying Sword, crushing it to pieces…
Having done all this, Meng Kejian’s expression turned even uglier!
It was not a Flying Sword at all, but just a piece of green bamboo shaved to a point by Sword Qi!
It was hard to imagine that something with such a sharp edge wasn’t even a Treasure.
The one who had made this sword strike…
their level of mastery in the Sword Dao…
had reached a terrifying level.
The Yuzi Camp reorganized extremely quickly.
Within three breaths, the Iron Cavalry, with shields in hand, rearranged their formation.
On the other side, the speed of reorganization for the Yuanzhou Iron Cavalry was much slower.
“Xie Zhen, really is beyond one’s expectations…”
Meng Kejian clenched the piece of green bamboo and slowly exerted force, grinding it into powder.
He uttered with a jeering laugh: “The Great General said there was no escape for you, yet you actually came to us yourself?”
In the woods, no figure was to be seen, yet a cold, indifferent voice echoed all around: “If there’s nowhere to escape, why not fight with all one’s might?”
“Like father, like son.”
Meng Kejian still wore a sneering smile, “Your disciple, just like his master from ten years ago…
are you trying to mimic the Battle of Beihai, engaging in a fight to the death?”
“You…
think too much.”
The indifferent voice from the woods sounded again.
“This is not Beihai.”
“Nor are you the White Ghost.”
Standing atop an ancient tree, Xie Xuanyi looked down at the Iron Cavalry arrayed in defense not far away, his voice emotionless as he transmitted: “Meng Kejian, do you believe, in the siege of Beihai ten years ago, you wouldn’t have survived a single sword strike?”
This conversation was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.
Meng Kejian’s tone seemed to be mocking…
but in fact, he was trying to ascertain Xie Zhen’s Divine Thought, deliberately speaking thus.
At the moment of the assassination attempt, he released his Divine Thought, seeking to lock onto the assassin’s position.
Xie Xuanyi, of course, would not let Meng Kejian succeed easily.
What he intended to do…
was to infuriate Meng Kejian.
This suppression appeared to have only one “enemy” on the surface, but in reality, he had to deal with the Yuzi Camp Iron Cavalry, as well as the Yuanzhou Iron Cavalry.
“…?”
As expected.
Meng Kejian’s Divine Soul was no longer at peace.
He had been scorned by a junior!
That wasn’t really the main point; what was important was…
his Divine Thought had enveloped the entire dense forest, and yet he had failed to pinpoint the opponent’s position!
What kind of Divine Soul Secret Treasure was Xie Zhen carrying on him?
“Buzz!”
Xie Xuanyi didn’t give the Iron Cavalry much time to adjust; seizing the opportunity, he thrust out the second sword!
The Flying Sword pierced through the air, impaling a Yuanzhou Iron Cavalry’s forehead…
The already panicked Iron Cavalry formation shattered once more!
And this time.
Meng Kejian made a choice completely opposite to his previous one.
He no longer actively blocked the Sword Qi.
Instead, he put all his Heart Power into tracing the source of the Sword Qi—
In the moment the Sword Qi burst forth.
The fully prepared Meng Kejian sharply captured the direction of the Sword Qi, and immediately flitted out, turning into a bolt of lightning; in just an instant, he appeared before the black-clothed youth who launched the Flying Sword, the black-clothed youth forming seals on an old tree branch was shrouded by a huge shade.
“Boom!”
Meng Kejian punched out, directly smashing the black-clothed youth’s head to pieces.
Immediately after.
His pupils contracted, and he quickly retracted his fist.
The black-clothed youth who was shattered into pieces exploded into a cloud of smoke in mid-air, and as Meng Kejian retracted his fist, he caught a “Substitute” Array Patterns and Talismans.
With a darkened expression, he turned back and saw that amidst the Iron Cavalry, a figure in a sharp black robe wielding an umbrella sword appeared.
Like a wolf entering a flock, his movements were wide-open and brutal, even fiercer than the inferno on Qixia Mountain!
Previously restricted by the Cage Immortal Array, Xie Xuanyi resorted to barehanded combat after discarding his sword!
Now.
He was straight-up starting a killing spree with Sword Qi!
The Tao Rules of the Path of Destruction burst forth like the full moon, like ripples—
“Slash!”
In just an instant, Xie Xuanyi slaughtered his way through one side of the Iron Cavalry, the Rule of Destruction shattered the iron armor, piercing directly into the heart, leaving no survivors!
Before the Yuanzhou Iron Cavalry could reorganize, their formation was breached.
The Yuzi Camp reacted swiftly, with all those accompanying Meng Kejian being his trusted aides.
Some drew bows and readied arrows, but Xie Xuanyi was faster.
Finally having drawn Meng Kejian away, he could not afford to waste even a moment; Spring Breeze Grass was drawn from its sheath, the large umbrella opened to deflect the bolts, reversed in a spin, and the poisoned arrowheads were all scattered back.
“Smack smack smack!”
A large number of the Yuzi Camp Iron Cavalry also fell.
All this happened in the blink of an eye.
Ultimately, these people were mere mortals, who, even having practiced the military’s Body Refining Technique, could at best compete with a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator in arm-wrestling.
As for those exceptional talents with a refined Golden Body, they barely managed to survive Xie Xuanyi’s casual sword strike!
Without the Cage Immortal Array.
They could only become dust under the Flying Sword!
“Kill!”
The Yuzi Camp Iron Cavalry was fundamentally different in quality from the Yuanzhou Iron Cavalry.
Seeing this attack halve their numbers, no one retreated; instead, they took the initiative to charge at Xie Zhen!
An Iron Cavalry charge is not frightening.
Without being bound by a grand formation, Xie Xuanyi could come and go as he pleased, easily reaping lives with repeated entries and exits!
But…
There was still a Meng Kejian present!
“!!!”
Xie Xuanyi took a deep breath, the corners of his eyes drooping.
Striking to kill and settling his stance were all done in a flash; after landing, a very ominous premonition surged in his Heart Lake.
As expected.
Glancing from the corner of his eyes, he saw that Meng Kejian, whom he had led away, was no longer in his original place.
At the same time, Xie Xuanyi felt a chill in his back; this Yin God had indeed struck as fast as lightning.
Drawing his sword from the sheath had made no sound at all, almost arriving simultaneously with his “Heart Lake Sensing”!
A sword stabbed out.
Xie Xuanyi’s black robe burst into flames.
“Boom” went the sound!
All of the Primordial Fire in his Great Acupoint boiled over!
Xie Xuanyi’s Perfect Golden Body managed to resist for a moment but was quickly broken through.
This strike penetrated Xie Xuanyi’s Golden Body, pierced his skin, and slashed through the air.
A spray of bright golden blood scattered through the air.