Chapter 376: Chapter 376: One More Earth Spirit Realm
If the five Earth Spirit Realm experts from the Martial Soul Hall launched a frontal assault, they might very well be ground down and killed by nearly a thousand Great Xia Dragon Guards at the Small Spirit Realm.
However, Jingtai and his men had no way of knowing.
In addition to the five Earth Spirit Realm experts, the Martial Soul Hall had also deployed nearly seven thousand first-level Martial Spirits!
Seven thousand first-level Martial Spirits—a number terrifying enough to scare someone to death.
The Earth Spirit Realm experts probably wouldn’t even have to lift a finger. The seven thousand first-level Martial Spirits alone would be enough to completely overwhelm the nearly one thousand Small Spirit Realm Great Xia Dragon Guards!
As Profound Snake and the others laughed maniacally, the morale on the Martial Soul Hall’s side gradually began to rise.
Meanwhile, many of the Great Xia Dragon Guards grew anxious. After all, nearly all of their friends and families were inside the County City.
If the County City was breached and the Martial Soul Hall went on a slaughtering spree as Profound Snake had said, they would all be doomed...
"Hmph. Empty theatrics!"
"Profound Snake, no matter what tricks you pull, the Martial Soul Hall will fall today! Attack!"
Jingtai roared, a piercing glint flashing in his eyes as he took the initiative, lunging straight for Profound Snake.
He had originally wanted to stall for more time to minimize the Great Xia Dragon Guards’ losses, but he never thought Profound Snake would pull such a stunt. If he delayed any longer, the morale of the Great Xia Dragon Guards would likely collapse entirely.
’Of course, the best-case scenario would be to wait for Prince Duan and his men to arrive. We could let him sweep away the Martial Soul Hall’s King Realm Experts before we make a move. But that would seem like we’re not taking the prince seriously, which would come across as very disrespectful...’
"Good! Just what I wanted! Everyone, charge! Kill them all!"
Profound Snake also roared and, along with the two Earth King Realm experts by his side, met Jingtai’s charge.
Alone, he wouldn’t dare face Jingtai, who was his equal.
The great battle ignited in a flash.
The strongest combatants of the Martial Soul Hall and the Great Xia Dragon Guards clashed violently.
King Realm Experts fought King Realm Experts, while the Six Great Army Commanders engaged the Martial Soul Hall’s ninth-level Martial Spirits.
Having fought each other in secret within Lianshan County for decades, the Martial Soul Hall and the Great Xia Dragon Guards had some understanding of each other’s strengths. Thus, everyone quickly found their counterparts.
Once the fighting began, the King Realm Experts on both sides consciously took their battles elsewhere, lest their Primordial Power overwhelm the Martial Spirit Realm combatants.
The remaining combatants also dispersed quickly, forming one small skirmish after another.
This was done to prevent their battles from harming those weaker than themselves, and also to avoid being caught in the crossfire of those who were stronger.
However, under the deliberate guidance of the Great Xia Dragon Guards, the entire battlefield began to shift steadily toward the abandoned town.
Soon, the Thunder Shock Army Master, locked in combat with five ninth-level Martial Spirits from the Martial Soul Hall, charged into the abandoned town.
The battle between ninth-level Martial Spirits was incredibly fierce.
The Thunder Shock Army Master possessed a Tier Four Martial Soul. Upon unleashing one of his Soul Techniques, a terrifying bolt of lightning descended from the heavens. Although the five ninth-level Martial Spirits from the Martial Soul Hall dodged it, the lightning bolt struck the ground, instantly tearing the earth asunder. The single attack blew up an incalculable number of Martial Soul Hall members at the Small Spirit Realm and Martial Master Realm who were hidden in the Underground Palace below.
Elsewhere, the Celestial Wind Army Master exchanged a palm strike with another ninth-level Martial Spirit from the Martial Soul Hall. The resulting gale instantly ripped up the dilapidated city walls and the rubble on the ground. Countless Martial Soul Hall members hidden below were swept up and shredded to pieces!
"Jingtai, you deserve death!"
Seeing more and more of the skirmishes move into the abandoned town, watching the ruins collapse piece by piece, and seeing countless Martial Soul Hall members killed by the shockwaves from the battles between Celestial Spirit Realm and Earth Spirit Realm experts, Profound Snake couldn’t help but roar in fury.
In that Underground Palace, aside from some worthless members at the Martial Artist and Martial Master Realms, there were also promising disciples with Tier Three Martial Souls who hadn’t fully developed yet!
Those were potential Martial Spirit Realm experts, maybe even future Celestial Spirit Realm experts.
And they had all died so senselessly!
"We deserve death? And you’re the ones to deliver it?"
Grand Chief Steward Jingtai sneered, suddenly unleashing his Martial Soul and launching a furious assault against Profound Snake and his two companions.
Profound Snake and his two companions dared not waste any more breath. Their expressions tightened as they gritted their teeth and fought Jingtai with all their strength. It was three against one, yet once Jingtai got serious, they found themselves at a disadvantage!
Under the fierce battle of the Celestial Spirit and Earth Spirit Realm experts, the entire abandoned town was torn to shreds, looking as if its surface had been plowed over, leaving it riddled with holes and utterly shattered.
The Underground Palace, which the Martial Soul Hall had operated for decades, was shattered in a single day. Most of it collapsed, turning into a field of rubble.
The Martial Soul Hall members hiding inside suffered disastrous casualties. The few who were lucky enough to survive could only tremble amidst the storm of battle, never knowing when or from where a stray blast of energy might appear and shred them to pieces!
Faced with this situation, the experts from the Martial Soul Hall gritted their teeth in fury. Yet, against the fierce offensive of the Great Xia Dragon Guards, they had no choice but to retaliate, unleashing one devastating aftershock after another.
The few ninth-level Martial Spirit experts from the Martial Soul Hall cursed endlessly, certain that Lianshan County City must have already become a sea of blood by now.
...
「Inside the County City.」
After Chu Qingyun had successively joined the battles at all four city walls and left behind Elixirs, the situation had finally stabilized.
The remaining first-level Martial Spirits from the Martial Soul Hall were still locked in a fierce battle with the Great Xia Dragon Guards. However, in the final stages of the engagement, the superior individual combat strength of the Dragon Guards gradually began to show.
The first-level Martial Spirits of the Martial Soul Hall gradually lost their footing and were continuously cut down.
Of course, the Great Xia Dragon Guards also suffered casualties in the fierce fighting. At the western wall, the site of the most brutal combat, two third-level Martial Spirits had even consumed the Elixirs, unleashing an overwhelming burst of power.
Overall, however, the defeat and annihilation of these first-level Martial Spirits from the Martial Soul Hall was only a matter of time.
Just then, Chu Qingyun, in the midst of battle, glanced aside and suddenly spotted someone.
Upon seeing that person, a look of delight instantly appeared on Chu Qingyun’s face.
An Earth Spirit Realm expert, Xu Baolin!
In a battle where both sides were comprised of combatants from the Small Spirit Realm, the addition of a single Earth Spirit Realm expert would create an enormous advantage!
An Earth Spirit Realm expert’s intervention would be a far greater deterrent to the Martial Soul Hall than even Chu Qingyun himself.
If the Small Spirit Realm members of the Martial Soul Hall knew there was an Earth Spirit Realm expert present within the County City, they might be scared into a direct retreat!
Chu Qingyun dispatched the few Martial Soul Hall Martial Spirits before him with a single slash of his sword and quickly rushed over.
Xu Baolin, for his part, simply smiled at him and made no further effort to hide.
"Sir, didn’t you go to face the Martial Soul Hall? The Grand Chief Steward ordered all Earth Spirit Realm experts to join the main battle."
Chu Qingyun asked, a little confused. No one would dare defy a direct order from the Grand Chief Steward.
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