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Small roads are hard to walk.
But it's safe.
Furthermore, Fang Xuan was sitting in a palanquin and didn't need to walk. Who told him to be the leader? Hehehe.
Looking at the comfortable Fang Xuan sitting in the palanquin, the faces of the Shrek Academy's people darkened. This was a true abuse of power, and it was done in broad daylight without any concealment.
Fang Xuan was lying comfortably on the open palanquin, enjoying the beautiful sunlight. From time to time, there would be resentful gazes coming from the surroundings. However, he merely yawned lazily, completely ignoring the complaints of the crowd.
As the person responsible for the safety of the entire team, how could he not enjoy himself? This group of idiots was always clamoring to walk on the main roads and valleys, how could they understand the degree of danger?
Fang Xuan estimated that the Martial Spirit Hall's ambush would happen in the next two days, so he deliberately avoided places where it was easy to set up an ambush and walked on remote paths. This way, it would be easier to deal with a sudden attack.
Furthermore, he constantly ordered all the soul masters of the empire to be 120% alert at all times. If anyone dared to slack off, they would be killed without mercy.
As for Fang Xuan, to deal with the upcoming battle, what he needed to do now was to conserve his energy.
"Isn't His Highness being too careful? It's been a peaceful journey, we didn't even meet a small thief, how could there be a sneak attack." An Empire soldier couldn't help but complain.
"Shut up. His Highness is a man of great talent and bold vision, how could you understand? Stand guard and pay attention to the surroundings." The golden-armored general glared at the soldier.
The empire's soldiers didn't dare to speak, but there were people beside them who kept chattering.
"Damned Fang Xuan, stinky Fang Xuan, bad Fang Xuan, I curse you to have maggots growing on the soles of your feet, sores growing on your butt, and pus growing on your head …" Ning Rongrong angrily kicked a small stone and kept cursing Fang Xuan with all her might.
"Hey, I heard it." Fang Xuan suddenly jumped down from the palanquin and punched Ning Rongrong's little head.
"Ouch, it hurts." Ning Rongrong's eyes were brimming with tears. She bared her fangs and brandished her claws at Fang Xuan.
"Damned Fang Xuan, I'm going to fight it out with you. Today, either you die, or I die. Wake up."
Who's spoiling you? Fang Xuan curled his lips and punched out again, easily beating Ning Rongrong to the ground. The young girl covered the bump on her head, tears welling up in her eyes from the pain. Her two beautiful big eyes glared at Fang Xuan.
"Do you know your mistake now?" As the perpetrator, Fang Xuan didn't feel guilty at all. He used his actions to teach Ning Rongrong that strength was everything.
"Cough cough …" At this time, a coughing sound came from one of the carriages behind.
Fang Xuan was startled, and his expression gradually became strange. He forgot that Ning Rongrong's father was hiding behind them. He coughed dryly to hide his embarrassment and extended his right hand to Ning Rongrong on the ground. "Get up."
"Hmph." Ning Rongrong's big black eyes rolled around. She originally didn't want to pay attention to Fang Xuan, but for some reason, she put her small hand on Fang Xuan's big hand.
Ning Rongrong didn't even have time to react after being pulled up by Fang Xuan. Suddenly, Fang Xuan pushed her to the ground, and she fell flat on her back …
"Fuck, Fang Xuan." Ning Rongrong flipped out. She was so angry that her hair stood on end.
But at this time, a thunderous roar exploded, completely drowning out Ning Rongrong's voice. In an instant, it spread across the entire area. "Enemy attack"
A peerless killing sword flew through the air, passing right by Ning Rongrong's scalp. Wrapped in an extremely cold killing intent, it madly stabbed at Fang Xuan.
"Ah." Fang Xuan roared. He suddenly unsheathed his black blade, and the Soulforce in his body burst forth like boiling lava. He pulled out a crescent-shaped black blade of light and forcibly cut the killing sword in half, along with the black-robed man who had ambushed him.
"This … what's going on." Ning Rongrong sat on the ground in a daze, looking at the rain of blood floating in the air. Her face was blank, and her entire body was frozen. She seemed to be at a loss for what to do.
If Fang Xuan hadn't pushed her away in time, she would've been pierced by the killing sword.
Ning Rongrong's thoughts were complicated. Looking at Fang Xuan's blood-stained face, she felt that this guy wasn't as annoying as before.
The sudden attack awakened everyone present, causing many of the soldiers who were resentful and dissatisfied with Fang Xuan to quiver. They quickly became alert and focused.
"All soldiers listen to my orders. A large number of enemy troops have appeared in front of us. Prepare for battle." The golden-armored general shouted. His black hair fluttered without wind, and his eyes were as sharp as an unsheathed sword.
At the entrance of the road, countless black-robed men were madly rushing over. From afar, they looked like a tide. There were many of them, at least a thousand of them. The most terrifying thing was that each of them had multicolored soul rings. They were all at least three-ringed Soul Elders.
This was a powerful army of soul masters.
Cold killing intent surged like a tsunami, causing many people to tremble in fear.
Enemy attack.
There was an enemy attack.
Moreover, it was an army of over a thousand soul masters.
Everyone was shocked. They didn't think that Fang Xuan's prediction would come true. There was an enemy attack, and over a thousand soul masters at once. Although their faces were covered in black cloth and their identities weren't clear, their soul rings and auras were genuine. This was a group of powerful enemies that wanted to take their lives.
Fortunately, under Fang Xuan's strict military orders, many of the soul masters remained vigilant and didn't panic, even though they had some complaints in their hearts.
Under the command of the golden-armored general, the thousand-strong army of soul masters began to form to meet the army of soul masters that had suddenly appeared.
At this time, the resentment everyone had for Fang Xuan transformed into endless admiration. Many people admired Fang Xuan's vision and foresight. Even the people from the Shrek Academy couldn't help but look at Fang Xuan in a new light. The latter could predict danger and predict the enemy's advance. Even their academy's invincible Master couldn't do this.
But at this moment, Fang Xuan wasn't in the mood to accept everyone's admiration. The Spirit Hall had sent out too many assassins this time, much more than he had expected. It was probably close to two thousand people.
Although Fang Xuan was well-prepared, facing an enemy twice his size, he was afraid that it would take a fierce battle to repel the assassins from the Martial Spirit Hall. Under such a difficult situation, even he could be buried here if things went wrong. This wasn't a problem with Fang Xuan's arrangements, but a huge gap in strength.
Even if the two great empires and the seven great sects worked together, the number of soul masters under their banner wasn't even half of what the Martial Spirit Hall had. The difference in strength was too great.
The battle began. Sabers and swords clanged, and battle cries shook the sky. Soul power erupted like a volcano, and killing intent raged like a billowing storm. Dazzling multicolored soul rings began to bloom. Thousands of people from both sides quickly engaged in a fierce battle, and even the earth began to tremble. The fifteen participating academies had a total of over two hundred people, and the empires had sent about a thousand soul masters to escort them. The Heaven Dou Empire had a total of about one thousand and two hundred people.
On the other hand, the black-robed assassins from the Martial Spirit Hall were as numerous as the hairs on an ox. There were about two thousand of them, and all of them were soul masters. Even the weakest of them was a Soul Elder with three rings. Everyone's faces sank as they fell into a bitter battle.
What's going on? Where did so many powerful soul masters come from? Flanders roared. With a wave of his eagle claw, he tore three black-robed Soul Ancestors apart. Blood and bones spilled all over the ground. He stood in the middle of a dozen corpses and raised his head to look at the endless number of black-robed assassins. His expression was very serious. He believed that this attack wasn't simple, and it was very likely that it was premeditated.
To be able to mobilize an army of several thousand soul masters to attack them, even the two great empires and the seven great sects wouldn't be able to do this. In the entire Douluo Continent, there was only one person with such strength... The Martial Spirit Hall?
Flanders's eyes were cold as he swept his gaze around. These black-robed assassins didn't seem like random soldiers that had been put together at the last minute. They were all well-trained and had good teamwork. Many inexperienced soul master academy students had suffered losses at their hands, and many of them had died.
Faced with such a well-trained soul master squad, Flanders could only think of the Spirit Hall. Good, this old lady has been holding back her anger and has no place to vent it. Liu Erlong had a fiery temper. She immediately activated her martial soul and transformed into a human-shaped Tyrannosaurus Rex, crazily attacking the black-robed assassins.
As a seven-ringed Soul Sage and the number one beast soul on the continent, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Liu Erlong was able to dominate the battlefield. Every time she swung her dragon claw, two or three black-robed assassins would be smashed into meat paste. Liu Erlong seemed to have turned into a female warrior. She killed her way in and out with an unstoppable force. In the blink of an eye, she had killed no less than fifty Soul Elder-ranked black-robed assassins. This caused the assassins to be somewhat terrified, and they couldn't figure out who the real killer was.
They had once heard that tigresses were very frightening, but now it seemed that the Tyrant Dragon was the most frightening creature in the world.
Furthermore, it was a berserk Dragon.
"Boss Flanders, what are you spacing out for? You're too slow. Just kill them for me."
Seeing that Flanders was still standing there thinking, Liu Erlong's fiery temper kicked him away.
"Aiyo, Erlong, what are you doing? Even if you're angry, you can't vent it on me. Aren't these enough for you to kill?"
Flanders screamed miserably as his body flew out, smashing into three or four black-robed assassins. He crawled up from the ground in a sorry state and looked at Liu Erlong with a dark face.
"Hmph."
Liu Erlong snorted coldly. She was in a bad mood and couldn't be bothered with Flanders's complaints. She transformed into a dragon again and began her killing spree.
Before they left, Master went to meet his old lover Bibi Dong in private without informing her. This made her extremely angry, and she had been sulking the entire time. Now she was worried that she had no place to vent her anger.
These black-robed assassins had come at the perfect time for Liu Erlong.
"Boom."
Her long blade tore through the void and turned into a three-foot-long blade of light. It domineeringly chopped a black-robed Soul Ancestor in half, and his innards spilled out onto the ground.
Fang Xuan held the black blade that was still dripping with blood and panted slightly. He raised his head and saw that a large number of black-robed assassins were still crazily rushing over. They were simply like a group of cockroaches that couldn't be killed.
"All soldiers, listen to my orders. Remember to conserve your force and don't be sloppy. Use the fastest method to kill your opponents. You must avoid unnecessary casualties."
Fang Xuan stood on a rock with his blade in hand and gave orders to the army. "Assault system soul masters, stand at the front and act as the vanguard to stop the enemy in front of you. Defense system soul masters, pay attention to the left and right wings of the army to prevent the enemy from sneak attacking from the sides. Control system soul masters, take command in the middle. Auxiliary system soul masters, stay in the center of the army and pay attention to treating the injured."
"Understood."
Regardless of whether it was the great academies or the soldiers of the empire, they all obeyed Fang Xuan's orders. They began to form an offensive and defensive formation to stop the enemy.
Fang Xuan followed the characteristics of a soul cultivator and methodically deployed his troops to form a powerful formation that could both attack and defend. Under the frenzied assault of more than two thousand soul cultivators, he was still able to handle it with ease and without panicking.
At the mountain pass, the battle was in full swing. This battle was very different from the group battles of the Soul Master Tournament. This was a naked slaughter, a baptism of blood and fire, a pile of corpses and bones. The slightest hesitation would lead to death. This was the first time for many students to see such a large-scale massacre. There were corpses everywhere, and beneath their feet were human innards and skulls. Some of the students with poor mental fortitude couldn't help but kneel on the ground and vomit in disgust.
However, this allowed the black-robed assassins to take advantage of them. Although the soldiers and teachers of the empire were protecting them, the students of the great academies still suffered heavy casualties in this large-scale massacre.
The empire had over a thousand soul master soldiers, and roughly a thousand black-robed assassins had been dispatched. The remaining thousand assassins began to split up and attack the fifteen academies.
Each of these 15 academies formed a small group. Under Fang Xuan's arrangement, they gradually formed their defensive formations. From the initial panic, they recovered their composure and began to counterattack in an orderly manner.
These were all elite students from the advanced soul master academies. Although they weren't used to the cruelty and bloodshed of the battlefield in the beginning, they gradually understood that if they didn't kill, they would be killed, and if they hesitated, they would die. They began to display their true strength and were evenly matched with the black-robed assassins.
Relying on the outstanding coordination between the teams and the outstanding strength of the genius students, the great soul master academies gradually stabilized the situation. They began to bare their fangs and launch a counterattack against the black-robed assassins.
"Tsk, why do I have to listen to that guy's orders" Huo Wu clenched her teeth and glared fiercely at Fang Xuan, who was commanding the battle at the front. Her heart was filled with dissatisfaction, and she wasn't willing to listen to her opponent's orders.
Although she said she wasn't willing, Huo Wu's body involuntarily moved according to Fang Xuan's orders. As an assault-type Battle Soul Ancestor, she went to the front of the Blazing Fire Battle Team and acted as their spear, welcoming the enemy's fiercest attacks.
This was because the young lady knew that Fang Xuan's strategy was correct.
"Sisters, everyone gathers together. Don't be afraid" Although the SkyWater Academy was a group of girls, under Shui Bing'er's leadership, they displayed powerful combat strength and tacit cooperation on the battlefield. They gave the black-robed assassins a head-on blow, and they weren't any weaker than the other academies.
The GodWind Academy and the other academies' counterattacks were also improving. The battle was carried out by the various academies, and on average, each academy was responsible for fifty black-robed assassins. As for the Shrek Academy and the Heaven Dou Academy, they were undoubtedly facing the fiercest attacks.
More than three hundred black-robed assassins were surrounding the two academies, and all of them were Soul Ancestors. There wasn't even a three-ringed Soul Elder among them, and there were many powerful auras in the team. There were Soul Kings and Soul Emperors. Some people even discovered several Soul Sages.
Whether it was Tang San and the other students from the Shrek Academy, or Yu Tian-heng and the other students from the Heaven Dou Academy, all of them had grave and ugly expressions on their faces.
"Brothers, activate your martial souls and reveal your soul rings" Dai Mubai roared. He was very unyielding as he led the Shrek Team to take the initiative to attack the black-robed assassins.
"Let's go together and get rid of them" Yu Tian-heng naturally wasn't to be outdone. He led the Emperor Team and charged forward, engaging in a bloody battle with the black-robed assassins that were surging from the front.
The earth trembled, the wind blew, and the killing intent soared to the heavens. Countless people clashed, creating powerful soul-power shockwaves that swept across the mountain path and broke the towering ancient trees in the surroundings.
The battle was extremely intense! In the battle at the front of the team, the one with the most outstanding performance wasn't the team leader Dai Mubai, nor was it Yu Tian-heng who had the world's number one beast soul.
It was Tang San and Dugu Yan. Tang San's hidden weapons and Dugu Yan's Jade-Scaled Snake Venom were simply lethal weapons on the battlefield. The two of them didn't have to worry about anything as they unleashed all their skills and slaughtered crazily.
At this moment, many of the black-robed assassins could see that Fang Xuan was the core of the entire team. Whether it was the various great soul master academies or the Empire's soul master legions, Fang Xuan was in charge of everything. This was why they didn't fall into a panic and instead fought in an orderly manner.
The black-robed assassins looked at Fang Xuan on the boulder, a cold glint in their eyes. They quickly set him as their first target. They understood that as long as they got rid of Fang Xuan, who was giving orders, the Heaven Dou Empire's soul master army would collapse because they were a group of dragons without a leader!
At this thought, several powerful black-robed assassins attacked like lightning and madly attacked Fang Xuan.
"Die, little brat"
"You little scourge, watch me kill you first"
"Hahaha, die, little bastard"
"There's nowhere for you to run!
Four consecutive shouts exploded in Fang Xuan's ears. His heart trembled as he realized that black-robed assassins had appeared in all four directions. Each of them had five dazzling soul rings and was aggressively charging towards him.
"Blue Emperor Killing Array"
Fang Xuan snorted coldly. His face was abnormally calm as he first used his Bluesilver Domain to freeze the four assassins. Then, he spun around and activated his strongest killing blade aura. A blood-red blade in the shape of a full moon appeared and instantly sliced the four Soul Kings in half.
Fresh blood and severed corpses scattered through the air, dyeing Fang Xuan's black hair red. He calmly stood on the boulder, his eyes cold as he raised his blade. He was like a peerless killing god that had awoken. An indescribable baleful aura erupted from him, causing many of the black-robed assassins to tremble in fear.
"That brat is so strong …"
The black-robed assassins were shocked beyond words.