The City Falls

When Mi Lan was still in the Body Tempering Realm, she was the weak link of Li Yuan's nineteenth squad. After he broke through to the Inner Force Realm, she was no longer the squad's weak link.

Mi Lan felt the Internal Energy born within her body and exclaimed excitedly, "I've broken through to the Inner Force Realm!"

"I've finally broken through to the Inner Force Realm!"

Li Yuan stood to the side, smiling as he watched Mi Lan, "Alright, you should stabilize your realm now."

Mi Lan nodded respectfully. If Li Yuan hadn't just guided her, she wouldn't have seized the opportunity to break through. She quickly retreated to the side, familiarizing herself with the new power that had appeared within her.

There were many people on the city wall. They marveled at Mi Lan's breakthrough during battle, while the other warriors who were still in the Body Tempering Realm looked at Mi Lan with envy. The fact that such a thing hadn't happened to them caused a slight pang of bitterness in their hearts.

Mi Lan's breakthrough was just a small interlude on the city wall, not causing any major ripples. Evil Creatures were still attacking the city wall.

Li Yuan stood on the city wall, occasionally unleashing a sword strike or two that could kill the zombies below. A few stray Evil Ghosts attempted to float up and attack the weak points of the formation, but Li Yuan extinguished them one by one with his sword qi!

With every sword he swung, ten strands of evil energy were absorbed by the Ink Jade Rune Artifact at his waist. Li Yuan glanced at the Ink Jade Rune Artifact on his waist.

A rough count revealed over four hundred strands of evil energy swirling within it.

Even if one strand of evil energy was only worth two contribution points, he would have eight hundred contribution points!

For martial arts powerhouses who had mastered True Qi, large battlefields like this were the easiest places to earn contribution points.

They could easily earn hundreds or even thousands of points!

While dealing with the Evil Creatures attacking from below the city, Li Yuan pondered how to use these contribution points once they were in hand.

Unlike the attack by hundreds of Evil Creatures earlier, there were only a few dozen Evil Ghosts attacking now, and the intensity of the attack had decreased significantly. Li Yuan even felt a sense of leisure.

Li Yuan swung his sword again. The flying sword qi killed over a dozen Evil Creatures, and he turned to look. Behind him was the north of Meishan County city.

The northern city wall was several miles away from him. From afar, he could see the explosions of firelight and the streaks of sword qi.

That was the Spirit Masters and warriors in the True Qi Realm resisting the Evil Creatures outside the city. The Spirit Masters' spiritual arts and the warriors' brilliant sword qi were clearly visible in the dark night.

Li Yuan's brow furrowed slightly. He noticed a detail: the firelight in the north was becoming more intense, and the crisscrossing sword qi was becoming denser!

This indicated that the battle in the north was intensifying!

The Evil Creatures in the north were increasing in number!

The intense battle on the north side of the city formed a stark contrast with the leisurely situation on the south side.

"The situation on the north side seems a bit bad."

"Should I go and offer support?"

Li Yuan muttered to himself. Zong Lin, standing not far from him, immediately objected, "No."

Li Yuan tilted his head, "Why?"

"Because this could be a diversionary tactic by the Evil Warriors."

"If the battle in the north is critical, warriors from the other three city walls who rush to support will definitely weaken the defenses of these three walls."

"If the Evil Warriors take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, they might break through the city walls!"

"We are reinforcements from another commandery, and we should only follow orders. We must not act rashly."

Li Yuan nodded, agreeing with Zong Lin's assessment.

Kong Zhuohua and the others were the ones in charge of this battle. They had their own judgment on the situation in various directions, and Li Yuan and the others didn't need to worry about it.

Li Yuan turned his head back, no longer paying attention to the situation in the north, and focused on dealing with the zombies and Evil Ghosts in front of him.

It wasn't just Li Yuan's southern city wall where the Evil Creature offensive was weak. The eastern and western city walls also did not have many Evil Creatures attacking them. Only the northern city wall's battle was becoming increasingly fierce.

Time ticked by.

After an hour had passed, the battle on the northern city wall remained fierce, even showing signs of escalating!

Li Yuan looked solemnly towards the north of the city. The north side had endured the attack for too long, making one wonder how much longer it could hold on.

Suddenly, a yellow talisman hanging at Zong Lin's waist burned intensely, and a voice transmitted from it.

"The northern city wall is about to break, and the wielder of the Blood Refining Bottle has been discovered!"

"Zong Lin and Li Yuan, come quickly to support!"

This was Kong Zhuohua's voice. He had sent a command to the two of them using a communication talisman.

The northern city wall is about to break?!

Not only Li Yuan and Zong Lin heard Kong Zhuohua's voice, but the surrounding warriors and city guards also heard it, and they were all shocked.

The situation on the northern city wall had reached a critical point!

Li Yuan and Zong Lin exchanged a glance, then looked at the members of their nineteenth squad. "You guys."

Ao Shaoguang and the others immediately stood at attention. "We are here."

"Zong Lin and I will go to support. You guys stay here and act cautiously, do not move rashly!"

"Did you hear clearly?"

"Understood!"

After they left, Li Yuan, worried that his teammates might encounter unexpected trouble without his protection, specifically instructed them to act cautiously and not to make any rash moves.

These people were all brought from Jiujiang Commandery, and he was determined to bring them back safely.

After making the arrangements, Li Yuan and Zong Lin moved in unison, instantly disappearing from the city wall!

In mid-air, two figures moved rapidly, heading towards the north of the city!

Zong Lin cast her aerial spirit technique, flying like a bird through the air towards the front.

Li Yuan lightly tapped the void with his toes, and Martial Arts True Qi exploded beneath his feet, propelling him through the air. His movements were elegant and swift, like a startled dragon!

[Cloud Stream Sword Record]'s [Cloud Dragon Seven Folds]!

This was a movement technique within the [Cloud Stream Sword Record]. It was an extremely advanced skill that allowed continuous leaps off the void, not only achieving incredible speed but also enabling sharp turns and changes in direction, making it difficult for enemies to predict.

When practiced to a high level, it allowed for seven consecutive leaps, covering a vast distance through the air!

Li Yuan's mastery of the technique was already perfect. Whether it was seven leaps or dozens of leaps in a row, it was not a problem for him.

Zong Lin, flying beside Li Yuan, stared blankly as he continuously leaped through the void with such elegance, as if walking on solid ground. She exclaimed in surprise, "Amazing!"

"This movement technique is simply unbelievable!"

Spirit Masters possessed a wide variety of spirit techniques, and there were many that allowed for flight. As a genius Spirit Master from the Zong family, Zong Lin had mastered flight techniques at a young age. Moreover, her speed in flight was incredibly fast, far surpassing that of ordinary True Qi Realm cultivators.

However, she discovered that even though she had pushed her speed to its absolute limit, she couldn't shake Li Yuan. His movement technique was no slower than hers.

Facing Zong Lin's praise, Li Yuan smiled faintly, "It's a minor skill, not worth mentioning."

Zong Lin rolled her eyes. If that was considered a minor skill, then the movement techniques of other True Qi Realm cultivators were nothing at all.

The spirit techniques of Spirit Masters were far more powerful than the martial arts cultivated by martial artists, which often gave Spirit Masters a sense of superiority when facing them. But Zong Lin found herself unable to find any trace of superiority over Li Yuan.

Li Yuan always did things that defied the common understanding of martial artists. It was infuriating, wasn't it?

Zong Lin gave Li Yuan a look that was both exasperated and amused, then shook her head, clearing her mind of stray thoughts, and continued to rush forward with all her might.

The two of them moved at an incredible speed. In just over a dozen breaths, they had traversed more than half of Meishan County, and the city walls in the distance were already in sight.

Li Yuan's eyes narrowed. He could already see zombies and evil ghosts breaching the city walls and entering the city!

These zombies and evil ghosts were wreaking havoc within the city. Ordinary people, if discovered by them, would be in grave danger, killed one by one by these evil creatures.

Some martial artists and guards were already rushing around to extinguish the fires, desperately pursuing and eliminating the zombies and evil ghosts that had broken into the city.

The situation had become extremely critical!

Li Yuan raised his hand and casually unleashed a sword qi from a distance, slicing several zombies wandering the streets into pieces and saving a group of terrified citizens cornered in an alley.

"Kill!"