Li Xuancang advanced with his spear, standing alone against the twelve Barbarian cultivators charging to kill him.
"Great Yan scum, die!"
The Barbarians paid Li Xuancang no mind. One Early Body Tempering Stage cultivator struck first.
Clutching a bone blade, he charged forward with a roar. The blade glinted coldly as he swung it straight at Li Xuancang's head.
At the sight of this, Li Xuancang was secretly delighted. The Barbarians had underestimated him, giving him an opening.
His gaze turned icy. He sped up, moving like a ghost as he closed in on the Barbarian.
The bone blade came down, but Li Xuancang easily dodged the strike. Before the Barbarian cultivator could react, he twisted his wrist and thrust his spear forward, its shaft wrapped in terrifying brute force.
"Pfft!"
The sharp spearhead pierced straight through the man's chest without resistance, pinning him hard to the ground.
One thrust. One kill.
The Early Body Tempering Stage Barbarian cultivator never even had time to scream before he stopped breathing for good.
With a single move, Li Xuancang had killed one of them. The remaining eleven Barbarian cultivators' expressions changed drastically.
"Damn it, kill him!"
Seeing their companion die right before their eyes, the remaining Barbarians were furious—and filled with regret.
They could have avoided casualties, but because they had underestimated Li Xuancang, they had lost a companion. They could hardly accept the result.
Though furious, the Barbarians did not lose their reason.
Li Xuancang had killed an Early Body Tempering Stage cultivator with one thrust. His companion's carelessness had played a part, but Li Xuancang's strength was not to be underestimated.
A hint of apprehension flashed in their eyes. None of them dared to look down on him anymore.
"Together!"
The five Mid Body Tempering Stage Barbarian cultivators shouted in unison and attacked first.
They charged from five directions at once. Fists, blades, and sword light howled toward him, sealing off every avenue of retreat.
The six remaining Early Body Tempering Stage cultivators followed close behind, surrounding him. Their attacks were vicious, each aimed at a vital point, hoping to use their numerical advantage to kill Li Xuancang quickly.
Li Xuancang was surrounded on all sides, engulfed by a storm of blades and fists, peril at every turn.
He didn't dare hold anything back. His blood and qi surged as he unleashed all the strength in his body.
Every muscle tensed. Relying on speed and reflexes far beyond those of ordinary people, he struggled to dodge through gaps in their encirclement.
"Clang, clang-clang-clang..."
Weapons struck the armor on his body, ringing with the crisp clang of metal against metal.
"Pfft!"
His armor blocked most of the damage. Even when an enemy managed to cut his skin, the wound was only shallow.
His body was simply too strong, his defenses astonishing.
His skin was as tough as oxhide, his muscles knotted, and even his bones were denser than those of ordinary people.
His powerful defenses allowed him to withstand most of their attacks through sheer toughness.
But there were too many Barbarians, and their attacks came without pause. Even with his astonishing stamina, Li Xuancang gradually fell behind.
His shoulder and abdomen were slashed in succession. Blood soaked his armor, and the wounds burned with searing pain.
As his injuries mounted, his gaze grew more vicious.
Only by answering killing with killing, trading wounds for lives, could he find a chance to survive.
"Pfft!"
Li Xuancang didn't dodge. He took a slash from an Early Body Tempering Stage Barbarian, blood gushing from his shoulder.
He swept his spear across, its tip precisely piercing the man's throat. Another kill.
Like a madman, he ignored his own injuries and focused solely on attacking the Barbarians' vital points.
He punched, thrust with his spear, and slammed into them with his shoulder. Every blow drew on all his strength. He fought as if bent on taking his enemies down with him.
Another Early Body Tempering Stage Barbarian swung a fist at him. Li Xuancang sidestepped, letting the heavy blow land on his body, then struck back with his spear and broke the man's neck.
He had killed three in succession, each through a desperate exchange of wounds.
His bloody, reckless fighting style terrified the Barbarians around him.
Their assault faltered. They looked at Li Xuancang with fear in their eyes.
This wasn't a man. He was a demon crawling out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
"This... this..."
The Barbarians stopped in their tracks. Not one of them dared attack.
They were all afraid Li Xuancang would take them down with him.
"Get him together! He's already badly wounded. He can't hold on much longer!"
The Mid Body Tempering Stage Barbarian leader shouted harshly, forcing down the others' fear and launching another encirclement.
"Kill!"
The remaining Barbarians swarmed forward, their assault even more ferocious than before. They wanted to take advantage of Li Xuancang's grave injuries and kill him once and for all.
Li Xuancang's breathing grew ragged. Agonizing pain coursed through his wounds, blood streamed from his body, and his strength rapidly dwindled. But the fighting spirit in his eyes did not fade, and he gritted his teeth and held on.
Facing their assault, he kept his mind taut, putting all his strength into every move.
If he hadn't been immensely strong and possessed astonishing stamina, his enemies would have worn him down long ago.
After fighting fiercely for a while, the Barbarians grew more and more alarmed.
"How is this possible? How does he still have strength?"
The Barbarians couldn't believe it.
Even as they surrounded him, Li Xuancang had remained at the peak of his strength from beginning to end. It was simply unbelievable.
They had surrounded him in shifts, taking turns to rest, yet they had still used up a great deal of strength. But Li Xuancang looked as if he hadn't tired at all, still vigorous and full of life. They couldn't understand it.
"Pfft!"
As the Barbarians stared in shock, Li Xuancang seized his chance and thrust his spear through the head of a Mid Body Tempering Stage Barbarian.
He held his spear high, then slammed it down hard against the ground.
"Bang!"
The Barbarian's pierced head burst apart, spraying blood and brain matter.
"Gulp..."
The sight shook the Barbarians to their core. They swallowed instinctively, their pupils filled with terror.
The Li Xuancang before them seemed less like a man and more like a vengeful spirit crawling out of Avici Hell.
The Barbarians were afraid now. They didn't dare advance, and their bodies trembled.
Li Xuancang was drenched in blood—some his own, some the Barbarians'.
He stood with his spear in hand, and not a single Barbarian dared approach.
"Half an hour's up! Everyone, break through!"
At that moment, a soldier shouted loudly.
They had held on for half an hour and completed their mission. Now they could break through and escape.
"Whoosh!"
Before the Barbarians could react, Li Xuancang sprang forward like a leopard. In the blink of an eye, he reached Zhao Changlin's battlefield.
"Clang!"
His spear shot out like a dragon, knocking back one of the Barbarians surrounding Zhao Changlin. He shouted, "Lord Zhao, hurry!"
Seeing him, Zhao Changlin was overjoyed and hurriedly followed Li Xuancang out of the battlefield.
"Don't let them get away!"
The Barbarians saw this and were so furious their eyes nearly split. They hurried after the two men.
"Big brother, go! Hurry!"
On the battlefield, the two Wang Daniu brothers were covered in wounds and fighting with all their might to break through, but the Barbarians had them pinned down with no chance to escape.
Li Xuancang saw this. The next moment, he did something astonishing.
He gave up his best chance to escape, changed course, and charged toward the Wang Daniu brothers.
Li Xuancang's strength lay between the Mid and Late Body Tempering Stages. Combined with his terrifying physical strength, he could fight a Late Body Tempering Stage cultivator head-on.
"Pfft!"
"Ah!"
"Ugh!"
"..."
He charged through as if no one stood in his way, swiftly carving a bloody path through the enemy ranks.
"Brother Wang, get out of here!"
After clearing a path to safety for the two men, Li Xuancang shouted at them to hurry and leave.
"Brother Li, take care!"
The two brothers had already been prepared to die. When they saw a way out appear, they didn't hesitate for a moment and quickly fled.
They knew they would only hold Li Xuancang back if they stayed, so they ran as fast as they could.
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