At this point, Qin Yun suddenly dropped to his knees before Xu Taiping with a thud, then pleaded with him in a trembling voice:
"Upper Immortal Taiping, Old Lu told me that, of all the Upper Immortals, you are the most proficient in battle formations."
"Please go to Dragon Gate Pass and command the last hundred thousand soldiers of the Yan Kingdom Army to resolve the siege crisis there!"
Xu Taiping gently lifted a hand, raising Qin Yun to his feet from a distance.
Then he took a deep breath, looked at Qin Yun, and said:
"I'll give it a try."
He continued:
"But you must prepare yourself. If we fail to break through the Demonic Army's battle formation, those hundred thousand men will be lost."
Having led troops on formation charges several times, Xu Taiping knew very well that, when so heavily outnumbered, and with the Demonic Army as their opponent, if they failed to break through its ranks, their meager forces would be devoured piecemeal by its military formation in moments.
Qin Yun nodded firmly, his expression sorrowful.
"Naturally, I understand that."
"The righteous volunteers and the fifty thousand soldiers coming to aid Dragon Gate Pass understand it too!"
Xu Taiping nodded, then added:
"If the charge fails, the few of us will abandon you and cross Dragon Gate Pass to head for Ten Thousand Islands Lake."
This was Xu Taiping's condition for agreeing to command the formation of a hundred thousand troops.
Although he could not guarantee that the charge would succeed, with those hundred thousand soldiers charging to draw attention, the cultivation and combat strength of his small group would be more than sufficient to get past the Demonic Army and reach the Dragon Domain.
Qin Yun sighed.
"Upper Immortal, I understand. If it truly comes