Chapter 385: Chapter 271: Star Flow Sword Fall_2
So along the way, the blood and flesh that had just been washed off in the icy rain were stained again, as they followed tens of thousands of demons, finally reaching the Priest Garden.
The Priest Garden had already fallen.
Judging by the sword marks left all over the hills and fields, the disciples of the Sword Sect had put up a fierce resistance, to the extent that several mountains were sheared flat.
But the situation at Yan Zhi Mountain and Heavenly Pond Mountain was entirely different. This was a vast grassland, with no defensible terrain, neither Spiritual Pond Earth Vein nor an elder of Divinity Transformation level to hold the ground. Even setting up a Sword Array could only delay temporarily.
And as demons came in waves, driven by their appetite and survival instinct, they trampled the Sword Array with blood and flesh. A mere group of Golden Core Disciples naturally could not withstand them.
So when Tie Dan arrived, he saw nothing but mountains of corpses and seas of blood, with millions of cattle, sheep, and horses devoured by demons. Everywhere, there were demon eggs hatching, and the entire Priest Garden had already turned into the Demon Herding Garden, becoming an unprecedentedly enormous Demon Cave. It was feared that for many years hereafter, Yan Zhi Mountain would be the base camp for the southward Demon Tide.
Tie Dan searched around but mostly found the corpses of cattle, sheep, and horses and couldn’t find any human skeletons for the time being. His heart was slightly relieved. After all, the disciples of the Sword Sect weren’t fools; if they couldn’t resist, they would at least know how to flee. How could they stupidly stay here and throw their lives away...
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
Then, a ray of sword light flashed across the sky overhead, skimming over the demon horde.
The group of demons fell into chaos,
"Sword Sect! Sword Sect is coming again!"
Then, the Sword Control wielder shouted loudly,
"Grandfather is Wu Di of the Sword Sect! Demons, come out and face your death!!"
Tie Dan, "..."
So immediately, over ten Nascent Soul Demons, along with over a hundred flat feathered bird people, soared into the sky, pursuing and intercepting Wu Di’s sword light. However, this guy’s sword light was too fast, like a shooting star, and they couldn’t catch up with it in a short time.
And watching the Sword Sect’s Wu Di, Tie Dan saw the flying sword tangling in the sky for a while without engaging in combat. Instead, it moved without stopping, leading the demon horde around, which made Tie Dan realize that Wu Di still had plenty of energy and probably could hold on for quite some time. It wasn’t necessary to intervene.
After all, it was clear that Wu Di wasn’t truly there to fight, likely using himself as bait to attract the demons’ attention, meaning there were others sneaking into the Demon Cave amidst the chaos.
Estimating the sword light came in from the north, skimming diagonally southwest, and engaged around Nanshan Mountain, gathering the demon hordes. Tie Dan realized the strategem of a diversion, with one person holding the majority of demons at bay, while others broke in from the east.
Indeed, Tie Dan swept his Divine Sense and saw sword light flickering in the distance, sword energy crisscrossing, and seven individuals forming an array, advancing with unstoppable force, killing their way into the Demon Tide. The flickering sword light unmistakably was the Nine Luminaries Sword Qi.
Tie Dan was also puzzled, wondering what these people were doing. Why were they lingering in Yan Zhi Mountain, and on a path charging into the Demon Cave’s central pasture? Didn’t they see there was a Demon God stationing? Were they seeking death?
Of course, Tie Dan couldn’t stand by and watch them die, so he applied the Invisibility Technique and followed. Treading over the demon corpses, he blended into Ma Village, hearing from afar the Mad Woman Shen Jianjia’s hoarse shouts of "Ephemeral Flash," "Ephemeral Flash again," "Ephemeral Flash a third time."
From the situation, it was obvious that the disciples of the Sword Sect had formed a Seven-Star Sword Array, charging forward directly, and when blocked by a Nascent Soul Demon, Shen Jianjia made a sudden strike with "Ephemeral Flash!" Once she finished, the others came up to cover the combat, charging with reckless abandon towards the Priest Garden’s main camp, the Demon God’s location, quite like a desperate beheading operation.
One should note, they couldn’t be said to charge to their deaths thoughtlessly; after all, only with Refined Nine Luminaries, forming a sword embryo, it was already possible to slay demons and exterminate monsters, at least potentially capable of activating a Nascent Soul level magic treasure, thus not entirely without a chance to slay the demon.
If it were seven against one, perhaps they might have a chance to contend with a Demon God level opponent. After all, last time Tie Dan and the other three also went, and they almost succeeded.
But seven against three would leave them with no chance of success.
Yes, there were three Great Demon Gods occupying the Priest Garden, openly releasing soaring Demon Light, presenting a tripartite stance, not even bothering to step out from the Pasture Camp, ignoring this suicidal squad of the Sword Sect.
Moreover, it truly wasn’t worthwhile to bother. Although the diversion tactic had lured away a huge number of demons, despite Shen Jianjia’s wild charge and sudden strikes, taking out two or three Nascent Soul Demons, the demons in the Priest Garden were overwhelmingly numerous. Now the seven were completely surrounded outside the main camp, unable to advance even a step.
"Roar——!"
They didn’t even need the Demon Gods to act; an old tiger with dragon horns blocked their way.
That tiger seemed to be some kind of prehistoric mutant with an ancient bloodline, not only agile and extremely fierce, but also had an indestructible mane around its neck, impervious to swords and knives!
Even Shen Jianjia’s Ephemeral Sword was bitten off by the tiger, and she was swatted away with a paw!
If a sword gets stuck in such a hard-bone situation, the swordsman would be in big trouble.
Now these Sword Sect disciples were helplessly outputting attacks but unable to hurt the tiger, stuck without being able to advance or retreat, with all their escape routes cut off by the demons.
Although these demons could easily swarm and tear everyone apart, even the tiger could finish off all seven, the demon horde just gathered to watch and didn’t rush in to tear them apart, implying that these prey were awaiting the leader’s command.
Sure enough, someone stepped out.
"Is this all the disciples of the Sword Sect are capable of? I’m deeply disappointed; truly each generation is worse than the last."