Chapter 664 - 664 The news spreads, the world is shaken (Fifth Update)
Chapter 664: Chapter 664 The news spreads, the world is shaken (Fifth Update)
Since the Three-Eyed Evil God had been slain, Lingnan’s situation had improved slightly.
“Slightly” meant that they could barely maintain a no-loss state, no longer retreating step by step as before.
But as time went on, another major problem began to emerge.
That was the shortage of manpower in the Yu Family, the main force in combat.
Especially Yu Ming and other main fighters had long been extremely exhausted, but without their defense, Lingnan couldn’t possibly hold.
Therefore, no matter how weary, Yu Ming and the others still persevered.
At this moment.
Yu Ming slashed and annihilated more than a dozen small demons; this wave of attacks had come to an end, and these monsters began to retreat.
Afterward, Yu Ming stumbled, nearly falling to the ground.
Fortunately, Yuan Yunxin was by his side, hastily stepping forward to support him.
“Yu Ming, how are you?” Yuan Yunxin asked with concern.
Yu Ming’s face was pale as he gently shook his head, “It’s nothing! Just a bit of weakness for a moment.”
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Yuan Yunxin immediately took out a bottle of Heaven’s Fate Elixir from her pocket and poured it down Yu Ming’s throat.
A moment later, Yu Ming’s condition significantly recovered.
“Phew, we are lucky to have those Heaven’s Fate Elixirs that Zhongdu risked everything to air drop. Otherwise, Lingnan might have collapsed long ago,” Yu Ming said with a bitter smile.
Yuan Yunxin couldn’t agree more.
Some time ago, several military planes suddenly appeared over Lingnan. After circling a few times, they air-dropped several large boxes of Heaven’s Fate Potion.
This miraculous potion could heal injuries and help cultivators restore their strength, an extremely important strategic resource.
Without these boxes of potions, Yu Ming would not have lasted until now.
Regrettably, those planes were almost all shot down by demons in the end, with only one surviving.
At this time, those defending other directions also retreated back.
Compared to Yu Ming, who was at the frontline, they were under much less pressure, but even so, they were all utterly exhausted, and some were even wounded.
“Brother, my sword is broken again!” Yu Ran said dejectedly.
She was no longer the spoiled young lady she had been but a warrior woman who had fought on the battlefield and slaughtered demons.
“Go ask father for another one later!”
The Yu Family now had a very clear division of labor, with Yu Ming, Yu Ran, and Shi Xueqing—who originally came as a guest but ended up trapped—as the main fighting force.
The Family Head Yu Yuan was responsible for coordinating everything from behind.
This position was even more important than fighting on the battlefield.
Because now, the stronghold housed several hundred thousand civilians of Lingnan, and without a strong figure to keep order, chaos could easily ensue.
At this time, the battlefield became lively again, as the Yu Family had a team specifically in charge of cleaning the battlefield, and many elders were conducting detailed research on the dead demons and gods.
Even the girls were busy, responsible for bandaging the wounded soldiers.
Although these girls’ bandaging skills may have been poor, the appearance of their youthful and beautiful figures could greatly soothe the soldiers’ anxious and tense moods.
Shi Xueqing looked on admiringly at this well-organized scene and finally understood why the Yu Family had been able to defend Lingnan for two to three hundred years while maintaining their reputation.
With such control, they truly deserved the title of Lingnan’s number one family.
But at that moment, a shadowy figure suddenly surfaced in the distance, followed by the trembling of the earth.
“Enemy attack!” someone on the distant lookout tower shouted tragically and blew the whistle.
In the piercing sound of the whistle, irrelevant individuals quickly began to evacuate.
Yuan Yunxin was massaging Yu Ming’s swollen ankle at that moment, while Yu Ming had already fallen deep asleep.
But upon hearing the whistle, he immediately opened his eyes and picked up the sword beside him to stand up.
Seeing the dark mass of monsters in the distance, his expression suddenly turned extremely severe.
“What’s going on? Why are there so many monsters in this wave?” Yu Ran exclaimed in shock beside him.
Yu Ming’s eyes flickered as he said in a cold voice, “Another powerful demon god has arrived!”
What?
Hearing his words, everyone around was startled.
As if to confirm his statement, a giant Three-Handed Demon God appeared behind the legion of monsters.
The demon god was so tall that even from this distance, people still had to look up to see it.
And at this moment, the demon god was also looking down at everyone, with a cold smirk slowly appearing on its lips.
This kind of awe-inspiring might was enough to deprive anyone of the will to resist.
The faces of everyone turned utterly despairing, including the people within the stronghold. When they too witnessed this nightmare-like horrifying scene, they started to weep and wail.
At that moment, Yu Ming took a deep breath and then said to Yu Ran, “You and Xue Qing take your sister-in-law and get out of here fast!”
Yu Ran was stunned, “Brother…”
“Don’t talk! If we all stay here, we’re sure to die! Go, now!” Yu Ming said coldly, slowly drawing his sword.
“No! Brother, I won’t go. I want to fight by your side!” Tears shimmered in Yu Ran’s eyes.
“With your level of swordsmanship, you’ll just get in the way. Get lost!” Yu Ming roared angrily.
Yu Ran was taken aback by the scolding.
Meanwhile, Yuan Yunxin remained calm and dragged Yu Ran outside.
“I won’t! Brother, you’ll die too if you stay! I can’t bear to watch you die, Yuan Yunxin, you cowardly woman! Don’t you even try to stop my brother from dying?” Yu Ran shouted angrily.
Yuan Yunxin calmly said, “I respect your brother’s decision, because he is a Sword Cultivator!”
Those words seemed to drain all the strength from Yu Ran.
Shi Xueqing also sighed, “Yun Xin is right! Your brother has no way out!”
With that, she too began pulling Yu Ran back.
Seeing his sister and beloved leave, Yu Ming faced the surging demons alone, slowly raising his sword vertical to his brow.
“My mentor once said that I practiced the Sword Dao incorrectly. It was only later that I understood, the Sword Dao is the simplest of all, it only requires fearlessness! Today, I will show you what a mortal Sword Cultivator is!”
As he said this, Yu Ming suddenly looked up, and brilliant sword lights exploded forth, charging at the demons opposite him.
Under the sword light, all was ground to dust.
However, their numbers were so immense that despite Yu Ming slaying many, he was swiftly overwhelmed by them.
From afar, one could only see sword light flickering ceaselessly within the black tide.
Tears streamed down Yu Ran’s face.
Finally.
After Yu Ming mustered one more sword strike, the cumulative toll of injuries he had borne over days finally erupted in full force.
Thump, he half-knelt on the ground.
But since his last sword force had been so powerful, it still caused the surrounding demons to fear him, so for the moment none dared to approach.
But the Three-Handed Demon God was already upon him, reaching out with a sinister smile to strike Yu Ming.
Yu Ming tried to rise, but his body was completely devoid of strength, leaving him no choice but to laugh at himself.
“Is this my limit? Yet, I still feel so unwilling!”
Just then, Yu Ming suddenly felt his sword heart begin to tremble violently, accompanied by a feeling of devout worship.
He looked up in shock.
Far off in the sky, he saw a massive surge of white.
In the blink of an eye, this white surge had rushed forward.
“It’s sword auras!” Yu Ming exclaimed in shock.
Not just him, but hundreds of thousands of people in Lingnan stared dumbly at this sight.
Infinite sword auras came, covering the sky and blocking out the sun.
All the demons showed expressions of fear, especially the Three-Handed Demon God, who turned and ran.
But they had only managed a few steps before the sea-like sword auras pounced upon them, engulfing all the demons.
The towering Three-Handed Demon God, after struggling and roaring for a few moments, was sliced into nothingness by the endless sword auras.
The rest were not even worth mentioning.
In just the blink of an eye, all the demons that had besieged Lingnan for days were swept away, leaving behind an empty and spotlessly clean world.
Yu Ming watched this scene in a daze and then suddenly began to laugh.
It started as a soft chuckle, gradually becoming a loud, unrestrained laughter.
Laughing, Yu Ming began to cry.
Because he knew who had returned.
That day.
Xue An, who had been missing for a long time, suddenly appeared and, within a single day, annihilated the Heavenly Dragon forces in Beijiang and the provincial cities, completely eradicated the Evil God of Xiangjiang, and with astonishing cultivation level, he slashed away all the demons in the Southeastern Half-Territory with a single sword blow.
The news spread, and the world was shaken.