Chapter 182: Looked Down Upon Huh
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Seeing Yan Xiaoru's figure, Li Muyang finally let out a sigh of relief.
What he feared most was that during the calamity and chaos, Yan Xiaoru had already met with misfortune and died at the hands of the Red Lotus Sect's fiends.
But now, as he observed the scene where government officials and soldiers were protecting the elders and retreating while fighting, Li Muyang realized he had underestimated the big shots of the Demon Sect.
Those who could become top figures were not to be trifled with.
Even in the face of such major changes and the complete loss of their cultivation, these important figures of the Demon Sect did not panic in the slightest.
They gathered all the nearby government officials and soldiers, calmly giving orders to form battle formations, staunchly holding off the fiends of the Red Lotus Sect who were taking advantage of the chaos to kill.
The martial fighters of this continent were not very strong, far from the power of the martial artists from the Tianyuan Dynasty because, after all, on this continent, anyone with a bit of talent for cultivation went to cultivate.
Although the martial fighters of the Red Lotus Sect were vigorous and physically much stronger than ordinary people, faced with the Demon Sect's officials and soldiers who were not afraid to die and loyally protected their leaders, the fiends of the Red Lotus Sect couldn't break through the military formations for a time.
After everyone's cultivation had been reduced to nothing, indeed the big people of the Demon Sect could no longer affect the outcome of the battle.
However, the vast numbers of soldiers and government officials within Tianjiao City became the core force at this moment.
Countless officials and patrolling soldiers rushed over from all directions upon hearing the commotion. Perhaps their strength was inferior to the fiends of the Red Lotus Sect, but their numbers far exceeded them.
Here, after all, was the home field of the Refinement Demon Sect.
In the midst of the crowd, the Sect Master of the Refinement Demon Sect, Gong Yanghong, had an indifferent expression.
Looking at those wearing red headbands and chanting mantras, Gong Yanghong said, "The Red Lotus Sect has quite the appetite, actually thinking they could capture all of us in one swoop. They really underestimate the Refinement Demon Sect!"
As a major faction of the Demon Path, the Refinement Demon Sect was notorious and commanded fear in all directions.
But the mere Red Lotus Sect wanted to wipe out all the elders and powers of the Refinement Demon Sect in one fell swoop, even coveting him, the Sect Master... This was, without a doubt, the most serious provocation the Refinement Demon Sect had faced since its founding.
"Zi Yu, immediately call for the patrol camp in the city to come here."
"None of the Red Lotus Sect fiends involved in today's upheaval shall escape!"
Gong Yanghong's eyes were cold as he issued orders. Since they were in Tianjiao City, they naturally had to rely on City Lord Ou Ziyu as the main official.
After all, the soldiers and government officials in Tianjiao City might not recognize the Sect Master of the Demon Sect, but they certainly recognized City Lord Ou Ziyu.
In the center of the formation, the City Lord of Tianjiao City immediately took the command.
He had a serious expression, continuously giving orders for the soldiers around him to resist and fight, while at the same time sending people out to convey his commands.
Tianjiao City, as a core metropolis of the southern part of the Refinement Demon Sect, had a garrison of fifty thousand patrolling soldiers, adding in the various government officials and soldiers, the total force was over sixty thousand people.
The fiends of the Red Lotus Sect had indeed caught the Refinement Demon Sect by surprise with their blood mist attack, but that was all.
The City Lord of Tianjiao City commanded the many soldiers and officials to form battle formations with their bodies and stop the Red Lotus Sect fiends who kept assaulting from the outside.
At the same time, he dispatched nimble soldiers to spread the news.
As long as they could call all the patrol camp soldiers here, none of the Red Lotus Sect fiends causing trouble today would be able to escape!
In the midst of the blood fog, Li Muyang saw the situation was increasingly stable, yet he frowned and felt something was amiss.
The fiends of the Red Lotus Sect had played a trick by sacrificing so many of their followers, even imprisoning an incense master in the dungeon of Tianjiao City, and using an ancient immortal artifact as bait to trap these big shots of the Refinement Demon Sect.
Such a sinister and terrifying plot and trap, one leading into another, had finally drawn the big shots of the Demon Sect into the game, and yet they were so hasty at the last step?
Was their offensive really so easily blocked by a group of official soldiers?
Something's off!
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Something was very wrong!
Li Muyang suddenly lifted his head, searching for the figures of others from the Blood Lotus Sect within the bloody fog.
Those who were currently attacking the elders of the Refinement Demon Sect were all warriors wearing red turbans.
This group of warriors were clearly just middle to lower-rank members of the Blood Lotus Sect, but where were the real plotters of this insurrection, the demonic beings of the Blood Lotus Sect? Where were they hiding?
And what of the father and daughter from the Chaotic Soul Valley, why were they not nearby?
Li Muyang's heartbeat abruptly quickened, he rushed towards the ongoing battle ahead, attempting to force his way into the fray.
However, the group of red-turbaned warriors quickly detected Li Muyang bursting out of the blood fog.
Seeing Li Muyang in the white robe of an Inner Sect Disciple of the Demon Sect, the warriors sneered viciously.
"What a loyal dog! Thinking of protecting your master instead of running for your life at a time like this?"
Three warriors wielding steel blades surrounded Li Muyang, sneering and mocking.
Li Muyang's white Inner Sect Disciple robe was, at this moment, proof of his non-threat.
Although cultivators would temper their bodies and expand their veins and the strength of their blood and qi in the Qi Refining Realm, it was only to lay the foundation for future training. The essence of cultivation was to refine Spiritual Energy and to comprehend the path to eternal life.
In terms of physical prowess, cultivators were nowhere near as strong as these warriors who had honed their muscles and tempered their blood and qi. Enjoy new chapters from empire
The three warriors, holding steel blades, rushed toward Li Muyang to kill him, while in the distance, the battle surged with flesh flying and roars that shook the heavens.
With all their powers stripped away, the slaughtering within Tianjiao City had devolved into a primal, bloody killing ground.
Seeing such a scene, Li Muyang stopped in his tracks and took a deep breath.
Facing the three warriors ahead, he clenched his fists.
In the next instant, he moved like a ferocious tiger!
Li Muyang's figure sprinted across the long street, leaving behind a blurred afterimage.
He crossed the distance of several meters in one step and charged directly in front of the closest warrior.
One punch! Blood splattered, bones shattered and flew in disarray.
The unprepared warrior was sent flying heavily, his jaw smashed by the immense force, his whole face becoming twisted and broken.
Not even having had the chance to scream, the warrior stiffened as he flew backward, leaving behind a mess of fractured flesh and bones.
The remaining two warriors were stunned, their brains not yet reacting as their bodies instinctively swung their blades at Li Muyang.
But Li Muyang, like a man possessed, grabbed the wrist of the warrior to his left, using his steel blade to directly strike at the warrior to his right.
With the added force of tremendous strength, the sharp steel blade easily sliced into the right warrior's shoulder and then cut through his entire torso as if through tofu, mercilessly slashing out from between his legs.
Amidst a wild rush of blood, the warrior screamed as he fell to the ground, one side then the other.
Li Muyang swung the wrist in his hand, forcefully turning the steel blade around to chop off the head of the adjacent warrior, whose face was filled with terror, and then Li Muyang finally looked ahead.
Within the blood fog, the battle had moved out of his sight.
Although the blood fog was not thick, the view beyond ten meters was already obscured.
The prominent figures of the Refinement Demon Sect seemed to have also realized the danger and had not relaxed despite the situation stabilizing, still continuously retreating, trying to escape this bloody battlefield.
In the short ten seconds that Li Muyang was entangled with the three warriors, both sides of the conflict had already moved more than tens of meters apart.