Tian Yuan Xian Ji

Chapter 1656 Robbery

Dark clouds covered the sun and heavy rain poured down. Above the city of Jinan, a group of people were looking forward to their arrival. The old man in the lead looked haggard.

In the distance, a beam of light shot out, revealing the figure of a man who bowed to the old man and said, "Master, the coalition warships have arrived, less than 100,000 miles away, and Senior Tang is leading the team himself."

The old man nodded and said, "Fellow Daoist Tang has led most of the troops here, so you don't have to worry. Fellow Daoist Deng, Fellow Daoist Ren, let's go together to welcome the fellow Daoists from the coalition forces!"

"Okay." The two people beside him responded.

The three of them flashed away and left the city.

On the deck of the Lei Zi ship, Tang Ning and other senior coalition leaders stood at the bow and saluted the three people who were coming towards them.

"Fellow Daoist Tang, long time no see." The old man in the lead, with a haggard appearance, was in the middle stage of Mahayana cultivation. He was Lu Zhiyuan, the headmaster of Shangyuan Sect in Jinan County.

The two people beside him are Deng Feng, the head of the Deng family in Jinan County, and Ren Yuanting, the head of the Nether Sea Organization in Qingzhou, both of whom are early Mahayana cultivators.

These three people did not hold any positions in the Qingzhou coalition forces, but because of the invasion of the demons, they each led a team to gather in the city to guard against the demons.

"I am here to resist the demons on the orders of Senior Brother Han from our headquarters. Due to the emergency, I am leading the elite troops of our headquarters first. The main force is still behind. You are all old acquaintances, so I will not introduce you in detail."

Deng Feng smiled and said, "With Fellow Daoist Tang in charge of Jinan County, we have nothing to worry about!"

After exchanging a few pleasantries, they entered the city together and came to the meeting hall.

"Fellow Daoist Tang, please take a seat." Lu Zhiyuan waved his hand.

Tang Ning did not say anything modest. He walked straight to the main seat and sat down. "Three fellow Taoists, let's not waste time on small talk. What is the current situation in Tianxing County? How much do you know?"

Lu Zhiyuan said: "The demons emerged from the Xuanlin Sect's secret realm and have now occupied the entire Tianxing County and spread to parts of Guyuan County in the east and Changhe County in the west. We are outnumbered and are no match for them. We are completely powerless to stop them. We can only hope that the coalition forces will arrive and then we can fight them to the bitter end."

"How many troops did the demons dispatch this time? How many Mahayana-level monsters are there?"

"From what we know, the demon tribe's force that has flooded into Tianxing County this time is probably no less than 200,000 or 300,000 people, and we have already spotted at least three Mahayana-level demons."

"How many troops does Jinan County have now?"

"We have organized all the members of the Xuanmen, the aristocratic families, including the Chamber of Commerce and the Nether Sea Organization, and can raise three legions."

"It will take quite some time for the majority of the coalition forces to arrive. Now that we are here, we cannot just sit back and watch the demons expand. We should first send the three legions raised by Jinan County and set up layers of defense formations on the periphery to control them within a certain range to prevent their power from constantly spilling out. After the majority of the coalition forces arrive, we will act accordingly. What do you think, fellow Taoists?"

The three of them looked at each other, and Lu Zhiyuan said, "Since Fellow Daoist Tang is here, everything will be decided by you. We have no objection."

Tang Ning said: "Since Guyuan County and part of Changhe County have been occupied by the demons, we will use Guyuan and Changhe as the defensive fulcrums and set up a large formation outside them. We will use the formation to delay the large-scale expansion of the demons."

"Fellow Daoist Lu, you and Fellow Daoist Ren will lead a corps to station in the western part of Guyuan County."

"Fellow Daoist Kong and Fellow Daoist Zhu are leading a corps to station in the eastern part of Changhe County."

"Fellow Daoist Feng and Jiang will lead a corps to station in Yuantian County."

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The meeting lasted for most of the day, and after discussing the defense strategy, the next day, the three teams set out from the county town and headed to the various counties.

Tang Ning naturally stayed in Jinan County. As the days passed, battle reports from the front line of Jinan County came in like snowflakes.

The demons' offensive is very strong. They are not satisfied with just occupying Tianxing County and are rapidly expanding their territory.

Even though the coalition forces had established defense camps in the western part of Guyuan County and the eastern part of Changhe County, they were unable to stop the expansion of the demons.

Every day there were unfavorable battle reports coming from the front line. By the time the majority of the coalition forces arrived, the entire Guyuan County and Changhe County had been lost. Even Yuantian County in the south of Tianxing County had lost a lot of territory.

The only good news is that the layers of defense camps in several other counties have been completed, which is what Tang Ning and others have been busy with.

While the demons were frantically attacking Guyuan County and Changhe County, they were setting up large defense formations in the rear, and most of the coalition forces that arrived later had been deployed to various counties and cities.

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In Guangling County, Zixing City, a demon army is attacking the city walls.

The coalition warships fired a volley of shells, which poured into the demon team. A huge cloud of air currents rose up, and ripples in space vibrated layer by layer. Many lights in the demon team converged to form giant nets of different colors, blocking the impact power of the shells outside.

The overwhelming demons, protected by a giant net, rushed towards the coalition warships.

One shell after another, like rain, shot towards the swarming demons. Where the power of the shells overlapped, the space was slowly torn apart.

The giant net covering the heads of the demon vanguard also showed signs of distortion, deformation and breakage. Without the protection of the giant net, the monsters were shattered into pieces under the attack of artillery shells.

After losing a small number of personnel, the demon vanguard finally rushed to the front of the coalition forces and engaged in a life-and-death battle with them.

The battle lasted for an hour or two, and the coalition forces blew the retreat horn and fled back one after another.

The demons poured into the city and began to remove the various defensive positions. Each camp was guarded by a corresponding formation, and to break the formation, they had to enter the inner room in person. The demons did not understand the formation of the human race, so they suffered a lot and their advancement speed slowed down significantly.

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In front of the huge blue light curtain, groups of demons were ready. With an order, the demon army surrounded the entire formation and began to attack. Various magical skills covered the world, and all kinds of attacks rushed towards the light curtain. Although this attack method seemed clumsy and not clever enough, under the continuous attack, the outer defense light curtain of the formation could not hold on.

Just as the light curtain was twisting and deforming, a large coalition force suddenly rushed out from inside and attacked the demons surrounding the south.

After a melee, when the demon army surrounded them, the coalition forces had already retreated back into the formation.

Just as the demon leader gave the order to continue the attack, a figure flashed from behind the formation and appeared in front of everyone.

Sensing the powerful aura around this person, the demon leader's pupils suddenly shrank. Before he could react, rolling yellow fog came over and enveloped his body.

The person who suddenly appeared was Tang Ning.

He did not ambush here a long time ago, but came here specially from Jinan County.

Now the six legions of the coalition forces have gathered in Jinan County and have prepared defenses in all counties and cities. When he received the news that a team of demon soldiers was attacking Zixing City, he rushed here from the county city.

The purpose is certainly not to defend this small sub-star city, but to capture prisoners and learn the specific situation of the demon army.

At this moment, he fluttered his sleeves, and several leaders of the demon team were bound by the world in his sleeves. The other monsters knew they were no match for him, and they all fled.

Tang Ning ignored the fleeing demons and left the place in a flash.

In a desolate valley, his escape light fell, and his sleeves shook, and billowing yellow smoke poured out from inside. Several demons were using their magical powers to try to break the yellow fog, and they didn't know that they had been transferred here.

When the yellow fog dissipated, they saw Tang Ning standing in front of them.

"answer my question."

Several people looked at each other, not knowing what to do, when suddenly a voice sounded in their minds.

In an instant, everyone's eyes widened, looking at the man in front of them with unfathomable cultivation level in shock.

"Who are you?" The leading demon had two curly black horns, four arms, and was at the initial stage of fusion. He had an incredible look on his face.

"It doesn't matter who I am. Answer my questions and I can consider letting you go. Which unit are you from?"

Several people looked at each other, and no one responded for a while.

Tang Ning's figure flashed and he came in front of a monster. He stretched out his hand and smashed the head of a Lianxu demon. Blood splattered everywhere. Before several people could react, the demon fell down limply.

Several other demons unconsciously took two steps back and looked at him in horror.

"I don't want to repeat myself. Answer my question." Tang Ning glanced at the few people. Several demons lowered their heads and did not dare to look at him.

The demon with black horns in the lead immediately replied: "We belong to the Beihai clan, I am from the Beihai Xuanya clan."

"How many races are there in the North Sea?"

"There are thirteen tribes in the North Sea."

"Have all the Thirteen Clans of the North Sea come to the Tianyuan Realm? Are there other races?"

"There are no other tribes, only us."

"Did the Senate issue an order for you to jointly invade this world?"

Hearing this, several demons were even more surprised. They didn't expect that this person who looked like a Tianyuan human knew them so well and even knew the orders issued by the Senate.

"Yes, we are all acting on the orders of the Senate."

"How many Miaoling Realm masters have come to Tianyuan Realm?"

"The thirteen tribes of the North Sea have gathered a total of thirty-five leaders of the Wonderful Spirit Realm to enter this realm in batches. Twelve leaders of the Wonderful Spirit Realm have arrived so far."

Tang Ning was slightly shocked by the thirty-five Mahayana monks. He did not expect that this invasion of the demons would be more serious than he had imagined. It would be impossible to resist it with Qingzhou's strength alone.

There are far less than thirty-five Mahayana monks in the entire Qingzhou.

"Who is leading the team? Are there any elders from the Senate participating?"

"Seven of the thirty-five Miaoling Realm leaders are members of the Senate, including an elder of the Senate."

"What is the origin of this elder from the Senate?"

"It is the former leader of the Earth Dragon Clan, named Pa Zexi. I have not seen it with my own eyes, but it is rumored that its strength has reached the True Spirit Realm."

Tang Ning's heart sank. The True Spirit Realm of the Demon Clan was the Tianyuan Realm Tribulation Stage, which was similar to what he had guessed before. The elders of the Demon Clan Elders' Hall were basically all Tribulation Stage experts.

After asking about many details and thoroughly understanding the organizational structure of the invading demon clan, Tang Ning stretched out his hand and a black flare-like substance surged out of his body. In an instant, the world was plunged into darkness.

Several demons spun faster in the dark space and shattered into pieces one by one.