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Chapter 937: Unable to Reverse the Fall

The whole city was dead silent, and the countless surviving monks seemed to be frozen in time at this moment. Only the bloody storm from the explosion was still spreading across the city.

But under the effect of the blood cave, the exploded flesh and blood was absorbed cleanly in just a moment, leaving no trace in the city.

After the city defense formation erupted, the blood cave, which had already dropped a lot, was replenished. The blood in the blood cave rose a lot again, even far exceeding the original water level.

"Won!"

I don’t know when, but as the first voice sounded, the deathly silence in the city was instantly broken, and cheers rang out one after another, and the joy of surviving the disaster soared to the sky.

Outside the city, although the demons were still endless and the threat of the Nascent Soul demons was gone, with the city defense formation standing tall and majestic, the already broken Tianyuan City once again stood firmly on the boundary between the two worlds.

Ten miles outside the city, countless demons that were slaughtered were also teleported to the blood cave under the effect of the teleportation formation, replenishing the energy consumed by this city defense formation.

For a moment, although it was difficult to achieve a perfect cycle, it did make the blood color of the city defense formation even richer.

The chaotic order in the city was forcibly restored in just a short moment after the towering city defense formation was erected.

The fleeing immortal cultivators of Tianyuan City, whether they were willing or not, had to step onto the front line of the battlefield again under this clear reality, relying on the city defense formation to resist the endless waves of demons outside the city.

Chu Mu stood in the air, but he showed no joy after the great victory.

Just a few Nascent Soul demons, even if they are just the demon army stockpiled outside the nine cities in the hills, can be said to be insignificant.

Although the situation in Tianyuan City is stable, this stability is obviously only temporary.

If the dozens of Nascent Soul masters who are trapped in the demon world cannot return in time, no matter how stable Tianyuan City is, it will only be an isolated island.

Chu Mu turned his head to look at the disheveled young man beside him, a disciple of the Changsheng Sect, who had just achieved the state of an infant in recent years.

Just now, Tianyuan City was breached and he was besieged by several demons. In just a few breaths, his life was in danger.

"Junior Brother Qiu, how are you injured?"

Qiu Chu Ning's face was heavy and his voice was low: "The injury is not serious, it does not affect..."

After saying this, Qiu Chu Ning hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively: "Excuse me, Senior Brother, the Sect Master and the others..."

"do not know."

Chu Mu shook his head, and there seemed to be some hesitation in his eyes.

The fourth-level holy soul was also seized, and the East Lake spiritual vein was even destroyed by him.

Even though we still don't know the results of other parties' actions in this demon hunting operation, this one item alone can be said to have achieved certain results.

but……

Chu Mu looked around and saw that the Nine Cities Formation had all been improved upon by him to varying degrees. However, the Nine Hills Cities today were no longer what they had been before, as they were no longer under the complete control of the Changsheng Sect.

In this border area where the remaining cultivators from the entire Tiannan Immortal Cultivation World gather, the Tiannan Immortal Cultivation World, which seems to be completely united, naturally cannot avoid factions within factions.

The same is true for the Nine Cities of Hill.

He could do whatever he wanted with everything in Tianyuan City and change it according to his ideas. He even completely reversed the nature of the city defense formation and laid out the trump card of blood.

But in the other eight cities, what he can do is extremely limited under the influence of this faction's people.

Right now, he could only leave it to fate. He alone could not save the Nine Cities from collapse.

The news that he had killed these monsters must have been known to the other Nascent Soul monsters outside the cities.

If you act rashly, you might end up falling into a trap.

"Let's make some arrangements. If the situation is not right, we should focus on preserving our manpower."

Chu Mu sighed and didn't want to say anything more.

Qiu Chu Ning opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, no words came out. He bowed and retreated sadly.

Chu Mu turned his head and looked. The hilly land was rolling and there were a large number of spiritual cities and markets among them, which served as the support of the nine-city defense line on the hill.

But if the nine cities in Ruoqiu cannot be defended, and the defense forces cannot be completely integrated in a short period of time.

This hilly area, which stretches across most of the northern border, is bound to fall.

Once the nine hill cities fell, the Changsheng Mountain Gate and the Beidou Seven Cities located on the border would directly become the front line. The entire Tiannan Xiuxian world could be considered completely destroyed.

After all, the Changsheng Mountain Gate is located in the northern border of Da Chu, and is not far away from the Yanyun Mountains for the Nascent Soul realm. It can even be said to be very close.

It's a frontier land with no buffer and enemies on all sides...

This is like the change of dynasties in the secular world. The whole country has been lost and the capital has been attacked. How long can it last?
It's destined to be destroyed!
Moreover, until now, no other Nascent Soul masters have returned. If an ordinary Nascent Soul master was entangled in the demon's web and unable to escape for a while, it might be barely understandable.

But in Cangwu City, there are dozens of Nascent Soul masters, as well as the Changsheng Sect Master and the Tianzhu League’s Great Elder, who are Nascent Soul masters who are almost invincible in attacking those of the same level.

It would be impossible to completely trap this force unless the demons had already ambushed in Cangwu City.

But right now, that's the reality.

That also means...

The fifth level he expected might not be an expectation, but a fact...

Although the power of the fifth level is limited to the place of sacrifice, if the leader of the Changsheng Sect is unaware and rushes in rashly, it will not only be a matter of the enemy being in the light and we being in the dark.

It is very likely that the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light, and there is at least one fifth-level demon hiding in the dark...

It seems that this is the only explanation for his late return.

Chu Mu looked up at the sky, and the gloom in his heart suddenly became thicker.

If it is really as he thought, the current fifth level is still limited to the place of sacrifice.

But there is no doubt that as time goes by, the alienation of the demon world deepens, the quality of the world improves, and the scope of the fifth level's blessing will inevitably become larger and larger, until it is no longer limited to a certain place, or even no longer limited to the demon world...

Thinking of this, Chu Mu couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency in his heart.

If this is true, he doesn't have much time left.

If he cannot complete the fusion of opportunities he envisioned before all this happens, what good will it do even if he is invincible in the same level?
The gap in realm is insurmountable and death is inevitable!
The situation that followed was just as Chu Mu had expected. This hilly defense line that had been held for many years seemed to be heading in an irreversible direction.

In just five days, three of the nine cities in the hills were completely captured. On the sixth day, three more cities fell in just one day.

The situation is now irreversible.

After gathering a group of defeated monks, Tianyuan City, which was still holding on firmly, retreated under the arrangement of Chu Mu.

Under such circumstances, the so-called retreat would naturally be bloody.

Fortunately, the hilly area behind the Nine Hills Cities still maintains a relatively complete order.

After years of fierce fighting, the entire Tiannan cultivation world had already made plans for the fall of the Nine Hills Cities.

Between the rolling hills, there are numerous Lingcheng fortresses. When the Nine Cities of the Hills still existed, they were used for logistical supplies. After the fall of the Nine Cities of the Hills, they naturally became the frontline.

In order to cover the retreat after the defense line of the Nine Hills Cities was breached, the order received by each Lingcheng fortress was to hold out to the end and buy time for this great retreat.

Even though people were panicking, the fully activated city defense formations and the intelligent order within the city also forcibly engulfed countless cultivators to resist the countless demons that broke into the hilly area...

In this hilly area, the persistence of every spiritual city fortress meant buying some buffer space for this large-scale retreat.

The sun rises and sets, day after day.

Just like the two previous defeats in Donghu and Cangwu, the lives of countless immortal cultivators were buried in the tide of demons as the spiritual cities and fortresses fell.

However, this time, with the Tiannan Immortal Cultivation World almost completely destroyed, it is obvious that there will be no remaining forces from all sides gathering to replenish the manpower of the Tiannan Immortal Cultivation World that has been severely damaged by the defeat.

The death of every cultivator means that the power of the Tiannan cultivation world is weakened by one point.

The fall of every spiritual city fortress means that the living space for countless cultivators in the Tiannan cultivation world has become less.

Spring went and autumn came, a full half year passed, and under the desperate resistance of countless spiritual city fortresses in the hilly areas, the momentum of this wave of demons was barely curbed.

This great defeat, which lasted for half a year, gradually formed a new order...

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(End of this chapter)