Traveling through the heavens from swallowing

Chapter 23 The Demon Cult Attacks Shaolin!
Two days have passed since Liu Mang defeated all the other competitors and won the position of commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.

In the past two days, Liu Mang conducted a war rehearsal as the commander-in-chief. His purpose was not to improve the emergency response capabilities of the coalition forces, but to announce to everyone that he was the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.

Sometimes reputation is useless and it really is, but when it is needed, it is irreplaceable.

Especially for Liu Mang, who needs to develop his power, reputation is an important means for him to recruit people and conquer people's hearts. It is also indispensable for developing the lowest-level power. After all, it is impossible for him to conquer everyone personally.

This time, his achievement of becoming the chief commander of the coalition forces has greatly boosted his reputation. If he can gain an advantage or victory in the subsequent battle with the Demon Cult, his reputation will experience another substantial surge!

In order to deal with the impending attack of Dongfang Bubai, Liu Mang has been concentrating on studying the Spiral Nine Shadows these past two days. If he could practice this skill to a high level, he might not be able to catch up with Dongfang Bubai's speed, but it would still be possible to confuse him to the point where he could not find his way.

By then, he would not be able to do anything to Dongfang Bubai, and Dongfang Bubai would not be able to do anything to him. Being able to fight a draw would be his greatest contribution to the coalition.

After two days of practice, Liu Mang's Spiral Nine Shadows improved greatly, and he could already separate them into five fractals and shadows. The rapidity of his progress shocked even Liu Mang himself!
After asking the system, I found out that this was the bonus effect brought by the Bone Strengthening Chapter of the Book of Changes and the profound cultivation.

The I Ching bone-strengthening chapter improves aptitude, and after reaching a high level of cultivation, one can gain a bird's-eye view. This is the reason why the Spiral Nine Shadows was trained to Five Shadows in just two days.

At this time, he was quite looking forward to the arrival of the Demon Cult army and the confrontation with Dongfang Bubai!

Thinking of this, Liu Mang frowned, feeling very puzzled. How come the Demon Cult hasn't arrived yet after more than a month? Even if they have come all the way from Hebei, they should have arrived here, right?
Could something have happened?
Just when Liu Mang was puzzled, urgent news suddenly came from outside the door!

"Report! Commander-in-chief, secret information has come from the front that the Demon Cult leader Dongfang Bubai is leading an army of 2 to conquer Shaolin Temple, and they will arrive in a day and a half!" said a coalition messenger.

"What?!" Liu Mang stood up quickly, almost unable to control his expression!

Liu Mang was stunned when he heard the news. Did this evil cult have some serious problem? They haven't solved it yet, and now they are going to provoke Shaolin Temple!
Originally, Shaolin and Wudang were not involved in this anti-demon alliance. Liu Mang felt regretful for a while at that time. If these two transcendent sects participated, the Demon Cult would definitely not be a match.

I didn't expect that Dongfang Bubai would go to fight Shaolin by himself. It seems that he thinks his opponent is not strong enough!

Judging from the behavior of the Demon Cult, Dongfang Bubai is probably planning to take over the world in one battle. He will start from the nearest Shaolin Temple in Henan, then go to Wudang in Hubei, and then cross Jiangxi to Fujian, and annihilate all the other righteous sects that have gathered together!
Haha, Dongfang Bubai is so confident! Liu Mang sneered and thought Dongfang Bubai was crazy.

Not to mention that the Demon Cult currently only has him as a top-level expert, how can he deal with the four top-level experts in the righteous martial arts world? The first-class experts of all sects combined are also above his Demon Cult. What's more, Feng Qingyang will never sit idly by if the Demon Cult wants to exterminate the righteous path. Even Dongfang Bubai ten years later may not be able to defeat Feng Qingyang. He has just practiced sunflower now, so he is definitely not Feng Qingyang's opponent!
Although the Demon Cult's actions forced Shaolin into their camp, the Demon Cult had already surrounded the Shaolin Temple, and it was too late for them to rescue them.

Moreover, once they go out of the city to rescue, it means that they have to switch from defending the city to fighting in the field. Without the advantage of the city walls, how can their team, which has only been trained for a month, be able to defeat the elite team of the Demon Cult that has dominated the martial arts world for nearly a hundred years!

But they have to not rescue them, because they all belong to the righteous side of the martial arts world. If one of the two poles of the righteous side is destroyed by the Demon Cult, it will greatly affect the confidence of the coalition forces in fighting against the Demon Cult.

They were already at a disadvantage against the Demon Cult, and if they lost confidence and their morale was affected, wouldn't defeat be inevitable?

The city wall cannot be abandoned, and Shaolin Temple must also be rescued. Considering time and practical issues, there is only one way, and that is a surprise attack by experts!
Liu Mang immediately summoned all the major sect leaders to announce the news that the Demon Cult was about to besiege Shaolin Temple, which caused an uproar and they all clamored to send troops to rescue.

The most anxious among them was of course Zuo Lengchan. His Songshan Sect was located in Songshan just like the Shaolin Temple. Now that the Demon Cult had surrounded the Shaolin Temple, the Songshan Sect could not escape either!

In fact, this was indeed the case. While the meeting was in progress, Zuo Lengchan received a letter from the sect via carrier pigeon, saying that all the members of the sect had moved to Shaolin Temple and were planning to fight the enemy together, and asked him to return quickly for assistance.

Seeing that everyone was anxious, Liu Mang immediately expressed his idea. Ordinary troops would not be able to arrive in time for the rescue anyway, so he planned to form a special forces team composed of all masters who could travel with light skills. After arriving, they would carry out sabotage and decapitation operations behind enemy lines to hit the morale of the Demon Cult. Then, they would join forces with the Wudang Sect and Shaolin Temple who had arrived to defeat the Demon Cult in one fell swoop!

After a brief thought, everyone felt that this plan was feasible. The Wudang Sect was relatively close to the Shaolin Temple, and if they traveled at full speed, it would take a day or two to get there. However, this special forces team would be at great risk, as they would be isolated and fighting independently for a day or two, with their lives and deaths hanging in the balance. Anyway, none of them wanted to go, and only Zuo Lengchan volunteered to sign up.

Actually, when he said he was forming a special forces team, he actually only planned to find Zuo Lengchan to join him, because only the two of them had the ability to travel more than a thousand kilometers to reach Shaolin Temple within half a day!

When the news came, there was still a day and a half left, but the transmission of information takes time, and now there is probably only more than half a day left.

This battle is unlikely to be decisive, so the others will not go. Songshan is steep after all, and a large army cannot play a role. The same is true for Wudang. Only Fuzhou City has a flat terrain, and a large army can play a role better than a master. If the Demon Cult fails to attack Shaolin Temple this time, and still has the strength to fight, it will definitely go straight to Fujian to attack Fuzhou City!
When the Demon Cult army is dispatched, they must achieve certain results before returning, otherwise it will greatly damage the dignity of the new leader. The biggest result they are most likely to achieve is the anti-demon coalition in Fuzhou City.

Liu Mang immediately announced the next action. He and Zuo Lengchan would form a special forces team, and the rest of the people would stay in Fuzhou to defend against the siege of the Demon Cult. The affairs of the coalition forces would be temporarily handed over to Yue Buqun!
Lao Yue immediately stepped forward to thank Liu Mang for his trust and said that he would do his best to defend Fuzhou.

Zuo Lengchan hesitated to speak. He wanted to talk several times but forced himself to hold back. Rescuing the sect was the most important thing. Even if he, Yue Buqun, was lucky this time!

After arranging all the affairs, Liu Mang immediately set off with Zuo Lengchan. Along the way, their net of heaven and earth was operating at its maximum limit, and their figures were as fast as lightning. Passersby on the road could only see a black shadow flash by, and then it disappeared at the end of their sight in the blink of an eye.

In this way, they traveled for an hour, meditated for an hour to recover their energy, and in five hours they arrived at the foot of Mount Song!

Another three hours later, Liu Mang had already returned and roasted the rabbit. Zuo Lengchan arrived breathlessly, his whole body drenched in sweat and his face extremely pale.

Zuo Lengchan looked at Liu Mang who was roasting a wild rabbit and found it hard to believe. They had left Fuzhou City together, but before he could suggest a competition to see who arrived first, Liu Mang had disappeared.

He flew and rushed all the way, using all his strength, but he still couldn't even see the taillights of Liu Mang's car. He was so angry that he even took the secret medicine.

But despite this, he was still three hours slower than Liu Mang. This was not only because his skills were not as good as Liu Mang's, but also because his Qinggong level was lower than Liu Mang's.

Looking at his current state, he seems to be prone to fall if the wind blows. Any devil can kill him.

Fortunately, the Demon Cult has not arrived yet, so he still has time to recover.

An hour later, the Demon Cult army appeared before their eyes. It was a huge black mass. Although the army formation was not very neat, the murderous aura rising into the sky seemed to be condensed into a sharp sword, ready to split the entire Songshan Mountain in half!

Liu Mang and Zuo Lengchan both had solemn expressions. They were indeed the elite team of the Demon Cult. Their momentum was simply earth-shaking.

Then Liu Mang's eyes focused, and a big red sedan chair appeared in his sight. The curtains opened and closed with the wind, revealing a figure that dominated the world!

The bright red robe, the solemn crown, the slightly raised eyebrows, showing his full dominance, the slightly raised corners of the mouth, looking down on the heroes of the martial arts world!
He half-lying on his side, with one hand resting his head, his eyes slightly narrowed, enjoying the massage from the maid. Lazy, arrogant, flamboyant, overbearing, yet powerful, yet upright!
This is the leader of the Demon Cult, this is Dongfang Bubai!

Zuo Lengchan was not in full condition and was stunned for a moment by Dongfang Bubai's aura, but he immediately came to his senses, with endless murderous intent in his eyes!
Liu Mang pulled him to squat, interrupting his murderous intent. At this moment, Dongfang Bubai's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened and looked towards the hiding place of Liu Mang and the others.

Is this an illusion? Dongfang Bubai asked himself this question, but then he put it aside and ignored this hidden danger.

He is invincible in the world and is not afraid of any tricks, sneak attacks, drugging, ambushes, sieges, no matter what, he will take on it and will be at the peak of his power and burn all obstacles!
Liu Mang waited until Dongfang Bubai looked away before he raised his head to observe again. Zuo Lengchan also raised his head. He was a little embarrassed at this time because his question almost exposed their position, causing the special operation to fail. He had reason to feel embarrassed.

Liu Mang did not blame him, but just recalled Dongfang Bubai's momentum over and over again. He compared himself with Dongfang Bubai and concluded that he was far inferior to him.

Not only is there a big gap in cultivation, but he is also very different in personal mentality. The kind of invincible willpower that he, a cheating player, cannot possess.

Without the process of overcoming obstacles, there would be no courage to swallow up the world!

Liu Mang has gotten to this point smoothly thanks to his talent, but without the tempering of his will, it is normal that he is not as ruthless as Dongfang Bubai.

But even though their willpower is inferior, their strength is not necessarily inferior. The reason why plug-ins are called plug-ins is that they are used to break common sense.

Once he has maxed out a series of martial arts, even if he lacks willpower, Dongfang Bubai will still not be his match!

Sunflower faces the sun, and Dongfang Bubai is influenced by it. He keeps plotting and scheming. What he wants is a grand and magnificent situation. He is always aboveboard! Although he is not a good person.

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