The martial arts immortals in the modern world.

Chapter 190 Information
Fangyuan Island.

Lu Ming remained on guard.

To this end, he even dispatched more than thirty exploration teams, totaling one hundred and twenty high-level sword cultivators, to conduct scattered explorations, striving to ensure that they could detect the Jiuding Sect's team as soon as possible when they appeared around Fangyuan Island.

"Where are Song Xuan and the others?"

Lu Ming asked.

"They are heading in our direction. According to them, they are almost there."

The Yuanshen monk responded.

"Where is the Jiuding Sect?"

"That's about right. Should we let Elder Song hide first, to prevent the two teams from bumping into each other?"

The Yuanshen monk suggested.

Lu Ming pondered for a moment.

However, the change in the situation obviously did not give them much time to think. The Yuanshen realm cultivators who relied on the formation to monitor the surrounding tens of thousands of miles soon realized something: "A large number of targets are approaching our direction. Judging from the number, they are people from the Jiuding Sect. They have arrived... Oh no! They collided! The Jiuding Sect and Elder Song's team have collided!"

As soon as these words came out, Lu Ming's face suddenly turned ugly: "Didn't I ask Elder Song Xuan and the others to go around in a circle to avoid encountering the Jiuding Sect? How did they still run into each other?"

"It's the Jiuding Sect!"

The Yuanshen realm cultivator who used the formation to monitor the surrounding area within a thousand miles quickly said: "The people from Jiuding Sect had the same idea. They wanted to go around us and attack from the other side. As luck would have it, the two sides just happened to collide with each other!"

After saying that, he immediately asked: "Should we contact Elder Song Xuan and ask them to withdraw to Fangyuan Island!?"

"no!"

Lu Ming said immediately: "Once Elder Song and his men retreat, the sword cultivators of the Jiuding Sect will definitely follow and charge in. We will have no advantage in the formation at all!"

At this time, the Yuanshen cultivator seemed to have received some news, and said hurriedly: "Palace Master, Elder Song sent a message saying that the Jiuding Sect deliberately targeted them, and their collision was not a coincidence. They made a huge noise in advance, and sent troops out of the Jiuxiao Territory in front of everyone and locked onto Fangyuan Island, just to make us stay on Fangyuan Island and dare not act rashly!"

The monk looked up in shock and said, "They are taking the initiative, which is equivalent to using an open conspiracy! Either we stay in Fangyuan Island and tie up two or three tenths of the East China Sea's forces, or we can only watch them cut off our forces in the East China Sea bit by bit until they accumulate enough advantages and then launch a general attack on Fangyuan Island."

Lu Ming was not surprised by this situation.

As the attacking party, the other side has the initiative. How could they give up this advantage and attack Fangyuan Island?

"Elder Song has sent an order. We will have to fight a big battle eventually. This kind of battle is inevitable. Why not take advantage of the situation now, use the majority to defeat the minority, and severely damage the Nine Ding Sect's morale!"

While Lu Ming was still weighing his options, the Yuanshen realm cultivator spoke again.

Almost at the same time, another Yuanshen realm cultivator suddenly said: "Palace Master, the sect master has sent an order to assist Elder Song in breaking through the Jiuding Sect! The Jiuding Sect's troops are coming out of the Jiuxiao Territory in an aggressive manner. We in the Xuanming Sect must fight this battle!"

"The master's order?"

Lu Ming was slightly surprised: "How come the Sect Master passed down the order so quickly?"

"Maybe Elder Song explained the pros and cons of the situation to the Sect Master?"

The Yuanshen realm cultivator responded carefully.

After some thought, Lu Ming decided to contact the sect leader Song You in person for safety reasons.

Almost within a breath of his contact with Song You, Song You's figure appeared, and before he could speak, he immediately said: "Palace Master Lu, I was just about to contact you! I have understood the current situation from Elder Song's description. We must fight this battle, and we must show the prestige of our Xuanming Sect. Only in this way can we get more support from Wuji Xinggong."

He looked at Lu Ming with a serious expression: "I have contacted Wuji Xinggong. If we can severely damage the Jiuding Sect's team, the patrol warship we are negotiating will be officially sold to our Xuanming Sect. At that time, our Xuanming Sect will be the second sect in the East China Sea Islands to have a patrol warship! So, do you understand the importance of this battle!?"

Lu Ming's heart trembled, and he quickly said: "I understand! I will not let the sect master down!"

"Okay! Elder Song will be the main commander of this battle!"

Song You said solemnly: "I leave it to you!"

Lu Ming nodded heavily.

Although he felt that the sect leader seemed to be stricter than before and his tone of voice was also tougher.

But considering that it concerns the sale of the sky patrol warships to Wuji Xing Palace, the sect leader's stern instructions are reasonable.

He immediately turned to the Yuan Shen realm cultivator who was in charge of the formation and said, "We will fully cooperate with Elder Song. What does Elder Song say?"

"Elder Song and his men were able to hold off the Jiuding Sect's attack. He asked us to take the initiative and attack after entering the battlefield within a thousand miles. The magic cultivators would focus their fire from a distance to cover the direction of the Jiuding Sect. He also asked the Yuan Shen realm cultivators to assist them in fighting against the Jiuding Sect's Yuan Shen. At the same time, he asked our sword cultivators to move behind the Jiuding Sect and attack from the front and back to prevent the Jiuding Sect from fleeing when the battle situation was unfavorable."

The Yuanshen monk quickly conveyed the order.

"Our sword cultivator turned to the back of Jiuding Sect?"

Lu Ming was slightly startled: "Then the magic cultivators and the soul cultivators will have no protection?"

He immediately said, "Repeat and confirm the order to Elder Song!"

He also stimulated his spiritual consciousness and asked everyone on Fangyuan Island to prepare for battle.

"Yes." The Yuanshen realm cultivator who presided over the formation quickly sent a message and received a response shortly afterwards: "Elder Song said that after getting the assistance of our Yuanshen cultivators from Fangyuan Island, they will desperately block the attack of the Jiuding Sect and prevent the Jiuding Sect's sword cultivators from harming the magic cultivators. Moreover, as long as you are fast enough, the Jiuding Sect will not be able to break through their defense line at all."

At this point, the monk paused and said, "Elder Song also said... that he wanted to severely damage the Jiuding Sect's team in order to get the support we want... They will fight to the death to block the Jiuding Sect's offensive until they can form a pincer attack with you."

Lu Ming's heart sank.

Elder Song almost transferred all the pressure to them and let them bear it.

As a result, the troops he led would inevitably suffer losses.

but……

The Jiuding Sect is not a weakling.

It is obviously impossible to inflict heavy damage on this team and achieve a brilliant victory without paying any price.

Just as Song Xuan said, as long as they are fast enough and go around to the front to attack from both sides, the Jiuding Sect may not be able to bypass the troops led by Song Xuan and attack the magic practitioners on their side.

At this thought, the master of the Xuanming Sect's Battle Hall made a prompt decision: "Pass my order, high-level cultivators will garrison the island, all great cultivators will join Elder Song's men, Yuanshen realm cultivators will intervene in the battlefield and assist Elder Song's men to suppress the Yuanshen realm cultivators of Jiuding Sect, and magic cultivators will prepare single-target attack spells thousands of miles away to shoot and kill the targets. At that time, our Yuanshen realm cultivators will guide your attack direction. Other sword cultivators will follow me and go around behind the enemy. We will attack from both sides and completely destroy the elite team of Jiuding Sect. Let them understand that the waters of Fangyuan Island in the East China Sea have now become the territory of our Xuanming Sect, and they will never be allowed to interfere!"

"Yes!"

The monks who had been prepared received the order and responded one after another, rising into the air.

"Crush them!"

Lu Ming shouted loudly, and one by one the great monks rose into the air.

In an instant, the sword light broke through the air, swept across the sky, leaving traces that tore through the clouds, and quickly disappeared.

The magic practitioners and the spiritual practitioners rode on the improved flying boats that had some combat capabilities to rush to the battlefield to reinforce elders such as Song Xuan.

Tens of thousands of miles is not a very far distance for sword cultivators. Even if they fly at full speed while maintaining the formation, they can still arrive in a dozen minutes. If they are sword cultivators who are good at flying swords, they can compress the time to less than ten minutes.

However, this group of sword cultivators from the Xuanming Sect will have to take a detour, and the final distance they will have to travel may reach 20,000 to 30,000 miles.

In this case, the magic cultivators and the Yuanshen realm cultivators will undoubtedly arrive at the battlefield before them.

but……

In fact, the magic cultivators and soul cultivators came into contact with combat much earlier than they expected.

They had traveled less than 4,000 miles when a Yuan Shen realm cultivator who was good at exploration sensed something: "A target is approaching! I detected that the clouds at the end of the sky were abnormally separated. That was a sign of being torn apart by the sword light."

The leading cultivator, a Yuanshen realm cultivator, crossed the void with his powerful divine thoughts and headed straight for the battlefield six thousand miles away.

After a moment, he said, "It's Elder Song's people. The Nine Ding Sect's charge is very crazy. He is worried about our safety and sent a team of swordsmen to help us."

The cultivator at the Yuanshen realm listened and nodded.

After a while, another Yuan Shen realm cultivator felt something was wrong: "It seems that there are more than one group of sword cultivators coming..."

As he spoke, he was about to fully activate his spiritual power and explore forward.

But just as he was about to activate his divine sense to investigate, a vast and majestic divine sense wave swept across the battlefield like a mountain pressing down on one's head.

This cultivator in the Yuanshen realm who had just activated his spiritual power felt as if his spiritual power was run over by a star force field and was instantly crushed into dust. His mind was severely damaged and his face turned pale.

He risked his soul collapsing and held on for a breath, growling, "Heavenly Palace Monk!"

This warning made the Yuanshen monks who were traveling with them react one after another.

A monk from the Heavenly Palace!?
There are no Heavenly Palace cultivators in Xuanming Sect, so the one who is suppressing the divine thoughts at this moment...

"Jiuding Sect!"

"alert!"

Suppressed shouts rang out at the same time.

Almost at the same time, the clouds at the end of the sky broke apart.

The battle formations consisting of two groups of 108 sword cultivators suddenly appeared in the field of vision of the soul cultivators and magic cultivators.

Immediately afterwards, sword energy rushed into the sky!
"Shhhhhh!"

The sword lights formed by hundreds of natal flying swords piercing through the void, as well as the sword lights amplified and folded through the formation, eventually forming a sword curtain, filled everyone's vision.

"The sword cultivator from Jiuding Sect!"

Even though everyone had "seen" the suffocating and oppressive truth before their eyes, the Yuanshen monk in charge of the alert still dutifully issued a warning cry in an almost desperate tone.

"Flying swords are coming!"

(End of this chapter)