Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 121 Devastated
General Xu, who was stuffed into the selection team, looked at Kang Dabao with jealousy. The description given to him by Sima Fei as "violent tiger and fierce river" was quite appropriate.

Just now when General Xu Bai made the "strategic shift", he was frightened and almost lost his composure.

Not only did the team of seventy or eighty people who followed him in the fierce attack suffer heavy casualties, but even if the injured were counted, the number of people finally brought back by General Xu was less than twenty.

Moreover, after failing to charge the formation, he didn't even have the courage to support Kang Dabao's formation on his way back, and went straight back to the main formation.

This was a serious taboo and they were stopped by two Simas and a military judge, and were scolded for a long time. If they had not been concerned about the reputation of the Xu family of Dai County, they would have executed all the generals surnamed Xu on the spot.

Even though his life was saved by the Xu family's reputation, General Xu did not have an easy time.

Not only did he lose the merit of being a vanguard, but he was also singled out by Sima Gun as a selected vanguard and placed in the front row of the formation to be used as a blade to defeat the enemy, thus making up for his mistake.

General Xu was looking at Kang Dabao at this time, and he was so angry that his teeth were itching. He never thought that a coward like Kang Dabao would be favored by Sima.

"If he hadn't disobeyed my orders and cowered, how could the vanguard be defeated? How could I be reprimanded?"

"Pah!" The fake Sima who led the team to select the forwards swung the judge's pen and hit General Xu on the back, "Look where you should be, we're about to meet the enemy!"

General Xu grimaced in pain, but he didn't dare to curse at the cultivator who was practicing foundation building. He could only temporarily suppress his dissatisfaction and turned to look at the opposite side.

The Wuxiang Sect's leading formation at the front at this moment was a small formation holding a formation banner, followed by five small formations with flashing fluorescent light. Judging from their auras, they should each correspond to the five elements formation.

The team of soldiers that were just defeated by General Xu were indeed weak soldiers selected and eliminated by the enemy!
"Interesting!" Sima Fei grinned and waved the brass halberd in his hand. Then Sima Gunjia rushed out with a carefully selected team of 100 men.

Before the two sides engaged in battle, the elite team, who were walking, suddenly felt something empty beneath their feet. They looked down and saw that the originally thick ground had turned into a huge vortex of quicksand. They immediately became panicked.

"It's a very clever arrangement." The experienced Sima Gunjia smiled. He had fought his way up from a humble soldier to become a grassroots military officer favored by the Earl of Nan'an.

He had seen a lot of big scenes in the capital area, and even had the honor of meeting Yuanying Zhenjun, and received some words of praise from him. Naturally, he would not be stumped by the methods of this small sect in a remote place.

The judge's pen in his hand turned downward and gently fell onto the ground where countless quicksand talismans were hidden in the Wuxiang Gate.

The mysterious silver seal script turned into flowing light and fell into the vortex, like a stroke of thick ink soaking all over the thin rice paper.

"Pop." The restriction formed by the flowing sand talismans cracked like an eggshell after the slight sound.

The silver seal easily pulled the selected players who were stuck in the sand out, but the front line of the Five Phases Sect did not want to miss this opportunity. At the command of the leading disciple, all the flags of the people in the formation were put on the ground.

All the formation banners simultaneously emitted a visible sound pattern, which gathered together and swept out across the sky. The sound was so powerful that even Sima Gunjia frowned.

The selected forwards who had just escaped from the quicksand were knocked down by the sound waves, and few of them could still stand. Even people in the main formation behind were affected by the sound waves.

Several cultivators in the early stage of Qi training who were at the front were shocked to the point of bleeding from all seven orifices. They had lost their combat effectiveness before even engaging the enemy and had to be sent back to the rear for recuperation.

"Eh" Sima Gunjia only let out a light exclamation. The back-up plan of the Five Prime Ministers came so quickly that he was a little caught off guard, which made him less cautious and less contemptuous of them.

"Since there is no time to break their tactics, let's just attack them!" After all, Gunjia Sima was a military officer with a very sensitive sense of battle. He threw the judge's pen in his hand suddenly, and with a few strokes in the air, he sketched out a several-meter-long ink-colored magic sword. With a sharp aura, he slashed down towards the main formation of the Five Phases Sect.

The leading disciple fixed his gaze on the inky magic sword, without any panic on his face. He just shouted out commands loudly and orderly. After hearing the commands, all the people in the team changed their positions in an orderly manner, each forming a node of the magic array, with array flags like a forest, all raised together.

A colorful shield suddenly rose up to meet the ink-black magic sword drawn by Gun Jia Sima. The two collided, making a collision sound that resounded through the sky, and the ears of the monks in the rear formations of both sides were all hurt.

The huge magic sword and the shield were in stalemate for a long time, the dark light and colorful clouds reflected each other, and the momentum was terrifying.

Sima Gun looked bad, and some of the disciples in the Five Phases Sect's formation gradually turned pale. They swallowed pills more frequently, and it was obvious that they were feeling very uncomfortable.

Suddenly, a "crackling" sound was heard in the Five Phases Sect's formation, and the formation flag in the hand of a pale-faced, beardless Five Phases Sect disciple broke into two sections. Then, a series of "crackling" sounds were heard in the formation, and blood gushed out of the mouths of one Five Phases Sect disciple after another.

The leading disciple suddenly felt something was wrong, he saw that the color of the colorful clouds had quickly dimmed, and the originally thick magic shield had been worn away by the ink-colored magic sword, leaving only a shallow layer.

"Hide quickly!" The leading disciple of the Wuxiang Sect spat out a mouthful of blood, his face showing horror. The ink-black magic sword finally broke through the shield with great difficulty, and shattered into colorful clouds that scattered in the air.

But before his words reached the ears of the disciples behind him, the inky magic sword in the air had already smashed heavily into the crowd. The disciples of the Five Phases Sect, who had just formed a formation to defend themselves, had no time to dodge and wailing suddenly rang out.

"Kill!" The selected forwards who had just crawled out of the sand pit were unwilling to give up this good opportunity. They formed teams, chose their targets and started fighting.

Sima Gunjia's face turned pale and he sighed deeply. The ink sword he used just now had consumed a lot of his energy and he was almost unable to fight.

It was a bit inappropriate to use the most powerful killing move right after entering the battle.

However, the Five Phase Sect's formation was well-organized and well-trained. The elite soldiers who were trapped in the formation were all elite. If he did not strike hard, this team would suffer many casualties. Even if he won, it would be a pyrrhic victory, and the foundation of the Immortal Dynasty in Yunjiaozhou would be weakened. It was hard to say whether it was a loss or a gain.

Even though they were the most elite soldiers in the state court, they were unable to form a large, systematic formation. What they were best at was using their powerful individual abilities to form small formations to defeat the enemy.

The Five Phase Sect was obviously well-trained and had a strong heritage. Judging from the battle scene alone, it seemed that the opposite side was the king's division.

"A small foundation-building sect is so rampant. In the early years of the country, those who practiced military formations without reporting to the county temple would be exiled to the exile of their entire family!" Sima Fei looked at the scene in front of him with a gloomy face in the main formation.
The head of the Wuxiang Sect, an old cultivator with a red crown, who was under the command of the Wuxiang Sect commander in the distance, also had an unpleasant expression on his face.

The one who attacked from the opposite side was too strong! To be fair, even if there were three of me together, it would be hard to say whether I could break the Five Phases Returning Formation formed by my elite disciples.

The opponent only used one strike.
The two foundation-building casual cultivators who came to help also had gloomy faces. Even if they were three against one, they were not sure of winning against the fake Sima. Moreover, the opposing coach was still in the formation and had not come out yet!
In this case, it all depends on whether the Five Phases Sect's thousand-year-old formation can withstand the opponent's foundation building and whether they can turn the tables.

"Push forward with all your might! The survival of the sect depends on this battle!" After a moment of silence, the old cultivator with the red crown shouted loudly and ordered the commander's flag to move forward, followed by the five small formations to push forward together.

The front formation of the Five Prime Ministers was soon defeated by the elite soldiers of the State Court who were chasing them, and was gathered by the five small formations coming from the rear. "Small Five Elements Ruyi Formation." The Sima Gunjia, who had won a small victory, was not carried away. Seeing that the opponent's formation was in good order, he ordered the elite soldiers who were in high spirits to return to their main formation.

He could see that the troops in the front line that were defeated by his black sword were all elite troops. He had already made a lot of money by killing many of them by the selected forwards, and he had to collect them as soon as possible to avoid being counterattacked like General Xu just did.

"Five elements in succession!" The disciples of the Wuxiang Sect who were in the main formation among the five small formations each held a high-level spiritual object belonging to each of the five elements, and recited a difficult-to-pronounce formula in unison, and the five small formations were then connected in series by spiritual energy.

The monks in the formation felt as if they were drenched in spiritual fluid from head to toe. They felt relaxed all over and their morale was greatly boosted.

"The spiritual power of those in the formation has increased by at least 20%." Gunjia Sima frowned. The opponent was much stronger than expected. It seemed that he could not take him down alone.

Just as he was thinking this, a figure came from Zhou Ting's formation and attacked the main disciple in front of the Wuxiang Sect!
"How dare you!" The three foundation-building cultivators were all furious and rushed over to stop them.

Fei Sima, who was running from the back formation, didn't even look at them. He kept walking towards the disciples in the main formation and just slapped them with his hands behind his back.

"Big Crocodile Pushes the Mountain!" A huge, solid palm print was formed instantly, with an extremely violent momentum. The strong wind it brought up was like a sword blade that cut into pieces several disciples of the Five Phase Sect who were close to each other.
The three Foundation Establishment warriors on the other side changed color instantly, as if they were facing a giant beast that was clapping its hands and swinging at them. They were so scared that they each used their signature magic weapons to protect themselves.

"Crack." Three superior second-grade magic weapons suddenly shattered. The two foundation-building masters who were assisting finally realized how hot the spirit stones were. They didn't care about the pain at all and turned around to run away.

The leader of the Wuxiang Sect, who suffered the most serious injuries, vomited a mouthful of black blood, roared "Wow!", and smashed Fei Sima, who was originally the target, with another palm. He looked back and stretched out his hand to grab in the air.

"Boom." The red crown of the leader of the Wuxiang Sect flew out and rolled to the feet of the leader Kang Da who was slacking off in the formation, becoming even more gorgeous.

After being stunned, Kang Dabao picked it up and put it into the storage bag with envious eyes. "If you don't know how to pick up the things left by the foundation-building person, you are a big fool."

A disciple from the main formation of the Wuxiang Sect was injured or killed, and the high-level spiritual object on his body became useless. A huge gap appeared in the formation that was originally composed of five small formations connected to each other.

Having just lost their leader and an elder who was in charge of the main formation, the disciples of the Five Phases Sect, all in tears and blood, were ready to fight for their lives. However, the guest soldiers and independent cultivators who came to help did not show any signs of mourning, and each had their own thoughts.

This caused varying degrees of unrest in the five small formations that were originally quite strict.

At this moment, the experienced Sima Gunjia seized the opportunity and swung his sword again. This time, he failed to break the shield released by any small formation of the opponent, but it brought the opponent's morale to the lowest point.

The fake Sima has run out of tricks, but the real Sima may not be the same.

There was a flash of intelligence in Fei Sima's eyes, and he found the nodes of the Five Phases Sect's formation with just a glance of his Dharma eyes.

"After all, it's just a fake formation without the real method. You think you have this little ability and can fight against the heavenly soldiers by creating this dazzling formation! What a joke! A monkey in human clothing, aping the ugly woman!"

After Fei Sima snorted coldly, the brass halberd in his hand turned into the size of a door panel and flew out suddenly, cutting open the formation node he found and embedding into the head of another main formation disciple.

The hand halberd chopped the body of the disciple in the main formation into pieces, and the aftermath had not yet dissipated, leaving a red line full of blood in this densely packed small formation. The assisting monks in the small formation finally couldn't resist, and the sound of crying was endless.

"Woo woo. Run! How can we win without even building our foundation?"

"Run, run! If we are caught by the state government again, we will die!"

It wasn't just the small group that had just been hit that was hurt. The heads and elders all died like a joke at the hands of the awe-inspiring provincial official on the opposite side, while their own group could only be trapped on the defensive, without even an elder who could make decisions, and could only passively take the beating.

Faced with such a dire situation, even the Five Phases Sect's disciples, who were born and raised here, could no longer suppress their desire to survive.

The monks who had originally scattered were just there to lend a helping hand. When they saw them fleeing from the formation, the state court did not stop them, so the disciples of the Five Phases Sect followed suit. The elders and deacons of the main formation saw that they could not stop the shouting, so they simply abandoned the formation and fled.

From then on, Wuxiangmen no longer had any chance of winning. The originally well-organized team suddenly broke apart and scattered.

There was no joy in Sima Fei's eyes. It was just a battle that he should have won. The Wuxiangmen's military formation was unexpectedly interesting, but not that significant.

Rather than attacking and destroying a weak Wuxiang Sect, Sima Fei chose to lead the troops himself this time. He tried to find out whether Liangyi Sect dared to take action and just sit back and watch the destruction of Wuxiang Sect in Wang County. This had much greater practical significance for the Yunjiaozhou Court.

In fact, it was just a matter of suppressing a small sect like the Wuxiang Sect, and there was no need for him, the legitimate Sima, to take the lead. As the fake Sima had been immersed in the army for nearly a hundred years, he would naturally do such a small task well.

But this time it happened that it was Nan'an Earl Kuang Liuting who personally appointed the general, and Sima Fei had to appreciate the deep meaning behind it.

"It's time to report it to the Lord. We can take bigger actions in the future." Sima Fei knew that the gains and losses of every city and place in this small Yunjiao Province were all related to the game between the big shots behind him.

"Kill them!" Fei Sima raised his halberd and shouted, sentencing the Wuxiang Sect to death.

The fleeing disciples of the Five Phases Sect had completely lost the courage to resist. Like dogs that had lost their homes, they generously opened their backs to the Zhou Ting hawks and dogs that pounced on them.

More and more yellow soil on the ground was dyed dark brown, soaking this somewhat barren land and pleasing the eyes of the falcons still flying in the sky.

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